Technology Devices, software, wearables and more Everyone is struggling to sell smartwatches… except Garmin Smartwatches aren’t for everyone as the plateauing sales figures demonstrate Virtual, real-time racing is coming to F1 Soon you’ll be able to virtually race Lewis Hamilton in real-time The 32GB iPhone 7 is slower than the other models It looks like...Read More
The small manufacturers who are thriving in the face of global competition and other challenges have spent the last five to seven years improving productivity and process efficiencies. This focus has often meant that marketing activity was next to nonexistent — with much new business coming from word-of-mouth. Once a small manufacturer has their process...Read More
Telecommunications companies are becoming media companies. That explains ATT’s agreement to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion. But something else explains it, too. Media companies are becoming telecoms. Internet firms like Google and Facebook and Amazon and Netflix are the new media companies. They deliver enormous amounts of video online, posing a direct threat to old-school television and movie companies. But...Read More
Recently, the WordPress Core CMS was updated to version 4.6. It’s not a particularly feature-heavy release, but it adds additional stability and security to WordPress. If you are the kind of person who gets spooked by the idea of updating your WordPress version, then this article is for you. This article is intended to help...Read More
SEO industry workers and professional fitness trainers alike can relate to the awkward moment when a client asks for guaranteed results — only to find out that there are absolutely none. That’s disappointing, but unfortunately, it’s true. Neither discipline is free of snake oil salesmen, some of whom nurture unrealistic (or even impossible) promises. In the...Read More
Google’s recently launched Daydream VR headset Ben Gilbert / Business Insider Google is testing a prototype wireless device that appears to be related to its virtual reality efforts, according to new documents filed with the FCC on Wednesday. Google is asking the FCC for permission to conduct nationwide testing of the mystery device with employees,...Read More
Debugging is an essential skill for any developer. This tutorial will show you 11 powerful ways to debug WordPress and PHP errors. The first item in the list is the famous WP_Debug, then we’ll jump into some more advanced methods. First, let’s list the types of common PHP errors: A – Notice: This is the...Read More
SEO industry workers and professional fitness trainers alike can relate to the awkward moment when a client asks for guaranteed results — only to find out that there are absolutely none. That’s disappointing, but unfortunately, it’s true. Neither discipline is free of snake oil salesmen, some of whom nurture unrealistic (or even impossible) promises. In the...Read More
Websites are the foundation of any digital marketing program for small businesses, and yet nearly half of merchants (46%) still don’t have their own websites. Web hosting giant GoDaddy is looking to change that with the launch of a new program it describes as the easiest way for businesses to build their own WordPress sites....Read More
You may remember the hermit crab as the animal that uses the shells of other animals for its own survival. Because hermit crabs require larger and larger shells as they grow, they compete with other hermit crabs for discarded shells. This is what I see happening in search results lately in my own niche. Hermit...Read More
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