Daily Archives: December 14, 2015



twitter-lightning-glacier3200 According to a tweet from Mike Davidson, Twitter is about to lose its Vice President of Design: Personal news: After 3+ years leading Design @Twitter, I'm leaving in Feb to take the 1st break from work in my life. Thank you & GO TEAM ✌️ — Mike Davidson (@mikeindustries) December 15, 2015 :) To be a little more clear, I am leaving @Twitter permanently, but it will always… Read More

VP Of Design At Twitter, Mike Davidson, Stepping Down In ...



Facebook Star Wars Photo Show you’re down with The Force this week then hide your Jedi ways with Facebook’s new Star Wars temporary profile pictures. Just in time for the release of The Force Awakens, click here then hit the Try It button and Facebook will let you add a scary red Dark Side cross-guard lightsaber or a benevolent blue over one of your photos. Then you can make it your profile pic and set… Read More

Lightsaber Yourself With Facebook’s Star Wars Profile Pics


socialrank-for-teams Hey, it’s great that you’re trying to get more followers, but what about understanding the followers already have? That’s what New York City startup SocialRank aims to provide, and today it launched a new feature called SocialRank for Teams. If you haven’t used it, SocialRank analyzes your Twitter and Instagram accounts to help you identify things like your most… Read More

SocialRank Helps You Understand Your Followers — And Now It’s ...




birthdaybot1 (1) Money transfers are a crooked racket. They’re designed to hide just how much cash they steal from immigrant workers sending funds to family back home. Western Union, Moneygram, even PayPal’s Xoom trumpet that they only charge around $5, but quietly pocket people’s money by setting their own unfair exchange rate. TransferWise wants to put an end to all this bullsh*t. Today the… Read More

Families Get Screwed Sending Dollars To Mexico. TransferWise Does It ...



Screen Shot 2015-12-14 at 11.22.16 AM If you’ve been using third-party apps or the mobile version of Reddit on your Android device, you’ll be happy to know that the company is finally going to offer an official app for the platform. Over on Reddit last week, the team shared the news: Hi everyone! I’m the product manager for native mobile here at Reddit. As many of you know, the team here has been working hard… Read More

Reddit’s Official Android App Is Coming Soon


giftguide15-etsy I’ve always found that the weirder gifts, no matter how much they cost, are the ones that people appreciate the most. Sure, you could send someone a boring gift card or a basic-ass iPhone case, but why? Spend some extra time on the always awesome Etsy and give back to the community while gifting some of the funniest and weirdest stuff you’ll find. And a lot of it is customizable. Read More

9 Etsy-Made Gifts That Keep Holiday Giving Weird




Parse-watchOS+tvOS (1) It’s been pretty quiet around Facebook’s Parse developer platform this year. The team launched its Internet of Things service in March and open-sourced its SDKs in August, but otherwise, we haven’t heard much about it. It looks like Facebook is putting a bit more emphasis on the service. The company today announced two new SDKs for Parse: Apple’s watchOS 2 and tvOS. Read More

Parse Launches SDK Support For Apple’s WatchOS 2 And tvOS