When Apple introduced the iPad in 2010, many thought it would make dedicated ebook readers obsolete. But six years later, it turns out that didn’t happen. In fact, both categories are still growing. | Continue reading
The use of data management platforms (DMPs) among industry professionals continues to grow. Yet, those same marketers are skeptical of DMPs' ability to deliver on expectations and business goals, according to research. | Continue reading
Ereaders continue to hold their own in the UK, with a quarter of the population expected to use one in 2016, according to eMarketer’s latest user forecast. | Continue reading
Demand for smartphones in India continues to increase, thanks to growing consumer interest in the devices and heavy discounts by the country's online retailers. | Continue reading
More top 1,000 retailers have sent a shopping cart abandonment message in 2015 compared to prior years, according to research. | Continue reading
Amy won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature tonight. The Asif Kapadia-directed documentary, which gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Amy Winehouse's life, beat out Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land, Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence, Liz Garbus' What Happened … | Continue reading
Two years ago, in an issue of the Hammock Idea Email, I wrote about research into why people aren’t convinced when presented with irrefutable evidence that something they believe in, is false. As Donald Trump’s supporters are exhibiting such a pattern — even he admitted it with t … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price has been trading inside a narrow ascending channel on its 1-hour chart, following a quick pullback to a previously broken resistance area. Recall that bitcoin broke above a longer-term symmetrical triangle pattern, indicating that bulls … | Continue reading
In one of the few surprises of the night, Mark Rylance has won Best Supporting Actor for his work in Bridge of Spies. Rylance beat out Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), and Sylvester Stallone (Creed), the presumed frontrunner who … | Continue reading
Following up it's "Monotune" commercial, Google is back on another awards show with another new ad for Android. Called "Rock, Paper, Scissors," it has the three historical enemies learning to make friends with each other. It's a story of three soon-to-be friends overcoming school … | Continue reading
The Weeknd performed his Oscar-nominated smash "Earned It" alongside a small platoon of dancers, gymnasts, and trapeze artists at tonight's Academy Awards, a performance that had a lot in common with the song's official music video. The Canadian pop star (aka Abel Tesfaye) and co … | Continue reading
Pixar's Inside Out just took home the Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category. The Pete Docter-directed film, which was a critical and commercial hit for the studio, chronicled the emotions of a young girl. Inside Out has picked up dozens awards since its release last summer, … | Continue reading
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has yet to win an Oscar tonight, losing out to both Mad Max and Ex Machina, but there's still one very important award left: Best Original Score. The nomination, turns out, is the 50th for John Williams —€” his first being 1967's Valley of the Dolls. … | Continue reading
I am a 24-year-old "millennial" and I passionately support Hillary Clinton for the 45th President of the United States. Yes, we exist. | Continue reading
Ex Machina's subtle sci-fi effects won over Hollywood this year, netting it the 2016 Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It was a bit of a surprise win for the movie. Ex Machina was nominated for two awards tonight, including Best Original Screenplay (which it lost to Spotlight). As a … | Continue reading
It takes a much heartier stomach to jump into the startup game now than it did a year ago. Zenefits recently became the latest unicorn to face devaluation after compliance issues forced the CEO to resign. Publicly traded tech companies like Twitter weathered layoffs and stock sel … | Continue reading
Visual content is integral part of an engaging social media presence. It can be hard to keep up with the different specifications for multimedia content across each social network (format, aspect ratio, file size). Bookmark this infographic as a reference guide to create smart so … | Continue reading
The Academy Awards took place once again at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. While a few awards in the acting categories were all but locks, its one of the most competitive Oscars in recent memory, with The Revenant, The Big Short, Spotlight and even Mad Max Fury Roa … | Continue reading
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki just won an Oscar for his work on The Revenant, setting a new Oscar record in the process. This is the third year in a row Lubezki has taken home the award for Best Cinematography, having won the last two years for 2013's Gravity and 2014's Birdma … | Continue reading
Diversity has been the running theme of Chris Rock’s hosting material during the Academy Awards. To demonstrate how much this year’s nominated films would have benefitted from black actors, he gave us a look at Joy, The Revenant ,and more films featuring guest roles from Whoopi G … | Continue reading
During an Oscar broadcast that's so far devoted to sending up Hollywood's whiteness, Chris Rock invited none other than Stacey Dash onstage as the Oscars' new director of its "Minority Outreach Program" and to wish the audience a Happy Black History Month. It was about as weird a … | Continue reading
Samsung always goes big for the Oscars, and this year it kicked things off by filling the show's first ad slot with a flashy commercial packed with celebrities. Over a minute and a half we got moments with Lil Wayne, Wesley Snipes, Doc Rivers, James Harden, and William H. Macy, w … | Continue reading
In the first acting award for the night, Alicia Vikander has won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Danish Girl. Vikander beat out Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), and previous Academy Award … | Continue reading
Sam Smith just made his first appearance on the Oscar stage with an unadorned, simple performance of "Writing's on the Wall," his entry into this year's Best Original Song contest. Smith and co-writer Jimmy Napes are nominated on behalf of Daniel Craig's final turn as James Bond, … | Continue reading
Chris Rock is hosting the Oscars for the second time tonight, and he used most of his opening monologue to lambast the awards show for its lack of diversity. (This is the second year in the row there is not a single actor of color nominated for an award). He began by giving the A … | Continue reading
The first Academy Awards has been handed out —€” congratulations to the writers of Spotlight —€” but you might have noticed something different this year: a very fast ticker of on-screen names while the winners walked to the stage. Yes, it's definitely a first, and yes, it's gonn … | Continue reading
One of the more daunting perceived obstacles to driving a plug-in electric car seems to be the need for a home charging station. | Continue reading
On Thursday night, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, this editor talked with GV CEO Bill Maris about a wide range of issues, including what happened with its Europe fund, why GV didn’t invest in Zenefits, and why Maris alone makes every decision on behalf of the powerful ve … | Continue reading
Ahead of the Oscars, Microsoft has started airing a series of ads that focus on Windows 10, gross bugs, and the features Windows machines have that Macs don't. The spots all feature a pair of women discussing how Windows 10 helps their business — they highlight Cortana, touchscre … | Continue reading
Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading
Joe Johnson is in the starting lineup in his debut for the Miami Heat against the Knicks. | Continue reading
The 88th Academy Awards are tonight, and the show is already one of the most-talked about in years. Chris Rock is set to host the show after months of protest over the Academy's nominations, and its overwhelmingly white and male voting pool. Will Rock excoriate the Academy on-sta … | Continue reading
China's cyberspace watchdog said on Sunday it had ordered the closure of a microblog account of a former property tycoon, known for his bold remarks on China's economic policy, for "spreading illegal information". | Continue reading
Marketing technology has become big business over the last five years, securing $134 billion in venture funding and spawning more than 2,000 new companies. New channels, new data streams and new workflow have emerged to disrupt important aspects of marketing at big and small comp … | Continue reading
The Phoenix Suns today waived forward Kris Humphries. | Continue reading
In November, Tinder introduced the ability to include job and education information on Tinder profiles pulled from Facebook.Now, the company's released a list of the jobs that people are swiping right on (liking, for those of you who've never used the app) the most.See also: 100 … | Continue reading
Fox is setting its sights on March 2nd, 2018 for its next Predator movie. That places it eight years out from that Adrien Brody and Topher Grace Predators film from Robert Rodriquez. Best we forget about that.We don't know much about the next installment, though so far it's being … | Continue reading
While most of the current Hollywood headlines are focused on the Academy Awards, there were some new movies this weekend, too — including Triple 9, a sprawling crime drama with a cast that includes (deep breath) Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Kate Wi … | Continue reading
GUEST: In the breakneck world of DevOps, teamwork is table stakes to success. Development teams must work closely and collaborate frequently, and ideally, with a positive attitude. When one or more team members are difficult to work with, they can set back deadlines and dampen m … | Continue reading
Copy and pasting one link at a time is so 2001. If you’re like me, you copy and paste at least a few dozen links a day and could use something to better organize them. There are dozens of ways to do this, but none that I’ve found so far that are as visual or well-organized as Pas … | Continue reading
“When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.” [Don Cherry] Don Cherry was was an American jazz trumpeter known for his association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman in the late 50's. Unafraid of breaking away from convention, he became a pioneer of world fusion mu … | Continue reading
The Brooklyn TC Meetup crept up faster than any of us anticipated. In just two short days, we’ll head over to Output in Williamsburg and ten companies will have exactly sixty seconds to pitch their wares to a panel of judges and an adoring, primarily hipster audience. But which c … | Continue reading
I cringe every time I watch someone pinch-to-zoom on their smartphone’s screen right before snapping a photo. The seemingly simple act of zooming in on an object, despite what the screen on the phone displays at the time, almost guarantees the end result will be a pixelated, garb … | Continue reading
Welcome to This Month in Luxury, presented by Micah Singleton, The Verge's resident Luxury Director. In this monthly (or whenever we remember) column, I will take you on a completely superficial journey of opulence, pointing out one device, artifact, or service an upscale individ … | Continue reading
“Take rest,” Ovid said. “A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” But of course, the ancient Roman poet from the B.C. era hadn’t forked over several pieces of gold to watch the farmer tend to his crops, so what did he care if the guy worked that day or not. Things are a [ … | Continue reading
More bad news for BlackBerry: WhatsApp has decided to end support for BlackBerry devices by the end the year.In a blog post, WhatsApp celebrated its seventh birthday and did a little early spring cleaning at the same time. In addition to announcing that it will end support for Bl … | Continue reading
The Oscars are finally here. Will Leonardo DiCaprio finally get his Oscar? Will we see another epic celeb-filled selfie from Ellen?If you want to catch all the action but won’t be in front of a TV, here are all the ways you can stream the event tonight, starting at 5:30pm PT / 8: … | Continue reading
These web writing tools will help you and your team apply critical best practices faster and more consistently. Requires CSR subscription. | Continue reading