Because the rest of his class was so weak, Embiid will probably get some first place Rookie of the Year votes, having played less than 800 minutes. That’s an average of 29.8 minutes per game, more than rookies averaged in the first round in six of the previous seven years. …
Read More »Making the case for mobile site optimizations: Who doesn’t want an extra $13K?
For years, the digital marketing world has asked itself, “Is now the year of mobile?” But at this point, we’ve clearly surpassed the Year of Mobile and are now in the “Age of Mobile Crisis.” Instead of considering if we should include a potential mobile audience, we are weighing the impact our lackluster …
Read More »When to Retire: How to Make the Right Choice with Advice from Decision Making Expert
When to retire. Getting the answer to this question is — by far — one of the biggest decisions of your life and a choice that can cause a lot of stress. Here are 5 tips from Dr. Ruth Chang, a professor at Rutgers University and world renowned expert on …
Read More »IBM is making its quantum computer API available to the public
Most of the time, when we talk about functional quantum computers in the world, we’re talking about D-Wave. That company has taken the lead on quantum computing and provides its own 2048-bit quantum annealers for solving certain types of problems. IBM, however, has its own five-qubit system it’s been working …
Read More »Google backs away from making its own laptops
Google is focusing on hardware more than it has in the past with the Pixel smartphones, Google Wifi, and Google Home. One product Google doesn’t plan to continue making is laptops, according to Google’s SVP of hardware Rick Osterloh. If you head to the Google Store right now, the Chromebook …
Read More »Cassini Provides New View of Saturn’s Wave-Making Moon Daphnis
A new image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s small moon Daphnis and the waves it raises in the surrounding ring material. This image was obtained in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on January 16, 2017, at a distance of about 17,000 miles (28,000 km) from Daphnis. …
Read More »Are You Making the Right Retirement Decisions? Find Out Now
We have a lot of choices to make as we approach, enter and live in retirement. Making the right retirement decisions will impact our emotional and financial health.The major financial levers you have for retirement security include: how long you work, when you start Social Security, your health and healthcare …
Read More »Are your paid search ads making the right impression?
Impression share is an interesting paid search metric. On the surface, you could argue that impression share is a fairly useless metric. In fact, I’ll admit that I’ve argued for years that impressions really aren’t an important measure of paid search success. However, while I still strongly believe that ROI — not impressions, …
Read More »Eco-Resolutions for 2017: Making the World a Greener Place
You can’t believe it? We can’t believe it! It’s already time to prepare for 2017. As the door closes on 2016, we begin to mull over ways to improve our lives and meet our personal goals. If you’re like most, you want to work harder at giving back to others …
Read More »Goffin’s Cockatoos Filmed Making Same Tool Type from Different Materials
An international team of researchers from Austria and the UK has shown that Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) can manufacture and use stick-type tools of appropriate shape and length out of three different materials, suggesting that the birds can anticipate how the tools will be used. Goffin’s cockatoos can cut out …
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