Facebook’s mobile ubiquity and push for always-on location sharing came to fruition today with the launch of hyper-local advertising that could convince people to visit stores they’re nearby. Soon, brick-and-mortar businesses will be able to target ads to anyone who lives or...
Bill Gates wants to change how students learn history. As a recent feature in The New York Times Magazine details, the Microsoft founder and current richest man in the world went on a mission to change history curricula in...
PayPal, Venmo, Square, and even Clinkle might have a new competitor on the horizon: Facebook Messenger. According to hacked screenshots by Stanford computer science student Andrew Aude (via TechCrunch's Josh Constine), payments would send the same way you can now send a...
We love email marketing here at Econsultancy. It may not be the hippest, sexiest method of driving traffic to your business but by gosh it works.
However if it’s the early days of your company you may assume that email...
Apple® today announced that iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, will be available in China beginning Friday, October 17 from the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores, and an expansive network of retail stores...
If there's one app that can be credited with the rise of the selfie, it's Instagram. But now the Facebook-owned photo app is introducing a new kind of selfie — the "selfielapse." Hyperlapse, Instagram's newest standalone app for time-lapse videos, got its first...
By now, you've probably heard something about Ello, the ad-free, invite-only, independent social network that has seemingly gone viral over the last week. The ad-free social network has quickly — and somewhat inexplicably — gained a reputation for being...
Car-sharing service Lyft announced today that it is acquiring Hitch, a San Francisco-based service that connects passengers who are traveling along similar routes.
The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The move will give a boost to Lyft Line, the company's...
Apple may launch an updated iPad Air in October, according to a Commercial Times report. (Via MacRumors.)
The report out of Asia says that Apple is also working on a new iPad Mini for next year and a super-sized 12.9-inch iPad for...
So you managed to get your hands on an iPhone 6, but what apps should you download?
Every iPhone 6 comes with Apple's new iOS 8 mobile operating system pre-installed, which is capable of some great features like app extensions,...
It looks like Facebook is experimenting with a new app that's codenamed "Moments." The app will center on sharing things that might be too private for the wide-open audience of your Facebook Newsfeed, according to a report from TechCrunch....
Apple is readying supplies to sell 50 million Apple Watches in 2015, according to DigiTimes. DigiTimes cites sources at LG Display, which makes displays for the Apple Watch. There's plenty to suggest that 50 million units would be a...
Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose last week, the second half of which airs Monday night on PBS. In the interview, Rose pressed Cook on Apple's privacy policies, which recently came under scrutiny...
The Web assures that the new iPhone 6 will come out in September, while the ‘old’ Apple models are declining. But Asian markets need low cost
The iPhone 6 has arrived. Rumors produced by the New York Times, immediately followed...
Apple Appstores and Google Play have gone down for the first time in their short history, and the Web and asks quietly concerned questions. A study by Deloitte found that monthly downloads in the UK, regarding both iPhone e...
Chief Digital Officers keep growing. The most recent one is Andrew Brem, Aviva’s new CDO who landed at the British insurance multinational from British Gas. It’s the last of a – now long – list of 2.0 Chiefs. But...
Twitter is doing a little experiment with its time line, and people on Twitter are freaking out. Some people have seen tweets that are favorited by friends show up in their timeline.
If you're not familiar with the ins and...
With almost 400m active users and a growing global audience, Tencent’s WeChat app is the new king of Chinese social media. Often touted as the Chinese alternative to WhatsApp, WeChat actually offers a far broader range of features and...
The designs of Apple’s smartwatch patent are going around the Web. But something’s wrong. And in the meantime Big G is already on the market with the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live
iTime is the name of Apple’s...
Coolest Cooler is a million dollar portable fridge. It can sound absurd, but this is what the invention by Ryan Greppe is already making on Kickstarter and it has yet a long way to go. The startup established by...
