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October 23, 2014
Uber Cancels Sexist "Hot Chick" Promotion
The company now calls the planned promotion a "clear misjudgment."
This week in Lyon, France, Uber joined forces with a app named Avions de Chasse on a promotion that promised Uber customers free, 20-minute rides with "hot chick" drivers. But after the story made the rounds, the partnership was "canceled immediately," an Uber spokesperson told Business Insider.
Christian Bale Will Play Steve Jobs In Upcoming Film
The Dark Knight star will depict the Apple cofounder in the Aaron Sorkin-written movie.
Aaron Sorkin thinks Batman star Christian Bale will "crush" the role of Steve Jobs.
The First Real Photoshop Alternative For iPad Is Here
After years of buzz on the Mac, Pixelmator has finally come to the iPad.
For years, Pixelmator has been the go-to Photoshop alternative on the Mac for people who want an app with all the polish of an Adobe product, without actually letting Adobe sink their claws into them. Now, it's available on the iPad, finally allowing designers and artists on the go to "pixelmate" to their heart's content.
Glow-In-The-Dark Highways Open In The Netherlands
The smart highway pilot is over, and the plan is to take the system international.
After months of pilot testing, a glow-in-the-dark smart highway in the Netherlands has finally gone public in the Dutch city of Oss, and there are plans to expand the technology to other highways in the Netherlands and internationally.
Here's Who Paid Almost $1 Million For A 1976 Apple Computer
After being sold at an auction, the computer will be put on permanent display in a museum.
The tech news cycle has been utterly dominated by all things Apple these last few weeks, but it's an almost 40-year-old piece of Apple hardware that's grabbing everyone's attention today. This week, a 1976 Apple-1 computer, which retailed for $666.66 back in the day, was sold at auction for a whopping $905,000.
How The Pre-Facebook Web Inspired Facebook's Latest App: Rooms
Rooms, an app for creating communities, borrows some of its basic concepts from web forums.
Web forums may not be pretty, but they've long been popular. Just browse Yahoo Groups or Reddit, and you'll see the vast array of interests that can sprout deeply engaged communities. Facebook's newest "Creative Labs" app, Rooms, aims to bring the spirit of online forums to a mobile-friendly format.
Mark Zuckerberg Learns Chinese, Random Internet Users Still Unimpressed
After Mark Zuckerberg pulled off a 30-minute Mandarin conversation, Internet commenters made fun of him.
It's not often one gets to write the words "Poor, poor Mark Zuckerberg." But that's the reaction this morning after video of Zuckerberg speaking in Mandarin for 30 minutes surfaced. The Facebook founder conducted a Chinese -anguage interview at Beijing's Tsinghua University…and Internet commenters immediately began savaging him for having a heavy American accent when he speaks Chinese.
October 22, 2014
Google Reimagines Email With Its New "Inbox" App
This Is How Facebook Is Secretly Trying To Make You A Nicer Person
The social network is trying to replicate the social cues that make us better communicators in real life.
It's a modern fact: People are meaner on the Internet than they are in real life. Academics call this the "online disinhibition effect," a term coined by psychologist John Suler, who once explained it to me like this:
Friends Don't Let Friends Share Fake News About Ebola
Fake news spreading on social media is reaching "epidemic" proportions.
This is a public service announcement about Ebola: If you see a story from a source called the National Report, ignore it. Do not--repeat, do not--pass it along on social media.
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