Today marks what would have been Dr. Maya Angelou’s 90th birthday. To celebrate the poet, writer and civil rights activist, Google has created a doodle featuring a full lineup of high-profile celebrities reciting Angelou’s poem, “Still I Rise.” The doodle begins with Angelou’s own voice, narrating the beginning of her …
Read More »7 ways to turn a webinar into a stream of link-attracting content
Creating large amounts of valuable content is a universal challenge for marketers. Doesn’t matter if we’re talking about images, articles, blog posts or videos. Producing large quantities sometimes causes a decrease in quality if a marketing department isn’t diligent. It’s generally agreed that quality is more important than quantity when …
Read More »In big win, Apple hires Google AI chief John Giannandrea away from Google
Earlier this week, we reported on personnel changes within Google’s search organization: Ben Gomes will now be in charge of all search, and Jeff Dean is taking on leadership of Google Brain and AI. The changes come as Google SVP of Engineering John Giannandrea moves to Apple to run AI …
Read More »SearchCap: Bing Ads extensions, Apple hires Google exec & local image bug
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: In big win, Apple hires Google AI chief John Giannandrea away from GoogleApr 4, 2018 by Greg Sterling Apple must succeed in AI if it is …
Read More »Catch “An American in Paris” In Toronto Until April 29th
Photo: marson_pr on Instagram Even if you don’t have plans to travel to the City of Light this spring, the award-winning musical An American in Paris just might usher you away to this global fashion capital. The hit Broadway musical has won four Tony Awards, and just debuted at the Princess …
Read More »Intel Unleashes New Mobile Core i9 Processors at Nearly 5GHz
When Intel launched Coffee Lake last summer, it led with a relatively anemic lineup of desktop and mobile parts. The company is changing that today, and with a vengeance. Starting today, if you like Coffee Lake, there’s a great deal more of Coffee Lake to like, including new Core i9 …
Read More »In Lightroom and Photoshop, Adobe Puts Profiles and Presets Front and Center
Besides the rapid rise of smartphones, no other trend has been as hot in photography as one-click filters to quickly give photos a particular look. Made popular initially by mobile apps like Instagram and Snapseed, now they have spread to just about every photo app and sharing service. For users …
Read More »Series A Top Goal Scorer Odds – A focus on 2018’s Front Runners
All major football leagues throughout the world are gradually coming to an end this season and it’s not only who’ll win the league that a lot of punters are betting on, as the market for each top tier’s top goalscorer continues to be something worth following on a weekly basis. …
Read More »The NBA’s First Line of Defense
Simmons is not the pick for league MVP (James Harden), Most Improved (Victor Oladipo), Sixth Man (Lou Williams), or Defensive Player of the Year (Andre Drummond), but here’s what Simmons is the better pick for: NBA All-Defensive 1st Team. After his first full season, it seems as if folks were …
Read More »Updated: Google’s Ben Gomes expands role to head all of search as John Giannandrea moves to Apple to head AI
Editor’s note: this article originally reported Giannandrea would remain at Google and has been updated to reflect the latest announcement of his move to Apple. The Information reported Monday that Google VP of Core Search Ben Gomes will be stepping up to lead all of search as vice president. This move …
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