China-based smartphone maker Xiaomi has officially unveiled its new flagship phone, the first to be made available globally. As expected, Xiaomi lifted the lid on the latest device in its Mi series at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, where former Googler and current glob … | Continue reading
Xiaomi has officially announced the Mi 5, its latest flagship device, at events in Beijing and Barcelona today. The Mi 5 follows the Mi 4 launched 18 months ago. It is a 5.15-inch smartphone with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor, up to 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, a 3,000m … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: A Facebook executive said yesterday that Facebook’s Messenger would be opening itself up to marketing, but he avoided using the word “ads” to describe the service, in what appeared to be a subtle correction of a report released last week saying Facebook will soon “laun … | Continue reading
Burberry made its AW16 collection available to peruse and purchase directly after its fashion show on Monday (22 February), via a branded app on Apple TV. | Continue reading
The chances of startup success are slim. Ninety percent are destined to fail. You know two things: that you’ve got a one-in-ten chance of success, and that you have to have the utmost confidence in your company. How do you balance hope with reality? | Continue reading
Jean-Claude Van Damme will star in an upcoming comedy pilot for Amazon, the Hollywood Reporter says, in which he'll play a fictionalized version of himself who secretly works as a black ops operative. Jean-Claude Van Johnson will cast the Belgian action star as a famous actor who … | Continue reading
800 Dollar wird HTCs Vive-HUD kosten, das wissen wir seit zwei Tagen. Ab sofort wissen wir aber auch, wie die Brille und das Zubehör wirklich aussehen. Denn unsere Kollegen haben am HTC-Stand detailliert Fotos von der finalen Version der Daten... | Continue reading
Brokers, agents and middleman are the perennial pain the backside when it comes to finding and renting a new house. NoBroker, an India-based startup that operates a peer-to-peer rentals site, has closed a $10 million Series B round to continue its quest to exterminate the propert … | Continue reading
Uber has launched a motorbike service in Thailand, marking the first time that the company has offered rides on two-wheeled vehicles. The service, called UberMOTO, launches today as a pilot program in Bangkok. In a press release announcing the pilot, Uber said the new service is … | Continue reading
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today — the company’s first European media event — Xiaomi unveiled its flagship Mi 5 smartphone. The Mi 5 has a 5.1-inch full HD display with extremely thin bezels, a fingerprint sensor on the front, a Snapdragon 820 processor, 4 GB of RAM, N … | Continue reading
Apply now, deadline 30 April 2016 UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable in World Heritage Sites with collaboration International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) invites you to take part in Summer School 2016 devoted to Information and Communication … | Continue reading
Egencia: München (ots/PRNewswire) - Die Egencia® TripNavigator App sorgt ab jetzt dafür, dass sich für Geschäftsreisende auch die letzten Kilometer zum Ziel unproblematisch gestalten. Möglich machen dies personalisierte Informationen und neue ... | Continue reading
Fujitsu hat auf dem Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ein Wearable für Kühe samt Plastikkuh ausgestellt. Das orangene Gerät zählt die Schritte der Kuh und lädt ihre Daten in ein Rechenzentrum. Dort wird die Datenentwicklun... | Continue reading
If only customer support were more … human. RevTwo is coming out of stealth mode today with a new way to offer support for people while they are using an app. It works for when you are stuck in a game and need a hint, or when your app isn’t working right. RevTwo has created […] | Continue reading
In gameplay terms, a few hours of play with the Hitman beta suggests a return to form for the series, bringing back traditional stealth action paired with b… | Continue reading
Xiaomi is set to unveil… something at Mobile World Congress 2016 and you can watch all the action right here. If the title of the stream is any indication, there’s a good chance that Xiaomi is taking the Mi 5 global but the Chinese giant could have other things waiting in the win … | Continue reading
Apple will argue this week that the issue of whether it should assist the FBI in accessing a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters should be decided by Congress, rather than the courts, the AP reports. According to documents detailing Apple's upcoming arguments … | Continue reading
Email marketing, attractive as it is, comes with endless challenges. Many times you have to deal with people trying to unsubscribe from your lists. And, even contacts that remain on your list long enough may go a long time without opening your emails. Or, they could open but neve … | Continue reading
Hübsches kleines Spielzeug für die ersten Minuten des Tages, der Texter von Tim Holman. Malen mit Text, je schneller man den Curser bewegt, desto größer werden die Buchstaben. Und auch sonst geht alles ganz erstaunlich rund und... | Continue reading
tl;dr A Forbes.com article Q/A recently stated that job-seekers need to hide the fact that they've ever been fired from a position, because of the stigma associated with such an action. I couldn't disagree more. First off, as is common for my posts, read the original, so we all k … | Continue reading
Sony will soon reveal more about PlayStation VR, its upcoming virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4, after months without saying much about the platform. The company is holding a PSVR-focused event on March 15th at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; the show … | Continue reading
Japanese financial regulators have proposed the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to handle digital currencies such as bitcoin as a conventional currency. The newly revised legislation submitted by the FSA defines any digital currency as a conventional currency if it operates as a … | Continue reading
Buzzy Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is making its first major appearance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. The company is set to unveil the Mi 5, its latest flagship smartphone, in what it calls a "Global Launch Event." Could that naming, along with the event's … | Continue reading
IndoorAtlas, which helps you navigate inside enclosed buildings such as shopping malls, has teamed up with Yahoo Japan to deliver indoor positioning services across Japan. Palo Alto, California-based IndoorAtlas has been conducting beta tests in places such as San Francisco for i … | Continue reading
The sequel to monster movie Pacific Rim will be directed by the executive producer and head writer of Daredevil, Deadline reports. Steven S. DeKnight will helm Pacific Rim 2, his first ever directing gig after creating TV series Spartacus, and helping to to make Netflix original … | Continue reading
Getting cargo to the International Space Station is expensive and difficult — that's a huge part of why there's been so much buzz over commercial space flight operations like SpaceX. So if I were an astronaut living on board the ISS, I'd like to think I would pick my personal pos … | Continue reading
Moxy and Bilna, the two female-focused e-commerce sites in Southeast Asia which merged last month, now have a new name and $15 million in funding to build out their game. Read More | Continue reading
Boston Dynamics has a long history of producing terrifying robots, and its scientists have a long history of kicking, taunting, and teasing them. That ill-advised practice continues in the company's latest video, showcasing its next generation Atlas droid, a bipedal bot capable o … | Continue reading
Uber is expanding its taxi services from four wheels to two after the U.S. company launched a motorbike taxi on-demand service in Thailand. Read More | Continue reading
Most web users in France are well informed about the new business models that companies such as Uber, Airbnb and BlaBlaCar represent, and their potential effects on traditional industries. | Continue reading
New Era Cap Co., the official provider of caps to Major League Baseball and the National Football League, has tested its fair share of marketing tactics. Mitch Mirsky, senior manager of digital brand development at New Era Cap, spoke with eMarketer about the value of influencers … | Continue reading
Mexico has the largest market for over-the-top (OTT) video services in Latin America, according to 2016 estimates. But Brazil is set to outpace it in the next few years. | Continue reading
About one in three internet users in Australia conduct mobile banking activities, according to 2015 research. Among millennials, reach surpasses 50%. | Continue reading
Interest in the internet of things (IoT) is increasing, but challenges still arise. According to January 2016 research, business executives said security was one of the top hurdles to growth. | Continue reading
Brands are comfortable and familiar with pushing messages via social channels. However, pulling insights from what customers are saying there isn’t as common, and uncertainty remains about its value. | Continue reading
More than three-quarters of millennials in Canada have binge watched TV in the past year, according to research. | Continue reading
With just weeks to go before the first orders of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive find their way into buyers’ living rooms, Sony is sending out press invitations for a special event highlighting the PlayStation VR to be held on March 15 in San Francisco The event is taking place duri … | Continue reading
Apple will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to Congress, rather than decided by courts, The Associated Press has learned.Apple will also argue that the Obama administration's r … | Continue reading
A large group lined up outside of the Apple store in downtown San Francisco this evening, but not for the usual reasons. This time, about 60 to 70 protestors swarmed Apple to voice their opposition to an FBI’s court order requiring the tech giant to create a backdoor to iOS encry … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price had previously broken above a long-term symmetrical triangle to indicate that it had chosen the upside direction. However, price is finding difficulty sustaining its climb so a pullback might be necessary. Using the Fib tool on the lates … | Continue reading
The issues facing LinkedIn, however, go beyond the company itself. The problem stems from each of the company’s revenue streams, which ultimately diminish the business value of using the service. Read More | Continue reading
There are more than 1.6 millions blog posts published every single day, your old ‘post and pray’ method is no longer a viable way to drive in traffic to your website. In this guide, you'll discover how to make the most of your content using a neat and powerful tool: infographics. | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wondered about the event that would make robots rise up and begin to fight back against their human oppressors, it probably looks a lot like the tests Boston Dynamics puts its Atlas robot through. C’mon, seriously? While it may look like pure jerk-ery, researchers … | Continue reading
When robots inevitably take over the world, remember this video.A new clip released by Alphabet-owned Boston Dynamics in an attempt to show off its robot Atlas left us feeling a little bad for the faceless humanoid. Mainly because a person in the video is a total jerk. SEE ALSO: … | Continue reading
Estranged relatives of New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to let the public see at least some of the court record from a civil case alleging Benson is in poor mental health and was manipulated into changing his succession plan … | Continue reading
With Disrupt NY 2016 fast approaching, TechCrunch takes a look back at companies that have competed in the Startup Battlefield in previous years. Today, we take a look at how Disrupt NY 2014 alum Boomerang Commerce has fared in the last two years. Read More | Continue reading
Let me ask you a question. What's one less than 63? It's not 62 — if you're going by Mercedes math, that is. No, apparently the answer is 43. As in, the new C43 Coupe, which is the all-new moniker for the performance C-Class Coupe positioned just below the C63 Coupe.Confused? Wel … | Continue reading
Microsoft may have just purchased SwiftKey, but today it's releasing a new Android keyboard of its own. It's called the Hub Keyboard, and it provides quick access to your Office files, your local clipboard, your contacts, and a translation tool. Continue reading… | Continue reading