Consider this a public service announcement for DoorDash customers. In the coming weeks, you’re going to start seeing something new on your bills — a service fee. However, a spokesperson for the food delivery service said it’s not actually a new fee. Instead, it’s a new way to present the fees you were already paying. While some restaurants pay DoorDash a commission… Read MoreDaily Archives: March 11, 2016
Consider this a public service announcement for DoorDash customers. In the coming weeks, you’re going to start seeing something new on your bills — a service fee. However, a spokesperson for the food delivery service said it’s not actually a new fee. Instead, it’s a new way to present the fees you were already paying. While some restaurants pay DoorDash a commission… Read More Consider this a public service announcement for DoorDash customers. In the coming weeks, you’re going to start seeing something new on your bills — a service fee. However, a spokesperson for the food delivery service said it’s not actually a new fee. Instead, it’s a new way to present the fees you were already paying. While some restaurants pay DoorDash a commission… Read MoreDoorDash says its new service fee isn’t really a new ...
Encryption with a backdoor accessible to very few in important situations is what President Barack Obama says he suspects is the answer to the digital privacy vs security debate. That contradicts the position of many in the security industry who believe that would inevitability lead to abuses of such a backdoor.
While speaking today at SXSW, Obama said he could not comment directly on the… Read MoreObama says “We don’t want government to look into everyone’s ...
“[Technology can] empower individuals to do things they could have never dreamed of before, but also empower folks who are very dangerous to spread dangerous messages” President Barack Obama said today.
Obama took the stage at South By Southwest to discuss how technology could be used to enhance civic engagement. But the end of his talked ended up focusing on the balance between… Read MoreWhat Obama said about encryption and tech’s double-edged sword at ...
The New York Times is expanding its native ad studio with the acquisition of HelloSociety, a digital marketing agency owned by Science, Inc. Los Angeles-based Science both invest in startups and builds its own companies. It launched HelloSociety (which it fully owned) back in 2012 as an analytics platform for Pinterest marketers. Since then, it’s broadened beyond Pinterest to platforms… Read MoreThe New York Times acquires influencer marketing agency HelloSociety
This week: Yahoo's changes to its premiere photo-sharing service; and also email bankruptcy. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: LOL, Peace Out, Flickr appeared first on WIRED.
Gadget Lab Podcast: LOL, Peace Out, Flickr
Hendo debuted a new version of its skateboard-like board that uses magnetic levitation to hover over the ground. Well, not just any ground, but it hovers! The post Riding the Hendo Hoverboard 2.0 Is Like Levitating the Gnar appeared first on WIRED.
Riding the Hendo Hoverboard 2.0 Is Like Levitating the Gnar
What if you could replace your keyboard with a banana? The post Finally: A Kit That Turns a Banana Into a Game Controller appeared first on WIRED.
Finally: A Kit That Turns a Banana Into a Game ...
The saying “Kodak Moment” is a holdover from another era where camera owners had to be thoughtful about which snapshots deserved to be taken, due to the limitations involved with running out of film. Today, the phrase has lost its meaning as mobile users take photos of everything, then curate after the fact using social media services like Facebook or Instagram. Today, Kodak Alaris… Read MoreKodak tries its hand at social with new “Kodak Moments” ...
Polaris doesn't change the web to make it faster, it just makes the web more efficient. The post MIT's Clever Trick to Make Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster appeared first on WIRED.