If you regularly have 50 cents left over from your daily coffee purchase, you could be doing more with it than simply tossing it in a jar with all your other shrapnel. … [Read more...]
Adblock Plus developer Eyeo in talks with publishers to set up pact to let ‘acceptable’ ads through filters
Adblock Plus developer Eyeo is in talks with publishers to set up an independent group to identify 'acceptable' ads that should be allowed past blockers. The new body to judge and enforce acceptable online advertising could be the solution that breaks the existing deadlock between online publishers and ad-blocking firms. … [Read more...]
CognitiveLogic announces a seed round of $3 million to kickstart the business.
DataSift made a name for itself as a company that took large unstructured datasets — such as anonymised firehoses from social media services like Facebook (and previously, Twitter) and ordered them in a way for enterprises and brands to get a better idea of consumer preferences and other insights. Now Nick Halstead, the person who founded and led DataSift, has started a new … [Read more...]
Twitter’s timeline experiment: Is it done yet?
We may never know exactly what Twitter planned to do with its timelines before #RIPTwitter became the most popular hashtag on the beleaguered service, but we do know this: The much talked about experiment is done — at least for two users. … [Read more...]
Yahoo SVP Brad Garlinghouse’s 10 year old internal memo shows Yahoo still hasn’t solved its biggest problem
In October 2006, Yahoo SVP Brad Garlinghouse wrote a blistering internal memo, urging the company to narrow its focus and clarify its vision. … [Read more...]
The QUANTiNO: Electric vehicle powered by ‘electrolyte fuel’
There are a lot of wacky electric vehicles out there. Nothing is quite like the QUANTiNO from nanoFlowcell. … [Read more...]
Use Thongagram to Mail a Message to your Friends and Enemies
Forget those other forms of messaging you've been using, here's a new way to send a note — all via a common piece of rubber in the post. … [Read more...]
Ford’s factory-fresh 2017 Raptor pickup to be entered in a desert racing series
To prove its toughness, Ford is taking its 2017 Ford Raptor desert racing. … [Read more...]
Apple’s iPhone 7 will reportedly have one more subtle design change, no camera ‘bump’
If we had to deduct points for the iPhone 6/6S design, we'd probably do it for that unsightly camera bump on the back. … [Read more...]
This New Strange Snapchat Filter Can Also be Used on Money
Fun with Snapchat filters knows no bounds. We've seen dogs being flawlessly turned into Dug from Pixar's Up, and we've seen a guy scare his mom to death with that new face-thinning filter as well. … [Read more...]