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If you’re anything like me you understand the power of Arduino but are stymied by limitations of education, imagination, or wireless connectivity to implement it into your own life. Thanks to the LightBlue Bean+, however, one of those roadblocks has been torn down. The Bean+ is basically an Arduino board that can be programmed via Bluetooth LE. Not unlike the Particle boards, this… Read More... →

Apple is offering iPhone 6+ owners the opportunity to replace the iSight camera on their device for free, after the U.S. company found that “a small percentage” of models produce blurry images. Read More... →

Most U.S. consumer Internet companies have a hard time breaking into China. Cultural differences and the Internet firewall are a huge barrier to entry. Even tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter have pulled out or found themselves on the wrong side of the Chinese firewall. So how did Coursera, a relatively young company, achieve this significant milestone? Read More... →

GUEST: He talks too loudly on the phone, gossips about his coworkers, cuts colleagues off in meetings, and takes the food in the office refrigerator that’s clearly labeled for someone else. The office jerk. If you’ve spent any time in a work environment, you’ve probably run across this low-EQ individual. Characteristics may include lack of self-awareness, […]... →

Six months after the deal giving Twitter access to Google's "firehose" of data generated by Tweets, Tweets have started to appear in search results.... →

Recently I was reminded of an article from a bit ago titled, " 2013: The Year of Affiliate Attribution? " It's an interesting take and worthwhile read for those interested in affiliate marketing and the associated measurement challenges. Given that we are now midway into 2014, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at progress to date towards realizing a more holistic and accurate view of affiliate performance as part of a comprehensive cross-channel strategy.... →

China recently published its GDP growth for Q1 of 2015 at 7 percent. While this figure is drastically lower than the double-digit growth seen in previous years, it has still attracted foreign companies to invest and enter into the Chinese technology market. As a result, salary and compensation packages for executives at Chinese tech companies are approaching those of Silicon Valley, and… Read More... →

We’ve pretty much all been there: you hand your phone to a friend to show them a picture. They look at the photo, they chuckle… and then they casually swipe to the next photo in your camera roll like it ain’t no thing. NO. BAD FRIEND! BAD! This app slaps their wrist in a mostly harmless way: by snapping a surprise selfie of your friend’s nosy-ass face when they try… Read More... →

Six months after the deal giving Twitter access to Google's "firehose" of data generated by Tweets, Tweets have started to appear in search results.... →

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. Fyber raises $169M in convertible bond to expand mobile advertising business Fyber has raised as much as 150 million euros, or $169 million, in a convertible bond to continue the company’s expansion into the […]... →

Холдинг Mail.Ru Group, Агентство инновационного развития Республики Мордовия и Мордовский государственный университет имени Н. П. Огарева откроют в Саранске IT-школу.  Обучение в школе бесплатное, ориентировано на получение практических навыков дополнительного образования в области мобильной разработки. Курс продлится  полтора года. В программу обучения войдут веб- и мобильная разработка, системы управления базами данных, тестирование, Java и ряд других дисциплин. Также курс будет включать тренинги по разви... →

Inspirational women. A surreal theme park. And a third-party candidate we can all get behind. This week had a little of everything"read on for a look at the top topics on Google Search. Top tabs Lieutenant Shaye Haver and Lieutenant Kristen Griest are the first women to break a major gender barrier and graduate from the rigorous Army Ranger School this week. The course is known for its tough physical challenges and a high dropout rate ,... →

Welcome back friends, we are here to cap off the week, taking a look at the biggest stories in the process. This time ’round, our coterie was helmed by none other than TechCrunch’s own Sarah Lane. Megan Rose Dickey and myself rounded out the quorum. On the docket today is Amazon’s controversial corporate culture, the massive Ashley Madison hacks, and news that Uber will… Read More... →

Don’t say we never did anything for you. We’re offering an extension on the early-bird pricing for a limited time. You have just one more week to get your Disrupt SF (September 21-23) tickets and save $1,000. Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: You have to watch what you say at a party. A conversation at shindig at the recent Casual Connect game conference has led Machine Zone, the maker of the top-grossing Game of War: Fire Age mobile game, to file a trade secret theft lawsuit against mobile gaming rival Kabam. The parties dispute what happened at […]... →

The second startup participating in the New York Daily News’ Innovation Lab began at the Daily News itself. Optimera was founded by Keith Candiotti (pictured above), the ad operations manager at the Daily News.  Candiotti joined the newspaper last year, where his team has been working to implement new ad technologies like real-time bidding and programmatic buying. Read More... →

The U.K.'s data privacy watchdog has ordered Google to remove search links to news articles about Right to be Forgotten link removals.... →

Dropbox is perhaps one of the companies in the toughest position in Silicon Valley right now. The company has been a darling in the eyes of the tech industry, rising to a $10 billion valuation as of last year. But since then, the company has found its online storage business under attack from all sides from giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft. There are dozens of questions for… 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...... →

Dropbox has released the source code for its Hackpad collaborative note-taking application under an open-source license. Dropbox acquired Hackpad in April 2014. About a year later the team behind Hackpad informed users that the code would become available under an open-source license “in the next few weeks.” When that didn’t happen right away, some people […]... →