With April coming to a close and the halving in three months, bitcoin’s scalability is reaching decision time. Following a year of heated debate, wide consensus has been achieved on a maxblocksize increase, segwit deployment and support for the Lightning Network. The only outstan … | Continue reading
We’re happy to be adding Lucky’s Tale creator Paul Bettner, the CEO of Playful, as a speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May 4 at the scenic Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito, Calif. He’s going to talk about the rocky yet rewardin … | Continue reading
Uber has frequently touted how its service benefits both riders and drivers. From lowering the number of drunk driving cases to supporting our military veterans, the company has been quick to remind us of its positive impact on society. Today, it has a similar message, this time … | Continue reading
Alicia Johnson has been driving for Uber for almost a year, first in California and now in her new home of Washington, DC, but because she was deaf it was never an easy task. Johnson, 25, would often miss ride notifications that came through her phone via text because she couldn' … | Continue reading
Instagram recently announced changes to your news feed. Keep calm, and read this guide to rollin’ with the new Instagram feed changes. | Continue reading
A successful social strategy needs a comprehensive image strategy. Here's how to build the best visuals and scale the resizing process. | Continue reading
Marvel's Netflix series is speeding toward its own supergroup "Avengers" moment with The Defenders, but before that, we'll get one more standalone series: Iron Fist. We've now seen the first images of the titular hero (aka Daniel Rand (aka actor Finn Jones (aka Loras Tyrell from … | Continue reading
Google has leveled manual penalties against some bloggers for outbound links in blogs given in return for paid reviews, ending speculation of how the search engine could enforce its new policy. John Mueller, webmaster trends analyst at Google, confirmed that the search engine re … | Continue reading
HBO is getting into virtual reality, too. Amid the ongoing craze for VR videos, which has seen streaming rivals like Netflix and Hulu rolling out their own VR content, HBO and Discovery announced this morning they’ve taken an equity stake in a company called OTOY, which specializ … | Continue reading
As we spend more time on smartphones, mobile advertising becomes more important. How to achieve a successful campaign? We have the answer. | Continue reading
Man könnte meinen, es handelt sich um einen Filmdreh, aber dieser epische Bulldozer-Fight scheint sich wirklich so in China kürzlich zugetragen zu haben. Offenbar bekämpfen sich hier befeindete Bauunternehmen und wie hier die breite... | Continue reading
VB INSIGHT: Let’s be honest: marketing technology, and marketing and sales, and mobile engagement, and mobile user acquisitions — they’re all deadly dull subjects that have been known to kill a podcast, and its listeners, dead — and not in the sexy French la petit mort kind of wa … | Continue reading
How to attract traffic to your latest blog post You just published you latest piece of content. The blog post is well-researched and full of great information. You’re sure your target group will benefit from reading your article. And the layout is fantastic! So…sit back and relax … | Continue reading
A new report by The Wall Street Journal finds that as installment-based plans have become more popular, smartphone upgrades are happening less frequently. | Continue reading
Google's tool for logging into third-party services went down Tuesday morning, paralyzing individuals and organizations who depend on it to access various systems and services.Google OAuth is the system that enables you do log into a service (like, say, Etsy or Trello) with your … | Continue reading
When you were a kid did you always sit too close to the TV and get in trouble with your folks? Well, kids today have a slightly more high-tech version of the same problem – holding their phones and tablets too close to their faces. Recognizing it’s a problem that parents want to … | Continue reading
Creating effective headlines take work. Check out these headline examples that show the good, the bad, and the... | Continue reading
Brand Management - Now that you've done all the work of creating your new brand, it's time to unveil it for the world to see. These six best-practices are essential to achieving a ... | Continue reading
Brand Management - What are marketing leaders' thoughts about branding? This infographic, based on a recent study, provides insight into the challenges and opportunities of aligning brand promise and customer experience. | Continue reading
Customer Relationships - Despite the astounding array of communication technologies, the simple phone call remains a powerful tool for businesses. These five conversations will always necessitate a phone call. | Continue reading
Netflix just announced plans to introduce more high dynamic range (HDR)-quality videos to its library this year. Though we already knew Netflix had big plans on the HDR front, and it recently upgraded the first season of Marco Polo to HDR, we now have a clearer picture (pun inten … | Continue reading
If you get menstrual cramps, you know how absolutely debilitating they can be. And most of us want to minimize our intake of pain medication.Livia seeks to change the way we treat cramps. The new device, which launched in early April, is currently seeking funding on Indiegogo. It … | Continue reading
House 36 is a project conceived by Matthias Bauer Associates in Stuttgart, Germany. Combining a stone cavern with a glass house, the building | Continue reading
Apple today updated its 12-inch MacBook with new processors, and made minor updates to its MacBook Air line as well. But all of that pales in comparison with the fact that the 12-inch MacBook is now available in rose gold color. That's right, ladies and gentleman, the pink MacBoo … | Continue reading
Fans des Gaming-Klassikers Doom dürften hier weiche Knie bekommen. Eine "originalgetreue" Abbildung der legendären Kanone BFG 9000 wurde vom YouTuber ZaziNombies aus Lego nachgebaut und ist wuchtig, brachial und besteht aus sage und schre... | Continue reading
Theranos, a blood-testing startup that's been valued at $9 billion, has recently drawn criticism for using unvetted proprietary tech, misleading public officials, and using a regulatory loophole to avoid getting its tests approved by the FDA. Now, regulators are considering banni … | Continue reading
Apple has announced a handful of updates to its MacBook models today, with the 12-inch incarnation now sporting sixth-generation dual-core Intel Core M processors with speeds of up to 1.3Ghz under normal conditions, and Turbo Boost speeds of up to 3.1 Ghz. The refreshed MacBook a … | Continue reading
Spiders, the Paris-based developer of Bound by Flame, has released a gameplay trailer for its next game: The Technomancer.The Technomancer is a sci-fi action RPG set in a cyberpunk world, and is due out for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 21st June. The action takes place on Ma … | Continue reading
Apple’s latest Transparency Report reveals a perhaps not unexpected, but rather worrying, jump in the number of secret requests being made by the FBI for it to reveal user data for reasons of national security. While many figures in the report remain reliably, if not comfortably … | Continue reading
In one of the first instances of blockchain technology developed and tested for accounting systems rather than post-trade settlement and securities processes among financial institutions, the SBI Sumishin Net Bank in Japan has conducted a successful blockchain test which saw dist … | Continue reading
Electric bicycles aren’t new, but neither was the electric car when tesla came along — and Zeitgeist thinks it can disrupt an industry, just as Tesla has. And it may be right. Currently being crowdfunded via Crowd Supply, the Zeitgeist has an impressive position. Not only is it g … | Continue reading
Operating somewhere at the intersection of a think-tank and a mission-driven non-profit, the whole thrust of Helena is to bring together successful people across a range of demographics while privileging the one number that the organization’s founder, Henry Elkus, thinks truly ma … | Continue reading
“This time around, traditional bank-to-bank competition is not the issue. This new wave of competition is coming from both nimble, innovative, cloud- and mobile-first startups as well as the major technology players largely unencumbered by policy and regulation.” This is how Davi … | Continue reading
LinkedIn — the social platform used by 400 million professionals looking to network or find work — has taken a major tumble in the markets in the last few months over weak financial guidance amid slowing growth. So this week, ahead of its next quarterly earnings on April 28, Lin … | Continue reading
Over the past couple of months, I’ve purchased more items through Restocks than any other mobile commerce app aside from Amazon. And I’d wager that aside from a couple of statistical outliers each of those purchases were for more money on average. Read More | Continue reading
Google today released its Android Security Annual report, the company’s summary of how its services, partners, and the security community protected, and failed to protect, the Android ecosystem over the past year. The big takeaway is that of devices that were limited to only inst … | Continue reading
Education technology company Clever has created a simpler way for students in K-2 classrooms to log into their computers, a process that it says will cut down on the time teachers spend before actually diving into the day’s lesson plan. Called Clever Badges, students take physica … | Continue reading
Rinse Inc. has raised a $6 million Series A round of venture funding to pick up and clean anything in its customers’ closets. According to Chief Executive Ajay Prakash, who cofounded Rinse in 2013 with Chief Operating Officer James Joun, “We never wanted to b Uber for laundry, an … | Continue reading
For the second year running, Google has released its annual report on the state of Android security, and like last year, there are some arresting headline figures. These include Google saying it now scans six billion Android apps every day on smartphones around the world to look … | Continue reading
People buy from people, not companies. By defining a brand personality, you're giving customers someone they can relate to and trust. | Continue reading
If this keeps up, China will soon dominate the mobile market. Mobile analyst group App Annie released its market index for the first quarter of 2016 today, which notably showed that China has taken Japan’s No. 2 spot for iOS revenue. App Annie noted that China’s growth was by a f … | Continue reading
As promised, LinkedIn has launched its updated Recruiter app, complete with new insights to help companies surface the right talent when needed. The app, which is currently being used by 41,000 companies worldwide, streamlines the hiring process by giving recruiters a starting po … | Continue reading
The CrunchBase Women in Venture report is the third study in our ongoing analysis of women and their participation in the startup ecosystem. This report focuses on the participation of women in venture capital and the impact that has on investments in women founders. Read More | Continue reading
GitLab.com users have always had free access to the Gitlab programmer’s toolset including GitLab Runner. Today it announced a new feature called Gitlab Runner Autoscale that allows continuous code testing at scale, and to make that even more palatable, the company teamed up with … | Continue reading
Last month, Vizio told The Verge that it was planning to end TV remotes as we know them, and it's wasting no time to bring that promise to fruition. The company is bringing Dolby Vision HDR technology and its new Android remote to the popular M-Series line of TVs. Just like the r … | Continue reading
Zeitgeist’s electric bike is not aimed at wooing hardcore bicyclists. Rather, it’s for people who want a cool-looking bike to help them commute. And to that end, the company has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its $3,999 electric bike. The electric bike market is getting cro … | Continue reading
Content - How involved are Millennials in B2B purchasing decisions? What are the content preferences of these buyers? | Continue reading
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