CRM tools, techniques and data can be effectively channelized to provide great customer service and overall better business management for the brand. | Continue reading
Looker, a data visualization and business intelligence startup announced a new component today that brings Looker data directly into Slack conversations without having to access the program separately. The new tool is called Looker Slack Bot and is built using the Slack bot techn … | Continue reading
The latest weapon in the War on Terror uses corporate-style analytics to direct the unseen hand of government propaganda. | Continue reading
YouTube and Google Play Movies & TV will now participate in T-Mobile’s “Binge On” program, which offers cellular subscribers the ability to watch a variety of services without those streams counting against users’ data plans. Google’s participation comes following its recent crit … | Continue reading
The Chinese app economy has been exploding, but so far most of the country’s apps have needed help to market abroad, in part because of the huge differences between China and other large markets, like the U.S. No Chinese domestic data providers have been able to bridge the divide … | Continue reading
Alongside Netflix, YouTube is the biggest name in online video, and today it's being added to T-Mobile's Binge On plan, which allows streaming from partner services without it counting against users' data caps. T-Mobile chief John Legere announced the news in a video on Twitter, … | Continue reading
Health and wearables startup Fitbit is the latest company to embrace Amazon’s fledgling Internet of Things (IoT) technology, with the news that you can now ask Alexa for your fitness stats using just your voice. Fitbit claims to be the first wearables company to open up to Amazon … | Continue reading
Adam New-Waterson, CMO at LeanData, joins the Content Pros Podcast to comment on educational content, ABM strategy, and drawing content inspiration from data with one particular success story involving synonyms and a dress. | Continue reading
According to industry sources, Google’s cloud data platform has secured a major customer this week - its tech rival Apple. | Continue reading
Learn how to use data to make better informed marketing decisions with this new book from Russell Glass & Sean Callahan of LinkedIn. | Continue reading
Australians are getting thirsty and are stuck without a lift home. The Internet has disappeared and some people are struggling to remain calm.On Thursday afternoon, Australia's largest telecommunication company Telstra lost service across the country with calls and data being aff … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – U.S. officials will travel to Brussels this week to drum up support for a transatlantic data transfer pact agreed last month that will facilitate billions of dollars worth of online business but which must overcome European regulators’ concerns over privacy protection … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price completed a move higher during the past couple of sessions and moved down. There is a bearish trend line forming on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken), which may act as a resistance in the near term. The price is also below the 100 hourly simple … | Continue reading
In its bid to raise its name in cloud computing services, Google nabbed a big-name customer: Apple. The iPhone-maker recently started storing portions of its iCloud and services data with Google’s cloud platform, according to sources familiar with the deal.It’s a win for Google, … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it is partnering with Dominion Virginia Power and the Commonwealth of Virginia to build a 20 megawatts solar energy plant in Virginia. Microsoft — like its competitors AWS, Google and others — has long been investing in renewable energy projects. Mo … | Continue reading
When it comes to tech, Ireland is primed for success and expansion. Both parts of the island are fostering a tech startup scene with pro-business initiatives and an environment ripe for collaboration between industry, academia and state agencies. It’s not simply policy either. Ir … | Continue reading
Is it time to clear your smartphone? Maybe you want to sell it or give it away to someone. The smartest thing to do is wipe the device clean and get it back to factory settings. But did you know a traditional factory data reset won't take care of the job 100%? | Continue reading
The number of commercial drone operators in the US has soared over the last year. Since we published data on the first 500 operators last June, the number of for-profit drone pilots has grown to over 3000. And no category of use has grown faster than emergency services. Accordin … | Continue reading
Trust in the way health data is used needs to be established if the potential of big data analytics is to be realised in the health sector and across … | Continue reading
Popular GPS driving app Waze has introduced a couple of nifty new features to its iOS app today. The new Planned Drives feature lets you enter a date and time for your intended destination, and Waze will then tell you when it’s time to leave based on real-time traffic data. Given … | Continue reading
I’ll let you on to a little secret: The number one reason that I quickly grew my blog’s email list to 7500 subscribers and my blog’s revenue to $100,000 is due to my strange approach to marketing. In fact, this same approach took my blog’s traffic from this: to this: (In a month) … | Continue reading
The Microsoft Azure platform is making it increasingly easy to get people acquainted with blockchain technology and any protocol running on top of this solution. Slock.it, a company focusing all of their attention on business analytics, messaging, data management, and identity, i … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price after completing a short-term downside move regained the bullish bias and started to move higher. There is a two point divergence trend line forming on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken), which can be tested in the near term. The price might hea … | Continue reading
In a filing entered today in Central California district court, Apple says the government is seeking "an all-powerful magic wand" to force the company into assisting law enforcement. The argument comes in response to FBI demands for Apple to break security on an iPhone linked to … | Continue reading
The new Fitbit Blaze is a good Fitbit. Like earlier Fitbit models, the $200 Blaze will track your daily activity, count your steps, monitor your heart rate, gauge how well you're sleeping, and put all of that data into an excellent, easy-to-use app on your phone. It will show you … | Continue reading
As the primaries heat up in the race to see who will be in contention to become the next U.S. president, Google is now surfacing more information about the candidates directly in the main search results page. While Google already showed some details — like candidate statements on … | Continue reading
Ten pigeons with tiny backpacks are flying over London for the next two days monitoring the city’s pollution levels. Pigeon Patrol, as they’re called by the companies behind the project, are live tweeting the pollution data at their account @PigeonAir. Meet the squad.Good day Lon … | Continue reading
Microsoft is today announcing updates to its Azure Government public cloud, which is tailored to the needs of government agencies. The most interesting bit of news is that Microsoft will be opening up two new Azure data center regions that are specifically intended for the U.S. D … | Continue reading
Late last year, Microsoft announced that it would start hosting its Azure cloud computing platform and some of its other cloud-based services out of local data centers in both Germany and Canada. Both of these new regions, Azure Canada and Azure Germany are now officially in prev … | Continue reading
Whether you’re building an app or running an online store, analytics can help you figure out what your users are trying to achieve and how you can serve them better. To that end, Google has launched a new set of enterprise-grade tools to help marketers gain insights about their c … | Continue reading
Skyport Systems helps enterprises keep their data and applications secure by allowing them to host their services in a hardened appliance with embedded security features. The company today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series C round led by GV (the firm previously kn … | Continue reading
Altiscale, a company that has always been about reducing the complexity related to using Hadoop, has taken that to the next level today with the release of Altiscale Insight Cloud, a cloud service aimed at making Hadoop accessible to business users.Altiscale Insight Cloud provide … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price moved down a couple of points as forecasted in yesterday’s post. The bearish candles as highlighted on the daily chart played well and pushed the price down towards the $10.50 as forecasted. There is a bullish trend line formed on the hourly chart (d … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Imagine every piece of data about a customer, or a potential customer, at your fingertips. Find out why top marketers say that investing in a marketing cloud solution can help you unlock the full promise of data-driven marketing. Register here for free. Rachel Silva, … | Continue reading
The modern Web is often lauded for the way it has democratized communications and provided a platform through which individuals can influence and reach a mass audience, without gatekeepers like the traditional media. The reality, however, may be somewhat different, according to D … | Continue reading
Volkswagen continues to take hits from all sides. It's facing down a whistleblower lawsuit over alleged data deletions, it just fired its US CEO, and US dealerships are so angry, they're talking about suing the company themselves. | Continue reading
Netflix uses a lot of data. That’s fine and dandy when you’re on your laptop using Wi-Fi, but with most mobile plans limited to specific alotment of gigabytes, it can be a problem. Thankfully, the company is working on a solution. Netflix now offers a beta channel on the Play Sto … | Continue reading
A former Volkswagen employee says the company destroyed documents that were required to be preserved because of an EPA lawsuit, reports the Courthouse News Service.The allegation comes in a wrongful termination lawsuit against Volkswagen filed earlier this month by Daniel Donovan … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Engineering and marketing roles are among the best jobs in America, according to trend data from Glassdoor, which scores careers based on the number of current job openings, average salary, and a career opportunities rating that’s calculated using anonymous reviews. The … | Continue reading
Square is acquiring the team behind Framed Data, a predictive analytics service, and will be deploying the team of data scientists to its Square Capital team. Square tracks merchants’ transaction history through its services in order to better determine their eligibility for loan … | Continue reading
The humble connector is by no means a source of much excitement. But when you stop and think about it, the connector can enable some amazing things. Lattice Semiconductor and MediaTek are today announcing advances in delivery of 4K videos over universal serial bus (USB Type-C) co … | Continue reading
The global game market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2019, according to a new estimate by the Open Gaming Alliance, a nonprofit trade group focused on gaming. The group released the data at an event at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC). DFC Intelligence, a separate res … | Continue reading
Smartphones are connected computers that fit in our pockets — at this point, the "phone" part of them is virtually an afterthought. We use them for all kinds of communication that has nothing to do with a phone number: email, instant messaging, social networks, video calling, the … | Continue reading
Alooma, an Israeli startup that helps companies process and work with big data in real time delivered as a cloud service, announced an $11.2 million Series A round today led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. The product focuses on the people working with data li … | Continue reading
Marketing dashboards based solely on data visualization are not successful. Ask yourself these 3 key questions to create better, effective dashboards. | Continue reading
App Annie, the six-year-old app data and insights platform, continues a small shopping spree with the acquisition of AppScotch, an app marketing data company. Terms of the deal aren’t being announced, but the roughly 10 employees of AppScotch — which launched two years ago and ra … | Continue reading
Samsung sold some 100,000 Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones in South Korea during their first two days on sale, according industry data. | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price climbed higher further and established a new high of $15.16 where there was a strong reaction. The last couple of 4-hours candles look bearish, which poses a risk of a downside move. There is a bullish trend line formed on the 4-hours chart (data fee … | Continue reading