Strolling through the research labs as HP Labs turns 50 (photo gallery)

HP Labs is housed in one of the original buildings of Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, California. Not far from the original garage where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started HP in 1939, the labs are the home of many innovations over the years, from the inkjet printer to the light- … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

SEO that Grows Your Business with John Jantsch

John Jantsch shares tips on the modern practice of SEO and how to execute an SEO strategy that grows your business, not just your search traffic. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 8 years ago

Elon Musk's ideas aren't enough to turn humanity into an multi-planet species

I admit it: I'm an optimist. I wanted Elon Musk to show me a strong Mars plan with real finances and real life-support design. I was hoping he'd talked some of his billionaire friends into financing this Mars dream. I wanted the dream to be real.Optimists, of course, are frequent … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

How Blogging Supports a Launch – With Launch Geek Cristina Favreau

New season = new business ventures. Before you put your blog on the back burner, check out all the ways blogging can make your launch a success. | Continue reading


@contentmasteryguide.com | 8 years ago

Apple is building a huge new London HQ at Battersea Power Station

Apple has revealed that it’s set to move its UK headquarters to London’s iconic Battersea Power Station. The Grade II listed building, which has stood derelict for the past 33 years, is currently undergoing a multibillion-pound restoration and is expected to open its doors in 202 … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Twitter finally lets everyone create their own “Moments”

Finally, finally, Twitter has rolled out a version of its storytelling feature called Moments that it should have released at launch. Today, the company says that it’s opening up the Moments platform so anyone can create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the s … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Thunder Fleet is Chinese mobile game studio Kingnet’s first foray into the West

Hard to starboard! Chinese games developer Kingnet Technology announced that its mobile naval game Thunder Fleet will be its first title released for Western markets. The ship combat-based app will be available for iOS and Android devices, although we do not know when. Expansion … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Is Native Advertising Worth it? Hell, yes!

Native Advertising is not something you should ignore if you’re looking to market your business. Here's why. | Continue reading


@moondogmarketing.com | 8 years ago

An Idea in 10K

On using compelling constraints to jumpstart creative projects | Continue reading


@stegrainer.com | 8 years ago

Macallan and Ruinart to feature in Clerkenwell restaurant's events showcase

Clerkenwell brasserie and bar Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings is exploring the world of spirits and champagne, with tastings and interactive sessions from brands including Macallan Whisky, Herradura Tequila and Ruinart Champagne. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Twitter now lets anyone create Moments about anything

Twitter’s Moment’s feature is one of the most unique tools to be introduced to the platform in the last few years, but it’s been limited in that only the wizards at Twitter HQ could create them. That’s now changing. The company today announced that it’s opening up Moments so that … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apply now for the TC Meetup + Pitch-off in Seoul on October 27!

TechCrunch is headed to Seoul, South Korea and we can’t wait to see what kind of gadgets and services are coming out of one of the biggest technology hubs in the world. We’re bringing the TC Meetup + Pitch-off to Seoul on October 27, and we need your help! If you are a founder or … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Lenovo's new Bluetooth blaster is simultaneously revealing and mysterious

Lenovo is apparently working on a Bluetooth blaster that it’ll likely use for VR / AR gaming. The device passed through the FCC this week, and its application gives us a lot of detail on what we can expect, including a full diagram and photos, but it also keeps us in the dark. We … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Twitter now lets any user create and curate Moments

Twitter Moments — those collections of tweets about certain subjects, often the ones that are in the news and are being discussed by lots of users — now make a lot more sense. Today Twitter said it’s starting to roll out the ability for any user to make their own Moments in the a … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Balcones Distilling brings a taste of Texas to London

Texas whisky brand Balcones is hosting an evening of whisky and BBQ tasting in London. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

XSplit integrates custom overlays into its livestreams with two major acquisitions

XSplit is expanding its platform today by purchasing two tools for livestreamers. SplitmediaLabs, which owns and operates the XSplit service that enables you to simply broadcast video to Twitch and YouTube, revealed today that it has acquired the custom-overlay and video-graphics … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The biggest lingering questions about SpaceX's Mars colonization plans

On Tuesday, thousands of people stampeded into a lecture hall in Guadalajara, Mexico, to hear SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talk about how he wants to colonize Mars. The fervor of the audience gave the room an electric charge as Musk’s speech got underway; people cheered as he avowed to c … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

GoTenna Mesh keeps people connected even when they’re miles apart and off-grid

Today, goTenna is taking pre-orders for their new product, a device called the goTenna Mesh that lets smartphone users text and share their GPS locations, off-grid and across miles of terrain. The new device works like goTenna’s flagship product did in that it can be used where n … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

b8ta, a physical store for tech gadgets, raises $7 million Series A round

b8ta, the retail store that sells trendy tech gadgets, recently raised a $7 million Series A round led by TriplePoint Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures, Fifth Wall Ventures, Macerich and Eniac Ventures. b8ta also received $8 million in debt funding and previously ra … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

HP CEO touts diversity and innovation heritage at 50th anniversary of HP Labs

Hewlett-Packard, the original startup of Silicon Valley, is in its 76th year. Its HP Labs research division has just turned 50, and Dion Weisler, the CEO of the newly reinvented HP, honored the occasion with a speech that touted the company’s innovation heritage and its emphasis … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Reclaims $600

Open Positions at CCN: Full Time and Part Time Journalists Wanted. Bitcoin price continues trading above $600 and 4,000 CNY across exchanges. Price action and market momentum are slowing, as bitcoin price typically does prior to a strong directional move. This analysis is provide … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

How Uber Manages a Million Writes Per Second Using Mesos and Cassandra Across Multiple Datacenters

If you are Uber and you need to store the location data that is sent out every 30 seconds by bo... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 8 years ago

This crazy iMessage app lets you prank friends by putting words in their mouth

Got iOS 10? Want to mess with your friends? A hilarious new iMessage App called Phoneys lets you prank others by sending stickers that look exactly like iMessage text bubbles. And thanks to the new layering feature in the updated version of iMessage, you can place these stickers … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Latest Fitbit Blaze firmware update finally makes the tracker worth buying

Fitbit has released a new firmware update to the Blaze that brings third-party app notifications, new watch faces and move reminders. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

RuneScape creator Jagex is now part of a new Chinese games company

Jagex, the developer behind the browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game RuneScape, announced today that it took a “pivotal role” in the creation of a new Chinese games company, Zhongji Holding. And why not? China is one of the biggest and fastest-growing gami … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

New iPhone Games on Our Forums: 'Concrete Jungle', 'Paperback: The Game', 'Zip Zap' and More

Oh man, so for all the made up holidays that land on Wednesdays, today's might be the best one. It's National Drink Beer Day, which I think I've really got no choice but to celebrate. Too bad it doesn't also fall on Saturday, which is Cantillon's Zwanze Day which is kind of a big … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Apple to move into a new London campus in 2021

Apple is planning to consolidate its various London offices into a single campus, come 2021. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

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Letzte Woche, so berichtet Security Affairs, wurde der französische Hosting-Provider OVH Opfer eines massiven Überlastungsangriffs - 1 Terabit Daten wurden pro Sekunde auf ihn losgelassen, wahrscheinlich der größte sogenannte DDoS-Angriff... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Bright Box uses realistic video games to train its self-driving car retrofit kit

EXCLUSIVE: Bright Box is unveiling a self-driving car retrofit solution with a neural network that learns extreme driving through computer games. Bright Box’s Remoto Pilot emphasizes safe, reliable road/lane following as well as real-time detection and avoidance of various obstac … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Martin Shkreli is auctioning off a chance to punch him in the face

America’s most hated villain Martin Shkreli is currently auctioning off a chance to punch him in the face – for charity. The former hedge fund manager that came to notoriety after making a life-saving drug virtually unaffordable announced the offer via Twitter, inviting intereste … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Using Story to Influence Action

I listened to three non-profit pitches for a $10,000 grant and here is how one organization used story well to influence action. | Continue reading


@bigleapcreative.com | 8 years ago

Skype for iOS 10 lets you use Siri to make a call and answer calls from your lock screen

Microsoft today updated its Skype for iOS app with new features specific to iOS 10. You can download the new app now directly from Apple’s App Store (iPhone, iPad). Skype now supports SiriKit, which means you can call someone on Skype just like you would place a normal call with … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Wynd gets $2.5 million in seed funding for its portable smart air purifier

Back in June, Raymond Wu stopped by our New York office to show off what he had been working on. It was small and conical, with holes on all sides. It looked like a desktop speaker or maybe some startup Amazon Echo competitor. Turns out Wu’s company was getting ready to leap head … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda will host Saturday Night Live on October 8th

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will host Saturday Night Live on October 8th with musical guest Twenty One Pilots. Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

CME Group Adds New Exchange to Bitcoin Index

CME Group has added China-based digital currency exchange OKCoin to its bitcoin pricing indexes, first announced in May.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Amazon launches ‘up to 30% faster’ Fire TV Stick with Alexa remote, still $40

Amazon is overhauling its Fire TV Stick with two noteworthy changes: it’s “up to 30 percent faster,” according to Amazon, and its now comes bundled with the Alexa voice remote. You can preorder it today for $40, but it won’t ship until October 20. The Fire TV Stick — a name I onl … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Honestly – it’s about honesty.

Honesty is the best policy, especially for those in the marketing world. By honestly practicing honesty, we can change the perception of our profession. | Continue reading


@mclellanmarketing.com | 8 years ago

Large CPGs are under attack by startups… and consumers are winning

Consumer packaged goods are big business — valued at more than $2 trillion — with much of that market share dominated by CPG powerhouses like Unilever, P&G and Nestlé. These CPG leaders know a lot about packaged goods — a lot about how to manufacture and market and sell at scale. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Third NBA owner in a week buys a stake in esports team

Stephen Kaplan, co-owner and vice chairman of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA basketball team, has increased his stake in the esports gaming team The Immortals and is joining the company’s board. The move is the third major move by NBA team owners this week to buy stakes in esports tea … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Soup Up Your Writing

There is but one art—to omit! Robert Louis Stevenson Many thinkers, including, Freud, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Pound and Koestler, hav... | Continue reading


@blog.themightycopywriter.com | 8 years ago

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick finally invites Alexa to the party

Alexa gets around a lot these days – from the Amazon Echo, to the Raspberry Pi. She’s even made her way to the UK and Germany. And now, the voice assistant is found on Amazon’s alluring new Fire TV Stick, available now for $39.99. The latest iteration of the Fire TV stick comes w … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Meerkat maker Life On Air launches Houseparty group video chat app for Android and iOS

Life On Air, the startup that previously launched the Meerkat video streaming app, is announcing today the launch of a new app called Houseparty, which lets many people hang out with each other on video. The app is available for Android and iOS, and the team is considering adding … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Battlefield 1's creators want you to make your own war stories

Battlefield 1's new trailer for its single-player mode promises a story of brotherhood, betrayal, and big explosions, set against the backdrop of World War I. But that's not the only story developer DICE wants to tell with its upcoming shooter, senior producer Aleks Grondal tells … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

6 things startups need to know about venture capitalists

SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Klipfolio. Every startup needs capital — money it can use to either get off the ground or ramp up growth. Knowing when to seek outside investment from venture capitalists can be a big decision for startups. Unfortunately, too many sta … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

5 Partnerships That Paid Off for Both Companies

Brand partnerships are one of the best ways to reach a new audience. Get some inspiration from these five brand partnerships that were a match made in heaven. | Continue reading


@inboundmarketingagents.com | 8 years ago

'Order a daddy' app lets you swipe for sperm donors, Tinder-style

Swiping might be synonymous with sex and dating thanks to Tinder and Bumble. But now, thanks to an innovative new app, there's a new reason to swipe. SEE ALSO: Sperm donors wanted: UK government seeks to address shortageThe UK just got its first ever sperm donor app, which allows … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

How to Get Executive Buy-In for Your Content Marketing Program

Successful content marketers turn data into intelligence, intelligence into action, and action into outcomes. Read the post to see how you can create a performance-driven content strategy. | Continue reading


@pr2020.com | 8 years ago

Apple to open new UK headquarters at London's Battersea Power Station

Apple is opening a new UK headquarters at London's Battersea Power Station, which will see 1,400 staff working in 500,000 square feet. SEE ALSO: Irish government HQ bombarded with apples protesting Apple tax breakIn a statement to Mashable, Apple said employees from eight existi … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago