Well, now we know why Twitter decided to move its earnings report to before the market opens (when the West Coast will conveniently, largely be asleep). Bloomberg is reporting that the company may cut up to 8% of its staff, or around 300 people, and that the cuts could be announced as soon as this week. As usual these situations are very dynamic, so all of the above could shake out to be… Read More Twitter’s sales team is taking a hit in big upcoming ...This entry was posted in Apps Earnings layoffs Mobile Social TC and tagged twitter on October 24, 2016 by Matthew Lynley
The MLB just made it a bit easier to listen to the Indians destroy the Cubs during the World Series. After enabling the skill, subscribers to MLB products just need to tell an Echo to ask MLB to play the Indians. And like that, the Echo turns int... The Amazon Echo gains MLB Gameday Audio just in time ...This entry was posted in amazon echo Gadgets major league baseball Sports television on October 24, 2016 by Matt Burns
You know what people love? When you take something familiar and useful and replace it with content “for you” that you actually didn’t ask for. That’s one of the more visible changes in the latest version of Chrome for Android, which swaps out the bookmarks and recently visited items on the new tab page for “suggested articles.” Here’s how to get rid of it. Read More Google pollutes new Chrome tabs with ‘article suggestions’ – here’s ...This entry was posted in Advertising Tech Apps Chrome Mobile TC and tagged google on October 24, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
A lot of the industry watchers that follow Twitter are out here on the West Coast, where the company is based. And for good reason! The Twitter diaspora exists in a large force out here and are great to keep in touch with in order to keep context, and it’s important to be in general geographic proximity of the company’s headquarters. Which is part of the reason we’re… Read More Twitter decides to release earnings while most of us are ...This entry was posted in Apps Earnings Gadgets jack dorsey Social TC and tagged twitter on October 24, 2016 by Matthew Lynley
This week on Technotopia I had the opportunity to speak Laura Dawson, an expert on all things publishing and the future host of a podcast dedicated to ISBNs. To say that she has her finger on the pulse of the publishing world is an understatement. Dawson knows the ins and outs of the big houses and she understands how they think. Interestingly, almost every publisher is well aware of the… Read More The future of books is coming, but it’s coming slowlyThis entry was posted in HTML html5 Mobile TC on October 24, 2016 by John Biggs
PayPal is deepening its relationship with Facebook, and will now become one of the payment options within Messenger, among other integrations. That means customers who shop via the growing number of chatbots from online merchants will be able to transact on Messenger using PayPal’s payment service. In addition, as part of this deal, PayPal says it will make it easier to link your… Read More Facebook Messenger now supports PayPal payments in bots, will track ...This entry was posted in e-commerce eCommerce Messenger Mobile mobile payments money PayPal Social TC and tagged facebook on October 24, 2016 by Sarah Perez
PayPal is deepening its relationship with Facebook, and will now become one of the payment options within Messenger, among other integrations. That means customers who shop via the growing number of chatbots from online merchants will be able to transact on Messenger using PayPal’s payment service. In addition, as part of this deal, PayPal says it will make it easier to link your… Read More Facebook Messenger now supports PayPal payments in bots, will track ...This entry was posted in e-commerce eCommerce Messenger Mobile mobile payments money PayPal Social TC and tagged facebook on October 24, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Apple has just released iOS 10.1 with a Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus. This feature takes advantage of the two lenses to generate background blur and make your photos look more like photos coming from a DSLR camera. While the feature is sti... Here’s what you can do with the crazy new Portrait ...This entry was posted in Gadgets iOS TC and tagged apple on October 24, 2016 by Yashad Kulkarni,Romain Dillet
Apple has just released the first significant update for iOS 10. As expected, the main focus of iOS 10.1 is that insane Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus. The update is currently rolling out and is available both over-the-air in the Settings app, and by plugging your device into iTunes for a wired update. If you have an iPhone 7 Plus and can’t wait, navigate to ‘Settings,’… Read More Apple releases iOS 10.1 with the iPhone 7 Plus’ Portrait ...This entry was posted in Gadgets iOS TC and tagged apple on October 24, 2016 by Romain Dillet
Google announced this morning two strategic partnerships with Visa and Mastercard aimed at expanding the reach of its mobile payments service, Android Pay. The company says that Android Pay users who are shopping online from their smartphones will soon be able to make payments on hundreds of thousands of new sites where either Visa Checkout or Masterpass are accepted at checkout. Visa… Read More Android Pay expands its reach via new partnerships with Visa ...This entry was posted in android pay e-commerce eCommerce Mobile mobile payments mobile shopping online shopping payments shopping TC visa on October 24, 2016 by Sarah Perez