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January 30, 2014
Ka-Pow! Marvel Opens Massive Comic Book Images Archive And API To Fans, Developers
The home of Captain America, Spider-Man, and many other beloved comic book heroes is setting them loose on the world. Hulk fans: happy.
What's the sound of 8,000 beloved comic book characters storming the globe? We're about to find out.
Google Is Selling Motorola Mobility, But Keeping The Most Interesting And High-Tech Division
Motorola's Advanced Technology and Products division, which is responsible for the Moto X and the Project Ara modular phone, will reportedly stay with Google.
Late yesterday, news broke that Google was unloading Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo for $2.91 billion. But lost in the shuffle is one interesting nugget worth teasing out: Google is actually retaining a small but highly advanced arm of Motorola that focuses exclusively on high-tech R&D.
Facebook Unveils Paper, Its News Reader And Flipboard Rival
The standalone iOS app stands as a stark contrast to the clutter of Facebook's news feed.
Facebook has taken the veil off its long-rumored news reader app, Paper, which launches Feb. 3 in the U.S. The first project from Facebook Creative Labs, Paper is a standalone iOS app to find and share news stories both on the app as well as Facebook.
January 29, 2014
Dating Website HowAboutWe Buys Nerve, Aims To Create Sexy Original Content
The Internet matchmaker announces a move into original content.
HowAboutWe.com, which started as a dating website focusing on quirky-fun IRL activities, is moving into the original content biz. Today, the company announced the start of the HowAboutWe Media network, which will feature four distinct editorial properties focusing on a web of interconnected topics--things like dating, sex, celebrities, love, and loneliness.
Introducing Fast Company's Most Creative People In Business 1000
They're an innovative community, a well of creative inspiration, and the source of breaking news across the quickly changing industries Fast Company covers. Get to know the MCP 1000 here.
Today Fast Company launches the Most Creative People in Business 1000, a new resource that defines an influential, diverse group of modern Renaissance men and women across the economy and around the globe. This is more than just a list: It is a rising community, an explosion of creative inspiration, the spur for so much breaking news across the quickly changing industries that Fast Company covers.
January 28, 2014
Will Facebook's News Reader Fail? Here's What History Says
After a half dozen major feature failures, Zuck's news reader may have a chance.
Facebook has been teasing a Flipboard-style news reader since March 2013. Will it spontaneously combust like Facebook Beacon, Home, Lite, Places, Deals, Email, Real Time Ticker, or Gifts? The odds seem to say yes, but here's what could make News Reader different.
The State Of The Union Should Be A Product Demo, Not A Policy Speech
It's time for Washington to realize that in a digital world, user experience trumps policy.
Tonight President Obama takes the stage for his annual address on the State of the Union. The First Lady and her guests will smile and wave, Democrats will stand and applaud, Republicans will scramble to ready their rebuttals, and you and I will check out #SOTU tweets while having a beer.
The New Object-Tracking Craze Ensures You'll Never Lose Anything Again
Since Tile's crowdfunding success, a plethora of wireless object-tracking gadgets have sprung up.
When Tile's Selfstarter campaign broke records, it demonstrated a real-world demand for the ability to wirelessly keep track of objects. But for Tile, the success has a catch: In crowdfunding more than $2 million, the Bluetooth-enabled tracker also invited a flood of competitors.
Rap Genius's IPhone App Puts Annotations In Your Pocket
The company said about half of its traffic comes from mobile devices, and foresees a future in which all of its traffic is mobile.
Rap Genius is bringing its user-generated annotations of the web to the iPhone. The company launched its first iPhone app, Genius, Tuesday, allowing fans to browse notations for song lyrics, news articles, poetry, history, and more.
New Trojan Ads Are More Family Time Than Sexy Time
Trojan brings a sweeter storyline to condom advertising.
If you want to advertise safe sex, perhaps you shouldn't make your viewers squirm on their couches or hurry to shut off the TV before little Jonny or grandma walk into the room. Trojan has finally figured this out and produced a series of new ads that are so...nice, they could easily air on prime time TV. And they reportedly will.
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