If a patent secured by Boeing this week is any indication, the company is eyeing a major change in the way travelers fly. The Seattle Times reports the patent details a passenger plane that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter via tilting rotors. The rotors—horizontal…
Facebook started as a way for college classmates to communicate, and it’s since evolved into a hub for content creation, sharing, and advertising. Over one billion active users engage on Facebook every day, which represents a tremendous opportunity for advertisers to leverage their content…
s Black Friday approaches, store owners will begin scrambling to get the word out about their sales. Display ads, email marketing, and retargeting are some of the most common methods, but there’s one overlooked strategy that has the potential to drive a lot…
Global debt has hit a record high of $152 trillion, weighing down economic growth and adding to risks that recovery could turn into stagnation or even recession, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In a worst-case scenario the IMF also fears that a…
Germany invented the gasoline engine and diesel engine. Now, Germany’s Bundesrat wants the internal combustion engine banned starting in 2030. The resolution by one of Germany’s two legislative bodies (analogous to the US Senate or British House of Lords) isn’t binding, but it…
If Facebook is the mall, Twitter feels like the street — or so said science fiction author William Gibson in 2010. “Street’s a rough place, sometimes,” Gibson quipped on Twitter when I asked him if the statement was still true. And indeed it…
How many living, breathing human beings really read Techdirt? The truth — the most basic, rarely-spoken truth — is that we have no earthly idea. With very few exceptions, no media property big or small, new or old, online or off, can truly…
The word “drop” is now firmly lodged in my vocabulary after another day spent with a millennial waiting for a brand to release (or “drop”) its latest product. It involved watching the clock tick down to the moment of release, a race to…
Google has been trying to expand the availability of internet across the planet for years now. When the company isn’t trialing internet-delivering balloons, it’s installing Fiber and Wi-Fi in select cities. But the giant search company is looking to do even more with…
Gibraltar is seeking a Brexit deal that preserves access to the European Union’s single market as well as the ability of thousands of workers to move freely across its land border with Spain, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said, seeking to protect the territory’s…
