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October 28, 2015
Makerbase Invites Creators To Share Their Inspirations
Internet project directory Makerbase, founded by Anil Dash and Gina Trapani, now lets users list the people who have inspired their work.
Makerbase, a site that launched in August as a user-edited, searchable database of Internet creators and projects, has rolled out some updates that make the site more like a social network. People with profiles on Makerbase can now list and tag other makers who have inspired their work, and a new activity stream on the site's homepage will show users which projects their friends have been working on.
SXSW May Host A Day-Long Event On Online Harassment
After BuzzFeed and Vox Media threatened to pull out of SXSW, the festival is considering a full day of online harassment programming.
On Tuesday, BuzzFeed and Vox Media threatened to withdraw from participating in South by Southwest's popular tech festival due to the cancellation of two panels related to harassment in the gaming world. Barely a day later, SXSW has seemingly reversed its decision: One of the panels in question has been reinstated, and SXSW is now considering hosting a day-long event about online harassment.
Amazon Planning Private-Label Clothing Lines
E-commerce giant Amazon wants to expand its apparel footprint.
Amazon is reportedly considering selling its own private label fashion brands. At a Tuesday event hosted by fashion publication WWD, an executive at Amazon announced plans to eventually sell its own private label fashion brands as part of a larger rollout in the apparel sector.
Today in Tabs: The Haunting of Tabs House
Milo & The Roaches would be a good band name though.
When the end times come and Earth is a dead, poisoned husk, there will be nothing left but cockroaches and Milo Yiannopoulos calling them "dickless wonders" and "social justice roaches" but still somehow attracting slobbery profiles from journalists who ought to know better.
Why This Former Media Executive Created The World's Scariest Hayride
It turns out, you can pin some of the blame for your night terrors on Shark Tank's Mark Cuban.
On a recent Saturday night, I found myself being chased through a claustrophobic maze by a maniacally laughing clown. I was visiting the Haunted Hayride—a Halloween-themed extravaganza, helmed by an radio industry transplant, that is expanding across the country with a little help from the ABC series Shark Tank. The clown didn't get me, but the dozens of other people in the maze with me all enjoyed the scare.
Microsoft's Outlook Mobile Apps Get More Polish--And Just A Dash Of Sunrise
New versions of the email/calendar app for iOS and Android do the same things as before, with more panache.
When Microsoft introduced the first version of Outlook for iOS and Android last January, it was a very, very late entrant to the mobile email and calendaring race. Instead of building something from scratch—as Microsoft is normally wont to do—the company had acquired a startup called Acompli and given it the ultimate stamp of approval by rebranding its apps as Outlook. It swam against the mobile-app tide—which currently favors unbundling features into discrete apps—by packing ambitious email, calendar, and cloud-storage features into one experience.
Instead Of Standing, Why Not Lie Down While You Work? This Desk Lets You Do Both
Finally, a desk that acknowledges all we want to do at work is be horizontal.
Maybe you slouch in your Aeron chair. Maybe you tried—and failed—to make using a standing desk a habit. Maybe, like me, your preferred working position is curled up on a sofa.
Slack Adds Group Direct Messages And Tweaks Its Sidebar
Slack rolled out some updates to its popular enterprise chat application.
If your work team uses the messaging app Slack, you might find that the interface looks a bit different this morning. In a blog post on Monday, Slack explained the changes that some of us here at Fast Company spotted in our sidebar when we logged on today: Slack has added the ability to create group direct messages and has merged the former category of "private groups" into "private channels."
The NBA's VR "Experiment" Far More Compelling Than The Presidential Debate
It's still early for the technology, but after 18 months of private testing, the NBA was finally ready to unleash VR on its fans.
It turns out, watching an NBA game in virtual reality is a lot more compelling than watching a presidential debate.
October 27, 2015
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: "Moments Represents A Real Shift In Our Thinking"
During Twitter's third-quarter earnings call, newly instated CEO Jack Dorsey discussed the future of the social network.
Twitter on Tuesday reported its third-quarter earnings, revealing strong revenue growth but a minimal increase in its user base. During a call with investors, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discussed how the recent launch of Moments, a curated section of Twitter that organizes tweets into narratives around breaking news events, is part of a changing long-term strategy at Twitter.
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