Report: General Motors’ Maven Will Offer a Platform Resembling Airbnb for Cars

– Maven is more than the car-sharing arm of General Motors. The two-year-old brand has become a laboratory for many of the company’s projects in the burgeoning mobility realm, and the latest one is poised to arrive this summer. Maven will launch a service that encourages car owners to rent their vehicles while they’re not in […]

Facebook launches Messenger Platform 2.3 with web chat plugin customization

Facebook today introduced additional ways to customize Messenger conversations taking place on websites — like the ability to add a persistent menu and incorporate more user information. Messenger Platform can be used to deploy automated bots that accept payments, deploy AI for natural language interactions, and exchange messages with humans and bots associated with a […]

One Game to ICO Decentralized, Self-Evolving Simulation Gaming Platform

PRESS RELEASE: NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–February 27, 2018– What is reality? As VR technology continues to advance, digital simulation games push the boundary between real and unreal, as the virtual world becomes indistinguishable from objective reality. Nonetheless, the simulations in which these virtual worlds are created are extremely limited. Although the content can be vivid and […]

Icons: Combat Arena aims to usher in a new era of platform fighters

SPONSORED:  Presented by Intel  For Wavedash CEO Matt Fairchild and creative director Jason Rice, building a new platform fighter makes more than just business sense: it’s their way of giving back to the games and communities that brought them together. “I literally owe my entire life — my career, my friends — to this genre. […]

Quarterback unveils engagement and monetization platform for esports players

EXCLUSIVE: Quarterback has launched a platform that brings professional esports players and their fans together, helping the player monetize and engage with their fans better. Market researcher Newzoo estimates that esports will become a $ 1.5 billion to $ 2.5 billion business by 2020. To get there, fans have to start spending as much on their favorite esports […]

Porsche and Audi will share an electric car platform

Porsche and Audi are no stranger to sharing car innards (the Cayenne and Macan use the same basic chassis as the Q7 and Q5, for instance), and that’s holding true in the electric era. Porsche’s Oliver Blume and Audi’s Rupert Stadler told Stuttgarter Zeitung in an interview that the two Volkswagen-owned brands will jointly develop […]

Amazon has created a new computing platform that will future-proof your home

Amazon is in a better position than any other company to dominate ambient computing, the concept that everything in your life is computerized and intelligent. Amazon’s Alexa platform continues to get better while remaining open to third parties, unlike Apple’s Siri. Buying into Alexa now will future-proof your home. Almost four years ago, New York […]