AT&T has announced that it plans to offer internet-based streaming TV service later this year. The new services, which will be branded and packaged as DirecTV products, will let you stream video from smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, set top boxes, PCs, or other devices using a wi … | Continue reading
The official Google I/O 2016 website is now up and running with its familiar countdown timer, and tells us registration will open May 8. The event is May 18-20. As is typically the case, tickets cost $900 for everyone but students, who can get in for $300. And just as it was last … | Continue reading
Google's biggest event of the year starts May 18th, and today it's announcing how people interested in attending can get tickets. Between March 8th and March 10th, you can register online for the chance to buy tickets to Google I/O. Note that registering between those dates doesn … | Continue reading
At Kik, we’ve been thinking about the coming bot revolution for a long time. We first launched a basic bot platform a year and a half ago, and millions of users have been chatting with Kik bots ever since. Other messengers, such as Telegram and Slack, have been doing their own wo … | Continue reading
Big changes are coming to Disney Infinity. Previously, a new version of the (according to the market research group NPD, most popular) “toys to life” game would come out every year. Those would support new playsets and characters, but they wouldn’t work with older editions of Dis … | Continue reading
There won't be a new Disney Infinity game in 2016 — but there will still be a lot of new Disney Infinity content coming. Since its debut in 2013, the toys-to-life series has seen a new release every year, with each new game introducing a new Disney property. The first game mashed … | Continue reading
Rock Band 4 could be on its way to the PC later this year — but only if developer Harmonix is able to crowdfund the money necessary for the port. Today the studio launched a campaign on Fig hoping to raise $1.5 million over the next 35 days; Harmonix says the full cost to develop … | Continue reading
A new survey has revealed that the current buzz around blockchains is driving a focus on technological investment within the financial sector. | Continue reading
After a year filled with space veggies, microgravity water ping pong, and gorilla invasions, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is at long last coming home today. Yesterday, Kelly handed over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Tim Kopra in preparation for his de … | Continue reading
Midnight Star [Free] was a game I enjoyed quite a bit when it came out last year. The shooting was very cleverly done, it looked really good, and the competitive aspect of it made me return to it again and again. Today, Industrial Toys has announced that it's developing a new gam … | Continue reading
Microsoft is adding several highly requested features to the Xbox One in the next system update. Available to preview members today, the next Xbox One update will allow console owners to buy and play Xbox 360 games. While Microsoft added backwards compatibility last year, Xbox 36 … | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is returning to Earth tonight, wrapping up a 340-day-long stay aboard the International Space Station. It's the longest amount of time an American astronaut has lived in space, says NASA. The extended stay is part of the space agency's One-Year Mission, … | Continue reading
Some more consolidation underway in the world of enterprise cloud services, and specifically in the space of hybrid cloud. Today Cisco announced that it has acquired CliQr, a provider of application management solutions for hybrid cloud environments, for $260 million. The deal, w … | Continue reading
Panorama, a one-of-a-kind celebration of music, art, and technology, is coming to New York City this summer, and The Verge is the official media partner of its inaugural year. Presented by the people behind Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Panorama will feature headlining … | Continue reading
If you didn't think virtual reality was going mainstream this year, think again. McDonald's in Sweden is currently giving away “Happy Goggles” with its Happy Meals. | Continue reading
Brownies made of black beans and cookies made of chickpeas are amongst the unusual recipes found on Hungryroot. Launched last year, the New York-based meal kit startup focuses on vegetable-based natural foods that can be prepared in under seven minutes. After demonstrating “rapid … | Continue reading
Marketing technology continues to grow at a pace. It is more fragmented than ever, and the number of available solutions has seen year-on-year triple-digit growth for half a decade. And that’s a problem for everyone involved. Keeping track of the tools, processes, and systems tha … | Continue reading
The Anonymous online vigilante group says it has helped take out pedophiles, scientologists and even Russian government officials, so now it has created a ‘greatest hits’ campaign video to show off its efforts. The online group declared “total war” on the Islamic State last year … | Continue reading
The Power Rangers movie is inching closer to reality, more than a year after Lionsgate announced plans to reboot the popular 1990s franchise. Production on the Dean Israelite film began yesterday in Vancouver, the studio announced this week, and its cast is now fully fleshed out. … | Continue reading
Google Apps for Work Unlimited customers can now benefit from better attachment scanning in Gmail that uses optical character recognition to check before sensitive document copies or images are sent out of your company via email. Google’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) launched late … | Continue reading
2016 would have been the year of the 100th birthday of Lamborghini founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, and the storied Italian carmaker is celebrating the occasion with an extremely limited edition of 40 Centenario hypercars. This one-off design is built around a carbon fiber monocoqu … | Continue reading
A satisfied exhibitor returns next year and often increases their investment. Here are a few tips on how you can delight them and make an impression. Seasoned conference professionals and newbies know that exhibitors want one thing – return on investment. Without that, it doesn’t … | Continue reading
A presentation by Volkswagen at the Geneva Motor Show was interrupted by a demonstrator on Tuesday. The man, dressed as a VW mechanic, walked on stage and said that Volkswagen's chief executive had sent him to fix a display car's engine, alluding to the carmaker's emissions scand … | Continue reading
The job of a journalist is to ask reality to explain itself. This was what I took away from a conversation with The Philadelphia Inquirer Associate Editor John Timpane, one of my favorite writers and thinkers. In a column about the fortieth anniversary of Sgt. Pepper by the Beatl … | Continue reading
Videogram, the Japan-US company that helps publishers and creators get more out of online video content, has closed a bridge round of funding ahead of planned Series B later this year. Read More | Continue reading
Microsoft is bringing its Forza Motorsport series to the PC later this year, with a stripped back free-to-play version of last year's instalment, dubbed Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, coming to Windows 10 this spring. The news comes via a leaked report by The Seattle Times from a rece … | Continue reading
Emojis may just be the new “internet slang.” According to research, more brands worldwide are using them in posts on Facebook and Twitter than did a year before. | Continue reading
The Spurs have signed 39-year-old guard Andre Miller four days after the oldest player on an NBA roster was waived by Minnesota. | Continue reading
Major League Baseball players are once again shaking off the winter and hitting the field in warmer climates for spring training. But this year Los Angeles Angels centerfielder Mike Trout is using a high-tech bat to learn more about his swing.Sports tech company Zepp has develope … | Continue reading
A man taking the HIV-prevention pill Truvada has contracted HIV, marking the first reported infection of someone regularly taking the drug, according to researchers. The report, from the Maple Leaf Medical Clinic in Toronto, says that a 43-year-old man who had sex with other men … | Continue reading
It seems the ‘artist friendly’ streaming option, Tidal, has run into a roadblock after failing to pay some $5 million in past-due royalties. After the relaunch of Tidal nearly a year ago, the service promised to take a more artist-centric focus by paying a fair share of revenue t … | Continue reading
The Internet lost a little piece of meme history over the weekend.Josh Holz, the 15-year-old high school student behind the crazy viral "Damn Daniel" video, had his Twitter account hacked Sunday. Though the teen has since regained control of his account, the attackers deleted the … | Continue reading
According to new data from freelance placement firm Toptal, Swift is the most in-demand developer language. The study, which compares requests from prospective employers year over year, shows a 600 percent increase in requests for developers who know Swift. Second is HTML, which … | Continue reading
Google announced a number of new security features for Gmail users in the enterprise today. Last year, the company launched its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) feature for Google Apps Unlimited users that helps businesses keep sensitive data out of emails. Today, it’s launching the fi … | Continue reading
It's shaping up to be a major year for Nintendo if the rumor mill is even partially accurate. | Continue reading
Remember way back in 2013, when Netflix put out its first true original show, House of Cards? Remember how shocked you were at how good it was? Remember a year later, when the second season came out — and was equally compelling? Remember last year, when the third season came arou … | Continue reading
A 32 year old set a new Guinness World Record recently when he reached 59.55mph on an modified electric skateboard. Mischo Erban, who describes himself as a "human Formula 1 car," set the record at Portorož Airport in Piran, Slovenia, on a NEXTBoard created by the Slovenian start … | Continue reading
The smartphone market is dominated with hundreds of new phone designs each year, but they all have one thing in common: their rectangular shape. Washington-based startup dToor, aims change that with The Cyrcle Phone, a rounded flip-phone that aims to set women back at least half … | Continue reading
When the FBI order to break security protections on Syed Farook’s phone arrived on February 16th, it came as a surprise to nearly everyone. FBI director Comey had hinted that the bureau was still struggling with a locked phone from the San Bernardino case, but the bureau had been … | Continue reading
Last year, Popslate brought its first E ink iPhone case to market, giving users a second screen to display information on. This year, the company is back with the Popslate 2, which features a larger screen, notifications, and a built-in battery to charge your iPhone.Although the … | Continue reading
Some of last night's most entertaining Oscars coverage was on Snapchat, but this year you didn't have to be inside Snapchat's app to see it: you could watch it all on the web. Snapchat quietly updated its website last night with a way to view the Oscars' Live Story online. This i … | Continue reading
After launching on Android in October last year, a pitstop feature has finally dropped on Google Maps for iOS today. When you’re in navigation mode, you can now tap the magnifying glass in the top right corner to access a drop-down menu of suggested pitstops, like a gas station, … | Continue reading
The Conker series returns this year with Young Conker, but fans might not recognize the squirrel. The new adventure, which will be packaged with the Microsoft HoloLens developer's kit, takes place in the player's living room. The character runs across floors, tables, and walls to … | Continue reading
Even though Twitter has more than 300 million active users, it still hasn’t managed to get into the black. In a shareholder document for the year ending 2015, the company said it has lost more than $2.09 billion since it was founded due to “significant operating losses.” Despite … | Continue reading
Twitter filed today its annual report with securities regulators. While there are no earth-shattering revelations, there are plenty of nuggets that show how recently re-minted CEO Jack Dorsey continues to put his stamp on the company as well as the challenges it faces. Here are 1 … | Continue reading
No more guessworkMicrosoft HoloLens, the company's highly anticipated augmented-reality headgear finally has an official ship date: March 30th.This is good news for developers who started submitting applications to buy the $3,000 headset back in October of last year. Now, once th … | Continue reading
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Nominations are now open for The Europas Awards 2016, the European Tech Startup Awards. The Europas will be held on June 14, 2016, in London. You can nominate an individual (founder, investor etc) or startup that you think in the last year deserves to be recognized RIGHT HERE. Th … | Continue reading