The latest news: Facebook gets a stunning two billion searches per day, up from 1.5 billion in July 2015. Facebook broke the news during its earning call yesterday, in a move many have argued positions Facebook as the breaking news platform specifically in order to trump Twitter’s claim to fame. But it needn’t have bothered: They also announced Facebook ad revenue is up 63 percent this year, and today the New York Times revealed that their own ad revenue dropped 12 percent this year....

I keep a running list of my mistakes throughout the year and publish my top three mistakes annually. My biggest mistake was taking a while to come around to being transparent about my failures. Speaking openly about my mistakes has been the most effective model for building honest relationships and embodying humility. Giving back is timeless and powerful. Build a business on nights and weekends that is financially viable before working for the business full-time....

Encryption is the practice of scrambling and obscuring data in order to have it be unrecognizable to any system that it isn’t intended for. Various national governments have ever-so-slightly resented encryption on message apps for a while, with pressure being put on tech companies to limit the amount of encryption within each service in the interest of security. Despite this, some apps like Signal and WeChat have stuck to their guns and imposed some of the strongest encryption methods onto their services, meaning that the FBI (or other surveillance agencies, or even insidious third parties) are able to pull very little information from any of them....

The guitar provides a simple, easy-to-learn kids’ version of a guitar: It’s a three-string instrument that uses actual guitar strings and can be tuned just like any other guitar. I had a chat with Rafael Atijas, the startup’s founder and CEO, as well as the author of that master’s thesis I mentioned. Here’s what he had to say. Our guitars also come unassembled and we do that because when you build your own guitar, you develop a feeling of ownership and accomplishment that stimulates you to play more....

Fact: Female CEOs receive a dismal 2.7 percent of all venture capital.Fact: Only 6 percent of Fortune 500 companies are run by women.Fact: Only 19.9 percent of board-of-director seats are held by women.Fact: Fewer than 50 women have been elected to the Senate in United States history.Fact: Women didn’t have the right to vote in the United States until 1920. This situation persists, even in Maine, though only anecdotal evidence is available at this point, despite proof that it’s detrimental to overall business success....

According to the latest statistics, featuring video on a landing page can increase conversion by up to 80 percent. In an email, it can increase click-through by as much as 300 percent and 64 percent of viewers who watch a video are more likely to buy a product online. On thing to keep in mind is that viewers watch online videos without sound, which is why marketers have to get the message across in subtitles....

You relieve stress when you take vacations, which is a major issue that workers have to deal with. Stress can have damaging effects on your body and mind, thus keeping you away from success and creativity. You must have noticed that when you come back from a vacation, your mind starts working faster and better at least for a few days. So, now that you have come back from a long vacation, what can you do to get more productive?...

PHP can be used together with any common fronted language like JS, HTML and other frameworks. There are also a lot of PHP frameworks that are trying to make development easier and safer. After all, PHP is an easy language to learn but a hard one to actually master. But if you’re on the lookout to hire a PHP developer, it’s the masters that you’re going to want to find....

Find the approach most appropriate for each client. There are many ways to sell a product. Some people respond best to high pressure techniques while others prefer more laid back methods. This is why having a sense of empathy with a customer is so vitally important for any sales presentation. If you provide the facts and benefits in a way that is very comfortable with a particular client, then you should have an increased possibility of closing the deal....

But with so many websites using WordPress, how can a single website stand out from the crowd? A good content marketing strategy is the most important thing which any business can think about, but there is more to attracting attention on WordPress than by churning out quality content. By optimizing your blog via techniques such as improving your links and improving your website’s hosting, you can get your website higher on the Google rankings....

Ten years later, I have to admit that the idea of gamification is so watered down. Game designers and developers think it’s become a silly marketing word that, to outsiders, means nothing and can be applied to just about anything. However, there is a genuine utility of gamification in the right circumstances. This article seeks to replace the field’s diluted conception of gamification with concrete teaching applications to help businesses train and retain their employees....

Before I embarked on a worldwide expedition, I was the textbook definition of an entrepreneur. I was overworked, overstressed, under-rested and couldn’t go five minutes without harping on the problems facing my business. I was entirely consumed by my desire to build a robust business, impress my investors, and achieve financial success. Like many other entrepreneurs who find themselves entirely consumed by their businesses, I hit the point of no return....

In a first for the Chinese tech company, it is reportedly looking at releasing premium smart TVs as soon as this April, as well as a range of budget models under its Honor brand. However, with the terrible year the company is having so far, is now really the best time to crack a new product market? Huawei TVs in the Pipeline According to industry insiders, Huawei has its sights set on the global TV market, and is looking to launch some TV models to retail as soon as April this year....

But all that attention isn’t great for marketers. When any social network grows big enough, it starts to crack down on the questionably legal elements that helped spur its early growth. YouTube and Facebook did it with video clip copyright claims, and over the past seven weeks, Instagram has started a crackdown of its own: It’s getting rid of auto-commenting marketing bots. The Botpocalypse One popular Instagram marketing trick relies on third-party bot companies which can comment on photos across the social network....

Compared to iOS 8 – which took about eight days to reach the 50 percent mark – iOS 9’s adoption rate is certainly much quicker. It only hit users last Wednesday, and managed to hit that mark by Saturday, September 19. But when you’ve already got articles on the Internet focused on how to fix iOS 9’s slow performance and lag issues, then adoption doesn’t necessarily popularity. A quick search on Twitter for “iOS 9” results in many top tweets with users complaining that iOS 9 is significantly slower than their previous software build – with people reporting app crashes, interface lags, and overall slower processing....

Developing for the iPad and iPhone isn’t all that different, on the surface level. However, if you take a closer look, there are, in fact, some important differences to note. when developing applications for the two devices. Designing GUI Due to wide differences in screen sizes, it becomes necessary to create difference user interfaces for both these devices due to the differences in user experiences. Even if the designing part may be developed in native or hybrid methods of app development by using cross-platform tools, there exists vast difference in maintaining user interface....

Networking your way to a new position can help set you up for serious success. But where do you start? Well, if your living situation is flexible, moving to one of the best US cities for networking certainly wouldn’t hurt your chances. If you’re hoping to find a job purely on your own merits, the stats may not be on your side. A survey by LinkedIn and the Adler Group found that 85 percent of all vacant positions are filled through networking, suggesting it really is all about who you know....

At least, that’s what I took away from the presentation featured speaker Justin Fishkin just delivered at the Innovate Celebrate 2017 event. Justin, the chief strategy officer of Local Motors, talked smart cars, 3D-printing vehicles, and just what James Corden’s opinion on all of this is. You can catch Justin Fishkin’s talk using TechCo’s Facebook live video coverage below, but those pressed for time can check out a few key points right here....

In April, Swisher went on NBC’s Meet the Press to talk about ObamaCare, and was struck by the difference in mentality between the government and the tech industry. For example, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was quoted as saying, “The launch of the website was terribly flawed and terribly difficult. The good news was that we said it would be fixed in eight weeks. It was fixed in eight weeks.” She contrasted it to a technology like Tinder, the dating app....

Initially created for investments in IT companies, LauncHouse has expanded into hardware, software, consumer products, and the Internet of Things (IoT). While this is the program’s third year in operation, this upcoming fall session will be the first time that an accelerator in Ohio will focus on early-stage hardware startups. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the accelerator will provide the startups with access to mentors and advisors from organizations like Cleveland State University Monte Ahuja College of Business, Jumpstart, NASA John H....