Daily Archives: November 5, 2015

roetter alex twitter Twitter SVP of Engineering Alex Roetter had been relatively silent in the hours and days following Leslie Miley’s post about leaving Twitter due to concerns around race, diversity and inclusion. Well, that just changed. In case you haven’t been following, here’s a quick TL;DR about what happened. Miley was the only black engineer in a leadership position at Twitter. A couple… Read More

Twitter SVP Of Engineering On His Comments About Diversity: “I ...

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Gumroad Library San Francisco startup Gumroad, which lets people sell products directly to consumers by way of quick and simple links, has been in the process of laying off most of its staff as it looks to operate in a more capital-efficient manner. Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad’s CEO and founder, confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, and said the company would continue operating. Read More

Layoffs Hit Gumroad As The E-Commerce Startup Restructures

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F80I9WQIF9T8EBQ.MEDIUM Synesthesia, aka the mixing of the senses, is a super power to be feared. But while many synesthetes have boring talents – imagining numbers as colors, for example – this DIY hack lets you turn color into scents, thereby unlocking the rainbow of potential fruit flavors. The system works by reading colors on various surfaces and then responding with a certain smell. A fan wafts… Read More

Enter A World Of Crazy Sensual Mix-Ups With A DIY ...

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grocery_being_delivered_instacart Grocery delivery services are convenient, but they’re not always affordable. In addition to slight mark-ups on the cost of the products themselves, services typically require delivery fees and/or membership fees. Today, Instacart is rolling out a new option that could help reduce the expense of using its service for price-conscious consumers: Instacart Deals. Essentially an online… Read More

Instacart Adds Coupons Through Its New “Deals” Platform

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trash_gif You set up a meeting, drop it into Google Calendar. Then someone says “let’s do it another time” and you delete it. Then they say they’re available again. What do you do? You create a new entry. Until now. Today, the Google Apps team released a small but handy feature for the web version of Google Calendar — a trash can. You can now view, permanently delete or… Read More

Google Calendar For The Web Gets A Trash Can

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Screen Shot 2015-11-05 at 10.15.12 AM Camera maker Lytro is hopping into virtual reality. Today, it announced a product called “Immerge” which the company describes as “world’s first professional light field solution for cinematic VR.” What does that mean exactly? Well Lytro wants to provide tools to shoot live action virtual reality. It built its “light field” solution from the ground up. Read More

Lytro Introduces ‘Immerge’ For Cinematic Virtual Reality

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Screen Shot 2015-11-05 at 9.38.32 AM I’ve never worn a Pebble smartwatch for an extended period of time before. In fact, I’ve never really worn a modern smartwatch for an extended period of time, either. So when my colleague Drew Olanoff asked me to give the Pebble Time Round a whirl, I was of course skeptical of my need for a smartwatch. The Pebble watches have been some of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns… Read More

A Few Days With The Pebble Time Round

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