What happens when you ignore customer feedback and innovation opportunities? Someone else will hug your haters for you. | Continue reading
Content - B2B marketers say whitepapers and LinkedIn are the most effective digital content and social media tactics for generating leads, according to a recent report from DemandWave. | Continue reading
Activision Blizzard today announced that it has closed its acquisition of King Digital for $5.9 billion, a deal that it says makes it the largest game network in the world with more than 500 million users. King is the publisher of the popular Candy Crush series of social and mobi … | Continue reading
South Africa Tourism is to launch a new experiential campaign featuring a giant vending machine in London tomorrow (24 February). | Continue reading
TaskBob is the latest home services startup in India to land a Series A round. The Mumbai-based company has closed a $4.5 million raise that was led by IvyCap Ventures with participation from existing investors Orios and Mayfield. Read More | Continue reading
InboxVudu, a service from Parakweet that promised to clean up your inbox by bundling up your most important emails into one daily digest that’s easy to work your way through, is closing. The theory behind the service was that a single email containing a sort of ‘to-do’ list of em … | Continue reading
JPMorgan Chase & Co has been testing a blockchain program over the past few months wherein US dollars are being moved between London and Tokyo using distributed ledger or blockchain technology, the same innovation used to power Bitcoin. A Wall Street Journal report has revealed t … | Continue reading
An analysis of what new Chinese regulations on foreign media mean for international media companies operating in the country. Read More | Continue reading
Each year at this time, I read all of the predictions for the new year plus the “top X” lists wrapping out the previous year. Add to that the first week of chaos that is CES and all of the new tech debuting in Las Vegas. And each year, I’m left wanting more substance as I plan my … | Continue reading
It takes a special person to be able to fly a drone and not crash occasionally. DJI knows this and today is announcing a pricey repair service to fix all those broken dreams and drones. The plan is not cheap. Called DJI Care, it’s available to purchase with new or for existing dr … | Continue reading
BuzzMyVideos, the London-based startup that specialises in international online video content promotion, has acqui-hired Italy’s MakeTag to bolster its tech.The latter offered up technology to create interactive videos, specifically the ability to add tags and other meta-data and … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Monday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Varejao should play Wednesday | Anthony: Knicks’ instability ‘a lot to go through’ | ‘Too much risk’ for Pistons in Motiejunas trade | Buss assesses state of Lakers No. 1: Warriors hoping Varejao can chip in immediately — … | Continue reading
Yet more consolidation underway in the ad tech business, and a resting place for what was once a leading authority for ranking important blogs and other sites online: Synacor, a company that provides monetization services for ISPs, carriers and others that offer content services, … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — Flying a drone is hard. Epson's new Moverio BT-300 smart glasses will help make them easier to control.Announced at Mobile World Congress, the BT-300 is Epson's smallest, lightest and sharpest pair of smart glasses yet. The company's been selling Moverio smart glasses … | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is launching a new mobile app today called BuzzFeed Video, giving you a chance to see all of its videos in one place. Since pretty much every online media company is ramping up its video production, it makes sense to create an app like this. But it’s also a bit of a left … | Continue reading
Your fitness upgrade awaits. The new Nike+ FuelBand SE Fitness Tracker is the smart, simple and fun way to get more active in your life. Combining stylish looks with comprehensive fitness tracking and real-time feedback the Nike+ Fuelband SE, it’s the total fitness companion – an … | Continue reading
Der neue chinesische Handy-Hersteller Oppo hat auf dem Mobile World Congress in Barcelona gezeigt, wie er zwei wichtige Handy-Funktionen erheblich verbessern kann, indem er ihre Funktion beschleunigt.Dank SuperVooc kann Oppo nun einen Handy-Akk... | Continue reading
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Jay Baer, President of Convince & Convert, joins his own Social Pros Podcast to discuss “Hug Your Haters” and why 80 percent of businesses think they are delivering great customer service but only 8 percent of those customers agree. | Continue reading
Have you ever danced with the Darth Vader in a pale moon light? OK. That’s a Batman quote, but it’s all I can think after seeing the screenshots for the new level in Electronic Arts’ Star Wars game. The publisher is rolling out an update for Star Wars: Battlefront that will intro … | Continue reading
Charlene Li, CEO of Altimeter, provides ways for leaders to improve employee engagement by becoming engaged themselves. | Continue reading
Telltale’s video game adaptation of The Walking Dead started with a bang. While the series wasn't the studio's first attempt merge a TV-like narrative structure with an interactive game, it was by far the most successful. There was just something about its brutal world and the aw … | Continue reading
The best source for content marketing ideas is the customer service department. Here's how to do it right. | Continue reading
Telegram, the encrypted messaging app that launched in 2013, now has 100 million monthly active users. In a blog post announcing the milestone, the company said 350,000 new users are joining the service every day, and that 15 billion messages are sent on the app daily. Telegram f … | Continue reading
How do you get the right customers? Here is the complete story for targeting the right customer. | Continue reading
When I sign up for email newsletters I always have the best intentions to actually read them. However, it rarely works out that way and now I have several newsletters arriving daily that I’m sure are interesting but I never ever read. In a bid to solve that issue, My Blend for iO … | Continue reading
New reports from Croatia suggest Episode VIII will use anti-drone technology and 600 guards to keep prying eyes away from the film sets. We're this close to seeing full on drone-on-drone warfare -- hopefully with proton torpedoes and wing-mounted laser cannons. | Continue reading
Team8, the unique Israeli cyber security company that is part venture capitalist, part think tank and part startup incubator announced a $23 Million Series B round today from a variety of investors. Last year’s $18 million Series A round included Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Investments … | Continue reading
The popular Source Engine-based PC first-person shooter series Insurgency is being rebuilt in Unreal Engine 4 and now coming to consoles.Insurgency: Sandstorm is from publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer New World Interactive, and is due out on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbo … | Continue reading
Microsoft has been refining the Start menu in each version of Windows, so it makes sense that its new HoloLens operating system will include a tweaked interface. A leaked video for a new Actiongram HoloLens app has provided the best look at the new holographic Start menu so far. … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality device seems too futuristic to exist, but everything we’ve seen makes it look like it works as advertised. A new video meant for developers (via WinBeta) is giving us our first decent look at the HoloLens user interface in action. The tutori … | Continue reading
PC manufacturers first started copying Microsoft’s Surface last year, building devices that act as a laptop with a detachable keyboard. While Microsoft may not have invented the 2-in-1 itself, its success with the Surface range of tablets has clearly inspired the industry. Up unt … | Continue reading
MasterClass, an online education platform that’s luring some of the most talented professionals in their respective fields to teach the masses, has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Javelin Venture Partners also joined the round, which follo … | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is doubling down on its video efforts with an all-new standalone mobile app. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Founder and CEO, took to the stage at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today to announce the aptly-titled BuzzFeed Video, which pulls together all the best videos … | Continue reading
Genau wie BQ nutzt auch Acer den MWC in Barcelona als Gelegenheit, einem Smartphone ein Update zu verpassen. Aus dem Liquid 630 wird das Liquid 630S. Als Prozessor kommt weiterhin der MediaTek MT6753 zum Einsatz. Der hat acht Kerne und eine maximale... | Continue reading
Young's Pubs and Geronimo Inns are teaming up with children's charity Wooden Spoon to host exclusive events with former rugby legends throughout the Six Nations 2016 tournament. | Continue reading
In Bitcoin, there is much discussion about alt-coins, as if many of these are actually legitimate. Many alt-coins are pre-mined, causing them to lose much of their legitimacy. If a coin has been pre-mined, it should automatically be crossed off your digital currency investment li … | Continue reading
Marvel Comics has teamed up with the New York arm of Japanese brasserie Ippudo to launch a superhero culinary experience. | Continue reading
If there's one thing that Sphero's BB-8 droid has proven, it is the extreme adorableness of spherical remote-controlled bots. So when LG announced at Mobile World Congress that its flagship G5 smartphone would have an accompanying Rolling Bot that works much like a Sphero robotic … | Continue reading
These are 10 marketing lessons and takeaways from the winners of the Kapost 50. | Continue reading
Der Software-Händler Valve hat ein Messprogramm veröffentlicht, mit dem PC-Besitzer überprüfen sollen, ob ihre Computer überhaupt fit sind für Virtual Reality. Das Programm ist umsonst, kann aber nur über die Soft... | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is launching a dedicated video app today to get its visitors easier access to its videos and to help encourage binge watching. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed’s founder, announced the new app at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s available for both iOS and Android today an … | Continue reading
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (By Alexandria Sage and Mary Wisniewski, Reuters) – The deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who authorities say were shot by a driver for Uber Technologies Inc, have revived scrutiny over how the ride service vets its drivers, an issue that has plagued i … | Continue reading
Admirable work only results when creatives draw the line, Seth Godin says in his recent post, " Milton Glaser's Rule :" "There are f... | Continue reading
Have we got this whole encryption debate wrong? Bill Gates seems to think so. Despite Apple gathering support from Twitter, Facebook, Google and even Microsoft via its membership of the Reform Government Surveillance group, Gates, like the FBI, says he does not believe this is ab … | Continue reading
Samsung has opened the doors to what it’s touting as a “first-of-its-kind” public outlet right in the heart of New York City. Located at 837 Washington Street in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district, Samsung 837 isn’t a retail store. Samsung calls it everything from a “cultural desti … | Continue reading
Police have removed hundreds of migrants from a camp at Greece's border with Macedonia, after Macedonia over the weekend stopped letting in Afghans, while also tightening controls on Syrians and Iraqis. Photo: AP. | Continue reading