Everyone seems to have a different idea of how far in advance you should book flights and hotels, but the latest update to Google Flights wants to make sure you don’t get caught by a sudden price hike. The app will show you when flights prices are most likely to increase for the … | Continue reading
When YouTube Red launched last year a big emphasis was placed on original programming, and the platform is now stepping up those efforts in a big way by ordering new shows from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Bourne Identity director Doug Liman. Variety reports that YouTube global … | Continue reading
The Department of Justice is under fire for extremely broad warrant conditions and an unprecedented push on gathering citizen information when investigating smartphones that may have been used for criminal activity. | Continue reading
Wells Fargo’s recent PR crisis has unquestionably damaged the bank’s image and financial picture following revelations that bank employees opened more than 2 million banking and credit card accounts without customers’ approval over a period of four years. The bank faces $185 mil … | Continue reading
What if being happy was as simple as snapping a selfie a day? For centuries, the brightest minds on the planet have attempted to quantify happiness. Of these, a Harvard study that started in 1938 and continues to this day — tracking over 700 men (and in some cases their spouses) … | Continue reading
These are the slides and links from my presentation at Digital Dealer Workshops. Enjoy! Distance from Perfect: Marketing w/ the Human Algorithm – DDW from Ian Lurie A few tools Bing webmaster tools Google PageSpeed Insights Grammarly Proofreading Software Hemingway Editing Softwa … | Continue reading
Pixar Animation Studios is known for making surprisingly dark, bold storytelling choices in its movies. For movies that are meant to be accessible to children, they can be sharply daring in the directions they take. Ellie Fredricksen's life montage at the beginning of Up, the toy … | Continue reading
Imagine a world where manufacturing is no longer geographically mandated, when you can print custom parts in minutes, and anyone can build anything. That’s the world Amar Hanspal, Autodesk’s SVP or Product, wants to live in. I talked to Hanspal while he was at a future of manufac … | Continue reading
We live in a constant state of busyness. The connected global economy has created an "always-on" attitude in the workforce, resulting in more opportunity for savvy business minds, and increased demand for technology that can keep up with executive lifestyle, wherever that lifest … | Continue reading
Market research firm The NPD Group has released a new report on gamers’ spending habits on downloadable content. According to The NPD Group, 28 percent of the U.S. population of men and women ages 13 to 54 have purchased extra video game content in the past three months, with mal … | Continue reading
In this episode of Members Only, Sean Jackson and Jessica Frick review a number of discounting strategies (and how to apply them) to increase online sales. | Continue reading
Acer's newest member of the company's Chrome OS family, the Chromebook 15, is now on sale at Walmart for the price of just $199. | Continue reading
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll indicates waning interest in November's election among key groups of likely voters. WSJ's Aaron Zitner explains the potential impact on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's campaigns on Lunch Break. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Hearthstone is giving its 40 million registered players some big incentives to compete this week. Blizzard has announced this week’s Tavern Brawl, which are weekly events in the digital card game with changing rules. Usually, you can earn one free pack of cards for winning one ga … | Continue reading
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Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama deftly creates textured sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper. The compact application of each newspaper segment proves to be an elegant method of forming the wild fur of snow monkeys or the density … | Continue reading
Digital Federal Credit Union has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Washington, DC-based blockchain trade organization.Source | Continue reading
Breast-feeding is coming into conflict with doctors' guidelines to ensure babies sleep safely. Dana Wechsler Linden explains the reasons on Lunch Break. Photo: Jenn Sagotsky | Continue reading
There’s a fine line between security and being creepy and I think the Netatmo Presence is on the right side of things. This porch light/security camera melds the best of an automatic LED floodlight with an outdoor webcam, offering you a way to keep tabs on things even if you don’ … | Continue reading
Samsung’s Gear 360 virtual reality camera can now be purchased at more locations. Previously only available through online retailers, the company is now also selling the device directly in-stores through Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and Best Buy. The $349.99 cam … | Continue reading
If nothing else, you can’t really argue with the price. Announced this morning, the latest version of Acer’s 15.6-inch Chromebook gets a couple of key upgrades over its predecessor, but none might be quite as welcome as the fact that the company has dropped its starting price by … | Continue reading
CoreOS today announced that it has hired the founders of Redspread, a Y Combinator-incubated company that helps enterprises deploy their software on Kubernetes container clusters, and that Redspread’s open source tools are now part of the CoreOS family.In its announcement today, … | Continue reading
The Middle East is emerging to be one of the most receptive markets for Blockchain technology. Yesterday, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) became the latest financial institution in the region to announce the implementation of blockchain technology-based voting services. The a … | Continue reading
Three months after unveiling an all-new Linux app, Skype has finally announced that it’s adding video-calling to the mix too. Though the Microsoft-owned communications service has existed on Linux for some years, users had long complained that it was lagging behind its counterpar … | Continue reading
There’s another day gone, and the time has come to take a look at the bitcoin price for the second time, and see if we can’t take advantage of any volatility this evening. As we noted this morning, things seem to be getting better and better from pretty much all angles – volume i … | Continue reading
After more than a year of legal struggle, the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal has issued a landmark ruling on the country's secret bulk collection program. That program, first revealed by Edward Snowden, allowed the country's surveillance agency, the GCHQ, to tap internet cabl … | Continue reading
Instead of looking at where all of your web traffic goes, start looking at unique customer journeys and finding connections. | Continue reading
Google’s airfare search destination Google Flights already offered a variety of features aimed at helping you find low-cost tickets, but today it’s rolling out one more: it will show you when prices are expected to increase for certain flights, so you can book before the tickets … | Continue reading
Google has released an update to its travel offering that tells you the best time to book a cheap flight and hotel room. With millions expected to travel this holiday season, this new feature should alleviate some of the stress of trip-planning, especially for those doing so thro … | Continue reading
CoreOS, a startup that provides a distribution of Linux for servers and tools for working with the open-source Kubernetes container management software, is announcing today that it has acquired a small startup called Redspread, which developed software for managing Kubernetes. Th … | Continue reading
T-Mobile has just kicked off its pre-sale deals for the LG V20, offering customers $200 to trade in their old phone and a free pair of B&O Play headphones. | Continue reading
You can imagine the hypothetical advisory board meeting at Y Combinator can’t you. “So, Peter, you know that latest allegation of sexual harassment against Donald Trump? Well, have have a womens’ safety startup in the next cohort. As you’ve met him, do you think The Donald could … | Continue reading
Taika Waititi, the director behind comedies like Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Eagle vs Shark, did a Reddit AMA for the first time yesterday. Although a large portion of it focused on his upcoming project, Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi also shared his thoughts on the Marvel universe (h … | Continue reading
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A stinging series of articles by the Wall Street Journal soon followed, and in recent months, the government agency that oversees U.S. labs has banned founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes from operating a blood-testing laboratory for two years, and Theranos has shuttered its clinical … | Continue reading
In vielen Orten im ländlichen Raum, aber auch in Märkten und Städten sind leerstehende Erdgeschoßflächen, mitunter auch Leerstände von ganzen Häusern zu beobachten. Die Problematik ist seit Jahren akut und seit langem auch im Tourismus angekommen. Betroffen sind insbesondere Tour … | Continue reading
Ford design chief Moray Callum has a big job on his plate: make a century-year-old car company look and feel like a Continue reading… | Continue reading
Three inspiring stories of citizens and researchers working together for better and more ethical healthcare.Can you imagine our society without antibiotics and computers? Researchers like Alexander Fleming and Ada Lovelace greatly impacted our way of living, and daily discoveries … | Continue reading
Lenovo, Samsung, LG, and Xiaomi are all reportedly working on bringing bendable phone screens to the public. We’ve seen some of these prototypes in-person, as well as in leaks online, and today we’re getting a look at Xiaomi’s idea for a bendable touchscreen. A 30-second video pu … | Continue reading
TechCrunch Include Office Hours are happening in NYC on November 3rd! Richard Kerby and David Pakman of Venrock will join TechCrunch to provide valuable advice and feedback to startups. Launched in 2014, Include is TechCrunch’s diversity program, aimed at facilitating opportuniti … | Continue reading
The oversight court for the UK’s intelligence and security agencies has ruled they operated unlawfully and breached domestic human rights law by harvesting bulk comms data and maintaining large databases of personal information on UK citizens for a decade and more. Read More | Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The colossal LeBron James banner soaring over downtown is getting a small - but significant - upgrade. | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Seven Bridges today announces that its biomedical data analysis platform will be used by the Cancer Moonshot's Blood Profiling Atlas project. The project is designed to accelerate the development and approval of simple, accurate,... | Continue reading
Sorry Apple fanboys, it seems you might not get that Apple car of your dreams after all. A report by Bloomberg today suggests that Apple has massively scaled back its plans to build its own self-driving car amid managerial turmoil and shakeups. The company has reportedly shuffled … | Continue reading
There are many online trading brokers that deliver high-quality services and generally make their clients happy. However, it is important to be aware of the scams that only imitate the image of the stunning brokerage. Need a shortcut and don’t want to read the whole article? The … | Continue reading
Content marketers: Don't be a one-hit wonder. By repurposing your most popular piece, you can enjoy a string of hits, says Emily Ki... | Continue reading
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