Daily Archives: March 15, 2016

Have you ever noticed that 90 cent charge at the bottom of your phone bill? Little did you know, that is the key to fueling a renaissance in education technology. Read More

Your mobile phone bill is sparking an edtech renaissance

This entry was posted in Column Education Mobile TC on March 15, 2016 by Jeremy Friedman

Like its parent company Facebook, Instagram is---dare we say it---going algorithmic. The post Instagram Will Soon Show You What It Thinks You Want to See appeared first on WIRED.

Instagram Will Soon Show You What It Thinks You Want ...

This entry was posted in algorithm Gear photos and tagged facebook instagram on March 15, 2016 by Julia Greenberg

What's in your name, anyway? The post How to Set Up Gmail With Aliases and Import Other Inboxes appeared first on WIRED.

How to Set Up Gmail With Aliases and Import Other ...

This entry was posted in Gear gmail how-to and tagged email on March 15, 2016 by April Glaser

instagram-locket1 — The average Instagram user misses 70 percent of what’s in their feed, including great photos with tons of Likes and posts by their best friends. So today Instagram announced it will start rearranging the order of posts in its feed. Rather than strictly reverse chronological, Instagram will order posts “based on the likelihood you’ll be interested in the content, your… Read More

Instagram is switching its feed from chronological to best posts ...

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile news feed Social TC and tagged facebook instagram twitter on March 15, 2016 by Legit Coder

Like beer? Then you like St. Paddy's Day. The post 4 Apps That'll Help Make Your St. Patrick's a Day You Can't Remember appeared first on WIRED.

4 Apps That’ll Help Make Your St. Patrick’s a Day ...

This entry was posted in Android Apps beer Gadget Lab Gear and tagged iphone on March 15, 2016 by Molly McHugh

tc-bot-telegram1 — We’re excited to announce the launch of our first artificial intelligence-powered news bot on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram. We teamed up with Chatfuel to build the bot, and after a month of development we’re thrilled to show it off to the world. If you are already on Telegram, you can check out the bot by following this link (or search for “techcrunchbot”… Read More

Check out the new AI-powered TechCrunch news bot on Telegram ...

This entry was posted in Apps artificial intelligence messaging Mobile Social TC Telegram on March 15, 2016 by Travis Bernard

Things that are smaller and larger than usual are a good time. Here's where to buy them in cyberspace. The post Your Essential Guide to Buying Comically Giant and Tiny Things Online appeared first on WIRED.

Your Essential Guide to Buying Comically Giant and Tiny Things ...

This entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear on March 15, 2016 by Tim Moynihan

F.lux, the popular color-adjusting application for computers and mobile devices that reduces blue light emissions for better nighttime usage, has now arrived on Android. Unfortunately, the application for now requires users to have a rooted phone...

Popular ‘blue light’ reducing app F.lux arrives on Android

This entry was posted in Android Apps blue light Mobile TC on March 15, 2016 by Sarah Perez

Every time you swipe an app away, you only make your phone work harder. The post Closing Apps to Save Your Battery Only Makes Things Worse appeared first on WIRED.