Daily Archives: March 28, 2016


Shootlr Selfie 2 What do you call it when you have an app that lets your friends take a photo of you, using your own phone? It’s not a selfie… It’s not a portrait… Let’s call it a someone elsie. Shootlr today launched an iOS and Android app that is attempting to take this brave new frontier of photography to the masses: It enables you to compel your friends to take a selfie for… Read More

Shootlr lets you take a ‘someone-elsie’




BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 27:  Fans react to The Wailers performing live on stage at the 2016 Byron Bay Bluesfest on March 27, 2016 in Byron Bay, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) It wasn’t worth it for celebrities to respond to their endless digital fan mail until now. TipTalk lets them set a price for a private text, photo, or video response. The idea is that in their downtime, they could forge deeper relationships with their audience while earning enough to warrant at least a few seconds of their attention. Considering how the public comment reels light up… Read More

Pay celebs to text or video message you with TipTalk


Fire Instagram today is an endless sea of meaningless posts asking you to turn on post notifications for each account you follow. Brands and professional Instagrammers are worried that they are going to disappear from your Instagram feed once the company turns on its algorithmic feed. We’ve been there before. When Vine or YouTube switched to an algorithmic feed, brands, YouTubers and Viners… Read More

Instagrammers really want you to turn on notifications to avoid ...



Oculus Quwestions Today, the future became the present with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the way. Here are the tough questions that will determine what you should buy, the distribution of power between the platforms, and VR’s effect on our lives. Should people buy Oculus Rift consumer v1, or wait… Read More

5 hard questions facing Oculus Rift


Oculus Quwestions Today, the future became the present with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the way. Here are the tough questions that will determine what you should buy, the distribution of power between the platforms, and VR’s effect on our lives. Should people buy Oculus Rift consumer v1, or wait… Read More

5 hard questions facing Oculus Rift




tumblr-messaging Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr this morning announced two changes to its service designed to encourage more conversations and increase engagement around posts and other content. The company is bringing back its Replies feature, removed several months ago, and it’s rolling out an updated Notes design that makes it easier for the community to follow the commentary around a post.… Read More

Tumblr brings back Replies, revamps Notes to encourage more conversations ...




safari-ios Seven rounds of betas weren’t enough — many iOS users are reporting on Apple’s support forums that a bug is affecting their devices. When they click on links in Safari, Chrome, Mail, Messages, Notes and others, the app freezes and crashes. If you’re one of them, here’s a fix that might solve your issues. It looks like this issue is related to Universal Links. With… Read More

It’s not just you, clicking on links in iOS 9.3 ...