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05/16/2016

Google's new social app bakes YouTube, Chrome and search into group chats

Google at it again with their new social app
http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/google-spaces-app/

Spaces is a messaging app aimed at small groups of people that has Google search, YouTube, and Chrome baked in.

05/16/2016

After your final status update

Here's an interesting Ted Talk about what happens to your social media after you die.
https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update

Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on?

05/13/2016

Tweetbot has a cure for Twitter's 140-character limit woes

A solution for Twitter's 140 character limit.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/07/tweetbot-topics/

Sometimes, what you have to say just doesn't fit in 140 characters.

05/11/2016

A mini robot -- powered by your phone

Not only can your phone can help you post to social media, but it can power a robot.
https://www.ted.com/talks/keller_rinaudo_a_mini_robot_powered_by_your_phone

Your smartphone may feel like a friend -- but a true friend would give you a smile once in a while. At TED2013, Keller Rinaudo demos Romo, the smartphone-powered mini robot who can motor along with you on a walk, slide you a cup of coffee across the table, and react to you with programmable expressi...

05/11/2016

Instagram debuts new logo, Internet promptly freaks out

Instagram debut their new logo, but keep calm and keep posting.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/11/instagram-logo-reactions/

Everybody just breathe for a second.

05/10/2016

This is your brain on communication

Communication is key to making connections https://www.ted.com/talks/uri_hasson_this_is_your_brain_on_communication

Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains show similar activity, or become "aligned," when we hear the same idea or story. This amazing neural mechanism allows us to transmit brain patte...

05/10/2016

How to build a resilient startup culture

This how you build a resilient startup culture.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/09/resilient-startup-culture/

Here's how to face the adversity your startup could run into.

05/09/2016

Impossible photography

An incredible example on what Photography can do.
https://www.ted.com/talks/erik_johansson_impossible_photography

Erik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes -- capturing ideas, not moments. In this witty how-to, the Photoshop wizard describes the principles he uses to make these fantastical scenarios come to life, while keeping them visually plausible.

05/09/2016

Computers are taking over jobs but that doesn't have to be a bad thing

Almost every industry is running of computers, but it's not bad.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/08/artificial-intelligence-robot-revolution/

47% of all jobs in the U.S. are likely to be replaced by automated systems.

05/06/2016

How a start-up in the White House is changing business as usual

Here's an example on how start-ups change the game.
https://www.ted.com/talks/haley_van_dyck_how_a_start_up_in_the_white_house_is_changing_business_as_usual

Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by Silicon Valley and the private sector to improve services for veterans, immigrants, the disabled and others, creating...

05/06/2016

Facebook gets in Mother's Day spirit with flowers in Messenger

Facebook is getting into the Mother's Day spirit.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/facebook-mothers-day-slowers/ .FCa.iqj

Facebook is already getting into the Mother's Day spirit.

05/05/2016

Check out Digital Media Junior, Alek Di Criscio's 15 second commercial.

05/05/2016

The dream we haven't dared to dream

Dreams are what makes an entrepreneur, so now it's time to dream what you haven't dreamt. https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_dream_we_haven_t_dared_to_dream

What are your dreams? Better yet, what are your broken dreams? Dan Pallotta dreams of a time when we are as excited, curious and scientific about the development of our humanity as we are about the development of our technology. "What we fear most is that we will be denied the opportunity to fulfill...

05/05/2016

The makers of Siri are back with a new super-smart AI called Viv

From the makers of Siri, they bring you Viv.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/viv-launch/

It will let you do things without ever touching your phone.

05/04/2016

Check out Digital Media Junior, Dontay Smithwick 15 second commercial.

05/04/2016

An Internet without screens might look like this

Could you imagine an Internet without screens?
https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_uglow_an_internet_without_screens_might_look_like_this

Designer Tom Uglow is creating a future in which humanity's love for natural solutions and simple tools can coexist with our need for information and the devices that provide us with it. "Reality is richer than screens," he says. "We can have a happy place filled with the information we love that fe...

05/04/2016

Twitter adds more personalized follow recommendations to its apps

What do you think of Twitter's new feature?
http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/twitter-connect-tab/

Twitter is trying to fix its discovery problem -- again.

05/03/2016

10 Snapchat features we wish existed

Do you like any features on this list? http://mashable.com/2016/04/29/snapchat-features-we-wish-existed/

From an eraser tool to different fonts, this is our Snapchat feature dream list.

05/02/2016

The technology of storytelling

Everything has a story. https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_sabia_the_technology_of_storytelling

iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad.

05/02/2016

YouTube redesigns app to show you more videos you actually want to watch

What do you think of this improvement http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/youtube-home-redesign/

YouTube's apps are getting a facelift.

04/29/2016

How Airbnb designs for trust

Learn more about what goes on behind the new travel app, Airbnb.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_gebbia_how_airbnb_designs_for_trust

Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his whole company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he overcome the stranger-danger bias? Through good design. Now, 123 million hosted nights (and counting) later, Gebbia sets out his dream for a cu…

04/29/2016

YouTube wants to make it easier for creators to make money while fighting copyright claims

Fighting the copyright claims.
http://mashable.com/2016/04/28/youtube-content-id-creators-announcement/

"To help fix that frustrating experience."

04/28/2016

Check out Digital Media Junior, Leslie Bisch's 15 second commercial.

04/28/2016

Brain-controlled drone races are now a reality

What else do you think we could control with our brain? http://mashable.com/2016/04/27/brain-controlled-drone-races/

Brain-controlled drone races are now a reality

04/28/2016

The rise of personal robots

Do you think everyone will have a personal robot?
https://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots

Cynthia Breazeal wonders: Why can we use robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms? The key, she says, is in training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn -- and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids.

04/27/2016

Insightful human portraits made from data

Human portraits using data?
https://www.ted.com/talks/r_luke_dubois_insightful_human_portraits_made_from_data

Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. In this talk, he shares nine projects -- from maps of the country built using information taken from millions of dating profiles to a gun that fires a blank every time a sh…

04/27/2016

Truth is scarier than fiction in the first 'Snowden' trailer

Here's a nice cinematic trailer for Snowden. A movie based on Edward Snowden's story.
http://mashable.com/2016/04/27/snowden-trailer/

Get your first look at director Oliver Stone's take on one of the most gripping real-life political thrillers in recent memory.

04/25/2016

How young Africans found a voice on Twitter

How Twitter is helping people find a voice?
https://www.ted.com/talks/siyanda_mohutsiwa_how_young_africans_found_a_voice_on_twitter

What can a young woman with an idea, an Internet connection and a bit of creativity achieve? That's all Siyanda Mohutsiwa needed to unite young African voices in a new way. Hear how Mohutsiwa and other young people across the continent are using social media to overcome borders and circumstance, acc…

04/25/2016

Facebook adds free group calling to Messenger

Some news for Messenger users.
http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/facebook-messenger-group-calling/

Move over Skype, Facebook Messenger is beefing up its calling features in a big way.

04/22/2016

iPhone users hit with Apple ID expiration scam

Look out Iphone users.
http://mashable.com/2016/04/21/iphone-texting-scam/ .1io8Tztiq8

Watch out, iPhone users.

04/22/2016

Discover the physical side of the internet

Find out whats physical about the internet https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_blum_what_is_the_internet_really

When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it -- the underwater cables, secret switches and other physical bits that make up the net.

04/18/2016

Digital Media Junior, Ashley Wolski's second 15 second commercial.

04/15/2016

Check out Digital Media Junior, Chais Anthony's second 15 second commercial.

04/05/2016

Check out Digital Media Junior, Lauren Moon's second 15 second commercial