Daily Archives: May 11, 2017





Ben Jackson Ben Jackson, whose résumé includes work at Vice Media and The New York Times, is launching a startup advisory firm called For The Win. Jackson was most recently Vice’s director of mobile apps, where he said he created the mobile apps team and built nine apps, as well as the company’s first unified content API. He’s also worked at the iOS lead at Longform and as a… Read More

Vice’s Director of Mobile Apps Ben Jackson is creating his ...


 “Is that what they really look like?” “Did they Photoshop the pics of the house we’re renting?” “Is this actually what I’m buying or just a photo ripped off the Internet?” These are the questions Truepic wants to answer with the startup’s photo verification technology. Today Truepic unveils its SDK for embedding its tech in other products… Read More

Truepic fights photo fraud on apps like Tinder and Airbnb







 Microsoft doubled down on its commitment to what it called “mixed reality” today at its Build developer conference, revealing motion controllers that work closely with VR headsets from Acer. With a $399 bundle containing all you need coming later this year, it could be one of the more affordable ways out there to get into the VR game. Read More

Microsoft demos its own motion controllers for mixed reality