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IBM today is announcing new ways for business users to easily explore and visualize company data with its Watson Analytics cloud-based big data analytics tool. Now the service will have new connectors to draw on data in several cloud services and on-premises databases, as well as new Expert Storybooks to point out trends hidden in […]... →

Amazon has discontinued Destinations, an online service for making hotel reservations. If you go to the Amazon Destinations website, you’ll see the news: “Effective October 13, 2015, Amazon Destinations stopped selling hotel reservations,” Amazon states on the site. Today is October 13, so this is news. The Seattle Times first reported it. Amazon elaborates on […]... →

After the news this morning that Twitter will lay off 366 people (8 percent of its work force), we began looking for information to add a “Why” to the “What.” We found that it’s all about the power structure within Twitter. Re/code reported last Friday, and a letter from CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed today, that Twitter is […]... →

Facebook's video experience has been designed to more closely resemble YouTube than ever before. The post Facebook Enhances Video with Multitasking, Suggested Vids, and More by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

If you wanted to see Hillary Clinton defend her email server in 3D, you’re in luck. CNN and NextVR are teaming up Tuesday night to make you feel like you’re sitting in the audience at the Democratic debate. Though CNN broadcast the Republican debate earlier this year in virtual reality, Tuesday will mark the first time viewers will be able to stream a debate using the… Read More... →

Starting today on the Pinterest app for iOS, place Pins will be able to provide directions to pinned locations via Google Maps. The post Google Maps Comes to Pinterest Via Integration With Place Pins by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Posted by RobBeirneWe need to talk about bounce rate. Now, before I begin ranting, I'd just like to put on the record that bounce rate can, in certain cases, be a useful metric that can, when viewed in the context of other metrics, give you insights on the performance of the content on your website. I accept that. However, it is also a metric which is often misinterpreted and is, in a lot of cases, misleading. We've gone on the record with our thoughts on bounce rate as a metric, but it's still something th... →

SAN FRANCISCO — Change has been a big part of Anatoly Rapatov’s life. He shared with a GamesBeat 2015 audience today about how moved across several companies in the Eastern European game development sphere before landing in his current position as CEO at GameInsight. Those valuable experiences have given him a unique perspective on being able to keep up […]... →

As on-demand businesses like Uber and Instacart grow quickly, so too do the B2B startups that service their wider ecosystem. In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed with several sources that Checkr — which runs background checks and vets potential hires by way of an API for the likes of Uber, Instacart and Handy, and other fast-growing startups like Zenefits… Read More... →

Venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has brought in a slew of new hires (and made some promotions) to its investment team, including the addition of alumni Eric Feng. Other notables include naming Arielle Zuckerberg associate partner — many may recognize her as the sister of Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, but she’s cut her […]... →

SAN FRANCISCO — We’ve waited months to find out more about Nintendo’s push into mobile gaming, but we may learn all about it in the near future. Nintendo will soon announce its first mobile game, according to what DeNA West chief executive officer Shintaro Asako said onstage today at GamesBeat 2015. He didn’t provide any specifics, but […]... →

On September 18, 2015, Comcast reached a $33 million settlement over claims that it published personal information of more than 75,000 customers — even though those customers had specifically paid a fee for their information to be kept private. As a consequence, the company will pay a $100 compensation to each victim. This case is particularly interesting because, for the first time,… Read More... →

SAN FRANCISCO — Graeme Devine is no stranger to creating revolutionary gaming experiences, having worked on pioneering CD-ROM multimedia games The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour. His current ventures with Florida-based company Magic Leap, however, may prove to be even more important to the gaming medium in the long run: the development of what […]... →

There are plenty of people who’d happily become shareholders in companies like Apple and Facebook if the process of buying stock were simpler. They are plenty of people who’d prefer to give the gift of stock but who hand out money or retailers’ gift cards for the same reason. Stockpile, a five-year-old, 15-person Palo Alto, Ca.-based brokerage services firm has a solution… Read More... →

SAN FRANCISCO — For Emily Greer, the cofounder and CEO of indie game portal Kongregate, microtransactions is a misnomer to describe the in-app purchases that gamers make. The revenues that it has derived from the sale of virtual goods have been anything but minor. Greer shared how Kongregate transformed itself into a lucrative free-to-play gamesite […]... →

NEW YORK (By Andrew Chung, Reuters) – Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Tuesday found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips found in many of its most popular devices. The jury in Madison, Wisconsin […]... →

In a discussion with TechCrunch last week, Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand and CFO Michael Sullivan, detailed the company’s financial performance, including its forward projections. The company, known for its identity management, multi-factor authentication and single sign-on tools also noted that it has seen growth in revenue share from newer products, and that it has transitioned… Read More... →

When the Surface Book, Microsoft’s new laptop-hybrid was announced, the most expensive version quickly sold out on the company’s own online store. Now, every variant is unavailable on the online Microsoft store in the United States. That’s notable, given the device’s high price point — the Surface Book starts at $1,499. The Surface Book was a surprise release… Read More... →

Facebook connects 1.5 billion people all over the world, but for the blind and visually impaired, it can be difficult to gain access to what has become a vast platform for connectivity. That’s where Facebook’s accessibility team, led by Jeff Wieland, comes in. The sole purpose of the accessibility team is to help people with disabilities have a seamless experience on Facebook,… Read More... →

SAN FANCISCO –  For two years, Nexon has been looking for game companies that share its free-to-play philosophy. The search ended with new partnerships with Warner Bros. and Lego to create a Lego massively multiplayer online role-playing game as well as with Square Enix to bring Final Fantasy XI to mobile. But the search for […]... →