Speaking on stage at the Wired Business Conference, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer shared that Yahoo is ”working on search,” but that “[the company's] focus is on the front-end” of search technology. Mayer was clear in her reasoning behind this decision, stating that “most of the innovation on search will happen in terms of the user interface,” and named…
Over the past few months, we’ve been following Chris Bradley in his Suitcase Startup mission, as he’s traveled London and the world, armed only with a suitcase and a dream, meeting people who have helped him launch his company, Publicate. In the latest episode, Publicate holds its quarterly board meeting to review where the product is up to, while…
When there is no central authority, who has the authority to sell t-shirts? That question came to a head over the past few days when YourAnonNews announced it planned to create something like a newswire for Anonymous news. The project, called YAN, is described thuswise: Over the past two years Your Anon News (YAN) has…
Aside from the occasional holiday discount, Apple products usually have notoriously stable prices. However, there are still deals to be had for the diligent shopper. A new chart from Dealnews outlines when the first and best discounts on Apple products have arrived over the past year. Assuming that history repeats itself, this could serve as…
Today, Google has announced a mobile refresh for Google+, for Android and iOS, that includes some of the functionality that has come out for the desktop over the past few months. Both versions will be available later in the day. Some of the changes are things that we’ve expected, thanks to acquisitions like Nik Software…
Shares of Box Ships fell 10 percent on Wednesday as the shipping company priced a public offering of 4 million shares at an 8 percent discount to its most recent closing price.The Greek company priced ...
Toronto, Canada-based design studio Teehan+Lax has released an updated version of its iPad PSD template for app designers, and it clocks in at an enormous 104.1MB unzipped. That may not sound like a lot in terms of raw megabytes, but it’s huge for a design template that is essentially a sketch of standard UI components used in…
Just one day after rolling out Google+ widgets for Blogger, Google has added yet another new feature to its blogging platform – the ability to add photos and videos using your webcam. The new feature is pretty straightforward: To add photos from your webcam, choose “Insert Image”, select “from your webcam” and take a few snapshots.…
Google has been updating its search engine algorithm over the past year to combat “spam” and kick sites out of high-ranking for using nefarious methods for SEO. Since the company has been rolling out these updates, codenamed Panda, companies have been complaining about their inability to innovate because they’ve been penalized with poorer search rankings.…
As anticipated, Publicis Groupe has purchased back a block of its own shares, which were held by Japanese advertising mammoth Dentsu. Publicis is putting 644.4 million euros on the table, which comes down to 35.8 euros per share. The deal was financed with available cash, the communications juggernaut said. Of the 18 million shares purchased,…
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