Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Marissa Mayer had all the winds at her back when she took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2013. She enjoyed a reputation as a Silicon Valley wunderkind, known for her role as an early employee of and the first female engineer at Google. As Yahoo‘s chief executive, she had all the resources an ailing but still-rich company…
Over the past decade, the Tweet has evolved from a simple 140-character text message to a rich canvas for creative expression featuring photos, videos, hashtags, Vines, and more. In just the past few months we added the ability to poll your community, react quickly and cleverly with GIFs, and share and enjoy Periscope broadcasts in…
French police raided Google’s offices in Paris Tuesday, looking for evidence of money laundering and tax evasion. The state prosecutor said specialist anti-corruption officers and 25 tech experts took part in the search. They were trying to establish the scale of Google’s business in France and to determine whether it has paid enough taxes. French…
Say hello to Ramzan Kadyrov. He’s currently notable for two things: 1) He’s what some describe as the despotic leader of Chechnya, a region in Russia, and 2) He has lost his cat. Instagram: @kadyrov_95 Here’s a translated version of Kadyrov’s lamentation posted last week, minus the emojis, provided by The Guardian. We have completely lost…
Last month, law firm Baker & Hostetler announced that it would employ IBM’s artificially intelligent lawyer, Ross, to help ease its tedious workload. In a statement, the firm’s chief technology officer said, “we believe that emerging technologies like cognitive computing and other forms of machine learning can help enhance the services we deliver to…
Apple#tbt.Apple sent two engineers to a customer’s house to troubleshoot after he wrote about how iTunes deleted swathes of his music collection, and his story subsequently went viral. The Cupertino, California-based company is now rolling out an update to iTunes in an attempt to solve the issue. James Pinkstone had detailed his frustrating experiences with…
cache hit 299:single/related:bcd62fd312e218d5ea84b1cdc3cb2a80 empty BitTorrent Inc., the company behind the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing protocol, is planning to launch a live streaming TV service with both free and paid options. The company claims it will have better performance than existing services that broadcast live channels over the Internet. Unveiled today, BitTorrent Live is “a multichannel, live, and linear video streaming…
With Instant Apps, clicking a link can give you an app-like experience even if you don’t have the app installed already. Google cache hit 288:single/related:d6301bcf9efc0b595dd8f77bfbfb6673 empty MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Mobile websites are often more convenient than their desktop counterparts when you’re on your phone, but they’re also usually missing some important functionality that’s available (or just…
Snapchat is developing an algorithm that will act as a gatekeeper between publishers and brands and their audiences, according to sources. Many publishers and brands are earmarking resources for Snapchat, the platform of the moment for reaching a large, young and active audience. Users currently see all the messages from accounts they follow in chronological order, but with…
Methodology What is this? Recent posts from sources where the majority of shared articles aligned “very liberal” (blue, on the left) and “very conservative” (red, on the right) in a large Facebook study. In 2015, the journal Science published a research paper by Facebook scientists (Bakshy, Eytan; Messing, Solomon; Adamic, Lada, 2015, “Replication Data for:…