by Asmawisham | Mar 31, 2017 | Technology
The first half of Thursday’s Senate Select Intelligence Committee’s hearing on Russian disinformation campaigns wasn’t quite as fun as watching James Comey squirm his way around classified intel in the House, but it did provide some valuable context on Russian cyber...
by Asmawisham | Mar 31, 2017 | Technology
Popular automation platform IFTTT today announced a few new iOS-focused toolsets that will integrate Apple’s Calendar and App Store into new applets, allowing users to streamline certain workflows related to each of Apple’s applications.With Calendar...
by Asmawisham | Mar 31, 2017 | Technology
Twitter today announced that usernames such as @MacRumors will no longer count towards the 140-character limit for tweets.Now, the usernames of anyone who a user is replying to will appear above the tweet rather than within the tweet itself, so that users have more...
by Asmawisham | Mar 31, 2017 | Media, Technology
For the first time, news aggregator Nuzzel will include advertising.That doesn’t mean you’re going to see banner ads popping up all over the startup’s app and website. Instead, the Nuzzel Newswire consists of sponsored links in Nuzzel’s email newsletter, pointing to a...
by Asmawisham | Mar 31, 2017 | Technology
Nearly a year ago, Twitter announced it would begin distancing itself from the requirement that all tweets could only contain 140 characters by no longer counting some things – like media attachments or @ replies towards the character count. However, it didn’t begin...
by Asmawisham | Mar 30, 2017 | Technology
The greatest trick Samsung ever pulled was spinning its biggest misfire into a feature. And it happened right under our noses. In fact, not only did the company complete the transformation in plain sight, it used its highest profile platform to do it. Yesterday’s big...