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The Patent Office published a couple of new Apple patents today for a hand-held stylus that can accurately scan and recreate physical surfaces, and even allow the user to “feel” the texture. The first patent is for a Texture Capture Stylus and Method technology, which could be used in a stylus for a touch-enabled tablet or large smartphone. The patent […]... →

It’s been repeated frequently that Facebook’s mission is to connect everyone around the world and the state of the current Internet only gets it so far. Chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has decided to carry the banner to promote what he calls the “Knowledge Economy”. Through his Internet.org organization, he’s made it a point to […]... →

Роскомнадзор вывел сам себя на "чистую воду".... →

First Paris, then Sao Paolo, then Guangzhou, then Rio de Janeiro. Now Mexico City is the latest hotbed of anti-Uber protests. Protests against the transportation giant have popped up in cities across the globe this summer. Mexico City has seen weeks of ongoing anti-Uber protests, with cab drivers demanding a complete halt of the app-based car service and questioning its legality […]... →

Google is updating its Translate app again to let you instantly understand bar menus in 27 languages.... →

Everyone needs an expert sometimes; a helping hand to point you in the right direction so you can get the job done. Maybe you’re a mechanic working on an exotic car. You know everything there is to know about cars in general — but only a handful of people really know this car. Alas, they’re all on the other side of the planet. Maybe you’re working on an oil rig, and one… Read More... →

Please take our 2-second survey to download a free copy of Ninjas’ Panda Whitepaper! We’ve talked about some click-through and bounce rate signals Google may be analyzing to get an idea of how well a web page serves a user. It’s only logical to assume that these signals may be used in Google Panda algorithm as well: Pogosticking Not every bounce is bad… When a user clicks on a search... [Read More...] The post Panda 4.2: Signals You Should Be Looking at: Jim and Ann Show appeared first on Internet Marketing... →

NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that has backed more than 400 charter schools and educational technology for more than 15 years, has just opened a new startup accelerator with an initial focus on science. They’re offering $1.5 million in grants, and their first project is a Science Learning Challenge. That’s for companies and nonprofits that are… Read More... →

John Doerr joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 25 years ago, but it didn’t take him nearly so long to cement his status as a legend in the industry. Doerr’s career in tech began in 1974 at the chipmaker Intel, where he held roles in engineering, marketing, management and sales. He later founded a software company called Silicon Compilers and… Read More... →

Cameras are standard in smartphones these days, but they’re still incredibly limited when compared to the average DSLR. Light, a startup developing multi-lens cameras for smartphones, wants to raise our expectations. The company announced today that it took in $25 million in funding to bring DSLR camera qualities to our phones. The round was led […]... →

Everlane, the fashion shopping site focused on selling high-quality apparel at lower prices than traditional designer retail, has today made the move to mobile. The company has now launched its first native smartphone application with the launch of Everlane on iOS, which allows shoppers to browse and buy its luxury items right from their phone. However, the app has a couple of interesting… Read More... →

The pressure is on Samsung and other smartwatch makers to answer the curb appeal and functionality of the Apple Watch, and Samsung appears ready to fire its next shot. Samsung’s next smartwatch release will likely be powered by its own Tizen operating system. The company said this morning at a Tizen developers event that a new […]... →

Today's guest on Hack the Entrepreneur has started several successful businesses, written three books, is a motivational speaker, and has consulted with companies in several different industries. He coaches teams and businesses on the actions required in order to grow. As a result, he is known as the entertainer, educator, and consultant of choice for America's leading companies. He is the founder of Thrive 15,... →

Launching out of the latest YC class, Ironclad is an automated service to help companies draft, organize, and execute common legal paperwork. Expensive legal bills are often an unwelcome reality for young startups. Lawyers charge hundreds of dollars an hour, but are often a company’s only option for correctly preparing things like financial documents and sales contracts.… Read More... →

We’re delighted to announce that Amy Bohutinsky, Zillow’s chief marketing officer, has agreed to speak at GrowthBeat next month. She’ll explain how the company has grown into a $4.5 billion market-leading real estate network — within a decade, and mostly without an ad budget. (GrowthBeat, our event in SF on August 17-18, is focused on explaining the […]... →

Drone manufacturing king DJI has a plot to expand its unmanned aerial empire. It’s teamed up with prestigious VC Accel to launch the $10 million SkyFund, which invests in companies expanding the drone market — and DJI’s sizable slice of it. Today SkyFund revealed to me that its first investment goes to DroneBase, which lets any business rent a drone and pilot. Read More... →

So many businesses focus solely on getting the sale, but as far as the customer is concerned ' the sale is just the beginning. What comes next can make or break not just that one customer relationship, but the future viability of your business as a whole. In this episode of The Mainframe, Chris Garrett and Tony Clark reveal: Why your onboarding process is as important, or maybe more,... →

Facebook today detailed its plans for its solar-powered, laser-connected, Internet-beaming drones, but confirmed its not going to compete with Internet Service Providers. “Our intention is not to be an operator” Facebook’s VP of engineering Jay Parikh told an assembly of reporters. “We’re not going to be ‘Facebook ISP.'” Instead, Facebook plans to… Read More... →

Posted by Mohsen Vakilian, Software Engineer The large scale of our software engineering efforts at Google often pushes us to develop cutting-edge infrastructure. In May 2015, at the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2015), we shared some of our software engineering tools and practices and collaborated with the research community through a combination of publications, committee memberships, and workshops.... →

Activity apps are all the rage right now thanks in part to any number of smartwatches and bands you can wear, as well as Apple’s HealthKit initiative. There’s a lot of activity going on out there, and we’re finally tracking the data that goes along with it. With that data comes some interesting learnings. A company called Human, which has a fitness tracker for iOS that begs… Read More... →