If you’re a Vine user then you know that finding new clips can be difficult. I rely mostly on my network to surface really funny Loops, but the team wants to make it easier for you. Today it has introduced a new channel within the app called “For you.” Here’s what Vine had to say about it today: Our home feeds on Vine are filled with posts from the accounts we follow… Read MoreDaily Archives: December 17, 2015
If you’re a Vine user then you know that finding new clips can be difficult. I rely mostly on my network to surface really funny Loops, but the team wants to make it easier for you. Today it has introduced a new channel within the app called “For you.” Here’s what Vine had to say about it today: Our home feeds on Vine are filled with posts from the accounts we follow… Read More
Breitling, maker of fine watches for people who fly airplanes (or would like to fly airplanes), has just released the Exospace B55, a smartwatch that can relay messages from your phone and includes a high-end quartz movement with advanced timing features. This isn’t a smart watch per se so I’m calling it a “notification” watch or notiwatch. Go ahead and laugh. Anyway,… Read MoreThe Breitling Exospace B55 Is The Latest Luxury Smartwatch
There’s no shortage of ideas and projects in the virtual reality space. There are tons of studios popping up all over the world to create immersive content for the platform. With the Oculus, HTC and Sony offerings coming next year, now’s a better time than any to dabble in the space. If only there was money to be raised. Welp, Colopl, a company deeply rooted in mobile gaming,… Read MoreColopl Launches $50M Global Fund Dedicated To Virtual Reality
Pinterest has a new way to entice users to come back and buy things: keeping tabs on the price. That comes in the form today of a new tool that helps Pinterest users monitor price drops on products they’ve pinned. When users save pins, they’ll get a heads up when a price drops in the form of an in-app notification and an email. They can then jump straight to that pin and make… Read MorePinterest Launches A New Way To Track Price Drops On ...
Finally, there's way more than RSVP.
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Facebook Launches a Big Improvement to Its Events Feature
Amazon already has the number one Shopping app in the App Store, but the company believes it still has room to grow. Now, to incentivize more customers to install its app and shop from their phones, the online retailer is pushing out a mobile referral program that’s paying up to $10 for each new mobile app user. That is, Amazon is offering current app users $5 to share the Amazon App… Read MoreAmazon Rolls Out A Referral Program To Encourage More Customers ...
Radically transparent social media scheduling firm Buffer, which does stuff like publish its staff salaries and publicly detail its company revenue, has announced its first major acquisition — buying social media customer support tool Respondly for — wait for it — an undisclosed amount… Read MoreBuild Or Buy? Anatomy Of An Acquisition — Or Why ...
California has drafted rules for the public deployment of autonomous cars, and it's terrible news for Google.
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California’s New Self-Driving Car Rules Are Great for Texas
Funnely, a startup that helps e-commerce companies automate and improve their ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram, has raised $988,000 in a seed round led by Verizon Ventures. The product uses businesses’ customer data to create and target ads. The goal is to effectively reach consumers throughout the sales funnel, whether it’s first getting their attention through lead… Read MoreSocial Ad Startup Funnely Raises Seed Funding From Verizon Ventures
With the Microsoft HoloLens, an augmented reality headset, the Redmond-based firm is trying to get developers excited about its potential as early as possible, opening a HoloLens experience section in the company’s new 5th Avenue retail store in Manhattan.
The HoloLens isn’t the same as virtual reality platforms like Oculus or the Samsung Gear VR. Instead, the HoloLens projects… Read More