July 14, 2015
Stop Trying To Make Sense Out Of The Reddit Saga
Why does reddit exist? How does reddit exist? Who are all of these people who participate? Who knows? They’re anonymous. How does something like reddit attract $50 million…
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July 13, 2015
Snapchat Redesign Moves “Discover” To Top Of Stories Tab
Snapchat just released a new update featuring a redesigned Story tab. The main change is that media brands featured in the Discover section (which previously required another tap or…
Read articleJuly 10, 2015
Whistle While You Scroll, Or, How Facebook Could Win With Music Videos
FbMTV? Facebook is talking with record labels about paying them handsomely to share music videos to the News Feed, according to reports from Billboard and The New York…
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Reddit Co-Founder Steve Huffman In For Reddit CEO Job, Pao Out
We’d been hearing that Steve Huffman, a co-founder of Reddit who also co-founded flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk, was being considered for the CEO job at Reddit. Now that…
Read articleJuly 9, 2015
An Interview With Alex Roetter, Twitter’s Head Of Engineering
Just a year ago, Alex Roetter took over Twitter’s engineering activities in an executive shuffle. And a year later, Twitter’s now in the middle of finding a new…
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Legit Debuts A Social Watchlist App For Finding The Best Movies And Shows On Any Service
With the number of cord cutters on the rise, and even pay TV subscribers spending more of their time streaming video from services like Netflix and Amazon, there’s…
Read articleJuly 9, 2015
Facebook Empowers Us To Tell News Feed What We Want To See First
“We know the algorithm isn’t perfect” News Feed Product Manager Greg Marra tells me. So to make sure Facebook stays entertaining and addictive, it’s giving users more direct…
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I Can Has New CEO? Cheezburger’s Ben Huh Steps Down After 8 Years
After acquiring a tiny little site called I Can Has Cheezburger? in 2007, Ben Huh took it to levels that went way further than the internet. The site,…
Read articleJuly 8, 2015
Rhinobird Enters The Live Streaming Race With Its Collaborative, Hashtag-Powered App
Though it’s still unclear how many competitors the live-streaming app market can viably host, that hasn’t stopped a number of startups from taking on the top contenders, Twitter-owned…
Read articleJuly 8, 2015
Pinterest Rolls Out Its First Development Platform Integrations
Pinterest’s first partners for its developer platform, which began opening up in May this year, are starting to roll out — with Polyvore and If This Then That…
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