Tweeting live events is undeniably tricky, but you don’t need to cross your fingers and say a little prayer to the fickle social media gods every time you send a tweet into the world. A smart live tweeting marketing strategy can make your company the belle of your ball. | Continue reading
Seven journalists were released from a Turkish jail on Friday after spending nine months behind bars on charges of aiding a terrorist organization. The journalists are employees of Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest newspaper and one of the nation’s few remaining independent news outlet … | Continue reading
Founders Fund just lost one of its founders. Luke Nosek, known for starting PayPal with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin and Ken Howery, is off to start something new.Known as a member of the “PayPal Mafia,” Nosek has stayed in contact with Musk as a director of SpaceX, the s … | Continue reading
T-Mobile and Sprint have been in merger talks for a long while now, but the latter may be attempting to jockey for position by allying itself with Charter and Comcast. Sprint would likely be selling a minority stake to the ISPs in exchange for providing access to its network inf … | Continue reading
Fitbit desperately needs its upcoming smartwatch to be a success, so the company is planning to prop it up with a brand-new app platform at launch. James Park, Fitbit's CEO, confirmed that a new app ecosystem is in the works for the unnamed smartwatch's long-awaited debut in a co … | Continue reading
If hackers want what's on your computer, chances are they can find a way to get it. But what about your non-digital goods? Like, the ones you keep in a safe at home?Turns out those aren't that secure, either. SEE ALSO: It's shockingly easy for hackers to remotely scan and clone y … | Continue reading
Earlier this week scientists stunned us with the announcement they’d genetically altered the first human embryos in the U.S. using CRISPR technology — but don’t hold your breath if you think the ability to make designer babies is right around the corner. Sure, we can do it, but … | Continue reading
Because I stare at screens ten hours a day, my eyesight is at risk. To avoid the dangers of screens, I took matters into my own hands. It should come to no surprise that constantly looking at a laptop or smartphone screen is bad for you. But 70-percent of Millennials (like myself … | Continue reading
According to a report at The Wall Street Journal, Sprint chairman Masayoshi Son has proposed a merger with Charter. It’s one of several options that have been on the table for Sprint, which is widely regarded as needing one (the carrier is usually described as troubled, suffering … | Continue reading
Big Mac, fries, and McFlurries aren't the only things you can get at McDonald's.Customers ordering fast food at the Woodbine Beach McDonald's in Toronto can get a cup holder that folds open into a boombox speaker for your phone. SEE ALSO: KFC China is using facial recognition to … | Continue reading
The Food and Drug Administration announced plans today to delay reviewing e-cigarettes on the market for safety — a big win for e-cig manufacturers. The agency also says it intends to look into cutting the nicotine levels in regular old cigarettes to what it calls non-addictive l … | Continue reading
Every damn company under the sun makes a battery pack to charge up your phone, tablet, smartwatch, or whatever you need juiced up. But nobody's battery pack is as awesome as toy maker Hasbro's.Hasbro's Transformers battery pack f*cking transforms into Autobots leader Optimus Prim … | Continue reading
Strategic milestones don’t come along everyday. Today was one of those days.On Friday, North Korea tested a missile than can deliver a nuclear weapon to almost any target in the continental United States, marking a major accomplishment for a state than many thought was on its las … | Continue reading
President Trump flew to New York Friday to talk about “liberating” Long Island from MS-13. Trump has often used the gang, its bloody tactics, and its ties to Central America to push his immigration policies, and the picture he painted Friday was one of Long Island as a war zone.M … | Continue reading
The U.S. has imposed a new round of sanctions on six Iranian firms with ties to Iran’s ballistic-missile program, the Treasury Department announced Friday. The sanctions arrived one day after the Iranian state media said Iran had successfully launched an advanced satellite-carryi … | Continue reading
With the release of Tesla’s Model 3 tonight to the first 30 customers (really just Tesla employees, according to multiple reports), it’s easy to lose sight of how far this young automaker has come — and how much impact it’s had on the rest of the industry. Most of the commentary … | Continue reading
VB LIVE: Conversational videos drive traffic, boost engagement, and are taking over the internet: 74 percent of all Internet traffic in 2017 will be video. Learn how to stand out with conversational video marketing when you join our latest interactive VB Live event. Register now … | Continue reading
Are you feeling the tug of entrepreneurship? Does the idea of starting a business fill you with excitement? You want to set your own hours, be your own boss, work from home (or maybe the beach) and have no limit to the money you are making. Sounds like a dream. But how do you get … | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingObamacare Survives: The “no” votes of three Republican senators—John McCain, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski—brought down Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan for a “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act. The proposal failed by a margin of just one vot … | Continue reading
Back in January, Donald Trump responded to Kim Jong Un’s claim that he was close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)—the kind of long-range missile that, if fitted with a nuclear warhead, could deliver the world’s deadliest weapon to the United States. “North … | Continue reading
As Tesla’s Model 3 gets closer to the open roads, we’re interested to see what how the much-ballyhooed electric car can transform the roads in practice. Tesla still hasn’t given full specifications on the Model 3, but there are several things we do know about the electric apple o … | Continue reading
GUEST: In June, Amazon announced it would acquire Whole Foods in a $13.7 billion transaction. In an instant, rival grocers Kroger, Walmart and Target saw their market values drop an aggregate $22 billion. Now this week, Amazon announced a partnership with Sears to sell Kenmore’s … | Continue reading
Huawei’s Mate 9 is one of the best big phones you can buy right now, but the company promises the next one will be better – even better than the iPhone 8, in fact. Richard Yu, Huawei’s consumer product chief, had the following to say in an interview with Bloomberg: “We will have … | Continue reading
It's finally here. Today is the day Tesla Motors will make automotive history, delivering about 30 brand new Model 3 electric vehicles to the first batch of customers. SEE ALSO: Tonight Elon Musk delivers 30 Model 3 Teslas and things may never be the sameMashable will be on the g … | Continue reading
July 28, 2017, Helsinki, Finland – Soma, an Ethereum blockchain based platform aiming for creating a C2C-market that facilitates the social interaction between the users of the trading community, has begun its pre-sale for the Soma Community Token. The blockchain-based platform u … | Continue reading
A short Twitter exchange with Mike made me pause and think about the positive impact Flash has had on me. I felt the need to scribble a few loose thoughts and anecdotes about a technology near its end. I’m thinking about the time between late 2004 to sometime in 2008. That's the … | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesPresident Trump has chosen Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to replace Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff. The Senate failed to pass Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposal to partially repeal Obamacare, after Republican Senators John McCain, Li … | Continue reading
Updated on July 28 at 5:57 p.m.For once, the rumors of Reince Priebus’s demise were not exaggerated.President Trump announced late Friday afternoon that he had named John Kelly as chief of staff, replacing Priebus. Priebus had been the subject to whispers of imminent dismissal mo … | Continue reading
When I spoke with Oxford Professor Nick Bostrom a few weeks ago about simulation theory — whether or not we live in a computer, basically — we didn’t discuss rocks. We should have talked about rocks. Graphic artist Rense de Boer — possibly one of the creators of the real matrix — … | Continue reading
The provider of a bitcoin ETN has said that it will track what the market considers to be "bitcoin" following a possible network split next week.Source | Continue reading
GUEST: Silicon Valley has long been the center of technology in the U.S., not just by largest (1) share of venture capital but also highest growth (2) in tech jobs. But as companies across all industries increasingly transform into tech companies, the demand for software develope … | Continue reading
“America is once more a nation of laws,” President Trump said near the end of a speech Friday afternoon in Ronkonkoma, New York. He meant it as a boast, but one could be forgiven for thinking it was a lament, given the rest of the speech.Trump has portrayed himself, like Richard … | Continue reading
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give you Up. Sorry we missed your birthday, Rick Roll. Anyway, here you go: What, you expected a more substantive article? The song speaks for itself. But if you want to learn more about the history of the song and … | Continue reading
Thanks to internet’s vital role in everyone’s lives, websites and their domain names represent the identity of a person or entity. The increased importance of online presence has turned domain names market into a lucrative business. Many individuals and entities have started buyi … | Continue reading
Once again, a leader of Pakistan has been forced to leave office without completing a full term. On Friday, Nawaz Sharif stepped down as prime minister after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him on corruption-related charges. For Sharif, this ends a 35-year career in poli … | Continue reading
Blockchain startup Tierion has completed its previously announced token sale, raising $25 million.Source | Continue reading
AMMAN, Jordan—The family of Mohammad Jawawdeh, the 16-year-old Jordanian who was killed by an Israeli embassy guard on Sunday night, lives on the southern outskirts of Amman, near a large concrete lot. On Monday, the family had already set up a mourning tent there for the relativ … | Continue reading
Don’t MissWhat Christopher Nolan Gets Right About Netflix—David Sims defends the director’s latest dismissive comments of the company’s policy on theatrical releases as an argument for a different streaming model.Warner Bros.FilmThe Brutal Cynicism of Lost in America Still Resona … | Continue reading
Jacob Avital, the YouTuber who brought the Brilliant Earth diamond scam to the forefront of our collective attention earlier this year, is now being sued in a New York Court. Avital, who you may know as Jacob Worth, was one of the sources in our own Brilliant Earth exposé back in … | Continue reading
The furniture market is a difficult industry to navigate. Get on top with these industry trends your business can't afford to miss out on! | Continue reading
Today the president of the United States openly called on police officers to rough up suspects they were bringing into detention, half-an-hour into a speech in which he described as “animals” gangs of immigrants that were supposedly hunting down and sadistically cutting up “beaut … | Continue reading
I often wonder how the professional athletes make the foul shot when the stadium is thumping. Or how they drive the golf ball on the cutthroat round of the Masters Tournament. Because my version of that foul shot is hopping into a new business client meeting, or the moments befor … | Continue reading
Redfin is not exactly a household name in the world of consumer tech – it’s a residential real-estate brokerage built on the Internet – but it’s the closest thing the tech IPO market has to a hero as we enter the second half of 2017. Following disappointing IPOs from Snap, Blue A … | Continue reading
Dear Floyd Mayweather, While perusing Facebook, I chanced across your post drumming up interest in the upcoming Stox initial coin offering (ICO). I understand your motivations in wanting to diversify your portfolio of investments, but I caution that your actions are reckless and … | Continue reading
In the aftermath of the Republican health-care collapse early Friday morning, President Trump’s response proved surprisingly restrained. There were no personal attacks on senators who voted against the plan, no multi-tweet tantrum. There was just one remark (followed hours later … | Continue reading
On Monday, Democrats unveiled a new agenda, “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future,” that they hope will help them reclaim a majority in Congress. The plan includes emphasizing better-paying jobs, lowering health-care costs, and cracking down on big business. So … | Continue reading
It was a great day for Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate site which finally went public after 13 years as a startup. After pricing above the range at $15 per share, the stock soared 45% before closing at $21.72. This gives Redfin a market cap of $1.73 billion, well above its … | Continue reading
Wells Fargo will spend $80 million to address improper charges of more than a half million of the bank’s auto loan customers between 2012 and 2016, according to a press release from the bank. Of the $80 million, $64 million will be in cash repayments while the remainder will be a … | Continue reading