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Farewell to Katch It’s been an amazing ride, but it’s time to say goodbye. Katch will be shutting down on May 4th, 2016. To our users — you have been incredible, inspiring, and supportive… which makes this post that much harder to write. It is with great disappointment that we’re announcing that Katch will be shutting down…
Mobile live streaming got a big boost in credibility after Facebook turned on the switch, just a few months after Twitter released Periscope. Yet a year in, live streaming casualties are starting to mount. First, it was Meerkat, the onetime tech darling last month pivoted away from live broadcasting. Now, on Tuesday, Katch.me, one of the first startups built…
Google Search is kind of a running experiment. As far as I can tell, the way it functions has never stayed exactly the same for longer than a few weeks, as Google developers are constantly tinkering with new ways to improve the system. Most of the time, these updates make the overall search experience better,…
The first witness in the Jian Ghomeshi trial repeatedly said she was assaulted in a yellow Volkswagen. Linda Christina Redgrave, as we now know her, described the car as a “Love Bug,” a “Disney car,” and a “Beetle.” That’s part of how she lost her credibility in court, ruled Justice William Horkins, because Ghomeshi…
By Caitlin Dewey × Caitlin Dewey is The Post’s digital culture critic. Follow her on Twitter @caitlindewey or subscribe to her daily newsletter on all things Internet. (tinyletter.com/cdewey) More March 2 (Clone Zone) There’s an entire industry of hoax news sites that churn out share bait baloney to get clicks and ad views. But Clone…
The ability to interact with Facebook posts had remained static for a long time. Like, share, comment, ignore and report were pretty much the only ways to make your feelings known. Facebook Reactions offered users another way to express themselves, and results have been mixed. Content marketing agency Fractl looked at the top three posts, as ranked…
Photo Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist who helped to rescue slaves, in the late 1800s. Credit H. B. Lindsley/Library of Congress WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department will announce on Wednesday afternoon that Harriet Tubman, an African-American who ferried thousands of slaves to freedom, will replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20…
Emily Weber and Alexander Telinde, a couple from Virginia, assaulted a transit police officer who was trying to give stop them after one jumped a turnstile, according to police and prosecutors. View Full Caption Facebook EAST WILLIAMSBURG — A young Virginia couple visiting New York City attacked a transit police officer, hitting him repeatedly with…
Aram Zucker-Scharff, a developer who works at Salon, was recently testing an ad unit when it broke the page he was on. He then went on Twitter and published an essay about his views of the ad tech industry today. I reached out to Aram and asked if he could expound on some of his…
If you’re a freelance writer, the majority of your editors are probably male and the majority of your colleagues are probably female. That’s not just an anecdotal generalization. The American Society of News Editors (ASNE)’s latest report showed that, on average, women make up only 37 percent of newsroom staffs and hold only 35 percent of supervisor roles….