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OPINION: “I am now knowing the smell of the dead. They are sweet like sugarcane and rotten like plum wine. And when they stay in the sun, they are growing plump.” These are words spoken by Agu, the skinny child soldier at the center of “Beasts of No Nation,” the first original feature film released by Netflix. Agu […]... →

Media as the First Instance, Alerts: Media as a case study, how media is using the notifications as an alert infrastructure: Jon Steinberg (Daily Mail), Andrew Mclaughlin (Digg), Alex Danco (Share the bus) How do you think about the notification stream? How do media companies develop notifications beyond simple alerts? How do you think about other contextual signals, interest graph, location… Read More... →

GUEST: I was in your shoes once, looking at venture capital from the outside in and trying to understand what it would take to get a foot in the door. It was a daunting process, and with no set career path in the industry, I defaulted to hustle, reaching out to as many VCs as I […]... →

Chupa Chups запустил сайт с конкурсами и играми, оформленный в стиле веб-дизайна девяностых годов. По словам создателей проекта, формат «онлайн-вечеринки» с окном для обсуждений и музыкальными видеороликами должен напомнить фанатам бренда «MTV и всеобщее увлечение чатами».... →

GUEST: Virtual reality is gaining so much momentum that it will soon become an avalanche of immersive experience. After Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of Oculus, a leader in the VR hardware space, huge names like Google, Apple, and Sony have joined VR’s deluge, with their own sizable investments in proprietary VR technology and products. TV, the […]... →

Foucault’s idea of the “Panopticon” in Discipline and Punish has become depressingly easy to explain because the Internet has made it depressingly literal. Read More... →

Facebook never, ever, ever wants you to leave. That’s why it’s replicating features from other apps and pulling content like videos and news articles inside its app. The more time you spend on Facebook, the more it accomplishes its “open and connected” mission, and the more money it makes by showing you ads. Here’s 20 new ways it’s assimilating the Internet,… Read More... →

Google has removed "OK Google" from the latest version of Chrome for desktop The post "OK Google" No Longer OK on Chrome For Desktop by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

A year ago, I checked in with a tiny non-profit called MissionBit that was bringing computer science education to San Francisco’s public schools after class. Considering that fewer than five percent of the city’s high school students are even enrolled in any computer science classes, it’s a startling contrast with how the city has become geographic center of the U.S.… Read More... →

A place like the Lemp Brewery is rare. This factory, built in 1840 in St. Louis, Missouri, once spewed fragrant hops steam over Cherokee Street while workers rolled barrels of beer into the natural caves under the complex. Now it stands empty except for a small group of dedicated makers who are slowly turning the brewery into one of the most unique workspaces I’ve ever seen. We visited… Read More... →

GUEST: A family friend recently asked me for job advice. He had just received a job offer from a pre-IPO tech company on the East Coast and wanted my opinion. He had questions about his compensation and equity package. This company had recently raised a big round at a $1.5 billion valuation (what is now called […]... →

A key goal of the Affordable Care Act is to lower healthcare costs by prioritizing the quality of care over the quantity of services provided to patients. To that end, the Obama administration is moving quickly to adopt Alternative Payment Methods (APMs), such as a bundled payment system that fixes the amount Medicare will reimburse medical providers for specific episodes of care. Read More... →

Google levies thousands of manual penalties every month. Here's what I've learned, and what will benefit you if you experience a manual penalty. The post Your First 3 Steps After Receiving a Manual Penalty by @neilpatel appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

(Reuters) – Some New York City taxicabs will switch to using GPS-based fare calculators from current metering systems under a pilot program approved on Thursday. The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to pass a measure to overhaul technology systems in 1,000 city cabs, which currently require bulky televisions and credit card readers. “It’s just […]... →

Tesla Motors is now rolling out its much-awaited “Autopilot” software for the Model S electric car, and it has revealed a number of things about how the autonomous driving system is intended to work. While an explanatory conference call on Wednesday afternoon lasted less than an hour, Tesla CEO Elon Musk packed plenty of information […]... →

(By Joseph Menn, Reuters) – IBM said on Friday it allows certain countries to review, under strict control, portions of the U.S. technology company’s product source code to detect any security flaws in its software. China is among those countries, a person familiar with the company’s policy there said. The reviews must be done using an IBM […]... →

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Издание Business Insider пообщалось со специалистом по повышению продуктивности сотрудников и построению карьеры Линн Тейлор и бизнес-экспертом Майклом Керром (автор книги «Преимущество юмора»), которые отметили ряд признаков, свидетельствующих о том, что работодатель во время собеседования заинтересован в кандидате.... →

Венчурный фонд Life.SREDA стал лид-инвестором раунда А mPOS-стартапа SoftPay Mobile. Общий объем раунда составил $1 млн. Как сообщил Firrma Владислав Солодкой, это первое вложение фонда в проект.  Сделка была проведена в рамках акселерации стартапа в InspirAsia. В раунде также принимал участие некий анонимный инвестор. SoftPay, зарегистрированный в Сингапуре, на данный момент стартап работает только на рынке Вьетнама. Инвестиции будут направлены на экспансию в Малайзию и Индонезию. Стартап был запущен в нач... →

London’s strength as a technology hub is not in doubt, with Tech London Advocates highlighting the retail tech and fintech sectors in their most recent report, but there are still areas where the capital could do with some help. As the cost of living in London rises, and the government’s unfriendly immigration policies for non-EU citizens persist, […]... →