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OPINION:
For about two hours today, all the Internet wanted to talk about was the FCC’s historic net neutrality decision. (They’re in favor of it.)
Then, suddenly, all work stopped as the digerati focused their collective attention on two runaway llamas scampering around Phoenix.… Read the rest
OPINION:
There’s a deep shift in the way we communicate happening, and it’s about to turn media and marketing businesses upside-down.
In short, the Web-based world is about to become secondary to the message-based world.
Messaging apps like WhatsApp (now part of Facebook), WeChat, Line, Snapchat, and Kik are sitting pretty in this new world.… Read the rest
This week, Science published a noise map of the U.S., showing where the loudest and quietest places are.
It reminded me of a tree map of the U.S. published a couple of years ago.
If I were a maps geek, I’d try to combine these two maps so I could see at a glance the places that are both filled with trees and quiet.… Read the rest
Mobile technology has been one of the biggest drivers of growth in the tech sector since the iPhone’s launch in 2007. But if Digi-Capital‘s predictions hold water, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
According to the research and advisory firm’s latest Mobile Internet Investment Review, investors plowed more than $32 billion into mobile tech companies in 2014.… Read the rest
FishBrain, an app and social network for anglers, just caught its 700,000th user yesterday.
It is also releasing a new version of its app today, which includes a “FishBrain Forecast” feature that uses a combination of algorithms and crowdsourcing to help you figure out, based on the weather, time of year, and other factors, where the ideal fishing spots are.… Read the rest
I’m not sure which Facebook to believe: the Facebook of October, the Facebook of December, or the Facebook of now.
In October 2014, Facebook issued a very clear statement saying that it’s never been the company’s policy to require legal names, but rather, to require people to use the names they go by in real life.… Read the rest
In October, Facebook issued a very clear statement saying that it’s never been the company’s policy to require legal names — but rather, to require people to use the names they go by in real life. “For Sister Rosa, that’s Sister Rosa.… Read the rest
Twitter’s got an interesting problem: Its revenue is booming, but — as with all the major social networks — its user growth has slowed to a crawl.
That’s not a good place to be for Twitter: It means that the odds are very, very good that the company will forever remain #2 or #3 in its market.… Read the rest
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