Fashion chain H&M (HMb.ST) is acquiring a small stake in Klarna in what will be the Swedish online payments services firm’s largest partnership so far. H&M is paying around $20 million for a stake of less than 1 percent, a Klarna spokeswoman said, confirming a Financial Times report on Monday. Klarna’s digital platform would be […]

Putting hashtags in as a first comment makes your posts easy to notice. Lo and behold! Instagram is testing a new feature for adding hashtags as a separate block underneath the images. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted earlier this week a screenshot of what looks like a beta version of a new Instagram feature, […]

By Laura Desmond We recently hosted a conversation between Mikael and Elliot about how Unsplash put community at the center of their product. Don’t have time for the full webcast now? Catch the webcast highlights and tips from their conversation in our companion blog below How To Build A Community Centered Product Co-Founder & CEO of […]

By Patrick Hall Social media platforms allow us to stay connected to family and friends that we don’t get to see every day, but they also allow hackers and identity thieves to gain access to our personal information. In the last few years, there has been a rise in identity theft cases that started from social media […]

By David Devils Back in 2011 I first came into contact with Bitcoin. I’m not sure of the source of the information, but I’d read an article about Bitcoin and the philosophy around it. At that time, I was living outside the city with an ISDN 128 kbps connection. I remember installing a wallet and […]

Social impact is often thought of as having this grand idea that must eradicate a major issue in the world or else it’s useless. Having a major mission and vision is amazing, but it also often derails many people who really want to get started in either social entrepreneurship, social enterprise or even beginning their […]

A third of custom-content marketers increased spending this year compared to last year, while 53% are spending about the same and only 8% are spending less, according to new research conducted late last month of more than 300 marketers. The research, conducted by the New York City-based business-intelligence firm Advertiser Perceptions specifically for this website […]

The troubled US bank Wells Fargo is planning a steep reduction of staff that could affect more than 26,000 people. The firm said it expects headcount to decline by 5% to 10% over the next three years, through a combination of cuts and regular attrition. The move is part of an effort to make the […]

Many first-time founders make decisions “behind closed doors” — or, in other words, entirely on their own, without team input. When my co-founder, Dennis, and I first built Dairy Free Games, that’s exactly how we operated. We thought that was our responsibility as founders — setting strategy, making calls, solving problems. Especially early on, we were constantly iterating our products, testing […]

There are ways to make impactful changes that resonate with your customers without starting from scratch. From gourmet cupcakes and cronuts to on-demand delivery and instant order fulfillment, customers are always onto the next new and exciting thing. In order to compete, it may seem like you need to constantly reinvent yourself, but that’s just […]