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October 8, 2015
Digg Wants To Create A Dialog Between Readers And Journalists
The curation site is attempting to redefine Internet comments through Digg Dialog, which will host chats in the style of Reddit AMAs.
Social news site Digg is working on an ambitious project: rebuilding the comments section that lives below articles, so that journalists and readers can communicate with each other without the spam and vitriol that dominates many commenting platforms on the web. Dubbed "Digg Dialog," the new product debuts on Friday and will feature Paul Ford, the author of Businessweek's must-read coding issue, discussing an upcoming piece on Wikipedia for the rebooted New Republic.
Today in Tabs: The Nice Storm
It's strictly voluntary, of course!
a.footnote {vertical-align: super; font-size: 0.8em; text-decoration: none;}You know what "AMP" used to be called? "Powered by Movable Type."
Why Paul Thomas Anderson's New Film Is On A Streaming Service You've Never Heard Of
MUBI is exclusively showing Anderson's new film Junun—here's how they did it and why you'll be seeing more from MUBI soon.
"This is the biggest, most significant thing we've ever done in eight and a half years."
Amazon's Etsy Rival Moves Closer To Launch
Amazon invites Etsy sellers to join its new arts-and-crafts marketplace, Amazon Handmade.
Amazon is moving ahead with its plans to compete with online artisanal goods marketplace Etsy. Amazon Handmade, the company's upcoming arts-and-crafts site, has reportedly been emailing Etsy vendors to invite them to sell their products on the new marketplace. According to the Wall Street Journal's Greg Bensinger, the invitations did not include launch dates or information on pricing and fees.
Look Out GoPro, Drone Giant DJI Is Getting Into The Handheld Camera Business
The $649 Osmo can take smooth 4K video no matter how you hold it or how you move it.
Look out GoPro, DJI's getting into the handheld camera business.
Facebook Borrows One Of Slack's Best Features
Emoji reactions, already a popular Slack feature, are probably the closest Facebook will get to a "dislike" button.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last month that the social network was working on a "dislike" button of sorts, a feature that its user base has requested for years. The goal, Zuckerberg said, was not to encourage negative feedback, but to give Facebook users an "empathetic" alternative to the "like" button. "Not every moment is a good moment," he said at the time. "If you share something that's sad like a refugee crisis that touches you or a family member passes away, it may not be comfortable to like that post… I do think it's important to give people more options than liking it."
Why Are These Ponies Painted With Glow-In-The Dark Paint? To Keep Drivers From Killing Them
After 60 were killed this year, officials decided enough's enough.
Ponies that live in southwest England can sometimes get in the way. Now they'll be painted with glow-in-the-dark blue paint to stop cars running them down at night. The paint will be used as an alternative to reflective collars, which proved less than effective because they get snagged on gorse bushes and yanked off the ponies' necks.
5 Big Ideas From The Chicago Architecture Biennial
How design could heal the fractured relationship between people and police and other key takeaways from the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
It's safe to say that architecture and Chicago's history are inextricably linked. The city was the stomping grounds of Bauhaus great Mies van der Rohe. Frank Lloyd Wright had his home and studio in Oak Park. Louis Sullivan built one of the world's first skyscrapers there, the Wainwright Building. Postmodern pioneer Stanley Tigerman and contemporary impresario Jeanne Gang are based in the city. And for the next three months, Chicago is host to the first architecture biennial in North America.
13 Glorious Vertical Panoramas Of New York City Cathedrals
If these don't make you believe in God, they'll at least make you believe in godly design.
New Yorkers quite famously never look up. Photographer Richard Silver wanted to give them a reason to, so he started taking pictures of ceilings. But not just any pictures, and not just any ceilings: Silver's specialty is taking glorious, vertical panoramas of the architecturally magnificent ceilings of New York cathedrals.
Medium Doubles Down on Mobile With New App
Founder Evan Williams unveiled a slew of new features and new publishing partners at an event in San Francisco last night.
Recognizing that people are increasingly on their mobile devices, Medium yesterday launched a slew of new features and major updates to its iOS and Android apps that make it easier for people to write, edit, comment, and share on the open publishing platform.
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