Get read for a whole lot of first-person video in your News Feed. The post Facebook Livestreaming Opens Up to Everyone With an iPhone appeared first on WIRED. Facebook Livestreaming Opens Up to Everyone With an iPhoneThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear livestreaming and tagged facebook on January 28, 2016 by Brian Barrett
Apple has acquired education-technology startup LearnSprout, Bloomberg reported a bit ago and we have just confirmed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LearnSprout is a three-year-old, San Francisco-based software startup whose online data insights help K-12 educators track students’ performances. The company had raised $4.7 million from investors across two rounds, including… Read More Apple Acquires Education Startup LearnSproutThis entry was posted in Education Mobile TC and tagged apple on January 28, 2016 by Connie Loizos
Wael Ghonim is an activist who helped spark the Egyptian Revolution, a wave of protests and demonstrations in Egypt that were part of the Arab Spring, and which helped overthrow the long-reigning Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak. Ghonim, who worked for Google at the time, used social media to unite Egyptians and create the movement in his country and was jailed for it. Thanks to social media… Read More Inside Parlio: Egyptian Activist Wael Ghonim’s New Platform For Social ...This entry was posted in Apps Social TC Video and tagged google on January 28, 2016 by Sarah Buhr
Get ready for the big Live streaming showdown. Finally we’ll see who’s approach wins: Twitter and Periscope with a separate app and replays that can only be watched for 24 hours, or Facebook Live with its feature integrated into the popular social network and allowing replays to live on permanently. After 5 months of tweaks and slow rollouts, today Facebook is opening its Live… Read More Facebook Takes On Periscope By Giving Live Streaming To All ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Periscope Social TC and tagged facebook twitter on January 28, 2016 by Legit Coder
Well, you miiiiiiight want to get a new one. The post Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been Recalled appeared first on WIRED. Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been RecalledThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear and tagged apple on January 28, 2016 by Molly McHugh
Well, you miiiiiiight want to get a new one. The post Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been Recalled appeared first on WIRED. Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been RecalledThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear and tagged apple on January 28, 2016 by Molly McHugh
Snapchat is ready to colonize the web with profile URLs that deeplink into its app and let you instantly follow someone. That makes it simple to add friends and celebrities so you fill your feed with content that keeps you coming back. By swiping down from the Snapchat camera to the profile screen, hitting ‘Add Friends’, and then selecting ‘Share Username’, you can… Read More Snapchat Makes Adding People Way Easier With Profile URLsThis entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social Startups TC on January 28, 2016 by Legit Coder
In October, Yahoo introduced a brand-new version of its email app designed for the way people access their inbox on mobile devices, which included things like swipe gestures, easier access to attachments, integration with social services like Fac... Yahoo’s Email App Improves With Customizable Swipes, Attachments Search And ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile mobile apps TC Yahoo yahoo-mail and tagged email on January 28, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Tinder users will now have better chatting tools, thanks to an upgraded messaging experience in the mobile dating app. Amid a flurry of changes that began rolling out last night to the iOS application, and soon Android, Tinder added support for sending your matches GIFs. It also upgraded the size of emoji in chat and also now lets you “like” the individual messages you received from… Read More Tinder Makes Messaging More Fun With GIFs & Bigger Emoji, ...This entry was posted in Apps dating GIFs giphy IAC messaging Mobile Social TC Tinder on January 28, 2016 by Sarah Perez
A rare Apple product recall — the company has announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters made for certain regions because of what it says is a “very rare” risk of the two-prong adapters breaking and potentially giving the user an electric shock. Read More Apple Recalls Two-Prong Plugs Over “Very Rare” Shock RiskThis entry was posted in Gadgets TC on January 28, 2016 by Natasha Lomas