Facebook may try to compete with Steam, or at least win back revenue lost when casual gaming shifted to mobile. Today Facebook formally announced it’s working with game engine Unity to build a dedicated, downloadable desktop gaming platform, plus it’s broadening the Facebook.com experience for gamers. Both will allow publishers the offer their iOS and Android games on desktop in… Read More Facebook is building its own Steam-style desktop gaming platform with ...This entry was posted in Apps Gaming Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on August 18, 2016 by Legit Coder
The internet is all about sharing information, but for the more than 285 million people around the world who are visually impaired, browsing the ‘net can be a less than fruitful experience. Braigo Labs is today launching a service to help blind and visually impaired people make sense of text on images. Read More Braigo launches web app to help blind people parse text ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile TC on August 18, 2016 by Haje Jan Kamps
Wannabe ad industry nemesis Shine has chalked up another telco to commit to deploying its mobile ad blocking technology which uses deep packet inspection to detect and eject ads at the network level — its third such telco deal. Read More Shine signs Africa’s Econet to its network level mobile ad-blockingThis entry was posted in Ad blocking Advertising Tech Internet advertising Mobile shine TC on August 18, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
In an age dominated by short attention spans, Boston Dynamics has managed to capture our imaginations time and again through sometimes frightening, sometimes adorable and always fascinating robots. But the company’s creations are far more than viral video machines. And now the founder and CEO Marc Raibert will join me for a fireside chat at Disrupt SF. Formed in 1992 by former… Read More Boston Dynamics Founder Marc Raibert and the SpotMini robot will ...This entry was posted in Gadgets robot TC TechCrunch and tagged google on August 18, 2016 by Brian Heater
Maybe you want to prove to your spouse that you’ve actually been moving. Or pull way ahead in that office step-off. The post How to Cheat Your Fitbit for Fun, and Not Fraud appeared first on WIRED. How to Cheat Your Fitbit for Fun, and Not FraudThis entry was posted in fitbit Gear Video on August 18, 2016 by Matt Simon
What growth there is left in the smartphone market continues to center on emerging markets where consumers are upgrading from feature phones. Read More Gartner: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2This entry was posted in Android huawei iOS Mobile mobile phones smartphone TC and tagged apple iphone samsung on August 18, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
What growth there is left in the smartphone market continues to center on emerging markets where consumers are upgrading from feature phones. Read More Gartner: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2This entry was posted in Android huawei iOS Mobile mobile phones smartphone TC and tagged apple iphone samsung on August 18, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
What growth there is left in the smartphone market continues to center on emerging markets where consumers are upgrading from feature phones. Read More Gartner: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2This entry was posted in Android huawei iOS Mobile mobile phones smartphone TC and tagged apple iphone samsung on August 18, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
What growth there is left in the smartphone market continues to center on emerging markets where consumers are upgrading from feature phones. Read More Gartner: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2This entry was posted in Android huawei iOS Mobile mobile phones smartphone TC and tagged apple iphone samsung on August 18, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
What growth there is left in the smartphone market continues to center on emerging markets where consumers are upgrading from feature phones. Read More Gartner: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2This entry was posted in Android huawei iOS Mobile mobile phones smartphone TC and tagged apple iphone samsung on August 18, 2016 by Natasha Lomas