Google runs the world’s largest and most profitable online ad network, but the lion’s share of ad dollars still go to TV. The search giant is looking to change that by associating online ads with purchases in the real world — your purchases. Google has partnered with companies responsible for …

Google has been holding its annual developer conference for ten years now, but I/O is no longer just a developer conference. It’s a place for Google to announce and show off some of its latest technologies, and talk about the future. At I/O 2017, Google announced new products powered by …

How secure is your data? You’ve probably been told time and time again that backups are important. Heck, you might already have a local backup in place to protect against a hardware failure. That’s a good place to start, but if you’re not storing your files offsite as well, they’re …

Circle Media, the company behind Circle with Disney – a device that helps parents enforce their home’s internet rules and restrictions – has raised $10 million in Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The round was led by early stage venture fund Relay Ventures. There was another private equity investment in …

Using stickers to decorate your photos is a common feature found in social apps like Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and others. But today, stickers have started showing up in a more surprising place: Amazon’s mobile app. Following a recent update, Amazon has added support for stickers within its iOS app’s camera feed – …

Photo: Courtesy of TMPL Gym For a hot new summer workout, look no further than your nearest pool deck. Niche water-fitness studios (think: cycling or doing yoga while immersed in H2O) are on the rise, according to the Sports Fitness Industry Association. And they’re getting popular for good reason: You …

Consuming moderate amounts of chocolate with high cocoa content was associated with lower risk of being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation — a common and potentially life threatening type of irregular heartbeat — in a study of men and women in Denmark. According to Mostofsky et al, moderate chocolate intake may …

The photo shows a view of the 2017 AFC Champions League Round of 16 match between Persepolis Football Club (players in red) and Lekhwiya of Qatar at Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran, on May 23, 2017. The photo shows a view of the 2017 AFC Champions League Round of 16 match …

Conventional wisdom within ad tech is that search is boring. In the display ecosystem, life is exciting: in the last decade alone, thousands of niche companies have emerged, nearly as many have folded, and major new technologies have come and gone. In contrast, search seems dull: it’s still the best-performing …

In the retail space today, it’s no longer business as usual. Retail is in a constant state of flux as more and more brands announce store closings; we’ve experienced a staggering 97 percent increase in store closures year over year, according to the National Real Estate Investor. But it’s not …