Twitter’s Effort To Grow Revenue Is Getting More Aggressive
Have you heard Twitter does advertising? Twitter yesterday pushed an app update that contained "minor improvements," according to the app store release notes. But the most noticeable tweak was a new...
View ArticleJustin Bieber's Selfie App, Shots, Now Offers 10-Second Video
It’s part of a move beyond static content. Starting today, Shots is supporting 10-second videos. The famously simple selfie app — perhaps best known for its relationship with Justin Bieber — actually...
View ArticleChaos At Reddit As Protests Erupt Over Reported Firing Of Beloved Moderator
Popular sections of Reddit went dark Thursday as confusion and protests swept the site. Interim CEO Ellen Pao apologized Friday for “how we handled the transition.” Huge sections of Reddit were set to...
View ArticleCan You Identify This "F" Brand When It's In The Facebook Logo?
Don’t get an F on this quiz.
View ArticleApple Music Is The New iPod And The Old Record Store
When everyone can put millions of songs in your pocket, the trick is helping you figure out what to listen to. Touchstone Pictures In 2003, two years after the introduction of the iPod and six months...
View ArticleReddit Moderators Are Fed Up: “I Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse”
Reddit Starting Thursday night, large sections of Reddit were set to private and have 'gone dark' in the wake of the termination of Victoria Taylor, a site employee and community moderator. In...
View ArticleApple iTunes And AppStore No Longer Work In Greece Due To Debt Crisis
PayPal, iCloud, and many online subscription services are now off limits due to laws banning the use of Greek credit cards to spend money outside the country. Last weekend, Greece's government imposed...
View ArticleMeet The On-Demand Workers Who Say They're Living The Sharing Economy Dream
By working collaboratively, these TaskRabbiters have achieved the free and flexible lifestyle sharing economy advocates are always talking about. But can it last forever? The Taskers and friends at a...
View ArticleDear Apple, We Need To Talk About Your Ridiculous iPhone Chargers
It’s not me — it’s your goddamn chargers. Hey Apple, I've had an iPhone for years and I love it. There's no doubt that you've changed the world. youtube.com And despite Siri's insistence on being just...
View ArticleLeaked Documents Suggest Hacking Team Sold Tech To Sanctioned Russian...
According to hacked data, the Italian company may be in violation of European Union sanctions. Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov. Kvant, a Russian state-owned military technology company, appears to have...
View ArticleWaze Is Testing A Car-Sharing Service In Israel
The Google-owned company has 97% monthly penetration among car owners in the country. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / Getty Images Google has finally thrown its hat in the increasingly competitive ride-sharing...
View ArticleApple Watch Owners Are All Using Them For The Same Thing: Drawing Dicks
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View ArticleThis Is How To See Who Unfriended You On Facebook
If you really want to know. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / Getty Images Just like the Twitter app Who Unfollowed Me, the program tells you whether a friend has unfollowed you or just deactivated their account....
View ArticleReddit CEO: "We Screwed Up"
If you're looking for an example of just how grim things are over at Reddit, CEO Ellen Pao's mea culpa is a perfect place to start.This afternoon, Pao posted a 335-word apology for Reddit's "long...
View ArticleFear And Loathing In Google's Artificial Neural Network
What happens when you run a Hollywood acid trip through Google’s trippy neural network? Pretty much what you’d expect. The results were sometimes off-putting, sometimes beautiful, and always strange....
View Article24 Struggles Only Teenage Twitter Bots Will Understand
[In robot voice] “But moommmmmmmmm……” Programmed by Rob Dubbin, a writer for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she tweets snippets of text from other teens and also mimicks and replies to anyone who...
View ArticleInstagram Says Israeli Flag Emoji Being Blocked Was A Glitch
In a statement Tuesday afternoon, Instagram said that the flag emoji being blocked from comments was just a glitch, and they have fixed the bug. BuzzFeed News attempted to use the flag when commenting...
View ArticleActivists Say Piracy Fears Threaten Domain Name Privacy
“It’s kind of like being doxxed by ICANN.” whois.domaintools.com A proposed rule requiring virtually all website owners to list their names and addresses is supposed to curb piracy, but a growing...
View ArticleGiant Robots From America And Japan Will Fight For Giant Robot Supremacy
It’s on. Late last month, Megabots -- creator of a six ton giant robot called MegaBot Mark II, challenged Suidobashi Heavy Industry — creator of a 4.5 ton giant robot called Kuratas — to a giant robot...
View ArticleTinder Introduces Verified Profiles So You Can Date Celebrities
Is Tinder “Carrot Top” really Carrot Top? Now you’ll know for sure. Tinder Everyone wants to Tinder, even celebrities. But when regular people come across their profiles, they're likely to believe...
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