Search, Google’s crown jewel, and humanity’s way of finding the world’s information, has big problems. These problems threaten the internet as we know it; if they’re allowed to continue developing, unchecked, the consequences will be far-reaching and severe. Collectively, these threats are called Dark Matter. Read MoreDaily Archives: December 20, 2016
Search, Google’s crown jewel, and humanity’s way of finding the world’s information, has big problems. These problems threaten the internet as we know it; if they’re allowed to continue developing, unchecked, the consequences will be far-reaching and severe. Collectively, these threats are called Dark Matter. Read More
Twitter CTO Adam Messinger, who has been the company’s CTO for almost four years and with the company for five years, said he was leaving the company today. Twitter VP of product Josh McFarland is also leaving to join Greylock Partners.
Messinger made the announcement in — no surprise — a tweet:
After 5 years I’ve decided to leave Twitter and take some time off. Read MoreTwitter’s CTO Adam Messinger is leaving the company along with ...
Twitter CTO Adam Messinger, who has been the company’s CTO for almost four years and with the company for five years, said he was leaving the company today. Twitter VP of product Josh McFarland is also leaving to join Greylock Partners.
Messinger made the announcement in — no surprise — a tweet:
After 5 years I’ve decided to leave Twitter and take some time off. Read MoreTwitter’s CTO Adam Messinger is leaving the company along with ...
If you wanted to see in the dark, you could do worse than follow the example of moths, which have of course made something of a speciality of it. That, at least, is what NASA researchers did when designing a powerful new camera that will capture ...
Moth eyes inspired the design of this hypersensitive camera
Book readings, interviews, and news radio are coming to Facebook thanks to its new Live Audio feature launching today with a few publishers and authors before opening up next year. A complement to its Facebook Live video streaming, it could bring audio-first content like podcasts to the News Feed, and provide a low-bandwidth real-time broadcasting options to publishers in low-connectivity… Read MoreFacebook Live Audio makes talk radio social, starting with the ...
In the most brand synergistic accomplishment of all time, convenience chain 7-Eleven has completed 77 drone deliveries during month one of its commercial service in Reno, Nevada. Yes, that’s Triple 7s in America’s Other Big Gambling Town. The drone service is operated by Flirtey, a commercial drone service provider startup that started working with 7-Eleven on a commercial launch… Read More7-Eleven delivers 77 packages via drone in first month of ...
Prisma, the app that popularized style transfer to apply art-esque filters to photos and videos after launching this summer, is finally attempting to turn itself into more than just a cool tool. In a big update being released today for its iOS and Android apps it’s adding it’s own social stream with a focus on location-based sharing. Read MorePrisma launches a social feed to see if style can ...
If you’ve ever used transit directions from any app, you’ll know that sometimes their estimates of how long a trip can take will be wildly inaccurate. That’s true for Transit, too – one of the best transit apps available, but Transit at least wants to do something about it, using crowdsourced data from its users to provide more accurate real-time info about how long… Read MoreTransit app begins crowdsourcing data to provide accurate, real-time info
Instagram is launching its answer to Snapchat geofilters, offering a way to spice up your photos and videos with Stickers that display basic location names, time, weather, and emoji. There’s also limited-time seasonal graphics like Christmas trees and Hanukkah menorahs, and a holiday candy cane paint brush.
Instagram is also launching Story saving for downloading your last 24-hours of… Read MoreInstagram Stories launches overlaid Stickers for locations, emoji, and seasons
Nintendo is doing something interesting with its next console, the Switch, which is targeting a March 2017 release window. The Switch will be able to operate as a mobile game device, using its built-in 720p display, but it can also work as a home...