The splashiest auto news coming out of CES and the North American International Auto Show has been about new models, self-driving tech, and wild concepts. But in a quieter series of moves, automakers also continued to strengthen their control over what it is we’re able to do inside our cars, particularly when it comes to...Read More
A security release for all previous versions WordPress is now available, which the company strongly recommends all users upgrade to immediately. The previous version of WordPress, version 4.7, has been downloaded over 10 million times since being released last month. However, it didn’t come without its flaws. Specifically, the release addresses eight security issues affecting...Read More
Is your SEO provider about to get you penalized? Hopefully not, but there is a chance it might. It is too easy to put up a website and advertise SEO services without actually knowing what they are doing. There are also marketers out there who don’t keep up with Google best practices and still use...Read More
We’ve all heard the saying, “Content is king.†While in some respects this saying is true, in my opinion, this one phrase has done more damage to our industry than anything else. According to WordPress, “Users produce about 73.9 million new posts and 49.0 million new comments each month.†That’s roughly 2.4 million posts a...Read More
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Which one’s better, Google Home or Alexa? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Kartik Ayyar, Engineer at Google, on Quora: I have two Echos and two Google Home devices. First off, I think they are both...Read More
Achieving even the simplest improvements to an ecommerce site can feel like a Herculean effort. Effective search engine optimization requires buy in and participation from your entire organization, from the top down and the bottom up. SEO isn’t possible without close interaction with personnel in strategy, merchandising, user experience, creative, copywriting, and technical resources. Yes, you can...Read More
(Photo: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) What is it like to be a research scientist at Google? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Dmitriy Genzel, machine learning engineer, on Quora: What is it like to be a research scientist at Google? It’s very nice....Read More
WordPress is embracing WebVR as it begins to roll out support for 360-degree videos and photos to its network of sites. In a blog post, the company says its aim is “to make publishing VR content as simple as publishing text or photos to the web.†Currently, the 360-photo feature has been made available to all blog...Read More
pexels.com Smart home technology has been a public interest for the last several years. Countless wireless gadgets, from smart thermostats to smart ovens, have been released as individual smart home components, but as of yet, there hasn’t been any singular technology to stitch all these individual pieces together into the Jetsons-style reality we’ve all been...Read More
For Google Assistant, 2017 is a make-or-break year Alphabet and Google began to embrace practicality in 2016 as the two closely related entities changed course on a number of efforts. After many years of teasing its own self-driving car, it chose instead to become a vendor of car technology. But in more pedestrian device pursuits,...Read More
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