From the Kissmetric blog As marketers, we’re always looking for ways to build brand loyalty, nurture relationships, and keep the sales funnel engine humming. One of the best ways to accomplish all of this is to use Facebook posts. We’ve seen corporate and small business social media meltdowns, but what kinds of posts are likely […]

BY Bill Keveney , USA TODAY One of most moving love stories on NBC’s This Is Us is between a grown man and the father he’s just met. On his 36th birthday, affluent family man Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown), adopted as a baby, finds his birth father, recovering addict William (Ron Cephas Jones), only to learn he’s […]

by Jacob Kastrenakes writing for the Verge.com A little over a decade ago, a Russian design studio unveiled a concept keyboard that, as much as any gadget ever can, rocked the tech blogging world. It was called the Optimus, and it was the most interesting keyboard you’d ever seen: a standard QWERTY design, but with a […]

By Richard Cromelin, LA Times Leonard Cohen, a singer-songwriter whose literary sensibility and elegant dissections of desire made him one of popular music’s most influential and admired figures for four decades, has died. He was 82. “Unmatched in his creativity, insight, and crippling candor, Leonard Cohen was a true visionary whose voice will be sorely missed,” […]

by:  Brian Truitt , USA TODAY Arrival is such a beautiful and thought-provoking film that it almost single-handedly makes up for every bad aliens-coming-to-Earth film you’ve ever seen. Yes, even Independence Day: Resurgence. The latest from director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) is a sci-fi movie (**** out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters nationwide Friday) about […]

By Zach Epstein BGR Apple hasn’t yet managed to keep up with iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus demand, suggesting that the company’s new iPhones are a hit. In fact, iPhone sales in the September quarter came in slightly higher than Wall Street was expecting, even though supply of both new models was severely constrained. But even […]

By History.com Staff The game we know as poker is believed to have ancient roots that go back nearly 1,000 years, crossing several continents and cultures. Some historians say poker’s origins can be traced to a domino-card game played by a 10th-century Chinese emperor; others claim it is a descendant of the Persian card game […]

By Brett Clarkson Sun Sentinel Gone are the days when Sheila Danzig would complain about having to change the clocks every six months. Now it’s every eight months. For Danzig, the twice-yearly ritual of Daylight Saving Time, which begins Sunday, leaves her feeling disoriented for days afterward. Plus, it’s annoying to have to figure out how to […]

By Andrew Griffin The year is set to close with the biggest moon that most people alive will ever have seen. The satellite is set to get closer – an so brighter and bigger – than it has for almost 70 years on 14 November. A supermoon happens because of the strange, egg-shaped orbit of the […]

By Caroline Linton and Lauren Cook for AM New York There’s no question about it, New York City’s iconic skyline has been undergoing a transformation over the last few years. With supertall buildings — both residential and commercial — sprouting up like cement weeds all over the city, street artists will soon have to do […]