With over one billion monthly active users, Instagram stands as one of the most influential social media networks in the world. It’s only natural that brands would desire to have a strong presence on the site as well. In fact, according to Instagram’s own internal data, over 80 percent of users follow at least one
Read MoreA dive into some little-seen data suggests that Facebook may be in a bigger mess than it lets on. It shows a precipitous drop in the amount of time people are spending on the core social network. No wonder Zuckerberg is announcing his plans to move away from it. Zuckerberg says he’s going all in
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: twttr, Twitter’s beta app to test new ideas, starting with a new design that color-codes replies, is launching today for some English and Japanese users on iOS — Twitter’s new prototype application is rolling out to the first group of testers starting today, the company announced this afternoon by way of
Read MoreThe company recommends Creative Cloud instead. Adobe Shockwave gets the ax on April 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot all superheroes wear capes. YouTube reportedly fighting Captain Marvel trolls in search results – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhich modern vampire are you most like? Find out by giving us all your data. Facebook sues Ukrainians over quiz apps that stole your data – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePalmer Luckey’s new company, Anduril, seems to be filling a void after Google didn’t renew its Project Maven contract with the Pentagon. Oculus inventor's startup takes on military drone work Google gave up, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStarship and Raptor will soon be best friends as they get ready to shoot for the moon. SpaceX next-gen Raptor rocket engine is about to meet Starship in Texas – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew Intel Core i5, 16 GB of RAM models of Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 are coming, starting in the U.S. and Canada, for Surface for Business customers. Microsoft adds new Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2 configurations for business users Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More“Don’t Be Evil” was the mantra of Google from years before even Gmail was created. While certainly less vague than their replacement slogan “Do the Right Thing”, there has been a lot of criticism directed at Google over the past decade and a half for repeatedly being at odds with one of their key values.
Read MoreAs the blockchain sector evolves, it’s important for policy makers and industry to co-create standards to make multi-layered, interoperable chains a reality. That’s one of the recommendations made by The EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum – a European Commission initiative tasked with accelerating blockchain innovation and development – in its latest report, which identifies scalability interoperability,
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: From Wednesday, the UK will make it illegal to fly drones within three miles of an airport, up from 0.6 miles, following disruptions over Christmas — The no-fly zone is expanding to three miles — Starting this Wednesday, March 13th, it will be illegal to fly a drone within three
Read MoreHackers accessed the names, addresses, social security numbers and medical information of customers of several Michigan healthcare companies in a ransomware attack. Data breach may have exposed the personal, medical information of 600,000 in Michigan Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our brand-new series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You can’t talk about the Kindle without wading into an e-reader vs. normal book debate. And, well, I’m here to solve that once and for all. Are you ready? Good. Both e-readers and normal books are wonderful. If
Read MoreJoin us Wednesday at noon Pacific time for the Learning Through Play Hack Chat! You may think you’ve never heard of Greg Zumwalt, but if you’ve spent any time on Instructables or Thingiverse, chances are pretty good you’ve seen some of his work. After a long career that ranged from avionics design and programming to video game
Read MoreJohn Herrman / New York Times: TikTok changed the social media landscape by discarding many assumptions made by rivals, such as the primacy of individual connections and friend networks — TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you’re avoiding it. — Hello, person who is, statistically speaking … TikTok changed
Read MoreNearly one and a half years ago when Alyssa Milano asked women to click MeToo on their social media platforms, the #MeToo movement was born. Since then millions of women have indicated through social media that they too have been victims of sexual harassment or assault. The power of this movement has been its ability
Read MoreA convergence of technologies is paving the way for Apple to take AR out of the phone and put it in front of your eyes. While that would curtail HoloLens reach, Microsoft won’t be shedding many tears. Apple's augmented reality end run: Can it hold back Hololens? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAuthorities have sentenced three criminals for robbing a group of Chinese businessmen in Dubai. The crooks stole over $250,000 (Dh1 million) from four businessmen after luring them to an apartment in Al Rafaa, Dubai at the end of March, local news reports. The businessmen were hooked by a Facebook post offering cryptocurrency for sale. The
Read More[Tim Schumacher] got a Crazepony Mini quadcopter and has been reprogramming it “bare metal” — that is to say he’s programming the STM32 without using an operating system or do-it-all environment. His post on the subject is a good reference for working with the STM32 and the quadcopter, too. If you haven’t seen the quadcopter,
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Fairygodboss, a social network for female professionals, raises $10M Series A and says it has 100+ corporate partners including Apple and General Motors — Fairygodboss, a self-described social network for career-minded women, today announced that it has raised $10 million in series … Fairygodboss, a social network for female professionals, raises
Read MoreThe Facebook-owned messaging platform is cracking down on third-party apps. WhatsApp bans people who are using knock-offs of the app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDavey Alba / BuzzFeed News: Leaked documents reveal CBP plans to deploy facial recognition tech at US airports in as little as two years, despite concerns about the tech and its legality — In March 2017, President Trump issued an executive order expediting the deployment of biometric verification of the identities of all travelers crossing
Read MoreYou’ll shoot your eye out, kid! BMW recalls X1 crossovers for dangling taillights – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe popular press was recently abuzz with sad news from the planet Mars: Opportunity, the little rover that could, could do no more. It took an astonishing 15 years for it to give up the ghost, and it took a planet-wide dust storm that blotted out the sun and plunged the rover into apocalyptically dark
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