The Chinese app economy has been exploding, but so far most of the country’s apps have needed help to market abroad, in part because of the huge differences between China and other large markets, like the U.S. No Chinese domestic data providers have been able to bridge the divide … | Continue reading
To help more brands understand video advertising, we created an infovideo on Google's latest research on how storytelling affects video ad effectiveness. | Continue reading
Alongside Netflix, YouTube is the biggest name in online video, and today it's being added to T-Mobile's Binge On plan, which allows streaming from partner services without it counting against users' data caps. T-Mobile chief John Legere announced the news in a video on Twitter, … | Continue reading
Search engines make it easy to look through text files for specific words, but finding phrases and keywords in audio and video recordings could be a hassle. Fortunately, California-based startup DeepGram is working on a tool that will make this process simpler. Launching out of Y … | Continue reading
USAA discusses its most recent bitcoin technology trial, which found it offering a balance-check option to accountholders. | Continue reading
Cross platform mobile development isn't as hard as you might think. Here is a summary of how to develop for multiple mobile OSes and which tools to use. | Continue reading
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that the PS4 and Xbox One would be capable of cross-platform play. Is Sony going to turn this happy relationship into a threesome? It's complicated... | Continue reading
Nottingham (UK), 16-17 April 2016 The ART // GAMES // HACKATHON is an intensive weekend workshop, which will allow artists, coders and technologists to collaborate, team up and develop prototypes of game art projects. This exciting event will take place at Game City in Nottingh … | Continue reading
Ron Gilbert has written and designed some of the most influential adventure games around, including 1987's Maniac Mansion, the spark for the golden age of Lucasfilm Games. And his next release, the crowdfunded Thimbleweed Park, looks a lot like the classics that defined his caree … | Continue reading
Since getting some hands-on time with the latest build earlier this week, I've spent a fair amount of time telling my friends about Enter the Gungeon. More often than not, this leads to the erroneous assumption I'm prattling on about a game filled with colourful buckets of slime. … | Continue reading
Hublot wird möglicherweise dem Beispiel von Tag Heuer folgen und 2017 oder 2018 ebenfalls eine Smartwatch in den Handel bringen. Auch eine schlaue Uhr von Zenith sei denkbar. Das sagte Jean-Claude Biver, Chef der Luxusuhrenmarken Hublot, Tag H... | Continue reading
A new Slackbot built by none other than Digg, the community came before Reddit for surfacing stories from around the Web, brings the best of the service right into your work’s chatroom. Diggbot is one of the more interesting Slackbots I’ve seen so far – once added, you can query … | Continue reading
A surprising news was announced over in Australia recently, as Australia Post is exploring the options of using blockchain technology for their electronic transactions and digital identity credentials project. However, it is important to note the blockchain is not the only form o … | Continue reading
One of my favorite gaming experiences ever was hanging around arcades in the early ‘90s and playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. The core of Ninja Turtles has always been four brothers working together to fight bad guys, and the arcade game really captured that … | Continue reading
Social media isn’t just about sharing and distributing the content your company creates, nor is it something that should be left to your marketing team. | Continue reading
OPPO has unveiled its new mid-range R9 and R9 Plus smartphones, which both feature a 16 megapixel ISOCELL front facing camera. | Continue reading
Donald Trump has received plentiful media coverage in his presidential campaign – far more media coverage than any other candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign. The real estate mogul has more delegates than other Republican candidates while spending far less for paid adverti … | Continue reading
This year is predicted to be an explosion for video marketing. Read three ways marketers can get started with the video trend. | Continue reading
What's Christian Slater's favorite emoji? If you send an email to Rami Malek, will he ever respond? Do the Mr. Robot stars agree on life's most fundamental question: Grumpy Cat or Marnie? Will you ever get tired of looking at these handsome men? You already know the answer to tha … | Continue reading
Wirex Limited., the London, U.K. producer of the E-Coin bitcoin debit card, has introduced the first two-way bitcoin debit card. In addition to being able to spend bitcoin with the card wherever Visa and MasterCard are accepted in more than 130 countries, it will soon be possible … | Continue reading
Okta, a company mostly known for cloud identity management, made a foray into enterprise mobility management (EMM) at the end of 2014. Today, it announced a partnership with Box to support device-level security for the Box mobile app. The company is hoping this is the start of a … | Continue reading
Amazon and Fitbit are teaming up to make it even easier to see your daily fitness progress. Or rather, hear about it. Fitbit users who own an Amazon Echo can now ask Alexa about their progress throughout the day via an integration with the Alexa API. All the user has to do is say … | Continue reading
All I’ve ever wanted to do is hold a real lightsaber. Is that so much to ask? Well, according to science, yes. Yes, it is. So, the escape of digital entertainment has been my only hope. When Nintendo released the Wii home console in 2006, I thought maybe its motion controller wou … | Continue reading
Is your startup looking to take that next big leap forward? Many companies have gotten their start by displaying in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt, and we want your company to be our next success story. Read More | Continue reading
Continuing its quest to make the Amazon Echo the most central and indispensable part of your smart home, Amazon's smart speaker can now field your Fitbit questionsFitbit announced on Thursday you can now ask the Echo's voice assistant, Alexa, how many steps you've walked, calorie … | Continue reading
"Alexa, ask Fitbit how I’m doing today," is the latest phrase you didn’t expect to be saying to your living room in 2016.Starting today, users of both Amazon’s Alexa voice service and Fitbit wearables can ask Alexa health- and fitness-related questions on any Alexa-enabled device … | Continue reading
One of the best surprise games of last year was Rocket League, which can be succinctly described as "soccer with rocket cars." In a similar vein, PlayStation VR's Rigs: Mechanized Combat League juxtaposes two disparate ideas — in this case, mech shooters and something I'm generou … | Continue reading
Morgan Dix has built two businesses that enable his customers to transform themselves. His story is this month's Hero's Journey feature. | Continue reading
User-generated video content provides your brand valuable exposure and an opportunity to boost credibility—all from an impartial source. | Continue reading
Marketing Strategy - More than two-thirds of online marketers are men, and that proportion is even higher in many technical roles, according to a report from Moz. | Continue reading
Health and wearables startup Fitbit is the latest company to embrace Amazon’s fledgling Internet of Things (IoT) technology, with the news that you can now ask Alexa for your fitness stats using just your voice. Fitbit claims to be the first wearables company to open up to Amazon … | Continue reading
I’m moving into a columnist role at TechCrunch and onto some new projects. One is called Roam Co-Living. It adaptively re-uses space for communal living and location independent workers in other parts of the U.S. and world, starting in Miami and Indonesia. Although this work will … | Continue reading
Handshake, a maker of wholesale order apps for mobile, will target new overseas markets after raising a $14 million Series B. The round was led by Sozo Ventures and includes returning investors Emergence Capital, SoftTech VC, BOLDstart Ventures, MHS Capital, Point Nine, and Prima … | Continue reading
Smartphone sales are slowing down, and it looks like Apple might see its first iPhone sales decline in the next quarter. That pinch is now being felt by one of Apple’s key suppliers. UK company Imagination Technologies announced today that it is restructuring its company. It will … | Continue reading
Das Rennen der Zauberwürfel-Rekorde wird dieser Tag immer rasanter und damit auch absurder. Der Klassiker (Mensch mit 3x3x3-Würfel) wird inzwischen in knapp 4 Sekunden durchgenudelt (amtliche Rekordzeit von 1981: 38 Sekunden!), Roboter ma... | Continue reading
Sky has unveiled that it’s opened an in-house VR production studio and its first creation, a look inside F1 racing in Barcelona, will be released on Facebook 360 Video this Friday. To experience everything from the pit lane to the team garages in full, you’ll need a VR headset, b … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Wednesday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Warriors head on road looking sharp | New images of Bucks’ proposed arena unveiled | Bulls’ Gasol to miss more games | Waiters returns to OKC lineup No. 1: Warriors embark on road trip looking sharp — The Golden State W … | Continue reading
Sales copy is your key to building great relationships with your customers, establishing yourself as a thought leader in your industry and ultimately, great conversions. | Continue reading
Scientists researching craters in the sea floor off the coast of Norway have hypothesized that they could be linked to the so-called Bermuda Triangle. It's like kicking a hornet's nest, only the hornets are made of conspiracy theory buzzwords. | Continue reading
Wondering what SEO copywriting is -- and if it's really important for your site? Check out this short video + transcript that answers your questions! | Continue reading
If Facebook announces the “Messenger Bot Store” at F8, as many predict, it would be arguably the most consequential event for the tech industry since Apple announced the App Store and iPhone SDK in March 2008. Even Steve Jobs could not have foreseen the impact of what he describe … | Continue reading
Twitter is in the process of making its algorithmic timeline opt-out, rather than opt-in, as the social network continues its push to appeal to new users. The move comes a little over a month after Twitter first announced the new feature, which surfaces the most interesting and p … | Continue reading
The founders of Ask.fm — the popular social Q&A app that became embroiled in a cyberbullying media storm before being acquired by IAC — have backed new dating app Mint. Read More | Continue reading
A failing Venezuelan government has now published an article through a state-owned media outlet that sums up bitcoin as a currency used by criminals... | Continue reading
Vietnam is emerging as a technology market of note in Asia. Weeks after U.S. VC firm 500 Startups announced a fund for the country, Vietnam-based fintech startup Momo has landed a $28 million investment round from banking giants Standard Chartered (SCB) and Goldman Sachs. Read Mo … | Continue reading
ADAC: München (ots) - Dieses Jahr sollten sich Osterurlauber bei der Rückreise vor allem aus Italien und Österreich auf längere Wartezeiten an den Grenzen einstellen. Betroffen sind nicht nur die Autobahnen, sondern auch Bundes-, Landes- und Kreisstraßen. ... | Continue reading
You might have heard the terms "assembly language" and "machine code" but what exactly do they mean? Let's find out. | Continue reading
Battle of Livorno, 14 March 1653, an incident from the First Anglo-Dutch War, anonymous. Rijksmuseum, public domain. At first, the painting above looks like many you’ve seen before. A grand, naval scene with clouds billowing above inflated sails. But hang ... | Continue reading