Evaluating the EU's New Definition for Virtual Currencies

Jacek Czarnecki is an attorney at Warsaw-based law firm Wardynski & Partners, where he specializes in areas including FinTech, digital currencies and blockchain. In this opinion piece, Czarnecki discusses a new proposal in the European Union aimed at terrorist financing, and its … | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Marketing the TNW Way #13: Supporting Schema.org

In this blog series, we shed some light on our marketing approach at The Next Web through Web analytics, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), social media, and more. This particular piece focuses on the data we provide to search engines and crawle … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How the Science of Networks Pervades Everything we Do

Hungarian physicist Albert-László Barabási wrote about the new science of networks prior to the founding of Facebook. His account of how everything is connected to everything else is remarkably accurate 13 years later, when the science of networks has taken on a greater role in e … | Continue reading


@conversationagent.com | 8 years ago

Most Americans have a pretty good idea of which foods are healthy

The New York Times has conducted a study of US nutrition experts and the wider population, comparing their opinions on how healthy some of the most popular foods are. Though the Times article focuses on the disagreements between the two groups, what stands out to me is that there … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Self-driving delivery robots could soon be common sights in European cities

Airborne drone delivery is still more PR than public reality, but wheeled, self-driving delivery bots could be trundling down a sidewalk near you sooner than you think. London-based Starship Technologies, which counts Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis among its foundi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

CloudPlayer lets you mix and match your local and cloud-stored music

In a new update, CloudPlayer gained the ability to back up playlists to the cloud. No more lost playlists! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

CrunchBase Spotlight: Data hints at down rounds, but not wipeout, for marketplace lending

Marketplace lending may not be prospering now but a resurgence could be on deck. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Dash Spokesman Slams Bitcoin Paying Miners 100% Reward

Ryan Taylor, head of finance at Dash, claims the bitcoin blockchain’s practice of paying the entire blockchain reward to miners is faulty, in a piece on EconoTimes. He claims Dash, which allocates less than half its rewards to the miners, offers a more promising future. Taylor sa … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Blu Energy XL phone promises 3 days of battery life for $299

Miami-based smartphone maker Blu, known — like so many companies these days — for producing cheap phones with solid specs, has a new phone out, and it promises something that all smartphone owners crave: decent battery life. The Blu Energy XL is a 6-inch Android smartphone with a … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

France wants to rethink the state as a platform

When you think about filing forms and requesting information from various administrations, chances are you get a headache. But it shouldn’t be like that. When you create an account on Spotify using Facebook Connect or request an Uber in just a few taps, it’s perfectly seamless — … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

I'm too messy for the North Face Access Pack

I’m a mess.When I reviewed the Bragi Dash wireless earbuds, I wrote about how much I hate wires. But the real reason I hate wires is because I never take the time to properly store them and so my backpack, much like my life, is often a tangled rat king of wires. You might relate. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

VW und LG entwickeln zusammen Plattform für vernetzte Autos

Volkswagen und LG Electronics haben mit einem Vertrag die gemeinsame Entwicklung einer Connected Car-Serviceplattform besiegelt. Dabei will sich der Autokonzern auf drei Bereiche konzentrieren: Smart Home, Information und Infotainment. So sollen VW-Fahrer... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Watch: Six things we want from Red Dead Redemption 2

As I told Oli while introducing him to John Marston for the very first time, Red Dead Redemption was my game of the last console generation. While it's getting Xbox One backwards compatibility this week, the news has done nothing to dull my appetite for a new Red Dead. The announ … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Alibaba unveils its first smart car — and it’s available for pre-order now

Alibaba has officially announced its move into the automobile space after it unveiled its first “internet car” in collaboration with SAIC, one of China’s big four state-owned automakers. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Watch: Johnny and Aoife kick-start our regular Wednesday streams with Overwatch

Hello! This is weird. I'm writing a blog about a live stream but for once I'm not the one doing the actual streaming.Today sees the start of our push to produce regular streams over on our YouTube channel. It's also a chance for the rest of the video team to get a piece of the sw … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Internet Watch Foundation Partners to Stop Illicit Bitcoin Use

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has announced a partnership with a blockchain industry startup aimed at fighting online child sex abuse. With the news, the UK-based charity has provided a database of bitcoin addresses associated with sexual abuse to the startup. Elliptic, in … | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

How to Write a Cool Travel Blog for a City

As a freelance writer, your assignments may vary. CopyPress's creative spotlight gives tips on writing a travel blog from one of our very own writers. | Continue reading


@copypress.com | 8 years ago

How to Find Influencers and Win Them Over

Let’s look at ways to pinpoint the influencers you need to reach and how to get them on board once you have their attention.The post How to Find Influencers and Win Them Over appeared first on dcustom.com. | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Three Reasons for Including Whitepapers in Your Content Strategy

Content - Don't forget whitepapers when you craft your content strategy. Myriad marketers consider them more effective than videos, e-newsletters, blogs, and infographics. Here's why. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

How You Can Conquer These Three Negative Content Trends

Content - Increasing content noise and competition, greater reliance on pay-to-play content promotion models, and over-promotion and channel saturation that sabotage your marketing efforts... You can conquer those negative trends. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

How to Triumph Over Trolls and Misinformation: Janice Person of Monsanto on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

Public Relations: Marketing Podcast - Janice Person, online engagement director at Monsanto, shares how blogger outreach and community engagement help the B2B company to overcome negative brand sentiment, misinformation, and outright trolling. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Twitter launches its first livestream sports broadcast with Wimbledon

It’s a match made in second screen heaven: Twitter has just launched its first sports livestream broadcast with today’s Wimbledon games. The screen looks a lot like what you might expect from most livestreaming services with commentary on the side (i.e. YouTube, Twitch). Tweets w … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Europe agrees cyber threat strategy, plans to help fund more startups

The European Parliament has voted to adopt a set of measures aimed at bolstering resilience to digital threats and improving cybersecurity cooperation and info sharing across its 28 Member States. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Your next Android phone might be able to recognize the objects around you

Google has acquired a startup that develops machine learning and visual recognition algorithms that allows your smartphone to recognize objects and images. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Save time and keystrokes with TextExpander: 1-Year Life Hacker Plan (60% off)

Most of us type certain things over and over, whether it be canned email responses or a frequently visited web address. With the TextExpander 1-Yr Life Hacker Plan, you’ll save countless keystrokes via customized shortcuts that instantly deploy prewritten text. Eliminate mundane … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Friends, Not Foes: Why Your Inbound Marketing Needs Outbound Marketing

Last week, one of our clients told me he had a confession to make. His business was planning a radio advertising campaign, and he was worried that it didn't fit in with other marketing campaigns that we were focusing on . Why the concern? Our client knew that we focus primarily o … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Smartwatch kann Geldautomaten-PIN verraten

Vor einem halben Jahr zeigte die Masterarbeit eines Studenten, dass Smartwatch-Träger am Bankautomaten ein Sicherheitsrisiko eingehen. Die Bewegungs- und Beschleunigungssensoren der Uhren erfassen selbst kleinste Handbewegungen so genau, dass Fremde... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Respectful Behavior Is Important, but Too-Broad Policies Pose Risks

Anti-harassment policies that are too extensive will likely generate employee complaints about minor issues, and they pose the risk that enforcement will be inconsistent. | Continue reading


@shrm | 8 years ago

Stereo and Immersive Media / Photography and Sound Research 2016

Lisbon (Portugal), 27-29 October 2016 - call for papers open until 22 July The International Conference Stereo & Immersive Media’16 aims to gather researchers, artists, curators, and archivists working on visual and sound media renowned for their immersive features. “Stereo” envi … | Continue reading


@digitalmeetsculture.net | 8 years ago

More than 500,000 hoverboards are being recalled

More than 500,000 hoverboards are being recalled for fire concerns, following months of stories about exploding batteries causing property damage and injuries. More than half of the recalled hoverboards come from Swagway, one of the best known manufacturers in the space. It's rec … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Twitter and Wimbledon live streaming tennis!

Twitter have just started their first live stream Sports broadcast direct from the Wimbledon tennis championships. The Wimbledon Twitter ... | Continue reading


@nickburcher.com | 8 years ago

DAO Attack Fallout Sees Pubic Blockchains Questioned by Australian Bank

The ANZ Banking Group, a major banking corporation in Australia and New Zealand is casting doubt on public blockchain technology following the DAO attack. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bioservo is bringing NASA’s real-life Power Glove down to earth

If you’ve ever had to hold a wrench in place for any lengthy of time exerting a decent amount of force, you know it sucks. NASA also knew it sucked, and doubly so when you’re floating in space, so they created the RoboGlove, a battery-powered force-multiplying glove that lets you … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Xapo Users Can Spend Bitcoin Through Uber Argentina

The company does acknowledge using Bitcoin through a Xapo debit card provides consumers with an alternative way to access the service. | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Behind the Hustle: Shannon De Souza (@Fancie_D)

Shannon is very passionate about events and technology! With a decade of paralleled experience in both the event and tech industries, she comes with a wealth of sales and marketing experience worki… | Continue reading


@techsytalk.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft gives Salesforce a shove with new Dynamics 365 integrated cloud platform

Microsoft announced its intention today to combine the Dynamics CRM and ERP products into an integrated platform on top of which it is hoping third parties will build applications. It’s a complex announcement with many pieces, but Dynamics 365 shares more than its name with Offic … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Mossberg: The tyranny of messaging and notifications

Up until just a few years ago, I got around 350 emails a day, which presented me with an exhausting, time-consuming daily task that I grumbled about plenty. Now, because of social media and messaging services, that number has been cut by more than half. But things are actually wo … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

What it's like to be an UberRush bike messenger for a day

I always wanted to try bicycle courier work in NYC, then I found out Uber had a service called Rush where you could do just that.Here's a look at my first (and only) day as an UberRush bike messenger. Read more...More about Uber, Uberrush, New York City, Transportation, and Tech | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

7 Ways Video Marketing Can Generate Leads & Drive ROI

Are you ready to generate leads and drive ROI? Here's how video marketing can help. Learn 7 tried and true techniques. | Continue reading


@xoombi.com | 8 years ago

Trending Content Topics in B2B Marketing

Marketing Strategy - B2B marketers are hungry for information about marketing dashboards and lead generation, according to recent research from Bombora. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Does Your Copy Pass the ‘Forehead Slap’ Test?

One of the most repeated rules of writing compelling copy is to stress benefits, not features. But do you know when this rule can actually damage your copy? | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 8 years ago

10 Fundamental Ways To Boost Your Facebook Organic Reach By 193%

Frustrated with your Facebook organic reach? You're not alone. In this post, Post Planner's Diana Adams will show you how to boost your organic reach. | Continue reading


@coschedule.com | 8 years ago

6 Leaders and Readers Who Care About Customer Service

These business leaders share their favorite customer service stories and thoughts on Jay Baer's book, Hug Your Haters. | Continue reading


@convinceandconvert.com | 8 years ago

Watch three astronauts launch to the International Space Station this evening

This evening, three astronauts will launch to the International Space Station on top of a Russian Soyuz rocket out of Kazakhstan. The crew includes astronauts from three different space agencies: NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, and Takuya Onishi o … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Musikvideo: Partnertausch per Mausklick

Das französische Musikerduo Cassius hat für seinen Song „The Missing" ein Video online gestellt, in dem zwar viel, aber eigentlich harmlos rumgeknutscht wird, wobei unser Voyeurismus mit einem interaktiven Spielchen dennoch erfolgreich... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Be an astronaut for the day with this live space dashboard

Recent interest in space programs has been fuelled a lot by recent cool news such as spaceship Juno entering Mars’ orbit. For most of us, however, becoming an astronaut will forever stay a dream as the chances of becoming an NASA astronaut are lower than 0,16 percent. That doesn’ … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Hyperloop One proposes half-hour travel time between Helsinki and Stockholm

Shervin Pishavar’s Hyperloop One recorded another first today, though not one as exciting as making a hunk of metal go really fast in the desert – it created a business case.The business case (via Gizmodo), created in partnership with engineering firm partners and consulting firm … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Kinderanimation im Urlaub: Eltern sollten Betreuungsangebote genau unter die Lupe nehmen / R+V-Infocenter: Schon vor der Reisebuchung Informationen einholen

R+V-Infocenter: Wiesbaden (ots) - Im Urlaub ein paar Stunden ungestört am Strand liegen oder in Ruhe ein Museum besuchen: Damit dies nicht nur ein Traum bleibt, vertrauen viele Eltern ihre Sprösslinge der hoteleigenen Kinderbetreuung an. "Doch wenn etwas passiert, ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago