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Following the bell, Rackspace announced its third quarter financial results, including revenue of $509 million, and earnings per share of $0.26. The market had expected Rackspace to report $0.20 in per-share profit off revenue of $503.08 million. Down nearly four points in regular trading, the company has swayed both positive and negative following its earnings announcement; investors, it… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

People often ask me how I went from building multiple companies in ad tech, music tech, data analytics and mobile advertising to being a lending fund manager. It didn’t happen overnight. In fact, it was almost a decade in the making. Here’s my story, and why I fell in love with P2P lending as an investment. Read More... →

In this episode of Youpreneur.FM, host Chris Ducker shares some truths about why he put a membership site together, the lessons he's learned along the way, and why entrepreneurs may want to consider launching a membership site. What is the holy grail of online business? It is membership sites. Over the last few years,... →

This week's SEJ Wrap-Up is about techniques in promoting an Angular-based website and how to get rid of referrer spam. The post SEJ Wrap-Up: SEO + Angular JS: Are You Killing Your SEO Efforts? And How to Get Rid of Referral Spam by @megcabrera appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Facebook is deploying a new way to help you share your photos with friends through its Messenger app. Called “Photo Magic”, it’ll scan through your most recent photos, use facial recognition to find out who’s in them, and prompt you to send the image right to associated individuals. This capability is said to be already […]... →

We are busy and lazy, so we forget to send friends the photos we take of them. But Facebook Messenger’s newest feature Photo Magic scans your newly taken photos with facial recognition, and immediately notifies you with an option to send pics to friends that are in them. The test is rolling out in Australia today on Android and later this week on iOS. “What we’ve seen is… Read More... →

You only have so much energy; where are you choosing to spend it? Listen to Editor-in-Chief and take a fun self-assessment. Plus, you'll learn why physical notebooks with lined paper are the best tools for keeping you grounded and productive. In this 21-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief,... →

Journalist Zak Stone recently published a gripping, thought-provoking account of his father’s death while staying at an Airbnb rental in Texas. As told by Stone, his family was staying together for Thanksgiving when his father decided to try the rope swing in the yard. The tree trunk that the swing was tied to snapped in half, “immediately ending most of his brain… Read More... →

A judge in Belgium has ordered Facebook to stop tracking Internet users, specifically those who don’t have an account due to apparent lack of consent. The court warned that failure to do so within the next 48 hours could result in fines of up to $269,000 a day (250,000 euros). Not surprisingly, the social networking […]... →

Only about 6 percent of the country’s biggest cities are planning for or thinking about autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars in their long-range transportation plans, according to the National League of Cities. What’s even more surprising is that only 3 percent of these cities’ transit plans are even taking into account the impact of ride-hailing companies like Uber… Read More... →

Основатель и UI/UX-дизайнер сервиса аренды жилья Sharehome Павел Багро опубликовал на сайте о дизайне «Дизайн-кабак» материал об истории брендинга, а также привел ряд примечательных фактов о создании логотипов, ребрендинге и рекламных кампаниях Malboro, Chupa Chups, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo и Coca-Cola. Редакция vc.ru публикует заметку с разрешения автора.... →

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Birchbox, Spotify, HBO NOW, newspapers, box of the month clubs, meal services, and more: The rise of subscription-based commerce means consumers now pay for a number of items on a recurring basis. But even a few dollars spent here and there have a way of adding up, and eating into your household’s budget. A new startup called Trim wants to help you… Read More... →

At 25 years old, Monica Leonelle realized that she could use a book to get a job. Then later realized that her book could turn into highly paid speaking gigs. Then realized that she could write even more books, quit her job, and become a full-time authorpreneur. Want to know how she did it? In this episode of Authorpreneur,... →

We are in the midst of a tectonic shift in enterprise technology as the cloud has an ever-growing impact on how businesses provision infrastructure and software. Established vendors used to selling copious amounts of hardware and software have been experimenting with various strategies to deal with a rapidly changing marketplace. This has taken several forms including getting bigger,… Read More... →

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a test case on privacy in the digital age on Monday, declining to decide whether police need to obtain search warrants to...... →

Microsoft’s new facial recognition tool is out to judge your facial hair. The machine learning-based project comes just in time for Movember. The website, called MyMoustache.net, is designed to guess a person’s beard length. Facial hair is reviewed and rated as either ‘nostache’, ‘getting there’, and ‘ultimate mo.’ Here’s how Microsoft describes the project: We started with a […]... →

The Obama Administration has launched a Facebook page around the office of the Presidency. The page has already been verified by the social networking company and will center around the president’s wish to communicate directly with the public. President Obama’s first post included a video where he gave a quick tour of the White House […]... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. H2O.ai raises $30M round led by Paxion Capital Partners Machine learning developer H2O announced today that it took in a $20 million series B funding round.  Paxion Capital Partners and Nexus Venture Partners led […]... →

The social media has been around for a while but it doesn’t mean we all agree what is acceptable and what’s not. I’ve seen many people claiming that if there’s an option to do something, it must be acceptable. For example, “Blame Linkedin: They allow you to mass-email a connection invite to all your email contacts…” Now, as the one who once did that (i.e. mass-email all my Gmail contacts),... [Read More...] The post Social Media Etiquette: If There’s an Option, It Doesn’t Mean It’s a Good Idea appeared firs... →