A company called eleVR, which does research in virtual reality and isn’t a gaming company at all, just shared a video for a virtual reality game they’re working on called ‘Float.” It’s a puzzle game and platform where you can visit floating islands to make them “come alive again.” You can play it on the HTC Vive, which is heavy on motion-tracking,… Read More The Making-Of eleVR’s Virtual Reality Puzzle Game “Float” Is FascinatingThis entry was posted in Entertainment Gadgets game Gaming head-mounted displays HTC HTC Vive Media TC Virtual reality Vive VR on November 24, 2015 by Drew Olanoff
When Slack’s IPO window opens, it wants to be able to quickly spring into the public markets. Otherwise it could see sour conditions or botched IPOs by other tech companies shut the window before it rings the opening bell. That’s why Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield says its already getting its ducks in a row so its poised to IPO when the time comes. Today, Butterfield The Australian… Read More Slack Preps For IPO, Even If It Doesn’t Want Or ...This entry was posted in Apps Enterprise Finance Fundings & Exits slack Social Startups TC on November 24, 2015 by Legit Coder
Engineering student James Patrick has built a working 3D-printable revolver that uses a rubber band and a nail to fire .22 bullets. The revolver can hold six or eight bullets and moves the cylinder from position to position after each shot. Patri... Designer Releases A 3D-Printed RevolverThis entry was posted in 3d printing Gadgets TC on November 24, 2015 by John Biggs
Dude, you're getting major SSL vulnerability. The post Dell Promised Security … Then Delivered a Huge Security Hole appeared first on WIRED. Dell Promised Security … Then Delivered a Huge Security HoleThis entry was posted in Dell Gadget Lab Gear privacy Security on November 24, 2015 by Brian Barrett
Consumer watchdog groups announced today they’ve filed additional complaints with the FTC over the advertising content in the YouTube Kids application, this time focused on how the app allows food and drink advertisers to violate their self-regulatory pledges they made as members of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a program whose aim is to shift… Read More YouTube Kids Faces Further FTC Complaints Related To Junk Food ...This entry was posted in Ads Advertising Tech Apps children commercials consumer advocacy Consumer Watchdog FTC kids Mobile parents tv youtube kids on November 24, 2015 by Sarah Perez
Consumer watchdog groups announced today they’ve filed additional complaints with the FTC over the advertising content in the YouTube Kids application, this time focused on how the app allows food and drink advertisers to violate their self-regulatory pledges they made as members of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a program whose aim is to shift… Read More YouTube Kids Faces Further FTC Complaints Related To Junk Food ...This entry was posted in Ads Advertising Tech Apps children commercials consumer advocacy Consumer Watchdog FTC kids Mobile parents tv youtube kids on November 24, 2015 by Sarah Perez
What Stripe did for easy payments, Robinhood is doing for free stock trading. This week the brokerage startup launched its platform so developer can bake its zero-commission stock trading into their products. Stop for a second and think about how... Robinhood Gives Zero-Fee Stock Trading To Other AppsThis entry was posted in Apps Developer Finance Mobile Robinhood Social Startups TC on November 24, 2015 by Legit Coder
When Pelin Kenez and her co-founders were at their previous company, they were constantly moving files between designers and developers. That ended up producing a hassle, with developers having to basically manually pull in elements from the design file. That’s where Zeplin comes in. It uses software to better move files between designers and engineers, and it said it has raised $1.2… Read More Zeplin Raises $1.2M To Sync Designers And Developers With Less ...This entry was posted in Europe Mobile Startups TC on November 24, 2015 by Matthew Lynley
Fresh on the heels of Snapchat announcing Story Explorer, Vine has today announced a new way to discover Vines following a similar theme. When browsing in a channel or through your own feed, simply swipe left on a Vine to see other content that is of a similar nature. In the example provided as part of Vine’s blog post, you can see Vines of Justin Bieber across multiple accounts,… Read More Vine Lets You Swipe Left To Find Similar Vines, Launches ...This entry was posted in Apps Social Startups TC vine and tagged twitter on November 24, 2015 by Jordan Crook
Let's get cookin' without burning down the house. The post How to Deep-Fry a Turkey Without Killing Yourself appeared first on WIRED. How to Deep-Fry a Turkey Without Killing YourselfThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear how tuesday Thanksgiving on November 24, 2015 by Gordon Gottsegen