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January 26, 2016
How This Week's Twitter Departures Reflect Tech's Culture Woes
What does it mean when the only way to get time off is to quit or get fired?
This Sunday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offered up what seemed at first like a pretty dubious explanation for why four senior execs were leaving the company simultaneously. Shortly after the story broke, he tweeted a memo to "set the record straight" on "the inaccurate press rumors" about those exits, saying he was "sad to announce" that they each "have chosen to leave the company. . . All four will be taking some well-deserved time off," Dorsey wrote.
BuzzFeed Served With $11 Million Defamation Lawsuit
Central European News (CEN) has filed a suit against BuzzFeed in response to a piece titled "The King of Bullsh*t News."
A British news agency that deals almost exclusively in bizarre, sensational stories with viral potential has sued BuzzFeed for defamation, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The $11 million lawsuit was brought against the digital media giant by Central European News (CEN), which was the subject of a recent BuzzFeed article titled "The King of Bullsh*t News."
Oculus's Third VR Film Lets You Live Inside A Painting
"Dear Angelica" lets viewers live inside a teen girl's memories. To make the film, Oculus built an all-new VR production tool called "Quill."
As Oculus founder Palmer Luckey puts it, his company does things a little different. Rather than hold its technological advances close to the vest in a bid to maintain its competitive advantage, it shares them because the more great virtual reality projects there are, the better it is for Oculus.
Spotify Is Now A Video App, Too
Spotify's newest feature lets you watch clips from Comedy Central, NBC, BBC, and more.
Spotify is making a new play for your mobile attention. Starting today, smartphone users of the music streaming service will have a new type of content to consume: Video. Specifically, Spotify's mobile app now offers short clips from recognizable brands like NBC, Comedy Central, and the BBC.
These Are The Tech Jobs With The Highest Salaries (And Where They Are)
Tech professionals are among the highest-paid workers. Here are the skills most in demand, and the cities where you're likely to find jobs.
Good news if you're a technology worker or planning to be one: Average salaries in the U.S. jumped 7.7% to $96,370 annually, according to the annual salary survey by Dice, a careers site for tech professionals. Salaries in seven metro areas hit the six-figure mark for the first time since the survey started more than a decade ago.
You Can Now Live-Stream GoPro Footage On Periscope
Directing camera footage to the app involves little more than a few taps of your iPhone.
Surfing a killer wave and you want to instantly share that video you shot on your GoPro Hero4? Now you can.
January 25, 2016
How Big Is The Gig Economy? The Government Is Finally Going To Find Out
Labor Secretary Tom Perez announced plans to rerun a survey of independent workers for the first time since 2005.
The gig economy has launched a healthy "future of work" panel circuit amid a roaring debate over whether apps like Uber, Postmates, and Handy—which farm their work out task by task to an army of independent contractors instead of hiring workers as employees—represent a return to the sweatshop or a new freedom to work when and how one pleases. But all sides of the debate face the same dilemma: When they propose a new policy or launch a new initiative, they have only a vague idea of how many workers it could impact. There is no current government data that specifically catalogs this group of workers.
Mark Zuckerberg Announces He's Going Back To Work With A Dad Joke (Of Course)
This gray T-shirt or that gray T-shirt?
Imagine for a moment that you're a billionaire CEO returning to work after a lengthy parental leave. Armed with the knowledge that what you wear at work says a lot about you, you might consider changing it up with something different—sartorially—for your big day back. Something extra.
How Amazon's Customer Service Could Open You Up To Identity Theft
In a blog post, an Amazon user says an attacker duped a customer service rep into disclosing his address and phone number.
Eric Springer, a former software developer at Amazon, revealed in a Medium post on Sunday that the e-commerce site's customer service was putting customers at risk of identity theft. On three different occasions, Springer's account was compromised by someone who obtained his personal information from Amazon's customer service representatives.
Today In Headlines
Extra! Extra! The headlines today are way too extra.
Welcome to the last week before February Tabs hiatus. It's been a while since I tabbed at you so let's take take quick a spin around the `net and check out some headlines.
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