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Apple Maps is now used “three times as often” as Google Maps on iPhones and iPads, according to a report on Monday by the Associated Press (via The Boston Globe). In total, the mapping service is seeing “more than five billion map-related requests each week,” it said. Apple has been steadily improving its maps experience since […]... →

Медиахолдинг отчитался об обнадеживающих результатах своей работы... →

Телеком-оператор готовится представить собственный мессенджер... →

The technology industry’s innovators, entrepreneurs and investors need to take a deep look at the potential presented across the Hispanic community and more broadly in underserved and diverse populations that are too often ignored. Read More... →

Reuters — China’s first mind-controlled car has been developed by researchers in the north-east port city of Tianjin. Chinese researchers have developed what they say is the country’s first car that uses nothing but brain power to drive. The research team from Nankai University, in the north-eastern Chinese port city of Tianjin, has spent two […]... →

Replacing a founder-CEO is no small matter. The founder-CEO is the core around which a startup grows. Replacing that “core” is a highly divisive and hotly debated topic in startup and VC circles. Ideally, the founder-CEO takes the startup to its exit — but history shows that most founder-CEOs are replaced, voluntarily or involuntarily, within the first 3-5 years. Read More... →

Trump, Trump, Trump. I know, you’re probably tired of hearing about him but he just won’t go away…and it’s not even really full-on election season yet. One of his latest Twitter barks (and there have been many) was at CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos: The @washingtonpost, which loses a fortune, is owned by @JeffBezos for purposes of keeping taxes down at his no profit… Read More... →

Posted by John-HenryDigital marketing is a pretty introverted industry. This tends to make us a bit hesitant to embrace sales and outbound selling. There’s no beating around the bush: Sales can be difficult, scary, uncomfortable, and awkward — but if you want to grow your client base, it may require getting out of your comfort zone. Image via Quinn Dombrowski Sales has a bad rap, especially with digital marketers. Even Moz’s founder frequently expresses how much he dislikes outbound. Let’s make one thing cl... →

As Alphabet continues to rejigger their company structure, one of the teams left under the Alphabet umbrella has gotten itself a new moniker, according to Stat News. According to the Dictionary, Verily means “in truth; really; indeed.” In an intro video, the team discusses what it’s working on: More to come. Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: This webinar is now available on demand. Listen right here for free. “The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.'” That fantastic quote from American writer Orison Swett Marden has served as a vital tip for marketers on how to sell. With the volume of data available today, […]... →

IBM today announced the beta availability of Object Storage, a new storage service on its Bluemix cloud. The release definitely has a late feel to it, considering that the market leader in the public cloud business, Amazon Web Services, announced a comparable service nearly 10 years ago — in March 2006. Not that IBM had […]... →

Airbnb has confirmed it has raised $1.5 billion in new funding for its on-demand accommodation platform. The company disclosed the new investment in an SEC filing today and gives it a reported valuation of around $25 billion, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world (at least on paper), next to Xiaomi […]... →

Google Life Sciences, a company under the Alphabet umbrella right alongside the “classic” Google, is getting a new name: Verily. Andy Conrad, the head of Google Life Sciences — which spun out of the Google X lab earlier this year — briefed Boston Globe Media’s website Stat on the name change. You can find the […]... →

Шеф-редактор русскоязычного «Живого журнала» Павел Пряников покинет свой пост спустя три месяца после назначения. Об этом vc.ru сообщили в пресс-службе холдинга Rambler&Co, который владеет платформой ЖЖ.... →

Back in June, the WSJ reported that Airbnb had raised a massive $1.5 billion round of funding. Today, the company confirmed those reports by way of SEC filing. The total offering and sold amount is $1,499,937,904.00 for those keeping score. Airbnb’s valuation is now at or above $25 billion, which is just staggering. It sounds like Airbnb is going to focus on strengthening itself… Read More... →

Менеджмент требовал подтягивать значения KPI, а команда Пряникова просто пыталась возродить «старый ЖЖ».... →

Disrupt London Day One was a smashing success, and included speaking appearances from Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United, former Arsenal footballer and sports broadcaster Thierry Henry (yep, there was plenty of football on our stage), Postmates’ Bastian Lehmann, and a host of investors from Sonali De Rycker to Andy McLoughlin to David Hornik. But the magic truly begins when the… Read More... →

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...... →

Pretty soon, you’ll be able to strap on a headset and spend a day immersed in the life of almost anyone on earth. Want to be Kanye West for a few hours, performing for a crowd of tens of thousands or hanging out with your beautiful family? Just pop on a pair of virtual reality goggles and get ready to live a superstar’s life. Of course, virtual reality (VR) can be used for much… Read More... →

Агентство digital-маркетинга Another Point запустило рекламную кампанию для China Southern Airlines... →