Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed feel that increased security measures are good, but there is a growing sense that the federal government is not doing enough to protect the data of its citizens. | Continue reading
Research suggests that marketers in India already see mobile as a key part of their efforts, even if spending is still relatively low. | Continue reading
Promoted by NikeFor decades, Nike has been well ahead of the fitness design and engineering curve – setting the highest of bars for inventiveness and releasing products only if they are, in some way, pushing the innovation envelope and empowering wearers to meet and exceed their … | Continue reading
Grammy-winning artist Kendrick Lamar will release a new album tonight, according to Spotify. The streaming service leaked information about Lamar's new record earlier today, titled Untitled Unmastered, detailing its track listing and album art. Not to be left out, rival service T … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights As mentioned in the previous update, bitcoin price broke below a symmetrical triangle consolidation pattern visible on the 1-hour time frame. Price is hesitating to head further south, though, indicating that a pullback might take place first. Using t … | Continue reading
Market movements in the technology sector — particularly in SaaS tech companies — are causing a stir among investors. It’s always a challenge to estimate valuation ranges for publicly traded companies because these calculations require assumptions of growth. Investors are trying … | Continue reading
Lavabit, a company that operated an encrypted email service for more than 400,000 people — reportedly including NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden — before it shut down in 2013 under legal pressure from the FBI, rose from the dead today. In an federal court filing, the company came … | Continue reading
Ubisoft is about to launch its next major franchise, and the company is taking notes from the competition about how to avoid disappointing fans. Tom Clancy’s The Division, an apocalyptic shooter set in New York, has a year of extra content in the works, and the publisher is provi … | Continue reading
Out with the old, and in with the new! It's time to re-evaluate your Old SEO strategy and ensure you are following the Right SEO fundamentals for 2016. | Continue reading
Donald Trump has reassured America about his alleged hand size. At an officially sanctioned Republican presidential debate tonight, Trump responded to provocative remarks made by Senator Marco Rubio earlier this week. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Lucas Jackson/Reuters Pictures Snapchat has raised $175 million from Fidelity Investments at a $16 billion valuation, according to The Wall Street Journal. Snapchat’s last round of funding in May 2015 reportedly valued the company at $16 billion. The new funding is technically pa … | Continue reading
Tumblr is removing Crystal Castles from the lineup of its 79 Cents SXSW event after the band's history and suitability for the event was called into question. The feminism-themed event is named after the gender wage gap in the US, and it features an all-female lineup, feminist ar … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Amazon has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling data was little used by customers. Privacy advocates and some users criticized the move, which came to light on Thursday even as Apple was … | Continue reading
For the first time in about eight years, we saw a decline in the small business customer base of app developers (in terms of revenue and per-project value). The primary reason cited is the rise of white labels and SDKs. “Uber for X” toolkits have indeed become a force to reckon w … | Continue reading
Memphis Grizzlies minority owner Steve Kaplan's pursuit of a new role in the ownership group of the Minnesota Timberwolves has hit a wall, two people with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Thursday. | Continue reading
The Samsung Gear VR is arguably the best headset out right now, in terms of quality over price. But Samsung just made that deal a little sweeter today as participating pre-orders of the phone manufacturer’s new Samsung Galaxy S7 will come with a Gear VR totally free. When you pur … | Continue reading
If you think Donald Trump says crazy things, just wait until you get a glimpse of his Twitter bot likeness. Dubbed ‘Deep Drumpf’ (after John Oliver’s recent dismantling of Trump), the project was a creation of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) postdoc … | Continue reading
In the latest sign of support for Apple’s ongoing security legal battle, Box, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech behemoths have filed an “amicus brief,” meaning that they have aligned interests and want their voice to be heard in the upcoming appeals. This is a different … | Continue reading
If you were hoping to get more followers on Telegram or Snapchat from your Instagram profile, you may be out of luck.The photo sharing app recently began cracking down on certain types of links in users' profiles, including those that link back to Telegram and Snapchat accounts. … | Continue reading
Sony is launching a new research and development program called “Future Lab” where it will make available some product prototypes to the public with the expectation of soliciting feedback and validating its hypotheses. The electronics manufacturer is bringing its first project to … | Continue reading
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload. This week, we're continuing our little monthly project looking at the history of handheld RPGs. That means that we will not be taking a look at a specific RPG from the App Store's past this time around. Last month, we looked a … | Continue reading
The Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei crossover has been announced for the west as Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. (Pronounced Tokyo Mirage Sessions Sharp FE.)Due on Wii U 24th June in Europe and North America, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is a turn-based RPG from Atlus. Released back i … | Continue reading
Well, well! Google has just kicked off a nice little promo that lets you rent a movie for half off. It looks like this deal is only going to last until March 17. | Continue reading
Google just debuted its new experimental mobile payments service that allows you to make purchases without ever touching your phone.The company is now testing Hands Free, its app which allows users to buy items solely with voice commands, in a few stores in the Bay Area.See also: … | Continue reading
Drones are everywhere these days, including a lot of places they don’t belong. Over the past few months we’ve seen several attempts to to keep drones away from places like stadiums, airfields and government buildings. Most of these, like Tokyo’s police interceptor drone and Michi … | Continue reading
Federal authorities sought Thursday to drop a criminal indictment of bid rigging against Oklahoma energy tycoon Aubrey McClendon, who died in a fiery single-car crash just hours after the indictment was announced. | Continue reading
WordPress has the potential to be blazing fast when you take the time to set it up right and optimize. Portent's many nerds show you how. | Continue reading
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A list of tools for improving site speed, from diagnosis, to execution, to monitoring. | Continue reading
A detailed walkthrough of advanced site speed optimization strategies and tactics. | Continue reading
If you're considering a serious effort to improve user experience, this intermediate guide to site speed provides inspiration and DIY assistance. | Continue reading
The US Chamber of Commerce plans to sue the city of Seattle over a law that allows Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize, according to a report today from Reuters. The Chamber, a pro-business and anti-labor American lobbying group, would be wading into the growing debate over the rig … | Continue reading
There's no folder on my device that's more overflowing than my Platformers folder, and despite my huge catalog of games I'm still always on the lookout for new ones. Yesterday a great looking upcoming one called Tons Of Bullets was posted in our forums, and its trailer and accomp … | Continue reading
The New Orleans Pelicans say 7-foot-2 center Alexis Ajinca will be sidelined indefinitely because of a fractured sternum. | Continue reading
Teslagrad developer Rain Games has announced a follow-up to its lauded 2014 metroidvania with World to the West.Set in the same universe as Teslagrad, World to the West opts for a top-down perspective that's more Zelda than Metroid, though it seems to retain its action puzzler ro … | Continue reading
Continuing with GravityBox, here is a quick tool to add a small app drawer to your navigation bar. A tidy little Android customization for your root device. | Continue reading
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Called the X-Prize for music the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition pits multiple musicians and makers against each other at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts. A group of judges including Jazz great Pat Metheny will pick their favorites and you, the viewer, can jam alo … | Continue reading
Peakview is the investment advisory arm of Shengjing Group and the largest global fund of funds in China. It also has millions of dollars to invest in U.S.-based venture capital funds, it says. This year. Right now. It’s a very different message than VCs are receiving from many o … | Continue reading
ICX Media, a Washington, D.C. startup promising to help video creators find an audience and make money, announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company was founded by Michael Avon, Tom MacIsaac, Steve McCord and Joey McCord (pictured above). Three of … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Ty Lawson will join the Indiana Pacers for the rest of this season after being bought out by the Rockets HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Ty Lawson didn’t go long without a team to play for. Two days after being waived by the Houston Rockets, Lawson has agreed to a deal with the I … | Continue reading
Bandai Namco's free-to-play dungeon-crawling adventure Lost Reavers is coming to the Wii U eShop on 28th April, Nintendo announced during its latest Nintendo Direct presentation.An open beta will be available starting 14th April.Formerly known as Project Treasure, the action-RPG … | Continue reading
We really liked Wizards & Wagons [$4.99] when it came out back in November. The game was our game of the week, and we really liked it in our review, too, partly due to its dynamic gameplay and addictive quality. Now, Android users can join in on the fun since Wizards & Wagons has … | Continue reading
Nintendo detailed the American releases of a handful of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) during its Nintendo Direct presentation this afternoon, news that'll surely excite US fans who have been waiting for them with bated breath.Atlus' music-RPG fusion Tokyo Mirage Sessions #F … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Facebook released its new interactive, full-screen mobile ad unit called Canvas last week. It gives advertisers an elegant, rich-media way to engage users directly within Facebook’s page. Agencies are already lapping it up and experimenting with it to showcase their pro … | Continue reading
Locally stored data on Amazon Fire devices is no longer encrypted. Anyone who upgrades their Kindle Fire, Fire Phone, Amazon Fire HD, or Amazon Fire TV Stick to Fire OS 5 will have local information left vulnerable to cyber attacks and stored in plain text. Amazon forum members f … | Continue reading
Facebook has teamed up with Spotify to create a new system that makes sharing music a breeze. Or, at least, that’s what they’re trying to do. | Continue reading