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c5c8c0f67376e96b75368bb25ea997b1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/angela-merkel-rebukes-trump-politics-harvard-commencement-speech/1298475001/ | Merkel rebukes Trump politics in Harvard commencement speech: 'Tear down walls of ignorance' | Merkel rebukes Trump politics in Harvard commencement speech: 'Tear down walls of ignorance'
BOSTON — German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected President Donald Trump's brand of politics and worldview in a commencement speech Thursday at Harvard University, calling for global, not national, thinking and working together... |
aaac5a1fadbf2b9e2c6e01fd31f550c0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/arkansas-flood-levee-breach-prompts-evacuations-north-little-rock/1297285001/ | Arkansas River bursts through levee north of Little Rock, triggering evacuations | Arkansas River bursts through levee north of Little Rock, triggering evacuations
TULSA, Oklahoma – The swollen Arkansas River ripped through a 40-foot section of a levee about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, early Friday morning, prompting flash-flood warnings and evacuations in rural areas around Dardanel... |
2d08c3f4e95b1de6d4e962d09731d61a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/hurricane-season-starts-saturday-tropical-storm-could-form-gulf/1302947001/ | Hurricane season starts Saturday as forecasters eye developing system in the Gulf of Mexico | Hurricane season starts Saturday as forecasters eye developing system in the Gulf of Mexico
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially starts Saturday, and, as if on cue, a storm could form in the Gulf of Mexico over the next few days, forecasters said.
The National Hurricane Center said the system is expected to mo... |
71c3ffc31db4a3d8d57ea161c9da5fb0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/iowa-severe-weather-tornado-storm-kids-baseball-game/1298219001/ | Kids keep baseball game going even as tornado moves through the area | Kids keep baseball game going even as tornado moves through the area
DES MOINES, Iowa – What do young Iowa baseball players and their families do when a tornado looms in the distance? Play ball.
At least that's what a Little League team of fifth- and sixth-graders in the eastern Iowa town of Montezuma did earlier this ... |
68ffb7cdecd626304ef8d1b6a2bce25c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/legal-marijuana-illinois-could-become-11-th-state-legalize-weed/1305090001/ | Illinois poised to legalize marijuana sales, expunge criminal records for pot crimes | Illinois poised to legalize marijuana sales, expunge criminal records for pot crimes
Illinois is poised to legalize marijuana sales with sweeping legislation that would also automatically expunge the criminal records of people convicted of minor pot possession.
State lawmakers gave final approval to the bill Friday and... |
0464b2541e7103e178f324a4441a53c1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/masterminds-accountant-agrees-plead-guilty-college-admissions-scandal/1304526001/ | Mastermind's accountant agrees to plead guilty in college admissions scandal | Mastermind's accountant agrees to plead guilty in college admissions scandal
BOSTON — The former bookkeeper of the sham nonprofit led by Rick Singer, the mastermind of the nation's college admissions bribery scandal, has agreed to plead guilty to charges and cooperate with the government.
In a deal with federal prosecu... |
b089b9aa06273ff670ce7e237db2d691 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/otter-dies-after-guests-feed-human-food-kingsport-tennessee/1302973001/ | An orphaned otter named Otto died after guests threw human food into his enclosure | An orphaned otter named Otto died after guests threw human food into his enclosure
KINGSPORT, Tennessee – An otter named "Otto" has died after guests at a Tennessee park fed the animal food it could not tolerate.
Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium announced Thursday in a Facebook post that Otto was on his way to an anima... |
b7bed59602ef0bde06059d87d8657255 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/police-shooter-opens-fire-virginia-beach-courthouse/1305277001/ | 'War zone': 12 killed in Virginia Beach shooting at municipal center; gunman dead after long gun battle | 'War zone': 12 killed in Virginia Beach shooting at municipal center; gunman dead after long gun battle
A longtime public utilities employee opened fire on co-workers at a municipal center in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people and wounding at least four others before police fatally shot him in a heated gun bat... |
d33899f37f688b053da862921704df0d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/see-inside-sandra-lee-and-andrew-cuomo-house-listed-2-million/1305723001/ | See inside Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo house listed for $2 million | See inside Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo house listed for $2 million
The Lee/Cuomo house was listed for $2 million, about $300,000 less than previously reported.
NEW CASTLE, N.Y. – TV personality Sandra Lee rose to stardom with her semi-homemade cooking, but her talent is not limited to her kitchen.
She's got taste in ho... |
822d5595e25072e8ad1837e779fcdc6a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/31/watchdog-finds-dangerous-overcrowding-el-paso-border-patrol-stations/1300906001/ | 'Dangerous overcrowding': 900 migrants cram into Border Patrol center designed for 125 people | 'Dangerous overcrowding': 900 migrants cram into Border Patrol center designed for 125 people
The surge of Central American migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border has led to "dangerous overcrowding" and unsanitary conditions at Border Patrol stations around El Paso, Texas, according to a government watchdog report r... |
d6de6939d1fefb46abca1c599cdd2c32 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/01/virginia-beach-shooting-victims-remembered-songs-and-sermons/1318529001/ | Virginia Beach victims remembered with songs and sermons at vigils | Virginia Beach victims remembered with songs and sermons at vigils
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The shooting that killed 12 people at a municipal building here has left many seeking guidance, a need that churches rushed to meet Saturday.
At the Bridge Church in Virginia Beach, about 100 people gathered Saturday night to try t... |
6b7048dd20692c4eba03482a682dc832 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/02/virginia-beach-shooter-dewayne-craddock-puzzles-law-enforcement/1319550001/ | Virginia Beach gunman baffles authorities; suspect was in 'good standing' in his job | Virginia Beach gunman baffles authorities; suspect was in 'good standing' in his job
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The longtime Virginia Beach public works employee accused of the nation's latest mass shooting put in his two-weeks notice Friday morning, hours before the attack that killed 12 and wounded four, city officials sa... |
dba368329fd2fe9f0ae32ca840472e1b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/03/college-admissions-scandal-parents-say-payments-ringleader-werent-bribes/1329466001/ | College admissions scandal: Parents say payments to ringleader weren't bribes | College admissions scandal: Parents say payments to ringleader weren't bribes
BOSTON — Federal prosecutors say they've turned over 3 million pages of evidence to defense attorneys in their case against wealthy parents fighting charges in the nation's largest-ever college admissions scandal.
But the parents' lawyers, at... |
3a92212dad0119ded0ead2df50667175 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/03/nursing-homes-senate-report-facilities-poor-care/1336251001/ | Nursing home negligence: Senate report names nearly 400 facilities with 'persistent record of poor care' | Nursing home negligence: Senate report names nearly 400 facilities with 'persistent record of poor care'
After nursing home staff allegedly failed to respond to a resident's medical concerns, he called 911 himself but died upon arrival at an Illinois hospital.
A Florida facility allegedly neglected to clean blood sugar... |
6132cca793289aaa577b59a0c7ca240f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/04/carbon-dioxide-levels-hawaiis-mauna-loa-soar-record-peak/1337163001/ | Earth's carbon dioxide levels are highest they've been in millions of years | Earth's carbon dioxide levels are highest they've been in millions of years
Carbon dioxide – the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming – peaked again at record levels last month, scientists announced Tuesday.
Levels at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory averaged 414.8 parts per million in May, surging p... |
ce52e6fd3db4fd046cc7bc1c3bcd6742 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/04/no-copycats-officials-deny-mass-killers-fame-avoid-their-names/1335372001/ | Denying mass killers 'sick, twisted fame': Public officials refuse to name them to avoid copycats | Denying mass killers 'sick, twisted fame': Public officials refuse to name them to avoid copycats
If Virginia Beach authorities have their way, the gunman who killed 12 people and injured four others in Friday’s shooting rampage won’t join the ranks of infamous mass murderers in U.S. history.
To that end, they vowed hi... |
baabca92062d5893f94b1ecb6c54e21e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/04/us-mexico-border-shooting-agents-kill-armed-man-opened-fire/1343448001/ | Border shootout: Agents shoot, kill man at California-Mexico crossing | Border shootout: Agents shoot, kill man at California-Mexico crossing
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents fatally shot a motorist who refused to stop and fired at California’s border with Mexico.
The shooting took place Monday night in a secondary vehicle inspection area near the San Ysidro Port of En... |
627dde15931c4dfd6e50dac035a3d122 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/05/limiting-climate-change-would-prevent-thousands-heat-related-deaths-us-cities/1357357001/ | Limiting climate change would prevent thousands of heat-related deaths in U.S. | Limiting climate change would prevent thousands of heat-related deaths in U.S.
Deadly summer heat will get worse as the globe warms, so putting the brakes on climate change by reducing carbon emissions will literally be a lifesaver for thousands of Americans, a new study suggests.
In fact, researchers report that limit... |
2cb437aea3bab46ff278cdddd6480cb4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/06/boston-mayor-city-cant-stop-straight-pride-parade-over-its-values/1373359001/ | Boston mayor: City can't stop 'Straight Pride' parade over values | Boston mayor: City can't stop 'Straight Pride' parade over values
BOSTON — The City of Boston can't stop a much-debated "Straight Pride Parade" from taking place this summer just because people disagree with the organizers' cause, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday.
In a series of tweets on the heavily criticized "... |
eba19fa5c6db10bba2c84022a6e3cc4d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/06/nyc-ice-cream-trucks-towed-operation-meltdown/1365362001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | 'Operation meltdown': 46 ice cream trucks seized in New York City crackdown | 'Operation meltdown': 46 ice cream trucks seized in New York City crackdown
The New York City government began towing 46 ice cream trucks Wednesday, leaving parts of the city in a ice cream drought as it heads into the summer.
In an effort dubbed "Operation Meltdown," the city accused ice cream truck operators of break... |
cd5cfb698668502462610adb21b9e058 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/06/usc-hints-legal-dispute-lori-loughlin-college-scandal/1370211001/ | USC hints at lawsuit with Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli in massive college scheme | USC hints at lawsuit with Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli in massive college scheme
BOSTON — The University of Southern California has raised the possibility of a future legal dispute with actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, for their alleged roles in the nation's college admissions scan... |
d0d78e2eb7306217056071368c5a3f48 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/07/lesbian-couple-london-bus-lgbt-women-kiss-performative/1382754001/ | Kiss! Kiss!: London bus attack began in a way familiar to many LGBTQ women | Kiss! Kiss!: London bus attack began in a way familiar to many LGBTQ women
Four teenage boys were arrested Friday in an attack on two LGBTQ women on a London bus, according to a statement from London Metropolitan Police. In a Facebook post on the incident, one of the victims said she and her girlfriend were beaten afte... |
8725313d33a01b6c07e69df3d65e854e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/08/arizona-air-conditioning-company-convinced-wwii-vet-to-sign-contract/1392102001/ | AC company convinced 103-year-old WWII vet to pay $24K, son says | AC company convinced 103-year-old WWII vet to pay $24K, son says
Steve Klein tried to protect his 103-year-old father from exploitation as Fred Klein's memory began to decline.
Steve took over his father's bank accounts, bills and power of attorney. He took him to visit high-quality assisted-living facilities.
But Fred... |
806fdbce3ef1f847a2245da3333d3ef9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/09/chris-reed-texas-police-chiefs-body-found-near-texas-city-dike/1401634001/ | Body of Texas police chief Chris Reed who fell overboard from fishing boat found near Texas City Dike | Body of Texas police chief Chris Reed who fell overboard from fishing boat found near Texas City Dike
Searchers on Sunday found the body of a Texas police chief who toppled from a fishing boat into Galveston Bay, setting off a frantic-two day search, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The body of Kemah Police Chief Chris Reed,... |
1a8c7ee875823c5044e851008bebfb14 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/09/dallas-crane-collapses-apartments-death-toll-and-details/1403893001/ | Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building: 1 dead, at least 5 injured | Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building: 1 dead, at least 5 injured
DALLAS – A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm toppled on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring five other people, two of them critically, a fire official said.
Crews searching the ... |
347677bd62aefbe1460bdb090af4db10 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/09/flooding-high-water-rescues-southeast/1401234001/ | Month of rain in a day: Parts of Southeast deal with flooding, high water rescues | Month of rain in a day: Parts of Southeast deal with flooding, high water rescues
Roads became rivers, high-water rescues were underway, and states of emergency were being declared in parts of the Southeast on Sunday after more than a month of rain fell in a day with more on the way.
"The same storm system that linked ... |
76cac29851a67a4967e81309073c2b4a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/10/california-health-care-immigrants-insurance/1406629001/?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated | California to become the first state to extend health benefits to some who live in USA illegally | California to become the first state to extend health benefits to some who live in USA illegally
California was poised Monday to become the first state to provide health care coverage to young, low-income adults living in the country illegally after legislative leaders provided a thumbs-up to Gov. Gavin Newsom's $98 mi... |
90701aa741845039e202af9667a0f5c8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/11/zombie-snakes-eastern-hognose-snake-goes-viral-but-harmless/1417209001/ | 'Zombie snakes' are going viral. They aren't particularly dangerous, but they are 'kind of adorable' | 'Zombie snakes' are going viral. They aren't particularly dangerous, but they are 'kind of adorable'
No, these snakes aren't zombies.
Everyone knows the opossum plays dead, but news stories of "zombie snakes" began circulating this week after park officials in North Carolina posted photos on Facebook of a snake that ex... |
0d80541680729f65a9ac567895c98ff4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/12/cannabis-first-used-2-500-years-ago-china/1431552001/ | 'Stoned-age?' People smoked weed 2,500 years ago, earliest use yet discovered | 'Stoned-age?' People smoked weed 2,500 years ago, earliest use yet discovered
Some 2,500 years ago, in present-day China, people were using cannabis to get high during rituals, scientists announced in a new study published Wednesday.
This is the first known use of weed by humans anywhere in the world, the study suggest... |
60bee075e48ccb392e6a3f2f3156cbcc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/12/knox-county-detective-lgbtq-execution-grayson-fritts/1433604001/ | Tennessee detective's church sermon calls for execution of LGBTQ people | Tennessee detective's church sermon calls for execution of LGBTQ people
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Knox County Attorney General's Office said it is reviewing cases involving a Knox County Sheriff's detective who in a June sermon called for the government to arrest and execute LGBTQ community members.
In an hourlong video o... |
07051adad4e1eeadcec14e612691a6b4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/13/lgbtq-sermon-tennessee-detective-cases-review/1444319001/ | Tennessee detective responds after backlash for hate-filled sermon | Tennessee detective responds after backlash for hate-filled sermon
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee district attorney general said prosecutors will review all pending cases involving a detective who delivered a hate-laced sermon calling for the execution of LGBTQ people at a church here earlier this month.
Knox County Di... |
3dfb02e16648ed5945c6f5fe0a6485f1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/13/stanford-sailing-coach-spared-prison-others/1442496001/ | Analysis: Those in college scandal could still go to prison, despite first defendant skating | Analysis: Those in college scandal could still go to prison, despite first defendant skating
BOSTON — The Justice Department wanted to "set the tone" with a strong first sentence in the nation's college admissions scandal. Instead, former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer was spared prison altogether Wednesday.
It ... |
db88347ad30473cad300d6f3d5c162b3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/13/waskom-texas-declared-sanctuary-city-unborn-bans-abortion/1443699001/ | 'Sanctuary city for the unborn': All-male city council in Texas town bans most abortions | 'Sanctuary city for the unborn': All-male city council in Texas town bans most abortions
A small town in Texas has declared itself the state's first "sanctuary city for the unborn" after its city council, made up solely of men, passed a resolution banning most abortion procedures.
Waskom, Texas, has no abortion service... |
ab80bfe355bc937452f5e8c82e22e16b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/14/3rd-grader-pays-school-lunch-debt-classmates-his-allowance/1444169001/ | 'One heck of a noble kid': 3rd grader uses allowance to pay classmates' school lunch debt | 'One heck of a noble kid': 3rd grader uses allowance to pay classmates' school lunch debt
A 9-year-old California boy used money which he had been saving from his allowance since Christmas to pay for his classmates’ school lunch debts for the entire third grade class, sparking widespread praise on social media.
Ryan Ky... |
156fa2ef7b6cc1afc23443ec15112652 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/16/california-could-limit-how-police-use-facial-recognition-technology/1456448001/ | California could become first to limit facial recognition technology; police aren't happy | California could become first to limit facial recognition technology; police aren't happy
SAN FRANCISCO – A routine traffic stop goes dangerously awry when a police officer’s body camera uses its built-in facial recognition software to misidentify a motorist as a convicted felon.
Guns are drawn. Nerves fray. At best, l... |
7fa458572dc3ad91c06f633dbdba5ec0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/16/dolphins-stranded-more-than-260-dolphins-stranded-along-gulf-coast/1471163001/ | More than 260 dolphins found stranded along the Gulf Coast since February. Scientists aren't sure why. | More than 260 dolphins found stranded along the Gulf Coast since February. Scientists aren't sure why.
Scientists are trying to determine why more than 260 bottlenose dolphins have been found stranded along the Northern Gulf of Mexico since the beginning of February.
The number of dolphin deaths is about three times hi... |
ea2966755187894b00fd7219242b9d26 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/01/13/did-google-ceo-larry-page-just-make-his-first-big-mistake/ | Google CEO Larry Page Just Made His First Big Mistake | Google CEO Larry Page Just Made His First Big Mistake
Even before In the Plex author Steve Levy's cogent post on Thursday about this week's uproar over Google 's new social search moves, which nodded to Google CEO Larry Page's possible role in the affair, I was already beginning to think it had Page written all over... |
82d805c0e5e2686d7f7e6419ecca1066 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/01/17/will-jerry-yangs-resignation-finally-shake-up-yahoo/ | Will Jerry Yang's Resignation Finally Shake up Yahoo? | Will Jerry Yang's Resignation Finally Shake up Yahoo?
Jerry Yang... in better times
Struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo just announced that its cofounder and "chief Yahoo," Jerry Yang, has resigned. It's unclear at this moment how this will affect Yahoo, which recently chose a new CEO, Scott Thompson. But it's the surest... |
32f100224c1c5ebc5f92eb890c6aae44 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/01/19/googles-q4-revenues-miss-forecasts-stock-falls-9/ | LIVE: Google's Q4 Revenues Miss Forecasts, Stock Falls 9% | LIVE: Google's Q4 Revenues Miss Forecasts, Stock Falls 9%
Despite early signs that online advertising, and search ads in particular, continue to grow rapidly, Google reported its fourth-quarter 2011 revenues rose a disappointing 25%, to $10.58 billion--and sales net of payments back to other sites that are ad partners ... |
be85700e31070b1335f65614e530b205 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/01/19/online-ad-revenues-to-pass-print-in-2012/ | Online Ad Revenues to Pass Print in 2012 | Online Ad Revenues to Pass Print in 2012
Thanks to even more bullish forecasts, spending on online ads will pass that of combined newspaper and magazine advertising for the first time this year.
That historic shift is according to a new report from eMarketer. The reasons eMarketer cites are not surprising: more people ... |
baf810f3990bede2704d55e83484edad | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/02/01/the-100-billion-ipo-question-can-facebook-keep-growing-fast-enough/ | The $100 Billion IPO Question: Can Facebook Keep Growing Fast Enough? | The $100 Billion IPO Question: Can Facebook Keep Growing Fast Enough?
As the world awaits Facebook's imminent filing for its initial public offering of stock, the biggest question in the minds of investors and the rest of us is this: Can Facebook keep growing so fast?
Facebook has come very far, very fast, amassing mor... |
7418a2054b3134d67b15bc0afad4ca36 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/02/08/fourth-quarter-loss-aside-heres-the-real-reason-groupon-is-no-amazon/ | Fourth-Quarter Loss Aside, Here's the Real Reason Groupon Is No Amazon | Fourth-Quarter Loss Aside, Here's the Real Reason Groupon Is No Amazon
The Case of the Missing Robocopter
Image via CrunchBase
As Groupon prepares to report the results of its fourth quarter later today, investors will be looking for answers to a fundamental question about the daily-deals service: Is it the next Amazon... |
831ed2c73a5eeb28efcab38b88c03127 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/03/14/google-we-killed-130-million-scam-ads-in-2011/ | Google: We Killed 130 Million Scam Ads in 2011 | Google: We Killed 130 Million Scam Ads in 2011
To hear recent news about Google's lucrative online ad system, you might think it's suddenly a haven for all manner of scammers, counterfeiters, and other shady outfits. Not so, Google insists, and today it embarked on a charm offensive to prove it.
None too soon. Last Aug... |
5fcb33589f520e5291e35c3e7d438466 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/04/16/report-facebook-ad-rates-jump-despite-first-sign-of-glut/ | Report: Facebook Ad Rates Jump Despite First Sign of Glut | Report: Facebook Ad Rates Jump Despite First Sign of Glut
Facebook is heading into its likely May initial public offering on a full head of steam, judging from a new quarterly report out this morning on its advertising business by social ad management firm TBG Digital.
The first-quarter report says Facebook's average c... |
79ddf90e9a107c1d687e9cce21f1adad | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/04/18/12-candidates-to-become-the-next-instagram/ | 12 Candidates to Become the Next Instagram | 12 Candidates to Become the Next Instagram
There's no more excitement and hype in online media today than in mobile services and applications, all the more since Facebook just paid a billion bucks for the mobile photo sharing service Instagram. This morning at the venerable DEMO conference in Santa Clara, a group of In... |
cb9a79eeb563e417b6d3b9a5a0005953 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/05/07/as-facebooks-social-ads-take-off-maybe-that-100-billion-ipo-isnt-so-crazy/ | As Facebook's Social Ads Take Off, Maybe That $100 Billion IPO Isn't So Crazy | As Facebook's Social Ads Take Off, Maybe That $100 Billion IPO Isn't So Crazy
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarks on his company's initial public offering roadshow today, he's facing a new round of skeptics, especially advertisers, who wonder whether the social network can fulfill the sky-high expectations that com... |
87bf92c7d21cd889bc48d55313a5372a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/05/22/the-top-10-tech-trends-according-to-5-top-tech-vcs/ | The Top 10 Tech Trends, Straight From 5 Top Tech VCs | The Top 10 Tech Trends, Straight From 5 Top Tech VCs
Everyone in Silicon Valley wants to know what's coming next, and every year for the past 13 years, a panel of the most forward-thinking minds in technology and tech finance convenes here to provide a look at what innovations are likely to emerge in the next few years... |
3235f0b756e66dedb353dc67f6a66ee1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/06/05/google-makes-renewed-grab-for-the-rest-of-online-advertising/ | Google Makes Renewed Grab for the Rest of Online Advertising | Google Makes Renewed Grab for the Rest of Online Advertising
New DoubleClick ad system heats up battle to create an operating system for digital marketing
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Hundreds of well-funded online ad technology companies have sprouted up in recent years, each aiming to make it easier and more ef... |
cc5cd27fd74d5d5b6b557e32137bfe63 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/06/13/facebook-to-debut-ad-exchange-in-bid-to-boost-revenues/ | Facebook to Debut Ad Exchange in Bid to Boost Revenues | Facebook to Debut Ad Exchange in Bid to Boost Revenues
Facebook will debut an advertising exchange in the next few weeks that will help advertisers target audiences on the social network in the same way they've been able to do elsewhere on the Web. That may help Facebook boost its revenues to counter worries by investo... |
e54df7b27d8151dff3a3d3facecc7130 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/06/14/heres-one-thing-google-and-facebook-can-agree-on-fighting-scam-ads/ | Here's One Thing Google and Facebook Can Agree On: Fighting Scam Ads | Here's One Thing Google and Facebook Can Agree On: Fighting Scam Ads
Google recently has stepped up a drive to stop ads that hawk counterfeit goods or send people to sites that try to scam them or install malicious software on their computers. But up to now, Google and other companies from AOL to Facebook have attacked... |
1ffb82752681bc07e60088f669adf20a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/07/03/reports-facebook-ad-spending-growth-fades-could-drop-even-more/ | Reports: Facebook Ad Spending Growth Fades, Could Drop Even More | Reports: Facebook Ad Spending Growth Fades, Could Drop Even More
Facebook logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Despite recent signs of sunnier weather ahead, a cloud of doubt about the prospects for Facebook's advertising business continues to hang above the company, putting a damper on shares still well below their initial ... |
81699f4250dee41430da58e39d0378ed | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/07/27/marketers-send-facebook-message-in-q2-show-us/ | Marketers Send Facebook Message In Q2: Show Us | Marketers Send Facebook Message In Q2: Show Us
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Getty Images North America via @daylife)
Facebook may have disappointed investors with its first earnings report as a public company, but the results also reflect disappointment among an even more important group of constituents: marketers and... |
08b14542c3292ba311a41a25b6b14eda | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/07/31/brands-flock-to-google-but-facebook-twitter-still-more-active/?partner=yahootix | Brands Flock To Google+ But Facebook, Twitter Still More Active | Brands Flock To Google+ But Facebook, Twitter Still More Active
Number of people following brands on Google+ (Source: BrightEdge)
More and more brands are staking their claims on Google's social network, signaling that Google+ is becoming a social marketing staple along with Facebook and Twitter. But they still have fa... |
77d757722852b62f57ac70249035e4cd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/08/03/facebook-social-ads-whats-working-whats-not/ | Facebook Social Ads: What's Working, What's Not | Facebook Social Ads: What's Working, What's Not
One of the biggest uncertainties about Facebook is how well its social ads work. The social network and its partners have trotted out study after study showing that people more often click on Sponsored Stories and related ads that contain a friend's name, but advertisers ... |
ca1e5bf4842cd810205d6485b0be092d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/08/30/poof-1-billion-slashed-from-2012-facebook-revenue-forecast/ | Poof! $1 Billion Slashed From 2012 Facebook Revenue Forecast | Poof! $1 Billion Slashed From 2012 Facebook Revenue Forecast
Facebook's revenues, particularly from advertising, won't grow as fast as expected this year, according to a revised forecast from market researcher eMarketer.
EMarketer today said the No. 1 social network will just break $5 billion in revenues this year, wit... |
8969e2bda4c8ab66006030376de1aa24 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/11/05/uh-oh-survey-says-most-people-find-facebook-and-twitter-ads-misleading/ | Uh-Oh--Survey Says Most People Find Facebook And Twitter Ads Misleading | Uh-Oh--Survey Says Most People Find Facebook And Twitter Ads Misleading
To hear Silicon Valley and nouveau ad-tech types tell it, traditional advertising sucks. The best way to attract people's attention and engage them more fully is to create ad formats that more closely resemble the activities people are already doin... |
e805211ccc7c9edc230ccb459dac638d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/11/27/will-google-dodge-an-ftc-antitrust-bullet/ | Will Google Dodge An FTC Antitrust Bullet? | Will Google Dodge An FTC Antitrust Bullet?
The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust investigation of Google is about to come to a head, by most accounts. But it's a complex case touching on several aspects of antitrust law and whether Google's search and other activities violate any of them, and the implications for Go... |
8bd0ae3659edb5aa5f06942512946441 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/12/28/peering-over-fiscal-cliff-marketers-cut-global-ad-spending/ | Peering Over Fiscal Cliff, Marketers Cut Global Ad Spending | Peering Over Fiscal Cliff, Marketers Cut Global Ad Spending
Global ad spending is slowing down, prompting a prominent market researcher to cut its estimate of growth this year. eMarketer says ad revenues worldwide will rise 5.4% this year, to $519 billion, down from its 6.8% growth estimate seven months ago.
The culpri... |
03e12a8d093bdaa7f1c74012680f91cd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/01/29/once-controversial-googles-product-listing-ads-now-a-big-hit/ | Once Controversial, Google's Product Listing Ads Now A Big Hit | Once Controversial, Google's Product Listing Ads Now A Big Hit
Google Product Listing Ads
When Google revamped its shopping service last May, it said it would begin charging merchants to list their products. These Product Listing Ads, as they're called, set off a firestorm of controversy because they represented the fi... |
89bac7aa8d5d3991374496ec92b5d004 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/01/30/by-the-numbers-everything-you-want-to-know-about-how-facebook-ads-fared-in-q4/ | By The Numbers: Everything You Want To Know About How Facebook Ads Fared In Q4 | By The Numbers: Everything You Want To Know About How Facebook Ads Fared In Q4
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer (Image: Getty Images via @daylife)
During Facebook's analyst conference call to discuss its better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, Facebook revealed some new insights into how well i... |
ecc81110f8c5a23da5a2f0e7011706be | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/05/06/adobe-halts-new-software-releases-in-big-shift-to-the-cloud/ | Adobe Halts New Software Releases In Big Shift To The Cloud | Adobe Halts New Software Releases In Big Shift To The Cloud
Gallery: Adobe's New 280,000 Sq. Foot Campus in Utah 17 images View gallery
With iconic brands like Photoshop and Illustrator used almost universally by artists, photographers, and creators of websites, games, advertising, and other digital media... |
da23b38ebc363c7242c726a465cc69d7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/05/23/live-the-top-10-future-tech-trends-from-5-top-venture-capitalists/ | The Top 10 Future Tech Trends From 5 Top Venture Capitalists | The Top 10 Future Tech Trends From 5 Top Venture Capitalists
The only thing people in Silicon Valley like to do more than talk about the future of tech is to invent it. Tonight they settled for the second-best thing, in the form of the popular Top 10 Tech Trends dinner.
Hosted by the Churchill Club, which holds speakin... |
7deeaa2a7e49fb4d508be5f081049af4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/05/31/google-eyes-brand-advertising-for-its-next-30-billion-opportunity/ | Google Eyes Brand Advertising For Its Next $30 Billion Opportunity | Google Eyes Brand Advertising For Its Next $30 Billion Opportunity
Neal Mohan, Google's VP of display advertising, on right with LiveRamp CEO Auren Hoffman
After sewing up search advertising, Google has spent the last couple of years putting together the pieces of a plan to make display ads its next multibillion-do... |
557cef2a2e6732973ce9df4916df58e4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/07/04/why-so-many-people-are-mourning-the-passing-of-doug-engelbart/ | Why So Many People Are Mourning The Passing Of Doug Engelbart | Why So Many People Are Mourning The Passing Of Doug Engelbart
Much of the latest generation of tech startups, and probably two generations before that, must wonder what's with all the eloquent eulogies about Doug Engelbart, who died July 2 at age 88. He's often called the father of the computer mouse, but he introduced... |
b0c8e17bf27f19f2442f7d4db8c60685 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/07/28/sorry-ipad-mini-fans-reviewers-say-google-has-the-hotter-tablet-than-apple/ | Sorry, iPad Mini Fans--Reviewers Say Google Has The Better Tablet Than Apple | Sorry, iPad Mini Fans--Reviewers Say Google Has The Better Tablet Than Apple
*Update: Upon reflecting on the reasonable comment of a reader, I changed the headline to say reviewers say Google has the "better" tablet, not the "hotter" tablet. In contrast to a year ago, when Google's new Nexus 7 got attention for i... |
dbf7f275efcd28c5ea061177adef8bd7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/08/14/youtubes-prankster-engineer-keeps-googles-video-site-humming/ | YouTube's Prankster Engineer Keeps Google's Video Site Humming | YouTube's Prankster Engineer Keeps Google's Video Site Humming
Billy Biggs (Photo: Jonny Mack)
You probably don't know his name, but Billy Biggs is one of the people who has helped keep Google on Forbes' list of the world's most innovative companies.
In the third annual version of the list out today, Forbes highli... |
34da77d366ec957c32132f9c00e1b9bd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/08/23/as-google-ventures-invests-250-million-in-uber-whats-next-driverless-cars-on-demand/ | As Google Ventures Invests $250 Million In Uber, What's Next? Driverless Cars On Demand? | As Google Ventures Invests $250 Million In Uber, What's Next? Driverless Cars On Demand?
Google Ventures, Google's supposedly early-stage investment arm, just pumped more than $250 million into the on-demand car service Uber, according to AllThingsD's Kara Swisher. Along with other investors, principally private-equit... |
6298211ca4fedb921a046dc1abaed24e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/09/19/jerry-yangs-revenge-yahoo-shares-top-31-the-price-microsoft-offered-in-2008/ | Jerry Yang's Revenge: Yahoo Shares Top $31, The Price Microsoft Offered In 2008 | Jerry Yang's Revenge: Yahoo Shares Top $31, The Price Microsoft Offered In 2008
Jerry Yang, one of the founders of Yahoo! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Somewhere out there, Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang must be shouting his company's name for the first time in years.
That's because Yahoo closed above $31 a share--by three... |
7fc6a55d71e19d4dd2cb351fbc846b52 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/11/21/lifelong-learning-service-curious-com-inks-first-co-branded-deal-with-sunset-magazine/ | Lifelong Learning Service Curious.com Inks First Co-Branded Deal With Sunset Magazine | Lifelong Learning Service Curious.com Inks First Co-Branded Deal With Sunset Magazine
Since launching in May, Curious.com has amassed some 3,000 instructional videos from more than 400 experts looking to pass on their knowledge in bite-sized video chunks, and eventually make a little money. They range from how to handl... |
d9acc1474e342e6b6736f7e422ee7d41 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/12/19/instagram-says-its-brand-advertising-campaigns-are-working/ | Instagram Says Its Brand Advertising Campaigns Are Working | Instagram Says Its Brand Advertising Campaigns Are Working
Less than two months after Instagram debuted ads on its mobile photo sharing app, the results are in: They work!
At least that's according to Instagram itself, which obviously has a stake in saying they worked. More than that, it surely made certain that they w... |
cc7619b77aa4bdcfc6f5653503f110cb | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/01/24/display-ads-as-compelling-as-tv-spots-a-conversation-with-google-vp-neal-mohan/ | Display Ads As Compelling As TV Spots: A Conversation With Google VP Neal Mohan | Display Ads As Compelling As TV Spots: A Conversation With Google VP Neal Mohan
In the lobby of Google’s Building 900 at its Mountain View headquarters, there’s a display of Google-colored squares and rectangles that looks like a bland abstract-art piece. It turns out these are the shape and relative size of standard d... |
4ad0fe5d1d2b3eedbb8e0bf78092e821 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/02/13/as-it-learns-new-ways-to-make-money-curious-com-gets-15-million-in-funding/ | As It Learns New Ways To Make Money, Curious.com Gets $15 Million In Funding | As It Learns New Ways To Make Money, Curious.com Gets $15 Million In Funding
For all the online learning startups fighting for students, there's no lack of interest by investors.
Latest example: The online "lifelong learning" startup Curious.com, which is announcing today that it has closed a $15 million Series B round... |
d50ce17c0ae23fe43357d50bebabd61e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/02/19/in-one-chart-heres-why-facebook-is-blowing-19-billion-on-whatsapp/ | In One Chart, Here's Why Facebook Is Blowing $19 Billion On WhatsApp | In One Chart, Here's Why Facebook Is Blowing $19 Billion On WhatsApp
Even in this era of multibillion-dollar valuations for tech startups that have barely moved out of the founders' parents' basement, the idea of Facebook paying $19 billion for a mobile messaging service seems simply insane.
But that's what Facebook li... |
19b371b310e4e28bcf6e133be995e36d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/04/10/no-more-like-baiting-facebook-tries-to-clean-up-your-news-feed/ | No More Like-Baiting: Facebook Tries To Clean Up Your News Feed | No More Like-Baiting: Facebook Tries To Clean Up Your News Feed
The No. 1 complaint I hear from people on Facebook is that they hate their close friends' posts getting buried in their news feed by stuff they don't care about--the equivalent of spam in their email boxes.
Today, Facebook took steps to fix that situation ... |
829b155b049981911ae7ba66e32208e7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/04/15/can-ceo-marissa-mayer-ever-get-yahoo-really-growing-again/ | Can CEO Marissa Mayer Ever Get Yahoo Really Growing Again? | Can CEO Marissa Mayer Ever Get Yahoo Really Growing Again?
Yahoo finally showed a spark of revenue growth for the first time in more than a year in its first quarter. But just barely. And that raises questions anew about whether CEO Marissa Mayer's furious activity since she joined in 2012, from a flurry of acquisitio... |
a61a12ea0e1c017afcc10fb3390966ca | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/04/22/look-out-facebook-google-ups-the-ante-on-mobile-app-install-ads/ | Look Out, Facebook: Google Ups The Ante On Mobile App Install Ads | Look Out, Facebook: Google Ups The Ante On Mobile App Install Ads
Ads that make it easy for people to install apps on their mobile devices became a surprise cash cow for Facebook. The ads reversed the social network's dismal mobile ad situation, which was blamed for helping tank its initial public offering almost two y... |
718b7d0833581431a6c65223a2151d89 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/04/24/whats-next-for-google-now-that-its-leader-has-suddenly-left/ | What's Next For Google+ Now That Its Leader Has Suddenly Left? | What's Next For Google+ Now That Its Leader Has Suddenly Left?
Google + has never gotten the respect its creator hoped, let alone gained much ground on its supposed target, Facebook. Now, Google's attempt at a social network has lost its leader and chief evangelist, Vic Gundotra, who announced today that he's leaving G... |
3aa48ee34212df8bda2bbbd0033129b0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/04/29/sorry-but-twitter-will-never-be-facebook/ | Sorry, But Twitter Will Never Be Facebook | Sorry, But Twitter Will Never Be Facebook
So What? It Was Never Supposed To Be
Twitter's shares look to stage another swan dive Wednesday morning as investors continue to focus on the only disappointing piece of data in its first-quarter earnings report: continued anemic user growth.
Higher growth would be better, of ... |
4c4327ff3ec101334b4561a5b56402df | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/05/28/no-surprise-but-mobile-rules-in-mary-meekers-annual-guide-to-internet-trends/ | No Surprise, But Mobile Rules In Mary Meeker's Annual Guide To Internet Trends | No Surprise, But Mobile Rules In Mary Meeker's Annual Guide To Internet Trends
If you want to know where the Internet is headed, there are few better guides than Mary Meeker's annual outlook, presented today at the tech site re/code's first Code Conference, the successor to Kara Swisher's and Walt Mossberg's AllThingsD... |
a408da5ad6933fbfa42c6030c689f6a3 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/06/11/the-hashtag-is-the-social-network-crowdchat-launches-group-conversations-for-business/ | The Hashtag Is The Social Network: CrowdChat Launches Group Conversations For Business | The Hashtag Is The Social Network: CrowdChat Launches Group Conversations For Business
Hashtags, those #wordsorphrases you see at the end of a Twitter message to signal what the tweet is about, have since spread to other social networks such as Facebook, to popular culture including the slang vocabulary of my middl... |
be7b5793e48bc5c1fff167c6f23b1d67 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/06/20/seven-months-after-fda-slapdown-23andme-returns-with-new-health-report-submission/ | Seven Months After FDA Slapdown, 23andMe Returns With New Health Report Submission | Seven Months After FDA Slapdown, 23andMe Returns With New Health Report Submission
After seven months in the Food and Drug Administration's penalty box, the consumer genetic testing firm 23andMe today took the first step toward getting back in the game of providing health reports in its test results.
The company said t... |
acf7b0533ba9329176051a2ff5c0de64 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/06/25/heres-what-google-is-unveiling-right-now-at-its-io-conference/ | Here's What Google Unveiled At Its I/O Developer Conference | Here's What Google Unveiled At Its I/O Developer Conference
Updated with analysis and new video.
Google delivered a pretty simple message at its annual confab for software developers, which opened today in San Francisco: Anything you want to do on the Internet, anywhere and on any device, you can do with Google techno... |
363e909895502f4cb40e167af4aa0aad | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/07/02/mobile-ad-spending-to-blow-past-newspapers-magazines-radio-this-year/ | Mobile Ad Spending To Blow Past Newspapers, Magazines, Radio This Year | Mobile Ad Spending To Blow Past Newspapers, Magazines, Radio This Year
Revenues from ads running on smartphones and tablets will outstrip those from newspaper, magazine and radio ads for the first time in the U.S. this year, according to a new report from eMarketer.
Mobile ad revenues will jump 83%, to $17.7 billion. T... |
72b73d894108d3abc694290765f166e2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/10/28/in-bid-to-capture-the-future-facebook-gets-spendy-too-spendy/ | In Bid To Capture The Future, Facebook Gets Spendy. Too Spendy? | In Bid To Capture The Future, Facebook Gets Spendy. Too Spendy?
At first glance, all the metrics lined up for Facebook's third-quarter earnings: Daily active users hit the mark, mobile daily active users shot up 39%, and ad revenue jumped 64% to hit nearly $3 billion. Just after the earnings announcement, Facebook's sh... |
37fe7c9c4b93104b6e2c8ceba11dac18 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2014/11/30/enjoy-those-cyber-monday-sales-next-year-they-may-be-gone/ | Enjoy Those Cyber Monday Sales. Next Year, They May Be Gone | Enjoy Those Cyber Monday Sales. Next Year, They May Be Gone
For the past three years, the Monday after Thanksgiving has been the biggest online shopping day of the year, and this year will be no exception. Cyber Monday, as online retailers have been calling it since 2005, is expected to see some $2.6 billion in revenue... |
3350a9fc0012942c52921f30cd74f686 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/01/14/the-one-big-problem-with-facebooks-mobile-ad-success/ | The One Big Problem With Facebook's Mobile Ad Success | The One Big Problem With Facebook's Mobile Ad Success
If there's one company that has proved mobile ads work, it's Facebook. Less than two years ago, its newly public shares were languishing thanks to its lack of presence on mobile devices. Today, thanks to CEO Mark Zuckerberg's late but all-out push into the app world... |
ce031d66724d6af2a671361f6317e54c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/01/27/apple-pay-starts-to-take-off-leaving-competition-in-the-dust/ | Apple Pay Starts To Take Off, Leaving Competition In The Dust | Apple Pay Starts To Take Off, Leaving Competition In The Dust
Apple Pay almost got buried in the blowout profits of Apple's first fiscal quarter reported today. But while Apple's new mobile wallet surely won't contribute to those profits anytime soon, if ever, it's clear that new iPhone 6 owners like it. A lot.
During... |
9ba0565069fdc0ac8901c2108493fac1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/01/29/the-one-missing-ingredient-in-facebooks-drive-for-tv-ad-dollars/ | The One Missing Ingredient In Facebook's All-Out Drive For TV Ad Dollars | The One Missing Ingredient In Facebook's All-Out Drive For TV Ad Dollars
Beyond plans to spend like crazy on everything from search to virtual reality, Facebook gave investors little to complain about in its fourth-quarter results reported Jan. 28. Ad revenues jumped a stunning 53%, and they would have been five points... |
4e4bad15ef46d5b6164c54b79d336243 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/02/19/in-big-shift-fda-plans-to-let-23andme-market-genetic-tests-to-consumers/ | In Big Shift, FDA Plans To Let 23andMe Market Genetic Tests To Consumers | In Big Shift, FDA Plans To Let 23andMe Market Genetic Tests To Consumers
More than a year after the Food and Drug Administration barred 23andMe from marketing a broad-based genetic testing service, it looks like the FDA plans to shift gears and allow such tests to be sold directly to consumers.
The announcement came in... |
7647d34eb308f4c8ec71c4f7b813f408 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/04/21/why-googles-mobilegeddon-isnt-the-end-of-the-world-for-most-websites/ | Why Google's Mobilegeddon Isn't The End Of The World For Most Websites | Why Google's Mobilegeddon Isn't The End Of The World For Most Websites
Mobilegeddon has arrived, and the very nickname says everything you need to know about concerns over Google's new formula for showing search results on smartphones, which launches today.
Overblown concerns, that is.
Online publishers are unders... |
6e6a2f33fb1743cdb05f033a2a79f8a3 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/06/11/vc-investments-pour-into-virtual-reality-startups-but-payoff-looks-distant/ | VC Investments Pour Into Virtual Reality Startups, But Payoff Looks Distant | VC Investments Pour Into Virtual Reality Startups, But Payoff Looks Distant
Virtual reality may be the hot thing in technology today--one of the hot things, anyway--thanks to glitzy products like Facebook-owned Oculus Rift head-mounted display and Google -backed Magic Leap. But investors will have a long time to wai... |
b171d97fb118e9580740171362edd7d9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/07/28/twitter-temp-ceo-jack-dorsey-sure-doesnt-talk-like-a-temp/ | Twitter Temp CEO Jack Dorsey Sure Doesn't Talk Like A Temp | Twitter Temp CEO Jack Dorsey Sure Doesn't Talk Like A Temp
Twitter CEO-for-now Jack Dorsey (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
On a wild day when investors couldn't figure out whether they loved or hated Twitter's second-quarter earnings, one thing was clear: Jack Dorsey is in charge.
At least for now. But during a... |
cee73a821d4f351f4498cd8e7c9e82ee | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/07/29/as-mobile-video-ads-soar-at-facebook-big-brands-pile-in/ | As Mobile Video Ads Soar At Facebook, Big Brands Pile In | As Mobile Video Ads Soar At Facebook, Big Brands Pile In
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
Facebook's second-quarter results today didn't thrill investors, who knocked shares down more than 3% in after-hours trading. They don't like to hear about an 82% jump in expenses to get revenue ... |
6a7b8b42d061cca8409b780ac8b2fdb4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/08/18/in-conversation-stripe-ceo-patrick-collison-on-the-limitless-potential-of-payments/?sh=65ebfe1126a1 | In Conversation: Stripe CEO Patrick Collison On The Limitless Potential Of Payments | In Conversation: Stripe CEO Patrick Collison On The Limitless Potential Of Payments
When Patrick Collison and his younger brother John were developing ideas in 2010 for new apps to create, they kept running into a seemingly basic problem: Even as it was getting easier to tap cloud services to create startups faster and... |
c3b1d72d1eaba5122ccf40bc3032befd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/08/27/for-ai-startups-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/ | For AI Startups, The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times | For AI Startups, The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
It's a great time to be a startup in artificial intelligence. It's also a hard time to be a startup in artificial intelligence.
So it goes with startups in hot tech markets all the time, but AI is especially hot these days, thanks to big breakthroughs that have bee... |
d689d4a74f702b77bf5b9dbc8a42af57 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/09/08/the-one-killer-feature-apple-tv-needs-isnt-ready-yet/ | The One Killer Feature Apple TV Needs Is Still Missing | The One Killer Feature Apple TV Needs Is Still Missing
Apple CEO Tim Cook (Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
As the new Apple TV video streamer debuts today, it is still missing the one key feature it needs to become a must-have device: TV programs and movies all its own.
The new version of Apple's not-quite-a-hobby-a... |
c6ead334af369b6840f5cb6ffade8583 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/09/22/pingpad-a-new-social-network-for-getting-things-done/ | Pingpad: A New Social Network For Getting Things Done | Pingpad: A New Social Network For Getting Things Done
Pingpad cofounder and CEO Ross Mayfield
There’s no lack of apps to communicate and collaborate with friends, family and colleagues. You use messaging apps such as Snapchat, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger to ping friends, and maybe team collaboration darling Slack at... |
7de24def13e3ee9f4f50882990871157 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/10/27/the-one-somewhat-bright-spot-for-embattled-twitter-advertising/ | The One Somewhat Bright Spot For Embattled Twitter: Advertising | The One Somewhat Bright Spot For Embattled Twitter: Advertising
On a day when Twitter's stock got hammered in after-hours trading, it's hard to find a bright spot for the embattled company. But if there is one, it would be advertising.
It's certainly not user growth, which rose only 8 percent from a year ago--the s... |
89dcb2e0b4ad9f9134ee582cfcb5acad | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/11/04/this-number-in-facebooks-q3-earnings-should-scare-tv-networks/ | This Number In Facebook's Q3 Earnings Should Scare TV Networks | This Number In Facebook's Q3 Earnings Should Scare TV Networks
Eight billion.
That's how many videos people watch on Facebook every day, according to company comments after it reported third-quarter earnings today--and it's double the number just seven months ago. More than anything--Facebook's 45% ad revenue growth no... |
3729088372e31fa0ed9caee21bc9c0f9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/11/10/pandora-eyes-offline-mode-for-its-music-service/ | Pandora Eyes Offline Mode For Its Music Service | Pandora Eyes Offline Mode For Its Music Service
Despite the widespread and growing popularity of the streaming music service Pandora, it faces one big obstacle: If you’re offline, you’re out of luck.
But it’s clear that Pandora wants to fix that situation, especially since rivals such as Spotify and Apple Music have wa... |
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