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The dust hasn’t completely settled on Google’s Alphabet move and we’re told that the new umbrella company will be nimble. Today, one of the groups inside of the company announced that it will be spun out into a separate company…but will it stay under Alphabet? Here’s what the team had to say in a Google+ post: Important Account Information: Niantic Labs is… Read More... →

If you’re sending emails or other messages to your customers, there’s a standard way to measure your success — you look at whether they opened those messages, and whether the openers actually clicked. But that’s setting the bar kind of low isn’t it? I assume you’re usually trying to drive some sort of behavior, whether it’s making a purchase, trying out… Read More... →

Google search has started showing software download cards when you search for an app name preceded or succeeded with the word “download.” The card points you to the official download link, emphasizing the URL so you see exactly where you’re headed. While many will probably see this addition as a small convenience boost or even […]... →

Microsoft’s Surface Hub device will now ship on January 1st of next year. The delay comes after the firm signaled last month that a prior, fall ship date would be delayed. Microsoft promised an update in early August. Hello, early August. Here’s the official red verbiage: ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley was early to noticing the change. As she points out in a piece published… Read More... →

When I first got the job running marketing at Mint, founder and CEO Aaron Patzer told me that we had to get Mint to 100,000 users within six months of launching. The number itself didn’t intimidate me: Before Mint, I had been Facebook employee No. 30. I’d witnessed crazy, exponential user growth first-hand. The difference was that at Mint, we were pre-product and certainly… Read More... →

Facebook plans to open up its Periscope livestreaming competitor to more than just celebrities. In replies to requests from Verified Pages about when they’d get access to the VIP-only Facebook app Mentions that houses Facebook Live, the company wrote “In the future, Mentions will be available to verified Profiles”. When I asked if that would include Facebook Live, it told me… Read More... →

Украинский венчурный фонд TA Ventures инвестировал в немецкую онлайн площадку StyleLounge, на который используется движок метапоиска для одежды и продуктов, необходимых повседневно.  В раунде приняли участие Axivate Capital, ASTUTIA Ventures, основатель Home24 Феликс Ян. По данным TechCrunch, объем раунда оставил 2,3 млн евро. Средства пойдут на экспансию в страны Европы. К концу года StyleLounge планирует выйти на рынок еще пяти стран. Движок StyleLounge позволяет найти и сравнить цены на одежду и другие в... →

Most professional marketers don't understand the FTC rules that apply to online marketing. So as a busy freelancer or small business owner, it's certainly understandable if this isn't on your radar. But this is a critically important thing, as new guidelines are being released that you need to understand. The FTC is about to make an example out of companies that cross the line, even if only out of ignorance.... →

After Alibaba reported lower-than-expected financial performance in its second quarter, shares of Internet portal and mobile shop Yahoo fell around four percent in regular trading. Alibaba’s own equity slipped a slightly higher percentage, giving up nearly five percent in the same period. Read More... →

What's changing? We've updated the runtime requirements of some of our client libraries . Make sure to update your setup to keep your application compatible and secure. Which libraries are affected? .NET As announced in 2014 , the .NET client library requires a minimum of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or Mono version 3.2.8. Java As announced in 2014 , the Java client library now requires Java 1.6 or higher. Perl With the release of version 4.0.... →

В сервисе микроблогов Twitter отменен лимит в 140 символов для личных сообщений (direct messages). Об этом сообщила пресс-служба Twitter'a в России. Обновление вступило в силу 12 августа на всех платформах: в версиях для Android и iOS, на сайте социальной сети, в приложениях TweetDeck и Twitter для Mac. В будущем ограничение в 140 символов будет распространяться только на личные сообщения, отправляемые и получаемые с помощью SMS. Специалисты Twitter рекомендуют пользователям обновить используемые приложения... →

Y Combinator backed Zen99 is shuttering, the company announced in a blog post today. Zen99 helped on-demand economy workers and other freelancers to file 1099 tax forms with the IRS. On August 25, 2015 the company will officially go offline. Zen99 says it won’t be selling any user data, but it will be deleting all user files for […]... →

Google is now the largest subsidiary corporation of Alphabet, the newly established holding company that manages Google and all of the company’s side projects. But Alphabet’s website is abc.xyz because Alphabet.com is owned by Alphabet, a BMW-owned fleet management service. Even though only a few people had ever heard of BMW’s Alphabet before, the company isn’t going to… Read More... →

NBCUniversal just announced that it has invested $200 million in Vox Media, which owns sites like Eater, SB Nation and the eponymous Vox.com, as well as tech news publications Re/code and The Verge. “Vox Media has a great portfolio of premium digital brands that deeply engage broad audiences,” NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke said in the funding release. “Vox Media has strong… Read More... →

Do you want to add LinkedIn publishing to your content marketing mix? Then you will want to listen to this first of three Missing Link episodes on the smart way to publish content on LinkedIn. In this three-part series, you'll learn what you need to know to successfully post powerful articles and content that will reach your audience. In this first part, host Sean Jackson and Mica Gadhia teach you the actual mechanics of posting on LinkedIn.... →

Upcoming enhancements to Bing Merchants Center, which creates the catalog feeds that power Shopping Campaigns and Product Ads, will allow for greater analytics.... →

After the bell, Cisco reported its fiscal fourth quarter financial performance, which beat market expectations. The company detailed revenue of $12.84 billion in its fiscal period, resulting in earnings per share of $0.59, using adjusted accounting techniques (non-GAAP). On a GAAP, or normal accounting basis, Cisco earned a slimmer $0.45 per share on net income of $2.3 billion during… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Software engineers who worked on Salesforce’s Heroku platform as a service (PaaS) cloud have launched their own startup, Convox. The startup is building tools that companies use to easily start running applications on the biggest public cloud available today, Amazon Web Services. Convox is one of dozens of startups presenting at Y Combinator’s demo day […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

Upcoming enhancements to Bing Merchants Center, which creates the catalog feeds that power Shopping Campaigns and Product Ads, will allow for greater analytics.... →