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President Barack Obama believes that there should be some compromise when it comes to protecting the United States from terrorists and criminals while ensuring people’s privacy. When confronted about the issues around encryption and personal data with the government’s case against Apple, the 44th president believes that we shouldn’t take an “absolutist view.” Speaking at […]... →

“I am way on civil liberties side of this thing” President Barack Obama said today regarding the balance between privacy and security surrounding the FBI’s ongoing fight with Apple about penetrating encryption. While speaking today at SXSW, Obama said he could not comment directly on the Apple-San Bernardino shooter case, but gave these remarks on the larger issue: “All… Read More... →

“[Technology can] empower individuals to do things they could have never dreamed of before, but also empower folks who are very dangerous to spread dangerous messages” President Barack Obama said today. Obama took the stage at South By Southwest to discuss how technology could be used to enhance civic engagement. He sat down with Evan Smith, CEO and Editor in Chief of The Texas… Read More... →

Mahindra, the India-based manufacturing giant, wants to offer more people the chance at a cleaner commute. The GenZe 2.0 electric scooter carries one person, a couple big bags of groceries, and a price tag of just $3,000. As a former scooter commuter myself (on a 50-cc gasoline-powered bike), I was eager to take the GenZe 2.0 on a weekend-long test drive. Electric vehicles have a lot of… Read More... →

The New York Times is expanding its native ad studio with the acquisition of HelloSociety, a digital marketing agency owned by Science, Inc. Los Angeles-based Science both invest in startups and builds its own companies. It launched HelloSociety (which it owned outright) back in 2012 as an influencer analytics platform for Pinterest. Since then, it’s broadened beyond Pinterest to… Read More... →

Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Daniel Ilkovich, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, Friday March 11 at 1pm PT. Our LIVE chat during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Connect with our other show – G3 – on Facebook HERE …and G3’s archives on Ustream Read More... →

Sometimes, as games grow older, they begin to change and grow hair in strange places … or I think that’s what my health teacher said — I wasn’t paying attention. Fallout 4’s 1.4 update is live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and you can download it by booting up your console right now, according […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

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VB WEBINAR: Content marketing is an undisputed must-have in every marketer’s toolbox — but how do you stand out and reap ROI when we live in a world saturated with content in every channel?  Get the insights, tips and tricks you need to create a killer content marketing strategy that translates to real results. Register here for free. As consumers’ […]... →

While most people think about hashtags, marketing stunts and SoLoMo when they hear about the Interactive part of SXSW in Austin, this year is going to be a bit different as President Barack Obama is about to give a keynote at the event. The event should start at 2:40 PM in Austin (3:40 PM ET, 12:40 PM PT, 8:40 PM GMT). Read More... →

Instacart, the $2 billion grocery delivery startup that recently announced an extended partnership with Whole Foods, has slashed pay for its drivers and shoppers in major markets like San Francisco and Los Angeles, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today. Here’s a nugget from the email, obtained by TechCrunch, that Instagram sent to shoppers in the SF Bay Area: Instacart is… Read More... →

FEATURE: For the people who take pride in doing their own taxes, and on time, it’s getting easier to file your taxes straight from your mobile phone. For some of us, the thought of doing taxes on a phone can be intimidating. But if the process is made easy, it’s doable. Tax-filing apps like TurboTax simplify the task by letting you snap […]... →

YouTube is a beautifully weird world full of surprises. It turn’s out there’s a big community of TV show and movie reaction YouTubers out there. Some of them have hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of views. And yet, it seems like YouTube isn’t the right platform for this kind of videos due to copyright laws. Meet Riff, a New York-based startup that has found… Read More... →

After playing two rounds of Survios‘ Raw Data virtual reality shooter on the HTC Vive, I was sweating. The two-player cooperative demo is one of the first to show that VR can be a multiplayer experience, which could be a critical component in making VR take off as a more social experience. VR is expected […]... →

By now, the advantages of open source are there for all to see. When you give people access to the underlying code, good things happen. People find bugs and security holes. They make it better. They adapt it to different needs. They even build entire startup ecosystems on top of key projects. It’s become so ubiquitous in the private sector that the government has begun to see the light too. Read More... →

Microsoft today released a new tool that will make it easier for users of Evernote’s note-taking service to make the transition to rival application OneNote, a part of the Microsoft Office suite. The “OneNote Importer tool,” as the software is called, aims to address the switching costs that can hold back users from making a move to a competing platform. Microsoft even goes… Read More... →

Four pack ads, the death of toolbar Page Rank, search analytics data finally catching up, and a whole slew of ad blocking news… it’s been a busy week! Our communities have been discussing every one of these developments and more. And I’m here to deliver those discussions to you! Many of them are still quite active, so I hope you’ll join in if you feel the spirit move you! Opera... [Read More...] The post Ad Blocking, The Death of Page Rank, and More: Weekly Forum Update appeared first on Internet Marketing ... →

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is about to get an injection of new cards … and tentacles. Lots of tentacles. Whispers of the Old Gods is the collectible card game’s third expansion, Blizzard Entertainment revealed today, and players should get their dances with the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired devils toward the end of April or the beginning of May. […]... →

Are you ready for a world of assassination? Hitman debuts today as an episodic game where you can live out the fantasy of being Agent 47, a professional killer who goes to exotic places, dresses in tuxedos, drives fancy cars, and assassinates people without mercy. But this is a very different kind of Hitman, with […]... →