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February 5, 2014
Twitter's Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
Twitter's fourth quarter, by the numbers.
In its first ever public quarterly earnings report, Twitter posted $242.7 million in revenue and a net loss of $511 million, beating expectations.
Why Twitter Loves TV
The television and advertising industries want to make like the Internet and microtarget households. Here's how Twitter is trying to help them reach their goal (and make itself some money in the process).
On February 5th, Twitter released their quarterly report--their first as a public company--to an eager crowd of investors, techies, and analysts. Ever since the company started, people have asked how the hell they planned to make money. In large part, Twitter wants to monetize itself by becoming the world's chat room.
Tribeca and CERN Want To Change Storytelling With A Hackathon
When forward-thinking artists and scientists come together, they can change storytelling. But is anyone in Hollywood listening?
The left side of the brain controls logic, math, and science. The right handles creativity and art. What if leading thinkers from each discipline came together to explore the connection between science and storytelling? An upcoming hackathon may show us.
On-Demand Booze: Minibar Will Deliver The Alcohol You Ordered Within 60 Minutes
"With virtually everything available at your fingertips, it's time to make alcohol just as easy to order to your home."
It might be too cold for you to make it to work or meet up with friends for dinner, but it's never too cold for a drink--in New York City at least. A new app launched Wednesday will deliver booze to people in Manhattan and Brooklyn within an hour of ordering.
Google Is Looking For The Next Breakthrough Digital Artist For Major New "DevArt" Exhibit
Your art could be shown at London's Barbican via Google's new competition and show that seeks to encourage creativity in coding.
Fancy having your digital artwork exhibited in front of millions?
Google is on the hunt for an undiscovered talent to be part of a major exhibition of digital art at the Barbican in London this summer.
This Electronic Tongue Can Taste Differences In Beer, Not Get Drunk
Better brews are on the horizon.
One big potential bright spot for when machines become sentient and we're forced to reckon with the singularity? Better beer.
These Biscuit Ads Are Cute Explosions Of Sweetness
McVities equates its cookies to kittens, puppies, and a tarsier.
It's actually surprising that more brands don't do what U.K. biscuit maker McVities has done in its latest campaign. You can almost hear the brainstorming meeting in that boardroom...
A Periodic Table Of Storytelling Tropes
You probably won't recognize these storytelling elements from creative writing class.
The design of Dmitri Mendeleev's Periodic Table of Elements has been used to catalog many things besides atomic structures, from cocktail recipes to heavy metal bands. Now it's being used to characterize all of the elements of storytelling in a tongue-in-cheek infographic put together by Design Through Story Telling's James R. Harris.
Apple Reportedly Hires Sleep Expert For iWatch Team
The company wants in on your dreams, too.
Apple appears to be beefing up its iWatch team with some notable hires who could provide some interesting tea leaves into the wearable device's future.
February 4, 2014
Meet The Magician Who Can Fix Your Crappy No-Bars Cell Signal
While it might sound like a luxury, having signal is often the difference between life and death.
In 2006, a CNET editor named James Kim was found dead in blizzard conditions. His family was traveling along the Oregon coast when their car was moored in a snowbank. He had wandered 30 miles on foot looking for civilization or a phone signal to call for help.
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