ICX Media, a Washington, D.C. startup promising to help video creators find an audience and make money, announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company was founded by Michael Avon, Tom MacIsaac, Steve McCord and Joey McCord (pictured above). Three of … | Continue reading
The fantastic rhythm action series Rhythm Heaven is getting the video game equivalent of a greatest hits album. Today Nintendo announced the next game in the series, called Rhythm Heaven Megamix, which brings together the best levels from each game in the series, including the Ga … | Continue reading
In the tech industry, compensation is a tricky beast. Although startups have it in their best interest to run “lean” — onboarding employees with below-market salaries and padding offers with equity to keep overhead costs low — it can backfire when the company doesn’t alter that a … | Continue reading
Robots look better in pink. Nintendo revealed Kirby: Planet Robobot for the 3DS during its Direct stream today. The new title is a 2D platformer similar to other Kirby games like Triple Deluxe, which also came out for the 3DS. Kirby is one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises, and hi … | Continue reading
3DS owners rejoice: During the latest Nintendo Direct, the company announced it is bringing the Super Nintendo to your handheld device. Well, for some of you, anyway. The update will only arrive for owners of the New 3DS and New 3DS XL. The best part? The games are arriving very … | Continue reading
If you aren't familiar with the manga and anime Attack on Titan, you're missing out on what is a very unique story in a very unique universe. If anime isn't your thing, you'll have the opportunity to explore the world of Attack in Titan on your mobile since GameSamba, Funimation, … | Continue reading
Docker today announced that it has acquired Conductant, a small startup that focused on orchestration. While you have probably never heard of Conductant — and as far as we can see, the company doesn’t even have a web presence and has never received outside funding — this acquisit … | Continue reading
Super Nintendo favorites Pilotwings, Super Mario World, and F-Zero will be available for download from the Nintendo eShop beginning today. The SNES downloads will be limited to New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL, meaning Nintendo 2DS and original Nintendo 3DS hardware won't … | Continue reading
Docker, the startup that rose to prominence by pushing container technology for wrapping up application code, today announced that it has acquired Conductant, a secretive early-stage startup founded by people with experience building software to automate the process of deploying … | Continue reading
It’s only a paper game. Nintendo announced Paper Mario: Color Splash for the Wii U today. Mario is Nintendo’s biggest star, and any new game featuring the plumber is a big deal. The Mario franchise has sold over 210 million copies. This is the first Mario role-playing game to com … | Continue reading
Today saw the deadline for amicus briefs in the heated iPhone security trial, and dozens of companies took the opportunity to file in support of Apple. Twitter, Reddit, Github, Ebay, and CloudFlare submitted a brief with 12 other startup companies, emphasizing the values of priva … | Continue reading
Over the heated battle between Apple and the FBI over the laws and ethics surrounding unlocking the phone of the San Bernadino shooter, many companies have publicly come out in support of Tim Cook and his company’s desire to keep privacy secure at the device level. Today, accordi … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that Niantic was planning on showing us more of Pokemon GO in a GDC talk titled Catch 'Em All: Pokemon GO and Real World Gaming. Well, the updated GDC schedule published today has a big "CANCELED" next to the talk, so it looks like any chance to lea … | Continue reading
The Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner and the Minnesota Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in February. | Continue reading
The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in February. | Continue reading
Philadelphia 76ers forward Jerami Grant has been fined $10,000 for throwing a water bottle into the spectator stands, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. | Continue reading
Cloud file syncing and sharing company Box today is announcing that it will formally show its support for Apple in the ongoing Apple-FBI encryption battle by filing an amicus curae brief in Apple’s defense. A Box spokesperson told VentureBeat that the company would file the brief … | Continue reading
Facebook and Spotify are trying to make it easier to share music. They're launching a new integration inside of Facebook Messenger today that allows you to quickly jump into Spotify, choose a song or playlist, and then send it over to a friend. Continue reading… | Continue reading
A popular smartwatch customization platform for Android, Facer, has today made its way to iOS and Apple Watch. While there are already dozens of utilities on the App Store that allow users to better personalize their Apple Watch’s homescreen, Facer stands out because of its sizab … | Continue reading
Facebook Messenger has added support for Spotify, allowing you to share your favorite songs and playlists with friends. It’s the first music-based service integration for the messaging platform. This is rolling out today and Facebook said will be “available broadly soon.” When … | Continue reading
A Cornell University engineering team has created a new kind of flexible display based on a perennially popular inspiration for scientists: the cephalopod. A study published today in Science describes how researchers developed a highly flexible, color-changing "skin" that senses … | Continue reading
Scientists are duking it out over whether a study on reproducibility has a reproducible conclusion. The high-profile study reported last year that many psychology findings can’t be replicated, but a separate group of researchers now claim the finding is severely flawed. Today in … | Continue reading
RingCentral, which focuses on providing VoIP services to businesses, today announced the beta launch of its WebRTC-based API and developer kit for developers. RingCentral’s one-year-old Connect Platform, which helps developers integrate business communications (including voice, t … | Continue reading
Neumob, which recently raised a $8.5 million Series A round, helps developers speed up their apps with the help of a combination of a content delivery network and a number of network optimization techniques.As the company announced today, it has now hired Jim Roskind as its CTO.W … | Continue reading
Nilay and Dieter are joined by senior reporter Adi Robertson to talk VR technology, DJI's new drone, and fan favorite: Amazon Echo. Racked style editor Nicola Fumo operates the hype matrix once again in this week's episode of Vergecast! We'll be live at our usual time today — 4: … | Continue reading
The Amazon Echo is a pretty great piece of hardware, but many folks out there aren't willing to spend almost $200 to get one. This is why Amazon today unveiled the Amazon Echo Dot and Amazon Tap, two new Alexa-enabled devices. | Continue reading
Security experts are not happy about the FBI's proposal to break security on an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino attack. Today, seven of those experts submitted their arguments in an amicus brief to the court considering the order, arguing the proposed software would weaken lo … | Continue reading
One more chapter in the messy story of Powa Technologies, the payments startup that last raised money at a $2.7 billion valuation but rapidly sank into the deadpool on a flimsy raft of vaporware. Today, accounting firm Deloitte announced that it had secured two buyers for two par … | Continue reading
LinkedIn today announced that it’s open-sourcing a piece of its software called WhereHows, which allows anyone in a company to learn about and share information on data that company has under management. The software is now available on GitHub under an open-source Apache license. … | Continue reading
LinkedIn today open-sourced WhereHows, a meta data-centric tool the company has long used internally to make it easier for its employees to discover data the company generates and to track the lineage of its data sets as they move around its various internal tools and services. N … | Continue reading
Niniane Wang was watching the infamous “iPhone vs. Evo” video — a short animated film of two creatures poking fun at the iPhone — on YouTube and was thinking of all the ways a video like that could be more customizable and personalized. It also helped spark the idea for her to st … | Continue reading
Super Evil Megacorp takes the wraps off its next Vainglory update, due to go live later today. | Continue reading
One of the most anticipated games of the year has a release date. Developer Hello Games revealed on the PlayStation Blog today that No Man’s Sky will release on June 21. The PlayStation 4 and PC space-exploration game has become one of the most interesting titles of the generatio … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price decline accelerated overnight. Downside progress has seen price dip below $420 earlier today, and a correction currently has price retesting this level. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now … | Continue reading
One of the problems with technology maturation frameworks like the Gartner hype cycle is that you never know where you stand. That is certainly the case with mobile apps today. Depending on whom you ask, the app economy is either poised for significant growth or about to take a s … | Continue reading
Today we learned that No Man's Sky is finally launching on June 21st, and if you're really excited for the space sim, you might want to check out the special edition of the game, which comes with an incredibly cool metal spaceship. The package, which will cost you $149.99, featur … | Continue reading
Before I start the story, I need y’all to look at one picture. Ready? This was a photo that went semi-viral from the Samsung blog, which depicts a man on his dinner date looking absolutely absurd in his Gear VR. The future is now. Fast forward to today, things are about to get ev … | Continue reading
Vimeo, the video network and underdog to the global behemoth that is YouTube, has given its iOS application a massive redesign today aimed at making it easier to upload, discover and play videos. A key part of the revamp involves new, cleaner navigation combined with an element o … | Continue reading
A startup out of Malmo, Sweden called Mapillary is using crowdsourced photos to create an open source, B2B database to compete with Google’s Street View, and today the company announced a Series A round of funding from an impressive list of backers to help make that ambition a re … | Continue reading
Amazon has unveiled the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot, two new additions to the Alexa-enabled device family. The former is a $130 portable version of the Amazon Echo and a Bluetooth and Wi-Fi speaker, while the latter is a $90 compact voice-controlled device that can easily connect to … | Continue reading
Amazon's newest hardware product might look like a compressed version of the tall Echo speaker, but its place in your home will likely be very different. Today the company unveiled Echo Dot, which is basically an Echo without the big speaker housing. Instead, you either plug the … | Continue reading
Getting through to Apple’s customer care team on the phone is like a game of roulette, you could get someone in two minutes today and wait hours the next. Likewise, if you walk into an Apple store in any city in the world, you’re probably going to face a lengthy queue or be told … | Continue reading
Cadbury officially kicked off its Easter campaign today (3 March), by placing three oversized, purple-coloured eggs in the Loch Ness. | Continue reading
While Angie’s List continues to reject acquisition offers, the home services marketplace is taking a big step to boost its online audience, and hopefully the number of people using it to find their next carpenter or masseuse. Today, the company is announcing that it will drop its … | Continue reading
As France continues efforts to reboot its digital image, the country’s growing tech economy got a welcome progress report that points to some growing momentum. According to study released today by Tech.eu, a European news and information site based in Belgium, French companies ra … | Continue reading
With Oculus Rift and HTC Vive expected to hit the market in late March and early April (respectively), Limitless Studios wants to get in on the action. Founded by former Pixar and Bungie character designer Tom Sanocki, today Limitless has announced a creative platform that will e … | Continue reading
BlackBerry has announced that its Priv smartphone is now available on Verizon, the third of the big four mobile networks in the U.S. that BlackBerry’s inaugural Android device is now on. The Priv can be purchased online from today starting at $30 per month on a 24-month plan, and … | Continue reading
RNTS, the Netherlands-based parent company of Fyber (formerly known as SponsorPay) and Heyzap, continues its run of ad tech acquisitions. Today the company announced that it has acquired Inneractive, an Israeli-based real-time bidding and mobile ad exchange, for $46 million in ca … | Continue reading