PlayStation Home, one of the most ambitious (and weirdest) things Sony has ever done with video games, closes down today. It will not be missed, but it should at least be remembered.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
5 Sad Facts About America's Ridiculously Slow Internet
It’s not news that America’s internet is shitty and slow
Marketing Day: Twitter Unveils Curator, Pinterest Turns 5 & YouTube Vs Facebook Video
Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
The post Marketing Day: Twitter Unveils Curator, Pinterest Turns 5 & YouTube Vs Facebook Video appeared first on Marketing Land.
Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is testing a photo feature
Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app, is testing a new feature that would let users share photos, Mashable has learned.
Yik Yak is in the early stages of testing the feature on some college campuses for limited periods of time, sometimes as brief as several hours, in order to get feedback from users, according to sources familiar with the matter. Yik Yak confirmed the development to Mashable.
Uploaded photos must be snapped from inside the app. (Photos from your camera roll need not apply.) Photos are moderated and approved by Yik Yak employees, which can result in a delay before the image shows up in feeds. Any photos featuring faces, nudity, or behavior the moderator deems "inappropriate" or "illegal" won't make into feeds. Read more...
More about Social, Anonymous, Startups, Social Media, and Apps SoftwareThe World's Largest Tunneling Machine Is (Finally) Getting Rescued
Bertha, the world’s largest tunneling machine, has been stuck under downtown Seattle since it broke in December 2013. Engineers have had to concoct a massive and expensive rescue plan
Scientists Just Broke a Quantum Record By Entangling 3,000 Atoms
Quantum entanglement is an odd phenomenon that can connect two or more particles over even vast distances. Scientists have now managed to entangle not two, not 100 (the previous record), but 3,000 atoms with a single photon, opening the door to atomic clocks more accurate than ever.
Twitter launches Curator, its free Storify competitor
Twitter just launched Curator, its new free tool for media outlets.
First unveiled in February, Curator is now available to any media outlet that applies on Twitter's website for access to the tool. It allows organizations to collect tweets and Vines based around specific topics, perform more advanced searches and get access to better analytics.
Think of Curator as an even more advanced version of Twitter's advanced search. Users can fine tune their searches to find tweets based on very narrow criteria — such as exact location, word count or what type of smartphone was used. Read more...
More about Media, Twitter, Social Media, and BusinessToday in Tabs: Noah Country For Old Tabs
You're probably wondering why you saw so many transgender people today.
Comedy Central announced yesterday that the new host of the Daily Show will be Trevor Noah. The news was greeted from all corners of the `net with ecstatic cries of "literally who?" so our news explainers quickly got to work on journalism's five familiar questions–not just "who?" but also "meet?", "know?", "need?", and "Vox?":
ESPN Just Redesigned Its Site For The First Time Since 2007—Here Are 4 Takeaways
White space! Infinite scroll! Responsive design! One of the largest sites on the planet finally gets a makeover.
Most of the rituals in my life, like drinking fancy tea or starting every day with a cold shower, tend to fizzle out after a few months once my initial enthusiasm fades. But there are a few tendencies that have stuck. As far back as I can remember—and only after looking both ways to make sure whoever my boss happens to be isn't in eyeshot—after checking my email and Twitter, I secretly fire up a tab to check ESPN.
Why the Plastic Recycling Market Just Crashed
Recycling is not just a nice thing that hippies do anymore. Recycling is a business—a massive one whose wheels are greased by money, money, and more money. Nowhere is this more apparent right now than in the recycled plastic market, where prices have plunged 50 percent in just six months.
Tory Burch's Ex-Husband Is Now Selling Office Furniture
J. Christopher Burch, whose "revenge retail" operation C. Wonder failed mightily earlier this year, invests in office products.
I've never seen a CEO so eager to do manual labor as Randy Nicolau, chief executive of Poppin. Tall and barrel-chested, with close-cut salt-and-pepper hair, Nicolau jumps to action at the sight of a dismantled Poppin desk lying in pieces on the floor.
YouTube megastar Michelle Phan launches new lifestyle network
If launching her own beauty line and record label wasn't enough, YouTube beauty guru Michelle Phan announced today that she's partnering with Endemol Beyond USA for their new lifestyle network, ICON.
Phan will be the creative director for Endemol Beyond, which currently boasts 500 million monthly views via its multi-platforms: YouTube, Yahoo, AOL, Amazon Fire TV, among others. The 27-year old will mentor other online personalities while cultivating a streamlined vision for the network.
Endemol Beyond, under the Endemol Shine umbrella, currently boasts over 500 million monthly views with its Premium Channel Network available across more than 20 platforms. Endemol Shine is best known for producing shows like American Idol, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Man v. Food and more. Read more...
More about Video, Media, Youtube, Social Media, and CelebrityHelicopter Sparks Draw a Beautiful Galaxy on the Night Sky
It is always a pleasure to see the Kopps-Etchells Effect
The restored HD video of the Atlas missile explosion is amazing to watch
The guys at AtomCentral uploaded this video depicting the failed test of the Atlas missile back in 1961. The footage—scanned to HD from the original film—shows the rocket exploding in an epic and mesmerizing slow motion that would make Michael Bay drool.
Monday, March 30, 2015
This Temperature Patch Will Notify Your iPhone When You Have A Fever
Here's to the Internet of worrywarts.
There are few things more anxiety-inducing than watching a loved one with a climbing fever—and few things more annoying for said loved one than having their temperature taken constantly. There has to be some sort of wearable that deals with that, right? Indeed there is.
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