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Oct 15, 2018
Google's preoccupation with organizing information was the inspiration for Google 's design -- and the reason for its ultimate downfall.
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Oct 14, 2018
Workplace technology will make us better and offer more freedom than ever before, but our mental and emotional well-being could be at stake if we lose touch with what makes us human to begin with, our personal connection to others.
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Oct 14, 2018
What's in a name? A lot when it comes to being found in Google and influencing people who are checking you out online.
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Oct 13, 2018
What did you use today with peanuts, pecans, poultry or cotton? Hurricane Michael devastated Georgia agriculture, which leads production for these things.
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Oct 13, 2018
Facebook has become a critical surveillance tool for governments, from tracking dissidents to building facial recognition systems, reinforced by its latest Russian data leak. Other web companies may know us better, but only Facebook makes its observations available to the world.
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Oct 13, 2018
Prior to this my personal motivations for deleting Facebook have centered around the platform's toxicity, addictive nature or the bias present in our newsfeeds. But now Facebook feels like a genuine risk to my privacy; perhaps even my personal safety.
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Oct 12, 2018
The sad truth is that Facebook's network has become so ingrained in society across the world that we simply cannot function without it anymore and thus we'll look past the latest breach. What must change to make the Facebooks of the world more like the Googles?
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Oct 12, 2018
Facebook has reaveled details about the breach that took place two weeks ago. Here's how to find out if you were impacted
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Oct 12, 2018
Facebook has announced new details about the breach it revealed two weeks ago. Here's how to find out if you were impacted
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Oct 12, 2018
When given the opportunity for a free pass to Jason Calacanis' Launch Scale Conference it did make sense to make the time. The exposure to other founders, investors, and the whole startup ecosystem can't be done as efficiently in other ways.
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Oct 12, 2018
France's pop sensation Christine and the Queens has released her latest album which deconstructs masculinity and gender. This article looks at how technology and gender are socially fashioned.
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Oct 12, 2018
Hurricane Leslie is actually headed toward Europe and Africa. Here's why that is weird.
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Oct 12, 2018
Teamwork makes the dream work and venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton that means building a team as diverse as the founders her fund invests in.
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Oct 12, 2018
The most important thing you can do for a child who is being bullied is listen to them, not tell them that you probably have it worse.
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Oct 12, 2018
Without legal rules to govern, companies leave themselves open to lawsuits from family members affected by terrorism who will say they had a responsibility not to broadcast extremism. It will be beneficial to have a legally mandated standard to which social media companies comply.
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Oct 11, 2018
Facebook will help Taiwan's businesses promote themselves abroad, while likely gaining more subscribers and traffic for itself.
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Oct 11, 2018
The auto industry can be seen as fragmented and male-focused. Now a new model is disrupting the auto industry and changing the face of the blockchain.
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Oct 11, 2018
I spoke with Get Engaged founders Cameron Fordham, Ben Hiott and Alex Dermer about the vision behind their company and their secrets to staying ahead in an evolving global industry.
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Oct 11, 2018
When the AIDA model is reconceived for today's connected consumers, the visionary insights of it not only stand the test of time but help us clarify and refine our role as marketers in the brand-consumer relationship.
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Oct 11, 2018
When the AIDA model is reconceived for today's connected consumers, the visionary insights of it not only stand the test of time but help us clarify and refine our role as marketers in the brand-consumer relationship.
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Oct 11, 2018
From their early roots as absolute defenders of free speech, social media platforms have embraced black box filtering without any accountability into how what we see and say are being profoundly reshaped every day. Bullying is far too important of a societal issue to address in secrecy and shadows.
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Oct 11, 2018
Facebook is betting on a business that for once, doesn't rely on targeted advertising. Its roster of early customers looks promising.
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Oct 11, 2018
Meteorologists were signaling days in advance that Hurricane Michael was likely going to be a major hurricane.
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Oct 10, 2018
Google's presentation captures a company not presenting a vision for global internet censorship, but rather a company asking the most important question of all: how to preserve the freedom of the web while protecting it from the darkest corners of society and to do so before it is too late.
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Oct 10, 2018
Cloud computing unicorn Intercom is betting that chatbots can have a revival -- if properly using AI to help customers get answers, no human required.
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Oct 10, 2018
With the announcement that Amazon plans to develop AI-enhanced homes, what does this mean for our society and domestic life, where every action deemed "minor" or "utilitarian" risks being automatised.
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Oct 10, 2018
The New York Public Library is engaging the next generation of readers by taking classics like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and turning them into #InstaNovels on Instagram Stories.
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Oct 10, 2018
With more than 900 individuals from the UK travelling to engage with the conflict in Syria, we must ensure that robust evidence and legal tools are used against those who continue to pose a threat to our national security.
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Oct 10, 2018
What has happened to Google is just another illustration of what happens when a company loses talent, lacks foresight, is patently naïve and hopelessly inefficient. If Google is guilty of anything, it is a failure to manage its immense talent and potential.
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Oct 10, 2018
A dangerous and unprecedented category 4 Hurricane Michael is hours from U.S. landfall. What role did something called "hot towers" play in its dramatic intensification?
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Oct 10, 2018
Social networks have transformed the channels through which organizations find talent, but is innovation in the recruitment industry still the exception?
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Oct 10, 2018
Over the last two weeks, Google and Facebook have both admitted data breaches. Who can be trusted now?
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Oct 10, 2018
Over the last two weeks, Google and Facebook have both admitted data breaches. Who can be trusted now?
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Oct 09, 2018
Hash-based blacklisting has become the dominate approach to fighting terrorism online, but fails to understand context. We have the tools to truly combat terrorist posts, but will Silicon Valley finally decide to bring its immense capabilities to bear on its terrorism problem?
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Oct 09, 2018
Did this year's Advertising Week, or the New York Media Festival's "Future of TV" (there still is one!) help in lending any clarity to the complicated picture? Here's one man's take of a few key insights both live and in color.
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Oct 09, 2018
Here's what you need to know about the Google hack
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Oct 08, 2018
We are increasingly inviting Orwellian surveillance devices into our homes, filling our most intimate spaces with internet-connected cameras and microphones and simply blindly trusting that those who built them didn't make any security mistakes and won't misuse the information they collect from them
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Oct 08, 2018
The social media platforms that once empowered the world's citizenry have instead today silenced those voices, elevated the elites and created a surveillance state that George Orwell would be proud of.
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Oct 08, 2018
The only way to measure the power of emerging technologies -- like cloud, augmented/virtual/mixed reality and location-based services -- is to pilot them with the help of a rich, powerful sponsor.
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Oct 08, 2018
In its new collaboration with Facebook to bring online brands to its stores as well as its trials with AR and VR technology, Macy's is exploring a broad array of tech solutions to a few basic old-school retail problems. Is there a strategy here?
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Oct 08, 2018
Reading about Google's Project Strobe certainly brought to mind a closed-loop star chamber, though, not a company composed of employees devoted to openness when not sharing the foosball tables and ball pits.
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Oct 08, 2018
Standing between a safe and privacy-first web and an Orwellian online dystopia is the empathy and ethics of those creating our digital world - what would happen if technical curriculums prioritized those two concepts with the same intensity they emphasize technical understanding?
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Oct 08, 2018
The tricky part about getting leads for your real estate business is figuring out how to utilize digital marketing tools in an effective way that establishes your brand, engages your customers and gets you leads.
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Oct 08, 2018
The obvious argument for being in San Francisco more often is that 40% of venture investments in tech happen there. While investments are only part of the goal right now, the trickle-down of all that money and innovation happening in one place can't be ignored.
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Oct 08, 2018
The pinpoint targeting of social media ads allows for for one-click discrimination, but what responsibility do the platforms have for stopping illegal ads?
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Oct 08, 2018
Facebook has announced Portal, its own piece of video chatting hardware that is just not something you want to own.
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Oct 08, 2018
Women don't wait for the future. The 2018 Inaugural Top 50 Women In Technology identifies three generations of forward-thinking technologists leading more than a dozen tech sectors across the globe
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Oct 08, 2018
Wendy's sassy Twitter roasts of rivals from McDonald's to Burger King has resonated with consumers and made it a good case study for marketers vying for consumers' attention.
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Oct 08, 2018
Before Kurt Kane joined Wendy's as chief concept and marketing officer, it was "a very bureaucratic place," he says. Now its social media team has free rein, with enviable results.
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Oct 08, 2018
Google has dodged a compensation bill of up to $4.3 billion after the UK's High Court today blocked a mass legal action over iPhone data collection.
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Oct 08, 2018
Oracle OpenWorld 2018 attendees get access to product keynotes, product training, certifications, tutorials, and other technologies.
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Oct 07, 2018
LinkedIn allows you to add a custom background to help your profile stand out. Yet most people use the default blue background. Adding a custom background to your LinkedIn profile will make it more interesting and differentiated. Check out these compelling examples.
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Oct 07, 2018
A tropical depression is about to become Tropical Storm and then Hurricane Michael soon. What this means for the Gulf Coast and southeastern United States.
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Oct 06, 2018
While mainstream adoption of Blockchain-based decentralized apps (DApps) could be around 3 to 5 years away, some argue an alternative way to get the power and value of Blockchain into the mass market sooner rests on establishing a flexible design paradigm that "orchestrates" all the moving parts.
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Oct 06, 2018
I'm heading into the epicenter of the pumped-up ‘startup economy' next week. In downtown San Francisco I'm a guest of the hosts of Launch Scale. The conference touts its purpose as: Learn how to raise money and grow your startup.
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Oct 06, 2018
The next time you're tempted to take control and expect others to fall in line, consider the leadership model of two successful social action groups: Mothers Out Front and Moms Demand Action. They rely on mothers' strong social capital and community ties to build their ranks.
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Oct 05, 2018
This release marks a huge step for the convergence of virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI).
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Oct 05, 2018
What is the science behind fascinating NASA images of swirling sea ice in the Arctic region?
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Oct 05, 2018
Antitrust's consumer-welfare standard is under attack. We gathered three antitrust experts to discuss the pros and cons of altering the standard via legislation to reinvigorate antitrust enforcement.
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Oct 04, 2018
Fake news was the Collin's word of the year for 2017 for good reason. The rise of social media has also created a seemingly unstoppable force of misinformation, but can new AI capabilities to detect fake news sources be anything more than a bump in the road?
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Oct 04, 2018
When we asked eight MoneyShow.com contributors who follow technology for their top investing ideas, they came back with a dozen picks. Tech products and their services are likely in your hands right now, in your pocket, your wallet, your business.
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Oct 04, 2018
Artificial intelligence systems are being increasingly used in the security and terrorism space. This poses a number of problems for its regulation, ethics, and governance that must be examined seriously.
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Oct 04, 2018
Versace found the ultimate fan base with '90s rap icons. And now, Michael Kors' $2.1 billion acquisition of the iconic Italian luxury house plans to tap into the mutual admiration that lingers to this day. Hip-hop is a powerful tool for reaching Generations Y and Z.
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Oct 04, 2018
Tamara Middleton, founder and CEO of The Social Element, talks about the vital roles that trust and face-to-face contact play when building a remote team and how integrating psychometrics assessment tools into the business can help people understand one another and communicate better.
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Oct 03, 2018
Facebook's silent practice of mining uploaded address books for contact information on other users reminds us that little has changed post-Cambridge Analytica, while questions about the company's transparency remind us that it is truly time to stop blindly trusting the social platforms.
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Oct 03, 2018
Twitter announces it will involve its users in setting policy, but its inaugural attempt falls short. Instead, we need transparency and local policies that embrace diversity and our international differences.
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Oct 03, 2018
A simple modification might fix confusion about the Presidential Alert system designed to notify citizens in the event of a national emergency
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Oct 03, 2018
Facebook's breach raises questions about Single Sign On systems, but if the web embraced Estonia's model of hardware cryptographic identities instead of treating two factor as an anti-phishing feature and socials saw our data as being as valuable as we do, we could finally have a secure web.
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Oct 03, 2018
We interviewed Noam Paransky, Senior Vice President at Gap Inc., the parent company to Banana Republic, Old Navy, Intermix, Weddington Way, and Athleta. During our interview, Noam discussed how Gap Inc. is re-thinking personalized experiences for consumers.
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Oct 03, 2018
A Title II approach to net neutrality would empower government censorship by proxy.
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Oct 03, 2018
Working remotely is a trend that might be on your radar. But to master the work-at-home experience, you need to prepare.
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Oct 03, 2018
Social media companies may be more controversial than ever. Still, nearly half of the Under 40 billionaires on this year's Forbes 400 list hail from such companies. Five of the 12 billionaires under 40 (all of whom are worth at least $2.1 billion) derived their fortunes from social apps.
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Oct 03, 2018
Be interesting and concise. On his LinkedIn profile, Richard Branson writes, "tie-loathing adventurer and thrill seeker". Jim Collins, the bestselling author of Good to Great, is an expert in "what makes great companies tick".
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Oct 03, 2018
Be interesting and concise. On his LinkedIn profile, Richard Branson writes, "tie-loathing adventurer and thrill seeker". Jim Collins, the bestselling author of Good to Great, is an expert in "what makes great companies tick".
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Oct 03, 2018
Be interesting and concise. On his LinkedIn profile, Richard Branson writes, "tie-loathing adventurer and thrill seeker". Jim Collins, the bestselling author of Good to Great, is an expert in "what makes great companies tick".
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Oct 03, 2018
Facebook Marketplace is taking off in a big way and AI software is behind almost all of the platform's success.
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Oct 03, 2018
Facebook Marketplace is taking off in a big way and AI software is behind almost all of the platform's success.
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Oct 02, 2018
Most remarkable about the Facebook story is not that a breach happened, but rather that the company took so long to detect it and the risk of blackmail or election interference from the stolen data, while the breach itself reminds us of the incredible value of our data.
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Oct 02, 2018
Gross profits can be temperamental, but you're more than likely overlooking the simplest answer to increasing yours.
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Oct 02, 2018
Twitter's announced a new set of policies aimed at countering election interference.
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Oct 02, 2018
The risk posed by high level extremists, and their continued celebrity appeal both online and offline, cannot be overemphasized. By strengthening the toolkit available to our security services, we can ensure that people do not fall for the same toxic ideology again.
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Oct 02, 2018
It's easy to understand why many feel that word-of-mouth buzz just "happens." However, great word-of-mouth is best achieved when you plan for it.
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Oct 01, 2018
"I will use mine to fight for these rights," Rise cofounder and CEO Amanda Nguyen said at the 2018 Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston.
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Oct 01, 2018
Adam Rippon and Esther Povitsky, panelists at the Forbes Under 30 Summit 2018, on how years of quietly toiling on their careers preceded their fame and how they've managed to retain authenticity in their personal brands as they achieved success.
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Oct 01, 2018
The company's first major security incident since the rollout of Europe's new data privacy law could lead to an investigation and even fines.
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Oct 01, 2018
A TV meteorologist in Tennessee was recently harassed because of her hairstyle. There is a bigger societal issue in that trolling.
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Oct 01, 2018
The Facebook AI Research group is hiring as many leading research scientists as it can. But it's competing with DeepMind, and many other companies.
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Sep 30, 2018
Today, there are changes in how consumers are consuming content. They are much more informed and no longer as open to being sold. They're also not as open to consuming advertising, even if they were in the past.
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Sep 30, 2018
Hazami Barmada is on a mission to shatter silos and connect everyday citizens to world leaders and create social change.
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Sep 30, 2018
Before I started blogging regularly here I had great insecurity about writing. It was paralyzing and limiting. I did have a flair for expressive writing, though I was missing the formal training to do it with confidence.
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Sep 30, 2018
How While technology can be useful to approach some of our social problems related to gender such as the various apps made to help women in India report when they are sexually assaulted or aggressed, technology is not actually changing anyone's sex.
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Sep 30, 2018
The tattoo industry has been predominantly analog. Not for much longer.
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Sep 30, 2018
Google's latest search update is great news for photographers, especially for those whose images are frequently reproduced without permission.
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Sep 30, 2018
The Female Blackout is counterproductive to moving the needle on issues like sexual assault or domestic violence or frankly any issue.
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Sep 30, 2018
The Female Blackout is counterproductive to moving the needle on issues like sexual assault or domestic violence or frankly any issue.
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Sep 30, 2018
INVNT CEO Scott Cullather deconstructs a slick, powerful NRA ad in service of a Republican Supreme Court nominee.
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Sep 30, 2018
World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee has an ambitious plan to reclaim the power from 'powerful forces who use it for their own agendas.'
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Sep 30, 2018
World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee has an ambitious plan to reclaim the power from 'powerful forces who use it for their own agendas.'
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Sep 30, 2018
World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee has an ambitious plan to reclaim the power from 'powerful forces who use it for their own agendas.'
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Sep 29, 2018
Since joining Twitter in January 2015, T.R. Darling has earned a name for himself as a microfiction author: His account has 16.6 thousand followers, he's added a Tumblr account that's even more popular, and he's now crowdfunding a book collection.
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