Customer service is being disrupted in the same ways and for the same reasons that marketing has been disrupted. Hug Your Haters is the first book that provides research-backed advice on this critical shift. | Continue reading
You may have thought that SoundHound had long ago ridden into the sunset, but you’d be wrong. Although its signature app has been focused on music search for the past decade, that’s all about to change with the emergence of Hound out of beta. Hound is a natural language virtual a … | Continue reading
This year’s Disrupt NY will take place across the river from Manhattan in Red Hook, at the Brooklyn Cruise Ship terminal. TechCrunch Disrupt, with approximately 5,000 in-person attendees, will spend four days (including our hackathon) discussing the most exciting and innovative t … | Continue reading
No matter who the next James Bond will be, he'll have one of the most unbelievably beautiful cars in the world in his garage.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?Sure, the new Bugatti Chiron might be the new fastest car in the world. But … | Continue reading
Keyvan Mohajer is hoping the past 9 years of research and work building a digital assistant at SoundHound will be worth the wait. Today, SoundHound CEO Mohajer said the company is publicly releasing its Hound app, a tool that lets users search for answers to questions and complet … | Continue reading
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Elucify, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class wants to solve an annoying and persistent problem for sales people — making sure they have the most recent customer contact data. To solve this problem, the company created a plug-in for Salesforce.com CRM based on machine l … | Continue reading
There’s more to dating than just looks. Indeed, personality matters. So say the experts at The Catch, the newest social dating app for women. The Catch lets women pick men based on their personalities, as revealed by their answers to questions posed by the woman themselves. Unlik … | Continue reading
Neato's robotic vacuum can now be controlled with a smartwatch, thanks to an app update announced today. The automatic update allows smartwatch users to start, stop, and receive notifications from Neato's Botvac Connected vacuum, a Wi-Fi-connected Roomba competitor that uses lase … | Continue reading
Nearly every one of the world's largest technology companies is trying to figure out how to let computers understand human speech, but a Santa Clara-based startup may have just cut its way to the top of the field. Hound, as its app is called, is a voice-powered digital assistant. … | Continue reading
There are few car badges in the world with deeper history than Aston Martin's DB line, made most famous by James Bond's beautiful, tricked-out DB5 in 1964's Goldfinger. Now, there's an all-new DB ready for its debut: the DB11, complete with a 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 that … | Continue reading
Creative marketing ideas are the fuel that keeps content strategy running. Do you have memorable ideas to execute in 2016? Here's a few to spark creativity. | Continue reading
Something strange is going on within the Bitcoin ecosystem, as it has become all but impossible to send transactions to other people by paying a low or standard fee these days. Trouble started brewing when someone figured out how all mined blocks on February 29th were completely … | Continue reading
Elizabeth Arden brand Juicy Couture unveiled its Viva La Juicy Rosé Garden Party pop-up within Singapore's Changi Airport today (1 March). | Continue reading
Da, wo sich der Staub fängt, hinter Rechnern oder in sonstigen dunklen Ecken, da klemmen die TV-Sticks von Elgato an USB-Hubs. Zugegeben: In Zeiten von Streaming und Mediatheken ist es vielleicht nicht mehr so populär, sich den Fernseher... | Continue reading
The Power Rangers movie is inching closer to reality, more than a year after Lionsgate announced plans to reboot the popular 1990s franchise. Production on the Dean Israelite film began yesterday in Vancouver, the studio announced this week, and its cast is now fully fleshed out. … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Monday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Curry questionable vs. Hawks | Report: Some teams unhappy with Udrih buyout | James: More adversity likely for Cavs | Report: Raptors waive Bennett No. 1: Curry questionable tonight vs. Hawks — The Golden State Warriors re … | Continue reading
After he sold his Cupple messaging app for couples, Tim Allison was working in Switzerland as a consultant in an unfamiliar town, wondering why there wasn’t an easy way for him to meet interesting people in places where he didn’t have an existing network. Not long later, he’d bui … | Continue reading
Tęsknię za kolorem. Tęsknie za słońcem, za soczystymi pomidorami, za zapachem ziemi i odgłosami wiosny. Tęsknie w tym roku jak nigdy dotąd! Może dlatego podświadomie wybieram potrawy, które zwiastują nam wiosnę. Skład: (forma o średnicy 28 cm) kruche ciasto: 200 g mąki 100 g masł … | Continue reading
Probably the wildest thing about Bugatti's new 1,500hp super sports car is that it's not alone in being able to produce that much power. There's also the Koenigsegg Regera. This car was one of the stars of 2015's Geneva Motor Show and it returns today in an even more splendorous … | Continue reading
Sony's next major update to the PlayStation 4 will include the ability to stream games to a PC or Mac. Firmware version 3.50 is currently in beta testing, and includes the Remote Play feature. Beta testers aren't able to test it just yet, but Sony is promising it "soon." The upda … | Continue reading
EUV is moving to full production in fits and starts, and the industry is slightly positive on its long-term trends. Much remains to be done, however, if we want to see EUV lithography by 2021-2022. | Continue reading
Sony confirmed yesterday that it’s discontinuing shipments and sales of the PS Vita TV, the microconsole/set-top box hybrid known as PlayStation TV in the West. Although the decision came sooner than I might have predicted years ago, it isn’t a surprise. PlayStation TV is yet ano … | Continue reading
Thousands of migrants remain stuck at Greece’s northern border with Macedonia, where some clashed with police amid growing frustrations with tight border controls. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
Microsoft has lifted the lid on a new security service designed to identify and respond to “advanced” attacks on companies’ networks. With Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft is looking to further bolster the security credentials in Windows 10 — its latest oper … | Continue reading
Kia has announced that it will be offering Android Auto as an option in its entire range of cars in Europe come the end of 2017. | Continue reading
Look in your bag. How many cables are in there? If you’re an iOS user you’ll have one, two or if you’re like me, three Lightning cables nestled away. Most of your other accessories (Bluetooth headphones, camera, hard drive) all need Micro-USB cables for them to work. So now you h … | Continue reading
The second annual Satoshi Roundtable, a group of blockchain technology developers, investors and early adopters, discussed important issues such as block chain capacity and the scalability of bitcoin this past weekend, but according to posted comments, they did not reach any conc … | Continue reading
You can finally get exclusive PlayStation 4 games like the moody combat adventure Bloodborne on your PC … sorta. Sony announced today that it is bringing the option to play your PlayStation 4 games through your PC or Mac computer. This is part of the 3.50 update that is rolling o … | Continue reading
Auf der CES Anfang Januar wurden zahlreiche neue Schallplattenspieler vorgestellt. Die Industrie reagiert damit auf die steigenden Vinyl-Verkäufe. Für viele ist jedoch der Technics SL-1200 der "einzig wahre" Turntable. Auch der wird wiede... | Continue reading
For nearly 200 years, Americans used stoneware to keep perishable food. It was, in fact, the predominant houseware of the 19th century. ... | Continue reading
Cadbury has today (1 March) launched a £6m Easter campaign for 2016, launching the initiative's experiential arm with a stunt in Loch Ness, Scotland. | Continue reading
Snapchat is a hugely popular, ephemeral photo-sharing service and ‘the kids’ love it. Seriously, they’re crazy for that stuff – stickers, filters and a whole range of stupid effects to make your boring face and boring life less boring. You might have guessed from my tone that my … | Continue reading
Beatrice Cornacchia, head of consumer marketing Europe at Mastercard, delved into the brand's approach to events and experiences during a presentation at The View from The Shard this morning (1 March). | Continue reading
Learn how to put the “marketing” in content marketing with these tips that turn a good marketer into a great one. | Continue reading
In this episode of Ventured, my partner Brook Byers and General Keith Alexander engage in a wide-ranging discussion on terrorism, Apple, cyber threats, Edward Snowden and network security. Read More | Continue reading
Google Apps for Work Unlimited customers can now benefit from better attachment scanning in Gmail that uses optical character recognition to check before sensitive document copies or images are sent out of your company via email. Google’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) launched late … | Continue reading
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises: Hamburg (ots) - - 12. Gourmetfestival am 2.10.16 an Bord der EUROPA - 12 europäische Sterneköche - 7 renommierte Winzer u.a. Günther Jauch vom Weingut von Othegraven Einmal im Jahr versammeln sich für das Gourmetfestival "EUROPAs ... | Continue reading
PlayStation 4 firmware update v3.50 includes a big new feature: PS4 Remote Play to PC and Mac. Sony has been working on PC streaming for som… | Continue reading
YouTuber SuperSaf has pit the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and Apple iPhone 6s against each other in a camera shoot-out. | Continue reading
European Commission, 25 Avenue de Beaulieu Brussels, 7 March 2016 This workshop offers an opportunity to learn of progress in the standardization of Cloud contracts and SLAs by ISO-liaison body SLALOM and cloud procurement by PICSE, two EC-backed initiatives. Delegates can contri … | Continue reading
With the (rumored) Apple March event fast approaching, the ever-active Apple rumor mill is turning into a news-churning frenzy. The two latest reports, courtesy of 9to5Mac and Japan's Macotakara, bring to light a (possible) new form factor for the iPhone 7 and a new, improved cam … | Continue reading
If you think the FBI’s case against Apple is a question of whether or not Apple wants to help prevent terrorism, you may be right, but probably not in the way you think.In conversations with technology and forensic science experts, including one who may have inadvertently contrib … | Continue reading
Two events organised by AppHub in Brussels to promote open source innovation The AppHub team is glad to welcome you and your partners involved in open source innovation in Brussels, at two upcoming events, with interactive support for your project and AppHub Store demontrations: … | Continue reading
2016 would have been the year of the 100th birthday of Lamborghini founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, and the storied Italian carmaker is celebrating the occasion with an extremely limited edition of 40 Centenario hypercars. This one-off design is built around a carbon fiber monocoqu … | Continue reading
Date: 01/03/2016Over the next four years, the Respon-SEA-ble project team will critically assess existing communication strategies on ocean ecosystems and analyse citizen values and perceptions.Read more The Respon-SEA-ble projec … | Continue reading
A satisfied exhibitor returns next year and often increases their investment. Here are a few tips on how you can delight them and make an impression. Seasoned conference professionals and newbies know that exhibitors want one thing – return on investment. Without that, it doesn’t … | Continue reading