You can expect this trend to continue. In fact, in a study by Tomoson, influencer marketing was rated as the fastest-growing online customer-acquisition channel, beating organic search, paid search, and email marketing. 59% of marketers plan to increase their influencer marketing budgets over the next 12 months. But even as influencer marketing enters the mainstream, and more […]

By Leslie Dawn Zamile Gantana takes a crate, sits in the middle of the stage, and gives a straightforward but lyrical explanation of what happened to the SS Mendi. In 1917, a total of 823 South African men boarded the ship to aid the British war effort; a month later, more than 600 of them drowned […]

The Declaration of Independence is arguably the most important document in U.S. history. It was also briefly in violation of Facebook’s standards. Through its Facebook page, The Vindicator — a local paper based in Liberty, Texas — wanted its audience to read the Declaration of Independence. It published a series of daily posts to the social network with […]

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has initiated studies of blockchain technology with a view to subsequently embrace the technology and integrate it into the bank’s business processes, local news outlet NewsDay reported July 5. Speaking at the Alpha Media Holdings’ Banks and Banking breakfast meeting in Harare yesterday, RBZ governor John Mangudya reportedly said that the bank is looking to […]

Switzerland’s principal stock exchange SIX announced today, July 6, that it will open a “fully-regulated” cryptocurrency exchange next year. In an official press release, SIX confirmed it would use so-called distributed ledger technology (DLT) –– of which blockchain is one type –– to build what they are dubbing a “digital asset ecosystem,” Six Digital Exchange (SDX) to “put banks at the […]

The study’s main author, a Harvard University professor of medicine, shared the most surprising finding. When it comes to your child’s health, the age old advice to lead by example still applies. A new study found children of mothers who follow a healthy lifestylehave a significantly lower risk of developing obesity than those whose mothers don’t. “Children look up to […]

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is about to embark on one daredevil stunt of a space mission. Slated to launch August 4, the probe will be the first spacecraft to swoop through the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, a roiling inferno of plasma heated to several million degrees Celsius. Parker will whip around the sun two dozen […]

Weather experts weigh in on the locales that are prime for exploring in the summer. Knowing when to visit a destination can make all the difference, both for having a comfortable vacation (read: not during rainy season) and for making sure you don’t miss out on the prime activities and events. To highlight the destinations […]

Will Smith said in a rare interview Wednesday that he received nearly a dozen text messages from rapper Jay-Z after he infamously slapped a reporter who tried to kiss him in 2012. Smith, who talked about his 30-year career in the entertainment industry with Rap Radar, said he received the texts after coming home the night […]

DETROIT/LONDON/SHANGHAI  – Automakers are scrambling to ship vehicles to the United States to pre-empt possible higher tariffs, according to port data, port officials and logistics companies. Data from a number of U.S. ports showed a surge in vehicle exports and imports in May, as U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on China and Europe […]