Google Chrome Revealed As Cause of Mass Mac Pro Failure
Earlier this week, studios and video shops in Hollywood and around the country went into collective panic mode when their Mac Pro workstations refused to reboot. News started hitting Twitter September 24 as Mac Pros started slowly crashing and refusing to boot up again. Almost immediately, keen-eyed users started noticing that affected systems were running […]
Google rolling out LSAs and ‘Google Screened’ to select professional services nationally
After successful test, the program goes into general availability. Local Services Ads (LSAs) have been a success for Google. Originally designed for home services advertisers, Google initiated a test last August with select professional services categories (lawyers, financial planners and realtors) in San Diego and Houston. National rollout. After a successful trial run, Google has decided […]
Go Where Your Customers Are… the Mobile Phone
At the recent Social Media Day Jacksonville 2018 conference, Carlos Gil, founder of Gil Media Company, spoke about current social media marketing strategies. In an entertaining and informative talk, Gil spoke about the challenge of getting companies like Win-Dixie to understand that they should be engaging with their customers on the device their customer is always paying attention to, […]
Video: Brian Ussery of Razorfish on SEO for e-commerce sites
We also talked about the new GoogleBot and some of the old days in the SEO industry. The Director of SEO at Razorfish, Brian Ussery, an individual who I’ve known in the SEO space for almost twenty-years, chatted with me about the earlier days in the SEO industry. We also talked about the new evergreen GoogleBot and […]
KFC Will Begin Testing Chicken Nuggets Made With 3D Bioprinting
KFC has announced it will begin using 3D bioprinting technology to create lab-grown chicken nuggets this fall in Russia. Alternatives to traditional meat have been gaining popularity as consumers look for environmentally friendly alternatives. Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are two companies that specialize in plant-based meat alternatives. In both cases, these products are designed […]
Bing gets in shape with search updates for exercise & healthy recipe-related queries
Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, Bing is rolling out new health-conscious search experiences. Bing has added new search updates aimed at helping its health-conscious users. Now, when you search for “workouts” or “exercises,” Bing will deliver carousel-styled search results with images that link to a wide variety of exercise options. Filters within the carousel […]
PPC’s #fakenews: 9 ways bad numbers might look good
Did you know it’s super-easy to fake your way to seemingly good PPC performance? Contributor Andreas Reiffen shares multiple ways to arm yourself against the pay-per-click version of “fake news.” Today’s news landscape makes it tough to separate truth from fiction. Between news hackers and special-interest propaganda, it’s harder than ever to find a source […]
A Yahoo-Facebook Search Partnership? Reality Check Time!
The world, it seems, just cannot wait for Facebook to come along and start its own search engine and knock Google off the top of search mountain. The rumors and expectations of this go back for years. Now the latest twist: Yahoo and Facebook will team up together. If you’re banking on that potential alliance […]
Google Introduces Confidential Computing, a New Way of Encrypting Cloud Data
Google Cloud has introduced Confidential Computing in a bid to help secure data in the cloud. Google and Microsoft are both founding members of the Confidential Computing industry group. The goal of Confidential Computing is to encrypt and secure data while it is being used and processed. This is far different than current encryption methods, wherein data […]
Shopify Evolving Into World’s First Retail Operating System
“Shopify is evolving into the world’s first retail operating system,” says Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein. “We think the future of retail is retail everywhere. A brand that’s going to be successful in 5, 10 or 15 years from now needs to sell across any platform and across any channel where they have customers. The idea […]