While one could hazard that gaming remains top-of-mind for those interested in VR, it’s not the only experience potential users are drawn to. With that in mind, Oculus announced today a bevvy of new features to tap into the social media side of VR on a Samsung Gear VR device. “Th … | Continue reading
Stre.am wants to step up to conquer the unclaimed territory of mobile game streaming with their platform-agnostic streaming service. | Continue reading
Google is offering a big discount on its Pixel C tablet to encourage developers to start working with Android N. Google's discount knocks 25 percent off the price of the tablet, bringing its 32GB model from $499 to just under $375 and its 64GB model from $599 to just over $449. T … | Continue reading
Attivio, a Newton, Massachusetts-based startup that promises to “accelerate data discovery,” announced today that it closed a $31 million financing round. The investment, the startup said, will help the company to meet investors’ expectation of turning profitable “later this year … | Continue reading
DeepMind’s dramatic victory over legendary Go player Lee Se-dol earlier today is a huge moment in the history of artificial intelligence, and something many predicted would be decades away. "I was very surprised," says Lee. "I didn't expect to lose. I didn't think AlphaGo would p … | Continue reading
Indochino is following up on the recent appointment of a new CEO with a big new round of funding. The company, which allows you to purchase made-to-measure menswear on its website and in physical showrooms, is announcing a $30 million strategic investment from China-based clothin … | Continue reading
Flickr won me over last year when it released version 4.0 of it app and a new Web interface and features. However, now the company has announced that it’s making its best feature – Uploadr – available only to those with a Pro account, I may have to eat my words. It will now cost … | Continue reading
NEW YORK (By David Henry, Reuters) – Depositors at some of the largest U.S. banks are finally going to get the chance to do something quick and simple: send money to another person’s account instantaneously by mobile phone. The idea has been in the works for at least five years, … | Continue reading
Less than a year after it introduced the ability to automatically upload photos from your hard drive, Flickr is removing the feature from free accounts. Flickr users will now need to pay a monthly subscription fee to Flickr Pro to use the Flickr Uploadr desktop tool, a move that … | Continue reading
According to 451 Research, over 100 new security startups are formed each year. Add that to ~1300 existing security vendors that are shouting each other out in the marketplace. What you have is a lot of noise, confusion and me-toos. In such a messy gold-rush, Phantom’s platform a … | Continue reading
IO Interactive's popular Hitman franchise was adapted into a big budget real-life interactive experience.Production company Realm Pictures, who you may remember from last year's incredible Chatroulette-based Real Life First Person Shooter, was hired by IO to comprise a scenario t … | Continue reading
Virtual reality is not going to have quite as big of a 2016 as one research firm was originally predicting. SuperData is trimming its prediction for virtual reality sales in 2016 by 30 percent. In January, the analysts at SuperData forecast that VR would make $5.1 billion in reve … | Continue reading
We are big fans of LittleBits here at TechCrunch. The company, which raised $44.2 million last year, offers a number of different sets that teach kids (and grown-ups) about programming and electronics — and lets them get creative with their new skills. Today, the company introduc … | Continue reading
Last year, Google Ventures launched a website focused on the concept of a five-day design sprint – a process for companies to help focus and define their core product and goals. Today, the site is now followed up with its long-awaited book, appropriately named ‘Sprint: How to Sol … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Amazon is continuing its big push into the brick-and-mortar realm today with the news that it’s opening a new staffed pickup location at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the first Amazon pickup location in the entire state of Georgia. Opening this summer, the Amazon … | Continue reading
Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, now an Executive Editor at The Verge and Editor at Large of Re/code.For this week’s column, I’ve been testing two new smartphones from a big handset mak … | Continue reading
Samsung Galaxy S7 reviewOn the edge of perfectionBy Dan SeifertHere’s the thing about smartphones: they are a lot better when they have big screens. Virtually everything we do with smartphones is enhanced by a larger display: messaging, playing games, watching video, reading arti … | Continue reading
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Amazon is debuting its first live TV show tonight – a 30-minute daily fashion and beauty segment featuring a former Miss America, an ex-Big Brother star and an MTV presenter as its hosts. From the ‘Style Code Live‘ trailer it looks insufferably cheerful, with Rachel Smith, Franki … | Continue reading
Household appliance brand Neff has been announced as presenting partner of the The Big Feastival, the IMG-produced food and music festival fronted by Jamie Oliver and Alex James. | Continue reading
Despite being a short month, February brought its fair share of deals in Latin America’s tech scene, including quite a few acquisitions and funding rounds. Here’s the news you don’t want to miss: Big players Google made several announcements regarding its Latin American operation … | Continue reading
It’s time for some wild speculation Minecraft, the phenomenally successful block-building survival game, is going to get a new enemy (called “mob”) in its next major update. Considering the game has sold around 80 million copies, every little change like this is a big deal for th … | Continue reading
While most of the players in virtual reality are focused on developing gaming and travel experiences, NextVR has devoted its resources to putting you in the middle of live sports eventsThose endeavors will now include the realm of college basketball, as the company is teaming up … | Continue reading
GUEST: Disclaimer: I’m a big fan of Pandora. I’ve been a listener for a decade or more, and I started paying for an annual subscription even before there was any real incentive to do so, solely because I loved the service and wanted it to succeed. This post isn’t really about Pan … | Continue reading
Present Kanye West can’t seem to get out of future Kanye West’s way. Today, the hip hop artist swore off CDs and pledged to never again distribute music using a physical format — “only streaming.” I was thinking about not making CDs ever again… Only streaming — KANYE WEST (@kanye … | Continue reading
Here’s the big question: When your digital content marketing efforts aren’t driving the leads, sales, or revenue that they used to, can content strategy help? Absolutely. Here’s how. How to Use Content Marketing Strategy Tactics to Improve Lead Generation Do a little research exp … | Continue reading
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Oscar winner J.K. Simmons has been cast as Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Justice League films. The announcement means that Simmons, probably best known for his turn as J. Jonah Jameson in the first Spider-Man trilogy, has made a big jump … | Continue reading
Blizzard’s next big game is coming this spring. Overwatch, a team-based shooter that we’ve enjoyed our time with, launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 24. This will bring colorful, fast-paced gunplay to gamers across all three platforms. But you don’t have to wait … | Continue reading
The next big thing from Blizzard is coming very soon. The developer announced today that its colorful multiplayer shooter Overwatch will be launching on May 24th on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It was previously pegged for a spring 2016 release. A beta for the game will be availabl … | Continue reading
Although HTC posted a pretty big loss in revenue for February 2016, investors are remaining hopeful about the upcoming Vive headset. | Continue reading
After a 13-year run, the final episode of MythBusters' final season aired this weekend, and a reunion special featured a goodbye from a few special guests. President Barack Obama himself recorded a farewell to the show's hosts, sharing some memories and thanking them for "inspiri … | Continue reading
Bitcoin ransomware has been a big thorn in the eye of security experts and computers users all over the world. Or to be more precise, ransomware has the habit of targeting Windows computers, simply because this is the most popular operating system in the world today. But Mac OS X … | Continue reading
Even with a big debate looming on Sunday night, Hillary Clinton was doing all she could to gain more traction with younger voters, a demographic that has eluded her so far this primary season in favor of opponent Bernie Sanders. On Sunday afternoon, Clinton took to her Reddit pag … | Continue reading
GUEST: Virtual reality is being hailed as the Next Big Thing, the newest tech trend that will upend all our lives and make a handful of Silicon Valley wunderkinds very, very rich (already happening as we speak). If you’re old enough to remember past high profile failures in VR li … | Continue reading
Cybercrime is an enormous problem — a nemesis of the federal government, America’s biggest corporations and tens of millions of individuals. But there is now legitimate hope that a big piece of the cybercrime problem can eventually be solved. Read More | Continue reading
Nick Triantos was on a mission to find a job where he could help build the next big thing. That’s what drew him to SRI where he’s the managing director of its venture arm. The non-profit research firm has a storied past in technology, from creating liquid crystal displays (LCD), … | Continue reading
Much like our Kia MVP Ladder, the OSPR is looking more and more like a one-horse race. | Continue reading
The battle lines are drawn. 2016 is the year in which the big players of the virtual reality space - HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR - finally make a move on a compelling but still uncertain market. A lot is at stake for each to make a great first impression to buyers; f … | Continue reading
Facebook's big plans for Messenger may also include publishers.The company plans to open up its messaging platform to developers later this year during its F8 developer conference, according to a new report in Marketing Land. The feature will allow publishers to share content thr … | Continue reading
PayPal has been going through some big changes since separating from eBay last year. The company recently introduced a redesigned app and is now monetizing its popular peer-to-peer payments app, Venmo. Already with 18 million users, PayPal is expanding its One Touch checkout to 1 … | Continue reading
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a big focus on Cortana. The company also shared that all firmware updates for Lumia devices will now be automatically published for Windows Insiders. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Micros … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Missed our webinar on how leading lenders are using big data and predictive models to slash risk and boost revenue? You can still watch on demand! Access the free webinar right here. Alternative lenders are coming to the forefront of the market as governmental regulat … | Continue reading
The first big 2016 flagships are getting ready to duke it out. Here's how to choose between them. | Continue reading
Tim Sweeney is of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, and he stirred up a big debate about the future of Windows. In an op-ed piece in the Guardian and in an interview with GamesBeat today, Sweeney said that he wor … | Continue reading
The big tech news is the recent torrent of capital to Africa Internet Group (AIG)—which owns online retailer Jumia and 9 other e-ventures.Yesterday AIG announced €300 million ($326 million) in funding from backers including Goldman Sachs and MTN. CEO Sacha Poignonnec confirmed th … | Continue reading
Got some free wall space? The way you watch your favorite shows and play games is about to change forever with the RIF6 Cube projector, a tiny aluminum cube that turns any available white wall into a big screen. It can project an image up to 120 inches diagonal, and works easily … | Continue reading
If you were going into the mobile game business today, how would you attack the challenge of getting users for a mobile game in competition with big spenders such as Supercell, Machine Zone, King, and Electronic Arts? That’s the challenge facing San Francisco mobile game company … | Continue reading
CoinDesk speaks to 'Big Four' financial firm KPMG about its blockchain strategy and theses on the current industry market. | Continue reading