Google has launched a new tool called “Ask For Me” that uses AI to help you make phone calls to local businesses. “Ask For Me” is designed to streamline the process of calling multiple businesses to compare quotes and schedule appointments. This feature is being rolled out first for auto repair shops and nail salons,…
Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of requests to audit accounts for overspending, so I thought I’d share my checklist of questions I ask of accounts. Note this is going to be very Google oriented, but there are still ideas in here for all channels. While there are other questions you can ask, these are…
You’ve heard the outrage, you’ve read the reports, and you’ve seen the headlines: social media may be harming your child. What now? You gave your child a phone years ago and nothing short of the jaws of life could extract that thing from your kid’s grip now. You’d like to keep your child safe, but…
Let’s think through a hypothetical purchase journey. An individual is in the market for an air purifier, and she starts off by searching for [best air purifiers] in Google. Your ad shows up in results, and she clicks on it, impressed with the mention of being rated No. 1 in product rankings as well as…
Perplexity AI has integrated the new Chinese DeepSeek AI model into their offerings, allowing their Pro level users to use DeepSeek for their Perplexity AI research. Some in the public reacted negatively to the news. Perplexity AI Perplexity AI is San Francisco based AI search engine that offers a different way to search for information…
DeepSeek-R1 is a new AI reasoning model from the Chinese company DeepSeek. Released on January 20, it offers a cost-effective alternative to ChatGPT. 🚀 DeepSeek-R1 is here! ⚡ Performance on par with OpenAI-o1📖 Fully open-source model & technical report🏆 MIT licensed: Distill & commercialize freely! 🌐 Website & API are live now! Try DeepThink at…
A legal document filed in federal court formally notifies that Automattic and Matt Mullenweg have added new representation, a lawyer who has previously represented Meta and Facebook. The new documentation is formally called NOTICE of Appearance. A subsequent legal filing indicates that the new representation is currently handling the response to a Motion to Intervene…
“Hi, are you doomscrolling? Our bodies were not designed to be anxious and stressed for this long.” Back in the very anxious year of 2021, a friendly little bot on Twitter — the Doomscrolling Reminder Bot — came along to offer mindfulness reminders like this. Created just after doomscrolling became the 2020 word of the…
Short-form videos are no longer a passing trend – they are here to stay. Short clips on platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts have taken over our feeds and continue to thrive on social because of their sharply edited content and low investment requirement. With YouTube Shorts boasting over 50 billion daily views…
In the wake of Trump’s sweeping promises to “reform” the country’s immigration processes, crackdown on “illegal immigrants,” and repeal birthright citizenship (among several other terrifying promises to deport people en masse), the internet is arming their undocumented community members with the power of constitutional knowledge. After signing multiple executive orders and shutting down the CBP…