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August 27, 2014
Survey Confirms: Most Trolls Would Shut Up If Forced To Use Their Real Identities
About 5% of people who comment online anonymously reported doing so to bully others.
Take away a troll's source of power--anonymity--and the online commenter will think twice before posting on a blog or forum.
This New Moleskine Is Like An iPad Made Of Paper
Like to be creative on paper but hate the thought losing your best ideas? Moleskine may have a solution.
Ask companies like Adobe and Fiftythree, and they'll tell you that tablets are the future of drawing. Give in, and get used to the concept of touching a stylus to your screen. Because as hardware and software get better, you'll be able to create the sorts of things you can only dream about creating on paper.
Would You Eat This Buffalo Crunch Donut From Tim Hortons?
The newest denizen of the Burger King kingdom will be selling Buffalo-sauce donuts at the New York State Fair through Monday.
Yesterday we scaled Arby's "Meat Mountain" sandwich. And today, we learned that Tim Hortons is rolling out a "Buffalo Crunch Donut" that encases tangy Buffalo sauce in a glazed-donut jacuzzi. Let's take a dip!
Why The Marijuana Industry Needs A Hackathon
It wants to attract the tech world's best techies to its ranks.
This story contains interviews with Zach Marburger, cofounder and CEO of CannaBuild; Dan Hunt, independent contractor for MassRoots; and Katherine Smith, chief marketing officer of Weedmaps.
How To Rewire Your Brain For Greater Happiness
The bad news: Our brains are wired to be negative. The good news: You can train your brain to hold on to happiness in 10 seconds.
Wouldn't it be awesome if we could hack into our own brains and rewire them to be happier?
August 26, 2014
Report: Uber Provided Phones And Credit Cards To Contractors To Sabotage Lyft
A new report in The Verge unearths some of the aggressive tactics employed by the ride-share service.
Earlier this month, Lyft publicly accused Uber associates of summoning and then canceling thousands of rides at the last second. Uber flat-out denied that those requests were true, but now it looks like we have some evidence as to where those marching orders came from.
The Times Of India Demands Journalists Hand Over Social Media Accounts
Plus, any intellectual property associated with them.
India's largest media group has instated a new social media policy that requires journalists to turn over the passwords to their personal social media accounts. Under these new guidelines, publications can post on reporters and editors' accounts without their knowledge.
Pinterest's Analytics Dashboard Will Give Businesses Deeper Audience Pinsights
The new dashboard includes audience demographic information, including common interests.
Pinterest began experimenting with promoted pins--its first foray into monetization--about a year ago. The social network followed up Tuesday by offering a new analytics dashboard for businesses.
Instagram's Hyperlapse Is A Beautiful Algorithm, But It Makes No Sense As Its Own App
Released today, the new video app is another example of Facebook's prime directive gone wrong.
Hyperlapse is a standalone new app from Instagram that speeds up and stabilizes videos into professional-looking steadicam shots.
Frank Lloyd Wright School Of Architecture Could Lose Its Accreditation
The 82-year-old legendary architecture school may no longer be able to produce future architects.
The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, opened in 1932 by its legendary namesake, is in danger of losing its accreditation to offer a Master of Architecture degree. The school, with locations in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Taliesen, Wisconsin, is left scrambling to find a solution.
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