Skype for Web, the browser-based version of Microsoft’s popular communications software introduced last year, is getting a slew of new features that brings it more in line with its desktop and mobile counterparts – most notably the added ability to dial mobile phones and landline … | Continue reading
Skype today updated Skype for Web with a slew of new features. The service now lets you call mobile phones and landlines, watch YouTube videos, add non-Skype users, and get notifications. Launched in June 2015, Skype for Web is the browser version of Skype — just fire up web.skyp … | Continue reading
The global game market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2019, according to a new estimate by the Open Gaming Alliance, a nonprofit trade group focused on gaming. The group released the data at an event at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC). DFC Intelligence, a separate res … | Continue reading
There's a new Oddworld game, subtitled Soulstorm, due for launch in late 2017.Publisher Oddworld Inhabitants announced the title via oddworld.com/soulstorm, where a handful of story details are revealed.Soulstorm will be a follow-up to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, itself a reimaginin … | Continue reading
Next week the first piece of downloadable content for Fallout 4 launches, and today Bethesda has released a new trailer showing just what's in store for those jumping back into the wasteland. Called "Automatron," the debut DLC features a character known only as the Mechanist, who … | Continue reading
This weekend, Apple’s App Store head Phil Schiller responded to complaints that spam apps and rip-offs were appearing in the App Store’s “New” and “What’s Hot” sections for certain categories. Unfortunately, this has been a longtime issue for Apple’s third-party application marke … | Continue reading
Or do we even need one? At Disrupt New York in May, we’ll try to get to the bottom of that question. In a panel on the new frontier of digital dating, we’ll be bringing together some of the freshest minds in the space to discuss how niche dating services could be the next big thi … | Continue reading
Philips is arguably the largest connected light bulb manufacturer with its Philips Hue system, but its color light bulbs are quite expensive. A color light bulb costs around $60. In case you just want simple connected lights, the company has added new white light bulbs to its lin … | Continue reading
DICE has signalled the end of new content for first-person shooter Battlefield 4.DICE LA, which has supported Battlefield 4 for a couple of years now with new maps and features, will not release any new content to the game's test environment.Given DICE has tested new maps in the … | Continue reading
Lisbon has seen many redirections in its history. It's latest voyage sees the city repositioning itself as a flagship in the global startup ecosystem. We sought help from Lisbon’s new generation of navigators – Beta-i CEO Pedro Rocha Vieira, Portugal Ventures’ Marco Fernandes and … | Continue reading
Masquespacio recently has renovated its offices in Valencia, Spain. Masquespacio is an award winning creative consultancy created in 2010. | Continue reading
Are you a light connoisseur? Can you tell the difference between "cool daylight" and "warm white"? If so, Philips has just announced what could be your next favorite lightbulb: the Philips Hue white ambiance. The company promises that the white ambiance delivers "every shade of w … | Continue reading
Software and hardware giant Microsoft is no longer accepting Bitcoin payments made on the Windows 10 store. The move comes a year after the corporation began accepting Bitcoin via BitPay. Notably, the move hasn’t affected users purchasing credit via Bitcoin on to their Microsoft … | Continue reading
Adobe's new Experience Designer (XD) aims to simplify and consolidate the mash-up of design and prototyping tools currently used by most User Experience designers. | Continue reading
Adobe today launched the first public preview of its new Experience Design CC tool, which was previously known as Project Comet. Experience Design CC is the company’s first tool that is purpose-built for user experience (UX) designers. It takes what Adobe has learned from working … | Continue reading
I climbed out of the all-new 2017 Acura NSX and sat next to the Thermal Club race track outside Palm Springs, California in a huff.The reason for my snit was simple: After four laps of the track, the car hadn't performed as I hoped it would.The exhaust note wasn't deep, crackling … | Continue reading
Enterprise communications is not a sector that typically generates palpable excitement. In the enterprise, the plumbing is never as exciting as the fixtures, and people spend more time noticing what communications enables than how it’s delivered. It doesn’t help that enterprise c … | Continue reading
Microsoft has quietly unveiled a new platform designed to harness the power of Minecraft to expedite artificial intelligence (AI) development. Developed by a team led by Katja Hofmann, a researcher at Microsoft’s Machine Learning and Perception Group in the company’s Cambridge-ba … | Continue reading
IMG's five-kilometre running event, The Color Run has added Renault, Capri-Sun and Alpen to its roster of partners for 2016. | Continue reading
I've been in Seoul, South Korea for the past week covering the gripping Go face-off between human champion Lee Se-dol and DeepMind AI AlphaGo, and it's been endlessly fascinating. There wasn't a game today, though, so I headed on down to the arty student district of Hongdae to do … | Continue reading
Samsung has posted three clever new commercials promoting the water-resistance rating and Gear VR compatibility of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge featuring Lil' Wayne and Wesley Snipes. | Continue reading
Microsoft has stopped accepting Bitcoin payments for apps and content in its Windows 10 store for desktop and mobile, reveals an updated support page spotted by Softpedia. That’s a bummer for fans of the cryptocurrency hoping for it to gain more mainstream traction. The company a … | Continue reading
Star Fox Zero includes an invincible mode for players new to the series, Nintendo design chief Shigeru Miyamoto has said. Speaking in an interview with Time… | Continue reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A team led by a 15-year-old pilot from England took first place Saturday in the World Drone Prix, a new contest hoping to take flight both in this Mideast country fascinated by the technology and with sports fans worldwide.Luke Bannister of Somerset … | Continue reading
Last month, the LA Clippers — owned by world's-happiest-man-dunking, Steve Ballmer — unveiled a new mascot: Chuck the Condor. Chuck has a big blue beak, a happy-go-lucky grin, and is hated by Clippers fans. Kanye West, who apparently attended a Clippers game on Sunday, is no exc … | Continue reading
When Microsoft acquired Mojang in 2014 for $2.5 billion, the idea was for the tech giant to break into mobile gaming with the developer’s massively popular title, Minecraft. Now, researchers at Microsoft are using a new platform called AIX to train an artificial intelligence agen … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price climbed higher further and established a new high of $15.16 where there was a strong reaction. The last couple of 4-hours candles look bearish, which poses a risk of a downside move. There is a bullish trend line formed on the 4-hours chart (data fee … | Continue reading
Whether you’re self-employed and want to reach sales prospects, you want to apply for a new job, or if you’re employed and want to network with other people in the industry, making sure your LinkedIn profile is up-to-date and ticking all the right boxes is important. To help get … | Continue reading
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Hyperloop’s vision for future transportation may involve traveling at the speed of sound in enclosed tubes but that doesn't mean you won’t be able to look out the windowDuring a talk at South by Southwest Sunday, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies CEO Dirk Alhb … | Continue reading
AUSTIN, TEXAS – A chief complaint about virtual reality is that total immersion totally cuts you off from the outside world. It’s one of the reasons augmented reality solutions that let you blend the real and virtual worlds, like Microsoft’s HoloLens, could gain a foothold. Avega … | Continue reading
Advertising has lost sight of a very basic concept: The pleasure principle. In the “golden days,” the 1960s and 1970s, colorful creative in a full-page spread was enough to create buzz — and that’s not just Mad Men nostalgia talking. With the advent of the Internet, new technolog … | Continue reading
GUEST: SXSW Interactive 2016 kicked off this week with thousands of marketers descending upon Austin, Texas for food, fun, and a glimpse at new and emerging technologies that will impact how brands connect with consumers. Even in its 23rd year, SXSW Interactive’s influence and ro … | Continue reading
Looking for a new phone case that will bring a unique look to your smartphone? Check out these awesome wood phone cases from Carved! | Continue reading
We do not possess the ability to read the future, and yet we can predict with a high level of certainty that we will see more major cybersecurity incidents in 2016 and 2017. The world’s cybersecurity capability is not able to advance in line with the growing vulnerabilities. Incr … | Continue reading
Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City transportation commissioner from 2007 to 2013, oversaw what may have been the most turbulent period for the nation’s biggest city in decades. She built over 400 miles of bike lanes and transformed some of the most congested pockets of the city in … | Continue reading
This week, the US patent office issued 5,436 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all five thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the six most interesting patents. Apple’s multi-function device US 20160070399 Apple fi … | Continue reading
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Everyone’s talking about virtual reality at South by Southwest, but in the early going there isn’t much new to see and hear. The gaming & VR/AR track doesn’t even kick off until Wednesday. In the meantime, companies like Samsung – who am I kidding, only Samsung – … | Continue reading
Welcome back to Android Apps Weekly! This week we talk a bit about Android N, in-app purchases in Google Cardboard, new live video streaming, and more! | Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon, Blizzard, developer of the enormously popular digital card game Hearthstone, made an announcement about its new expansion, Whispers of the Old Gods. It's like the half dozen expansions which have come before it, with a backstory tied into Warcraft lore, a the … | Continue reading
For some reason three of the links to today's Learning Habit went missing between the time I tested the new format and the time it sent. Maybe it got ahead of itself like the rest of our clocks for Daylight Time Savings. Here are the links: 2. / How informality is more than nice … | Continue reading
The FBI wants Apple to do something no private company has ever been forced to do: break its own technology. Specifically, the FBI wants Apple to build a new version of its mobile operating system (iOS, or GovOS) so that the contents of an iPhone can be removed from an iPhone use … | Continue reading
Laser tag is still one of the coolest things ever, but it’s kinda weird for me (a 32-year-old man) and my friends to go to the local Magic Mountain to take on a team of kids celebrating little Gary’s 10th birthday. This is where Father.io comes in. Father.io is a new generation o … | Continue reading
Test your luck in this week's giveaway and you could win yourself a brand new Nexus 6P Android phone! | Continue reading
Confidence is arrogance if the market doesn't believe the story. When we show up with something great, something generous, well-executed and new, some people will be suspicious. "Is this everything it's cracked up to be?" The skeptic wonders if we... | Continue reading
In the first part of this series, we learned about designing products that use good triggers and motivators to get users like Joe to engage in healthy behaviors. Now, how can we ensure that these new behaviors become long-term habits? In this second part, we return to Nir Eyal’s … | Continue reading
The developer preview of Android N, the upcoming version of Google’s Android mobile operating system, comes with a few new features that build on its predecessor, Android Marshmallow, right out of the box (and more new stuff will arrive in previews to follow). One highlight of th … | Continue reading
Next to full body sensor suits, one of the main components missing from virtual reality experiences is the ability to share experiences with othersNow a new app called vTime hopes to bridge that gap by giving users full VR character avatars that can interact with each other in vi … | Continue reading
New domain extensions have accumulated some pretty big numbers over the last couple of years. Collective registrations for the new GTLDs (generic top-level domains) have now surpassed 13 million, according to NTLD stats. This number is not small by any means. Read More | Continue reading