This fall saw ever-rising estimates of the number of people reached by Russian-backed troll accounts — just shy of 150 million at last count . Now the social network has at last released the tool it promised last month allowing users to see... Check now to see if you liked any Russian troll ...This entry was posted in Government Social TC and tagged facebook on December 22, 2017 by Devin Coldewey
Has your kid bugged you to let them download Sandbox Coloring? You’re probably not alone. The latest trend blowing up on the App Store is a new twist on the coloring book apps that have been popular for a couple of years. Now, instead of ha... Pixel art coloring book apps are the newest App Store ...This entry was posted in app-store Apps children family games Gaming iOS apps kids Mobile parents TC trends on December 22, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Has your kid bugged you to let them download Sandbox Coloring? You’re probably not alone. The latest trend blowing up on the App Store is a new twist on the coloring book apps that have been popular for a couple of years. Now, instead of ha... Pixel art coloring book apps are the newest App Store ...This entry was posted in app-store Apps children family games Gaming iOS apps kids Mobile parents TC trends on December 22, 2017 by Sarah Perez
On this week's show, we talk about the services, apps, and companies that went belly-up in 2017. Gadget Lab Podcast: All the Tech That DiedThis entry was posted in Gear on December 22, 2017 by Wired Staff
“I have FOMO for the future”, says Sam Lessin. That’s why his startup Fin is working backwards from a far-off tech utopia. One day, computers with some human help will answer our every beck and call. Today, Lessin is teaming the... Inside “Fin”, the elite human/AI assistantThis entry was posted in Apps artificial intelligence Fundings & Exits Mobile Startups TC on December 22, 2017 by Josh Constine
CNN is giving up on its Snapchat news show, which launch only four months ago. “The Update,” as the program was called, had been designed for Snapchat’s vertical video format, but didn’t feature video produced only for Sna... CNN is killing its Snapchat news show only four months ...This entry was posted in Media Mobile News Social TC and tagged snapchat on December 22, 2017 by Sarah Perez
What a challenging, exhilarating year it has been for women everywhere, starting from the women’s March on Washington to former Uber engineer Susan Fowler’s eye-opening and now famous blog post to the #metoo movement that has swept th... A look at 42 women in tech who crushed it ...This entry was posted in bumble Drama eCommerce Europe hardware Health Podcasts robotics Social Startups TC Venture Capital on December 22, 2017 by Connie Loizos
Amazon has acquired Blink (via Slashgear), a startup founded in 2014 that builds connected Wi-Fi home security cameras, as well as a new video doorbell introduced earlier this week. The company got its start via a crowdfunding campaign that raise... Amazon acquires connected camera and doorbell startup BlinkThis entry was posted in Amazon Crowdfunding Fundings & Exits Gadgets hardware Home Automation TC wi-fi wireless on December 22, 2017 by Darrell Etherington
We say goodbye to all of this year's tech casualties. 2017 Tech in Memoriam: Pour One Out for AIM, Vine, ...This entry was posted in Gear on December 22, 2017 by Jordan McMahon
Molekule, a San Francisco-based startup with a sleekly designed molecular air purifier started as an immigrant dream twenty years ago and ended up being named one of Time’s top 25 inventions of 2017. The inventor Yogi Goswami came up with t... Meet Molekule, the sleekest air purifier on the marketThis entry was posted in Gadgets GreenTech hardware Health San Francisco Startup company Startups TC on December 22, 2017 by Sarah Buhr