U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom, plus Google isn't just good for finding cat videos on the internet. The search giant's machine learning technology is also helping search the universe for planets outside our solar system. Plus breaking news on how Google Search Console beta adds 12+ months of data to performance reports. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/webcology/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out:

Striving to provide you with your next immersive shopping experience is Payscout, the global payment processing provider crowned with launching the technology that, for the first time, enabled live, real-item payments in VR. Blazing the trails for this new frontier is this week’s Tech Cat Show guest, Brad Lenett, IT and Project Manager Professional, unveiling to us the latest in digital security and VR Commerce. Saddle up and get ready to explore the new world of retail, right here on the Tech Cat

Looking to boost your customers’ digital service experience is Satisfi Labs, an intelligent data deployment platform that uses companies’ data to power voice and text communications with their consumers. At the helm is this week’s Tech Cat Show guest, Justine Santa Cruz, VP of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, to discuss the latest trends in retail technology and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as the company’s newest foray into holographic AI, partnered with AR hologram company VNTANA

Digital advisor, VR/AR & TV content developer, and media and marketing boss, this week’s guest, Joanna Popper, has done it all. As a Media and Tech Executive and Advisor, she joins us this week to talk about the cutting-edge trends in content and marketing in the VR/AR and Media space. Get inspired and get to work by listening to the multi-talented, marketing master, Joanna Popper, right here on the Tech Cat Show!

Helping us understand the world between digital and our youth is Dubit, a research, strategy consultancy, and digital studio entirely focused on children and teens. On this week’s Tech Cat Show we’re joined by David Kleeman, SVP of Global Trends for Dubit, to discuss the latest trends in children and virtual reality, as well as a new model for audience evaluation and how to broaden or deepen its connection to content. Get the brain food you need to market to the next largest demographic by joining

This week we chat with Phil Ranta, Chief Operating Officer at Studio71 a media company focused on digital talent. Studio71 is a fast growing digital network with billions of views on youtube. By harnessing great digital talent, Phil and his team are creating engagement and new business models on digital platforms. We’ll hear about the latest trends from Youtube and video online and find out what it takes to become a influencer with so many people uploading content on a daily basis. Join us on the

This week, we’re talking with “professional oversharers” Catherine Belknap and Natalie Telfer — Cat & Nat. They head up a rapidly-exploding online community of like-minded moms, and are known for saying what you’re thinking. We discuss how the besties-turned-business partners handle money both personally and professionally. In Mailbag, buying a home with a VA loan and finances for couples who aren’t planning on tying the knot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nat Salvione is the Chief Commercial Officer at Tango Card, an exciting, flexible digital reward system (“e-reward”) delivered through email. Tango is a new model in leveraging ecommerce opportunities! When you receive a Tango Card, you get to choose the gift cards, donations or promotions that you really want. Nat is going to share with us trends in retail, ecommerce and how the loyality and rewards business is really shaping up. We are going to learn a lot with the Rewards Guru, Nat Salvione on

Today's program features a Singer Songwriter who defined the genre before joining the nation of Islam and retiring from the music business for a lengthy hiatus. Additional tuneage from Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys, The Illusion, 7Horse, Led Zeppelin, Band Of Skulls, Foreigner, T Bone Burnett, Wallflowers, BoDeans, Jayhawks, Tradewinds, David Crosby, Rascals, Beach Boys, Doors, Hollies, Trevor Gordon Hall, Jefferson Airplane, Loving Spoonful,

StoryTech hits the floor in Amsterdam to cover IBC 2017. Every year, the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) gathers over 50,000 top creators, storytellers, technology inventors and innovators to Europe to share the latest and greatest the Broadcast industry has to offer. Whether its discovering the sexiest screens, using new technology to protect content from piracy or finding the best cameras to capture the picture, IBC has the tools and techniques to keep modern creators up to date. This

Mother Jones Editor in Chief Clara Jeffery talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how the progressive magazine made its business model work on the web, with more than $15 million in revenue per year. Jeffery says the media put itself in an economic crisis by ignoring the business side of its work and argues that the best way to fund "stuff that's not just cat videos" is to ask readers and viewers for donations. She also reflects on how journalism has changed since Donald Trump won the presidency, why

On this week's Tech Cat Show we chat with Irena Cronin, one of the smartest folks around who understands what's happening on the business side of immersive content (VR, AR, MR). Irena is CEO of Sprout VR, a virtual reality marketing company that helps VR companies understand the business opportunities in the VR marketplace as well as helping to set them up for success. Irena knows everything that's happening in the space, she is the creator and administrator of the largest Virtual Reality closed

Questions this week: Is there an audience for my cat blog? If a 6-yr-old can do it, you can too. How can I stay positive with negative family members all around me? I’m a 28-year-old single mom, with one child.  Are there ways of becoming successful even after filing bankruptcy?Plus Good News and more questions. Cliff Feightner poem: You have to come up with a planIf you don’t want to just work for the man To upwardly moveYour life should improveStart with you and include your whole clan

The buzz: “We both hate the cat. I’m just not sure what it is you’d bring to a partnership” (Andertoons.com). It’s impossible for you to be the expert for all products or solutions in our digital/IoT-driven economy. An IoT solution requires understanding technologies from communications to data management, analytics and beyond. That's why partnerships are critical. How to find the right partners to bring opportunities and innovation technology and to ensure each contributes strongly to a successful

The buzz: “We both hate the cat. I’m just not sure what it is you’d bring to a partnership” (Andertoons.com). It’s impossible for you to be the expert for all products or solutions in our digital/IoT-driven economy. An IoT solution requires understanding technologies from communications to data management, analytics and beyond. That's why partnerships are critical. How to find the right partners to bring opportunities and innovation technology and to ensure each contributes strongly to a successful

On this week's Tech Cat show we dig into what it means to be a digital storyteller with Ryan A. Bell. Ryan is Director of Digital Strategy at HydroStudios, a creative marketing agency and content studio. HydroStudios was founded on the belief that technology should empower, not inhibit and they focus on creating innovative human-centric, data driven experiences that deliver measurable results. Ryan's role is to focus on where Tech & Story Intersect with Marketing & Entertainment. He has a unique

This week we chat with Mary Coppola, who is the Senior Director of Marketing Communications for United Fresh Produce Association. Produce is having a hey day with more products out to market, more models around food services and food delivery and more challenges in getting your product heard in this disruptive time. Mary will take us through some of the newest trends in Produce as well as share with us strategies for BrandStorm™, an annual produce marketing event created to advance the marketing

This week we chat with Erik Huberman, The Outsourced CMO. As a serial entrepreneur and brand marketing expert, Erik is a sought-after thought leader. You may wonder, what's Outsourced CMO? It's a month-to-month, a-la-carte marketing services model that allows Erik's company to create tailor-made solutions marketing solutions for all sizes of business at a more affordable nimble model. Hawke Media handles services like email marketing, Facebook advertising, media buying and much more. We'll chat

Petrendologist CharlotteReed & Michael Fleck DVM talk withMoshow, the cat rapper about living in a catworld and artist Rory Mackay about how heturned his love or drawing pets into athriving business. Fleck interviews Reedabout the 10th anniversary of the publishingof her book, The Miss Fido MannersComplete Book of Dog Etiquette.

On this week's show we talk with David Polinchock, The Chief Experience Officer. David is an accomplished innovator who consults with brands, media companies and all sorts of businesses to guide them at the cross roads of media, tech and experiences using a variety of new technologies. Today we'll be talking with David live on the show floor of Siggraph, the world’s largest annual conference and exhibition in computer graphics and interactive techniques. David will share with us what he's seeing