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November 25, 2015
Google Has The Data To Make Black Friday A Bit Easier
As part of its quest to sell advertisers on retail data, Google has some information that can make shoppers' lives easier.
Google is trying something new this Black Friday to ease the headache of shopping for both consumers and retailers.
Today in Tabs: The Internet Is Bad, Let's Make Stuffing!
It's almost Thanksgiving, so get stuffed!
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and while it may be a holiday rooted in colonialism, conquest, and racist exploitation, that describes literally everything else about America too. Thanksgiving is also a holiday where the only point is to eat a big meal and be with people you love, or, failing that, your family. There's no religious component, no endless rituals to observe, you just get together and eat until you feel sick. And in my opinion, that's a hard holiday to dislike.
Facebook Tipped Off The U.S. Government To Iranian Hackers
State Department officials received notifications from Facebook saying their accounts had been the target of state-sponsored hackers.
A security measure put into place by Facebook last month has proven more effective than expected. The New York Times reports that State Department officials were tipped off by Facebook's new notifications when Iranian hackers compromised their Facebook accounts. The cyberattacks had targeted the email addresses and social media accounts of staffers who focused on Iran and the Middle East.
Apple Acquired Faceshift, The Company Behind The Motion Capture In Star Wars
Faceshift's software enhances Apple's existing portfolio of facial recognition and augmented reality technology.
Apple just made an unexpected purchase: The tech giant has acquired Faceshift, the startup responsible for the motion capture technology used to make characters in the new Star Wars movie look more realistic, TechCrunch reports. Apple has not disclosed how much it spent on the Zurich-based company, but TechCrunch reports that "several Faceshift employees are now working for Apple now out of Europe."
At This Year's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The NYPD Will Be Watching You
At this year's Thanksgiving Day parade, the NYPD is protecting tourists in visible—and invisible—ways.
In the wake of the Paris attacks, expect extra security at this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. There will be more uniformed cops than usual, who are more likely to keep their eyes on the crowds than to joke with them. And then there are all the things that attendees probably won't see: The snipers, the radiation detectors, the helicopters equipped with sensors, and the monitoring centers keeping tabs on the parade on CCTV.
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What happened this week? Here's our quiz for November 25, 2015.
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Can You Find Your Way To Inbox Zero?
Are your emails out of control? We can help.
Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed by the amount of emails that are currently in your inbox? We can help. Find out the best way to attack an out-of-control inbox. There can be a method to the madness, from knowing which emails to respond to first to the best way to approach email when you're out of the office for a period of time. Watch this video, then tell us how you manage your inbox at #WorkSmart.
How To Design An Escape Room
The rapidly evolving escape room industry is adopting practices from engineering, theater, and film—and coming up with some of its own.
Imagine being locked in a roomful of strangers, where the only exit has been hidden by a raving mad scientist who's muttering half-incomprehensible clues under his breath. It sounds like the start of a horror movie—but for customers in hundreds of "escape rooms" around the country, it's just another fun night out.
4 Things You Must Check Out At Muji's New Flagship Store
Muji has a fancy new shop, and with it, new ways of experiencing Muji products.
The latest Muji store just opened around the corner from NYC's Times Square, and carries the distinction of being the flagship for the entire U.S. The two-story location has everything you'd expect from Muji: stationery, bags, luggage, clothes, furniture, and housewares, but where as other locations may only have some of those things, you'll find most Muji products you can think of here.
The Ultimate Visual Encyclopedia Of Booze
Infographics for everything of the distilled and fermented sort.
The folks over at Pop Chart Lab—the Brooklyn-based studio that parlayed the infographic trend into a lucrative business—aren't strangers to a good drink. In fact, some of their best work has been boozy: the definitive cocktail-mixing chart, a rundown of the most famous fictional beers, and a map of the best places to get sloshed in NYC. So far, the infographics have been confined to prints. Now Pop Chart Lab has its first standalone book, The Visual Guide to Drink published by Avery.
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