Month: July 2018

[Sponsor message] [Sponsor message] [Sponsor message] Hey KIDS! [Sponsor message] [Boztank pls insert ‘hey kids’ GIF here] [Sponsor message] Exciting News! First up: Exciting news! We’re going to be migrating the Club Newsletter to a new format from next month that will be delivered in person! In virtual reality! This [CONTINUE READING]

I love Hollywood box-office numbers because they provide a hard statistical view of cultural currents. Did you know, for instance, that there had never been a weekend when 8 of the top 10 movies in America were sequels — until this month? Or that, while almost 400 movies were released [CONTINUE READING]

With video now an integral part of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), the social media platform is looking to make watching videos a more social experience. The global launch of Watch Party now means all Facebook Groups can watch videos together in real time. Facebook Watch Party The Facebook Watch Party was [CONTINUE READING]

For small business owners, especially first-time business owners, delegation doesn’t come easily. This is because owners want to do everything to get it right, and they might not have the experience to avoid micromanaging tasks they have delegated to their workers. A new infographic by ScaleTime titled, “The Art and [CONTINUE READING]

LinkedIn just added voice messaging to its platform so you can have more ways to have conversations. The voice messaging feature is now available as an Android and iOS app. You can retrieve the messages on your mobile device or on the web, but as of now, you can’t send [CONTINUE READING]

Verizon has rolled out a new product called Safe Wi-Fi, a VPN that provides a security stop gap for its mobile customers logging onto a public network. It’s also being marketed as a way to block ads. So WTF is a VPN and why does it matter? A VPN is a virtual [CONTINUE READING]

Why is there traffic? This eternal question haunts civic planners, fluid dynamics professors, and car manufacturers alike. But just counting the cars on the road won’t give you a sufficient answer: you need to look at the data behind the data. In this case, CMU researchers show that electricity usage [CONTINUE READING]

Tesla is no stranger to branded merch. Its got the standard company swag — the hats, the shirts, and the mugs. It’s got quirkier stuff, like miniature Teslas for kids and USB chargers shaped like the Superchargers that juice up their vehicles. And now they’ve got… surfboards? While it’s now [CONTINUE READING]

To spare your time and sanity, sometimes you have to let others take the wheel.

For every AI company doing groundbreaking work there are a dozen new “know-it-alls.”