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February 13, 2015
MIT Invents A Social Network You Can Wear
Social Textiles is fashion that breaks the ice for you.
Fashion has always been a good way to break the ice. Spot someone at a party wearing something you like; go up and compliment them on it. Easy. But a new project called Social Textiles wants to turn fashion into a social network you can wear, alerting you when a friend is nearby, and lighting up around the like-minded to attract their attention.
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Why The Quiet Death Of Target's Dud Streaming Service Is Bigger News Than You Think
Target Ticket was the VOD service you didn't even know it had, but its shuttering could foreshadow a major change in home video retail.
Target announced this week that the company is shutting down Target Ticket, its transactional Video On Demand service, effective March 7. If your first thought is "I didn't know Target had a VOD service," you're not alone—while available on a wide range of devices, the app is almost completely invisible in Target stores and on Target.com, and nothing other than the Target name sets it apart from competitors.
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Free App Friday: 5 Indispensable Tools for Your Small Business
You have enough to deal with every day. Don't fight technology: put it to work.
Ah, small business. The backbone of the economy. Hundreds of hats to wear spread out among mere dozens of employees to wear them. We salute you magnificent go-getters.
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This Remote-Controllable, Rearrangeable House Uses Almost No Energy
A smart home that lets you configure it however you want.
We still don't have flying cars (not quite, anyway, despite some works in progress). But the 1950s vision of the futuristic home is fairly close to reality.
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February 12, 2015
Drake's Strange, New Short Film "Jungle" Makes One Thing Clear: It Ain't Easy Being Drizzy
Dude. Intense.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to be Drake, think "David Lynch fever dream."
With 500,000 Users, Slack Says It's The Fastest-Growing Business App Ever
The collaboration tool—which rose from the ashes of an unsuccessful game—is still expanding at a torrid pace.
In August 2013, the business messaging and search tool known as Slack started signing up users for its beta version. 8,000 companies created accounts in the first 24 hours. That was a promising number, but it said more about the general interest in such tools and the reputation of Slack CEO and cofounder Stewart Butterfield—also the co-creator of Flickr—than the service's long term prospects.
Why Apple Started Selling Apps Through Pinterest
Pinterest now has a button for direct app downloads. Here's why.
Apple has long been called a "walled garden," with a closely connected hardware/software ecosystem. It's why, without hacking your phone, you can only get apps from the App Store. And this model has paid off well for the company—Apple gets a 30% cut of every app they sell.
Lattes With A Side Of Cuddles: Lessons From "America's First Dog Cafe"
How America's first "pup up" show, which allows patrons to meet potential pets for adoption, fared in Los Angeles.
Walking through downtown Los Angeles' Fashion District in January, pedestrians saw an unusual sight: A "pup-up" cafe where dogs were the main attraction.
Coda: A Bold Experiment In Rethinking Global News
Overwhelmed by the news? Coda uses meticulously arranged timelines to help you track and analyze the most important stories.
I'll admit to feeling lost. Katrina, Ferguson, the crisis in Ukraine—in times of war, disaster, and social conflict, stories unfold over months and even years. And as soon as you skip a chapter of the news cycle, you have a hard time finding your place again.
The Daily Show's Best Visual Puns
From Mess-O-Potamia to You Don't Know Dick.
Jon Stewart has hosted the wildly popular satirical news show the Daily Show for 17 years now. Last night's episode brought the revelation that he's giving up the post sometime in the next year to pursue other projects. It's sad to think that both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert—who ended his own Colbert Report in December—will soon be ghosts of Comedy Central's past, but their legacy will most definitely live on in the humor and insight they brought to the absurd world of politics and media.
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