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С 1 ноября 2015 года страницы с межстраничной рекламой установки приложений, скрывающей существенный объём контента при переходе со страниц результатов поиска Google перестали считаться дружественными к мобильным устройствам. Об этом объявил специалист по качеству поиска Google Андрей Липатцев на своей странице в Goolge+. Нововведение призвано позволить пользователям ещё быстрее находить интересующее их содержимое на страницах сайтов. Вместо полностраничных межстраничных объявлений Google рекомендует вебма... →

Over 230 tech entrepreneurs have written to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to continue welcoming skilled immigrants to the UK. The government’s Migration Advisory Committee is currently reviewing the Tier 2 visa system, which is the main visa route for skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area. The committee is expected to report […]... →

Operation KKK, an Anonymous-led effort to shut down the Ku Klux Klan, has begun in earnest. The main Twitter account is reporting that many KKK-related sites are down after concerted hacking efforts and that more are to come as they prepare for an action called HoodsOff on November 5. The Ku Klux Klan is classified as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law… Read More... →

Allocating startup capital is hard — but more importantly, it’s key to successfully raising your next round. Which tools are founders using to build a strategic financial plan? With cash in the bank, a founder’s job is to time growth, metrics and money to validate a thesis and raise another round. How strategic is this budgeting process in practice, and what are founders… Read More... →

If you’re looking to drive an electric car powered almost entirely by renewable energy, we have a vacation destination in mind. Islands in the remote Scottish Hebrides archipelago get plenty of wind, and some are making use of it with renewable-energy infrastructure. And the power generated by that infrastructure will now be used for a […]... →

Airbnb has spent more than $8 million and hired a top political operative to defeat a San Francisco initiative on the ballot Tuesday that could threaten the growth of one of the most valuable global technology companies.... →

It might sound obvious, but if you’re hoping that mom will want to hop into virtual reality while you make her drag around a bunch of ugly ass (and dangerous) wires, it probably won’t happen. That’s why Oculus is doing projects like its partnership with Samsung on the Gear VR. It makes virtual reality mobile. When the latest iteration was announced, our own Josh Constine… Read More... →

Posted by ImprezzioMarketingLocal SEO can be confusing for those businesses that don’t have a physical store for customers to walk into. Unlike businesses with a brick-and-mortar storefront, service-area businesses (or SABs) go out to meet with their customers, as opposed to their customers coming to see them. This often results in them servicing multiple cities, which can be problematic—the #1 ranking factor in local SEO is the physical address of the business. In addition, business owners are also usually... →

Google, Facebook, eBay and Yahoo filed court papers backing Spokeo, a people search website.... →

When it comes to computer science, millions of girls are being left out of the conversation. Despite earning the majority of bachelor's degrees in the U.S., women earn fewer than 20 percent of computer science degrees, with serious implications for our economy and for women at large. The problem of getting girls more interested in tech has many sources,... →

When it comes to computer science, millions of girls are being left out of the conversation. Despite earning the majority of bachelor's degrees in the U.S., women earn fewer than 20 percent of computer science degrees, with serious implications for our economy and for women at large. The problem of getting girls more interested in tech has many sources,... →

Alphabet, which backs diversity in all facets of technology, is helping to shed light on a specific project…a film called “CODEGIRL“. It comes via filmmaker Lesley Chilcott, who you might be familiar with from her work on “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Waiting for Superman” As an extension of Google’s “Made With Code” project, the… Read More... →

GUEST: At Adobe’s customer conference last March, a banner on stage read, “Marketing beyond marketing.” It’s true that Adobe, with its Marketing Cloud and Adobe Experience Manager, owns the high end of marketing and experience software for major consumer brands. Its aggressive investment and focus is paying off. Forrester’s research shows that Adobe’s experience manager revenue is twice that of its competitors. But […]... →

Porch, one of the many companies positioning themselves to be the go-to place for “home services,” has laid off 90 members of its staff according to Geekwire. We’ve reached out to Porch for a statement. The company has raised $98.85M to date in 3 rounds. Their competitors include Amazon, Angie’s List, Pro.com and HomeAdvisor, just to name a few. We just covered… Read More... →

GUEST: We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all, talent – people – who give us products to sell. The cybersecurity industry in particular is feeling the effects of an inadequate talent pipeline, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that 209,000 […]... →

Gartner’s annual report in 2008 was titled “Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies.” This was the first year the IT and technology research firm’s annual report mentioned augmented reality (AR). In it, Gartner estimated that AR was “more than 10 years” from mainstream adoption. Read More... →

GUEST: The Internet of Things stands as one of the largest economic opportunities in the world. But it’s not just about consumer devices. Some of the biggest breakthroughs are taking place behind the scenes in factories, farms, and industrial sites to optimize production or increase energy efficiency. The opportunity for IoT in industry, however, is also […]... →

In another week or so, AngelPad, a five-year-old incubator that chooses roughly a dozen startups to coach over a three-month period twice a year, will be hosting an invitation-only “demo day” for a couple hundred angels and VCs in San Francisco. Likely, the investors are already looking forward to it. AngelPad has funded 115 companies to date, including its current cohort, and half… Read More... →

Nexon is a pioneer of free-to-play online games in Asia, and it wants to break into the West in a big way. A couple of years ago, the Tokyo-based, South Korean-born company appointed Owen Mahoney, a former Electronic Arts executive from the U.S., as its CEO. And he has been on a quest to sign up as […]... →

Is Snapchat, the brazen baby of the major social media platforms, slowly killing the hashtag? It looked that way yesterday, when for Halloween, Instagram curated content in a special feed for users who wished to view Halloween-based content from their friends and others, reports Wired. This normally wouldn’t be a very big deal, and on its own, it isn’t. However, Twitter… Read More... →