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Airbnb joins Twitter, Reddit, Dropbox; finally admits remote work wins
2022-04-29

Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky on Thursday announced the company’s 5-point plan to enable employees to live and work anywhere, all the time. Ostensibly because “The world has become more flexible”, and “We also had the most productive two-year period in our company’s history — all while working...

Hiring friends and family might be good for business, research suggests
2022-04-29

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta/Facebook, recently remarked in a podcast interview that when it came to hiring new staff, his preference was people whose “values aligned in the things that you care about”. This, he said, was akin to “choosing a friend or a life partner”. He went on to state that many young...

All of Elon Musk’s ideas for making money with Twitter
2022-04-29

There might not be an easy answer to how Elon Musk wants to achieve “free speech absolutism” on Twitter. But there’s another issue he has to tackle with his new purchase: making money. Musk has taken hefty loans from banks with his Tesla shares as collateral. Some of these loans have interest rates as high as $1...

20 Best Apple Pencil Alternatives for 2022
2022-04-29

The Procreate app is an amazing app for designers. While the Apple Pencil is the best choice, let's take a look at some other stylus choices available to you.

10+ Best Tattoo Brushes for Procreate
2022-04-28

Tattoos can have a personal, emotional, or even cultural significance to the people who have them. Tattoo artwork can be impressive and beautiful. Designers looking to add a meaningful or

Edge’s prospective free VPN would be a tempting reason to ditch Chrome
2022-04-28

I’m one of countless people who are foolishly faithful to Chrome. Despite the browser’s horrible rep for privacy, memory-hogging, battery-draining, and role in Google’s monopoly, I can’t call it quits. We had too many good times together — and the old bastard is still pretty. Our relationship, however, may...

Musk says Twitter is a digital town square — but unfettered free speech is a fantasy
2022-04-28

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around US$44 billion. He says he’s not doing it to make money (which is good, because Twitter has rarely turned a profit), but rather because, among other things, he believes in free speech. Twitter might seem an odd...

Open-sourcing Twitter’s algorithms is more complex than Elon Musk implies
2022-04-28

Of all the grand ideas that Elon Musk has for Twitter, the one that he’s pitched most fervently is making the platform’s algorithms open source. The Tesla tycoon proposed the plan before his buyout bid was disclosed, reiterated it the day his offer was revealed, and pitched it once again after the deal was...

New leaked images give us a glimpse of the Pixel Watch design
2022-04-27

We’ve really waited for a long time for Google to put out a really good competitor to the Apple Watch. And we might see that happen in just a few months from now, if not a few weeks. A recently registered trademark has hinted toward the “Pixel Watch” name — and I really like that. This week, we’ve had a...

Mini Cooper maker’s new ebikes are merging high tech and retro cool
2022-04-27

I always thought Mini Coopers were pretty cool, so I was pleased this week to learn that the Cooper Car Company, the original designer of the Mini Cooper, rolled out not one, but four electric bikes. They sit under the dedicated two-wheel division, Cooper Bikes.  The Cooper Bikes Company was founded in 2009 aiming to...

10 SVG Fonts for Designers (Free & Premium)
2022-04-27

SVG fonts can add a new level of design and innovation to your work. Check out our list of the best SVG fonts for designers and get started today!

The iconic Corvette will lose its stinky engine and become an EV
2022-04-26

One of Chevrolet’s most iconic cars will finally be transformed into an EV. On Monday, GM’s president Mark Reuss confirmed on his Linkedin account that an electrified (i.e. hybrid) Corvette is coming in 2023, followed by a fully electric one further down the road. Take a peek at Chevrolet’s alluring video:...

Don’t worry about Elon taking Twitter private and scrapping its board
2022-04-26

It appears Twitter’s board of directors finally warmed to Elon Musk’ hostile bid and agreed to a sale – but not before it took a severe beating from the Tesla and SpaceX billionaire, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and other prominent users on their own social network. Musk, who on April 25, 2022, sealed a deal to...

Pray for the man who paraded an Ola scooter through town with a donkey
2022-04-26

In what recalls a cinematic scene — like Cersei Lannister’s walk of atonement in Game of Thrones — a public shame parade took place on Sunday, featuring an escooter and a… donkey. A video of the incident in the Beed district of Maharashtra, India, shows a man tying his Ola escooter to a donkey and parading it...

A bunch of Bored Apes were stolen again, but don’t blame Web3 for it
2022-04-26

It’s happened again. Scammers struck the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) universe and stole some tokens. But, don’t worry, you can’t blame web3 for it. Nope. Not at all. Hackers used good old web 2.0’s trick of hacking the project’s Instagram, and luring people to click on unsolicited links. Here’s what...

The Apple Store is so 2001 — here comes the Meta Store
2022-04-26

It seems every few years a major tech company tries its hand at replicating some of the Apple Store’s success. Since the first Apple Stores opened in 2001, we’ve seen the Microsoft Store, the Amazon 4-Star store, and the Google Store — Microsoft and Amazon’s stores have since been abandoned. Now it’s...

Elon Musk buys Twitter
2022-04-25

Elon Musk has purchased Twitter. In what’s become the biggest “will they/won’t they” story since Ross and Rachel, the Twitter board has finally decided to accept Musk’s $44 billion takeover offer. Early speculation on Monday morning led Twitter stock to rally after a weeks-long slump. Ironically, the...

Here’s how to delete or deactivate your Twitter account
2022-04-25

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Tired of Facebook too? We’ve got a guide for that. Oh, and Instagram? Yep, here’s how to delete that too.  Updated 4/25/22: So Elon Musk just bought Twitter for 44 billion...

Analysis: Here’s what to expect now that Musk owns Twitter
2022-04-25

Elon Musk’s the topic du jour, once again, as his teased takeover of Twitter has come to its inevitable end. It’s a done deal: the world’s richest man has purchased Twitter. Cue the Imperial March. While we’re all waiting to see what happens now, it’s worth speculating on what the ramifications of the...

Breaking: Elon Musk buys Twitter
2022-04-25

Elon Musk has purchased Twitter. In what’s become the biggest “will they/won’t they” story since Ross and Rachel, the Twitter board has finally decided to accept Musk’s $44 billion takeover offer. Early speculation on Monday morning led Twitter stock to rally after a weeks-long slump. Ironically, the...

7 Practical Tips to Optimise the Results of Social Media
2022-04-22

Optimisation is one of my favorite words and it’s definitely not used enough in the digital marketing industry. We like the new shiny objects like ‘Clubhouse’ and we’re very quick to jump onto something new. But what about optimising what you already have? Optimisation is an ongoing process where you try...

Mapping the multimodal future of US mobility
2022-04-22

This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates, follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities...

Twitter wants to bring the spotlight back to third-party apps — and win over developers
2022-04-22

After years of a tumultuous relationship with developers, Twitter’s now trying hard to win them over again. In its latest step, the company wants to promote third-party apps on its platform. The firm’s using Twitter Toolbox, a web page it launched in February, to highlight apps to a select number of users. As...

An Elon Musk-owned Twitter could restrict free speech rather than promote it
2022-04-22

In mid-April, Elon Musk made public his desire to acquire Twitter, make it a private company, and overhaul its moderation policies. Citing ideals of free speech, Musk claimed that “Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it’s just really important that people have the, both the reality and the...

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