As sure as the sun, the moon, and most basic laws of modern physics, Leonardo DiCaprio has won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in The Revenant. Presenter Julianne Moore, who won Best Actress at last year's awards, waited a respectable amount of time before announcin … | Continue reading
Chris Rock is hosting the Oscars for the second time tonight, and he used most of his opening monologue to lambast the awards show for its lack of diversity. (This is the second year in the row there is not a single actor of color nominated for an award). He began by giving the A … | Continue reading
Copy and pasting one link at a time is so 2001. If you’re like me, you copy and paste at least a few dozen links a day and could use something to better organize them. There are dozens of ways to do this, but none that I’ve found so far that are as visual or well-organized as Pas … | Continue reading
I cringe every time I watch someone pinch-to-zoom on their smartphone’s screen right before snapping a photo. The seemingly simple act of zooming in on an object, despite what the screen on the phone displays at the time, almost guarantees the end result will be a pixelated, garb … | Continue reading
More bad news for BlackBerry: WhatsApp has decided to end support for BlackBerry devices by the end the year.In a blog post, WhatsApp celebrated its seventh birthday and did a little early spring cleaning at the same time. In addition to announcing that it will end support for Bl … | Continue reading
Once upon a time, New York’s Pennsylvania Station was not a hell hole. In fact, it was one of the grandest places in America. Built in 1910 on the West Side of Manhattan, the original structure was majestic, a reflection of principal architect Charles McKim’s vision to celebrate … | Continue reading
Along with his Apple colleague Jony Ive, Marc Newson is one of the most famous and influential industrial designers in the world. The Australian has put his name to everything from furniture to aircraft cabins, and his design signature is all over the Apple Watch. But although Ne … | Continue reading
The Great Wall of China is one of the seven wonders of the world. The ancient wall (portions of it) dates back to 7th century BC. The wall was completed by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang in 206 BC. Portions of the wall have been rebuilt from time to time by various … C … | Continue reading
Ten years ago, Gary Vaynerchuk took a Flip cam and created the first episode of what would eventually become a popular online show called Wine Library TV. In the time since, he has built not one but two multi-million dollar companies. That, along with his trademark “hustle” and c … | Continue reading
With another work week coming to a close, the weekend is a good time to catch up with the fast-paced tech scene. At Index we gather tech coverage into one platform for tech enthusiasts to keep up with the news and access that data. In this series, we fill you in every week on wha … | Continue reading
Bitcoin has often been referred to as a favorite tool for internet and offline criminals, particularly when drug dealing and trafficking is concerned. There are a lot of people under the illusion of how Bitcoin will protect them from being caught while it is only a matter of time … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Curry’s game-winning three. By Gregory Lee, NBA.com Steph Curry lit up social media on the last Saturday night in February. Consider what Curry did to break many hearts at Oklahoma City in a 121-118 over time Warriors victory. Oh and the Warriors clinched a playoff berth … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Hall of Famer Bernard King was an unstoppable force on the basketball court HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The wake-up call for Bernard King came the morning after the 2015 Naismith Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The night before he’d spent a good hour talking with fellow Hall … | Continue reading
On this, the 20th anniversary for Pokémon, I am forced to admit that despite some serious time put into Pokémon Snap on the N64, I cannot name a single Pokémon nor its powers (beyond, of course, Pikachu). This is a moral failing on my part, I admit it fully, but it is also an opp … | Continue reading
General Motors is the second-largest car maker in the world, and it’s been in business for 107 years. For much of that time, the company has been reliant on new technology, but it hasn’t always seemed like a technology leader, as it’s been slow to adapt to hybrid electric vehicle … | Continue reading
This week, Android Engineer Kenneth Mojica discusses features in the Beta release of Android Studio 2.0To get started, Instant Run is a huge time-saver and makes easy work of changes to your app. Mojica assures us that the new emulator is much faster and adds multi-touch support … | Continue reading
We sometimes lament the end of days when tinkerers like Leonardo da Vinci crafted amazing gadgets using a mix of art and mechanics, rather than today's computer code. That old-school approach is what makes the beautifully designed automaton clock called Plock, created by 22-year- … | Continue reading
The Pokemon franchise turns 20 years old today, and in that time there have been a lot of pocket monsters. What started out as 150 fictional critters has ballooned to 721 across six generations of games — that doesn't even include what new additions are coming in Pokemon Sun and … | 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
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
HANG TIME BIG CITY — Joe Johnson is taking his talents to South Beach, according to one report. Just hours after agreeing to a buyout and being waived by the Brooklyn Nets, Johnson has agreed to sign with the Miami Heat, writes Shams Charania of Yahoo … Johnson, 34, had narrowed … | Continue reading
Luxe is in talks with a strategic investor that will infuse the company with “tens of millions” in new financing from Hertz, our sources tell us. Our understanding is that the round is still in negotiations — and, of course, could change at any time. The Information also reported … | Continue reading
Perhaps Nintendo's notoriously bad 1989 peripheral the Power Glove was actually nearly three decades ahead of its time as Sony has recently filed three patents on its own glove controller.As spotted by NeoGAF user Rösti, the patents in question would be comprised of a flex sensor … | Continue reading
Superhot's developer has teased a VR release for its super hot debut title.The ingenious first-person puzzle game where time only moves when you do has been receiving rave reviews lately and the developer noted in a Kickstarter update that it has "secretive" plans to bring VR sup … | Continue reading
Time and again, things we imagine as common knowledge are actually little more than myths and rumours in the tech world. Be it the industry of mobile gadgets, business strategies, BYOD or even the adoption of cloud. So, while many of you out there are experienced myth busters, t … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Luol Deng delivers in Heat’s win over Wizards By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com Luol Deng is trying to get his groove back. The two-time All-Star floundered throughout the first half of the season for the Miami Heat, averaging just 10.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.5 assi … | Continue reading
Google today announced some tweaks to its Inbox by Gmail email client. There are two new time options available if you’d like to snooze an email and see it pop up in the inbox at a better time: “Later this week” and “This weekend.” “These new options should hopefully save you som … | Continue reading
Pusher, the real-time messaging service for apps, has retooled its interface. The aim is to allow developers to focus on their apps rather than the back-end, so Pusher’s new interface allows for information to be digested at a glance. The dashboard offers up basic info on how use … | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Fire Emblem: Fates is a hit, we learn more about the Iron Maiden mobile game, and Nintendo cuts its 2016 earnings guidance. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: Nine memorable moments fr … | Continue reading
I've been spending a lot of time with TinyCo's Marvel Avengers Academy [Free] recently. What can I say? I have a documented weakness for Marvel fan-service, and this app really packs it in nicely. Now, there's not a whole lot of playing to be done here, since at its heart it's mo … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Stephen Curry scores 51 points in Orlando HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — Stephen Curry is following up his MVP season with … another MVP season. On Thursday, Curry set the record for most consecutive games with a 3-pointer and hit 10 of them for good measure. He’s currently 10 awa … | Continue reading
While most video games have a story to tell, the best tales are actually told by the players themselves. It's one thing to play an online shooter; it's another for someone to regale the time they randomly lobbed a grenade across the stage and won the game with half a point of lif … | Continue reading
Popcorntime.io, probably the most popular iteration of slippery movie piracy app Popcorn Time, is back — sort of. Earlier this week, part of the team apparently behind popcorntime.io announced a comeback, four months after being shut down and hit with a lawsuit from the MPAA. Lik … | Continue reading
Nintendo has officially announced Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, which will launch for 3DS this year.The two games were announced just now in a Pokémon Direct broadcast from Nintendo.Pokémon celebrates its 20th anniversary this year - a perfect time, then, for a new generation of … | Continue reading
The time has never been better to enter IT: with demand for high-level security professionals rising as the evolution of malicious hackers intensifies. If IT and digital security interest you, TNW Deals has put together an offer to greatly improve your employability in a promisin … | Continue reading
It’s time to crack open your Pokéball and catch some fresh news about pocket monsters first thing in the morning. Nintendo is about to start its Pokémon Direct livestreaming show at 8 a.m., and you can watch it right here. We don’t know what the company has in store for us, but w … | Continue reading
This week in Barcelona, mobile giants Samsung, LG, Sony and Xiaomi showed off their flagship smartphones for 2016 at Mobile World Congress. Each brand has worked hard to deliver something special, but which one is worth your time? We spent some time checking out the Samsung Galax … | Continue reading
Every few weeks I dig through the deepest recesses of Kickstarter and Indiegogo to find a few good watches. This time I’ve hit pay dirt. The $227 Hastings & Co Heritage Edition is a mechanical watch with enough class and high design to make it an heir to watches like the Tissot L … | Continue reading
The biggest winner of Mobile World Congress 2016 wasn't a phone or a phone manufacturer, but a phone chip manufacturer: Qualcomm. Having endured a rough time in 2015 due to heat and power issues with its Snapdragon 810 flagship-class processor, the American chipmaker has returned … | Continue reading
10 days after Street Fighter 5 launched, the fighting game's online portion is much improved.I've put time into the game this week and can report online play works well, although there is still much work to be done.Street Fighter 5 launched with a raft of problems, among them spo … | Continue reading
With Twitter struggling for growth and focus, what better person to ask for advice than the head honcho of a rival social network that’s emerged as one of the world’s most valuable companies in the world? While Jack Dorsey won’t be calling Mark Zuckerberg any time soon, during a … | Continue reading
The internet is a magical place. I often find myself lost deep within it's walls, browsing website after website looking for what, sometimes, I don't even know. One thing I can tell you is that, if you spend enough time roaming through its labyrinthine corridors, you're bound to … | Continue reading
In Superhot, time only moves when you move. That's one hell of a sentence and it's the reason why this game currently sits so comfy in the number one spot on Steam's top sellers list. Here's a first-person shooter in which you, as Christian put it in yesterday's review, "do the s … | Continue reading
There's been a lot of talk about Firewatch and its sub-par performance on PlayStation 4 over the past few weeks and with the recent release of patch 1.02, we felt it was time to take a closer look. Frame-rate issues may not seem like a big deal for a narrative-driven adventure, b … | Continue reading
Viacom channel Nickelodeon is to host its Slimefest event in the UK for the first time. | Continue reading
That's what people call successful decision making that happens without a narrative. Intuition isn't guessing. It's sophisticated pattern matching, honed over time. Don't dismiss intuition merely because it's difficult to understand. You can get better at it by practicing. | Continue reading
According to Moz.com, consumers spend just under 4 minutes on any web session. On the other hand, Monetate says that typical conversion rates lie between 1 and 5 percent. What this implies is that you have very little time to leave an impression on a web visitor. We know that you … | Continue reading