Researchers have for the first time mapped the entire genome of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), one of the most challenging agricultural pests to manage. The results appear in the journal Scientific Reports. The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Image credit: Ben Pélissié / University of Wisconsin – Madison. …

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. In the world of mobile apps, numbers come in two sizes: big and bigger. More than one billion people use Facebook’s mobile app every day. Instagram — another Facebook property — has well over 100 million photos and …

There is some good average retirement income 2018 news. According to research from Boston College, the percentage of retirees who are at risk of falling short in retirement decreased from 52 to 50 percent. Okay…  that is not really tremendously good news. It is indeed a very modest gain. But, the …

Ransomware is some of the most devious and frustrating malware floating around the internet. These programs lock up your files with encryption and threaten to delete them unless you pay a cryptocurrency ransom. Victims are powerless to thwart the attack, so many just pay up. Now, it’s the scammers who …

Google is rolling out a few new features to its Google Flights search engine to help travelers tackle some of the more frustrating aspects of air travel – delays and the complexities of the cheaper, Basic Economy fares. With the regard to delays, Google Flights won’t just be pulling in …

Human skeletal muscles have an epigenetic memory of earlier encounters with growth, according to a Keele University-led study. According to Seaborne et al, ‘muscle memory’ exists at DNA level. Image credit: Composita. Using the latest genome wide techniques, Keele University researcher Adam Sharples and colleagues studied over 850,000 sites on …

An international team of researchers has successfully sequenced, assembled and analyzed the genome of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), an enigmatic salamander-like creature capable of extraordinary regenerative abilities. The Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Image credit: Bouboulski / CC BY-SA 4.0. Axolotls are known only from central Mexico, on the southern …

Most businesses keep track of customer phone calls. But is something getting lost in translation? With the release today of its keyword recommendation tool, Call Highlights, CallRail offers businesses a chance to identify trends and uncover insights from their customer calls. The company says the tool is the first one …

SMX London takes place May 22-23, 2018, at etc.venues, 155 Bishopsgate, Liverpool St., London EC2M 3YD. To increase the odds of being selected, be sure to read the agenda. Understand what the sessions are about. Ensure that your pitch is on target to the show’s audience and the session. Please …

Google’s Page Speed Update won’t impact how Google indexes your mobile or desktop content; it will only affect how the mobile pages are ranked in the Google mobile search results. To be clear, indexing and ranking are two separate things, as Google explains clearly in the How Search Works portal. …