Here’s why NBC Sports built a soccer fan social networking app
If you're a soccer fan in America, life is hard. The best players for the sport you love live overseas. Most U.S. citizens only care about the game once every four years, when it's…
View ArticleNo more Twitter FOMO: The “while you were away” feature is live
Twitter's missed tweets product is now live on its iOS app. The feature will expand to Android and web browsers soon. When you've been gone from the service for awhile, you'll be shown…
View ArticleSnapchat hiring journalists to become its own publisher
Not content to rely on major brands for its new media exploration section, Snapchat is also planning on making its own according to a new report by Digiday. The company will…
View ArticleOver 1,000 people showed up to Product Hunt’s massive happy hour
Product Hunt's happy hour starts in 20 minutes, and the line stretches far down the street. As I stroll through Geary, blocks from the bar, I’m convinced the crowds must be gathering…
View ArticleThis explains why no men were using Pinterest
If you ever wondered why Pinterest took off with women and not men, we have our answer. Friday the company announced it had changed its search filtering options so that men could…
View ArticleVine rings in its second year by hitting 1.5 billion daily loops
Video app Vine celebrated its second anniversary Saturday, prompting product head Jason Toff to share new metrics. The company is now seeing 1.5 billion loops, or plays, a day of its…
View ArticleUber’s first test of crisis surge cap went unnoticed in October
All eyes are on New York, where along with a massive incoming storm, Uber is rolling out its emergency surge pricing cap. On Monday, there was a flurry of coverage by media outlets from Bloomberg…
View ArticleHere’s why new competitors can’t do what Hotel Tonight does
HotelTonight, the app for booking a hotel stay on the go, has introduced new personalized price cuts, one called a "bonus rate" and the other called a "rate drop." [caption id="attachment_910101"…
View ArticleYahoo stock rises as it turns Alibaba investment into separate company
Yahoo is splitting its remaining Alibaba shares into a separate company called SpinCo. The move will help Yahoo avoid the tax pitfalls of the investment. The news came Tuesday as Yahoo reported its...
View ArticleCan media do for Snapchat what it did for Facebook?
Snapchat is distancing itself from its core messaging feature with its new Discover product. Instead of offering new communication tools, it's focusing on media content to hook users. It's hoping that...
View ArticleFacebook takes on Twitter with real-time Super Bowl hub
Looks like Facebook has decided it can do Twitter's job better. The social media site has built a live news hub for Sunday's upcoming Super Bowl. It will feature user posts…
View ArticleFacebook’s growth perseveres with healthy fourth quarter earnings
Facebook's earnings are out, and the company beat Wall Street estimates for the tenth quarter in a row. Its growth continues unabated and it surpassed its number of monthly active users from…
View ArticleGoogle misses slightly on fourth quarter earnings and stock dips
Google's fourth quarter earnings came out today and the company missed Wall Street expectations by a very slight amount. The stock dipped down 3 percent in after hours trading. Here are the…
View ArticleKik CEO: “Hey internet are you listening? Messaging has peaked”
It has certainly been an interesting month for messaging apps in the U.S. Around the same time the New York Times penned its zeitgeist proclamation that messaging apps like Snapchat will…
View ArticleThere’s now a kid-friendly Vine
Vine has released a new app just for kids. It features age-appropriate content in a similar six-second video format to the grownup Vine. The videos are held by little cartoon creatures,…
View ArticleNewsweek designer defends his controversial tech sexism cover
The relaunched version of Newsweek is no stranger to controversy. Almost a year ago, it brought the ire of the internet upon it with its launch story on Bitcoin creator Satashi…
View ArticleReport: Uber hired 50 scientists from Carnegie Mellon to build self driving cars
We knew this day would come, but we didn't know it would be this soon. According to TechCrunch, Uber is building a research facility in Pittsburgh to invent its own self-driving cars. Not content…
View ArticleFoursquare loses its CTO amid flurry of other departures
Employee number one at Foursquare, Chief Technology Officer Harry Heymann, has left the company according to The Verge. His departure comes soon after Foursquare's long-standing spokesman Brendan Lewis...
View ArticleGoogle is reportedly creating its own on-demand ride service
Google is building its own ride hailing service, according to a Bloomberg report. The company will likely be integrating its service with its self-driving car technology. There's a pretty big conflict…
View ArticleNew app Timeline brings explainer journalism to mobile
It's the era of explainer journalism and we have a new entrant to the list. Mobile app Timeline seeks to give you historical, on-the-go context about breaking news, current events, and…
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