Anonymous Goes After Donald Trump

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the donald trump Hacker collective Anonymous seems to be targeting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after the real estate tycoon called for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States.
One of the Twitter accounts for the hacker group said that it briefly took down http://var/web/site/public_html.trumptowernyc.com earlier, and the group has also seemingly posted a YouTube video warning Trump. Read More

Google Photos Gets Easy-To-Use Shared Albums

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Screen Shot 2015-12-10 at 7.14.32 AM Since breaking off into its own product, Google Photos has been on a bit of a roll as far as adding new features quickly. One such feature is rolling out today — shared albums. I’ve been playing around with the feature that was originally announced back at Google’s event in September for about a week and it does exactly what you’d expect, share photos in an album… Read More

The Tab Raises $3M For Its Hyperlocal News Site Written By Unpaid Student Journalists

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Screen Shot 2015-12-10 at 10.35.43 The online disruption of journalism continues apace. Today The Tab, a hyperlocal news site aimed at young people and written mainly by “grassroots” (read: unpaid) student journalists, has raised $3 million from Balderton Capital to build out its business. This is The Tab’s first fundraise and the startup — originally founded in the UK — will be using it to expand… Read More

Postmates And Twitter Product Guru Sara Mauskopf Is Working On Parenting App Called “Winnie”

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Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 6.06.59 PM During stints at Postmates, Twitter, YouTube and Google, Sara Mauskopf has touched many of the products that you use on a daily basis. With that knowledge, having just left her recent post at Postmates*, we now know what Mauskopf is up to next. It’s called “Winnie” and there’s not much more we know about other than it will be a service for parents and those taking care… Read More

Zuckerberg Says Muslims Will Always Be Welcome On Facebook

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Facebook Muslims Mark Zuckerberg urged the world not to “succumb to cynicism” despite bigots like Donald Trump calling for Muslims to be banned from entering the United States. Today, Facebook’s CEO posted on his site that “I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world…As the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here… Read More

Flipagram’s Stories Are Sticky And You Can Now Create 60-Second Flips

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Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 12.59.44 PM In case you’ve forgotten about Flipagram, we told you about them back in July when they raised $70 million and said they had 30 million users. The company started out as an app to create quick slide shows to share on services like Facebook and Instagram. Seeing ridiculous traction, the team added all of the components the product needed to be its own social network.
It’s… Read More

Here’s What Virtual Reality Means For Kids Stuck In The Hospital

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Screen Shot 2015-12-08 at 11.40.52 AM There’s not much that I can say to set this video up other than it’s just one of the incredible possibilities that virtual reality brings. UploadVR spotted it first. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital used the Oculus Rift, with a hand from Game Start School and the Mott Golf Classic, to take kids that are stuck in crappy hospital situations to another place. A far off land.… Read More

Avoid The Diva Mentality For Successful Technology Adoption

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diva We crave new technology. We loathe new technology. We need change. We fear change. Nowhere does this ambivalence come into play more dramatically than when adopting new technologies: It’s nothing if not human to go through a whole range of emotions before settling down with your new technology and fully realizing its benefits. Read More

Twitter Is Monkeying Around With The Order Of Tweets In Your Timeline

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1469189397_bb3de49cc0_o I’ve been told by insiders at Twitter that “nothing is sacred” when it comes to making Twitter “easier to use” and ready to onboard the next few hundred million users that Twitter needs to be a powerhouse in media. The latest tweaks and horsing around have to do with the order of tweets you see in your timeline.
The hallmark of Twitter has been the reverse… Read More

Facebook Pages Can Tell You How Quickly Their Owners Respond

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facebook headquarters 1 hacker way Facebook is rolling out a number of new features for Pages designed to make it easier for businesses to communicate with customers. The biggest change, or at least the one consumers will see, is an expansion on an existing feature, where businesses add a badges to their Pages declaring that they’re “very responsive to messages” — but only if they respond to 90 percent… Read More