There is a fundamental shift in the star-making machinery in Hollywood that pumps out teen celebrities. They are no longer coming from studio creations like "The Mickey Mouse Club" that launched the careers of Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. Instead, they're on YouTube.No one can attest to that quite like Disney,...
Why, yes, Sony's new virtual reality headset does bear a striking resemblance to the Oculus Rift, that scrappy upstart turned king of the virtual reality hill you've been hearing so much about.After its fast ascension powered by a healthy run on Kickstarter, the Rift is currently synonymous with virtual reality...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.South By Southwest Interactive is an annual tech festival known for beer, brisket, and business deals cut at bars. But the city where it's held is also an epicenter of healthy living and innovative startups. So instead of...
I’ve been making the trek to Austin for South By Southwest Interactive almost as long as the weeks-long conference has been called “Interactive.” And while like many longtime attendees, I have mixed feelings about the event's metastatic growth, I think there's still something magical that happens when so many people...
The Xbox One is a slab of impressive hardware patiently awaiting its opportunity to show off. To say that next week's launch of first person shooter and console exclusive Titanfall is "hotly anticipated" would be a gross understatement. The first project from Respawn Entertainment, an all-star development studio reassembled from...
ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.Real companies making real products that real people, you know, spend real money on. That's what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right.2013...
ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.It was a big year for mobile in 2013, as it has been for the past several years.Smartphones took the first steps toward becoming hubs we can use to control our entire lives. Companies became...
There are an increasing amount of ways that you can develop your Application / Game for the Tizen Platform. Below is a Infographic showing the type of tools that you can utilise to get your App certified for the Tizen Store and Ultimately entered into the Tizen App Challenge,...
Google Glass, now mostly a data head’s-up display, will soon transform into a headset for streaming music. Which sounds pretty cool, right? Too bad it won't work, at least with Glass as it's currently designed.Streaming music on Glass certainly fits into Google’s chic vision of the future, in which we...
Google's introduction of Android 4.4 KitKat, the follow-on to three different versions of Android Jelly Bean, means that users have new features to look forward to—and that mobile developers and designers have a new toolset to learn.KitKat is designed to work on a wide variety of devices with different amounts of RAM,...
There is some good news for all the Developers that were running out of time to submit their applications for the Tizen App Challenge Deadline of November 1st, the Deadline has been extended to 8th December 2013. With all the new tools being released with Tizen support, it was...
Teens have always been stereotyped as massive consumers of technology, but in some cases they're also the ones advancing it. Young people have long been avid early adopters, and not just of applications like Snapchat and Instagram. See also: Do Teenage Entrepreneurs Even Need To Go To College?The Internet and mobile...
The Moto X is a different kind of smartphone, although it's hard to say why. It has most everything you might want from a top-of-the-line Android or iPhone, packaged in an attractive body with impressive hardware. True, you'll be able to design it yourself, choosing colors and configurations in a way...
Apple has said little and shown even less regarding its future plans for streaming content to your television, and that's precisely why they've got a competitive advantage in the space. Where Google faltered by putting the tech before the content, Apple knows the tech is worthless without the content.Cable operators'...
After a longer-than-expected wait, some shipping glitches, and a good deal of anticipation, my open-source, crowd-funded, cloud-gaming, Android-powered Ouya game console arrived in Friday's mail. I unpacked the box, plugged it in, and fired it up. After 24 hours, I've come to some conclusions about the device – though I can't say...
At some point, Apple is widely expected to release a miniature computer for your wrist. Assuming the rumors pan out, you, dear geek, are going to hate whatever is released — because it's not going to do many of the things that you think such a device should do.Your favorite...
Most people would agree that Amazon has turned itself into a pretty amazing company. It has turned itself from an e-commerce bookseller into one of the most dynamic companies in the world, providing content for the masses, infrastructure for the Internet and a manufacturer of an array of tablets and...
By putting its own media content store next to Google Play on its new Galaxy S4 smartphones, Samsung is essentially turning all of its users into beta testers that could determine the future of the Android operating system.Think about it. Apple has iTunes. Android has Google Play. Amazon has its...
Leap Motion, the flash drive-sized controller that lets you manipulate your computer's interface with a multitude of precise hand gestures, will begin shipping to customers who pre-ordered the device on May 13. In a partnership with Best Buy, the Leap Motion controller will also hit physical store shelves in the...
Most film studios operate under the assumption that the more buzz and positive sentiment a movie has on Twitter, the better the movie will perform at the box office. It ain't necessarily so...Instead, it's quality over quantity. Or maybe, influencers over volume. That is the basic formula for determining what works...
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