Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is coming under increasing fire for its dating site discrimination policy. As the largest database of people’s relationship status on the planet, Facebook has a unique position when it comes to being able to target single people. It is common practice for Facebook … [Read more...]
Bitcoin expert Roger Ver: Bitcoin can stop governments waging war
Over the past century, governments all over the world have been involved in at least one-quarter of a billion deaths, according to various statistics from think-tanks and universities. This is defined as democide and governments in each corner of the globe have been complicit in wide … [Read more...]
Consumer credit up $26.85 billion totaling $3.18 trillion
For years, consumer debt has been a major burden for households across the United States. With the average credit card debt more than $15,000, one consumer would think that they should stay away from credit. According to the latest data, it has been quite the opposite for the credit … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) gets a jump on competitors with Indoor Mapping
Though Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) main maps application is still experiencing some difficulties despite dramatic efforts to catch up to competing services, the Cupertino company is planning to make use of iPhone's tracking abilities and the iBeacon system to start an indoor mapping program. … [Read more...]
Samsung and Apple Inc. (AAPL) jockey for access to Vietnam’s markets
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) recently started extending its marketing efforts into Vietnam, a country still nominally communist but a far cry from the violent dictatorship of Ho Chi Minh a few decades ago with its mass executions and frantic xenophobia. The rival of the Cupertino … [Read more...]
Google makes algorithm changes to mobile search in an attempt to improve results
This week, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced that it is making some changes to the search results that mobile users receive. The move is an attempt to stop mobile internet searchers from wasting time getting redirected to the wrong place when searching for a specific piece of … [Read more...]
Grandparents paying for their grandkids’ college amid retirement fiasco
Despite older Americans having a difficult time coming up with and maintaining funds for their retirement years, grandparents seem to have no problem doling out large sums of money for their grandkids’ expensive post-secondary tuition rates. A new study finds seniors are paying for … [Read more...]
U.S. researcher prohibited from using supercomputer for bitcoin mining
Since the rise of the peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency bitcoin’s value, miners have come up with very clever ways of extracting bitcoins: security video cameras, tapping into others’ electricity and using the computers of video game players. Bitcoin’s prevalence could very … [Read more...]
Twitter (TWTR) purchases mobile advertising specialist Namo Media
Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) is continuing its drive to increase its advertising business. In order to do this, it has purchased Namo Media, a "native ad" content specialist. "Native ad" content seamlessly integrates with sites where ads are viewed, and is designed to be especially effective … [Read more...]
Google will be including Tweets in their public disaster alerts on Google Now
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) made a surprising announcement on Tuesday that it would start including Tweets in its public disaster alerts on Google Now. This marks a major turnaround for Google, as they have not been including Tweets ever since the two companies failed to agree on the use of … [Read more...]
The ability to target users with Facebook ads just got better thanks to Kenshoo
Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) targeted advertising feature has received another boost in the form of a Kenshoo developed product. Kenshoo has launched the new Intent Driven Audiences app that matches clicks on search ads to audiences on Facebook. Until now, advertisers had to deal with a gap … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) ignores street artist’s claim, uses “more powerful” quote in latest, humorous ad
Continuing what appears to be a series of musical advertisements for the iPhone, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) released another ad ending with the slogan "You're More Powerful Than You Think" today. Using a humorous, catchy, almost martial-sounding song from the early 1960s entitled "Go, … [Read more...]
Jony Ive, Apple’s (AAPL) legendary designer, to give interview at Cannes Lions Festival
Though he is to appear in a secondary role as a guest of Bono, Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) famous and reclusive Jony Ive is set to speak at the Cannes Lions Festival on June 21st, 2014, according to information released. Jony Ive is largely responsible for the sleek, dignified, refined … [Read more...]
Analysts say housing price gains will slow down over next two years
Despite the United States housing market making some gains since the real estate crash a few years ago, there are still some troubling signs that could prove another downturn is expected: mortgage rates are on the uptake, the number of mortgage applications has fallen and the overall … [Read more...]
Majority say the American Dream is unattainable amid homeownership declines
Decades ago, it was believed that if you owned a home, a car and had a steady job then you had attained the American Dream. Nowadays, most people think that this is unachievable in an economy that is leaving people without jobs and homes. According to a new CNNMoney poll, 59 … [Read more...]
Sorry dogecoin you’re no longer the biggest tippers, insert bitcoin
As of late, digital currencies have garnered mainstream media attention for their investment capabilities, their technological innovation and which financial expert is saying what. Often times it is not mentioned that virtual currencies, like bitcoin, dogecoin and litecoin, are also … [Read more...]
Apple’s (AAPL) iOS 8 drops iPhone 4 support, adds customization
As revealed at the Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC), Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS 8 mobile platform heralds several major changes to the familiar smartphone software. One of the most noticeable is that support for the iPhone 4 is absent from iOS 8, due to the older phone's … [Read more...]
Twitter isn’t threatened by emerging companies in developing countries
Many in the tech industry have strongly felt that the tech giants in the United States are most vulnerable to companies in the technology sector in developing international countries. Not so, says Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) co-founder Evan Williams. Speaking at the Quartz … [Read more...]
30 million small businesses have active Facebook pages
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is reporting that the number of small businesses with active Facebook pages is up to 30 million, up 5 million from numbers provided just six months ago. Last November, Facebook began counting small businesses in a different category in order to distinguish … [Read more...]
Google Shopping Express offering overnight deliveries
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Shopping Express has begun to amass a cadre of delivery vans which presently fuel the developing delivery service. Google Shopping Express is operating in areas of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As expected, Google is working to expand those … [Read more...]
