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When you think of Pokémon, you probably imagine the traditional games: pick a starter, fight eight gym leaders, and so on. However, the series has experimented with fantastic spinoffs over the last two decades. Total sales for Pokémon have reached over 200 million. While most of that comes from the main games, these extra title have […]... →

Today Apple sent its general counsel and senior vice president Bruce Sewell to Washington, to speak before the House Judiciary Committee about the ongoing battle the FBI is waging against the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over the encryption of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. The event had all the […]... →

If the on-demand economy was a young pup in the late 2000s, then it has since evolved into a much more sophisticated animal: strong, resilient and capable of adapting to its environment. This movement was bred from the human desire for immediacy. Agile startups evolved quickly with real-time feedback, all conjoined by the central pillar of this new industry: the smartphone. Read More... →

Posted by angelacherry[Estimated read time: 7 minutes] Much has happened since we last posted about what Twitter can teach us about the US presidential candidates. In the past three weeks, an additional 15 states have participated in electoral contests to help narrow the field of candidates who will ultimately secure the Republican and Democratic party nominations for president. With so much activity happening offline, we were due for an update of the latest and greatest activity happening online on our bel... →

The year-old Bay Area accelerator NFX Guild presented 16 companies to a crowded room of 200 investors down on Sand Hill Road today, and the room was reportedly very energized. Little wonder. NFX was founded by seasoned entrepreneurs and operators James Currier, Stan Chudnovsky and Gigi Levy Weiss. Its companies are referred to the outfit by a network of 42 scouts — some of… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Missed it? You can still hear from the superstar CMOs from Playboy, Gamestop, and Tune for this packed roundtable on what it takes to win in our mobile-obsessed culture. Access the free webinar on demand right here. Your customers are never more than three feet from their mobile devices. And that’s a power you can leverage. Unfortunately, most […]... →

When former International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly steps out of a Soyuz descent module on the Kazakh steppe at around 8.30PM PST later today, after 340 days on the International Space Station, he will have spent more continuous time in space than any other American astronaut. You probably best know the 52-year-old former United States Navy test pilot from his prolific photography… Read More... →

ANALYSIS: Speculation is increasing that Facebook will open up its Messenger chat service to outside businesses, potentially as early as its F8 conference on April 12-13. Facebook won’t comment on its plans, but such a move could open the floodgates to a revolution of sorts in computing. Chat messaging so far has been mainly between two individuals, devoid of […]... →

Posted by Isla_McKetta[Estimated read time: 15 minutes] Like most of you, I get a lot of email. Here's a look at all the marketing emails I received in my personal email in one 24-hour period: That's not even counting the transactional shipping confirmations and informational blog post notifications. Or all the work-related newsletters I have sent to my address at Moz. I do not open most of this email. In fact, preparing for this blog post, I've had a really fun time shunting it off into a folder called "co... →

Nearly seven decades after the Chicago Tribune’s infamous presidential race headline, we’re still seeing incorrect predictions in political races. Take the 2016 Iowa caucus for example, where Ted Cruz triumphed despite expert predictions to the contrary. It’s enough to make you wonder: What data is used to create these predictions? And with today’s technology, why… Read More... →

Social marketing company Nanigans announced today that it’s launching support for Twitter. Nanigans is best known as a Facebook ad automation tool, but CEO Ric Calvillo said last year that one reason for raising the company’s $24 million Series B was to expand beyond Facebook. He’s also started to make good on that by launching on Instagram last August. Asked about what… Read More... →

The first thing I notice is a feeling of weight on my face. Followed by a sensation of standing in boundless space. A monochrome 360-degree vanishing point vista winks into view. I look around, blinking into the far distance and very quickly my adjusting eyes fill with grit… Welcome to the weird world of 21st century virtual reality. Read More... →

Posted by Sam_AnthonyToday I'm going to share how the website FunThingsToDo.io generated 22,000+ pageviews from a single blog post. The unbelievable part is that the post had zero backlinks and the domain was only three and one-half months old when this happened. (The website went live in December of 2015, while the specific article that gained this much traffic was published Feb.1, 2016.) In this post, I'm also going to share with you how FunThingsToDo gained more than 1,300 new email subscribers in just t... →

Augmented reality smart helmet company Daqri announced today that it had acquired 1066 Labs, a leading head-mounted display manufacturer focused on serving enterprise clients with augmented reality solutions. Founded in 2007, 1066 Labs manufactures a variety of “see-through components” for head-mounted displays and has worked on implementing its tech with “advanced… Read More... →

Slack laid out its plan to stay ahead of its workplace chat competitors today with new products for its 2.4 million daily active users, up from 2 million in December. The big changes will center around message enhancements, greater Usability, and voice and video. The strategy centers around building a product that enables productivity, communication, and transparency. Outside its own… Read More... →

Sony may have accidentally shared a few more details about one of 2016’s most anticipated games. No Man’s Sky is a $60 release, and Sony says it is coming out on Thursday, according to a new PlayStation blog post. The company has since updated that post and removed any reference to the science-fiction space-exploration game that simulates […]... →

Microsoft held an Xbox spring showcase last week, showing a bunch of games to the press. Here’s a summary of what they announced, as well as links to the interviews we did during the event. We saw a hands-on preview of the first act and first full video episode of Quantum Break, the big exclusive coming […]... →

A battle broke out just outside of Jerusalem Monday after GPS mapping app Waze led Israeli soldiers into the Kalandia Palestinian refugee camp. According to several reports, two armed soldiers from the Isreali Defense Force (IDF) Okets unit were traveling in a military vehicle along a route they thought was within the Isreal border. Palestinians immediately started throwing rocks and a… Read More... →

A battle broke out just outside of Jerusalem Monday after GPS mapping app Waze led Israeli soldiers into the Kalandia Palestinian refugee camp. According to several reports, two armed soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Okets unit were traveling in a military vehicle along a route they thought was within the Israel border. Palestinians immediately started throwing rocks and a… Read More... →

Zynga has a new boss. The mobile developer and publisher announced today that Frank Gibeau will become the company’s new chief executive officer after current CEO Mark Pincus steps down. It’ll be Gibeau’s job to put Zynga back on the path of success. The company helped to start the social gaming revolution in the late […]... →