TECHNOLOGY
How a Stay-at-Home-Dad Built a 7-Figure Business on Amazon in Just 2 Years
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Jimmy Smith
inc.com - As a proud American, it's embarrassing to concede, given the whole Revolutionary War, Mr. Bean and everything else, but I have to admit - sometimes you can learn a thing or two from the Brits. Case...
Think Amazon’s Drone Delivery Idea Is a Gimmick? Think Again
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scottnewell
nytimes.com - “It’s a vastly easier problem — flying than driving,” said Keller Rinaudo, the co-founder of Zipline, a drone-delivery start-up that will begin deploying a system to deliver medical goods in Rwanda...
12 inspiring social media monitoring case studies - Biznology
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Chris Abraham
biznology.com - The numbers indicate almost all businesses now rely on social media for marketing, but less than half can measure if it’s working. Social media monitoring is the act of using a tool to listen and m...
5 Dangers of Pokemon Go
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Ludwik C. Siadlak
lifehack.org - According to the USA today, Pokemon Go has over 15 million downloads. And while the numbers are not concreted (as there are more downloads every minute), it is clear to see that the application is ...
Social Proof: 17 Clever Ways To Use Social Proof To Boost Website Conversions - Mountnow
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Ludwik C. Siadlak
mountnow.com - Every smart marketer know that social proof is one of the effective marketing tactics for easing the minds of anxious customers and having social proof can boost website conversions. No website is ...
We'll probably have to wait a bit more for that 'touch bar' MacBook Pro
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - The redesigned MacBook Pro is real, but it's not coming in September — if you trust a new report posted by Bloomberg Wednesday. The report doesn't bring anything new in terms of MacBook Pro's func...
Not even your vibrator is safe from data-mining, hackers prove
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - It's all fun and games in the Internet of Things until your vibrator gets hacked. On Friday, two hackers at the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas proved the wonderfully-named world of "teled...
What is millennial branding, and why should you care?
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Webdesigner Depot
webdesignerdepot.com - In 2016, we’re living in an age of information saturation. At each turn we are bombarded with images and messages; everything we could ever want to know is at our fingertips (literally). With two t...
Chrome starts retiring Flash in favor of HTML5
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Last year, Chrome made Flash ads click-to-play; now, Google is trying to kill off Flash completely. Starting with Chrome 53, due out early next month, the browser will automatically block tiny and ...
Kyocera DuraForce PRO is a rugged smartphone and action camera in one
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you’ve been thinking of getting an action camera for when you travel and do extreme sports or something, but the idea of lugging around another gadget isn’t that attractive, then maybe you shoul...
Breaking news: Bill Maris is leaving GV
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Bill Maris, who cofounded GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) in 2009, is leaving the unit, according to a new report from Recode. Maris, a neuroscience student at Middlebury who cofounded an ea...
Apple releases its 5th developer betas, bringing new app Swift Playgrounds to iOS
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Good news, Apple developers – Apple today has released its 5th version of the iOS 10 beta build along with new betas for watchOS 3, macOS, and tvOS. With this release, we’re getting closer to the f...
Former Facebook engineers launch Fabric, an automated personal journal of your life
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Technology has made it simple to record and archive our digital memories through posts, snapshots, videos and more, but it can sometimes be a struggle to surface our past – our memories, activities...
How Apple will convince us to love the dongle
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Hi and welcome to my obligatory hot take on the nearly-confirmed no-headphone-jack iPhones we’re about to see rolling out of Apple. I’m not an absolute fan of this idea but we’ve seen this sort of ...
App Store to reach 5 million apps by 2020, with games leading the way
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - The Apple App Store shows no signs of slowing down, despite the fact that people seem to limit the number of apps they use regularly to just a small handful. But developers keep building, so the ap...
Learn about the future of American technology from Megan Smith and Amac at Disrupt SF
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - There’s no doubt that technology has drastically evolved since President Barack Obama took office in 2008. Obama acknowledged it himself during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit this year — while ...
Leaf raises $2M seed round, launches sleek in-home cannabis growing system
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Marijuana use is a bit of a tricky subject in the United States. While public opinion on the matter may be shifting toward being more open to legalization — a YouGov poll released earlier this mont...
New MacBook Pro with Touch ID sensor and OLED mini screen is coming soon
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Get ready for a massive MacBook Pro update. Apple is planning to unveil new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops with retina displays soon. According to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman...
The iPhone SE is selling just as Apple planned in the U.S. and Europe
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Apple ripped up its playbook when it launched a smaller phone priced at $399 in March, but its iPhone SE strategy looks to be going as planned. The new four-inch iPhone gave Apple a welcome sales b...
FullContact raises $25M more to take on LinkedIn in contact management
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - As LinkedIn inches closer to completing its $26 billion acquisition by Microsoft, smaller rivals have stepped up their game building viable alternatives for those who might want more independent pr...
How to Drive Value into Your Social Media Marketing
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Guy Kawasaki
pegfitzpatrick.com - Social marketing with social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are not only social trends but are driving value into the marketing messages of small, medium, and global brands. Learning ...
Why Bioshock still has, and will always have, something to say
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - "No Gods or Kings, Only Man." No higher authority than that of reason and rationality. A place where "the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality,...
PS4 Neo: Sony confirms PlayStation event for September 7
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Sony's upcoming 4K-capable PlayStation 4 Neo console looks set for a September reveal. The company has began sending out invites to a "PlayStation" meeting taking place in The PlayStation Theatre, ...
Copperhead OS: The startup that wants to solve Android’s woeful security
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - A startup on a shoestring budget is working to clean up the Android security mess, and has even demonstrated results where other "secure" Android phones have failed, raising questions about Google'...
The UX of Pokémon GO
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Webdesigner Depot
blog.fluidui.com - If you took a badly timed coffee break recently, you’d be forgiven for missing the birth of an era. If you didn't, you probably noticed the staggering launch of Pokemon GO - a product that appears ...
Facebook Tests New Plan to Connect the World to the Internet
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Reg Saddler
inc.com - Months after the social network ran into massive opposition over its plan to bring (an incomplete version of) the internet to rural areas, it has a new plan to bring people online for the first tim...
How Twitter’s Algorithm Offers a New Opportunity for Marketers
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - The other day, whilst going through my social feeds and news updates, I noticed this tweet. Happy #FollowFriday! Reply to this tweet in the next hour and we'll follow you back! pic.twitter.com/7uJT...
Growth-Hacking 101
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Reg Saddler
entrepreneur.com - Growth-hacking is more than just the latest buzzword to sweep through the marketing world. Instead, it's something that should be of urgent interest to you and your brand. Related: 4 Growth Hacking...
A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens
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Reg Saddler
wired.com - In 2013, when University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers were preparing to reveal a vulnerability that allowed them to start the ignition of millions of Vol...
How This Startup Got the Zuckerbergs to Invest
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Reg Saddler
inc.com - Everyone has heard one: The so-obscure-it-might-just-be-true excuse when a potential paramour bails on plans. For Nik Kundra, the excuse he heard from one woman was "I'm stuck at my restaurant job...
Eddy Cue And Craig Federighi Open Up About Learning From Apple's Failures
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Reg Saddler
fastcompany.com - Fast Company: Let’s start talking about Maps. How are you developing Maps, and how broadly might it apply as Apple looks ahead? Eddy Cue, SVP of Internet software and services: The first thing to k...
With Instagram’s Algorithm Change, Brands Must Double-Down
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Reg Saddler
adweek.com - Instagram has long been the go-to social network for the fashion industry. It’s where brands put their best foot forward, where street style bloggers update fans on their every move and where the f...
Microsoft Releases 9 Security Updates to Patch 34 Vulnerabilities
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Reg Saddler
thehackernews.com - In Brief Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday offers nine security bulletins with five rated critical, resolving 34 security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Edge, and Office, as well as some...
OneDrive now has preview for Office docs; Office beta has “shared with me”
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - The fact that this feature is only now arriving for the OneDrive app seems kind of silly. The Microsoft-owned cloud service finally now has support for preview of Office documents like Word, Excel,...
Xiaomi releases update to fix WiFi problems on Mi Max MIUI
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Several Mi Max users in India were complaining over the weekend that they were having WiFi connectivity problems, despite the fact that the phone indicates that the WiFi details are saved and conne...
Galaxy Note 7’s 6GB RAM variant rumored to come out soon in China
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - It’s just been a few days since Samsung introduced us to what others are saying “the best Android device so far” and yet the Galaxy Note 7 is already making waves before it even hits the streets (o...
10 Steps to Making Video Work For You
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Greg Wilson
sharonhayes.com - Yesterday was a video production day. We’ve been creating more and more video lately. Unlike some marketers, I don’t believe in using video for everything. If a written document or MP3 audio will w...
Hacks on Vehicles Jeopardize Customer Loyalty for Auto Makers
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Computer hacker attacks on auto maker products are among the biggest threats to customer loyalty. A study by the tax and advisory firm KPMG found that nearly 80% of consumers said if their vehicle ...
Travel Customer Experience Becomes Inherently Mobile at Starwood Hotels and Resorts
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Customer experience in the travel industry certainly isn’t immune from the impact that mobile has in today’s loyalty marketing world. Just ask Julie Atkinson, Senior Vice President, Global Digital,...
Experian Honors Retailers for Customer Engagement Excellence
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Retailers with innovative programs of customer engagement and customer experience were honored by Experian Marketing Services with its 2016 #SuiteLife Awards. Winners included an international hote...
Technology Meets Humanity for JetBlue and JetBlue Technology Ventures to Improve Customer Experience
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - JetBlue, through its JetBlue Technology Ventures, continues to find and develop tech enterprises that that enhance its position in the air travel sector. The most recent acquisition is Mozio, a San...
Liquid : Platform to Easily Segment and Personalize Your Apps in Real-Time - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Alexandre Vaz”, CEO at the Lisbon – Portugal based start-up “Liquid” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what y...
Textr : Group Messaging App - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sam Getty”, Founder of the Atlanta, Georgia – USA based start-up “Textr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...
SkilledWizard.com: A Professional Social Network Platform Dedicated Exclusively to Skilled Workers - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - SkilledWizard is a platform for Skilled Workers Worldwide. They set out to erase the void that currently exists today. “SkilledWizard.com”‘s mission is to unite skilled / blue collar workers worldw...
PrayerSpark : The First And Only Site For Interfaith Spiritually - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Michael Feder”, Founder of the Las Vegas – USA based startup “PrayerSpark” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and ...
EzyOnlineBookings.com: An Online Booking System that Allows Businesses to Take Appointment Bookings Right on their Existing Website - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - EzyOnlineBookings.com is an online booking system that allows businesses to take appointment bookings right on their existing website. According to Mr. ‘Gol'; EzyOnlineBookings.com is an online boo...
Cibos : Sports Fan Mobile App - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rick Gehman'; President of the Pennsylvania – USA start-up “Cibos”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1...
RunLastMan : Sports Betting Platform - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Graham Carrick”, CEO at the Dublin – Ireland based start-up “RunLastMan” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wh...
AbbeyPost : Brand-New Marketplace and Community - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - AbbeyPost is a brand-new marketplace and community designed exclusively for plus size women’s fashion! Shopping is an inherently social activity, but for over 100 million plus size women in the US,...
Adlet: Advertising Platform for Bloggers - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had a nice chat with Ms. “Emma Coles”, CEO of the UK-based start-up “adlet.co” about his Company. 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up is all about? Adlet is an online advert...
