Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
“The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber. “Wait,” I asked, “so it’s supposed to delete my personal files from my internal hard drive without asking my permission?” “Yes,” she replied. Maybe I’m Not Pressing the Keys Hard Enough. I had just explained to Amber that 122 GB of music files were missing from my…
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A new crop of startups are trying to make gas stations obsolete. Tap an app, and they’ll bring the gas to you, filling up your car while you’re at work, eating breakfast, or watching Netflix. Filld, WeFuel, Yoshi, Purple and Booster Fuels have started operating in a few cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palo…
(Getty) Part of what gives Uber an edge over taxis is that you can request an Uber while still in your apartment and know that it will be there when you finally change out of your pajamas, finish your Blades of Steel game, find your keys (ha, they were in my pocket all along!)…
China’s messaging services show that conversational interfaces are not always desirable. // end .article-topper__hgroup Picture a nightmarish future in which half-witted “conversational user interfaces” drive us insane with mindless conversation and misunderstandings. As U.S. tech companies rush to emulate the success of China’s messaging platforms, this could be where we’re headed. Dan Grover, a product…
2. What Is Talkshow? Talkshow is a new messaging app where all the conversations are public. The company says Talkshow “is texting in public,” but it really feels much more like a public-facing Slack room — an ongoing conversation between multiple people, that anyone can see. ID: 8532033 3. Wait. Isn’t that Twitter? No. Here’s…
Millions of drivers use Waze, a Google-owned navigation app, to find the best, fastest route from point A to point B. And according to a new study, all of those people run the risk of having their movements tracked by hackers. Researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara recently discovered a Waze vulnerability that allowed…
When Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp expressed frustration with his company’s performance on Apple News last week, his complaints apparently were just the tip of the iceberg. Other publishing execs are unhappy about everything from the traffic they’re getting from the two-month-old news aggregation app to the user experience to the data Apple’s giving them….
Publishers, especially B2B publishers, find that reaching readers via the new digital platforms is too much of a crapshoot to be a sustainable business model for them to investment in There is no shortage of digital distribution platforms that want content from publishers. Whether it is Facebook’s Instant Articles or Apple News, Flipboard or the digital…
As part of the landmark $100 million settlement agreed to last night, Uber says drivers will now be allowed to ask for tips. Which means everyone, even you, will now have to tip their drivers. Forever. Probably in cash, since there’s no way to do it in the app. extended entry your rating as a rider…