Google Boots Ad Blockers From Google Play
Tech IndustryEarlier this week, Samsung rolled out support for ad blocking in the new version of its web browser for mobile devices, the Samsung Internet Browser. Third-party developers quickly responded by launching ad-blocking mobile apps that work with the browser. Now those developers are finding their apps are being pulled from the Google Play, and their updates are being
Google To The Yahoo Rescue
Tech IndustryYahoo had a profit miss for Q3, causing shares to drop, but there was a gem in the release that should make investors very happy. The company says that it reached a search agreement this month with search giant Google, CEO Marissa Mayer’s old stomping grounds. It’s a three-year, non-exclusive agreement that covers both mobile
Airbnb for Work touts its business cred with nearly 700K companies onboard
InternetAirbnb is serious about business travel. To back that up, the home-rental company on Monday shared updates about how people use its professional community, which was recently rebranded as Airbnb for Work to ‘better encompass the unique benefits only Airbnb can offer today’s modern workforce.’ Airbnb for Work bookings tripled from 2015 to 2016, and
Space Force plans blasted with Twitter Star Wars snark
InternetUS President Donald Trump is really, truly serious about starting up a Space Force as a separate branch of the military. That realization has caused Twitter to mobilize and set its snark-phasers to fun-stun. Twitter took advantage of Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Pentagon on Thursday to tackle Space Force with sci-fi references. Pence
Twitter Unveils New Reports For Businesses To Track Whether Their Ads Worked
Tech IndustryTwitter is giving advertisers a new way to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. The company is making this data available through what it’s calling conversion lift reports. Those reports are supposed to measure whether Twitter ads actually lead to an improvement in whatever business metric you’re focused on, whether it’s website clicks/signups, mobile app installs
Facebook tricked kids in order to rake in money from online games, says report
InternetFacebook reportedly duped kids into spending their parents’ money in online games. The social media giant targeted kids in an aggressive effort to pump up revenue from games like Angry Birds, PetVille and Ninja Saga, Reveal reported Thursday, citing court documents from a class action lawsuit. The report is based on the more than 135
Airplane seat cameras could be your new spy in the sky
InternetIf Elon Musk is to be believed, the future of air travel involves superfast flights on Big F–king Rockets, taking us from London to Tokyo in 37 minutes of chrome-clad comfort. But we are disgusting monsters and that is not the future we deserve. In our timeline, the aircraft of the future will be
Why rural areas can’t catch a break on speedy broadband
InternetWhen Galen Manners was offered a promotion at his job, he didn’t want to relocate to the big city from his family in rural Kansas, where he helped his two brothers run their 2,000-acre farm in his spare time. His employer gave him the option to work from home. But there was one problem.
Olivari Audio Cookbook App Is A Kitchen Life-Saver
Tech IndustryOlivari Audio Cookbook is a life-saving application to help you forget kitchen clumsiness. The cooking-app created by twofifteenmccann with UNIT9 is hands-free and responds to user’s voice command, so you can save your device from splashes of egg yolk or butter stains.
Walmart’s e-books store opens for business
InternetWalmart wants to become your new go-to store for digital books. The big-box retailer said Tuesday it’s opening its first-ever e-books storefront, thanks to a partnership with Rakuten Kobo. Kobo’s library of 6 million digital titles will now be available on Walmart’s US website, supplementing Walmart’s existing selection of physical books. Walmart is also offering