The UK housing market cooled down on the heels of the EU/Brexit referendum vote, but that hasn’t stopped M&A activity around property market companies. Property portal Zoopla — a leader in the UK market with 50 million visits across its apps and sites, and 25,000 business […]
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FCC slaps robocaller with record $120M fine, but it’s like ’emptying the ocean with a teaspoon’
Whoever thought we would leave telemarketing behind in this brave new smartphone world of ours lacked imagination. Robocalls are a menace growing in volume and even a massive $120 million fine leveled against a prominent source of them by the FCC likely won’t stem the […]
Harry Potter a Milano, i «gemelli Weasley» all’anteprima della mostra sul maghetto di Hogwarts
Per gli appassionati di magia il momento è finalmente arrivato: sabato apre i battenti a Milano la grande mostra «Harry Potter -The Exhibition», allestita alla Fabbrica del Vapore. All’anteprima, giovedì mattina, c’erano i «gemelli Weasley», ovvero gli attori James e Oliver Phelps, che hanno recitato […]
RIP Klout
Remember Klout? The influencer market service that purportedly let social media influencers get free stuff is finally closing its doors this month. Perhaps, like me, you’re surprised that Klout is still running in 2018, but time is nearly up. The closure will happen May 25 […]
Amazon Gets Physical
First, Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it had started to open " experience centers" in model homes to give people a taste of life intertwined with … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Can Three help Xiaomi crack the UK smartphone market?
Samsung and Apple’s duopoly as the world’s biggest smartphone manufacturers has left others competing in a fierce battle for third, a position usually occupied by whoever is making the biggest splash in the market at any one time. While it might be a long time […]
For ScopeAR, the market is finally catching up with the technology
ScopeAR, a graduate of the Y Combinator Summer 2015 class, came to the augmented reality game very early, launching in 2011 when there was very little hardware and most people didn’t understand the technology. But it has managed to hang around long enough for the […]
Automating The Last Mile? We Ask Agam Berry, Quantified Commerce
The online retail sector is booming. $2.3 trillion in sales were recorded in 2017, with an estimated increase to $4.8 trillion in sales by 2021. Online shopping is on the rise, and as more and more e-commerce companies enter the market they are going to […]
Hacker Kevin Mitnick shows how to bypass 2FA
A new exploit allows hackers to spoof two-factor authentication requests by sending a user to a fake login page and then stealing the username, password, and session cookie. KnowBe4 Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick showed the hack in a public video. By convincing a victim […]
Are Air Fryers Worth It?
A few months back, I went to a kitchen appliance trade show and was surprised by the large number of manufacturers coming out with air fryers. “Enjoy great tasting fried food”[sic] reads the cover recipe booklet for Philip’s new Airfryer XXL, a lovely sounding idea. […]