Innovation procurement workshop for the environment sector

Date: 04/05/2016Venue: Rome, ItalyAre you a public procurer that is interested in training or assistance on how to use innovation procurement in the environment sector? Attend the Rome workshop organised by the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative (eafip).Con … | Continue reading


@ec.europa.eu | 8 years ago

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Cortana in 3 more languages

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a big focus on Cortana. The company also shared that all firmware updates for Lumia devices will now be automatically published for Windows Insiders. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Micros … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

EA Gets About a Third of its Digital Revenue from 'Ultimate Team', and That's Bad News for Buy-Once Premium Games on any Platform

Let me throw some numbers at you: according to EA CFO, Blake Jorgensen, EA is making 1.3 billion dollars a year from its extra content business (season passes, map-packs, Ultimate Team, and other micro-transactions), and around half of that comes from Ultimate Team in FIFA, NFL, … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Innovation procurement workshop for public administration / e-government sector

Date: 31/05/2016Venue: Barcelona, SpainInterested in training or assistance on how to apply innovation procurement in e-government / public administration? Don't miss the Barcelona workshop organised by the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative (eafip).Contact … | Continue reading


@ec.europa.eu | 8 years ago

Tesla sends out first invites for Model 3 unveiling

The first invitations for the Tesla Model 3 debut have been delivered.Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk confirmed in February that the upstart EV automaker would officially unveil its mass-market Model 3 on March 31st. Four weeks ahead of the event, the first invites have been s … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Tinder tests ‘Share’ button to turn you into a matchmaker

Tinder now lets you be a mobile wingman for your friends who are also on Tinder, as it announced via blog post today it is testing out a ‘Share’ button to allow you to send links to potential matches for friends. Available in certain markets, the ‘Share’ button looks like what yo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Google now uses geolocation to hide ‘right to be forgotten’ links from its search results

As promised, Google today announced that it is making a number of changes to how it handles links it has delisted under Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten‘ regulations. Instead of simply delisting links from the various regional versions of its search engine, it will now use geoloca … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

ESL and Twitch extend their successful live esports partnership

Live esports isn’t going anywhere. Twitch, the leading site for livestreaming gameplay video, announced today that it has extended its partnership with the ESL esports organization. Fans of Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and League of Legends can expect to keep seeing … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Rando is a random social sharing app that lets you play Russian Roulette with photos, GIFs and more

A new app from David Barnard, the developer behind the popular Launch Center Pro, promises to be the cure for boredom. Rando, as the app is called, offers a crazy twist on our carefully curated online personas – instead of allowing you to choose a photo or GIF to share with frien … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Dips Closer to $400 Following Network Disruptions

Markets Weekly is a weekly column analyzing price movements in the global digital currency markets, and the technology's use case as an asset class. While the bitcoin network’s capacity challenges have been generating substantial visibility, the digital currency enjoyed robust tr … | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Apple’s best defense against the FBI is the one it can’t share publicly

To put it briefly and bluntly: The iPhone is already vulnerable to hackers around the world. This is also true of Android and other smart device platforms. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

E3 loses two more as Disney, Wargaming decide the show floor doesn’t make sense

EXCLUSIVE: You could call it an exodus now. Electronic Arts said in January that it would drop its booth on the show floor of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s biggest trade show in the U.S. Then Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. game company, droppe … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

How to Move to Canada

The chart below is the past week’s Google trend graph for U.S. Google users searching the phrase, “how to move to canada”? The turning point is three days ago, Super Tuesday (3.2.2016), the day people who were still skeptical of the chances of Donald Trump winning the GOP preside … | Continue reading


@rexblog.com | 8 years ago

Cavs' Love to sit out vs. Wizards to rest

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love won't play against Washington, part of Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue's plans to rest his starters. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

VC firm warns that funding pullbacks are ‘not a blip’

The prospect of the tech bubble bursting is like Silicon Valley’s version of an asteroid heading to Earth: as more people begin to see it and recognize it’s there, the thoughts turn to how long we have left and how much damage will be done. Fortune spotted a published quarterly l … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Biscotti integrali al cioccolato extra dark e noci!

Oggi ricetta golosissima: biscotti integrali con cioccolato extra dark e noci. | Continue reading


@theinsaladwriter.com | 8 years ago

Happy Grammar Day!

As you may be aware, today is officially Grammar Day—and the content writers, editors and grammar nerds at ProPRcopy couldn’t be more excited. It’s no coincidence that this day also falls on March 4th, which grammatically is the only date on the calendar in the imperative mode (t … | Continue reading


@proprcopy.com | 8 years ago

How tech and data are boosting revenues for lending companies (webinar)

VB WEBINAR: Missed our webinar on how leading lenders are using big data and predictive models to slash risk and boost revenue? You can still watch on demand! Access the free webinar right here. Alternative lenders are coming to the forefront of the market as governmental regulat … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Here's how to buy the Amazon Echo Dot, without that silly Alexa restriction

Amazon says the only way you can buy its new Echo Dot product, which turns existing stereo systems into a web-connected one, is to tell voice-assistant Alexa to buy one for you via the Amazon Echo.But it appears there is a secret workaround to purchase without needing the Echo or … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S7 vs. LG G5: Metal, glass, and ‘friends’

The first big 2016 flagships are getting ready to duke it out. Here's how to choose between them. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

San Bernadino iPhone doesn’t contain a ‘cyber pathogen’ — whatever that is

San Bernadino Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Ramos isn’t content to await a congressional ruling in the Apple and FBI case — instead, he chose to file an amicus brief, a legal show of support, that contained language designed to arouse the suspicions of the people. “The i … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Dark and Twisted Point-and-Click Adventure Game 'Fran Bow' Arrives on iOS

The husband and wife team that makes up Swedish indie developer Killmonday Games successfully crowdfunded their vision for "a very creepy point-and-click adventure" called Fran Bow back in the summer of 2013. The game officially launched on PC in August of last year to a positive … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

How to Build a Company from Startup to Industry Leader with Marketing

Own a startup company? Do you want to be an industry leader? Find out how to build a company with marketing and stay ahead of your competitors. | Continue reading


@revitalagency.com | 8 years ago

A drone comes within 16 feet of Air France plane in closest encounter yet

A drone came within 5 meters (16 feet) of a potentially catastrophic collision with an Air France jet landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in the closest encounter yet between one of the remotely operated devices and a civil airliner.The Airbus Group SE A320, which can carr … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Amazon removed encryption from the latest version of Fire OS

Amazon has removed device encryption from Fire OS version 5. This means that devices such as the Fire Phone, Amazon Fire HD, and Kindle Fire tablets will no longer support device encryption, after being updated to Fire OS 5.Amazon's decision to remove onboard encryption isn't new … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

I built a Ferrari F40 Lego set, and no, I will not apologize

Three weeks ago, I walked into the always-crowded Lego Store straddling Manhattan's Madison Square Park. I was alone and I was on a mission, so I sort of chameleoned into "dad casually shopping for his young child's birthday" mode. It was a misguided effort to blend in amongst th … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Google will apply the ‘right to be forgotten’ to all EU searches next week

Google today confirmed that it will remove some search results from all of its sites starting next week, if those searches are made within the European Union.In 2014, an EU court decided that Google must comply with requests to remove some search results, in a decision that becam … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform

Tim Sweeney is of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, and he stirred up a big debate about the future of Windows. In an op-ed piece in the Guardian and in an interview with GamesBeat today, Sweeney said that he wor … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

A tiny change to Instagram led to a major increase in usage

The software engineers behind Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram are constantly looking to improve the app’s performance. Performance improvements might sound like an exercise in perfection for perfection’s sake, but in fact they can lead to important things — like more u … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Is Amazon Prime really worth it?

It seems like just about everyone is an Amazon Prime member, but are you really getting $99 of value out of this subscription every year? | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft could finally show the world its universal Xbox apps next month

It’s been a while since we first heard about Universal Windows 10 apps for Xbox – apps that can run on anything from your console to your phone to your computer – but it looks like they’re finally ready to make their debut at Microsoft’s Build event later this month. Phil Spencer … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

What career does she choose and why? | Part of series “Looks & Cooks to Voices, Choices & Joys”

  —————————————————————————————————————— Columnist / Byline In:  Economic Times | Huffingtonpost |  Wipro | NewsCred | Marketo |  Finextra | Inc42  |  Business2Community | ProBlogger  | Famous… | Continue reading


@nischalamurthy.wordpress.com | 8 years ago

5 Places To Find Trending Content

Social comes down to one thing and one thing only — sharing. And your social presence is determined by these to things. 1. Content You Create 2. Content You Curate The balance of the two is important. In fact, it has been said that companies that share a mixture of unique and cur … | Continue reading


@convertwithcontent.com | 8 years ago

40 of the world’s biggest banks are experimenting with blockchain

CNBC reports that 40 of the world’s leading banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, have been experimenting with blockchain technology – the decentralized database system that records bitcoin transactions – for trading fixed income assets. While the technology is still under … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

What Game is Frank Underwood Playing in This Season of House of Cards? Miniclip's 'Agar.io' of Course

When it comes to what the kids I know are playing these days, it comes down to two things: Anything to do with Minecraft and Minilip's Agar.io [Free]. Agar.io is a massive online multiplayer game, which is also playable as a free browser game, puts you in charge single cell which … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Pastor Charged With Taking Bribes from Defunct Bitcoin Exchange

A New Jersey pastor and former credit union executive has been indicted for allegedly taking bribes tied to the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Coin.mx. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Włoski makaron z sosem arrabbiata

Obiad w tradycyjnej kuchni włoskiej składa się z dania primi i secondi, te pierwsze nie musi być zupą, może to być prosty makaron. Choć ja na tzw. pierwsze danie (najczęściej około 13, czyli na "lunch") najbardziej lubię zupy, to czasem skuszę się na odmianę np. w postaci prosteg … | Continue reading


@kwestiasmaku.com | 8 years ago

CastAR founder Jeri Ellsworth will augment our speakers at GamesBeat Summit 2016

We’re happy to announce that Jeri Ellsworth, cofounder of augmented reality glasses maker CastAR, will be one of our speakers for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May 4 at the scenic Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito, California. Ellsworth … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Japan’s Cabinet Passes Bills to Offiically Recognize Digital Currencies As Real Money

What makes a currency “real?” Is it any given government or just the imagination of the people who chose which currency they want to use? In Japan, the Cabinet has recognized that virtual currencies, including but not limited to Bitcoin are in fact similar to real money and the i … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

GamesBeat weekly roundup: The future of Disney Infinity, and Zynga’s new CEO

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we continue our celebration of Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, Nintendo announces some new games, and we get an early look at Quantum Break. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: I’m surrende … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft to finally unveil its universal Xbox apps later this month

Microsoft is planning to unveil its universal Xbox apps later this month. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that the software giant will detail a number of apps and plans to open the platform to developers at the Build conference in San Francisco … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Numbers notes: Thunder get stagnant with the game on the line

VIDEO: Stephen Curry’s 33 points lift Warriors past Thunder HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — The Oklahoma City Thunder had some problems down the stretch of games against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday and the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. The Thunder were outscored 18-7 in the … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

5 apps to help you have an awesome solo vacation

A few years ago in Venice, I met an old Peruvian woman backpacking around Europe. She had always wanted to visit the continent, but was continually waiting on other people to accompany her. That month, she realized that she would always be waiting on other people, so why not just … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How the Zika virus is probably causing birth defects in children

Strong evidence suggests the mosquito-borne Zika virus is causing infants to be born with birth defects — and a lab model provides clues on how it happens. The virus is capable of infecting the cells that form the brain's outer layer, making them more susceptible to death and pre … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Google confirms it will extend E.U. right-to-be-forgotten to all Google Search domains

Google has confirmed previous reports that it was to comply with European regulators that requested the Internet giant to extend the scope of the so-called “right-to-be-forgotten” legislation beyond that of European search engines. The right-to-be-forgotten ruling, or “right to d … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Noodlecake Teases 'Super Stickman Golf 3' - Previews Coming at GDC

Whether it's actually the case or not, I feel like Super Stickman Golf [$2.99] is really what put Noodlecake on everyone's radar. Since then, they've released the free to play Super Stickman Golf 2 [Free] along with taking on a role of a more traditional publisher, rapid-firing a … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

This VR documentary takes you inside South Sudan’s devastating civil war

VR video experiences are getting increasingly easy to make and now require little or no kit for people watching. While you could explore Leo’s winning Oscar’s moment in luxurious 360° views, you should really watch this awesome film from PBS’ FRONTLINE investigative team working … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Zelda’s Link is Google Maps’ latest Easter egg

It’s dangerous to go to that new antique store in that part of town you never go to alone! Take this. Link, the hero from publisher Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series, is the latest … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago