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August 3, 2016
This is where Facebook will prototype its solar drones, Internet-beaming lasers, VR headsets, and next-gen servers. The problem with moving faster than most companies is that Facebook was…
Read articleJuly 28, 2016
Snapchat selfie lenses and Pokemon Go, not Magic Leap and HoloLens. Smartphones are how Mark Zuckerberg sees augmented reality going mainstream, rather than potentially awkward headsets and glasses.…
Read articleJuly 28, 2016
Twitter shows some balloons and Snapchat wraps your messages like presents, but Facebook is where people celebrate birthdays online. Now to reinforce itself as the home for your…
Read articleJuly 27, 2016
Coming off an all-time high stock price of $123.34, Facebook in Q2 2016 smashed earnings again. The social network continued steady growth just slightly slower at 3.63% compared…
Read articleJuly 25, 2016
In 2000, Yahoo was worth $125 billion. In 2008, it rejected a $44 billion buyout from Microsoft. And today it sold to Verizon for $4.83 billion. The lesson…
Read articleJuly 21, 2016
Poke failed. Slingshot failed. But Facebook is still trying to mimic Snapchat with a new Stories-style feature it’s been testing called “Quick Updates”. These 24-hour ephemeral updates are…
Read articleJuly 19, 2016
“They’re going to hit some challenges and marketers are gonna start to ask questions when they get out of the experimental budget phase,” Facebook’s head of adtech said…
Read articleJuly 19, 2016
Prisma morphs your photos into fine art like Picasso or Mondrian, and it’s blowing up the iOS app charts. Today it came out in unofficial APK beta on…
Read articleJuly 18, 2016
Getting people to download apps on their phone is hard enough. Getting to use them and return is even harder. And getting valuable users who spend money in…
Read articleJuly 18, 2016
At nearly every major technology event for the past five years we’ve been given at least one “wow” moment — when one of the big players would unveil…
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