Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting ties up retail district – Countywide
An estimated 2000 protesters marched in the streets of Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Van Dyke is facing first-degree murder charges because of the shooting. “The protesters did take over the street for sometime…
‘Top Gear’ returns in May 2016 without Clarkson – Engadget
While Clarkson, May and Hammond develop a new motoring show for Amazon, the BBC is working on its biggest Top Gear reboot in years. Presenter Chris Evans (no, not Captain America) is taking over Clarkson’s role and revealed last weekend exactly when the first episode…
Storytelling in Marketing: An Interview With Warren Whitlock – Search Engine Journal
At Pubcon 2015 in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to speak with Warren Whitlock, of LimitlessInfluence.com, about storytelling in marketing. You can’t just market with data alone. You need to use that data to tell a story. A story is what sparks emotion in…
How to Generate More Leads & Improve Sales Using Video – Business 2 Community
The human attention span is getting shorter. In fact, scientists now reckon our attention is shorter than that of a goldfish! The point is, as marketers, we all want to generate more leads – and ultimately improve our sales – but it’s tough, primarily because…
Apple Working on Siri the Virtual Music Assistant for Analyzing Unknown Music … – Patently Apple
Earlier this month the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that revealed an invention that generally relates to audio analysis and, more specifically, to analyzing audio input for efficient speech and music recognition. While Apple first introduced integrating music identification…