How do people search for climate change info?

Every day, there are 3 billion+ searches on Google. See how these searches reflect the way the world thinks about climate change. This Google Experiment shows the searches by topic and geographical location. Graphical display based on Google Trends data in real time. A World of Change: Climate change through the lens of Google search […]

Overstock to Keep 50% of All Bitcoin Payments as Investments

Here’s a way to accumulate come Bitcoin. Sell millions! This story will be my “go to” for the 12 people a day who tell me you can’t buy anything with cryptocurrency 🙂 Online retailer Overstock.com is shifting its cryptocurrency investment strategy keeping half of the bitcoin it takes in as payment, the company’s CEO has […]

Maven to expand on-demand short-term Gig rentals to 6 more U.S. cities

I’m very happy to have ditched my car and ride in Uber all the time. But I’m still drawn to new deals to get a car.  I don’t miss driving. I love not having to worry about maintenance. But that feeling of needing to jump in and go is hard to shake. A year ago, […]

Using VR for a ‘Try Before You Buy” experience

As an interactive medium that offers unparalleled immersion, Virtual Reality (VR) allows users to experience, preview, and escape reality. Early adopters are predominantly gamers, driven to the medium by the promise of”being there’. But given the huge growth potential of the market, it is interesting to understand the demographics of VR owners and intenders to […]