Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose sat out Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks because of right hamstring tendinitis. | Continue reading
Doc Rivers, coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, has been a proponent of a coach’s challenge system for replay reviews, similar to what the NFL has. He renewed his support Friday morning, talking with reporters at the Clippers’ shootaround session in advance of their game at Sacram … | Continue reading
These GDC announcements almost feel like a formality at this point, but, once again, we will be at GDC in San Francisco. This year it falls on the week of March 14th, and if you're a reader, strap in for what's typically an avalanche of game previews as all sorts of developers pi … | Continue reading
Esports is having some pretty glaring growing pains to end this week. Valve has fired James “2GD” Harding, who was hosting the English-language stream for the Shanghai Master event for the publisher’s multiplayer online arena battler Dota 2. On Thursday, Harding noted that he was … | Continue reading
New developers who were interested in linking up with the Venmo API got quite a shocking eyeful today when they tried to access the sign-up page: it wasn’t there. But contrary to reports, Venmo hadn’t pulled the plug its six-year-old API beta entirely — the company has paused the … | Continue reading
Mobile app developers who wanted to easily port their apps from Android or iOS to Windows 10 devices were in luck when Microsoft announced it created tools to help with that transition last year. But now Microsoft is going back and dropping the Android bridge, focusing on just iO … | Continue reading
With Apple set to argue its case against the FBI on March 22, Apple attorney Ted Olsen warned that the case is about more than meeting government demands to help break into an iPhone, it’s about fending off government agencies that seek ‘limitless’ powers to ‘listen to [our] conv … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Kahuna, a Silicon Valley company that provides businesses with ways to market to their users automatically and personally across mobile channels, made 18 layoffs today. The cuts add to the jolts the company has already gone through recently: It made approximately a doz … | Continue reading
Did you hear about that crazy-popular game that sat in the No. 1 Games spot on iTunes for more than a month and a half? I’ll give you a hint, it has color in the title. Color Switch is a tap-based obstacle game that adds an additional level of difficulty because you are constantl … | Continue reading
Joe Johnson has agreed to sign with Miami, a move that would give the Heat a shooter that they craved for the stretch run. | Continue reading
Several times in my life I’ve fantasized about packing up my guitar and some recording equipment and moving to a remote cabin for a month or so to write and record music. Far removed from the stress, distraction, and responsibility of normal life, I’d be free to put all my energy … | Continue reading
There’s no doubt about it, videos are a must if you’re breaking into the online world of business. With the extensive amount of paid and free resources out there, the technical aspects of this grand marketing technique could be easily mastered. All it takes is a bit of research o … | Continue reading
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki tonight tweeted out a message of thanks to the YouTube community at large, vowing that the company is "listening" to recent feedback from creators, who've taken issue with the site's complaint system. A growing number of popular YouTubers have criticize … | Continue reading
A new book declaring the end of the golden age of economic growth has set the wonky world of economics aflame. Robert Gordon’s The Rise and Fall of American Growth juxtaposes the world-altering impact of 19th-century inventions with a disbelief that today’s digital transformatio … | Continue reading
In May of last year, we reported a story that hackers had stolen sensitive tax information from over 100,000 taxpayers. By August, the IRS had revised its estimate to report the number affected may have been as high as 330,000. Today, in its latest revision, the IRS claims that t … | Continue reading
One of Firewatch's most divisive design decisions was whether to reveal the player's location on the in-game map. This convenient waypoint system works well… | Continue reading
Ready to feel like you’re in the future? If a new patent from Sony comes to fruition, you might be able to strap on your VR goggles and manipulate virtual space while looking like you’re living in The Grid from ‘Tron.’ The patent, spotted by Ars Technica, is for a ‘Glove Interfac … | Continue reading
Samsung has been providing regular security updates to their flagship devices. This month's is about to roll out, so see if your device will be receiving it. | Continue reading
So, a while back I wrote about a game called The Light Inside Us that was coming to iOS soon. Well, unfortunately, as I wrote about it, things went pear-shaped for the developers behind the scene, and not in the good way! The release was pushed back indefinitely while Dastan Game … | Continue reading
Earlier this week a NeoGAF poster going by Trevelyan9999 claimed to have insider knowledge that the next Zelda game would launch later this year as an NX title - or at least come to NX very shortly after a Wii U release. Rumours are a dime a dozen in this industry, so we didn't p … | Continue reading
We all know the myth: Once upon a time, there was a little mermaid, and her mer-family sent her to land to kill the property developer who's destroying their home. Naturally the mermaid and the property developer fall in love. Stephen Chow's The Mermaid is the biggest movie in Ch … | Continue reading
Only eight days after launching, the app that let people see the Instagram feeds of any public user has lost its API access. Being had gained 40,000 users in the days since its launch and had 11,000 people download the app in the last day. Its popularity could have been its downf … | Continue reading
This week, we went to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2016. We covered a panel about mobile ad blocking, Mark Zuckerberg talked about Free Basics and encryption, Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, we went hands on with the modular LG G5, and oh, by the way, tablets … | Continue reading
This week the Apple vs. FBI battle raged on, we went to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, Facebook changed up the Like button, and more. Here are the top stories of the week. Read More | Continue reading
Facebook launched its new-and-improved Like button yesterday, which lets users react with more than a simple thumbs up. They can now love something, or thinks it’s worthy of a wow face, a sad face, an angry face, or a "haha" face.Well, that's how the emoji translate in English. B … | Continue reading
UCLA School of Law failed to uphold its own standard when it used trademarked Rock Band 4 images in a piece of marketing material paying tribute to one of its alumni.The ad in question honoured its 2010 Alumnus of the Year, John Branca, after Billboard named him one of its Power … | Continue reading
When Snapchat first debuted Lenses in September, funny as they were, one couldn’t help but be feel at least a little creeped out by the new swarm of rainbow-puking selfies. The OG of creepy Snapchat Lenses That’s creepy enough on its own, but at least the novelty wore off a bit a … | Continue reading
What is a native ad platform? A platform is a group of technologies from which applications, processes, and technologies are developed. An online marketing platform is an integrated web-based platform where advertisers and publishers buy and sell advertising space. Behind these p … | Continue reading
Pandora's new look ditches the old blue theme in favor of a better structured and cleaner looking interface. | Continue reading
Gary Liu on why Digg’s struggles, evolution, and the need for content creators to change in as ad dollars diminish. Read More | Continue reading
Crescent Moon Games is as busy as ever and have just officially announced their latest upcoming project, an adventure puzzle game developed by Mgaia Studios called Legend of the Skyfish. As Crescent Moon notes in our forums, Legend of the Skyfish has obvious influences like The L … | Continue reading
Ready for your semi-regular reminder that some people are just way, way too clever?These folks managed to make a BB-8 model…. completely out of LEGO parts. And it actually rolls. And its head actually stays in place on top, as BB-8’s head should. Read More | Continue reading
This is not how you run a platform. Developers remember. Pull the rug out from under them once, and they’ll be reluctant to stand with you in the future. So despite having a record-setting January with $1 billion transferred in its peer-to-peer payments app, Venmo just shot itsel … | Continue reading
Is your business right for developing an app, or should you stick with optimizing a mobile site? Here's our breakdown of apps vs mobile web. | Continue reading
The Conduit developer High Voltage is making a collectible card game for Oculus Rift called Dragon Front.The upcoming CCG will feature competitive leaderboards and multiple factions with their own unique card attributes. The full game will contain 280 characters, 80 encampments, … | Continue reading
There's no doubt that the newly released Netflix original movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny would be received entirely differently if it had been released under a different title. It's a reasonably brisk and enjoyable martial-arts movie full of familiar, famo … | Continue reading
Court documents suggest that the controversial digital currency exchange Cryptsy was expected to fail weeks before it announced its insolvency. | Continue reading
Just one month after quietly discontinuing the option, Sprint has decided to revive two-year contracts. That makes it the only one of the big four carriers in the US still offering the 24-month payment plan. Sprint says it brought the option back after receiving feedback from cus … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – Dan Farber, John Taschek, Robert Scoble, and Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today 1pmPT/4pmET. Chat with us live during the show at chat.center/gillmorgang Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Our LIVE chat on Chat Center (during the LIVE show broa … | Continue reading
Heroes of the Storm fans have plenty to watch Saturday and Sunday. This weekend — February 27 and 28 in Los Angles — the best Heroes of the Storm teams in North America will compete for a chance to enter the game’s Spring Global Championship, which takes place in South Korea from … | Continue reading
PlaNet is capable of determining where a picture was taken more consistently than flesh and blood rivals. | Continue reading
This past week included the biggest event in mobile tech in Barcelona, the continuing #OscarsSoWhite drama about lack of diversity at … | Continue reading
Nintendo slashed sales estimates and expected profits today. The company is expecting a significant decline in 3DS sales. | Continue reading
All it takes is a quick look at the market to see that we are in for a bumpy ride — and a longer-term downturn may be imminent. Tech is not immune to that, which means we’ll see a hit to valuations, VC funding and fundraising. Lots of experts have talked about what that might mea … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Friday Apple is committed to raising its dividend annually, a move designed to please investors but also a sign the world’s most famous technology company may no longer be a growth stock. As concerns mount that growth in sales of iPhon … | Continue reading
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and I’m writing this week’s column from the site’s spacious New York HQ instead of my usual Canadian living room. (Of course, this is the week I include a song called "Work from Home.") I’ve ha … | Continue reading
Up to nine pregnant women in the United States have been infected with Zika while traveling abroad, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed today. Two of those women elected to get abortions after being diagnosed with the Zika virus, and one woman gave birth to a … | Continue reading
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today overturned a $120 million decision that found Samsung had infringed on patents owned by Apple. As Reuters reports, the three-judge appeals court unanimously disagreed with the lower court's findings against Samsung.The case da … | Continue reading