Humans have a hard time letting go of the past. Sometimes it's a good thing — nostalgia helps people fight loneliness and can even make them more tolerant. Other times it feels like a weakness, mostly because of how easily it gets exploited in the name of reunion tours and shows … | Continue reading
Wikipedia today launched an upgraded version of its iOS application aimed at helping users better discover content matching their own interests, including both articles and images. In addition, the app has been optimized for Apple’s newer OS and latest iPhones (6s and 6s Plus) wi … | Continue reading
Fred Wilson is a name that needs no introduction, but we’re going to do it anyway. TechCrunch is excited to announce that Fred Wilson will be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, which goes down May 9 through May 11, in a fireside chat. Fred is a veteran at TechCrunch Disrupt … | Continue reading
The European Central Bank ramped its efforts to boost the eurozone's economy with a package of measures it unveiled on Thursday. Luca Paolini, Pictet Asset Management chief strategist, joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the ECB's move. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Yahoo today announced an update that will allow people to sign up to use its services and make new Yahoo accounts — but with any email address. No longer will you need to create a Yahoo email address if you want to use, say, Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Yahoo senior product manager Assa … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission hopes to strengthen rules around online privacy. The commission is circulating a proposal today that would require internet service providers — like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T — to get your permission before sharing information about you with … | Continue reading
Whether anyone cares about what you share is debatable. Perhaps worse, it’s going out of fashion. That’s according to Nico Sell, the evangelist for keeping yourself to yourself online and co-founder of secure messaging service Wickr. | Continue reading
Spider-Man just leapt into the final shot of the Captain America: Civil War trailer, tingling spidey-senses across social media. The clip lasts only a couple seconds, but gives fans their first... | Continue reading
XCOM 2 should now run better on your PC, thanks to its first major patch."The XCOM team has been working hard to improve performance, balance, and stability issues reported by our fans," explains the official blog post. "We will continue to improve the XCOM 2 experience with addi … | Continue reading
Ulysses is a popular writing app aimed at people who regularly write, like poets, journalists, novelists, or academics. Up until now it was only available on desktop or iPad but the company has just released its iPhone version as well. Its clean, text-centric interface and organi … | Continue reading
Zen Pinball is bringing its acclaimed franchise to Oculus Rift on 28th March with Pinball FX2 VR.This VR debut for the studio will include three tables: Mars, Secrets of the Deep and Epic Quest.Since it's set in VR, Zen has constructed a virtual "stunning beachside mansion" housi … | Continue reading
There's a new feature in Android N that lets you drag and drop text between applications in multi-window mode! | Continue reading
A new all-electric racing series has been announced that will pit Tesla sedans against each other on famous race tracks around the world. The series was created by a company called Electric GT Holdings, and the first race could take place as soon as 2017. News of the series comes … | Continue reading
A new amendment to the Criminal Code by the Ministry of Finance in Russia sees the regulator – for the use of bitcoin – propose up to 7 years in prison for management and executives of banks and financial services firms. For the everyday citizen adopting bitcoin, the proposed ter … | Continue reading
There’s plenty of corporate and startup speak that exists but shouldn’t, so TNW’s founder Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten got together with Pep Rosenfeld from Boom Chicago in the Netherlands for a live show to come up with a few (potentially vomit-inducing) new bits of tech slang th … | Continue reading
This totally isn't a real-life attempt at Jurassic Park. We think. | Continue reading
Sheltered, a post-apocalyptic management sim about a family in a fallout shelter, is coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux on 15th March, publisher Team17 has announced.Developed by the two-person team at Unicube after raising £30,148 on Kickstarter, Sheltered tasks players … | Continue reading
Florida residents who open the Uber app today won't see the typical estimated time to summon a car, but rather a message that reads "tap to vote for Uber." This leads to a second message: "Legislation currently blocked in the Florida Senate would allow all Floridians access to Ub … | Continue reading
On March 21, Apple will hold a special invite-only event on its campus in Cupertino, California. No further details were offered, and we can’t glean much from the invitation. All it tells us is that Apple wants to ‘loop us in,’ an obvious tongue-in-cheek joke about the campus’ ad … | Continue reading
Ein spezieller Wintersport besteht ja darin, mit Schneeschuhen möglichst riesige Muster und Bilder auf verschneite Landschaften zu drucken, vor ein paar Jahren haben wir uns hier beispielsweise schon mal über einen Space-Invaders-Berg gef... | Continue reading
The mortgage service providers are rightly poised to change the dynamics of the mortgage industry for good. | Continue reading
Adobe Post has been updated to version 2.0, and now supports images of just about any size as well as improvements to its filters. If you’re not familiar with Post, it’s Adobe’s iOS app for creating text over images without having to dive into a full image editor. It’s great for … | Continue reading
This morning Apple sent out invitations for a media event on March 21st, teasing the tagline "Let us loop you in." The rumor mill is in full force trying to decode any hints offers in the invite, but most seem to expect that we'll see some new Apple Watch bands, a 4" iPhone which … | Continue reading
Today Apple sent out press invites for a March 21 event at the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters. Apple has yet to share its plans for the event — it only offered this vague tagline: “Let us loop you in” — but the company is rumored to unveil a 4-inch iPhone 5se, a spi … | Continue reading
A majority of Americans – 65 percent – now believe that robots will “definitely” or “probably” take over much of the work we humans do within 50 years – but less than 20 percent see this transformation happening to their current job. Despite the fact that this is already happenin … | Continue reading
New York-based Yext, which helps businesses manage their listings for store locations, is announcing $88.8 million in revenue for its fiscal 2016 year. The company says this is a 48% increase from last year and in the past month they have passed a $100 million run rate, or annual … | Continue reading
Apple's next event is happening Monday, March 21st, when we're expecting it to unveil a new iPhone, a new iPad, and likely a bit more.The announcements are shaping up to be a sequel to those made at Apple's last event, held six months ago. There, Apple announced the iPhone 6S, iP … | Continue reading
Apple verschickt aktuell Einladungen für eine Presseveranstaltung. Der Event, bei dem das neue, kleine 4"-iPhone, ein neues iPad (Air-Größe, Pro-Features) und diverse neue Apple-Watch-Modelle (frische Farben, andere Bänder) erw... | Continue reading
The latest Captain America: Civil War trailer is full of fighting and in-fighting and quick one-liners — some new footage, some footage that we've seen elsewhere. But in grand Marvel fashion, the best part is at the very end, when Iron Man summons his friendly neighborhood new fr … | Continue reading
Apple has just issued for its next press event on Apple Campus in Cupertino. The event is going to happen on March 21. As usual, Apple wrote a cryptic message on its invites. “Let us loop you in,” the invite says. Read More | Continue reading
Apple has sent out invites for an event on March 21st at its campus. For those of you who want to read into the invite, Apple's tagline reads "Let us loop you in."The company is widely expected to announce a new iPhone, the iPhone SE, that will be the same size as the iPhone 5 bu … | Continue reading
If you like exploiting alien homeworlds for resources, and also enjoy the stuff Noodlecake rapid-fire releases on to the App Store, Dig Deep should probably be on your watch list somewhere. It's part of what Noodlecake plans to show off at GDC next week, but much like Super Stick … | Continue reading
Apple's March event has finally made the awkward transition from gangly rumor to highly-anticipated real thing.On Thursday Apple sent invitations to select media for a March 21 event at its Cupertino, California, campus where most people expect them to finally reveal the entry-le … | Continue reading
While the Apple vs FBI court battle has drawn all eyes to the question of what should be considered ‘reasonable assistance’ for companies to provide law enforcement agencies, over in the UK the government is attempting to enshrine in law surveillance capabilities that would enabl … | Continue reading
When MaxPlay debuted its new game engine for the cloud era in October, it said it would disrupt the development business. And today, it is announcing the second part of its plan to overhaul the industry with MaxCore, which can dramatically improve the performance of games or virt … | Continue reading
Another mobile company is getting into the virtual reality game. Colopl NI, the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese mobile developer that has a revenue of $700 million a year, announced today that it plans to move into the developing virtual reality field. To do so, it has promoted f … | Continue reading
The massage industry is getting a rubdown. Soothe has raised $35 million to bring on-demand massages to the masses. It’s one more example of how an on-demand app service can outmaneuver brick-and-mortar businesses, as Soothe says its costs can beat rivals in the traditional $14 b … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is one of the most innovative bitcoin related games. By introducing a whole new concept to both gaming and gambling, it has been marked the gaming industry as the first of its kind. In most MMORPGs, the player advances in the game and levels up by performing mission … | Continue reading
Soothe, the on-demand massage service, just closed a $35 million Series B round from its pre-existing investors. This brings its total funding to $47.7 million. This puts Soothe even further ahead of its main competitor, Zeel, which has raised $3.2 million to date. In September, … | Continue reading
Do you need to save battery life on your Android device? Not getting enough juice? Here is our list for the best battery saver apps for Android! | Continue reading
In a bid to stand out in the bustling weather app crowd, crowdsourced app Sunshine is adding a new personalization feature — giving users the ability to specify how hot or cold the weather feels to them. Read More | Continue reading
Convertible laptops — also known as 2-in-1 laptops, hybrids, or in cases where the keyboard comes off, detachables — certainly have their upsides. They can fold into a tablet, which means you get a "tablet" and a laptop for the price of one; and they're ideal for frequent travele … | Continue reading
This post was brought to you by Microsoft Lumia.Stretching 1,200 miles along the northwest coast of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef is larger than Italy — a daunting subject to photograph. For National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez, who undertook this challenge as pa … | Continue reading
Prosper Marketplace, the marketplace lender focused on refinancing and credit rehabilitation, has re-launched its BillGuard app (acquired last September) under its own brand as Prosper Daily. With the rebranding, the former BillGuard becomes Prosper’s first mobile app and is the … | Continue reading
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has hired Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio as its first chief digital officer. | Continue reading
On Tuesday, private spaceflight venture Blue Origin invited a select group of space reporters to the company's headquarters in Kent, Washington. It was the first time the normally secretive company — helmed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — opened its doors to journalists. About 10 … | Continue reading