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Gawker Media was just bought by Univision for $135 million earlier this week, following a bidding process. They have decided that the Gawker.com will no longer be in operation. The announcement was posted on Gawker.com today, and included information about the decision: No information has been released yet on why Gawker.com is shutting down, out of all the Gawker Media properties, though Josh Marshall, editor of Talking Points Memo, tweeted an analysis: “Don’t know specifically....

The nucleus of Celluloid was planted back in late 1999, early 2000. Anton learned from his mentor and quickly understood that online video was becoming what we see it as today, and while not many people thought we’d consume video as quickly as we do, Anton thought differently. Then, he became more aware of the huge potential of the mobile world as it grew, and he understood that he could pair this with his realization about online video consumption....

Storage: Gmail previously offered 1 GB storage, which at that time was massive. The standard storage offered by competitors like Hotmail, had been around 2-4 MB. However with time and with the invention of Cloud computing, Gmail now offers up to 15 GB of free storage across its services, which means that its users never have to delete an e-mail if they didn’t want to. Search: With that huge storage space, it may be bit of a difficulty to dig through your inbox in order to find an old message....

So what does this deal really mean for the much anticipated startup, Jumo? Well, it was sold for $0 to Good, who has a similar niche, so Good gains access to an open source platform for social good that has been in the works for a few years. Jumo’s 16 employees now have an opportunity to interview with Good and potentially stay on board (although it’s no guarantee), and Jumo founder and CEO Chris Hughes is now a senior adviser at Good....

According to Google, 500 million of us are talking to its voice assistant every month. It’s no surprise, then, that Google is continuing to roll out new features. The latest feature upgrades focus on home life and that all important word, privacy. Yes, in an attempt to make us feel more comfortable sharing our thoughts with an AI, Google is giving us more tools to control how our data is used....

If you hadn’t noticed, there’s been a significant shift towards remote work in recent years, with the pandemic pushing business owners to reevaluate how their employees get work done. Employees have been adamant that working from home is important to them, with many stating that they would rather quit than return to the office. However, Google isn’t giving up on office work it seems, as the company announced plans to make a substantial investment in its physical workspaces in 2022....

Google is careful not to bill it as a competitor to Uber, as drivers are limited to two trips per day. So, unlike Uber, drivers don’t make a living off of it. The immediate goal, according to Haaretz, is to scale carpooling by allowing riders and drivers to efficiently match their trips. Drivers make a bit of cash, riders get a cheap trip, and roads are less congested. Should the company be successful, it could speed up the advancement toward universal carpooling, where most trips are shared with a fellow resident....

The tech giant didn’t actually announce this removal, but it was quickly spotted, and the public outcry that followed has done its job: Google will now reinstate the permissions list. The heartwarming moral here? If we can all work together, we can bully tech companies into offering better visibility for our on data security needs. What the Permissions List Does Google’s permissions list is automatically generated, and it delivers a completely accurate look at what data is collected by each app....

Let’s take a look at the most important technologies in recent years that are gaining innovative traction in health IT, and where they are falling short: Data Integration Consolidating and integrating data simplifies processes. Health monitoring with mobile apps and other platforms will provide holistic views of health in real time, and they are gaining popularity. This can have a positive impact on patient engagement by seeing the effects of their lifestyle choices more immediately....

It’s easy to assume that kick-starting a content marketing campaign involves a lot of work, and it’s partly true. However, by following these six tips, you’ll be on your way before you know it. Define Your Audience While setting up your startup, you should have conducted plenty of market research to determine the types of people who are most likely to want what you have to offer. Take the information that you have already gathered about your target audience and refine it further by creating unique buyer personas for the various different types of people who you will be targeting....

It has to be said that I was definitely not prepared for something of this magnitude, even though I had backups of my most important files. Sure, I read many articles stating that these kind of attacks is becoming more widely used, but you never think it can happen to you. My best guess is it came with a setup .exe file I had downloaded from a slightly shady website....

Salesforce’s success is partially due to their in depth knowledge of their customers. Which brings us to the question, who exactly are their customers? Obviously they are companies that want to increase revenue and smartly automate their sales efforts, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Recently Mintigo took a close look at Salesforce’s customer data. Their analysis shed some light on what their customers are up to and how the customers have in turn helped with their success....

iOS 8 is all set for a big release by the fall of 2014, Apple announced officially just a month ago. So, what’s in store? Among many questions that arise in our minds, the important one is: will it be able to carry the legacy ahead, and will it be more than just a slight improvement on the current OS? We have seen a lot of great work done by Apple in the past....

Trustify founder Danny Boice has discovered that there is indeed a market for on-demand PI services. The former founder and CEO of Speek came up with the idea when he was going through his own personal crisis and spent $1500 on a retainer for a private investigator that ended up being pretty useless. He realized that this was an industry highly in need of disruption. Being the entrepreneur that he is, he set out on the task of disrupting it....

What’s even more interesting is the fact that it isn’t exclusively the expected players, like YouTube and Periscope, that are conquering Asian markets. There’s plenty of disruption afoot. Let’s explore what’s impacting all of this. Make no mistake, there is definitely an audience in Asia for major hit shows and well known live streaming broadcasts. However, the truth remains that Asian audiences prefer local content. According to Dreamy Tricks, viewers are more likely to tune into IQIYI or POOQ to watch content customized for local audiences than to hop on Netflix....

Although these are somewhat valid reasons to shy away from investing, they lose their validity when you consider millennials are squandering the most important asset for investors – time. As the future of retirement security becomes increasingly more bleak, the importance placed on investing early on in life becomes higher and higher. If you’re one of the millennials currently slacking on investing for your future, it’s likely that one of the three reasons listed above is holding you back....

Gschwandtner sat down with us at SXSW to share with us his story about how Runtastic went from developing software to creating a hardware device. According to him, going into hardware is a risky business, but certain conditions allowed them to make the push into hardware. Noticing the trend into wearable devices, the company made a strategic decision to push forth with their own fitness wearable. But he doesn’t think they would have been able to accomplish that without already finding enough success in the software industry....

While success in social media is the dream for every startup, there are still many companies who are struggling to create an online digital presence. And if this sounds like your startup, you need to change things as soon as possible. Follow these tips to social media marketing and you’ll be on your way to more engagement than you can handle. Do it Timely It seems absurd to care about the timing of posting on various social media platforms....

Pay Attention to Warning Signs Brands can start by being vigilant and acknowledging any problems they encounter. This way, they have a chance to pivot quickly before it’s too late. That’s where a company like Blockbuster went wrong, and where Netflix saved the day. Instead of noticing that customers preferred to have movies sent to them, the chain kept building new stores rather than changing its existing model. Netflix could have followed the same direction, but the company paid attention to trends and provided the streaming subscription service that customers wanted....

Luckily, there’s an abundance of lead generation tools that busy professionals can use to start building a subscriber base without investing too much time. Here are some of the best ones I’ve used so far: Beaver Builder What would a lead generation strategy be without landing pages to facilitate conversions? At first, I played with the code of existing themes to apply visual modifications. Even though I knew the codes I needed to use, I still relied heavily on trial and error to achieve exactly what I wanted to see....