Like any other mainstream GPS app, Apple Maps does more than help you get from point A to point B. It also surfaces what’s around you, whether you’re on vacation, passing through an unfamiliar part of town, or settling into a new city. This facet of Apple Maps is vital …
Read More »Dinosaur Unearthed in Wales
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic deposits of Pant-y-ffynnon in southern Wales. Life reconstruction of Pendraig milnerae among the fissures of Pant-y-ffynnon and three individuals of the rhynchocephalian lepidosaur Clevosaurus cambrica during the Late Triassic epoch. Image credit: James Robbins. …
Read More »Small Jurassic Pterosaur
Opposed thumbs are adaptations to arboreal life and rare for non-mammal vertebrates; Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, a newly-discovered species of arboreal pterosaur that inhabited a unique forest ecosystem in what is now China during the Jurassic period, shows the oldest record of such a feature. Life reconstruction of Kunpengopterus antipollicatus in the …
Read More »Google’s Business Advisors
Google has beta-launched a program for small businesses (SMBs) to help them become better marketers on Google. Called Small Business Advisors (SBA), the program offers 50-minute individualized consulting sessions on a range of products from Google My Business to Ads and Analytics to YouTube. No enterprises or agencies. Google told …
Read More »Small Cretaceous Crocodile
A new genus and species of sebecosuchian crocodyliform that roamed Earth during the Cretaceous period has been identified from a partial skeleton found in a titanosaur nesting area in Catalonia, Spain. Life restoration of Ogresuchus furatus. Image credit: Aina and Agnès Amblás / Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Named …
Read More »COVID-19 And Business
Small businesses (SMBs) are now in a Darwinian struggle for survival. The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is completely disrupting and reconfiguring the market, with some SMBs adapting and others calling it quits. This will have big implications for marketing and advertising as well. In its Q2 economic report, Yelp …
Read More »The Need For Mobile Speed
Small improvements have a big conversion impact Site speed has always been an important feature of the mobile user experience. Google made it an explicit ranking factor in 2018. Speed is also a component of the new “Page Experience” ranking factor. But even more importantly, page speed can have …
Read More »PayPal launches a small biz toolset, ‘Business in a Box,’ with WooCommerce & Xero
PayPal today launched a new service, called Business in Box, aimed at bringing more U.S. small business owners to its payments platform. The service, which was developed in partnership with WooCommerce and Xero, offers merchants a suite of tools for running their online businesses, including an online storefront, accounting tools, the ability to …
Read More »Oscar Health rolls out its small business product Oscar for Business
Oscar Health, a startup rethinking health insurance for the digital age, is rolling out a new product for small businesses called Oscar for Business. The rollout comes as Oscar struggles with its original bet on individual insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a move which vaulted the company, now valued at …
Read More »Adorable Small Canadian Towns To Visit This Spring
When many of us think of places to visit in Canada, major cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal immediately spring to mind. However, the True North is blessed with a number of charming smaller communities that are rich with Canadian history and culture. Whether it’s a week-long retreat or weekend getaway, …
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