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Today we're launching the beta of our new Shopping Insights tool, another step towards helping retailers connect with consumers in moments that matter, by making data about shopping habits and preferences more accessible. Shopping Insights shows the products people are searching for across cities, time and devices. While 87% of shopping research happens online, 92% of goods are still sold in retail stores. By better understanding user's shopping intent online,... →

Chrome for Windows, Mac, and Linux now finally lets you mute any single tab. Just right click a tab that is producing sound and hit “Mute tab.” You no longer have to decide between opening the tab to figure out what’s playing and just closing the tab outright. The new feature was added in Chrome […]... →

Posted by SamuelScottIt's October 26, 1985. The top song in the United States is Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You." The top weekend movie at the US box office is "Jagged Edge," starring Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges. And Marty McFly was about to travel back in time in "Back to the Future." (photo: Back to the Future Day) Yes, for any Mozzers who do not know, Back to the Future Day—the exact date when Marty went to the future in the sequel to the original film—is today! Also in the mid-1980s, the... →

Facebook has announced that, as of today, everyone with the iOS app will have access to content published via Instant Articles. The post Facebook's Instant Articles Now Available to All iOS Users by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Tech companies today are celebrating the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives that will expand privacy rights to non-U.S. citizens. The bill, known as the Judicial Redress Act, sailed through the House on a bipartisan, voice vote. If passed by the Senate, the measure will expand some of the privacy rights enjoyed by American records to citizens in allied nations, mostly in the… Read More... →

Ahmed Mohamed has accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development where he will join the QF Young Innovators Program. The family announced the move today, some 24 hours after meeting with President Obama. Ahmed gained Internet fame last month school officials called the police when he was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school.… Read More... →

Yahoo has revealed details about a deal with Google to display the competitor's search results through 2018. The post Yahoo Strikes Deal to Display Google Search Results Until 2018 by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Yahoo won’t be competing with Netflix anytime soon. During its fourth quarter earnings call, Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman noted that the company wrote-off $42 million in expenses related to the sixth season of Community, as well as its two original programs Sin City Saints and Other Space.  Goldman said that Yahoo had difficulty effectively monetizing the programming, “In three cases at […]... →

21 октября 2015 года — дата, которую выбрали герои фильма «Назад в будущее» для путешествия во времени. Обозреватель vc.ru вспомнила, какие бренды упоминались в популярной трилогии и узнала, как они изменились за 30 лет.... →

Apple told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be “impossible” with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the “technical ability” to help law enforcement unlock older phones. Apple’s position was laid out in a brief filed late Monday, after a federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn, […]... →

Following its earnings release, Yahoo commented today on the forthcoming spinout of its Alibaba equity stake as a new firm, Abaco Holdings. The parent firm stated that it’s making “good progress” on the deal, and that it will “strive to complete” the transaction in the fourth quarter of this year. Read More... →

Despite a checkered history with online platforms, developers are always looking for the next big distribution model, and a small but growing number is betting that the popular group-messaging platform Slack is the way to go. One such startup, Austin-based Howdy, may be the first to nab venture funding based largely on that vision. Specifically, the company, which has developed… Read More... →

Host of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Tyra Banks talked about her new business venture Tyra Beauty, ‘smizing’ and empowering women entrepreneurs with “f-you” money onstage at the Wall Street Journal Live conference today. “Every woman needs ‘f-you’ money’ to be able to do things independently,” she explained to an audience… Read More... →

Enterprise software player VMware, which is partly owned by EMC — which in turn just got bought by Dell for $67 billion — today announced that its making some big changes to its cloud services. VMware’s vCloud Air public cloud portfolio is becoming part of public cloud and cloud software provider Virtustream, which VMware acquired […]... →

Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile preview today. The new build for phones includes support for missed call notifications and sending texts on your PC, Skype integration, as well as improvements to Cortana, the Photo app, and Storage settings. With this build on your phone, Cortana will now notify you on your PC (as […]... →

Imagine you’re on Star Wars’ social media team. Representing one of the biggest, most recognizable brands in the world, you’ve gotta be on point all the time. Quick! Mark Zuckerberg just said “I love Star Wars.” in response to the new trailer. Don’t mess this up. There is no try. Read More... →

In a surprise move today at its earnings call, VMware announced that together with EMC, it was forming a jointly-owned company under the name of Virtustream, which is the company EMC bought last spring for $1.2 billion. The move comes against the dramatic backdrop of the announcement last week that Dell was acquiring EMC for $67 billion. You see, EMC owns 80 percent of VMware. To… Read More... →

Google Photos broke free of Google+ in May, and in the five months since, it has amassed 100 million monthly active users, the team shared today. That puts it on par with Snapchat, which was around 100 million the last time it shared numbers. During its hardware event last month, Google shared that 50 billion photos had been uploaded already, which is equally impressive. The idea is that… Read More... →

Yahoo says it will soon be able to choose Google to complete its users’ Internet searches and deliver ads around the search results. Yahoo can also direct its searches to Microsoft Bing, or use its own search engine. It can also send its searches to other third party search engines. Yahoo will use its own discretion […]... →

This week’s episode of Cribs takes us to free credit and financial management platform Credit Karma. This growing financial startup just put the finishing touches on its new office space in the Phelan – a historic building in downtown San Francisco that also houses Nextdoor and Medium. The Phelan sits just off of Market Street in San Francisco’s bustling financial district. Read More... →