An important ruling was issued last Friday in the 4-year old patent infringement lawsuit that SEO platform BrightEdge filed against competitor Searchmetrics. The California federal court judge sided with defendant Searchmetrics, ending a long and expensive court battle. At issue in the federal case were five patents Brightedge claimed were …

Photo: le_parloir on Instagram  As we settle into the frost and sleet, it’s often peppermint lattes and salted caramel hot chocolates that steal all of the wintertime beverage excitement. This year when it comes to sipping on warm drinks, we are inspired by British culture and their love for a cup …

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was speaking to Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait today at the new outlet’s event #TheYearAhead event, and he shared some more information about Uber’s plans around autonomy, and autonomous ride-hailing service rollout. “True autonomy for every single use case, is some ways away,” Khosrowshahi began, acknowledging that …

Twitter COO Anthony Noto has left the company, Twitter announced Tuesday. Noto’s leaving because he accepted a CEO role elsewhere, according to the release. Just last week, the WSJ reported that Noto was mulling the top executive job at finance startup SoFi, and indeed SoFi confirmed today that he’s joining …

Elon Musk’s new Tesla compensation package is the CEO equivalent of putting your money where your mouth is: He’ll only be paid out if he manages to raise the value of Tesla as a company to certain milestones, kind of like Kickstarter project stretch goals on a grand scale. Per …

The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s most unassumingly named tech venture, has presented a plan to build a 6.5 mile tunnel between Hawthorne (where SpaceX HQ is located) and West Los Angeles, undercutting Culver City in between to link the two. Boring Co. executives presented the plan to the Culver City …

Danny Amendola stepped up when the Patriots needed him, plus 6 other things we loved from Championship Sunday But Amendola did a little bit of everything for the Patriots and turned into the target that the Patriots thought he would be when they first brought him in for the 2013 …

If you own an iPhone 6 Plus that qualifies for whole body replacement and you haven’t gotten around to getting it serviced, Apple may be willing to upgrade it for you, at no additional expense. The keyword is “may” — we don’t know exactly which devices qualify for this type …

Female domestic cats are much more likely to use their right paw than males, according to a new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour. In the study, male cats showed a left-side bias for natural behaviors, females a right-side bias. Image credit: Jan Mallander. Until now, most studies on …

According to 3Cinteractive, 64 percent of brands reported an increase in loyalty program membership over the last year. Loyalty programs are becoming more sophisticated, moving beyond the traditional spend-and-get model, to omnichannel and multichannel programs that recognize customers for every interaction they make with a brand. Smart marketers are capturing …