We all want to be in better shape, but the commitment of going to a gym or a yoga class can be costly and time-consuming. Mission 360 is looking to eliminate all of the friction involved with working out, letting users work out right from their home through on-demand video classe … | Continue reading
Microsoft hasn't given up on Windows Phone just yet, but you wouldn't know it from its Build 2016 developer conferenceEach year, the company welcomes thousands of developers to Build to talk about the latest updates on all things Microsoft. This year, the updates included Windows … | Continue reading
Based on the vision of a sustainable and resource-efficient future, clean technology is all about minimizing pollution and making the world’s infrastructure energy efficient. Renewable energy, sustainable chemistry, and recycling are just a handful of initiatives the sector focus … | Continue reading
Microsoft had lots to share in its day 1 keynote at Build yesterday, from bots to augmented reality. What will the best brains in Redmond have for us today? Follow along with our liveblog below. Live Blog Microsoft Build 2016 Day 2 | Continue reading
Auf der Entwickler-Konferenz Build 2016 hat der blinde Microsoft-Softwareentwickler Saqib Shaikh eine App vorgestellt, die ihn per Computerstimme über seine Umgebung informiert und Texte vorliest. Sie heißt "Seeing AI" und funktioniert m... | Continue reading
SPONSORED: Oftentimes, mobile SaaS solutions will tout the number of apps using their platform as a point of validation. The implication, of course, is that more is better. | Continue reading
Which is the best budget-friendly smartphone? Join us as we compare the BLU Vivo 5 and the honor 5X! | Continue reading
In a recent article on Vice’s technology news feed, Motherboard, author Sebastiaan Deetman explores the energy efficiency of Bitcoin. The article begins with a brief and fatalistic assertion regarding the environmental impact of mass migration to Bitcoin (or a similar energy inte … | Continue reading
Following yesterday’s news of Square’s entry into the online checkout space, the PayPal-owned payments platform Braintree today announced news of its own, with the launch of Braintree Auth. The system is designed to allow e-commerce platforms a way to give their merchants easier … | Continue reading
Yesterday at Microsoft’s yearly BUILD developer event in San Francisco, the company had a piece of news that left many wondering if April Fools had come early: Bash is coming to Windows 10. Yes, hell has frozen over and Microsoft is getting in bed with Canonical to deliver ‘nativ … | Continue reading
The latest version of 'Vainglory' has landed with a new hero, skins, and a new streamlined gameplay mode. | Continue reading
Lynda.com has launched a program called Learning Paths to help you land your next job, curating its courses by specific job titles. The idea is to give you a starting point to learn more about a particular profession. To start, the online education company offers 53 job titles wi … | Continue reading
Let’s face it, your phone is a blessing and a curse. Behind its sleek glass front is a whole world of excitement. All your friends, the entirety of the Internet and omg, a kitten video… If you haven’t the self-discipline to keep the phone away when you’re trying to get some work … | Continue reading
Microsoft is holding its annual Build developer conference in San Francisco this week and after focusing on Windows, Xbox, HoloLens, and Cortana yesterday, the company will shine the spotlight on its cloud and developer tools today. You can watch the live stream right here. Read … | Continue reading
One of Disney’s most successful social games to date is Marvel: Avengers Alliance, which debuted on Facebook in 2012 and grew to 70 million players. Now, the sequel is coming out, but in a very different world — with target platforms in the $34.8 billion mobile game market. Disne … | Continue reading
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Flowers in his new role as a What Works Cities (WWC) Senior Fellow. As a What Work Cities Senior Fellow, Flowers will oversee a new Analytics Kick Start Program run by WWC partner the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopki … | Continue reading
We've had a lot of posts up on the site regarding Final Fantasy 15 today, following the big live event in the early hours of this morning. You might have read Aoife's thoughts on the demo or enjoyed that GIF with the flying car, but to be honest, we haven't been talking about the … | Continue reading
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
Nintendo has launched its first smartphone app, Miitomo, in the UK for iOS and Android devices.Miitomo is about you - answering questions about yourself and discussing your answers with others. You can also customise your Mii avatar with all sorts of clothing.The in-app store has … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: U.S. telecommunications giant Sprint has a “unique offering” in store for its customers today — it will now let them sign up to Amazon Prime for $11 per month as an add-on to their usual monthly plan. There’s little question that Amazon Prime, replete with streaming vid … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Within two years, a relatively unknown company called Machine Zone has exploded to become one of the largest mobile gaming companies in the world, all on the back of a single successful mobile game, Game of War. The company’s CEO, Gabe Leydon, has since become one of th … | Continue reading
Corporate pressure is growing against a new North Carolina law overturning legal protections against LGBT discrimination. Today, executives from 16 different companies signed an open letter to Governor Pat McRory opposing the law and urging him to repeal it in the next legislativ … | Continue reading
By Sivakumar Soundararajan If you’re not using video to market your brand’s products or services, you’re missing a huge opportunity. Generic content can build rapport with search engines while producing something of great worth for digital audiences, but video is clearly the more … | Continue reading
Sprint has announced that it will begin offering customers a monthly subscription to Amazon Prime as an optional extra on top of their phone bill. | Continue reading
This week on Ctrl-Walt-Delete, we continue the talk about the iPhone SE and the iPad Pro 9.7 after Walt's review of the products, and then dive into what came out of the Microsoft Build developer conference.We love your feedback and suggestions on how to make our show better and … | Continue reading
This is it: after years of hype, Tesla Motors is scheduled to pull the covers off of its Model 3 electric car at the company's facility in Hawthorne, California this evening at 8:30PM Pacific Time. Unlike the Model S sedan, the new Model X crossover, and the seminal Roadster, the … | Continue reading
One of the delightful surprises at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was the Intel University Games Showcase, which featured some of the most innovative games being built by teams of college students. I attended the event in the vast upper level of the Metreo … | Continue reading
Smyle Group is forecasting that the recently completed 2015-16 financial year will deliver £14.4m combined turnover to the group, up from £10.54m in 2014-15. | Continue reading
Garena Interactive Holding, a Singapore based online entertainment and ecommerce startup, has raised $170 million in fresh capital, despite falling valuations for some less successful startups in the U.S.. Photo: Garena | Continue reading
Wi-Fi passwords aren't only a nuisance; in many cases, they're not even enough to actually protect the network from intruders. But new research from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) might make Wi-Fi safer while at the same time eliminating the … | Continue reading
Zynga said earlier this year that it is launching 10 new games that could turn around its fortunes in mobile games. And it is launching one of those titles this morning. The social-mobile game company is targeting a broader group of gamers with its mobile titles, and it hopes the … | Continue reading
While there’s no shortage of dating apps to try your hand at, Boompi, the new kid on the block for iOS and Android has something a little different to offer – it lets women add their girlfriends to their private conversations with prospective dates so they can give advice or just … | Continue reading
Juicero.com a food tech startup that makes internet-connected kitchen appliances, raised $70 million in Series B funding in a round led by Artis Ventures. Juicero’s flagship product is a $699 counter top device that cold presses juice out of “packs” of already prepped fruit and v … | Continue reading
Jay Z is preparing a lawsuit against Tidal's former owners, accusing them of overvaluing the company by using inflated subscriber numbers, according to a report from Dagens Næringsliv. Project Panther Bidco, Jay Z's holding company that owns Tidal, sent letters to former board me … | Continue reading
Virgin Hotels: Miami (ots/PRNewswire) - Alex Andjel übernimmt die Führung bei der europäischen Expansion Virgin Hotels (http://www.virginhotels.com/), die Lifestyle-Hotelkette von Richard Branson, begrüßt Alex Andjel als neuen Vice President of Development. Der in ... | Continue reading
Welcome to a new age for Nintendo. The company’s first mobile game, Miitomo, is available now on the iOS and Android app stores. It represents Nintendo’s first attempt to become part of the $34.8 billion mobile industry (worth that much in 2015 according to market research firm N … | Continue reading
Interpol conducted a war game scenario last week that centered on discovering the identity of a blackmailer demanding a bitcoin ransom. | Continue reading
Knowre, a Seoul-based learning app developer, has taken a big step forward in its American expansion plans. The company announced today that its math programs, which gives kids personalized recommendations, will be used in Sylvan Learning tutoring centers. Sylvan is the largest p … | Continue reading
Amazon denkt dann schon ein paar Schritte in die autonome Lieferzukunft: Der Konzern hat ein Patent auf ein Automated Aerial Vehicle (AAV) angemeldet, das mit zwei Propellern ausgerüstet ist, wobei der zweite Propeller wechselweise ganz versch... | Continue reading
In this morning’s bitcoin price analysis, we noted that a triangle had formed mid range in our predefined parameters, and that we would look at using this triangle to enter long towards an upside target of 422 flat if – and when – it completed. We classed completion as the breaki … | Continue reading
Researchers from Berkeley and Columbia have published a new study that claims more than 28 percent of all piracy takedown requests that Google receives are “questionable”. Such appeals either did not target the alleged infringing content correctly or raised concerns about the val … | Continue reading
Sprint is still trying all the tricks it can to get back into the game, but the carrier's latest is something we haven't seen before. Customers can now get access to Amazon Prime as a monthly add-on for their contract for $10.99. You get everything you'd normally get from Prime ( … | Continue reading
How can hurting kittens be any fun? I mean, they truly are the cutest beings ever, and yet here I am reviewing a game called Exploding Kittens [$1.99], which I very much enjoy playing. I suppose it's somewhat similar to playing Cards Against Humanity and making the weirdest, most … | Continue reading
David Shing, or simply ‘Shingy,’ is well-known in technology circles. And for good reason, he’s AOL’s energetic and up-beat ‘Digital Prophet’ – oft jetting around the world to talk about the future of technology. But how long will Shingy’s (and other similar roles) survive? Not a … | Continue reading
Eager, die-hard Tesla fans spanning Australia, Asia, Europe and the U.S. are waiting in line this morning (a la Apple) to put a $1,000 deposit on the upcoming $35,000 Model 3, a car nobody outside the company has ever seen before. At the time of writing, over 100 people — physici … | Continue reading
All sports fans love a good playoff game. But actually attending one is something most folks never have the chance to do. The ticket prices for these games, from pro basketball to college football bowl games, is exorbitant. Plus, you don’t even know if your team is going until wa … | Continue reading
Starting a business takes more than a great idea. The best way to ensure that your small business has a fighting chance in a competitive market is to develop a core set of skills to prepare yourself for every challenge, hurdle or roadblock you’ll find along the way. That’s why we … | Continue reading
Amazon this morning announced an expansion of its Dash Buttons product line – those Wi-Fi connected, push-button devices that let you buy products from its site with just a press. One year after the buttons went live, and apparently not the April Fool’s joke people once imagined, … | Continue reading