Facebook Challenges YouTube Channels With New Features For Pages
Twitter’s not the only one Facebook is battling for control of news and content distribution. With Pages getting quieted down in the feed, Facebook wants to make its home for businesses less like a newspaper that come to you and more like TV channels you turn on. That’s why it’s YouTube that’s getting flattered by the social network with a new design for the Video… Read More
Uber Adds A $2 Booking Fee To UberT Rides In NYC
Uber has added a $2 booking fee to uberT rides in NYC, which is charged through the app to your credit card on file, despite the fact that uberT rides still require users to pay their driver the metered fare separately in the city and boroughs. Uber says the fee is being added “on behalf of yellow and boro taxi drivers who utilize the platform,” and then goes on to remind Uber… Read More
‘The Interview’ Streaming Plans Include YouTube, Google Play And Sony’s Own Services
Sony and YouTube are in negotiations to make ‘The Interview’ available for digital rental, according to CNN’s Brian Stelter, and reported separately by Reuters. Reports earlier today suggested that Sony had actually approached the White House for help in securing iTunes as the VOD platform of choice for streaming availability, but technical and infrastructure challenges… Read More
The Greasy Underpan Of Restaurant Tech
by Bryan MenellThis story is repeated hundreds of times across the country, and it goes a little bit like this. A group of tech savvy people go out to eat at a restaurant, and wonder why modern mobile technology has completely bypassed the industry. “Why can’t I push a button on my phone to re-order a beer,” they commonly ask? “I wish we could just split the tab using a simple app on… Read More
Here Lets You Inform People You’ve Arrived With A Selfie
by Steve O'HearFrom the makers of meeting prep app Lowdown, Here lets you send a push notification or an automated email to let attendees know when you have arrived. Read More
Police Can Create Fake Instagram Accounts To Investigate Suspects
by Jordan CrookAccording to a recent opinion passed down by district court judge William Martini in New Jersey, it is 100 percent legal for a police officer to create a fake Instagram account, friend you, and use evidence found in your Instagram feed against you, should you get yourself into the kind of mess that requires such an investigation. No search warrant necessary. ArsTechnica reports that the… Read More
Vizio Lampoons Curved TVs For Being Dumb
Curved TVs are silly – the result of an industry flailing for some new selling point, now that 1080p is pretty much a standard option and the market has proven that no one wants 3D TVs. Vizio wants none of it. To highlight its resistance as Samsung, Sony, LG and the rest of the lot venture into questionable curvy territory, it pushed out a surprisingly chuckle-worthy phony… Read More
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