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Facebook told businesses to buy Page Likes for years, saying that’s how they could reach people through the News Feed. But over time, a natural increase in competition for space in the feed plus increased restrictions on promotional and marketing posts have eroded the reach of Pages, and subsequently some of the value of Page Likes. Now Facebook has created an echelon above Likes. A new… Read More... →

GUEST: Organizational playfulness means encouraging risky ideas and supporting design thinking from top to bottom.... →

Splunk announced this evening it had purchase Caspida, a Palo Alto startup that uses machine learning techniques to help identify threats from inside and outside the company, for $190 million, The deal has already closed, the company reported. Splunk helps companies deal with the onslaught of machine data coming from IT systems using data science techniques and automation to make sense of it. Read More... →

Multi-device channels are the trees. The forest, according to a growing number of marketers, is the audience you want. It’s the mother with kids, regardless of which device you use to reach her.... →

Once in a while (a lot, actually), part-time Apple blogger and musician Taylor Swift likes to give to a charitable cause. She likes hanging out with kids who are in the hospital, too. She likes disrupting technology the most. Swift’s most recent disruptive move was a donation made to a little girl named Naomi, who is kicking the crap out of cancer. It was for $50k, to help with some… Read More... →

Roommate matching platform Room.me is launching in San Francisco today to help all the new people moving to the tech capital match up with people they might actually like living with. The Bay Area is experiencing a serious population boom – some estimates put San Francisco at an upward trajectory of more than 10,000 people per year. Not only does that mean fewer houses available… Read More... →

Posted by MarkTraphagenEditor's note: Today we're featuring back-to-back episodes of Whiteboard Friday from our friends at Stone Temple Consulting. The second episode, "UX, Content Quality, and SEO" from Eric Enge, will be up around 11:30 a.m. in Seattle. Make sure to check back and take a look! Like many other areas of marketing, SEO incorporates elements of science. It becomes problematic for everyone, though, when theories that haven't been the subject of real scientific rigor are passed off as proven fa... →

I’ve ridden in the backseat of many Uber drivers’ cars. Sometimes we exchange lively banter, other times we sit silently as I check email on my phone. There is not one driver that stands out, but rather a composite driver that I feel I’ve met a hundred times. Read More... →

(By Dan Levine, Reuters) – Uber argued on Thursday that a lawsuit filed by drivers should not proceed as a class action with the ride service citing statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees. Three drivers sued Uber in San […]... →

VB EVENT: Mobile-oriented design and UI can disrupt established ways of thinking in marketing.... →

13 фактов о 19-летнем основателе Facebook... →

According to IDC, the global PC market’s unit volume slipped 11.8 percent in the second quarter of 2015, a slightly larger-than-expected dip. As the company notes, the size of the decline reflects a strong second quarter in the year-ago period, when the death of Windows XP bolstered sales of new machines. In total, some 66.1 million PCs were sold in the three-month period. IDC,… Read More... →

Google adding "Quotes" into Search results without citing sources; John Muller goes deep into Reconsideration Requests, When asked about why some penalties are lifted faster than others, JohnMu gives a long detailed answer. Trends now updates in REALTIME !!! Countering Revenge Porn - Good for you Google! Plus, Matt Cutts speaks' kinda,... →

On Wednesday morning, the New York Stock Exchange went offline, United Airlines grounded its entire fleet, and the Wall Street Journal website went offline. Coincidence? Or dire warning?... →

Домен сайта о видеоиграх, кино и технологиях Games-TV.ru 9 июля перешел в руки киберсквоттеров — об этом представители портала сообщили в официальном Twitter-аккаунте шоу Star'цы live. На момент написания заметки сайт перенаправляет посетителей по неофициальному адресу Русской православной церкви rpc.ru.... →

Каждое утро Rusbase рассказывает о трендах в мире бизнеса и технологий на цифрах.... →

Facebook изменил и расширил настройки ленты новостей, чтобы пользователи могли больше контролировать ее содержание. Теперь пользователи социальной сети могут выбрать друзей и страницы, сообщения которых всегда будут отображаться в верхней части ленты. В разделе настроек ленты новостей следует кликнуть по картинке профиля друга, чтобы видеть его сообщения в первую очередь. После этого пользователь будет видеть новые сообщения от этого друга в верхней части ленты новостей, отмеченные звездочкой в верхнем прав... →

Daybreak has confirmed it is under a DDoS.... →

Disrupt SF is right around the corner, and spots in the Startup Alley are filling up fast. If you want to get in on the action, now is the time to get your act together and sign up. Startup Alley is one of the best parts of Disrupt. In the Alley, hundreds of companies proudly display and discuss their technology to enthusiasts eager to hear their story. For three days, software and hardware… Read More... →

Затраты рекламодателей на платный поиск в США во втором квартале 2015 года выросли на 22% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом предыдущего года. Такой рост стал возможен благодаря мобильному поиску. По данным агентства IgnitionOne, двузначный рост рынка платного поиска в США наблюдается третий квартал подряд. Затраты на платный мобильный поиск выросли на 71% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом предыдущего года, затраты на поиск на планшетах - на 22%. На смартфоны пришлось 59% расходов на мобильные устройства... →