Legend of Zelda’s Link shows up in Google Maps

It's dangerous to go alone, please take.... Google Maps? Apparently Link has made his way into Google Maps in celebration of the release of Twilight Princess' HD remake. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

At 100, BMW sees radical new future in world of driverless cars

GENEVA (By Edward Taylor and Ilona Wissenbach, Reuters) – After a century building what it calls the “ultimate driving machine”, BMW is preparing for a world in which its customers will be mere passengers, and the cars will do the driving themselves. Days before BMW’s 100th birth … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Analytics Art: Lowry, Leonard, Faried among week’s best shooters

VIDEO: Kyle Lowry runs wild vs. Cavaliers By Will Laws, Special to NBA.com It’s officially March, which means it’s almost crunch time for teams hanging on in the postseason race or simply hoping to improve their playoff seeding. Two of this week’s three hottest shooters play for … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

Video: Wie man bessere Fotos mit dem iPhone macht

Smartphones dürften mittlerweile die meistgenutzten Kameras der Welt sein. Aber noch immer knipsen User in der Regel einfach nur drauf los. Gerade die leider viel zu oft auftauchenden Hochkantvideos zeigen, wer ein paar Grundregeln kennt, mach... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Re-Industrialisation of the European Union 2016 - Registration Open !

Date: From 26/10/2016 to 28/10/2016Venue: Bratislava, SlovakiaMore informationExcellent science, research and innovation are essential for a sustainable development of the European economy. That is why hundreds of representatives from European and international research, innovati … | Continue reading


@ec.europa.eu | 8 years ago

9 Tips for Writing Outstanding Conclusions

You’ve probably read plenty of advice on how to write stellar headlines that grab readers’ attention and prompt them to click through and read the entire article. You’ve undoubtedly seen many tips on how to write email subject lines that motivate journalists to open your pitches. … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Source: Microsoft mulled an $8 billion bid for Slack, will focus on Skype instead

When Slack announced new voice and video services earlier this week, the enterprise messaging startup signalled a move into territory dominated by the likes of Microsoft’s Skype. But it looks like this is not the only moment when the two company’s paths have crossed in recent tim … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Can’t log out of an app? It could be a feature, not a fault

ANALYSIS: For every yin, there’s a yang; for every positive, a negative; for every login, a logout. Actually, I made that last mantra up — but it’s still true, right? Sadly not. I recently ventured home to visit my parents in a city where the likes of Uber have yet to really take … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

I Am Cait's second season gets down to the complicated business of advocacy

The first episode of I Am Cait’s upcoming second season might contain more drama and meaningful dialogue than the entirety of its first batch of episodes. That’s less a slam against the first season than an observation: E!’s smallest, most unconventional reality show had to spend … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Innovation Horizons for the European Union and Brazil - opportunities for investment and funding

Date: 18/03/2016Venue: PortoMore informationBrazil and the European Union (EU) have a long and successful track record of bilateral cooperation, particularly in the field of Science and Technology.It is time to take a step ahead in this process and strengthen the cooperation in i … | Continue reading


@ec.europa.eu | 8 years ago

Link From “The Legend Of Zelda” pops up on Google Maps today

Google has hidden a little surprise today in Google Maps for fans of “The Legend of Zelda” – the company is celebrating the release of the new game, “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD” for Wii U by turning Google Maps’ Pegman figure into the game’s hero, Link, for the nex … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Active and Assisted Living Programme workshop at ICT4AWE 2016

Date: From 21/04/2016 to 22/04/2016Venue: Rome, ItalyMore informationThe Active and Assisted Living Programme, in cooperation with the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, will organize a workshop in Rome within the framework of the “ICT4AWE 2016” international conference. Th … | Continue reading


@ec.europa.eu | 8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge torture test: Knives, bending and open flame

Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge don't launch until March 11, but a few people who've managed to get their hands on the devices early have already started to put them through torture tests.YouTuber JerryRigEverything is one of those guys. In his latest video, he scratches, burns a … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Barnes & Noble is shutting down the Nook App Store on March 15th

Barnes & Noble has notified its users that it will shut down the Nook App Store, Nook Video, and the UK Nook Store on March 15th. The company sent out an email to users and developers on Thursday explaining that third-party app sales and in-app purchases would soon cease to work … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Fast & Easy Friday: A Recap of the Week’s Top Content Articles & Insights

Happy Friday, content marketers! You’re probably winding down after a hectic week of creating content, coordinating campaigns or measuring results, so we’re going to take things nice and easy. Rather than hammering hard metrics and detailed concepts into your brain, we’re going t … | Continue reading


@content4demand.com | 8 years ago

Sega confirms layoffs in Western mobile division to focus on its famous characters

Sega confirmed to GamesBeat that it has handed out layoffs at Sega Networks, its mobile division in the West. The company attributes the changes to a new focus on IP-based games created by internal studios, bringing popular Japanese mobile games to the West, and “mass market view … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Decline Building Momentum

Bitcoin price corrected over-night. At the time of writing decline has resumed and Gavin Andresen better call a truce in his personal stand-off with the Core developers or risk splitting off a Classic(TM) altcoin. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

You can now explore Google Maps as Link from ‘The Legend of Zelda’

The ‘Legend of Zelda’ series has some of the most memorable landscapes in gaming history, but what if you could explore the actual Earth as series hero Link? "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." — Google Maps (@googlemaps) March 4, 2016 Well, now you can – sort of. If yo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Face-Off: Far Cry Primal

Ubisoft's second Far Cry title on current-gen consoles adds plenty of visual extras over Far Cry 4; Primal is a better-looking game for its use of volumetric lighting, but also impressively upholds a sturdy 30 frames per second. Equally, there's a sense Ubisoft's comfort with the … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

'Ultimate Briefcase' Review - A Whole New Meaning for Hostile Work Environment

Over the course of a few months I've gone from not knowing who Nitrome was to being schooled in a master class by their games. I've played through their entire catalog at this point, and whenever a new offering is available, I'm ready and willing to snatch it and give it a shot. … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Link from Legend of Zelda is now exploring Google Maps

Someone at Google Maps clearly loves video games. In the past the company has snuck Pac-Man and Pokemon Easter eggs into its mapping service, and today The Legend of Zelda is joining in as well. It's a small change, but a tiny, pixelated Link now replaces the little peg typically … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Oh my heavens, the British went and made a Top Gear for wine snobs

Actors Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys have mashed the fictional film The Trip and the reality television series Top Gear into a pulp, extracted the juices, mixed the fluids into a rich blend, stored the liquid in a temperature-controlled basement, and bottled the final product. I … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The DeanBeat: I’m surrendering to the aliens in XCOM 2. It’s too hard

I have put dozens of hours into playing a single game of XCOM 2, the turn-based tactical strategy game from Take-Two Interactive’s 2K Games label. I have tried to turn back the alien conquest of Earth in a last-ditch guerrilla war by humanity. And now I am surrendering. The game … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Arizona Congressman Supports Blockchain 'Revolution' at DC Summit

Bitcoin and blockchain technology were heralded as innovations by members of the US government at a conference this week. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Computer science is the key to America’s skills crisis

The United States faces a global competitiveness crisis that, if not addressed, will put our nation at a strategic disadvantage for decades to come. In just a few years, there will be 1.8 million jobs unfilled in our nation because we don’t have enough individuals trained with th … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Ehrlicher Game-Trailer: Zelda - Twilight Princess

Die Video-Reihe "Honest Game Trailers" bewirbt Games, wie sie in Wirklichkeit sind. Das Satire-Schema kennt man auch von Filmen. Das Thema Spiele ist aber irgendwie doch nerdig-sympathischer, zumal der neuste Clou das Wii-Game "Zelda: Twilight Pri... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Google Chrome bans extensions from the address bar, forcing them to the side

A major change in Google Chrome’s update today might have you confused: why do I have so many extensions showing to the right of my address bar all of a sudden? Chrome 49 was released overnight and it contained a breaking change for extensions that means they’re all forced out of … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Beyond Lead Gen: How To Optimize B2B Sales Enablement

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. The two aren’t disconnected, though. There’s a lot we can do online to help our sales teams close deals. It starts with sales enab … | Continue reading


@conversionxl.com | 8 years ago

New trailers: Ghostbusters, Finding Dory, Nina, and more

The Oscars are over and there isn't a new Star Wars movie for nearly a year, so it's probably time to start looking at all the other stuff heading to theaters. Only a few really high-profile movies had trailers come out this week, but those trailers really got people talking — Gh … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

HTC 10 shown off in several new images

A new set of images give us an even better look at what to expect from the HTC 10 (aka HTC One M10). | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Feck, this supercut of fake curse words is good

YouTube channel Burger Fiction is honing the art of the supercut. Videos like "Ever Best Visual Effects Winner. Ever." and "Every Jason Statham Punch. Ever," are goofy, viral fodder created with the TLC generally reserved for headier fare. Its latest video, "Cursing Without Cursi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Two new apps, Daycap and VideoSlam, help you create GIFs and videos to remember your day

Two new, recently launched applications, Daycap and VideoSlam, make it easy to summarize your day in the format of videos or GIFs, which can then be shared out to social media. Do you need these apps on your iPhone? No. Are you totally going to download them on your lunch break b … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

There's a waft of dodgy about the Coleco Chameleon console

A brand new retro console that uses plastic cartridges - tempting, right? That's what this whole Coleco Chameleon issue is about. A company called Retro Video Game Systems has a machine called the Coleco Chameleon and it was inches away from Kickstarter - until some strange and w … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; A New Approach…

For our final analysis of the week, we’re going to mix things up and make this evening’s trading a little more interesting. This morning we noted that the likely best approach was going to be an intrarange one, based on the sideways trading we’ve seen in the bitcoin price since W … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Amazon’s latest Fire OS removes encryption, is rolling out at the worst possible time

Amazon has dropped encryption support from its latest tablet OS, but the timing makes it look more suspicious than it probably is. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Former NSA and CIA Director General Michael Hayden to appear at Disrupt NY 2016

If you’re looking for a supremely qualified intelligence figure to talk to about the current state of technology, policy and intelligence, you could do worse than retired four-star Air Force General Michael Hayden. Hayden has held the two top intelligence roles in the US governme … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Art Hangar: Modern Loft Built in the Middle of Tuscan Countryside

Located in Tuscany, Italy, Art Hangar is a modern loft build amid the Tuscan countryside, a place for artists, for people with an open mind. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Spintires returns to Steam with fix for mystery crash issue

Spintires is now back on Steam.The indie hit was pulled from Valve's platform last week after players reported the game crashing within minutes of being booted up.Some suggested the crash issue was Spintires developer Pavel Zagrebelnyy sabotaging his own game over alleged unpaid … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Deep Drumpf: Twitter-Bot treibt Donald Trumps Rhetorik ad absurdum

Bradley Hays ist Postdoktorand am Computer Science And Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) am MIT und hat eine KI geschrieben, die sich dem Deep Learning widmet. Das neurale Netzwerk lernt die Sprache von US-Präsidentschaftsaspirant, Mogul un... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

'Don't Die in Dungeons' Review - It's Okay, You Can Die

There are a handful of genres that I will likely never tire of, and one of them is dungeon crawling. Whether it's of the CRPG or ARPG variety, the thrill of soot is something I find insatiable. Whether it's "one more run" for that slightly better chestplate or the thrill of beati … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

This adorable octopod is an IRL emoji

Look at this octopod. Just look at it. In theory, octopi are cute. In reality, octopi are like scary spiders-of-the-sea. But this guy — this guy’s an exception. He's different.The new octopod, discovered by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Okeanos Pod, is a whole … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Weekly Round Up 3/4/16 – Seriously? You Missed These?

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@jacksonmarketingservices.com | 8 years ago

#SocialSkim: Snapchat Challenges Facebook in Video, Plus 13 More Stories in This Week's Roundup

Social Media - Facebook is making it easier to get newsletter subscriptions via Instant Articles. Also: now you can target specific companies on LinkedIn with ads; use Facebook's new emojis for B2B; and ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Three Ways Niche Players Can Connect With the C-Suite

Customer Relationships - We all have dream clients—company logos we'd love to place on our homepage. The only way to get there, in most cases, is by engaging with senior decision-makers over time—starting ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Five Carousel Ad Examples to Inspire Your Marketing

Advertising - Carousel ads are becoming a favorite tool of myriad digital marketers. Check out these examples of brands that use the ad format to boost their customer engagement. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

BLOG: The Stage is Set

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


@thersa.org | 8 years ago

The tampon industry is having an emoji crisis

There’s definitely something going down in feminine hygiene land this week. First, Always releases a slightly sad video featuring a group of American teenagers being forced to slowly realize on camera that the only female emoji in the ‘workers’ category is a bride. “Unless you co … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apple is selling more phones in India’s biggest cities than you might think

Conventional wisdom dictates that Apple performs best in Western markets, where operator-subsidized contracts are most popular and consumer spending power is greater, but it turns out the U.S. company is doing better in India than many expected. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago