The DTCC has announced it will test a distributed ledger solution for managing repurchase (repo) agreements. | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Missed it? You can still tap into the insights shared recently by VB analyst Jon Cifuentes and guest panelist Realtor.com CMO Nate Johnson as they show how to how to break through the inbox instead of getting banished to email purgatory. Access the webinar on demand r … | Continue reading
It’s time for the virtual reality showdown you’ve all been waiting for: the Oculus Rift vs. the Virtual Boy. Sure, 20 years of technological advancements separate the two — and many consider the Virtual Boy to be one of worst products that Nintendo has ever made — but GamesBeat … | Continue reading
In 1979, Brian Eno gave a lecture at the inaugural New Music America Festival in New York on a very Brian Eno-ish topic. Titled “The Recording Studio as a Compositional Tool,” it is most definitely worth a listen or a read. In the lecture, Eno discusses the ever-evolving relation … | Continue reading
Some of my favorite mobile games are ones that can be played with one hand in quick sessions. After all, if you have your phone always with you, then why not fill any empty gaps by playing a game? I love deeper experiences as well, but the ones I keep coming back to are the | Continue reading
The ‘Mars’ speaker by crazybaby is a futuristic speaker that would look right at home in a Sci-Fi movie. The cylindrical base acts as both a control unit and a subwoofer, while the top looks like a flying saucer and levitates two to three inches above the base while providing 360 … | Continue reading
If the pre-launch campaign for the Huawei P9 were a cruise ship, you’d probably want to pass on tickets because this thing has been as leaky as the Titanic. | Continue reading
Virtual reality is a strange place where anything can happen, and this has led Valve to come up with a fun way to acclimate people to the new technology. Valve, the company that operates the Steam digital-distribution platform for PC games, has updated its SteamVR software that p … | Continue reading
What do you call it when you have an app that lets your friends take a photo of you, using your own phone? It’s not a selfie… It’s not a portrait… Let’s call it a someone elsie. Shootlr today launched an iOS and Android app that is attempting to take this brave new frontier of ph … | Continue reading
Buyer's remorse be gone! Tesla will now upgrade your Tesla P90D with "Insane" acceleration mode up to "Ludicrous" for just $10,000*.SEE ALSO: The MX-5 RF is a surprising showstopper from MazdaOn the Tesla Gear website, current owners of P90D (Performance 90 kilo-Watt-hour dual-mo … | Continue reading
Good news for those of y'all who need a game where you smash stuff with a giant spiked ball behind your car: Flail Rider arrives on March 31st. The game, inspired by a Ludum Dare project by developer Catpancake and published by BulkyPix, has you trying to wreck up one of three di … | Continue reading
The LG G5 looks nearly physically identical to its big brother, but compromises have been made in regards to some of its components. | Continue reading
What's better than a brand-new Pontiac Trans Am? A brand-new Trans Am signed by Burt Reynolds, of course.SEE ALSO: Lincoln Navigator Concept SUV: Like a sailboat on four wheelsThankfully, that's what Trans Am Depot will do — a Floridian company keen to continue the legacy of Gene … | Continue reading
Super Mario World is one of the most beloved games ever made, and that has led to fans breaking the game open in order to figure out how they can change it and manipulate it. And now someone has taken this to an extreme new high. YouTube personality SethBling has uploaded a new v … | Continue reading
Even though we're still six months away from the next iPhone (which will probably be called the iPhone 7), rumors are already starting to appear about the next iPhone. You know, the one that won't be out until 2017.I love a good Apple rumor as much as the next person, but this is … | Continue reading
After weeks of back and forth, it appears that the FBI vs Apple saga ends today, at least in the federal courtroom that started it all. The US Government officially said that it has gained access to San Bernadino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c and is now asking the court … | Continue reading
The FBI has unlocked Farook’s iPhone 5c involved in the San Bernardino shooting using an alternative method that didn’t involve Apple. Given this new development, the Department of Justice is dropping the case. The government has been evasive about this alternative method, but it … | Continue reading
A YouTuber called SethBling just combined Super Mario World and Flappy Bird. Why? We don’t know. But it’s how that’s truly amazing. Before you roll your eyes thinking it’s a simple mock-up or sprite switch, it turns out the process is way more involved than you might expect: Seth … | Continue reading
After years of build up and pre-release developer kits, the first deliveries of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset started arriving this morning. Join us as we take our first steps into this crazy new future we’re in, won’t you? Read More | Continue reading
The U.S. government today officially said it has gotten into San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c and it is now asking the court to vacate the court’s original order to compel Apple to help the government unlock the phone. The government has issued a proposed ord … | Continue reading
Deadpool, in a development few could have seen coming, is now the top-earning R-rated movie in cinema history. The unlikely hit, starring Ryan Reynolds as the "Merc with a Mouth," has so far earned $746 million dollars globally, putting it ahead of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded, whi … | Continue reading
After months of work, the FBI finally has a way into the San Bernardino iPhone. In a court filing today, prosecutors told the court the new method for breaking into the phone is sound, and Apple's assistance is no longer required. "The government has now successfully accessed the … | Continue reading
Many of you are already wondering whether we need another mobile MOBA after the latest deluge of MOBAs hoping to draw substantial player bases in order to survive. Well, the trailer for the upcoming MOBA PigBang starts by pretty much answering that same question and proceeds to c … | Continue reading
Major changes are coming to Instagram and, naturally, everyone is freaking out.The company announced earlier this month that it would be switching to an algorithm-based feed, rather than a chronological one. While not totally surprising that the Facebook-owned app would consider … | Continue reading
Free earned media is a Holy Grail for brands, so why do so many marketers get in the way of it happening? You probably don’t think you do it. But I’ve spent 17 years in mainstream media newsrooms and these are the most common things I’ve seen that have stopped brands and individu … | Continue reading
Two Worlds 3 is officially happening, series developer Reality Pump Studios has announced.The developer said it's in the concept stage and scheduled for development over the next three years.In the meantime, Reality Pump hasn't given up on Two Worlds 2. Far from it. Despite being … | Continue reading
If you text and walk in New Jersey, a new bill might slap you with fines and penalties similar to jay walking. | Continue reading
If you’re interested in the old Netflix and Chill but bae isn’t close enough to cuddle up to on the couch, then that’s quite a modern problem. But now there’s a modern answer in the form of a nifty Chrome extension designed to sync up your binge-viewing with a friend. Netflix Par … | Continue reading
Everyone who downloads torrents has his or her own preferred bit torrent app, and now Windows users can try out one client that's among the most popular for OS X. Transmission, which has been around for Macs since 2005, has made its way to Windows, promising the same speed, relia … | Continue reading
The New York Times has one million digital subscribers, but it wants more. Now it looks like it’s trying to get them by plugging holes in its paywall.The Times is experimenting with limiting the number of stories that Facebook and Twitter users can read each month without paying … | Continue reading
Netflix's library has shrunk by a third in recent years, and while the company is producing critically acclaimed original content, it's still lost access to multiple high-profile movies and TV shows. | Continue reading
Theranos is more likely than conventional labs to return blood work with unusual numbers, according to the first comparison study between the Silicon Valley start-up and two well-known commercial labs. The results suggest that doctors who use blood tests from Theranos may decide … | Continue reading
Simogo - developer of Year Walk, Device 6, The Sailor's Dream, and Beat Sneak Bandit - has revealed a cancelled game prototype from its archive.Originally in development for 3DS, Rollovski was an abstract arcade game about a limbless, spherical sleuth searching for clues in an ab … | Continue reading
If you can't beat your enemies you must join them, right? In this post we aim to take a look at some of the ways in which Microsoft continues to infiltrate the Android OS. | Continue reading
An interesting development has been announced earlier today, as Coinify is working hard to expand their presence in the Asian region. Thanks to a partnership with iPayDNA, they can now offer multi-coin payments across Asian countries, Another notch in the belt for digital currenc … | Continue reading
Oculus Rift is out today, but maybe you’re waiting for some virtual reality that enables you to get up out of your chair to walk around. For that, you’re gonna need the the HTC Vive and SteamVR. GamesBeat has messed around with the Vive Pre headset (from Taiwanese manufacturer HT … | Continue reading
Netflix Party is a Chrome extension that lets you chat and watch movies in sync with your far-away friends. | Continue reading
Sonos has lost its chief product officer, Marc Whitten, the company confirmed to Tech Insider. Whitten had been at the helm of product development at Sonos for the past two years, which included the release of the Play:5 and its new sound balancing feature Trueplay.The announceme … | Continue reading
Alright so this is a weird one, but it seemed too cool not to post. Apparently, the Flappy Bird phenomena is alive and well, at least inside of the Super Nintendo code injection scene. If you haven't been following all this, strap in for some raw insanity- The extreme cliffsnotes … | Continue reading
Last week, film critics came together and pulverized Batman v Superman. "Blunt, humorless, and baffling," wrote Slate's Jonathan Fischer. "It collides the brutish directorial stamp of its director (he of 300 and Watchmen fame) with the most shameless instincts of our latter-day s … | Continue reading
I keep trying out new virtual reality apps on family members using the HTC Vive Pre. And the latest to catch our attention was TheBlu: Encounter, an undersea VR experience from Wevr. This kind of VR experience fits in the virtual tourism realm, where you can go someplace in an an … | Continue reading
The cost of entry to the startup world has decreased dramatically in the last decade. We’re now at the point where the tools that were once only available to enterprise users have made their way into the hands of everyday users. Access to bleeding-edge innovation is no longer lim … | Continue reading
I literally cannot calculate how many hours I spent on Contra back in the day, especially playing it on my PC with my brother. That game was so much fun, and we had reached a point where we had the whole thing pretty much memorized. Now, we'll get to play it again (hopefully) on … | Continue reading
Google AdWords is getting a facelift that will help it look a lot more Google-y and a lot less like a boring advertising platform. Specifically, Adwords is getting a Material Design makeover, which Google says will help it focus on “the next 15 years.” Though it’s seeing a design … | Continue reading
Here are our 3 steps for spring cleaning your content marketing strategy... just in time for spring. | Continue reading
Drink up! Or not. Now, you can save as much wine as you want for up to 30 days after opening a bottle — if you drink out of Kuvee‘s new smart wine bottle. The Boston-based winery startup announced today that it served itself a $6 million investment led by General Catalyst and Fou … | Continue reading
Blockchain startup CommonAccord is one of eight startups selected for BNP Paribas' new FinTech accelerator, L’Atelier. | Continue reading
It wasn’t worth it for celebrities to respond to their endless digital fan mail until now. TipTalk lets them set a price for a private text, photo, or video response. The idea is that in their downtime, they could forge deeper relationships with their audience while earning enoug … | Continue reading