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After holding a rally two weeks ago to protest the NYC bill that would severely limit the amount of drivers Uber and other ridesharing companies could add to their platforms, Uber has made another move that is sure to get the attention of New Yorkers. The company just added a “de Blasio’s Uber” feature, now available for over 2 million NYC users that will either always show… Read More... →

Twitter обновил меню настроек, добавив новую панель управления «Ваши данные в Twitter». Нововведение позволяет пользователям отслеживать активность по аккаунту и управлять его данными. Новая панель доступна в меню настроек на twitter.com. Она даёт возможность просмотреть историю входов на сайт и устройства, к которым пользователь подключен в настоящий момент. Он также сможет увидеть активность приложений, которым ранее был открыт доступ к аккаунту. «Панель управления «Ваши данные в Twitter» содержит детал... →

Cheaper clicks and mobilegeddon are factors in the increased growth on smartphones, despite CPC's overall decline. CTR, on the other hand, has grown a lot YoY, particularly on Facebook.... →

Как "Яндекс", Mail.ru Group и Rambler отчитались перед Роскомнадзором о готовности выполнять закон о персональных данных.... →

Anyone can sign up for Facebook Messenger without having to log in using their account. The social networking company is opening this feature up globally.... →

Fresh from raising $2 billion in new funding, Didi Kuaidi — China’s most popular taxi hailing service — has expanded into a new form of transportation: buses. Read More... →

Depending on your perspective, Reddit’s either in a pickle — or it’s a billowing garbage fire. Leave the most horrible content up and it will continue to facilitate hatred while seeing bad press, spooked advertisers, and disgusted users fleeing the site. Ban it and move away from the free speech many thought Reddit stood for, and it could see an exodus of hardcore users and… Read More... →

We know tracking your progress and metrics are important, but how do you measure your business in a way that enables you to make good business decisions? Find out in this episode of The Mainframe ' In this episode, Chris Garrett and Tony Clark discuss: Why a lot of the key metrics people talk about will be no help to you How to track your business in a way that will provide a good return on investment Why you always have to focus on one element of the ARC approach,... →

Rumors that Microsoft would sell Windows 10 on USB drives have been circulating for months, with the company refusing to comment officially on what the deal was. Today, pre-order pages showed up on Amazon: Microsoft Windows 10 Home for $119.99, Microsoft Windows 10 Pro in English and Spanish for $199.99. We reached out to Microsoft […]... →

The Apple Watch was released in April, but many still struggle to understand why this watch could become a useful device. Do we need another screen in our lives? With today’s four new ads, Apple provides many different answers. The Watch is a fitness device, a device to save time and a great travel companion. Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Codeship, a startup that offers a web-based continuous delivery service for testing and then deploying code, is launching today a new Organizations service tier that will help companies specify exactly what each employee can do in Codeship. Also today, Codeship is announcing that more than 20,000 developers are actively using the service — twice as […]... →

In this Digital Marketing Depot webcast join experts Cody Cahill, Joe Oliver, Jon Ball, and Nicholas Chimonas from Page One Power as they discuss how you can make the most of your link acquisition and content marketing efforts.You’ll learn how to improve your content ranking by identifying... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.... →

Brad Hargreaves, who co-founded General Assembly to re-think vocational education for a fast-changing and tech-laden job market, is switching from the world of work into housing. He’s started a new company, Common, that’s offering flexible shared housing by the room in major U.S. cities. They took $7.35 million from Maveron with participation from Lowercase Capital, Slow… Read More... →

Cheaper clicks and mobilegeddon are factors in the increased growth on smartphones, despite CPC's overall decline. CTR, on the other hand, has grown a lot YoY, particularly on Facebook.... →

After joining Twitter 3 years ago to run its communications team, former Googler Gabriel Stricker has stepped down from the position. There’s no word on whether he left on his own, was pushed out…or both, which tends to happen in high profile changes like this. Fittingly, Stricker “replied” to his original tweet about joining the company with his goodbye: Thank you… Read More... →

Console, PC, and mobile continue to experience huge growth when it comes to digital sales.... →

Samsung has begun testing its answer to Apple Pay in Korea this week. The service is called Samsung Pay and it is powered by LoopPay, the Boston-based company that Samsung snapped up earlier this year. It’s due to launch in Korea and the U.S. first before expanding worldwide, but Samsung has nudged it into action with a pilot program among Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge owners in its home country. Read More... →

Anybody out there know who Cyrus Trask is? Anyone? You won't find out who Cyrus Trask is if you eyeball a list of country singers. No. You can only find out who Cyrus Trask is by reading John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden . John Steinbeck describes Cyrus Trask as the father of Adam and Charles Trask. Cyrus is the patriarch. The family stud.... →

Join the SEJ Marketing Think Tank on August 5th, 2015 at 10 am Pacific and 1 pm Eastern for this free webinar, presented by Rocco Baldassarre, Founder of Zebra Advertising, and moderated by Brent Csutoras, Chief Social Media Strategist of Search Engine Journal. The post Next #SEJThinkTank Webinar: "15 Methods for Optimizing Your Facebook Ads" w/ Rocco Baldassarre by @dantosz appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

There’s been some significant consolidation among the rush of on-demand cleaning and home services startups. Now one of the companies vying to end up on the top of the heap is expanding into a new category. Handy — the New York-based home services startup is active in 28 cities and has raised $64 million — is launching Handy Delivery, a delivery and assembly service,… Read More... →