While on the campaign trail leading up to the 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to repeal federal estate taxes. Recent announcements from the White House indicate his intent to push these changes through. Currently, the federal estate tax applies only to estates valued at more than $5.49 million …
Read More »FCC Chairman Announces Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations
Many of us hoped the net neutrality battle was over two years ago when the FCC implemented Title II classification of internet service providers. However, the election of Donald Trump and ascendance of FCC commissioner Ajit Pai to the chairmanship suggested the fight was about to pick up again. Indeed, …
Read More »Three New Species of Fungus-Farming Ants Discovered in South America
Three new species of the ant genus Sericomyrmex have been discovered in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Sericomyrmex radioheadi, worker. Image credit: A. Ješovnik T.R. Schultz, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839. The genus Sericomyrmex belongs to the fungus-farming ants (tribe Attini), a New World group of over 250 species, all of which …
Read More »Cassini spacecraft’s grand finale at Saturn depicted in Google doodle
Today, the Cassini Spacecraft is going where no spacecraft has gone before — on a dive in between Saturn’s rings to take photos and collect data. Google is celebrating this historic mission with an animated Google doodle, a special logo, to grab people’s attention. The doodle shows a cartoon spacecraft …
Read More »Google Home now helps you cook over 5 million recipes
Google announced today that the Google Home device is now able to talk you through cooking more than five million recipes. Google partnered with Bon Appetit, The New York Times, Food Network and other recipe databases to bring the best recipes right to your Google Home device. How does it …
Read More »Simple tips to get your app indexed, ranked & installed
Do you have an app that you’d like to rank in mobile search engine results? If so, you’re going to need to make room in your SEO strategy for app optimization. For apps, there are distinct ranking factors. Although they are similar to ranking factors for a standard web page, there are …
Read More »SearchCap: Google Home recipes, app indexing & Doodles
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Simple tips to get your app indexed, ranked installedApr 26, 2017 by John E Lincoln Got an app you’d like to promote? Columnist John Lincoln provides …
Read More »4 critical touch points to reach consumers and deliver an effective ad campaign
Marketers and advertisers understand the importance of reaching consumers wherever they are— sometimes even before consumers get there themselves. Preemptive planning, tracking preferences and behavior, targeting, SEO, modern-day campaigns have tried it all in an effort to be seen and heard by their ideal consumer. For success in today’s digital …
Read More »Spring Cleaning Tips For A Fresh And Beautiful Home
With the weather gradually warming and the sun emerging from behind those clouds, homeowners are looking forward to embracing a clean and refreshed home. Whether your humble abode is an urban condo or a sprawling suburban property, every dwelling could use a spring clean. As we step into the season …
Read More »Seagate Launches Drone-Friendly DJI Fly Drive
Earlier this year, at CES, Seagate and the drone manufacturer DJI (official name: Dà-Ji?ng Innovations Science and Technology Co., Ltd), announced they would collaborate on an upcoming product launch that would make copying data from drone flights simpler and more efficient. Now we know what that collaboration looks like — …
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