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Original Content podcast: We take a drink with season two of 'Jessica Jones'
Mar 19, 4:49PM
Netflix recently released the second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, which finds the titular private detective dealing with unwanted fame and investigating the mysterious organization that gave her superpowers. Despite successfully confronting her nemesis Kilgrave at the end of season one, Jessica (played by Krysten Ritter) remains as prickly as ever — and just as […]
Magic Leap opens up its 'Creator Portal' with SDK and design guidelines for devs
Mar 19, 4:30PM
After maintaining a quiet presence for quite a while, Magic Leap is finally feeling a bit more chatty, at least when it comes to what they’re sharing with developers. As the Game Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco this week, Magic Leap is opening up their “Creator Portal” to developers sharing their SDK, tutorials, […]
Facebook builds Patreon, Niche clones to lure creators with cash
Mar 19, 4:00PM
Facebook is eager to displace YouTube and Patreon in order to become the home of online content creators, so it’s testing a bunch of new ways for them to earn money and connect with fans. Facebook’s dedicated Creator app that launched in November on iOS will come to Android soon, and it’s also starting a closed […]
Walmart to sell Handy's in-home installation and assembly services in over 2,000 stores
Mar 19, 3:55PM
Walmart this morning announced a partnership with home services provider Handy, which will allow customers to purchase in-home installation and assembly assistance in over 2,000 of Walmart’s stores. News of the deal follows IKEA’s recent launch of its own in-home assembly service through TaskRabbit. It will also challenge Amazon’s growing Home Services business, which includes assembly […]
Facebook lets all PC games Live stream and reward viewers
Mar 19, 3:01PM
Facebook is challenging Twitch and YouTube for video game live streaming supremacy with the release of its new Games SDK for PC. After testing Live streaming from games like Overwatch from developers like Blizzard since 2016, today Live broadcasting from PC games to the News Feed opens to all developers. And Facebook will let them […]
Rylo's shoot first, frame later camera is ideal for casual adventure-seekers
Mar 19, 2:39PM
Action cameras are a gadget that mostly cater to a person’s wish to see themselves in a certain way: Most people aren’t skiing off mountains or cliff diving most of the time, but they aspire to. The issue with most action cameras, though, is that even when you actually do something cool, you still have […]
LinkedIn now lets job seekers ask for referrals with a click of a button
Mar 19, 2:38PM
LinkedIn this morning is rolling out a new feature for job searchers that allows them to better leverage their network of connections when looking for a new job. The company is introducing “Ask for a Referral,” which places a button next to the jobs where you know people who work at the company advertising open […]
Pinterest is slowly rolling out its automated shopping ads to more marketers
Mar 19, 2:37PM
Pinterest is looking to continue to increase its portfolio of ads, though sometimes that can take a little while to see the light of day — and that includes a new-ish tool called Shopping Ads that’s slowly getting opened to more marketers and advertisers. Getting new ad formats is important for a smaller company looking […]
#deletefacebook
Mar 19, 2:16PM
Facebook is using us. It is actively giving away our information. It is creating an echo chamber in the name of connection. It surfaces the divisive and destroys the real reason we began using social media in the first place – human connection. It is a cancer. I’ve begun the slow process of weaning myself […]
Bear Flag Robotics wants to sell an autonomous tractor for farms
Mar 19, 2:00PM
Autonomous vehicles are increasingly becoming the shiny object in Silicon Valley. But the opportunity doesn’t just extend to cars driving around the streets of a major metropolitan area, and Igino Cafiero and Aubrey Donnellan hope to take it somewhere a little less obvious: the middle of an orchard. Cafiero and Donnellan are building an autonomously-driven tractor […]
Biomedical startup AesculaTech is creating a new, more patient-friendly drug delivery system
Mar 19, 1:56PM
"Reverse chocolate" — that's how AesculaTech co-founder and chief science officer Niki Bayat describes the material created by its proprietary technology. Chocolate is solid until heated, when it melts deliciously into liquid. AesculaTech's material, on the other hand, is a liquid at low temperatures, turns into a gel when heated and then reaches its final, […]
Google introduces 'Shopping Actions' to help retailers in their battle with Amazon
Mar 19, 1:46PM
Google announced this morning a new plan to help retailers take on Amazon – and give Google a cut of their sales in the process. The search giant will allow retailers to list their products across Google Search, in its Google Express shopping service, and in the Google Assistant app for smartphones and on smart […]
Players Lounge lets gamers make money off their eSports skills
Mar 19, 1:40PM
Online gamers love to talk a big game, but how willing are they to put their money with their mouth is? Players Lounge is a home for gamers looking to make friendly wagers with strangers and friends in head-to-head matches. When we first covered the startup back in 2015, the team was getting people together […]
Facebook shares drop 4.4 percent following Cambridge Analytica debacle
Mar 19, 1:40PM
Facebook has been at the center of a hectic debate about Cambridge Analytica and the company's improper use of Facebook data. As a result, Facebook shares (NASDAQ:FB) opened at $177.01, down 4.4 percent compared to Friday's closing price of $185.09. Share prices are still going down after the opening bell. NASDAQ as a whole is […]
Volkswagen's I.D. R Pikes Peak all-electric race car will tackle the iconic climb
Mar 19, 1:28PM
Volkswagen wants to make sure people are aware of just how versatile their forthcoming MEB platform, which will prove the base for all of its all-electric I.D. vehicles, really is. The MEB-based I.D. R Pikes Pace, a prototype all-electric race car, will take on the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb in Colorado this June to help […]
Pockit Loqbox promises to help the UK's 'unbanked' improve their credit score
Mar 19, 1:26PM
Building up your credit history or improving your credit score often presents somewhat of a catch-22 situation. You’ll need to take out some form of credit to do so, such as a loan or credit card, but if your score is too low or your history too chequered, you’ll typically be offered a very bad […]
HTC's Vive Pro headset will retail for a steep $799, and that doesn't even include controllers
Mar 19, 1:00PM
The top widely available VR headset that money can buy is… gonna take a lot of money to buy. HTC has released pricing info for its Vive Pro headset that the company showed off at CES and it ain’t cheap. The company had previously detailed that they would begin selling the system as a headset-only […]
Jay-Z's Roc Nation and First Round Capital invest $3 million in bail reform startup Promise
Mar 19, 1:00PM
Nationwide, 62 percent of the jail population accounts for people who can’t afford bail, according to the Vera Institute of Justice. A lot of these incarcerated individuals are behind bars because they committed crimes at the misdemeanor level or lower. This is a significant statistic from a human rights perspective, as well as an economic […]
Amazon's new GameOn API helps developers add eSports competitions to their games
Mar 19, 1:00PM
Here’s a curious bit of news for your Monday morning: Amazon wants to be the backend for gaming tournaments. They’ve built a new, AWS-powered platform called “GameOn” for third-party developers, allowing them to easily add things like tournaments, leaderboards and leagues to their games. Fittingly for Amazon, there’s a product fulfillment aspect to the new […]
Uber said to be negotiating sale of self-driving tech to Toyota
Mar 19, 11:54AM
Uber might begin selling its autonomous driving systems to outside companies, including major automakers, according to a new report from Japan’s Nikkei. The report claims that Uber has had talks with Toyota regarding supplying the automaker with self-driving tech, and that the two are currently in negotiations around how this would work, with talk of […]
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