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Intel and Opening Ceremony introduce a stylish smart bracelet for women

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 12:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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The problem with most smartwatches and wearables is that they’re not exactly stylish. Plus, unless you have a large wrist, they look huge and garish. Intel and Opening Ceremony have teamed up to make wearables something women will actually want to wear with the stylish MICA (My Intelligent Communication Accessory). Well, stylish is subjective. Designed by Opening Ceremony’s Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, the bracelet is a ” feminine fashion accessory with communications capabilities,” according to a joint release from Intel and Opening Ceremony. Other than that, little is known about the bracelet’s capabilities or price. The release also states that additional…

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8 tips for measuring e-commerce ad campaigns

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 8:20 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Jake Peterson is the head of customer success at Segment, a customer data hub that lets you integrate analytics, advertising and marketing tools with the flip of a switch. The e-commerce industry will reach $294 billion in 2014 alone, and accounts for nearly 10 percent of all retail sales according to Forrester research. Clearly, it’s a competitive market, and many online retailers rely on marketing to break out of the pack and get more customers. Here are a few tips for measuring e-commerce ad campaigns that will help you make the most of that marketing budget. 1. Know what you want…

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Facebook back up after 15-minute outage, second time in a month

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 7:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Update at 3:55PM EST: Facebook seems to be coming back for some. The outage thus lasted just over 15 minutes. Facebook is currently down for many users all around the world. We first noticed the outage at 3:39PM EST, with staff from North America to Europe confirming the issue. At the start of last month, Facebook went down for about an hour. Just like last time, users are taking to Twitter and other social networks to voice their displeasure. The service DownForEveryoneOrJustMe confirms that “It’s not just you! http://facebook.com looks down from here.” At the same time, IsSiteDownRightNow shows reports…

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The difference between productivity and getting things done

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 7:40 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, Insider, LifeHacks, tunein

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This post originally appeared on the Exist blog. I’ve been a sucker for so-called “productivity porn” for a while. I still am, to some degree, but I’ve been working hard to cure myself of this time-wasting habit and I’m getting a lot closer to that. For anyone who’s not familiar with it, my interpretation of productivity porn is pretty much anything related to productivity as a topic of interest, that doesn’t actually involve getting anything done. For me, it includes things like trying out new task managers, reading blog posts about productivity and stocking up on stationery I don’t need….

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How to protect yourself against hackers (or at least make it difficult for them)

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 7:33 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, How-To's, Insider

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There is nothing, hardware or software, that is unhackable. Let’s get that out of the way right off the bat. If a hacker – a real hacker, not someone with a set of easily available hacking tools — really wants your information, they will get it. The same can be said for the NSA or any other state-sponsored organization. This is a guide to help you deter the type of people degenerates that recently forced their way into celebrity iCloud accounts to pull down private photos. Whether they used brute force to guess the password or an off the shelf piece of software, a combination…

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