Dealing with service-area businesses (SAB) has been awkward for Google and Google Maps historically since these local businesses often don’t have a physical location. But Google has introduced a new sign-up flow that is more intuitive and easier for SABs. Historical workarounds. Enterprising SEOs have used and recommended a wide range …

  We’ve got a double dose of exciting news for you, startup fans. First, we’re thrilled to announce that investment firms August Capital, SV Angel and Uncork Capital have partnered with us for the 2nd Annual TechCrunch Winter Party at Galvanize on February 8. And second, today we released into …

A new species of freshwater shark that lived about 67 million years ago (Cretaceous period) has been identified from fossilized teeth found in South Dakota. An illustration showing what Galagadon nordquistae would have looked like in life, swimming along the river floor. Image credit: Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum. Named Galagadon …

  Our image of the outer solar system in decades past was much simpler than it is today. Pluto was the ninth planet, and that was the end of it except for some scattered asteroids and comets. Now, science doesn’t consider Pluto a planet, but some believe there’s a still-undiscovered …

  There are new reports of a display problem affecting Apple laptops equipped with the Touch Bar, and reason to believe the company’s relentless focus on thinness-at-any-cost is directly responsible for these new issues. The issue now is being called a ‘stage light effect’, based on the way the backlight …

  Western Digital has launched its new SN750 SSD (full name: Western Digital WD Black SN750), with a few updated features and capabilities, including a tweaked firmware intended to boost performance. The new drives will also be offered in a separate retail package with an included custom heatsink designed by …

D.C. United have signed midfielder Antonio Bustamante to a Homegrown contract, the club announced Monday. Bustamante becomes D.C. Uniteds 18th player under contract ahead of preseason training. We are thrilled for Antonio as he makes the impressive jump from the academy up to the D.C. United first team, D.C.s academy …

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft observed Saturn’s ring system in unprecedented detail, and a team of planetary researchers from the University of California Santa Cruz and NASA’s Ames Research Center has now used those observations to revise the gas giant’s rotation period. According to their calculations, the length of a day on …

  Love them or hate them, selfies are here to stay. Phones are by far the most popular cameras today, and selfies are a rapidly growing use of them. So it makes sense that consumers are increasingly choosing their next phone based partially on its ability to capture selfies. Phone …

The team envisioned certain situations where it could upgrade its bullpen by dealing Zobrist while also keeping the offense static, the report says. Im one of the pawns, Zobrist told reporters this weekend. Zobrist said he doesnt pay a lot of attention to trade rumors. I know that the team, …