The Top 5 Brand Marketing Campaigns of the 2016 Presidential Election

Here's how 5 top brands have gone all-out to create impactful marketing campaigns that are creative, engaging, AND capitalize on the 2016 election. | Continue reading


@socialmediaexplorer.com | 7 years ago

The Top 5 Brand Marketing Campaigns of the 2016 Presidential Election

Election Day is the perfect day to reminisce about the 14,328 hours that have made up the 2016 presidential election. We’ve all gotten in on the political action at some point, whether it was through...read moreThe post The Top 5 Brand Marketing Campaigns of the 2016 Presidential … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Watch: Some things you'll want to know before playing Overwatch's Sombra

Sombra's got a lot going on. Not only is she the first Overwatch hero with access to a true stealth ability, she's also rocking a handheld teleporter and the ability to hack her opponents from a distance.As a result, she plays unlike any other character in the game and there's pl … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

This is what it’d be like to ride in the Hyperloop

Hyperloop One — the well-funded, slightly dysfunctional, futuristic transportation startup — said Tuesday that it would study the possibility of building the world’s first passenger-ready hyperloop in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. But more than that, the company also releas … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

You have no idea how deep the USB-C spec rabbit hole goes

Over the weekend I wrote about some of my experiences with USB-C over the past year. They are, in short, mixed. I’ve had brief glimpses of the future that USB-C promises: a single port and a single cable for all gadgets. But figuring out how to get to that future means dealing wi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft just patched the critical Windows vulnerability revealed by Google last week

As promised, Microsoft today patched Windows to resolve a critical system vulnerability that Google’s security team publicized last Monday. The search giant controversially chose to acknowledge the bug before Microsoft had fixed it, claiming that hackers were already actively tar … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Inspector General: IRS Needs to Overhaul Bitcoin Tax Strategy

The US Internal Revenue Service needs to overhaul its strategy for bitcoin, an agency watchdog warned in a report published today.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

Washington Lobbyists Recognizing the Benefits of PR

Washington insiders predict that spending on public affairs, including digital, grassroots and public relations, will increase faster than spending on government relations next year. That’s according to the Washington Insider survey by Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications.  Go … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Apple is testing a secret iPhone feature for emergency calls

Apple is working on a new way to make emergency phone calls.An upcoming iOS update, which Apple previewed to developers Tuesday, adds a new "SOS" feature that will let you make an emergency call when you press the power button five times.SEE ALSO: Apple should have seen the fake … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Staying on Top of Digital Trends to Stay Relevant to Students

In higher education, the ability to pivot in multiple new directions at a moment’s notice is key to keeping up with digital trends. | Continue reading


@review.content-science.com | 7 years ago

Meet Stack: Dell and Intel’s vision for an ecosystem built around a full Windows 10 mobile device

EXCLUSIVE: In mid-2014, Dell and Intel embarked on an ambitious, long-view product ecosystem known internally as Dell Stack. The project centers on a 6.4-inch, full-HD mini-tablet that would underlie the desktop, laptop, and tablet experiences: That is, one device would power you … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Eric, not Donald, is the first Trump to fail on election day

It’s election day. For Americans that’s the day our civic pride swells as we head to the ballot box to cast our vote for the next leader of our great country. Or, that’s how it’s supposed to work anyway. Instead, it feels like we’re dragging ourselves out of bed after a year-long … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Election Day 2016: All the stories from the US presidential election

It's been a long and terrifying ride, and now it's almost finally over. For over a year, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been vying to be the next President of the United States — a contest that at various points has hinged on leaked emails, server management, and fishy DNS … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

The insurance impact of self-driving cars and shared mobility

“We’re going to see more change in the next five to 10 years than we’ve seen in the last 50,” said Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, on record. While that statement is now a year old, it continues to ring true. Vehicle ownership is changing and self-driving cars will be implemen … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft’s new to do list app, Project Cheshire, spotted in the wild

Although Microsoft bought to-do list app maker Wunderlist back in 2015, the company has been working on another to list app experience, code-named Project Wunderlist, which is now in private beta testing. Not much is known about Microsoft’s intentions with its new app, but accord … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

How the Author of ‘The Bestseller Code’ Jodie Archer Writes: Part One

Author Jodie Archer dropped by The Writer Files to discuss her journey, the coming revolution in publishing, and the insecurities that all writers face. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

7 Web Form Optimization Insights from Testing Hundreds of Forms

Web form optimization is a huge competitive advantage. Yet, forms have changed very little over the years. Here's how you can perfect the art and science. | Continue reading


@conversionxl.com | 7 years ago

Cat collecting game Neko Atsume is getting a live-action film adaptation

Mobile cat collecting hit Neko Atsume is getting a silver screen adaptation with a live-action film coming to Japan next year.As reported by Siliconera, the film will follow the exploits of a young author suffering from writer's block following an early success. After moving to t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Rs 500 & 1000 Currency Notes Banned From Midnight : PM Modi Announced

India took the historical decision on Indian currency by banning 500, 1000 Notes. Rs 500 & 1000 Currency Notes Banned From Midnight : PM Modi Announced | Continue reading


@effectiveinformation.in | 7 years ago

Lenovo may reportedly use ‘Moto’ branding for all of its future smartphones

A new report claims Lenovo will be using the "Moto" branding for all of its future smartphones, following its 2014 acquisition of Motorola from Google. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Ireland really doesn't want Apple to pay back any taxes

Most countries would be excited to be on the receiving end of $14.4 billion in unexpected tax revenues. But Ireland, which has become a European hub for American teach companies thanks to its friendly tax policies, announced today that it will appeal a decision by a European Cour … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Snapchat just copied the best feature of Instagram stories

It’s been just over three months since Instagram copied Snapchat stories and slapped them on top of its feed. The move appears to be a success: within a few weeks, 100 million people were using the feature every day. (Snapchat’s entire app gets 150 million users a day.) Instagram … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Coinbase Redesigns Wallet Website for Digital Assets

Coinbase has launched a redesigned version of its website, an unveiling it said marks its transition from a wallet to a digital asset exchange.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

Is this the future of smartphone pairing?

A new pairing technology has arrived that is easy, instant and anonymous, supporting multiple devices, location tracking and bi-directional data transfer. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

We got our hands on one of the first Xiaomi Mi Mix phones, and asked people what they thought

Read more...More about Mashable Video, Reactions, Xiaomi Mi Mix, Xiaomi, and Tech | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Instagram Captions: An Effective Blogging, PR & Marketing Tool

You’d think a visually-based platform like Instagram doesn’t call for writing skills. It does. Instagram users increasingly use the app not just to post photos but to reveal their lives and thoughts through picture captions. Digital-savvy brands take advantage of captions to elab … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Clinton campaign launches ‘digital hotline’ where users can text or tweet Election Day questions

Today is Election Day in the United States, which means it’s a day set aside specifically for the act of voting. And yet, voting in the US is often more difficult than it could be. Polling places around the country have reported extremely long lines and instances of machines on t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Facebook speeds up its data center network with the launch of its Backpack switch platform

Facebook is on a mission to make the fiber optic networking inside of its data centers go from 40G to 100G. Its Wedge 100 top-of-rack network switch (basically, the device that connects all the servers in a rack to the wider data center network) was already accepted into the Open … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Getting More Traffic, Links, and Shares to Your Content

In this episode of Copyblogger FM, Sonia Simone discusses the keys to making content more shareable, finding the audience it will connect with, and more. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

Deliveroo riders in North London push to unionize

A group of Deliveroo riders in North London is pushing for improved pay and conditions by taking legal steps to obtain union recognition. To achieve that they will need a tribunal to judge at least some of them to be workers, rather than self-employed contractors as Deliveroo des … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Donald Trump getting booed in his backyard is the 2016 election's moment of zen

Last night I sat in front of my computer for hours with a blank page open, trying to think about how I would finally write a presidential endorsement for The Verge. I wanted to be eloquent, sharp, and timeless — to make a poetic stand In Defense Of The Republic. But after a bit o … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Sponsored Post: Loupe, New York Times, ScaleArc, Aerospike, Scalyr, Gusto, VividCortex, MemSQL, InMemory.Net, Zohocorp

Who's Hiring? The New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer for its Delivery/Si... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 7 years ago

Snapchat copies Instagram Story rewinds, adds augmented background lenses

Now the copying is going the other direction, as Snapchat clones Instagram Stories’ rewind feature. But Snapchat is still innovating on the augmented reality features it popularized, plus adding new ways to share. Today’s Snapchat update for iOS and Android introduces World Lense … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Digital wedding planner Joy says ‘I do’ to $4.5 million in seed funding

Joy, a startup aiming to help brides-to-be plan their weddings in the digital age, has pulled in $4.5 million in seed capital. Joy launched out of Y Combinator this summer with aims to take on what some might think of as a crowded industry. There are plenty of wedding websites in … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Get ready for the first truly Digital Decade

No matter how this election ends one thing is clear: what happens online in the next decade will have an increasingly important effect on our daily lives. Until recently politics, warfare, commerce, and education has mostly been offline. That will change drastically in the next t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Facebook testing Prisma-like stylized art filters for video

Facebook has announced it is testing a stylized filter feature for its live video stream in a few countries. It's similar to Prisma's photo filters. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Prisma brings its artistic filters to Facebook Live

Artificial intelligence-powered filters from Prisma come to Facebook Live video today, Prisma Labs announced. The videos can be made using the Prisma iOS app and an iPhone 6s or iPhone 7. The launch comes hours after Facebook announced that it’s testing its new AI-powered filters … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; We’re In For A Long Night…

Well, that was another interesting one. Price continues to preform nicely against our strategy, with plenty of entry and exit points defined on the back of the volatility we are seeing intraday. The best thing about this sort of action, however, apart from the obvious profitable … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Now you can Facebook Live with Prisma's art filters

Russian app Prisma, which popularized the use of deep learning-powered photo filters, is launching a new feature that works with Facebook Live. An update to the Prisma app will let users start broadcasting via Facebook, with the option to apply one of eight Prisma filters to thei … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Prisma brings its trippy video filters to Facebook Live

Photo app Prisma continues to expand its artsy, AI-generated photo and video filters into as many platforms as it can before the competition catches up. Now, users can slap eight different Prisma filters onto Facebook Live videos, and switch styles mid-broadcast. SEE ALSO: Prisma … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Cognovi Labs is watching the U.S. Presidential Election with its predictive, social sentiment tool

The main IP of a startup called Cognovi Labs is a tool called Twitris. Twitris uses both human and machine learning to interpret Twitter traffic to predict sentiment. The tool can also quantify a range of emotional reactions that whole regions of the world are collectively feelin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Comcast says technical issue caused NBC to disappear from its program guide, is being fixed

A number of Comcast users noticed this morning that the channel NBC has disappeared from the programming guide on their TV – an odd and unfortunately timed glitch on Election Day here in the U.S. Many have been complaining on Twitter about the problem, posting screenshots that sh … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Sennheiser x Massdrop HD6XX headphones are probably sold out, but will relaunch

If you were focused on, um, other things this morning, you may well have missed the launch of the HD6XX. The bad news is that the extremely limited edition Sennheiser/Massdrop team up looks to have sold out already. A rep from the company tells TechCrunch, “With the popularity of … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

So wird die Hyperloop One in Dubai aussehen

Gemeinsam mit dem Architekturbüro BIG von Bjarke Ingels wird zur Zeit in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten die erste Hyperloop geplant. Das neue ultraschnelle Fortbewegungsmittel soll Fahrgäste von Dubai nach Abu Dhabi in gerade mal zwölf... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Herbert Ernest Hart on horseback, Bruck, Germany

Herbert Ernest Hart on horseback, Bruck, Germany | Continue reading


@nos.twnsnd.co | 7 years ago

Venture capitalists contemplate how much exuberance is good for VR investing

Is virtual reality a bubble? That’s a common question in a number of panels I’ve covered in the past year. The answer isn’t quite knowable until a major event comes along that either expands or pops the bubble. Digi-Capital reported that venture capitalists invested $500 million … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Meet the famous guru who’s helping a growing number of startups battle bad press

It’s easy to appreciate why Bambrogan hired the firm to filter media inquiries. When it comes to handling crisis situations in particular, Sitrick is as well-regarded as they come. Its approach, neatly captured by its tagline, is: “If you don’t tell your story, someone else will … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Alexis Fogel, Hillary’s emails, and telling the truth at all times – VB Engage

This week, Travis and Stewart discuss Hillary Clinton’s biggest email mistakes. No, not those emails, but the thousands she sends to her supporters every day. Being fair-minded, we also talk about Donald Trump’s emails. Thanks to new research on both candidates’ email practices, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago