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September 17, 2015
How A Young Designer Broke Into The Furniture Business
Rémi Bouhaniche, who just launched a chair for French furniture brand Ligne Roset, dispenses advice on the path to success.
Getting a foot in the door is often the biggest challenge when starting a profession. For Rémi Bouhaniche, an emerging French designer, his big break came this year when he debuted a new armchair for the luxury brand Ligne Roset right alongside a design from one of his mentors, Eric Jourdan.
September 16, 2015
Apple May Soon Allow You To Delete Its Default Apps
In an interview with BuzzFeed, CEO Tim Cook said Apple is exploring a way for users to delete unpopular native apps like Maps.
In a BuzzFeed interview published Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a hint of the company's changing strategy when it comes to the iPhone's native apps. John Paczkowski, BuzzFeed San Francisco's managing editor, spent a 20-minute car ride with Cook, during which he found out that Apple may eventually allow iPhone and iPad users to delete some of the default apps that come bundled with their product. This includes apps like Maps and Safari, which users frequently ignore in favor of apps from Google or other developers.
Lyft Is Partnering With Didi Kuaidi, Uber's Biggest Competitor In China
Bad news for Uber: Didi Kuaidi, China's top ride-sharing service, has joined forces with Lyft and invested $100 million in the company.
Less than a day after Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Kuaidi made public a $100 million investment in Lyft, the two companies held a press conference announcing a "two countries, one app" solution as well as mutual technological and financial cooperation. Didi Kuaidi has proven to be a formidable opponent for Uber, which has poured resources into China this year—including a $1 billion investment—and supposedly clocks a million rides per day in the country.
What Presidential Candidates' Body Language Reveals About Their Leadership Style
The 2016 presidential debates offer a great case study in how leaders display warmth and project power.
If you're watching the GOP debate tonight to learn about the candidates' leadership style from what they say, you won't get the whole story. You might learn more about what type of leader they will really be if you focus on their body language.
Obama Just Invited Ahmed Mohamed To The White House
Mark Zuckerberg also pledged his support for Mohamed, who was arrested for inventing a clock that teachers mistook for a bomb.
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas high schooler, was arrested and cuffed earlier this week after the homemade clock he showed to his science teacher was mistaken for a bomb. Though Mohamed's teachers may not have been impressed with his latest invention, other people certainly were: On Wednesday, President Obama fired out a tweet lauding Mohamed's clock and asking him to bring it over to the White House.
Today in Tabs: Not Everything Is A Hoax
There is nothing the Take Tree can do to comfort you.
There is nothing the Take Tree can do to comfort you.knighting is just 'double tap to Like' cept it's a queen doing it, I could knight you if I wanted
Will 2016 Be The App Election?
Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are the first presidential candidates to unveil official apps in efforts to set themselves apart from the pack.
A small Cincinnati-area digital agency called CanDo recently took on an unusual commission: Producing a presidential candidate's official campaign app. The app, Rand Paul 2016, lets users take selfies with Paul, donate money to his campaign, send emails to friends about campaign positions, and even play a secret 1980s-style arcade game where they can blast away at Jeb Bush and Donald Trump campaign logos.
Amazon Slashed The Price Of Washington Post Subscriptions For Prime Members
As of Wednesday, Prime subscribers can get the Post free for six months—after which it will cost just $3.99 per month.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is finally using the heft of the company he founded to bolster another of his properties: the Washington Post. Starting Wednesday, the e-commerce giant is introducing heavily marked-down Post subscriptions for all Prime members, according to Politico Media.
This Cycling App Auto-Spray-Paints Potholes So Cities Know Where Repairs Are Needed
Auto-Complain makes your annoyance at poor road conditions very visible.
Florian Born isn't the type of person who likes complaining. So when the designer started bumping into potholes as he cycled around Berlin, he wasn't going to call up the city to tell it where to send its repair truck.
StoryCloud Wants To Save Artists From Giving It All Away Online
With its super-granular ways to control content access and payment options, this startup hopes creators can find a formula that works.
Everything is free online: music, videos, photos. Or so it seems. That makes it hard for artists to earn money—not superstars like Jay Z and Taylor Swift, but struggling creators such as singer-songwriters trying to sell their first CD. (You know, those silver discs from before iTunes and Spotify.)
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