If you’ve been waiting for the right time to expand your Xbox One game collection, you might want to check Microsoft’s online game stores this week. Starting today, Microsoft has kicked off its annual Ultimate Game Sale, during which dozens of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games and add-ons are discounted by up to 80% of their original price.
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With each passing year, consumers continue to spend more and more time and money shopping online, both via mobile devices and the desktop. As a result, there’s also been a corresponding rise in the level of online fraud in recent years.
In the latest, and perhaps most bizarre, effort we’ve seen to stem the incidence of mobile fraud, MasterCard is working on a new security scheme that would authorize online transactions by having users take a photo of their face as a means to verify their identity. Think of it as Apple’s TouchID, but with one’s face serving as the digital fingerprint.
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Having a clean room, running water or a comfortable bed aren’t the only requirements guests have from hotels. Wi-Fi – and especially free Wi-Fi – is slowly becoming one of the top demands from travelers.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
A potentially deadly Portuguese man-of-war washed up on a Wildwood, N.J., beach on Sunday, the third such sea creature found on an East Coast beach during the last two weeks.
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So far Netflix has made its name with hit original shows such as Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Daredevil and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. However, Netflix’s ambitions are now moving into the realm of feature films as well and it’s just announced its full release calendar for its first four original movies.
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BuzzFeed‘s Before You Die series of articles offers all sorts of interesting – and not so attractive – activities that you might consider doing before you die, and chances are you’ve seen at least a few of them whether you intended to or not. However, someone has actually gone ahead and calculated how long it would take to do all the Before You Die things BuzzFeed has published so far.
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Dating is awkward, but nothing is more anxiety-inducing than a first date. The most you can realistically hope for is a pleasant experience with someone you’ve never met, but sadly, that’s not always the way the cookie crumbles.
Anne Thériault, a Toronto-based writer, recently stumbled upon one of these nightmare scenarios while sitting in a coffee shop and did what any quick-witted, tech-literate person would do — she live-tweeted the whole thing.
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Gluten-free food is hugely popular right now, but not everybody really needs it. There are some people who can’t process gluten, and there are people who choose not to eat it because they’ve heard going gluten-free is healthier. But a new study indicates that the second group of people is flat-out wrong, and gluten-free food isn’t actually healthier than other options.
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Everyone knows the dangers of fiddling with a smartphone while driving a car, but it can still be incredibly tempting to look down at your iPhone and skip to the next track on your playlist or try to answer an incoming call. If you find it hard to resist the temptation, you might want to check out Amazon’s amazing deal on the TaoTronics Hands-Free Car Kit.
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Samsung will soon unveil the Galaxy Note 5 that Android fans are anxiously awaiting, but it looks like the phone might inherit some of the Galaxy S6’s most significant problems.
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