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October 28, 2016
Vine's Surprise Shutdown Leaves Video Stars Out In The Cold
Everyone knew Vine's popularity was sliding, but its sudden end shocked a creative community now scrambling for a new platform.
Everyone knew Vine's popularity was sliding, but its sudden end shocked a creative community now scrambling for a new platform.
Gretchen Lohse was just about to share her latest project with the world yesterday when her phone buzzed with some bad news. Vine, Twitter's social video app, was marked for death. For most denizens of today's social internet—addicted as they are to apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook—the impending closure of Vine wasn't that big of a deal. But to people like Lohse, who serves as one half of the musical duo Carol Cleveland Sings, it marks the end of an era. Her band, which boasts more than 143,000 followers on Vine, has used the platform to post six-second clips of music videos created by her and coconspirator Thomas Hughes. Well, until now.
IBM Will Learn How You Interact With Your Bank Site To Detect Fraud
IBM is betting that automatically learning how you move the mouse will help detect unauthorized logins.
IBM is betting that automatically learning how you move the mouse will help detect unauthorized logins.
Traditionally, banking websites have relied primarily on passwords and PIN codes to make sure people logging in are really who they claim to be.
How Apple's New MacBook Pros Compare To Microsoft's New Surface Studio
One company released an ambitious new product for a specific market while the other added a new feature to an existing mass-market product.
One company released an ambitious new product for a specific market while the other added a new feature to an existing mass-market product.
Like an old rivalry brought back to life, the two competitors faced off in the ring this week. Microsoft held a press event on Wednesday in New York City to announce its new Surface Studio desktop computer and a new input device called the Dial. About 24 hours later, Apple held a press event to announce new MacBook Pros featuring a new programmable Touch Bar to replace the function keys.
Acid Attacks And Augmented Reality: How Priya's Mirror Is Using Tech To Change India
Ram Devineni and illustrator Dan Goldman tell the story of Priya, an Indian superhero who empowers women.
Ram Devineni and illustrator Dan Goldman tell the story of Priya, an Indian superhero who empowers women.
Pokémon Go has made 2016 an exciting year for augmented reality (AR). The explosive popularity of the app proved the powerful attractiveness of the medium in the gaming sphere. But the creators of Priya, a comic book series about a young Indian woman named Priya who is raped, are proving that AR is ready to take on powerful social issues as well.
How To Successfully Respond To A Question You Really Don't Want To Answer
Take a beat, watch your tone, and other techniques to deal with a challenging line of questioning.
Take a beat, watch your tone, and other techniques to deal with a challenging line of questioning.
If you watched the presidential debates, you may have come to the conclusion that answering questions is optional. If you don't want to provide an answer, simply insert your own topic and carry on.
3 Ways To Duck Out Of Awkward Conversations With Colleagues
For all those times you don't want to talk politics while you're waiting for the elevator.
For all those times you don't want to talk politics while you're waiting for the elevator.
We've all had those interactions with coworkers that just don't feel right for the office. Maybe they're all discussing NSFW weekend shenanigans in the kitchen or having a heated argument over a controversial topic.
From Landing A Promotion To Harnessing Stress: October's Top Leadership Stories
This month's top stories may help you put your stress to good use, write better cover letters, or even end the year with a promotion.
This month's top stories may help you put your stress to good use, write better cover letters, or even end the year with a promotion.
This month, we learned which cover letter gaffes turn hiring managers away, what kinds of work-related stress may actually be useful, and why the cybersecurity sector may want to consider recruiting musicians.
October 27, 2016
6 Changes Twitter Is Making To Become Smarter, Safer, And More Relevant
Better notifications, algorithm-driven timelines, "deeper" conversations, and more.
Better notifications, algorithm-driven timelines, "deeper" conversations, and more.
After a year that saw the end of strictly 140-character tweets and the introduction of algorithmic timelines, Twitter users are likely to see even more changes to the service in the coming months. During Twitter's third-quarter earnings announcement on Thursday morning, company executives described how they intend to boost growth—both in ad revenue and in the number of active users—by continuing to improve the experience of using Twitter.
How These Netflix And NPR Vets Plan To Reinvent Podcasts
60dB is a new app that focuses on personalized, short-form audio. Could it reinvent radio the way Netflix changed TV?
60dB is a new app that focuses on personalized, short-form audio. Could it reinvent radio the way Netflix changed TV?
One of the reasons Steve Henn moved to Silicon Valley six years ago was to preempt his own irrelevance. As a longtime public radio reporter, he knew the move promised access to the technology industry he covered for shows like Marketplace and Planet Money. But he also had a sinking feeling that, eventually, his industry would face disruption at the hands of digital forces akin to the ones that obliterated audiences and revenue for many newspapers and magazines.
Why Body Camera Programs Fail
Amid a massive tech upgrade meant to improve accountability, body cameras are being limited by police policies and privacy concerns.
Amid a massive tech upgrade meant to improve accountability, body cameras are being limited by police policies and privacy concerns.
In the minutes before a Baton Rouge police officer killed 37-year-old Alton Sterling as he lay restrained in a convenience store parking lot, both the officer and his partner's body cameras "came dislodged" from their uniforms.
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