In this episode of Hack the Entrepreneur, Jon interviews Davis Smith. Davis is founder of PoolTables.com, Baby.com.br, and founder and CEO of Cotopaxi. | Continue reading
NewsAs part of its update of EU copyright rules, the European Commission today proposed a copyright exception that would permit researchers to analyse on a large scale scientific data to which they have lawful access.Date: 12/09/2016 - 18:58Rapid Press Release: Do Not Publish as … | Continue reading
Much like Anne Hathaway's character in The Devil Wears Prada, who gets ripped to shreds for thinking high fashion has nothing to do with her bargain bin life, I am a trickle-down consumer who cannot be bothered.I've never considered a single tech press event to be relevant to my … | Continue reading
The introduction of bots to Facebook and other platforms has been overhyped — and the bots themselves often aren't very good, Facebook Messenger chief David Marcus said today. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Marcus made some of his first public com … | Continue reading
Today, live on the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt, CrunchBase announced CrunchBase Pro, a major update to its heavily used startup database. CrunchBase will still offer the same free features to longtime users, but more advanced search capabilities, market trend analytics, and lists … | Continue reading
Software development jobs can be awesome. I’ve interned at startups where the environment is relaxed, and I worked on projects that excited me with cutting-edge technologies. Then there are the jobs that are, frankly, soul-suckingly horrible. There’s very seldom any middle ground … | Continue reading
Velocity, the London-based B2B content marketing agency won the Content Marketing Institute's Marketing Agency of the Year Award 2016! | Continue reading
NewsThe European Investment Fund (EIF) and ProCredit Bank Ukraine today signed a loan guarantee deal that will offer small and medium-sized companies in Ukraine easier access to risk capital for the development of innovative ideas.Date: 12/09/2016 - 18:40Rapid Press Release: Do N … | Continue reading
Facebook has revealed that it now has over 300 million monthly active users of video and voice calling within its Messenger app, a growing sign of the service’s growing integration in our daily lives. David Marcus, Facebook’s vice president for messaging products called it “one o … | Continue reading
Researchers are gaining interesting new insights into just how destructive sleep deprivation can be for our emotional equilibrium. Skimping on even an hour or two on sleep, for example, makes people less able to read others' facial expressions. WSJ's Andrea Petersen explains on L … | Continue reading
Apple’s presentation last week was totally diverse, guys; they even had a Canadian. At least, that’s the arguement an Apple spokeperson made last week in an email to Mic’s Melanie Ehrenkranz. “There was a lot of diversity on that stage that you didn’t recognize,” said the email. … | Continue reading
Google today announced that it has released its Cardboard Camera 3D panorama-making app on iOS. Previously it was only available for Android; now it’s live on the App Store. This is Google’s latest attempt to enhance image capture on iOS. It builds on Google’s launch of the Motio … | Continue reading
It’s not just you: Facebook’s sharing system is messed up. As noted by ZDNet, Facebook’s security systems are blocking a bunch of high profile publications from being shared on the network, marking them as unsafe. This mainly involves the sharing features on third-party sites, su … | Continue reading
Facebook today filled the biggest hole in its chatbot platform. Messenger bots can accept payments natively without sending users to an external website, Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus announced today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. Finally, the credit card info … | Continue reading
Bitcoin is known to be ideal for inexpensive remittance and micro transactions. This indispensable feature of digital currency will soon be implemented into KakaoTalk. KakaoTalk is a popular South Korean chat application. The platform has over 170 million registered users who may … | Continue reading
Phase 1: Kill SMS. Phase 2: Kill Skype, FaceTime, and your phone. Phase 3: Profit? Facebook is making strides towards becoming a multi-media communication juggernaut, its head of Messenger David Marcus announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Out of Messenger’s one-billion users … | Continue reading
A lot of people hate them, but some people can’t do without them — iPhone cases. that guy who obsesses over iPhone design and then puts it in a case because he's clumsy af (it me) — Juan Buis ♨️ (@juanbuis) September 9, 2016 I drop my iPhone about five times a week on hard surfac … | Continue reading
After studying the chemical makeup of lunar rocks, scientists say they have found new evidence that disproves one of the leading theories of how the Moon formed. The evidence hinges on the presence of just one element: potassium, and it suggests that the planetary collision that … | Continue reading
The 3D printing industry has had a rough go of it, of late. In a few short years, it’s gone from technology darling to victim of its own industry hype, a move that has had serious implications for some of the industry’s biggest players. But as the consumer-facing wing of the spac … | Continue reading
Global payment technology company First Data announced on Monday that it has launched what it describes as the “first fully integrated Bluetooth payment card reader.” With its very own contactless reader, the Clover point-of-sale system will now have a single device from which pa … | Continue reading
I was getting a little worried as I trudged through the tutorial to Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, the second sequel to one of my favorite games of all time. 2007's Pac-Man Championship Edition is a legitimate arcade classic — it rebooted a legendary title that I was never parti … | Continue reading
Trophit and Adways have teamed up to create entice users to adopt new apps using PreLaunch.Me, a platform for pre-registering users for games and apps on both iOS and Google Play. Tel Aviv-based marketing startup Trophit and Tokyo digital marketing firm Adways are joining forces … | Continue reading
The odds of you using Cardboard Camera, Google’s simple app for creating 360-degree VR images, just got significantly higher. The tool, which has so far only been available on Android, is now available on the iOS App Store. And both versions now include sharing features that real … | Continue reading
TechCrunch is pleased to announce the 23 startups selected to participate in the Disrupt SF 2016 Startup Battlefield. Over the next three days, these companies will compete on tech’s biggest stage for $50,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. The Battlefield represents the crème de la … | Continue reading
Disrupt is a place where dreams come true. Over the course of a year or two, folks can go from sitting in the audience or hosting a booth in the Startup Alley to launching a new company on the Battlefield stage. Or better, to being invited to speak as one of our esteemed guests. … | Continue reading
HTC might have just teased the new Nexus Pixel phone. And it may be coming as soon as next week. The company sent out the following tweet: It’s coming. 09.20 https://t.co/qJ9XDwNqEU #BeEdgier pic.twitter.com/aDgB1NOl9t — HTC (@htc) September 12, 2016 It also sent out the followin … | Continue reading
Between 1990 and 1994, the Buffalo Bills went to four consecutive Super Bowls but never won. In the years that followed, the Bill’s rival, the New England Patriots, installed themselves atop the division, where they have stayed, going to seven Super Bowls, of which they won four. … | Continue reading
TiVo unveiled the newest product in its Bolt lineup today, the Bolt+. Like the original Bolt, the Bolt+ can stream and record 4K content. But unlike the first Bolt, TiVo’s new plus version comes with 3TB of storage (compared to 1TB in the old Bolt) and six tuners (as opposed to f … | Continue reading
Europol, the European Union’s top law enforcement agency has co-founded a new working group dedicated to digital currencies. | Continue reading
When I submitted the proposal for HubSpot's Inbound Bold Talk, a TED-like series, my vision was to share the journey that took me from teenager figuring out how to help her mother pass an exam for a highly technical certification in a complex subject matter to the opportunity tha … | Continue reading
Instagram is rolling out a new keyword moderation tool today, as the Facebook-owned photo and video platform looks to help its 500 million-plus community filter out comments they find offensive. The initiative represents an extension of a program first unveiled for businesses and … | Continue reading
You’ve surely seen them before. The news and social media headlines intentionally leave out vital information in order to spark readers’ curiosity. Something happened and “You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next” or “His Reaction was Priceless.” Or “This One Weird Trick Will End … | Continue reading
Samsung's Galaxy Note7 phones are taking a serious toll on the company's share price.Samsung's shares had dropped more than 6 percent on Monday, opening the week sharply lower following following dozens of reports of Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones exploding.The issue was seriou … | Continue reading
Given all of the trouble, tech companies are beginning to marshall their resources and fight back against trolls and misinformation campaigns. Read More | Continue reading
Well, what’s a couple more months at this point? Sony announced on its blog that the upcoming PlayStation 4 game The Last Guardian is delayed to December 6. It was supposed to release on October 25. The Last Guardian is one of Sony’s biggest exclusives for the rest of the year. P … | Continue reading
Despite knowing Pablo Escobar met his demise bare footed – it doesn’t dispute the fact there are some positive lessons to be learned from the heyday of ‘The King of Cocaine’. With Narcos second season hitting our screens soon, we’re reminded of the incredible success that Pablo’s … | Continue reading
Several human rights organizations will soon launch a campaign urging President Obama to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, coinciding with the premiere of the Oliver Stone biopic based on his life. Motherboard reports that the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights W … | Continue reading
The whole VR backpack bit made the shift from one-off oddity to small scale (if still decidedly odd) movement a few months back, as a handful of notables piled onto the heap. HP and MSI were the first big names in the door and Alienware followed suit (or backpack, rather) a few m … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton’s health is in the news after she stepped out of a September 11th memorial service early after feeling overheated. The presidential candidate was diagnosed on Friday with pneumonia and put on antibiotics. According to her physician Dr. Lisa Bardack, Clinton is no … | Continue reading
Just how good are the iPhone 7 Plus' dual rear cameras? Good enough for Sports Illustrated and ESPN photographers to shoot with and proudly publish online.On Sunday, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted out a link to Sports Illustrated with photos of the Titans vs. Vikings NFL game taken b … | Continue reading
Instagram now lets you hide abusive or annoying comments from trolls. It’s about darn time. The company first rolled this feature out for businesses in July, allowing them to auto-hide any comments with offensive words and phrases. The feature appeared under a ‘Comment Moderation … | Continue reading
Rob Pardo was the lead designer of World of Warcraft and he had a stellar career in his 17 years at Blizzard Entertainment. But he left the big video game publisher in 2014 and he announced his brand new company, Bonfire Studios, today. Pardo helped turn Blizzard into a huge comp … | Continue reading
Nintendo is releasing its NES Classic Edition in November, a miniaturized version of the original console with 30 games built in and HDMI support. But modder Rated-E Mods has taken it one step further beyond Nintendo's retro console revival, with the even tinier, Raspberry Pi-bas … | Continue reading
Die meisten dürften das Gesellschaftsspiel Jenga vor einer Ewigkeit gespielt haben. Das Klötzchenspiel erfordert zwar viel Fingerspitzengefühl, aber dass es dazu taugt das Prädikat "sensationell" zu tragen – wer hätte das... | Continue reading
Two of the top five sites on the internet are search engines, which makes a lot sense. We depend on them to find everything from the news to toothpaste to a place to eat dinner. According to internetlivestats.com, Google processes over 3.5 billion searches worldwide every day. It … | Continue reading
This month I am upgrading from my well used iPhone 4S, to the very spiffy iPhone 6S. I will also be replacing my iPad 3rd Gen with a new iPad Pro. While I am an...read moreThe post iPhone 7 Announcement: Much Ado About Nothing appeared first on Social Media Explorer. | Continue reading
When an Apple fanboy is left unimpressed at the end of the grand iPhone 7 reveal, it should be considered the harbinger of things to come. | Continue reading
For the past five years, XOXO Fest has ended with a warning that there might never be another one. The event — an annual gathering of 1,200 or so creative types in Portland — promotes the work of independent artists and makers, and has evolved into a world-class showcase of indie … | Continue reading