LG G5 unveiled: Metal body, removable battery, and an expansion slot
During its Play Begins event at Mobile World Congress 2016 today, LG unveiled the LG G5. This is the phone LG hopes will take on Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Apple’s iPhone 7. The G5 represents a massive shift in strategy for LG’s flagship smartphone. After the G2’s success, the South Korean company merely iterated with the G3 and More...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Cortana, Edge, and Skype improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a slew of improvements. The latest build includes tweaks to Cortana’s music feature, the Edge browser, and Skype integration. Windows 10 is More...
Messaging is eating the app store: New Tribe app growing 80% weekly
The new Quartz app tells you the news like a friend sending texts. Messaging apps command bigger audiences than social networks. And now Apple is featuring the one-week-out-of-beta video-messaging app Tribe More...
DevOps and the Enterprise: Podcast with Automic CTO John Purrier
We’re investigating the nature of these Innovation Engines in a series of What To Think podcasts, sponsored by Pivotal Tracker, and columns by VentureBeat editor at large Dylan Tweney. Tune in here to learn More...
Pantomime lets VR headset and smartphone users share a virtual space
A startup called Pantomime came up with a nifty system of enabling people to peer into animated virtual worlds without the need to wear virtual reality headsets. And now it is adding support for VR headsets so More...
Machine Zone spends $5M on Mobile Strike Super Bowl 50 commercial with Schwarzenegger
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 More...
Watch Conan play the new Doom with Super Bowl stars
The biggest game of the football season is this weekend, and gaming developers are among the companies trying to get some of that excitement to rub off on their products. Conan, the late-night show featuring host More...
Mobile network coverage startup Sensorly acquired by Mosaik
Sensorly, a French startup that crowdsources network coverage data about mobile operators, has been acquired by Mosaik, a Memphis-based company that provides network intelligence to telecom companies. Terms of More...
Budget Cuts aims to take the puzzles and humor of Portal into VR (hands-on)
We’re not sure if Valve is making a version of Portal for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, which is powered by Valve’s own Steam VR technology. But at least one developer has been inspired to More...
GitHub is down: ‘No server is currently available to service your request’ [Update: Fixed]
Source code repository hosting site GitHub is currently not working. Reports about downtime began about an hour ago. The GitHub team is working on restoring the service. “We’re continuing to investigate More...