According to a new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, ancient peoples began to systemically affect the evolution of crops up to 30,000 years ago — around 10,000 years before researchers previously thought. Barley (Hordeum vulgare). Image credit: Cliff. Wild plants contain a gene which …

I joined the NBA’s opening night a bit late last week, tuning in to the Celtics-Cavaliers game on TNT with a minute left, and witnessed LeBron James driving to the basket, pivoting with one foot, pivoting with the other, then pirouetting into the lane for a critical layup while taking …

Google’s focus on local search the past couple of years has some expecting local search traffic to play a heightened role for brick and mortar retailers this coming holiday. Google is now teeing up some new shopping features ahead of the holiday shopping season. The announcements, made by Kishore Kanakamedala, director of product management for online-to-offline solutions and livestreamed …

On September 1, 2017, NASA’s Juno spacecraft witnessed a remarkable cosmic event — a small Jovian moon called Amalthea blocked the sunlight and cast a shadow on the face of the gas giant. Amalthea casts a shadow on Jupiter in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft; the elongated shape …

Google is actively investigating reports of major screen burn-in in Pixel 2 devices. Multiple end users are reporting significant problems with burn-in, even after just a few days of using the device. Screen burn-in has been a problem for literally as long as we’ve had computers. It’s the problem screen …

Lyft has hired Katie Dill as its new Vice President of Design, overseeing design in a broad sense across the company, covering user experience, product and more. Dill joins from Airbnb, where she was Director of Experience and helped usher in the peer-to-peer rental business’s new brand identity. Prior to …

A year ago the Midwest seemed on the cusp of a renaissance. Small towns and cities from Pittsburgh to Omaha had perfected the YC model of accelerator creation and low-cost/high-impact funding. The ecosystems have cropped up everywhere there is a coffee shop or an artisanal sandwich truck and the idea …

In July, Google added booking buttons to some local panel results. Now, Google is opening that up to more local businesses by integrating with their “scheduling partners” directly from the Google My Business console. When you log into your Google My Business account, you may see a new button in …

Welcome to the second and final post in a two-part series about paid search account audits. If you haven’t read the first post, be sure to check it out here! Without further ado, let’s dive right into the good stuff — the remaining analyses standing between you and a perfectly …

Technical SEO is an awesome field. There are so many little nuances to it that make it exciting, and its practitioners are required to have excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills. In this article, I cover some fun technical SEO facts. While they might not impress your date at a dinner …