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Can new Snapchat analytics lure back creators who left for Instagram?
2018-02-14

At last, Snapchat grants creators what they’ve been clamoring for: data and analytics that go beyond who viewed your Stories on any given day. For years, Snapchat has not treated influencers very differently from regular users, which is part of the reason many of them were drawn to Instagram Stories....

Google’s awesome doodle-guessing AI gets an update for Chinese New Year
2018-02-14

Google is ringing in the Chinese New Year with a dog-themed update to its doodle-guessing AI game. The game is called “Quick, Draw!” and it’s powered by an experimental AI that tries to figure out what people are sketching in real-time. Playing is simple, all you have to do is visit this website for the year of...

Here are all the annoying ads going away on Google Chrome
2018-02-14

Tomorrow Google Chrome is introducing a long-awaited update that will block some of the most annoying online ads. The announcement has caused many digital media companies to fear the impact it could have on their businesses, but the truth of the matter is these ads are just bad and annoying and the internet will be...

Badass Milo Ventimiglia doesn't follow the rules of Instagram
2018-02-14

Milo Anthony Ventimiglia is back on Instagram and you'd better believe he's playing by his own rules. Die-hard fans may recall the This Is Us star quit Instagram in January 2013 after feeling like people were no longer paying attention to his photos. (We get it, Mi.) He shared a memorable final post captioned...

Report: Messenger Kids advocates were Facebook-funded
2018-02-14

A growing chorus of academics, parents, and technologists has been sounding the alarm about kids and social media. Throughout 2017, new research highlighted increases in anxiety, loneliness, sleeplessness, and dependence among teens, who are social media’s most dedicated users. Last month, Apple CEO...

TV Shouldn’t Need A $400 Box To Fix Its Problems
2018-02-14

Apple, Amazon, and Google won’t work together as they invade our living rooms. That creates an opportunity for neutral parties like Caavo—but also challenges. While watching television last week, I did the impossible: I controlled my Apple TV with an Amazon Echo.Read Full Story

Magic Leap’s AR headset will start at around $1,000
2018-02-14

The company’s first entry-level AR headset will set users back a grand, Magic Leap’s CEO Rony Abovitz suggests, reports Engadget. Speaking at the Code Media conference Abovitz revealed the company’s first headsets will span several different models, sizes, and price points with the entry-level one...

Google is bringing AI-powered one-tap replies to all your messaging apps
2018-02-14

Smart Reply, my favorite Gmail feature that lets you respond to emails by simply tapping on a contextually relevant message, is coming to a bunch more apps, thanks to Google’s experimental division, Area120, reports Android Police. The new superpower will arrive in the form of Reply, an app that the company is...

The women of Atari spoke. Why isn’t the gaming industry listening?
2018-02-14

Multiple women have come out in support of Atari’s co-founder after a viral campaign stripped him of an award. Their words cast new light on the history of the gaming industry, and why the judgement heaped upon one person may have been unfair and reactionary. It began when the Game Developer’s Conference announced...

YouTube Could Be Blocked In Russia Over “Bribe” Video Of Oligarch Linked To Trump Campaign
2018-02-13

A Russian court is demanding the Google-owned platform remove the video, which was posted by Vladimir Putin’s most prominent political foe. YouTube has yet to decide how to respond to a Russian court order to take down videos and photos posted by Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader and Vladimir...

Are deepfakes legal? Here’s what the law says about the creepy video mashups
2018-02-13

The latest online hysteria revolves around what’s known as “deepfakes,” which are pornographic videos that use algorithms and other computer coding tricks to graft celebrity faces onto porn-star bodies. Naturally, they first gained notoriety on Reddit, and have slowly gotten more and more popular....

Amazon’s curious job postings hint at live-streaming video ambitions
2018-02-13

Amazon has a curious job listing that’s been online for a few months now. The title is “Sr Digital Content Producer,” and it is part of a “new live streaming video initiative.” According to the job description, this content lead would develop and produce video projects. The ideal...

Facebook and Google could lose $2B in ad revenue over ‘toxic content’
2018-02-13

Mega-advertiser Unilever is threatening to pull ads from Silicon Valley’s hottest properties if the industry doesn’t get its act together in stopping “toxic content.” Chief marketing officer Keith Weed told the LA Times: Fake news, racism, sexism, terrorists spreading messages of hate, toxic content directed...

Step aside slime, these ASMR soap videos are the newest trend on the internet
2018-02-13

People are finding interesting ways to repurpose ordinary bars of soap lying around their homes. The result is intense visuals and sounds of cutting, carving, and crunching soap. According to experts, watching or trying this activity can have some surprisingly therapeutic effects.  Read more...More about...

Facebook Messenger offers new couples old features for Valentine’s Day
2018-02-13

Facebook today announced it was bringing Valentine’s Day flair to Messenger for couples who change their relationship status tomorrow. Now, within minutes of making it “FB official”, Messenger will encourage you to customize your “chat with bae.” That squeaking noise you hear? That’s my face cringing so...

Facebook’s colorful new feature makes public to-do lists a ‘thing’
2018-02-13

People can post just about anything to Facebook: photos, videos, emo song lyrics, GIFs, stickers, shower thoughts with fancy colored backgrounds, etc. But you know what Facebook needs more of? Lists, apparently. That’s now changing. Back in January, our social media guru Matt Navarra spotted a feature that allowed...

Prepare to see everyone's to-do lists on Facebook now
2018-02-13

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Flu symptoms: Go to work? Stay home? Here’s what people on Twitter say they do
2018-02-13

Widespread influenza activity is still being reported in 48 states and Puerto Rico, according to the latest data from the CDC, and unfortunately the agency says the worst may be yet to come. Hospitalizations for the fifth week of 2018 rose to about 60 people per 100,000, and could break records for people in the...

Couples beware: Facebook Messenger is about to drown you in love and heart-eye emojis
2018-02-13

Facebook wants you to break up with your bae or risk drowning in a sea of ❤❤❤ and ❤ emojis. Starting tomorrow (or as romantics call it, Valentine’s Day Eve), if you change your Facebook relationship status and make it “FB official,” a Messenger...

Advice for your new media startup: Don’t block people en masse on Twitter
2018-02-13

Let’s set the scene: You’re starting a new company–a venture, as some people call it. And you want people to use your new product or service. One thing you shouldn’t do is block everyone who disagrees with you on social media. It seems Verrit, the Hillary Clinton-endorsed sort of media...

This LinkedIn Expert’s Tips For Nailing Nontraditional Job Interviews
2018-02-13

Recruiters and hiring managers are getting more and more interested in reinventing the interview experience. Here’s what you need to prepare. Standard interview tactics still dominate the job market, but they might not for long. Here at LinkedIn, our 2018 Global Recruiting Trends report found that a majority of...

Google is bringing AMP to Gmail to make emails more interactive
2018-02-13

Google has announced it is bringing its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology to Gmail in order to make emails a lot more engaging and interactive. The technology, which was originally designed to speed up websites by stripping down the unnecessary clutter, will power the new Gmail Developer Preview...

Political ads on Facebook are running without adequate disclaimers
2018-02-13

A report by ProPublica has found that hundreds of federal political ads running on Facebook are failing to use adequate disclaimer language, likely making them in volition of Federal Election Commission rules. The political ads in question come from both sides of the aisle, including the Democratic National Committee...

YouTube’s CEO says Facebook should “get back to baby pictures”
2018-02-13

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made the comments when asked about what she thought of Facebook’s video ambitions, reports CNBC. Speaking at the Recode’s Code Media conference, Wojcicki was asked if she was worried about Facebook’s increasing moves into video. At first Wojcicki replied diplomatically:...

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