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How Facebook’s Disaster Maps is helping aid organizations serve people affected by Florence
2018-09-24

The social network tracks where people evacuate to after a disaster–and then helps organizations figure out in real time where to bring food and supplies. On Friday, September 14, Hurricane Florence made landfall along the North Carolina coast, prompting high winds and massive flooding throughout the region....

WhatsApp appoints a grievance officer to handle fake news concerns in India
2018-09-24

WhatsApp has appointed a ‘grievance officer’ to address complaints concerning the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in India, reports the Press Trust of India on NDTV. This comes in response to the government’s demands from earlier in the year, following a nationwide string of lynchings...

Create a finished website in minutes with Visualmodo WordPress Themes, now just $39
2018-09-23

You can score the best of both worlds — easily deployed, yet entirely customizable website templates — with this lifetime subscription to Visualmodo WordPress Themes. It’s on sale now at 84 percent off, just $39, from TNW Deals.

Animation reveals what could be Google’s new ‘Pixel Stand’
2018-09-21

A new accessory for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL could give Alexa devices a run for their money. The Pixel Stand, as its reportedly known, is an upright dock that effectively turns your smartphone into a Google Home hub.   For those unwilling to shell out $400 for the Home Max, or $49 for the Home Mini, this provides a...

Trump inadvertently gets Twitter to explain why rape often goes unreported
2018-09-21

The U.S. president’s attacks on Christine Blasey Ford prompted Twitter to explain #WhyIDidntReport No sooner did some anonymous White House aides brag to Axios about preventing Trump from attacking Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser on Twitter than the president did exactly that.Read Full Story

This lunch box for adults transforms sad desk eating into an Instagram event
2018-09-21

No more sad desk lunches. As Fast Company‘s lunch box correspondent, I’ve been tracking some of the latest advancements in portable meals. The kid’s lunch box Omie, for instance, is adorable, and also has hot and cold compartments. But why should kids have all the nice stuff? If you work at...

This week’s best Android games to play instead of doing laundry
2018-09-21

Welcome to our weekly column, in which YouTuber NimbleThor brings you a short list of the best new mobile games for your Android device, released over the past week. Whether you’re into casual time wasters or hardcore shooters, you’ll find something in here to exercise your thumbs with. You really should do your...

Facebook’s new home gadget might have a creepy camera as its main feature
2018-09-21

Unlike smart screens from Google and Amazon, Facebook’s device will ID users and follow them around the room. After calling off the launch of a smart display device earlier this year, Facebook is reportedly planning to announce it next week. Here are the details from Cheddar’s Alex Heath, who cites...

Microsoft Excel? Google Sheets? Why choose when you can learn both for under $20
2018-09-21

Whether you’re transitioning from one spreadsheet titan to another or if you just want to learn both to be a cross-disciplinary threat, then jump in on the The Excel & Google Sheets Mastery Bundle. It’s on sale now for less than $10 per course, just $19.

“We’d be breaching precedent”: Leaked emails show Google workers discussing search tweaks
2018-09-21

The emails are likely to stoke perceptions of anti-conservative bias within Google’s ranks. In an email thread obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Google employees discussed ways that they could tweak search functions to affect results related to President Trump’s controversial 2017 travel ban. The...

Facebook’s new dating service wants to find you love
2018-09-21

Yesterday, Facebook debuted its much talked about dating service – announced at its developer conference F8 earlier this year– in Columbia.  The social network doesn’t want to compete with Tinder, but instead will take on other major players such as OkCupid and Hinge by adopting a similar approach to...

This could be our first look at Google’s new Chromebook
2018-09-21

Google is likely to release a Chromebook – dubbed Nocturne – alongside the new Pixel phones on October 9, and thanks to AboutChromebooks, we have an idea what it will look like. The blog found images of the product with two ChromeOS tablet keyboards from Brydge. Nocturne is likely to sport two USB-C type ports....

Instagram is testing a ‘regram’ feature to natively repost content
2018-09-21

On Twitter there’s the retweet button. Facebook has the share icon. On Instagram, nothing. To date, users have had to get creative in their attempts to repost content from other accounts on to their own timelines. Some used third-party apps that were just as good, sometimes better, at stealing data and hijacking...

Google says app developers can still scan Gmail with opt-in
2018-09-20

Google has stopped scanning emails for its own advertising, but third-party apps that process email still have wide latitude. Google told U.S. senators it still allows third-party app developers who work with Gmail and build software to scan user inboxes, even though it has stopped processing Gmail messages to target...

Instagram now lets you send Giphy GIFs in Direct
2018-09-20

Giphy and Instagram today announced they’d be teaming up again to let users insert GIFs into their Instagram Direct messages. Now you can spam your friends with reaction gifs instead of actually formulating your own thoughts — the natural endpoint for all app-based social interactions, at least as far as I’m...

All hail the GIF! Your Instagram DMs just got better
2018-09-20

Who couldn’t use more GIFs in their life? Texting is for your most intimate friends. WhatsApp is for international folks. Facebook Messenger is for groups and people you don’t know very well. And Instagram DM–that’s a place to hang with your besties and keep in contact with all those...

Infographic: Did Facebook really connect the world?
2018-09-20

A series of New York Times visualizations reveals how geography is the strongest connector, regardless of where you live. Facebook was supposed to connect the world: Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite map of Facebook connections lights up every corner of the globe, making it appear as if Facebook has brought everyone...

Dwayne Johnson drops more Project Rock hustle for Under Armour
2018-09-20

The new campaign, by Johnson’s own Seven Bucks Creative, highlights the day-to-day work it takes to be The Rock. Dwayne Johnson is a content machine. This is not a controversial statement. The man averages three blockbuster movies a year, stars in HBO’s Ballers, and cranks out enough Instagram video to...

New Instagram feature could make captions #hashtag-free
2018-09-20

One of the most annoying things about Instagram is to see hundreds of hashtags stuffed into photo captions. Thankfully, it looks like Instagram is working on a better way to present them. In a tweet, app researcher Jane Manchun Wong noted that the company is testing the ability to add hashtags without including them...

Instagram might let you add hashtags without including them in captions
2018-09-20

One of the most annoying things about Instagram is to see hundreds of hashtags stuffed into photo captions. Thankfully, it looks like Instagram is working on a better way to present them. In a tweet, app researcher Jane Manchun Wong noted that the company is testing the ability to add hashtags without including them...

PokerStars Deals Winning Hand to Social VR
2018-09-20

Back in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg made a $3 billion dollar bet through the acquisition of Oculus Rift that virtual reality (VR) would soon become one of the most social platforms that ever existed.   Fast forward to 2018 and very few VR companies have been successful (including Facebook) at building social communities...

This startup wants to become the Facebook of death
2018-09-20

Social media has changed how we live, and surprisingly, how we die. Mortality used to be an intimate affair shared between families and close groups of friends, but that’s no longer the case. People now broadcast the passing of their loved ones across the internet to an audience of potentially billions. This raises...

Social media can ruin your creativity. Don’t let it
2018-09-20

Four working artists and creatives answer the question of the century: Should I delete my social media accounts? As the negative impact of social media on our brains–and our democracy–continues to emerge, it’s a question many people are reckoning with: Should I delete my Facebook, Twitter, or...

Kiss “End of the Road” tour–how to get the dates and cities
2018-09-20

On Instagram Wednesday, the makeup-wearing rockers announced their “End of the Road” world tour. Kiss is one of those bands that seems to be perennially contemplating their final tour, but this time they apparently mean it. On Instagram Wednesday, the makeup-wearing rockers announced their “End of...

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