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October 14, 2014
In Wake Of Photo Leak, Snapchat Says It's Developing A Public API
No word yet on a release date.
When 200,000 Snapchat images--which are supposed to vanish for good after a few seconds--were leaked online last week, the ephemeral messaging service sidestepped all responsibility by casting the blame on unauthorized third-party applications--one of which has since been hacked and shuttered.
Google Challenges Amazon Prime With Same-Day Delivery For $95 A Year
"Google Express" expands to new cities and adds more merchant partners.
One year after the launch of Google Shopping Express, Google has expanded its same-day delivery service--now called Google Express--to three new cities. In a clear move to compete with Amazon Prime, Google will also begin offering a yearly membership option for the service--for $95, undercutting Amazon Prime's $99 annual price.
Apple And Facebook Will Pay For Women Employees To Freeze Their Eggs
The expensive procedure could allow women to focus on their careers during their childbearing years.
While having gourmet chefs and craft beer on tap sounds nice, two of the biggest firms in Silicon Valley--Apple and Facebook--are offering a perk that could have an impact. Both companies will soon offer up to $20,000 in coverage for egg-freezing costs, which in theory allows women the option to focus on their careers during their childbearing years and put parenthood on hold until they are ready. NBC News reports that Facebook employees have been taking advantage of the new policy since April, while Apple will begin in January.
Eric Schmidt: The Next Google Is Out There In A Garage Somewhere
"The next Google won't do what Google does, just as Google didn't do what AOL did."
On Monday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt stopped to give a talk in front of a bunch of hardware engineers at Native Instruments in Berlin, a company that specializes in software and hardware for computer-based audio production and DJing. In addition to stumping for what Google has already accomplished, the speech broadly outlines some of the challenges the company is facing in the tech world.
How One Casting Director Made Television More Diverse
There's a revolution at ABC, thanks to Keli Lee.
This fall, ABC launched an unprecedented four prime-time series with nonwhite leads, adding to an already diverse lineup that includes Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal. Keli Lee explains how she did it.
A First Look Deep Inside Amazon Game Studios
The e-commerce giant aspires to fuse talent, technology, and marketing muscle into a fresh, highly Twitch-able approach to gaming.
To trace the beginnings of Amazon's interest in the game business, you need to go back a long way--at least to the holiday season of 1999. That's when the company, best known at the time as "Earth's largest bookstore," began offering video games for then-popular machines such as the Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and Neo Geo.
Generation Flux's Secret Weapon
In a world of rapid change and great uncertainty, the greatest competitive advantage of all may be at your very core.
Some of the Generation Flux Class of 2014: Naithan Jones, Eileen Fisher, Jared Leto, and Sallie Krawcheck
Why You Should Ignore Some Time-Saving Tips
Eager to maximize your time? Don't be fooled--those 10 minutes you're trying to save on your morning commute may not be worth the effort.
I love time-saving tips as much as anyone. I clip articles on 20-minute recipes. I've spent more mental energy than I care to admit figuring out a quicker way to unload the dishwasher.
October 13, 2014
LinkedIn Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit For Its Job Reference Tool
The lawsuit accuses LinkedIn of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act for supplying references to paid subscribers without users' consent.
A class-action lawsuit in California accuses the social network LinkedIn of violating federal consumer protection laws by selling users' employment history to potential employers without their consent.
How This 550-Woman Conference Beat Super Bowl Ads At Twitter
When it comes to organic Twitter, he with the largest marketing budget does not always win.
If you opened Twitter's trending topics in New York this past weekend, what you most likely saw was this:
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