It has been a big year for wearables. The Apple Watch was born (finally), Google Glass died (finally), and bands that track everything from steps to mood changes have grown up and become not terrible (finally!). While wrist-bound devices have cemented themselves as the face of...
The best (and worst) smartwatches, fitness bands, and wearables of 2015
Waze releases the best and worst times to drive over the holidays
Preparing to hit the I-5 to Grandma’s house? You’ll want to look at this data released by Waze. The navigation app has released the best and worst travel times for the next week at Conde Nast Traveler. “AAA predicts that the number of year-end holiday travelers...
“Decksploration”: T.I.M.E Stories’ card-driven RPG is one of the year’s best board games
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage right here—and let us know what you think.
I knew T.I.M.E Stories would differ from standard board game fare when I sat down to my first play and saw that one...
Facebook announces its own picks for best Facebook games
As 2015 wraps up, Facebook has published a list of its favorite games of the year. Here are the titles that made the grade, along with Facebook’s descriptions. Game of the Year Clash of Kings Already one of the top-performing mobile titles...
Airbnb tops Glassdoor’s ‘best places to work’ list; Zillow, Expedia, F5, Concur make top 50
Airbnb has dethroned Google atop Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” list for 2016. The peer-to-peer lodging company, now valued at $ 25.5 billion, finished No. 1 on Glassdoor’s annual “Best Places to Work” list, which pulls data from surveys that ask U.S.-based employees about career opportunities, compensation, senior management, work/life balance, culture, and more. There were 21 tech companies among the top...
Analysis shows which streaming service has the best original content and it’s not Netflix
It seems everyone is in the game of creating original content for streaming now, but who is making the best content? That’s the question Cut Cable Today explored with this incredible analysis of exactly which company is making the best programming. What did they find? Netflix may have the numbers and a large pool of...
GeekWire Picks: Your Black Friday roundup of some of the best deals in tech
Black Friday is upon us again, with a ton of deals available over the next few days. But while many retailers are offering unbelievably low prices on some tech items, they aren’t always worth it, even with the discounted price. GeekWire combed through hundreds of deals to pick out some of the best around for Black Friday. Unless otherwise...
GeekWire Giveaway: Score 3 of the year’s best sports video games and a PS4 to play them on
Black Friday will have some great gaming deals. Both the Xbox One and the Playstation 4 will be down to $ 299, their lowest prices ever. But not everyone has that kind of dough to throw around near the holidays. Luckily, GeekWire Deals is offering a PS4 and three great sports games to one lucky winner for...