October 12, 2015
Facebook Tests A Dedicated Shopping Feed
Facebook’s where people spend their time on mobile, and now it’s working on several new features to give shopping sites a cut of the attention. The most eye-catching…
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October 9, 2015
The (Predictable) Misunderstanding Of Twitter Moments
Twitter Moments launched this week, which caught none of Twitter’s most hardcore users by surprise. We knew it by the name of “Project Lightning,” I refer to it…
Read articleOctober 8, 2015
Burner Gets Business-Ready With Auto-Renewing Lines, Connections To Slack, Dropbox, Evernote & More
Burner, the app that lets you create disposable phone numbers you can use for a variety of purposes including online ads, while traveling, for business projects, dating profiles,…
Read articleOctober 7, 2015
Zuckerberg Confirms Facebook Is Working On Augmented Reality
“Yeah!” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said excitedly in response to a big question for his company: is Facebook working on augmented reality? “It’s a bit further out,” he followed…
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9 Big Unanswered Questions About Twitter Moments
Riddle me this. Why won’t people just ignore Twitter’s new Moments tab? How will Moments make money? Will Twitter pay publishers that create them? Today Twitter launched Moments,…
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Twitter Moments Have Their Own Set Of Guidelines And Principles
Along with the release of its new feature, Moments, Twitter shared a set of guidelines and principles that drive the curation team that powers it, as well as…
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Twitter Debuts Moments
Jack Dorsey has returned to his creation and with him comes the hope of bringing more people onto the platform. Maybe they’ll never tweet. Maybe they’ll never follow…
Read articleOctober 5, 2015
Twitter Names Jack Dorsey CEO, Adam Bain Becomes COO, Dick Costolo Steps Down From Board
After four months of running under Jack Dorsey interim chief executive, today Twitter finally named him as its permanent leader. The man who helped co-found Twitter in 2006…
Read articleOctober 2, 2015
A New App Called Soon Organizes Your Everyday Bucket List
Your friend tells you about a great new TV show they’re watching on Netflix, or a new restaurant that you just have to try. If you’re like me,…
Read articleSeptember 30, 2015
Twitter Will Reportedly Name Jack Dorsey As CEO, Bringing Back The Founder’s Instincts
The decisive leadership of a founder could be what’s necessary to bring Twitter’s value to the masses. And apparently that’s what it’s going to get, as Re/Code reports…
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