San Francisco Giants’ great Sergio Romo may be crossing enemy lines, as he reportedly has agreed to a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The third member of the San Francisco Giants’ “Core Four” out in the bullpen is gone, as Sergio Romo has reportedly agreed to a deal with …
Read More »LG will fix shielding on future 5K monitors to prevent router disruption
Earlier this week, we reported on the LG 5K UltraFine monitor’s problems with content when a router was placed near the display. LG has confirmed the issue and recommends that users who have their displays too close to routers move either the display or the router to create more space …
Read More »Problems with SpaceX Falcon 9 design could delay manned missions
SpaceX is no stranger to delays. The private space firm headed by Elon Musk has pushed back is launch schedule several times in the last few years after rockets have been lost. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says there may be an issue with the Falcon 9 rocket that …
Read More »Critically Endangered Dryas Monkeys Caught on Video
Using camera traps, primatologists from the Lukuru Foundation Tshuapa-Lomani-Lualaba (TL2) Project are the first to capture video footage of a previously unknown population of the critically endangered Dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas). Close-up of critically endangered Dryas monkeys (Cercopithecus dryas) now inhabiting the Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of …
Read More »Conductor’s new mobile app helps businesses understand what customers are searching for
Conductor is launching a new mobile app that co-founder and CEO Seth Besmertnik described as a way to get quick access to “the voice of the customer.” The New York-based company started with a focus on search engine optimization before broadening to offer a broader range of marketing tools. Now, …
Read More »Thrive Capital hires Obama’s Director of Product Josh Miller to focus on tech for the underprivileged
Connections between the Obama administration and Silicon Valley abound, but particularly for Josh Kushner. The latest? Kushner’s venture firm Thrive Capital just hired Josh Miller, a member of the White House Office of Digital Strategy under President Barack Obama. Miller, just 24 when he left Facebook to serve as the White …
Read More »Search in Pics: Google & Sergey Brin protests, an Asian conical hat room & Google Somalia store
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google’s Sergey Brin protesting at San Francisco airport: Source: Twitter Googlers …
Read More »Google adds a new carousel to let you expand the search results
Google is now letting searchers filter down their search results and/or expand their search results using a carousel-style slider at the top of the desktop and mobile search results. If you search for [baby clothes], [kids clothing] and more, Google will show you this slider. Here is a screen shot …
Read More »Unconfirmed Google algorithm update may be better at discounting links and spam
Google may have made some tweaks to their algorithms this week on how they target link spam and other forms of spam. Google would not confirm or deny there was an algorithm change, but based on the signals I am tracking, there appears to have been an algorithm update that …
Read More »The future of paid voice search and monetizing the map
Last year, Google introduced local search ads and promoted pins to wring a few extra dollars out of Maps. By extra, I mean potentially an additional $1.5 billion in 2017 alone. Maps inherently have local intent; local intent has a high likelihood for conversion. No surprises there. But ads run …
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