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As Facebook works on new tools to stop the spread of misinformation on its network, it’s seeking to patent technology that could be used for that purpose. This month the US Trademark and Patent Office published Facebook’s application for Patent 0350675: “systems and methods to id … | Continue reading
Marketers traditionally focus on the top of the sales funnel. However, more marketers are becoming responsible for down-funnel metrics. Marketing leaders now place less value on lead volume and cost-per-lead, and more value on metrics like revenue, ROI and cost-per-acquisition, a … | Continue reading
Probably not. I'm just asking the pertinent questions. Gameloft's The Amazing Spider-Man [$0.99] games and Disney's DuckTales: Remastered [$0.99] only have a few things in common. Both star classic American cartoon and/or comic characters. Both look pretty darned spiffy in action … | Continue reading
Slack’s integration with Google Drive is getting an update, with the unveiling of new features set to roll out in 2017. Today, the productivity app company announced that users will soon be able to leverage a Google Drive bot that manages notifications across Google Docs, Sheets, … | Continue reading
Slack announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud this morning, which will bring a number of new features, including deeper integrations with Google services, to its collaboration platform for teams. Among the additions are new bots for notifications, as well as support f … | Continue reading
If you're looking to snag a nice barebones server on the cheap, check out today's deal from Dell. The PowerEdge T130 will take a bit of DIY effort to get it up and running, but since this model costs less than 230 bucks, that's definitely a worthwhile compromise.The post ET deals … | Continue reading
Shinola announced today that it's getting into the audio business with its new Runwell Turntable. The turntable marks the first release from the new Shinola Audio division of the Detroit-based company, which is typically known for its leatherwear products, bicycles, and watches.T … | Continue reading
Team communication startup Slack has always billed itself as more than just a chat app. The company sees its software as a the hub of workplace productivity, with the spokes of the wheel being third-party integrations to any number of products and services customers rely on day i … | Continue reading
VSCO, the folks behind that app that’s basically Instagram but for people who know how to take pictures, is releasing a new membership pass that’ll give mobile photographers access to exclusive filters, including an interactive set that you can manipulate within live capture.Film … | Continue reading
Amid a slowing economy, Chinese banks are getting creative, repackaging regular loans as "investment receivables," which aren't counted as loans on their balance sheets. But investment receivables can be risky. Here's how they work. Video/Image: Menglin Huang/The Wall Street Jou … | Continue reading
Looking for an inexpensive holiday gift for your fitness-focused friend? Right now, you can pick up a Fitbit Alta from Amazon for just $85 ($45 off). | Continue reading
After 20 years of traveling through space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is taking a close look at Saturn before plunging into the planet in September 2017. And it’s finally sending us some of its first pictures back.The final stretch of Cassini’s mission will allow us to learn more … | Continue reading
Apple’s SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller announced today that the App Store had hit a new milestone. According to a statement he posted to Twitter, the App Store had a record-breaking month in terms of sales this November. Sales and download numbers were not provided, how … | Continue reading
Unity has hired Dr. Danny Lange to take on the next generation of AI and machine learning problems at the game engine startup. For Lange, this comes after just over a year as Uber’s head of machine learning. Previously Lange worked on machine learning products for Amazon and Micr … | Continue reading
Hundreds of people protested at Texas A&M University on Tuesday evening as white nationalist Richard Spencer delivered a speech on campus. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
Here's a look at what we are focusing on in the bitcoin price this evening. | Continue reading
Great ideas are the foundation for great content. Sure, you may have specific topics or trends you know you want to speak to, but that’s only half the battle. To successfully reach and engage buyers with content, you need to figure out what story you should tell and how you shoul … | Continue reading
Today, the United Launch Alliance is set to launch one of its Delta IV rockets — the bigger sibling to the company’s more prolific Atlas V. The vehicle is tasked with carrying a communication satellite into a super high orbit for the US Air Force. The Boeing-built satellite is th … | Continue reading
Former NSA Director Michael Hayden says he will be concerned if Donald Trump governs in a way that's consistent with his language during the presidential campaign, and says the president-elect lacks deep knowledge of cybersecurity. He spoke with WSJ's John Bussey at the WSJ Futur … | Continue reading
In tune with indulgence at Christmas, Event lists three catering styles for those with a sweet tooth. | Continue reading
The UK’s railway system is terrible. It’s expensive, slow, and services are frequently delayed or canceled. It’s one step above the humble horse-and-cart, but like… Barely. Just barely. It’s always annoying to be stood in a dilapidated train station (most of them are glorified sh … | Continue reading
Ever since ViaBTC launched their Transaction Accelerator, the company has been on an aggressive marketing oath. Although it initially launched free of charge, users had to pay a small fee to use the TA. But it looks like ViaBTC wants to make another statement, declaring how Bitco … | Continue reading
Over the next year, we’re going to start to see devices with Bluetooth connections that are faster and work over much longer ranges than what can currently be achieved.That’ll all happen thanks to the changes in Bluetooth 5, a new standard that’s launching today. Companies are no … | Continue reading
After targeting a return-to-flight mission on December 16th, SpaceX now says it’s next Falcon 9 flight will occur sometime in early January. The launch will still send a series of 10 small satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications, which was also the plan for the December … | Continue reading
Expending the energy to swipe through the Starbucks' app menu to order coffee first thing in the morning is hard, right? It would be much easier to just groggily command Siri to queue up the order — with extra sugar. At Starbucks Investor Day 2016, the coffee giant teased a new f … | Continue reading
We are honored to have our podcast, techsytalk {unscripted} featured on Capterra’s list of the top 8 podcasts event professionals should be listening to. If you’ve missed it, every two … | Continue reading
Your next Foursquare uploads may soon be featured on an Airbnb city guide. The latter company today announced that it will purchase Foursquare’s photo data to use in the Airbnb app to help travelers get an authentic feel to the guides. Airbnb recently updated its apps to include … | Continue reading
Klickklickklick von Film zu Film, schneller und schneller, alles so schön bunt hier, aber wo bitte ist der Ausweg, äh die Entscheidung? Bei Streaming-Diensten kommt man vor lauter Browsen manchmal nicht mehr zum Gucken. Auch Netflix kennt... | Continue reading
Online benchmark info may indicate that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor could offer smartphones a big boost in graphics over the Snapdragon 821. | Continue reading
Three years ago, Menash Michael stepped out of his Tel Aviv home to walk his dog. By the time he reached his driveway, he was lying unconscious on the ground. He’d fainted. Fortunately, his tumble was spotted by a next-door neighbor who called for an ambulance, and he was rushed … | Continue reading
Joi Ito and Jeff Howe have a new book called Whiplash. Joi's the head of MIT's Media Lab and an extraordinary thinker. Jeff brings the ideas and the lessons of the Lab to life. This is a big think, well... | Continue reading
In the last week, my Twitter feed has been filling up en masse with photos of my friends from 2006. It’s part of #2006vs2016 — a hashtag you pair with a photo of yourself from a decade ago and another of how you look today. The trend is both an easy commiseration over our past li … | Continue reading
Two days workshop organised by the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick, as part of the EU meSch project. Are you a museum professional interested in emerging technologies […] | Continue reading
Two days workshop organised by the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick, as part of the EU meSch project. Are you a museum professional interested in emerging technologies […] | Continue reading
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In a couple weeks, you’ll be in full “business hibernation” mode. But, if we know hibernation is coming, we can use it to our marketing advantage. | Continue reading
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Ever since Damien Chazelle’s La La Land premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August, it’s been hailed as the presumptive front-runner for half of this year’s Academy Awards, especially in the music, visual, acting, and directing categories. The New York Critics Circle and the … | Continue reading
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A Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed in a mountainous area in the north of the country on Wednesday, according to the local Civil Aviation Authority. The plane, carrying 48 people including crew, was flying from Chitral, in the northwest of the country, to the capital … | Continue reading
RIP Pebble… The wearable maker that pioneered wrist-based notifications before Apple and many others waded into the smartwatch space has confirmed it’s closing its doors as an independent entity. Read More | Continue reading
Twitter accounts use pictures of white women to push their racist narrative, and those white women don’t even know it’s happening. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Smartwatch maker Pebble has confirmed it has been acquired by Fitbit and will close its operations, refunding all outstanding Kickstarter backers. | Continue reading
Ein Team der Uni Berkeley hat einen Miniroboter ausgetüftelt, der mit seiner Sprungbeweglichkeit alle bekannten Systeme in den Schatten stellen soll. Aber was bedeutet Sprungbeweglichkeit überhaupt? Die Forscher verstehen darunter nicht etwa... | Continue reading
We're now a week into December, which brings with it a whole host of wacky and wonderful things you just wouldn't see at any other time of the year. Firstly, an overabundance of decorative lights on virtually every surface. Secondly, cats around the globe endeavouring to pull dow … | Continue reading
A few minutes with Steep, Ubisoft’s perplexing open-world snowboarding game, could inspire any number of questions. It’s quirky and messy, beautiful to look at, occasionally irritating to hold. And yet, when friends see I’m playing Steep, the first question is always the same: is … | Continue reading