March 28, 2016
Pay celebs to text or video message you with TipTalk
It has never been worth it for celebrities to respond to their endless digital fan mail — until now. TipTalk lets them set a price for a private text, photo…
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March 28, 2016
5 hard questions facing Oculus Rift
Today, the future became the present with the launch of Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the…
Read articleMarch 25, 2016
Netflix is making videos look like garbage on AT&T and Verizon
If you’ve tried streaming Master of None from your tablet running on Verizon on AT&T, chances are it looked like a big pile of unwatchable pixels. It turns…
Read articleMarch 22, 2016
8tracks is raising a $30 million crowdfunding round
Music startup 8tracks has always had a strong sense of community. But the startup is taking this one step further by raising $30 million from its own community.…
Read articleMarch 15, 2016
Letterboxd launches its movie social network on the iPhone
I’ve been using Letterboxd for more than a year now, and I’ve really enjoyed the movie pages. For instance, if you look at Mustang (which is my favorite…
Read articleMarch 3, 2016
Facebook Messenger adds music, starting with Spotify song sharing
First came the Transportation hub with Uber, and now Facebook Messenger is launching “its very first music integration” with Spotify. Inside the Messenger “More” section in chat threads,…
Read articleMarch 3, 2016
imDown’s mobile entertainment network focuses on one-minute vertical videos
Thanks to smartphones and the rise of apps like Snapchat and Periscope, vertical videos have gone from being an annoyance requiring a workaround to a popular and often preferred…
Read articleFebruary 18, 2016
Imgur Gets Its Sheryl, Hires COO So Founder Can Nerd Out On Product
Imgur is Internet dude paradise. The underhyped image sharing and commenting community has 150 million active users and saw 900 billion page views in 2015. Thanks to silly GIFs,…
Read articleFebruary 16, 2016
Instagram Spotlights vs Snapchat Stories vs Twitter Moments
There is a battle raging for curated social media supremacy. When big things happen, each of these apps wants to be where you see the best of and…
Read articleFebruary 10, 2016
Cizoo Drops The Beat So That You Can Send Music Messages To Your Friends
Meet Cizoo, a new iOS app that is all about making it easier to create music. Learning to play an instrument can be hard, but anyone can sing…
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