The Suffering lead designer Richard Rouse III has announced an ambitious narratively-driven stealth adventure called The Church of Darkness.Billed as a "top-down action-infiltration game" The Church of Darkness' main appeal is that the story significantly changes with each playth … | Continue reading
Tribeca Venture Partners, a New York-based early-stage venture firm founded in 2011, is today announcing that it has closed its second fund with $107 million — significantly more than its $65 million debut fund. That’s good news for New York startups. In a conversation earlier th … | Continue reading
There's no denying that Kylo Ren is angsty. The Force Awakens' entire plot essentially centers around his confused self-identity and the rejection of his parents' ideals. Honestly, although the movie's great, it still feels like it's missing a crucial line: "It’s not a phase, mom … | Continue reading
“There’s more to love with every click” takes on entirely new meaning if you forego the spacing between the “c” and “l.” The subtle change between the before and after might look unnoticeable to some, but look closer and both taglines tell an entirely different story. @bathtype b … | Continue reading
Why watch the Oscars alone when you can throw a viewing party? So how you do add a touch of Hollywood glamour to party treats? Red Velvet CEO Agathe Assouline-Lichten joins Tanya Rivero with party-throwing tips. | Continue reading
Luxe is in talks with a strategic investor that will infuse the company with “tens of millions” in new financing from Hertz, our sources tell us. Our understanding is that the round is still in negotiations — and, of course, could change at any time. The Information also reported … | Continue reading
XperimentalZ Games is working on its next title after Mechanosaur Hijacks the Moon [Free] and Pixel Boat Rush [Free], and they need readers' help to beta test the game. Pinball Breaker Forever promises to be pretty much exactly what it says on the tin: it's a brick breaker game w … | Continue reading
The Nexus 5X is a mid-range device with some relatively impressive power under the hood. Now they're going on eBay for the lowest price we've seen. | Continue reading
Is nobody else tired of the ‘x people compete for prize in x industry’ format? Models, drag queens, ‘entrepreneurs,’ bachelors, entertainers, c-list celebrities, z-list celebrities… It appears it might just be me, as the content team over at Amazon has just aired the company’s fi … | Continue reading
The fight between Apple and the FBI over the security protections on the San Bernadino iPhone has been fierce for the past few weeks, but it’s mostly been a PR battle thus far. From a legal and procedural standpoint, only two things had actually happened until yesterday: the FBI … | Continue reading
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Even if Apple loses its high-profile legal fight with the FBI, San Bernardino county law enforcement isn't expecting any fresh leads. In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, San Bernardino sheriff Jarrod Burguan said that he thinks the phone at the center of the litigation ma … | Continue reading
Perhaps Nintendo's notoriously bad 1989 peripheral the Power Glove was actually nearly three decades ahead of its time as Sony has recently filed three patents on its own glove controller.As spotted by NeoGAF user Rösti, the patents in question would be comprised of a flex sensor … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Doug McDermott talks after his big game against Washington By Will Laws, Special to NBA.com For many NBA players, All-Star Weekend represents an opportunity to rest up before the home stretch of the regular season. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that all thre … | Continue reading
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. Despite periods of volatility, the global bitcoin market remained calm this week, gaining 1% while fluctuating between $410 and $45 … | Continue reading
You may have heard rumblings on your social media platform of choice about Ted Cruz and the Zodiac Killer, and how the two might be one in the same. You probably have questions, especially if you were born after 1975.To help, I'd like to answer each question have you have individ … | Continue reading
The last few releases from Simogo have sort of redefined what we expect from interactive entertainment. Using text, music, and visuals in new and interesting ways has allowed Simogo to tell stories in a way that feels like an all-new medium, like the evolution of literature, film … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Pacers top Magic in Orlando By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com Throughout the 82-game grind of the NBA season, rest can mean a world of difference wherever players find it. That can mean taking a day off on the second (or first) day of a back-to-back set, sitting out dur … | Continue reading
Facebook has officially rolled out "Reactions," giving users more ways to offer feedback. How will this impact social media content marketing strategies? | Continue reading
Game developer High Voltage just debuted its new offering for the Oculus Rift, a turn-based collectable card game called ‘Dragon Front’ that looks a little like ‘Final Fantasy’ and a lot like ‘Magic: The Gathering’ with a little bit of a ‘Risk’ mixed in for good measure. Dragon F … | Continue reading
Today, a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit ruled that Samsung, in fact, had not infringed on patented Apple technology. | Continue reading
Apple CEO Tim Cook has lately been offering more and more hints that the Apple Car might possibly be a real thing. At the very least, he's fueling speculation that the company is planning a big play in the auto industry. Speaking at today's shareholder meeting, Cook took a break … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — The 2016 Mobile World Congress has officially drawn to a close, leaving event-goers and tech-watchers alike to take stock of prior days' excitement — the new flagship devices, strange new gadgets and tantalizing speculations about the futureHowever, a keynote talk fro … | Continue reading
Superhot's developer has teased a VR release for its super hot debut title.The ingenious first-person puzzle game where time only moves when you do has been receiving rave reviews lately and the developer noted in a Kickstarter update that it has "secretive" plans to bring VR sup … | Continue reading
Federal prosecutors say details about the second arrest of Shaun Bridges, a former U.S. Secret Service agent charged with stealing in the Silk Road investigation, must remain sealed, in part, because they believe there are one or more co-conspirators, according to a filing in the … | Continue reading
Apple's stance on privacy in the face of a U.S. government demand to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers has raised awkward questions for the world's mobile network operators. | Continue reading
Time and again, things we imagine as common knowledge are actually little more than myths and rumours in the tech world. Be it the industry of mobile gadgets, business strategies, BYOD or even the adoption of cloud. So, while many of you out there are experienced myth busters, t … | Continue reading
Talk to anyone in the AR space right now and the phrase “democratizing x” is bound to arise two or three dozen times. Wrnch CEO Paul Kruszewski says that concept is especially true for the computer vision space with warchest-toting companies like Magic Leap powering their own tec … | Continue reading
Date: 10/03/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationNine outstanding women entrepreneurs who have brought their breakthrough ideas to the market have reached the final stage of the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2016.The three winners will be announced and receive their awards during a … | Continue reading
If you run a business, you probably know that social media is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for growth. Use it well and you’ll see more customers and sales. The more connected on social media your business is, the more your brand could be worth. Beyond platforms, there’s … | Continue reading
In this post I'm going to be looking at using Redis as a data persistence layer for a Go application. We'll start by explaining a few of the essential concepts, and then build a working web application which highlights some techniques for using Redis in a concurrency-safe way. Th … | Continue reading
IBM's attempts to showcase Watson in TV commercials have been a bit less impressive than the computing system's Jeopardy wins. They usually involve a renowned figure awkwardly carrying on a short conversation with Watson, like this Bob Dylan spot or a brand-new one featuring Ridl … | Continue reading
The Oscars are almost here, and your annual Oscar party is near at hand. You’ve got your fresh outfit, hors d’oeuvres, and cans of champagne. You even sent out paper invites to your friends. It’s a tradition you dive into with abandon, tweeting about the dresses on the red carpet … | Continue reading
MWC 2016 is coming to a close, we're rounding up all our favorite gadgets from the trade show -- from flagship smartphones to 360-degree cameras! | Continue reading
Backup and recovery solutions technology company Acronis, the developer of popular software for consumers and businesses alike, is looking to integrate blockchain technology into its products, according to a report. Software developer Acronis, a company founded in Russia and now … | Continue reading
If you're at all into fantasy MMORPG's, Albion Online should be somewhere on your radar. I've fiddled around a bit in the closed beta and it's definitely scratching all the right itches for me. If nothing else, the idea of playing the game on your PC/Mac, needing to go somewhere, … | Continue reading
Like Hollywood itself, the Oscar statue's sparkling exterior conceals its no less meritorious, but certainly less glamorous interior: britannia metal. Or at least that was the case until this year, as the Oscars will make the switch to bronze, shunning the mighty britannia after … | Continue reading
The year is 2016, and you still have a floppy disc-compatible A drive in your computer. You wouldn’t want to just let that go to waste, would you? But how do you put a 3.5-inch floppy to use when they only hold 1.4 MB of data?You throw an SD card in it, which conveniently fits ri … | Continue reading
Since the exit of CEO Parker Conrad and reports of rowdy behavior at work, Zenefits has looked like a company in desperate need of a clean house. It appears they are doing that today, as a report from TechCrunch indicates that new CEO David Sacks will lay off around 250 employees … | Continue reading
Guest post by Jessica Ann (@itsjessicann), CEO and Creative Director of Jessica Ann Media, and author of Humanize Your Brand: How to Create Content that Connects with Your Customers. We’re living in a post-advertising age. Instead of lamenting the past, or focusing on “the good o … | Continue reading
Earlier this week we posted about the Order & Chaos [Free] "test box" situation, where players of the game somehow got access to the toolkit used by game masters to do all sorts of things in game ranging from creating items and gold to... Creating even more test boxes to give oth … | Continue reading
Talkwheel, a company that offers a unique way to visualize customer conversations, has been acquired by Clickable.I last wrote about Talkwheel in 2014. The company aggregates the online conversation around a given company or topic in a circular format — it’s supposed to help you … | Continue reading
Apple may have landed on a name for its upcoming revamp of the iPhone 5S: the iPhone SE. According to 9to5Mac, Apple has chosen to to drop "5" from the new iPhone's name and go entirely with letters. It had previously been rumored that the phone would be called the iPhone 5SE, to … | Continue reading
High Voltage Software is creating a collectible card game, Dragon Front, as an exclusive for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The game plays like Blizzard’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, except with the innovative twist that you play it inside VR. That’s a good thing b … | Continue reading
Tower above your army of monsters, lean across the battlefield and make your opponent’s face explode. That’s Dragon Front, a virtual reality card game coming to Oculus Rift. While many VR games see you flailing your arms or head about, or swinging swords and shooting bows and arr … | Continue reading
Virtual reality has traditionally been about transporting you to new worlds and making you believe you’re really there. It’s the immersion element, known as "presence" in industry lingo, that makes VR feel like magic. So it was refreshing to see Dragon Front, a new VR game in dev … | Continue reading
Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will be available globally on March 11In the U.S., the phones can be pre-ordered on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and U.S. Cellular. You've got lots of options from contracts to installment plants to leasing plans.See also: 12 awesome Instagram f … | Continue reading
While personalized recommendations for books, music, movies, restaurants, nights out and pretty much anything else you could want are now defacto for any self-respecting content platform, it’s only just today that Kickstarter will start pointing you in the right direction of proj … | Continue reading