In a church in Hamburg, the pews have been rearranged and dozens of consoles have been lined up wall-to-wall. A makeshift stage has all but engulfed the altar, drinks are being served at the sidelines and when we first arrive, bleary-eyed from an early plane journey, organ music … | Continue reading
Discover the seven email marketing sins we should avoid and seven desirable virtues we should cultivate when creating an email marketing strategy. | Continue reading
Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Local, joins the Social Pros Podcast to discuss his new book "The Art of People" and how proper listening can make you a better person, partner, and social pro. | Continue reading
It feels like we just got over Heartbleed and there’s another branded exploit out there. DROWN, a new vulnerability in OpenSSL that affects servers using SSLv2, was revealed today as an attack that could decrypt your secure HTTPS communications, such as passwords or credit card n … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced a new tool today called Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection designed to help IT detect threats to Windows 10 machines after a threat has penetrated the network. While most security strategy to this point has focused on keeping bad actors out of the net … | Continue reading
Nicosia (Cyprus) 18-20 March 2016 The British Council and the British High Commission in Nicosia, in collaboration with Snook, a Glasgow-based digital innovation agency, and in partnership with Google, are hosting a Culture Shift Hackathon programme on 18th – 20th March, at the C … | Continue reading
The Melrose Police Department in Massachusetts fell prey to ransomware that spread was triggered from a malicious email opened by a member of the department. To regain access and control of the files encrypted by the cryptographically-coded ransomware, the Police Department paid … | Continue reading
The latest version of veraPDF is now available. The latest version of veraPDF is now available for download in the PREFORMA Open Source Portal. veraPDF is building the definitive, file-format validator for all parts and conformance levels of ISO 19005 (PDF/A). This version contai … | Continue reading
Pick up any fitness magazine – or just Google ‘health hacks’ – and you’ll be inundated with millions of bits of research telling you how to live a better life. Drink more green tea, drink more coffee, drink more red wine. Ok, so drinking stuff isn’t the secret to a long life, but … | Continue reading
Brownies made of black beans and cookies made of chickpeas are amongst the unusual recipes found on Hungryroot. Launched last year, the New York-based meal kit startup focuses on vegetable-based natural foods that can be prepared in under seven minutes. After demonstrating “rapid … | Continue reading
Das musste wohl früher oder später passieren: Ein selbstfahrendes Google-Testauto hat ganz ohne menschliche Hilfe einen Unfall gebaut. Womit die bislang fast zu makellose Unfallbilanz der autonomen Testvehikel einen kleinen Kratzer bekomm... | Continue reading
A small, but important detail buried in Apple’s developer documentation for its upcoming iOS 9.3 release details a new feature that lets employers lock apps to your homescreen so they can’t ever be moved. The feature means that an employer-issued iPhone could require Slack and yo … | Continue reading
SoundHound, the company known for its song recognition app, is branching out beyond music in a big way.Following months of private beta, the company has launched Hound, its new voice-enabled assistant app to rival Siri and Google Now.See also: Ask Siri to beatbox for you right no … | Continue reading
They say the dog is a man's best friend. Does that go for robot dogs as well? Or will they turn on their human masters, ushering in a new age of darkness for humanity? None of those questions are answered in the video below, but we do get to see how one real, flesh-and-bone dog g … | Continue reading
Marketing technology continues to grow at a pace. It is more fragmented than ever, and the number of available solutions has seen year-on-year triple-digit growth for half a decade. And that’s a problem for everyone involved. Keeping track of the tools, processes, and systems tha … | Continue reading
The claim is audacious: A cable that works as a Lightning and microUSB cable. Ludicrous, right? Well, if this Kickstarter project is to be believed, that’s exactly what the LMcable can do. The cable sports a special end that works in both ports. One side of the male connector has … | Continue reading
The Anonymous online vigilante group says it has helped take out pedophiles, scientologists and even Russian government officials, so now it has created a ‘greatest hits’ campaign video to show off its efforts. The online group declared “total war” on the Islamic State last year … | Continue reading
When it comes to getting things done efficiently, apps like TaskRabbit and Elance have become go-tos for lots of individuals and businesses alike. And today, TaskRabbit has turned its focus to getting those tasks done super-fast, with its new real-time offerings. The updated Task … | Continue reading
The wonders of modern tech advancement still carry a few pitfalls – namely, frustrating physical-space limitations on our phones and tablets. Sure, the cloud helps, but there’s often no substitute for physical media. Now you can expand the capacity of your iOS gadgets and easily … | Continue reading
Customer service is being disrupted in the same ways and for the same reasons that marketing has been disrupted. Hug Your Haters is the first book that provides research-backed advice on this critical shift. | Continue reading
You may have thought that SoundHound had long ago ridden into the sunset, but you’d be wrong. Although its signature app has been focused on music search for the past decade, that’s all about to change with the emergence of Hound out of beta. Hound is a natural language virtual a … | Continue reading
This year’s Disrupt NY will take place across the river from Manhattan in Red Hook, at the Brooklyn Cruise Ship terminal. TechCrunch Disrupt, with approximately 5,000 in-person attendees, will spend four days (including our hackathon) discussing the most exciting and innovative t … | Continue reading
No matter who the next James Bond will be, he'll have one of the most unbelievably beautiful cars in the world in his garage.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?Sure, the new Bugatti Chiron might be the new fastest car in the world. But … | Continue reading
Keyvan Mohajer is hoping the past 9 years of research and work building a digital assistant at SoundHound will be worth the wait. Today, SoundHound CEO Mohajer said the company is publicly releasing its Hound app, a tool that lets users search for answers to questions and complet … | Continue reading
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Elucify, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class wants to solve an annoying and persistent problem for sales people — making sure they have the most recent customer contact data. To solve this problem, the company created a plug-in for Salesforce.com CRM based on machine l … | Continue reading
There’s more to dating than just looks. Indeed, personality matters. So say the experts at The Catch, the newest social dating app for women. The Catch lets women pick men based on their personalities, as revealed by their answers to questions posed by the woman themselves. Unlik … | Continue reading
Neato's robotic vacuum can now be controlled with a smartwatch, thanks to an app update announced today. The automatic update allows smartwatch users to start, stop, and receive notifications from Neato's Botvac Connected vacuum, a Wi-Fi-connected Roomba competitor that uses lase … | Continue reading
Nearly every one of the world's largest technology companies is trying to figure out how to let computers understand human speech, but a Santa Clara-based startup may have just cut its way to the top of the field. Hound, as its app is called, is a voice-powered digital assistant. … | Continue reading
There are few car badges in the world with deeper history than Aston Martin's DB line, made most famous by James Bond's beautiful, tricked-out DB5 in 1964's Goldfinger. Now, there's an all-new DB ready for its debut: the DB11, complete with a 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 that … | Continue reading
Creative marketing ideas are the fuel that keeps content strategy running. Do you have memorable ideas to execute in 2016? Here's a few to spark creativity. | Continue reading
Something strange is going on within the Bitcoin ecosystem, as it has become all but impossible to send transactions to other people by paying a low or standard fee these days. Trouble started brewing when someone figured out how all mined blocks on February 29th were completely … | Continue reading
Elizabeth Arden brand Juicy Couture unveiled its Viva La Juicy Rosé Garden Party pop-up within Singapore's Changi Airport today (1 March). | Continue reading
Da, wo sich der Staub fängt, hinter Rechnern oder in sonstigen dunklen Ecken, da klemmen die TV-Sticks von Elgato an USB-Hubs. Zugegeben: In Zeiten von Streaming und Mediatheken ist es vielleicht nicht mehr so populär, sich den Fernseher... | Continue reading
The Power Rangers movie is inching closer to reality, more than a year after Lionsgate announced plans to reboot the popular 1990s franchise. Production on the Dean Israelite film began yesterday in Vancouver, the studio announced this week, and its cast is now fully fleshed out. … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Monday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Curry questionable vs. Hawks | Report: Some teams unhappy with Udrih buyout | James: More adversity likely for Cavs | Report: Raptors waive Bennett No. 1: Curry questionable tonight vs. Hawks — The Golden State Warriors re … | Continue reading
After he sold his Cupple messaging app for couples, Tim Allison was working in Switzerland as a consultant in an unfamiliar town, wondering why there wasn’t an easy way for him to meet interesting people in places where he didn’t have an existing network. Not long later, he’d bui … | Continue reading
Tęsknię za kolorem. Tęsknie za słońcem, za soczystymi pomidorami, za zapachem ziemi i odgłosami wiosny. Tęsknie w tym roku jak nigdy dotąd! Może dlatego podświadomie wybieram potrawy, które zwiastują nam wiosnę. Skład: (forma o średnicy 28 cm) kruche ciasto: 200 g mąki 100 g masł … | Continue reading
Probably the wildest thing about Bugatti's new 1,500hp super sports car is that it's not alone in being able to produce that much power. There's also the Koenigsegg Regera. This car was one of the stars of 2015's Geneva Motor Show and it returns today in an even more splendorous … | Continue reading
Sony's next major update to the PlayStation 4 will include the ability to stream games to a PC or Mac. Firmware version 3.50 is currently in beta testing, and includes the Remote Play feature. Beta testers aren't able to test it just yet, but Sony is promising it "soon." The upda … | Continue reading
EUV is moving to full production in fits and starts, and the industry is slightly positive on its long-term trends. Much remains to be done, however, if we want to see EUV lithography by 2021-2022. | Continue reading
Sony confirmed yesterday that it’s discontinuing shipments and sales of the PS Vita TV, the microconsole/set-top box hybrid known as PlayStation TV in the West. Although the decision came sooner than I might have predicted years ago, it isn’t a surprise. PlayStation TV is yet ano … | Continue reading
Thousands of migrants remain stuck at Greece’s northern border with Macedonia, where some clashed with police amid growing frustrations with tight border controls. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
Microsoft has lifted the lid on a new security service designed to identify and respond to “advanced” attacks on companies’ networks. With Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft is looking to further bolster the security credentials in Windows 10 — its latest oper … | Continue reading
Kia has announced that it will be offering Android Auto as an option in its entire range of cars in Europe come the end of 2017. | Continue reading
Look in your bag. How many cables are in there? If you’re an iOS user you’ll have one, two or if you’re like me, three Lightning cables nestled away. Most of your other accessories (Bluetooth headphones, camera, hard drive) all need Micro-USB cables for them to work. So now you h … | Continue reading