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Meekness has no place in front of a microphone. But, for new showrunners who are just getting started, and even grizzled showrunners who still deal with the roller coaster of human emotion, how do you develop and maintain the confidence necessary to run a remarkable show? This episode was inspired by a reader email, the kind of email that would make any showrunner's day. Included in the email was a request that Jerod Morris and Jon Nastor cover a new topic: confidence . And,... →

The Microsoft search engine has spruced up its homepage by adding an audio button in addition to its interactive, panoramic screen images.... →

Even as smartphone and tablet screen sizes get bigger, it can be hard for our fingers to keep up. It's still so easy to click when you mean to swipe or to tap on a link or ad you didn't mean to. When it comes to mobile ad clicks across networks, recent third party studies estimate that up to 50% of clicks are accidental. For advertisers, this can artificially inflate clickthrough rates and increase costs.... →

EXCLUSIVE: Machine Zone's funding attempt seems puzzling.... →

Apple has now joined a host of merchants in removing the Confederate flag from its platform – in its case, the iTunes App Store. Several app developers are now reporting that their Civil War games – which featured imagery of flag as part of their game’s historical context – have been pulled from the App Store. Apple’s move to ban these games follows similar… Read More... →

Facebook’s team is still dominated by white and Asian men. Diversity improved only slightly despite Facebook adding 3745 employees this year according to its new demographic report. The 10,082-person company has only 1% more women despite a 59% increase in headcount. And the company made no quantifiable progress growing its percentage of non-Asian ethnic minorities across the whole… Read More... →

Google has an update on the status of its self-driving car project – the latest prototypes of its vehicles are road-ready and already driving in Mountain View. These ones are the same adorable prototypes that Google showed off in December, and are completely built by Google with self-driving in mind. The driverless cars aren’t without drivers on city streets, however – they… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Playwire has more than 3,400 publishers with billions of streams of video.... →

Turn more shoppers into buyers by gaining their trust. The post Reduce Cart Abandonment and Increase Revenue with Customer Reviews- July 29 Webcast appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.... →

ЦП продолжает изучать содержимое повседневных сумок, рюкзаков и портфелей представителей ИТ-индустрии. На этот раз мы попросили основателя Surfingdird и Relap.io Сергея Шалаева рассказать, что он носит с собой в сумке.... →

PayRange, which makes a small device that plugs into vending machines that enables customers to pay with credit cards, said that it has raised $12 million in venture financing. The company produces a device that plugs into vending machines that interacts with an app. It uses Bluetooth to connect to the app, wherein customers can make a purchase. The device works with basically any vending… Read More... →

We're excited to announce the v2.3.0 release of the Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin! The new release brings support for AdMob in-app purchase ads to the Unity game engine . You can grab the updated Unity package on GitHub . In-app purchase ads in Unity with AdMob In-app purchase (IAP) ads are interstitial ads that display offers for your in-app products. They allow users to make purchases directly from within your app as part of your normal ad flow.... →

Apple has a history of treating games like toys.... →

In spite of being a literary snob, one who turned up his nose at anything that smacked of business ' when Demian Farnworth was first introduced to the world of direct-response copywriting, he fell in love. Demian fell in love with the thought of using his writing to influence and persuade people. He also fell in love with the idea of getting rich. (He wanted to be a wealthy snob).... →

OPINION: Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the way Uber goes about its business, the bottom line is people like the convenience of a taxi in their pocket and cheaper cab fares. Protests are the best free marketing Uber could ask for.... →

Be sure consumers will see you're open during summer hours when they search for your business. The post Are Your Summer Hours Showing In Google? New Tool Makes Checking Google My Business Listings Easy appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.... →

Personalization algorithms influence what you’ve chosen yesterday, what you choose today and what you’ll be choosing tomorrow. Simultaneously, there seems to be something wrong with personalization. We are continuously bumping into obtrusive, uninteresting ads. Our digital personal assistant isn’t that personal at all. We’ve lost friends to the algorithmic abyss of the… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: In VB’s recent report on email marketing, we found that nearly 80 percent of email marketers struggle with the basics of maintaining or growing subscribers using email marketing. More than 50 percent are dissatisfied with their current email marketing provider. So what's the problem?... →

Following the rollout of Tumblr’s GIF search engine earlier this month, the blogging platform is today launching another new feature aimed at helping users discover and share GIFs: Tumblr TV. The addition is a combination of a search and viewing feature for GIFs, which helps you find the animated images housed on Tumblr and then view them in a full-screen mode. The “TV” part… Read More... →

On-demand service Postmates just closed a $80 million round of funding, valuing the company at more than $400 million. The round was led by Tiger Global Management, and follows a $35M round closed in February. Still developing…. Please refresh Read More... →