Category Archive: Technology
Watch Out YouTube, Facebook To Share 55 Percent Ad Revenue With Video Creators
Facebook is getting more serious about video and is taking a huge step into making its video ads benefit all parties concerned. Apart from placing video ads on the News Feed, the company also plans to put these ads in video clips. This is similar to YouTube where users usually see ads after viewing a […]
Tech City UK CEO: why London needs startups, and why it needs us
In the whole of 2010 the total funding raised by London tech firms was less than £10m. So far in 2015? It’s close to a billion. Yes, as Techcrunch pointed out recently, that still only puts London on a par with Redwood City, California (population 76,000). And in the context of tech as a whole […]
The Battle for the Living Room
FOSTER CITY, Calif. — First, it was for the little screens. Now, it’s for the big ones. In living rooms across America, an epic clash is looming for the hearts, minds and eyeballs of U.S. consumers as major device platform providers, as well as cable companies and telecommunications carriers, again try to reinvent the big-screen […]
Google: Mobile Searches Overtaking Desktop
More and more people are searching the Web on their smartphones and tablets, and Google is looking to serve up more ads and services to users through their mobile devices. In an indicator that smartphones are becoming consumers’ top platform when it comes to daily activities, search giant Google announced more of its searches take […]
The New Age of SEO: Why Your Approach Must Change
SEO best practices are going to change whether we like it or not. It’s easy to get set in your ways and feel comfortable with your current strategy, but this isn’t going to be sustainable in this industry. It’s important that marketers focus on getting out of their old way of thinking and evolve along […]
Media world challenge: People love news, but won’t pay for it
Two recent polls offer struggling media companies some good news and plenty of bad. On the plus side of the ledger: contrary to assumptions that todays millennials (18 to 34) are so immersed in social media they don’t care about the world beyond their smartphone, most keep up with events daily. On the negative side: […]
Samsung to Focus on Premium Products to Withstand Competition
(Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. will use more premium materials in mobile devices to win customers and offer a wider range of connected devices after losing its outright lead in the smartphone market to Apple Inc.The plan includes more smartphones with metal casings, slim designs and high-definition displays across its range of models, Co-Chief Executive […]
City company builds wind turbines for Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower has been fitted with wind turbines from a New York City-based company as part of a $40 million renovation marking the iconic structure’s 125th birthday. Urban Green Energy, which specializes in vertical axis wind turbines, installed two of their turbines 400 feet above ground level as part of a larger energy-efficiency retrofit […]
What is a Digital Wallet in Mobile Era – Insights from Tencent and Alibaba’s Battle in China
What is a digital wallet ikipidia defines digital wallet as “an electronic device that allows an individual to make electronic commerce transactions. This can include purchasing items on-line with a computer or using a smartphone to purchase something at a store.” But, with a computer? Technically, yes, smart phone can be considered as a portable […]
Samsung and LG go to war over 4 damaged washing machines
The rivalry between two of South Korea’s biggest appliance makers, Samsung and LG, is well established. Now it’s getting weird. Samsung and LG are going toe-to-toe in a dispute that involves lawyers, criminal complaints and washing machines. Wait — washing machines? Yes, this skirmish is over four damaged washing machines with a total value of […]
