Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Growth hacking: Strategies and techniques from marketing’s 25 most influential leaders

      Growth hacking: Strategies and techniques from marketing’s 25 most influential leaders Born in 2010, the term “growth hacker” was first defined by Sean Ellis as “a person whose true north is growth” … someone with a “burning desire to connect your target market with your must-have solution.”  Two years later, Ryan Holiday unpacked what …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • There's only one logical explanation for Billy's behavior on 'Stranger Things'

    Spoiler warning: This post contains plot details for Stranger Things 2.  Stranger Things is built on mysteries, but there’s no character quite as inexplicable or poorly defined as Billy Hargrove, the aggressive bad boy who spends most of Season 2 terrorizing Max, Lucas, and Steve, for reasons that are never fully explained beyond him being …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Mad sister tried to flip a car like Eleven from 'Stranger Things.' It didn't work.

    We’ve all been there before, we get mad at a sibling and we think to ourselves, “if I had powers I would do something ridiculous right now.” Of course, none of us have powers but kids still have active imaginations. Every now and again you may see them get a little too inspired by television …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • This has to be the world's smallest washing machine

    This iPhone-sized device can wash your clothesSonic Soak is a portable washing machine that uses ultra sonic waves to get rid of dirt. Read more… More about Tech, Kickstarter, Portable, Consumer, and Cleaning Source: Mashable | This has to be the world's smallest washing machine

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Google Street View cars drove 100,000 miles to suck up pollution data

    Google Street View cars have driven 100,000 miles in 4,000 hours to collect data on how levels of pollution differ from street to street in parts of California. Now the company is releasing that data in hopes that scientists and others can use it to better understand and combat the causes of poor air quality. …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Finally, Instagram is getting serious about influencers tagging #ads

    Instagram wants more people to share when they’re being paid to post.  SEE ALSO: Instagram’s 3-second ‘Superzoom’ videos are the new Boomerang The Facebook-owned app announced Tuesday it will expand its official branded content program. Now, more users will have access to the “Paid partnership with” tag the company released to a handful of creators …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Disney's vindictive LA Times ban prompts critics and media boycotts

    Four major film critic organizations released a joint statement, directed at Disney, that sends one blunt message: Enough with this bullshit. The statement in question is a response to Disney’s media blackout of the Los Angeles Times, a retaliatory response to what the Lucasfilm and Marvel owner has characterized as “biased and inaccurate” coverage of …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Sia responds to creeper selling her nudes by giving it away

    Can’t sell it if everyone has it. Apparently someone tried their hand at selling nude photos of Sia, so she hit back in the best way possible: By releasing an image of herself on the internet for nix, nada, nothing. SEE ALSO: Sia just announced the Christmas album we didn’t know we needed “Save your …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Police graffiti PSA becomes an online hit, because it's not very good

    Around the world, police use social media to hopefully get their message across to the youth. Sometimes it’s funny. Other times, as in the case of a video by the Western Australian Police Force, it’s just plain cringeworthy. SEE ALSO: Police accidentally retweeted an illegal live stream featuring porn The police force released a video …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Watch as 200-year-old painting gets restored to its original glory

    While some old paintings may have a yellow or brownish hue to them, underneath the protective varnish may be a perfect painting, filled with lush colors and depth. Art dealer and TV personality Philip Mould shared a series of videos to Twitter on Monday, which show the removal of varnish from an oil painting from …

    November 7, 2017 | by Raheel