On the heels of reports that Apple Pay is gearing up for a February launch of Apple Pay in China, the country’s biggest credit card company has entered into a JV with a mobile payments startup out of the UK to take its own steps into smartphone-based transactions. UnionPay, the state-run company that controls debit and credit card payments processing in China, has inked a 10-year… Read More China’s UnionPay Steps Into Mobile Payments In JV With UK ...This entry was posted in Asia China eCommerce Europe Mobile mobile payments Powa TC unionpay on December 16, 2015 by Ingrid Lunden
If you’re a maker, getting people excited about what you’re doing can be difficult — no matter what it is you’re making. One guy, Max Temkin, has been “lucky” enough to strike gold with his project Cards Against Humanity. His next act? A game called “Secret Hitler.” In case you haven’t heard about it, it’s a card game for 5-10 players… Read More CAH’s Max Temkin On ‘Secret Hitler’ And Making Fun Games ...This entry was posted in CAH card games cards against humanity games Gaming Humor Kickstarter Max Temkin Media Secret Hitler Social Startups TC on December 16, 2015 by Drew Olanoff
Facebook broke some hearts in 2014 when its algorithmically-selected Your Year In Review photosets accidentally included depressing photos of people’s exes, blocked friends, and deceased loved ones. To avoid the same bad feels, Facebook “applied a unique set of filters” to prevent these people from showing up in this year’s stylized vertical card of 10 photos. If… Read More Facebook Filters Out Sadness And Adds Editing To Your Year ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC Timehop and tagged facebook on December 16, 2015 by Legit Coder
Amber Reyngoudt and Dave Peck want to figure out how to perfect the mobile shopping experience — and they thinks it’s flipping through fewer products, not more. Skull Ninja Labs’ first product is Hit or Miss — a tinder-like interface where users can swipe through a curated set of products and quickly build a profile of the things they like. But the catch is that the… Read More Hit Or Miss, A Tinder-Like Curated Fashion Shopping App, Looks ...This entry was posted in Apps buying Fashion hit or miss Mobile retail Social Startups TC Tinder on December 16, 2015 by Matthew Lynley
Whether you can find a Samsung Gear VR in time for the holidays or not, the company behind the mobile virtual reality accessory keeps releasing ads that follow a very important narrative for the future of VR. The ad is extremely well done, and focuses on games this time. As I’ve noted, most of the questions that people ask about VR is “can I do this?” or “can I do… Read More The Latest Gear VR Ad Follows A Very Important, And ...This entry was posted in Apps Gadgets Gaming gear vr Media Mobile Virtual reality VR Wearables and tagged samsung on December 16, 2015 by Drew Olanoff
The famed Los Angeles auto shrine is back up and running again with a fancy new facade and some very immersive video installations. The post The Petersen Car Museum Comes Roaring Back—With Walls of Video! appeared first on WIRED. The Petersen Car Museum Comes Roaring Back—With Walls of Video!This entry was posted in Autopia gallery Gear on December 16, 2015 by Jordan Crucchiola
Dell continues to advance the XPS series, pushing high-end computing performance in a (reasonably) portable platform. The post Review: Dell XPS 15 Touch appeared first on WIRED. Review: Dell XPS 15 TouchThis entry was posted in Computers Dell Gear Reviews Windows PCs on December 16, 2015 by Christopher Null
Remember Danger? The mobile maker Microsoft acquired for $500 million back in 2008 in the hopes of firing up its mobile fortunes? Things didn’t pan out quite so well for Microsoft of course, but Danger co-founder Joe Britt is doing just fine. In fact he’s uncloaking his new startup today — one he’s presumably been ploughing some of his unspent Danger money into. Read More Afero Is An IoT Dev Platform Play Built By Danger ...This entry was posted in Android Bluetooth cloud computing Developer Gadgets Internet of Things TC on December 16, 2015 by Natasha Lomas
Remember Danger? The mobile maker Microsoft acquired for $500 million back in 2008 in the hopes of firing up its mobile fortunes? Things didn’t pan out quite so well for Microsoft of course, but Danger co-founder Joe Britt is doing just fine. In fact he’s uncloaking his new startup today — one he’s presumably been ploughing some of his unspent Danger money into. Read More Afero Is An IoT Dev Platform Play Built By Danger ...This entry was posted in Android Bluetooth cloud computing Developer Gadgets Internet of Things TC on December 16, 2015 by Natasha Lomas
Philips shipped a controversial firmware update for its Philips Hue bridge yesterday. The company decided to block third-party light bulbs to fix interoperability issues. Today, the company announced that this move was a mistake. A future update ... Philips Hue Reverses Decision To Block Third-Party Light BulbsThis entry was posted in Gadgets Philips philips hue TC on December 16, 2015 by Romain Dillet