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Google выпустил новую версию приложения AdWords для Android. Среди основных нововведений: Запущен новый раздел «Оплата»: Добавлены данные о текущем остатке, история транзакций; Добавлена возможность редактировать профиль и изменять способы оплаты; Расширен набор столбцов в таблицах; Исправлены некоторые ошибки. В список метрик были добавлены данные по конверсии и показам. Порядок отображаемых метрик можно изменить. Для этого нужно нажать на нужный показатель и перетащить его вверх или вниз. Новый раздел «... →

Корпоративные клиенты МТС в России смогут купить у оператора флагманские модели смартфонов Samsung по символической цене в 1 рубль. Об этом в номере от 7 августа сообщает газета «Ведомости».... →

Lemonade Lab, which develops sensors for athletes, has scored $5.8 million led by a Foxconn subsidiary. The Boston- and Tokyo-based startup will form a strategic partnership with FIH Mobile, which provides manufacturing services for mobile device makers. Read More... →

Bing will start warning searchers before visiting unsafe online pharmacies selling counterfeit medication. The post Bing to Warn Searchers Against Buying Counterfeit Medication by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

An ad makes you enthusiastic for an upcoming app … but the app isn’t out yet. That “hurry up and wait” scenario is the target of a new “Reserve App” feature from games network WildTangent, announced this week and available in the fall. The viewer simply clicks the reserve button, and the app download is […]... →

Специалист в области поискового маркетинга и SEO Пол Шапиро (Paul Shapiro) разработал скрипт, который позволяет сохранять данные поисковой аналитики по сайту на собственном сервере. На днях он был обновлён и теперь использует новый Search Analytics API. Этим способом можно сохранить данные за период, превышающий 90 дней. Скрипт можно найти по ссылке. Ранее он использовал старый способ выгрузки данных в CSV-формате. Специалист отдела качества поиска Джон Мюллер (John Mueller) обратил внимание специалистов ... →

GUEST: In today’s competitive talent marketplace, it may seem impossible for a small tech startup to attract top notch engineers, especially with recent announcements like Netflix’s policy to allow unlimited maternity leave, but a little recruiting knowhow goes a long way. In today’s job market perks are the norm, with things like free food actually becoming […]... →

It feels like every other day: Another company raises a massive round of funding. We tend to assume that a company that’s raising money must be doing well. However, the truth is that venture capital funds’ incentives drive them to fund companies that should have folded long ago. These “zombie companies” are money pits, ultimately shrinking the returns of entire funds… Read More... →

Posted by randfishThere's no doubt that quite a bit has changed about SEO, and that the field is far more integrated with other aspects of online marketing than it once was. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand pushes back against the idea that effective modern SEO doesn't require any technical expertise, outlining a fantastic list of technical elements that today's SEOs need to know about in order to be truly effective. For reference, here's a still of this week's whiteboard. Click on it to open a high resol... →

If you’re like most politically minded Americans, you’ll be grabbing some popcorn and sitting down to watch the first Republican debate tonight at 9pm Eastern. With ten contenders, most of whom are masters at the art of making provocative and outrageous statements, and all of whom are desperate for the precious attention and donor dollars […]... →

Apple today went live with a newly designed website that emphasizes the shopping experience in all product areas. You will see no “Shop” button on the navigation bar at the top of the page. The features formerly under that tab have been integrated into the product pages. There’s also no more “store.apple.com” — no separate […]... →

Apple released a new beta version of its iOS 9 mobile operating system to developers today, and, among other things, it includes support for Wi-Fi calling from AT&T and Sprint. Cellular carriers are interested in allowing subscribers to make calls via Wi-Fi because it takes some pressure off already-overworked data networks. Subscribers like it because it […]... →

A redesign of Apple.com that went live today removed the standalone store tab, and the ‘store.apple.com’ domain entirely. This is an enormous change for one of the biggest online retail stores in the world. The buying experience is now woven into the the site as a whole, with purchasing buttons and options for products available on every product page. Instead of browsing for… Read More... →

iOS 9 finally kills off an endless source of frustration: getting stuck on WiFi networks that are just strong enough to connect to, but too weak to actually use. Read More... →

Mobile SDKs are, for most publishers, a necessary evil. Whether you’re trying to integrate analytics, cross-promotion, tracking, monetization or payments, your first step is most often to inject a third-party SDK into your codebase. This much-maligned piece of software drives developers, operations and marketers alike up the wall. Are SDKs quite the dirty word, though? Read More... →

Microsoft today announced the general availability of Azure Data Factory (ADF), a cloud service for data integration — the process of aggregating data from multiple sources, so that people can analyze it all later. “With ADF, existing data processing services can be composed into data pipelines that are highly available and managed in the cloud,” […]... →

We're all in the intellectual property business now. But as business people, how much do we enforce our rights when others infringe on them? Creative freelancers are thought of as service providers, but what they're really selling is their copyright in the work product they create for clients. This has special implications on both sides of the transaction. But the true area of confusion that persists is copyright when it comes to web content. Is attribution okay?... →

Nvidia released its second-quarter financial earnings today, reporting that while its overall revenue from graphics card processors was up 10 percent year-over-year, and earnings per share were above expectations. The biggest negatives: The cost of the Shield console recall and restructuring costs after dropping its Icera modem line. Nvidia couldn’t find a buyer for that business. […]... →

If you’re a developer, agency, or online video platform that lets users upload video content to share with their friends, one of the things you may worry about is how to make sure that it’ll render in high quality and also encode at a rapid pace. Should you be encountering this problem, Bitcodin wants to let […]... →

It’s a truism that all software has bugs and security holes. It’s another that license agreements invariably make software vendors immune to liability for damage or losses caused by such flaws. But, to my surprise, Black Hat’s founder and keynote speaker are arguing that software product liability, presumably mandated by governments, is inevitable. If they’re right,… Read More... →