Retaining customers and increasing loyalty is hard in a world where consumers switch brands in a heartbeat. But there is some hope. A new study from Viant, released during AdWeek New York, provides a surprising statistic that could swing the needle in favor of the retailer. In “t … | Continue reading
Finding contractors (or businesses) to come to your home and do a job, so that you can then pay them money for said work, is a lot more difficult than it sounds. Today, for example, we got our carpets cleaned. The process involved calling a list of places found on Google, compari … | Continue reading
If Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest had a big data eating contest brother, IBM would be a serious contender for first place. Today the tech stalwart announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire Promontory Financial Group. To make sense of this deal, you have to avoid rel … | Continue reading
GUEST: It’s an exciting time for innovations in ed tech, and chatbots are at the forefront. Mobile apps are still compelling and there are many use cases where an app can provide the richest experience. However, the downside is that you still need to download them, log in, keep t … | Continue reading
It’s time to pack your rod and reel along with your great swords, bows, holy symbols, and spellbooks. Neverwinter’s next update for its Storm King’s Thunder campaign on PC is the Sea of Moving Ice, which introduces a new zone, travel options (like a kayak), artifact weapons, trea … | Continue reading
This past May, developer Studio HG released their stylish hack 'n slash arena battler Smashing the Battle on Windows via Steam, and based on its highly positive ratings, it seems the game was well-recieved by players. It was also one of the launch titles for the Oculus Rift VR pl … | Continue reading
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For a tech reporter, the idea of inbox zero is a unicorn, a hoax, a cruel joke perpetrated by type-A personalities and productivity gurus. It simply doesn’t exist. The second I get my inbox clear, I’m met with a flood of new email and a lack of desire to actually clear it. Now, r … | Continue reading
A pair of glasses, once relegated to nearly blind and blurry-eyed nerds, could one day save your life. At least that’s the pitch from VSP Vision Care. The eye exam provider just launched a new pair of smart glasses called Level that, for now, focuses on fitness. Level not only pr … | Continue reading
On the eve of International Translation Day, Facebook has added support for three new languages, making its social network available in 101 languages. Starting today, it’ll be available in Corsican, Maltese, and Fula, enabling the more than 1 billion people to be more comfortable … | Continue reading
Samsung's having a really terrible month. Several of its products — new and old — are literally exploding left and right.Looking forward is the only thing the South Korean electronics giant can do as it recalls and exchanges Note7 phones prone to catching on fire from defective b … | Continue reading
Machines already make your coffee, bot their way around the kitchen floor cleaning up after you and then help drive you to work, so why can't they also help out with the hardest part of a morning (noon and evening) routine: raising kids?Very soon they could. Meet the iPal, a roll … | Continue reading
We tech writers spend most of our time ranting about something or the other, so let me acknowledge something positive instead: 2016 has been by far the best year for Android phones. I don’t just say that as the usual yearly platitude, the way one might say ‘the iPhone 7 is the be … | Continue reading
Microsoft is using a blocky virtual world to lure gamers to the mall. Select Microsoft Stores around the country now feature a demo station where you can try out the low-fidelity survival phenomenon Minecraft in virtual reality. Microsoft worked with Oculus VR, maker of the Oculu … | Continue reading
Google-owned Waze is slowly increasing the scope of its Bay-area commute service trial, but now the service is available via the standard Waze app for anyone who wants to sign up to be a rider, or through a separate, dedicated Waze Rider app. Google is still capping trips for bot … | Continue reading
The 90's classic toy line Micro Machines has been brought back to life in this competitive racing shoot-em-up now available on Android. | Continue reading
Tesla has the lock on the all-electric SUV market with its Model X. But it won't for long. That's because Mercedes is gunning for the upstart electric-car-maker with its very own luxury EV crossover, dubbed the EQ, that it debuted in Paris Thursday morning.Historically, the Paris … | Continue reading
I live a pretty cosmopolitan futuristic life atop a glass skyscraper in New York City, but I’ve yet to get a pizza delivered by drone, order a taxi from Alexa or open a hotel door with my smartwatch. We’ve got the questions wrong: It shouldn’t be how are you innovating or which p … | Continue reading
Identifier: REC-PP-AG-2016Pillar: RCIT Promote and enhance the exercise of rights deriving from citizenship of the UnionPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
A lesser-known startup has successfully tested an important piece of bitcoin's scaling puzzle.Source | Continue reading
Back in May we wrote about Morphite, an upcoming 3D metroidvania game whose description will remind you of No Man's Sky (although the developers insist that the game doesn't emphasize exploration as much as NMS). The developers, We're Five and Crescent Moon Games, describe the ga … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission is making some improvements to its emergency alert system following the bombing in Chelsea, New York.After the bombing, authorities sent out emergency alerts to mobile phones in the New York area warning residents to be on the look out for th … | Continue reading
When Pokémon Go launched in July, it was nearly unplayable at times due to overloaded servers. Now, Google is giving a look behind the scenes to show fans exactly why that was unavoidable. Pokémon Go generated 50 times more traffic on Google’s Cloud platform than developer Nianti … | Continue reading
Indian bitcoin exchange Unocoin has raised $1.5 million in a Pre Series-A funding round, the highest amount raised for any digital currency venture in the country. | Continue reading
Google is giving its Apps for Work a refresh today, adding new features and renaming the entire collection into the simpler and decidedly more gangsta ‘G Suite.’ Google says the new name better reflects its mission to “help people everywhere work and innovate together, so busines … | Continue reading
High-end vehicle, chauffeur included? You can see why it makes sense that Volvo would target the luxury end of the market with its upcoming self-driving car. Volvo announced plans to field a vehicle by 2021, thanks in part to a $300 million deal with Volvo that will let it levera … | Continue reading
HP was recently caught in the act using a “security update” to prevent its printers from operating with a number of recycled and third-party ink cartridges. After much outcry the company has relented and is issuing a rollback option — but they’ll be damned if they admit any wrong … | Continue reading
GUEST: As technological advancements power a new age of artificial intelligence (A.I.), automation, smart living, and the like, the range of roles that robots can play in the workplace has broadened beyond mere novelty applications. Just as previous innovations throughout history … | Continue reading
Content is crucial for educating and engaging your leads. Here are four ways to make the most of content in your marketing automation to capture leads. | Continue reading
MightyTV, an app that helps you figure out what to watch next, is now available on Android.The startup is led by AdMeld co-founder Brian Adams, and it presents users with a stack of movie and TV recommendations which you swipe through, Tinder-style. If you’ve seen something alrea … | Continue reading
On October 19th, LeEco will be hosting an event in California that is expected to formally launch their business presence in the US. | Continue reading
Seems like we’ve been waiting forever for the big showdown between Team USA and Japan. We’re seemingly no closer at the moment, but at least the team at MegaBots can offer a bit of good old-fashioned destruction to tide us over before the massive machines go toe-to-toe. In the p … | Continue reading
Der 5-Meter-Mecha MegaBot bereitet sich ja gerade auf ein Duell mit dem japanischen Riesen-Exoskelett Kuratas vor, wobei allerdings ein adäquater Sparringspartner fehlt, weshalb beim Training eine Paintball-Kanone und eine Abrissbirne zum Einsatz... | Continue reading
To honor the remastering of the first Call of Duty game set in a modern war, Activision has commissioned art house 1Run to create an official print. The serigraph is linked to the publication of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, which debuts along with Call of Duty: Infini … | Continue reading
If you were hoping to hear more about the next version of Android Wear at Google's big hardware event next week, you might not want to get your hopes up just yet.Google has now pushed back the date for the official release of the update to "early 2017."SEE ALSO: Up close with Goo … | Continue reading
You’ve seen them all: the cool young teacher who relates to students as a friend, the stern veteran teacher who won’t put up with any nonsense, and the professor who values students’ input as much as the knowledge being shared from the podium. No matter what your teaching style o … | Continue reading
Akamai released its quarterly State of the Internet reports today, one detailing quality of access and the other attacks on companies and infrastructure. The slow march continues towards a better and faster internet for everyone — and that includes hackers. Read More | Continue reading
Madeline Island Retreat is a holiday house designed by Albertsson Hansen Architecture and located in Madeline Island, Wisconsin. | Continue reading
Designed by Andrés Remy Arquitectos, Rampa House is located in a privileged plot in Patagonia, Argentina, surrounded by forests. | Continue reading
Located in the Palermo Buenos Aires, Gascon apartment is the result of collaboration between Remy Arquitectos, Giovanni Antico and MYOO | Continue reading
The recent warning issued by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom against OneCoin has elicited a response from the company. OneCoin Limited, the company responsible for operating and maintaining the centralized digital currency has expressed its disappointment wi … | Continue reading
Project Dom is a single-family home recently completed by Swan Architecture in Minnesota, US. Dom means “home” in Slovakian. | Continue reading
Online grocery service Instacart is facing a boycott from shoppers who are unhappy about the company’s decision to eliminate tips in favor of raising guaranteed delivery rates. Although Instacart positioned the move as a way to smooth out the earnings curve for its shoppers, some … | Continue reading
HP is backtracking on a firmware update that recently blocked some printers from using third-party ink cartridges. Some users reported that the update sometimes mistakenly marked legitimate ink as fake, so HP’s CEO Jon Flaxman wrote today that the company will issue a new update … | Continue reading
The story of the week is Facebook incorrectly measuring attention on its video ads for 2 years! Read it here. It's kind of a simple (and easy to make) mistake in the algorithm. But it has gone unchecked for so long. Facebook said it didn't impact what people paid but incorrect da … | Continue reading
The Desire 10 Lifestyle is in a way, HTC 10-on-a-budget with an inspired design and feature set. Today HTC unveiled the Desire 10 Lifestyle in India! | Continue reading
If Netflix’s Luke Cage is about anything, it’s about power — and no word is imbued with as much unique power in black life as “nigga.” Luke Cage himself makes that much clear. Early on in the new series, Luke (Mike Colter) is held up at gunpoint. “What’re you doing here, nigga?” … | Continue reading
VR filmmaking could use some more big-name talent, and ILMxLAB‘s latest project does indeed offer that: The director attached is Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the visionary behind The Revenant and Birdman.A bit of news @slashfilm about an exciting #VR project we are working on with film … | Continue reading