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No, your last selfie didn’t win you hundreds or thousands of new followers. Instagram confirmed to me today that a bug has caused some users’ follower counts to increase, but that this was a bug that’s being fixed. That increase in people’s follower count will disappear once the bug is completely fixed. Earlier today, a manager that works with big social media… Read More... →

Google has made a useful improvement to its spell-checking in the latest version of the Dev channel of the Chrome browser. Thanks to the tweak, you can now run the spell-checker tool for multiple languages at once — there’s no need to switch. The new feature is included in the log for version 45.0.2453.0 of […]... →

by Mike Moran I had a great time delivering the keynote at the Wednesday live conference in Stockholm, which featured an all-too-typical show of hands. First, I asked how many of the marketers in attendance had a Web Analytics system installed on their site. Every hand in the room went up. Then I said, "Keep your hands up if you check your results at least once a day." Every hand went down. Why is this so?... →

This week people had the goal of searching for info on the U.S. victory in the Women's World Cup, as well as a hat trick of technical difficulties at three major organizations. Let's kick off the trending topics on Google this week: Victory for the U.S. women The U.S. Women's National team claimed a 5-2 victory over Japan in the final of the World Cup this week, and took home a slew of searches along with their trophy. In fact, U.S.... →

it's likely Uber and others will follow suit -- these companies tend to move in packs -- thus driving down the price of an air-conditioned ride this summer in hot, sticky New York.... →

GUEST: Advertisers need the same level of transparency on mobile as they have on desktop, such as knowing where their ads show up, whether their ads are actually viewable, and the role of advertising in conversion.... →

Recently, New York and Chicago, each a leader in two important municipal reforms — the open data movement and centralized (311) call centers — released requests asking the private sector to help them build a platform more akin to Facebook than 311 as we know it. Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures Digital Works Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 4:00 p.m. PDT. This is the second class from Microsoft Ventures’s Seattle Accelerator where 14 startups received mentorship, technology guidance and a $25,000 check with no strings or equity attached. For this cohort, the… Read More... →

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. TrapX Security catches a $9M round Security startup TrapX Security announce today that it closed a series B round led by Intel Capital and Liberty Israel Venture Fund. The $9 million round will […]... →

FbMTV? Facebook is talking with record labels about paying them handsomely to share music videos to the News Feed, according to reports from Billboard and The New York Times. Normally, people go to YouTube to watch these mini music movies. But Facebook’s on a quest to conquer the video world, and it’s mounting an assault on YouTube’s most lucrative province. FaceTube A few… Read More... →

#DaléTwitterMiami, or should I say, #TwitterWantsToConquerTheLatinAmericanMarket? Twitter officially opened offices in Miami earlier this week with six employees commanded by Twitter Latin America VP Guilherme Ribenboim. The Miami Herald reported that the office will “support large and mid-market sales, media partnerships, marketing communications and brand strategy.” The Brazilian executive leads sales operations and partnerships in Latin America, overseeing […]... →

Генеральный директор сайта Reddit Эллен Пао (Ellen Pao) оставила занимаемую ей должность. Об этом 11 июля сообщает Bloomberg.... →

After much controversy regarding a fired employee, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao is stepping down. For the interim Reddit co-founder Mike Huffman will take over. Pao revealed in an interview with Re/code that she and the board agreed that it was the right thing for her to depart the company. developing…... →

This is Firefox for Windows 10.... →

We’d been hearing that Steve Huffman, a co-founder of Reddit who also co-founded flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk, is currently being considered for the CEO job at Reddit. Now that move is confirmed. Huffman’s appointment follows turmoil at Reddit following the firing of Victoria Taylor, a community manager that the Reddit community relied on, last week. Alexis… Read More... →

It’s the little things in life. Like, you know, being able to tell if your keyboard is currently set to use capital letters or not. With iOS 9, Apple is finally fixing one of the platform’s strangest quirks: the keyboard will no longer appear to be all caps, all the time. If you’re an Android user, or someone who just doesn’t think about stuff like this all that much,… Read More... →

SEOs and marketers from Cheapflights, Care.org, CNN and the Atlanta Hawks discussed their top strategies for keeping sites relevant at SES Atlanta.... →

Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Keith Teare, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 1:30pm Pacific time (4:30pm Eastern). Find us on Facebook HERE Our live chatroom during the show is HERE Check out our sister show called G3! They are archived HERE on Ustream …and the Facebook page for G3 is HERE Read More... →

You’ve seen Atlas, the robot that can walk just like a human. You’ve seen Small Dog, the quadriped bot that can scale hills and climb stairs. But have you ever seen a robot that just makes you say “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww”? Meet Mira — an adorable little mini-bot built by one of Pixar’s technical directors. Read More... →

Consciously or not, there’s a kind of deal we make when we use many online services — in exchange for free access, we accept ads and give up some of our personal data. Now a startup called DataWallet is planning to make that exchange a little more rewarding, with real cash. Brands often want access to this kind of personal data, and DataWallet founder and CEO Serafin Lion Engel… Read More... →