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Remote control cars can be a lot of fun. There’s just something about guiding a little vehicle with the push of a button and watching it happily zip around wherever your heart desires. But there’s always a limitation in terms of range. Until now. Emil Kalstø has built a small vehicle that can be controlled […]... →

Рынок поисковой рекламы, занявший 80% отечественного digital, на глобальном рынке теряет позиции... →

Аудитория проекта негативно восприняла новый алгоритм его работы... →

WASHINGTON (Joseph Menn, Reuters) – Russian authorities in November raided offices associated with a Moscow film distribution and production company as part of a crackdown on one of the world’s most notorious financial hacking operations, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. Cybersecurity experts said a password-stealing software program known as Dyre — […]... →

Apple isn’t releasing exact sales numbers, but some expert digging has led many to believe that sales of the Apple Watch haven’t reached expectations since its launch in spring 2015. The company’s annual filing suggested it sold $1.7 billion worth in fiscal 2015, but compare that with the iPhone, which sold $32.2 billion worth in the fourth quarter alone. That’s a… Read More... →

Developer Machine Zone has spent heavily to advertise its products during the Super Bowl for the second year in a row. The studio brought back actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to help it promote Mobile Strike, its military strategy game for iOS and Android. The 30-second spot featured the actor battling it out in the game while […]... →

Posted by willcritchlowThe FTC recently published their updated rules (and more accessible “guidance”) on what constitutes a “misleading” native advert [PDF]. I’ve read them. I only fell asleep twice. Then, near the end, a couple of bombshells. But first, the background. Native ads and the FTCFor those who haven’t been following the trends closely, native advertising is a form of digital advertising whereby adverts are included “in-stream,” interspersed with regular editorial content. On social platforms, t... →

I really do wish I understood why lawmakers seem so gung-ho on tearing apart technologies they don’t understand, and freedoms they hardly think about. Frankly, it’s starting to get exhausting — and more than a little difficult to keep straight all the legal bungles belched out by senators and their lobbyists. Until now, we’ve been lucky; most of the ill-conceived… Read More... →

Titanfall 2 will have a single-player campaign and a companion TV show, Respawn Entertainment’s lead writer Jesse Stern told Forbes in an interview. This revelation shows that Respawn — started by Call of Duty veterans Jason West and Vince Zampella — is being a lot more ambitious with its first-person shooter that was a big hit when […]... →

The Super Bowl is the crowning glory of sports in the United States, but it hasn’t been without it’s mishaps. They aren’t the last minute fumbles, missed field goals, or obvious interceptions either. They’re those unfortunate outside incidents that stopped or changed the course of the game. In many cases, today’s real time technologies could have been applied… Read More... →

Google is planning to release a new virtual reality headset for smartphones this year, pegged as a successor to its Google Cardboard platform and similar to Samsung’s Gear VR. The company will add extra support for the technology to its Android operating system, according to a people familiar with its plans cited by The Financial […]... →

Apple has repeatedly shown its contempt for gaming, and the company still hasn’t changed. Developer Tyrone Rodriguez, founder of studio Nicalis, revealed that Apple has rejected The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth from the App Store (first reported by EuroGamer). The game has players taking on the role of a boy named Isaac whose mother has […]... →

FEATURE: Today is Super Bowl 50, and about 120 million people are expected to watch the Denver Broncos square off against the Carolina Panthers. That’s one-third of all Americans, many of whom have never played pigskin, watching one professional football game. And yet there’s another sport that in just a few years has become played by […]... →

GUEST: As any entrepreneur will tell you, one of the biggest challenges in growing a business is knowing which responsibilities of the business to hand off. Even more difficult is knowing when to hand them off. In order for the business to grow, this handoff has to happen, but if you don’t execute it strategically, the […]... →

GUEST: There are now 24 billion-dollar companies in the sharing or collaborative economy. This is up from 13 in 2014, reflecting a jaw dropping 71% increase and about one new addition every month. The size of the sharing economy billion-dollar club has almost doubled every year since 2012. New additions in 2015 can be found across the collaborative economy landscape. Fintech […]... →

TechCrunch is excited to announce the 100-person Crunchies Board who collectively picked the winners of the 9th Annual Crunchies award. Early last month the law firm Perkins Coie delivered ballets to these TechCrunch editors, entrepreneurs, investors and other tech notables. The law firm then tallied the ballets and is keeping the winners secret until tonight, when the awards will be handed out… Read More... →

Graphene, the super thin carbon material that’s been exciting scientists in the decade+ since single-atom thick graphene crystallites were successfully extracted from the bulk material, continues to give hints of a promising future blending electronics and biology. Read More... →

GUEST: In life as in work, we’re constantly dealing with uncertainty. As parents, employees, leaders, we look at the future and estimate the odds: what’s the chance that our teenage son will do drugs? What’s the chance that this system’s load will exceed what we designed it for? How likely is this risky investment to result […]... →

To really appreciate how sophisticated this sport has become, here’s a look at some of the ways Super Bowl technology has evolved in the last fifty years. Read More... →

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