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…
Look Inside Largest Tornado Ever With New Tool – National Geographic
Scientists now have a way to understand the fierce tornado that killed veteran stormchaser Tim Samaras in 2013 in El Reno, Oklahoma. The May 31 storm was the largest ever recorded, and one of the fastest. New software has allowed scientists to piece together video…
GOOG Stock: Google Is Cooking Up Something Big – Profit Confidential
Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) stock price has surged a solid 41% so far in 2015. This is particularly impressive, given how large a company Google is. Other than Google’s search engine business, Alphabet has quite a few things going for it. If things go well, the…
11 Timeless Pieces Of Social Media Marketing Advice In 2015 – Business 2 Community
It’s very nearly the end of 2015 and we are all starting to look back at our marketing efforts and everything social media. It will soon be time to look forward to 2016. We thought it would be a good idea to look back and…
‘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…
6 Hacks to Turn Your Blog Into a Lead Generation Machine – Business.com
Leads are the lifeblood of your business. Without leads, you have no one to guide down your marketing funnel and convert into a paying customer. When leveraged correctly, your business’s blog is an excellent venue through which to provide visitors with conversion opportunities. If your…
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…