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GUEST: Your doctor may not want your Fitbit numbers, or so read a recent VentureBeat story. Perhaps many of us doctors are working so hard to figure out how to get reimbursed by Obamacare that we don’t have the time to think about disruptive technologies. That’s a pity, as the Affordable Care Act – while transformative […]... →

SAN FRANCISCO — We’re about three months away from the release of the next chapter of Star Wars, and anticipation has been brewing. And what better way to continue the hype cycle than by giving fans the next best thing: toys. The Walt Disney Company is set to release a slew of toys, merchandise, and […]... →

Mozilla said today that it begin the roll out in New Zealand of its first public preview version of a Firefox browser for iOS. Mozilla says in a blog post today that the New Zealand preview allow it to collect feedback in one country, before getting feedback in “a few more” countries in front of a full public launch. […]... →

Posted by randfishWe all have it. The cruft. The low-quality, or even duplicate-content pages on our sites that we just haven't had time to find and clean up. It may seem harmless, but that cruft might just be harming your entire site's ranking potential. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand gives you a bit of momentum, showing you how you can go about finding and taking care of the cruft on your site. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video transcriptionHowdy... →

Google today announced that the main URL for the Google Calendar web app will be changing. In the next few weeks, it will transition from https://www.google.com/calendar/ to the simpler calendar.google.com. But don’t freak out! “Following the launch, the old Calendar url will simply redirect to the new one, so the overall impact of this change […]... →

The new documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief) offers a decidedly critical examination of Jobs’ life. The movie will debuts in theaters tomorrow, September 4. Here’s our exclusive clip of the movie, straight from the studio. Steve Jobs: The Man in the […]... →

Firefox is beginning to preview its iOS Firefox browser, rolling it out today for testing in New Zealand, according to a company blog post. The goal is for the company to gather data so that they are able to bring Firefox for iOS to the App Store for the rest of the globe “later this year.” Firefox specified in the blog post: Our goal is to create a great browsing experience for… Read More... →

Today we're expanding on our earlier blog post, Manual ad break playback in the IMA SDKs . One of the major benefits mentioned in that blog post is the ability to let your users skip ads they've already seen when they resume a video stream they previously suspended. We're going to show you how to implement that functionality. For the purposes of this demo, we'll be using the HTML5 SDK,... →

Facebook is giving its advertisers a better way to understand which campaigns are the most effective to help meet their goals. The social networking company is making updates to its Conversion Lift measurement tool enabling multiple Facebook Ads to be assessed against each other. But that’s not all, as advertisers can commission conversion lift studies to […]... →

Kano‘s crazy cool educational PC is about to get a bit more visual. Kano CEO Alex Klein tweeted out that the company has launched a pre-order for an HD display kit. Kano, which raised a $15M Series A in May, has been aiming to create an invaluable educational experience for kids by helping them get acquainted with how computers work through putting the kit together. The Raspberry… Read More... →

Google has added support for health conditions, now providing instant information on over 900 conditions. The post Google to Provide Instant Information on Over 900 Health Conditions by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Google has launched a dedicated Street View app, available on iOS and Android. The post Google Launches a Dedicated Street View App by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Not so long ago, the financial products maker Intuit said it wanted to be “the operating system for small business.” Today, it wants to be the operating system for all businesses — as long as they involve cloud-based accounting and tax services. Indeed, two weeks ago, Intuit announced the sale of three well-regarded businesses — Quicken, Quickbase, and… Read More... →

The new iPhone 6S — as we expect it to be called — is by no means a surefire hit. Like every other phone launched into the market, the new iPhone 6 will have to contain some legit improvements over its predecessor, the iPhone 6. The new iPhones will be announced at a press event […]... →

Facebook is unveiling an improved version of its Conversion Lift measurement tool, which first launched in January. Here’s the gist of what’s changing. Previously, Facebook allowed you to measure whether your ad campaign was actually improving online and offline sales. Now, you can also test different ads to find the best approach. “When we’ve gotten feedback on the… Read More... →

SEATTLE — When Microsoft announced a few years ago it would reboot the Killer Instinct fighting game, fans were ecstatic. The original game came out in 1996, but now it would come out as a free-to-play game on the Xbox One video game console. But Shannon Loftis, general manager of Microsoft Global Games Publishing, said […]... →

Amazon announced this afternoon that it’s acquiring Elemental Technologies, a backend mobile video service It’s paying around $500 million in cash for the company, according to a new report from The Information. (Subscription required.) Amazon didn’t immediately return a phone call or email request for comment about that figure. The deal was orchestrated by… Read More... →

Sometimes inspiration overcomes planning. For this episode, The Showrunner hosts Jerod Morris and Jon Nastor had planned to cover an entirely different topic. Luckily, the record button had been hit during their pre-call discussion, so they decided to roll with it. This conversation goes deep and was entirely unplanned, but it became a revelation for the two of them, and they think that it will do the same for you. In this episode,... →

Public cloud provider Amazon Web Services today announced that it has acquired Elemental Technologies, a startup with video processing services to repurpose traditional video content into digital formats. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but a report from The Information earlier today pegged the deal at $500 million. AWS, a fast-growing division of Amazon.com and […]... →

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