The fashion community has shown, over and over again, that it is willing to fight for social justice and progressive causes. So why it hasn’t it done more to grapple with the racism in its own ranks? Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, and Marc Jacobs, among many other designers, went to bat for Hillary...
Time and money can get in the way of a career move, but by taking some small actions, you can make it happen. While the popular adage is true, sometimes the time spend and money send can get in the way of truly following a new path. With technology, making a career change (within reason) has never been easier. Using...
Donald Trump lashes out at Facebook and Twitter because they are his closest allies. To most of the world, social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are deeply flawed and have come under fire for promoting hate speech and failing to self-regulate. Then there’s Donald Trump, who seems to think these...
Hint: It’s not wi-fi. It’s peak travel season in the United States, and according to a consumer survey commissioned by Airbnb, 97% of Americans believe the amenities they’ll have access to influence their travel experience more than location, culture, food, or shopping.Read Full Story
Iran’s tourism boom ended before it started. Scratch a trip to Tehran off your bucket list. Air France-KLM Group and British Airways are suspending flights to Iran, Reuters reports, because new U.S. sanctions mean the routes are no longer commercially viable.Read Full Story
The Fortnite team today announced it’d be offering a “Boogie Down” emote to those of its consumers who enabled two-factor authentication on their accounts. This creative way of incentivizing security might help motivate some younger fans who don’t yet fully understand how to protect themselves online. Your...
The program was quickly mocked for its eerily similar Twitter accounts, which some initially believed were run by bots. Amazon employees identified as “fulfillment center ambassadors” took to Twitter this week to praise the company, drawing mostly derision from other users of the social media platform....
I cover technology for a living, and I legitimately don’t know what LinkedIn is for. Ostensibly it exists to allow people to move throughout their chosen careers, surfacing enticing job and business opportunities. But that’s bullshit isn’t it? It doesn’t work like that. LinkedIn recruiters, for example, are a...
Facebook announced this week it had made its first outright ban of an app in the company-wide audit it’s been working on since the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. The app in question had apparently been setting off red flags since April. Ime Archibong, Facebook‘s VP of product partnerships, revealed...
Despite the myriad of leaks so far, one of the big mysteries surrounding the Pixel 3 is why the phone has two cameras on the front but only one in the rear. Now a report by 9to5Google gives an explanation: something called Super Selfies. According to 9to5Google’s sources, this is largely related to making...
We asked master podcasters and newly minted authors Chapo Trap House to put themselves in the shoes of CEOs. Their ideas are… unconventional. [Warning: NSFW] Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, Chapo Trap House likely does not approve.Read Full Story
Sadness is not a hindrance to experiencing positive emotions. In a Twitter account called So Sad Today, the American writer Melissa Broder has been sending out snippets of her daily inner life since 2012. Broder writes about mundane sadness–“waking up today was a disappointment” or “what...
Knowledge of Google Ads and how to take advantage of their power has never been more vital for anyone trying to amplify a digital message. You can now wield that knowledge like a master with the training from The Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords 2018. It’s currently over 90 percent off -- just $12.99 -- from TNW...
The New York Public Library has published a digital version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as an Instagram story–with more to come. Tapping through Instagram Stories usually means you’ll peek into one friend’s wild Friday night, witness another friend’s beach vacation, and see...
Onavo violated new App Store rules that prevent apps from harvesting data to build advertising profiles of users. The social media giant has pulled its Onavo VPN app from Apple’s App Store after Apple met with the company to let them know that Onavo violates new App Store rules that prevent apps from harvesting...
Amazon could achieve the milestone through growth in its popular Amazon Web Services cloud storage solutions. That’s according to a new report from MKM Partners, reports CNBC. While a $2.5 trillion valuation is a long way off from Amazon’s current market value of around $929 billion, MKM Partners says...
Sears Holdings’ share prices have fallen 85% over the past year as people shun malls for online shopping. The once-powerful department store giant Sears is suffering tough times. The company’s share prices have fallen 85% over the past year as people shun malls for online shopping. In order to improve...
When it came to its first attempt at a sofa, the furniture startup Floyd appealed to its users for input through Instagram Stories. Sofas are among the trickiest products to design and sell, when it comes to the world of furniture design: There are physical and logistic constraints to consider (especially for city...
Facebook has removed Onavo Protect – a VPN app for iOS – from the App Store after Apple claimed it violated its policies, reports The Wall Street Journal. The app, which Facebook acquired back in 2013, claimed to protect users while they were browsing by blocking harmful sites, warn them about phishing scams, and...
It seems like it’s a great time to be a film lover. With so many streaming services available, we’re no longer beholden to buying DVDs or renting movies from a store. Sure we have to pay subscription fees, but it’s amazing to theoretically have the best movies ever made right there on your computer, tablet, or...
Facebook announced this week it’ll no longer be taking a cut of revenue on games played on the Android version of Messenger, due to the fact that Google’s already taking a fairly large piece of the pie. In an update on a group for developers of Instant Games — which you play directly from your Facebook News Feed...
Iran-linked social media accounts used names like Berniecrats and The British Left to promote a mix of Western progressive memes and pro-Iran and pro-Palestine messages. While Russia created bogus social media accounts to sow distrust in the American political system, at times promoting conflicting protests at the...
Iran-linked social media accounts used names like Berniecrats and The British Left to promote a mix of Western progressive memes and pro-Iran and pro-Palestine messages. While Russia created bogus social media accounts to sow distrust in the American political system, at times promoting conflicting protests at the...
The president broke a protracted (for him) Twitter silence with a joke that seemed to come from a vulnerable place. And then he immediately went back to making the world worse. A new Great American Pastime has emerged over the past couple years. Move over, baseball; hello, imagining how Donald Trump is reacting to the...
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