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Here’s a funny reality. Despite the steady rise of e-commerce since the 1990s, we still stroll through malls and shops. Even with one-click ordering and overnight delivery, we purchase many of our day-to-day products and services locally and offline. A big reason we do so is that shopping engages us with the wider world. Read More... →

DFJ, the renowned Sand Hill Road Firm, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. At the same time, its low-flying, later-stage offshoot, DFJ Growth, is turning 10. This week, we caught up with DFJ Growth cofounder Randy Glein to understand how closely related or not the two remain, how the firm is feeling about the shaky late-stage market, and whether his team of five general… Read More... →

The latest batch of Techstars New York startups graduated today. They will now move on to try and conquer the startup scene. Aside from the ideas that were showcased, one of the biggest highlights was the large number of women present. Roughly 30 percent of the CEO’s presenting their ideas were women, or four out of the 14 presenters. That number is […]... →

George “geohot” Hotz just won’t go away, and big tech corporations are very likely annoyed about that. It shows that young hackers can grow up to be slightly older hackers who are still thorns in the sides of the establishment. The 26-year-old hacker came back into the news this week as he unveiled a self-driving […]... →

Apple launched a redesigned version of its Mac in Business site this week as its love affair with IBM continued to develop. As the name implies, the site showcases Apple’s enterprise acumen and the new design focuses on Apple’s strengths in business. The overall site highlights the kinds of things you would expect in an Apple marketing piece like the symbiotic… Read More... →

Posted by willcritchlowYou may have heard the term "AMPs" thrown around lately. What exactly are Accelerated Mobile Pages, what do they mean for search, and how can you prepare for it all? In this week's British Whiteboard Friday, Will Critchlow and Tom Anthony of Distilled lay out all the important details. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab!Video TranscriptionTom: Howdy, Moz fans, and welcome to British Whiteboard Friday. We're filming this in the London HQ ... →

Today Dell subsidiary SecureWorks filed to go public, showing expanding revenue, and ramping losses. Dell, then a public company, acquired SecureWorks in 2011 for a reported $612 million. TechCrunch reported in October that SecureWorks had filed for an IPO privately. The company’s S-1 filing, released today, fits into that timing. Before we get into the numbers, keep in mind the… Read More... →

Posted by Liam_CurleyThis article highlights a direct marketing campaign we launched at Supremo. Yes, old-fashioned direct marketing may well be the devil, but I wanted to put this forward to the community because I think the campaign can be recycled for PR and outreach campaigns, too.Before I get into the details of what we did, it’s probably good to start with who we are and why we launched this campaign. Supremo is made up three directors, each of whom has a different strong suit: marketing, design and d... →

Vine has launched a new channel that’s designed to aid in discovery of great videos and users the company thinks you might like. The service’s algorithm will provide you with videos it thinks matches your interests, which is perhaps akin to a Suggested User List, but specifically with Vines. “Our home feeds on Vine are […]... →

Two quick hits from the world of Microsoft before you head off and plunge your upper body in eggnog: A new Windows 10 Mobile build is out for users on both the Fast and Slow rings of the Insider program, and, if you are a regular Windows Phone user running 8.1, you won’t get new code until the new year, a retread of prior timing promises. In sequence, I think. Out today is the… Read More... →

Slack has officially released its Do Not Disturb mode to its 2 million daily active users, giving them more control over when they want to receive notifications from the system. You can specify how long you want to remain in this mode. Once enabled, all notifications and associated sounds will be muted on any device and […]... →

Note-taking app company Evernote today delivered some sad news for users of the image annotation app Skitch. The iOS, Android, and Windows versions of Skitch will be going away on January 22. The Mac version will continue to be available. In addition to the Skitch purge, Evernote is killing off its Clearly browser extension for […]... →

If you’re a Vine user then you know that finding new clips can be difficult. I rely mostly on my network to surface really funny Loops, but the team wants to make it easier for you. Today it has introduced a new channel within the app called “For you.” Here’s what Vine had to say about it today: Our home feeds on Vine are filled with posts from the accounts we follow… Read More... →

In the latest episode of “holy shit, how is this guy not in jail…oh, he is…cool”, the FBI was forced to make a statement about today’s arrest of Martin Shkreli for securities fraud. In case you don’t know, Shkreli acquired an unreleased album by the popular rap group Wu-Tang Clan for $2M. There is only one copy of “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”… Read More... →

Yesterday, the California DMV posted a draft of proposed regulations for self-driving vehicles. Obviously, Google was waiting to see what came down and now that they’ve had some time to look through it all, their head of the Self-Driving unit, Chris Urmson, has responded with a Medium post. Since these regulations are in draft form, the long back and forth between companies and the… Read More... →

Collecting genome data is reliable, fast and cheap. Yet, interpreting that data is unreliable, slow, and expensive — when it’s even possible. Today, genome interpretation is a burgeoning science, but it’s not yet a technology. A stricken patient has their genes sequenced and their mutations identified. But then, it can take a highly trained, and highly paid, expert many hours… Read More... →

Breitling, maker of fine watches for people who fly airplanes (or would like to fly airplanes), has just released the Exospace B55, a smartwatch that can relay messages from your phone and includes a high-end quartz movement with advanced timing features. This isn’t a smart watch per se so I’m calling it a “notification” watch or notiwatch. Go ahead and laugh. Anyway,… Read More... →

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are relatively new concepts in the U.K., but it would seem that the Brits have taken them to heart. These two retail-frenzy behemoths were imported thanks to the strength, and will, of the likes of Amazon and Walmart (who own the supermarket chain Asda in the U.K.). But it appears that […]... →

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Gamers are having troubles getting their Xbox One to function. Xbox Live is experiencing an intermittent outage, according to a number of complaints on social media. People are reporting issues connecting to online multiplayer games as well as certain primarily single-player adventures that require a constant connection to a third-party server. This is affecting games […]... →