Daily Archives: November 9, 2017

 It takes courage to say you were wrong about almost everything. But that’s what Snap Inc CEO Evan Spiegel did this week, and that’s what it will take to save Snapchat. From algorithmic feeds to partnerships to target markets to recruiting adults, Snap is planning a 180-degree turn across the board. It’s warranted. The Q3 earnings report was a blood bath with Snap’s… Read More

Snapchat’s epic strategy flip-flop

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 Justin.tv, the life-streaming service that eventually grew into Twitch, was shut down back in 2014. Since then, many Twitch users have asked when the company would release the old Justin.tv usernames – requests that escalated after Twitch introduced the ability to change usernames earlier this year. As it turns out, Twitch is now doing just that. In an email sent confidentially to… Read More

Twitch is finally releasing the nearly 30 million usernames associated ...

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clips Apple is releasing version 2.0 of Clips, its free application for easily editing mobile videos. When the app first launched earlier this year, it was clear that Apple wasn’t trying to replace more sophisticated editing software like FinalCut or iMovie. Instead, it’s trying to offer an easy way to stitch together video segments shot on your phone (you can shoot video directly in… Read More

Apple updates its Clips video app with fancy selfie backgrounds ...

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 Whether it’s to “bring the world closer together” or improve its public image, Facebook today announced Community Boost. Facebook tells me its investing tens of millions of dollars into the program travelling to 30 cities around the U.S. in 2018. It will teach digital job skills to the unemployed, Internet literacy to those just getting online, startup methodology to… Read More

Facebook will teach the unemployed digital/social media skills in 30 ...

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 Pinterest serves as a pretty good place for users that are looking to plan large-scale projects, like outfits for big events, home design, or even life moments like a wedding or a 50th birthday party — and now the company is looking to make that even easier by introducing a more powerful way to keep those batches of ideas, well, tidy. The company today said it is introducing what… Read More

Pinterest now lets you create sections within your boards to ...

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 As Apple continues to work on ever-smaller but more powerful computing devices, it has acquired a startup focusing on nanotechnology, and specifically as it relates to image sensors. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Apple has picked up InVisage Technologies, a startup that develops solutions to improve imaging capabilities on space-constrained devices, like smartphones. An Apple… Read More

Apple has acquired imaging sensor startup InVisage Technologies

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 Google today decided to launch its new Files Go Android app into public beta to reach a wider group of testers. The company had been preparing to announce its new file manager for Android later in December, but those plans were thwarted earlier this week when the app was spotted in the wild during testing. While file management is Files Go’s focus, the app also includes other useful… Read More

After leak, Google’s new file manager for Android, Files Go, ...

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