Facebook says that one of its success stories in recent years involves a relatively small group of engineers. Originally it was just one engineer, Vastal Mehta, who serves as Facebook’s director of solutions engineering and now leads a team... Facebook has a 100-person engineering team that helps advertisers build ...This entry was posted in Advertising Tech Social TC and tagged facebook on December 29, 2017 by Anthony Ha
Holy hell, it’s been a year for Amazon. Jeff Bezos’ former-online-bookstore dumped $13.7 billion to buy a bunch of grocery stores, that speaker you talk to in your living room that Amazon makes is really popular and a bunch of server ... Amazon did a lot of funky stuff this year and ...This entry was posted in Amazon Mobile Startups TC on December 29, 2017 by Matthew Lynley
iFixit has never been particularly fond of Apple’s repair policies. The company’s gadgets regularly rack up poor repairability scores on the site. The site’s taking another jab at the tech giant today, dropping the price of its ... iFixit drops its iPhone battery replacement to $29, matching Apple’s ...This entry was posted in battery hardware Mobile and tagged apple iphone on December 29, 2017 by Brian Heater
OKCupid’s users are angry – very, very angry. Just ahead of the new year, the company made a radical change to its policies, and now requires people to use real names instead of an OKCupid username, as before. The change eliminates on... OKCupid’s rating sinks as users rebel over new ‘real name’ ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile privacy Social on December 29, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Pinterest announced today it’s adding former CBS and PepsiCo exec Fred Reynolds to its board of directors. Reynolds’ background includes global financial and strategic planning as well as business analysis, the company notes. He will ... Pinterest adds former CBS Corp. CFO Fred Reynolds to its ...This entry was posted in IPO Social TC and tagged pinterest on December 29, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Pinterest announced today it’s adding former CBS and PepsiCo exec Fred Reynolds to its board of directors. Reynolds’ background includes global financial and strategic planning as well as business analysis, the company notes. He will ... Pinterest adds former CBS Corp. CFO Fred Reynolds to its ...This entry was posted in IPO Social TC and tagged pinterest on December 29, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Consumers spent $196 million on apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions on Christmas Day 2017 across the App Store and Google Play, according to new data from Sensor Tower. The report, while excluding Android revenue in China, represents a 12.3 ... Consumers dropped $200 million on apps on Christmas, up 12 ...This entry was posted in app-store Apps games Google Play Mobile TC on December 29, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Our guide to getting the most out of Microsoft’s gaming console. 5 Tips and Tricks For Your Xbox OneThis entry was posted in Gear on December 29, 2017 by Brendan Nystedt
When the augmented reality revolution begins, a lot more people will be prepared—thanks to the dancing hot dog. How Snapchat’s Dancing Hot Dog Taught the Internet to Love ...This entry was posted in Gear on December 29, 2017 by Arielle Pardes