I got a chance to sit down at RISE 2017 in Hong Kong with WeChat’s Director of User Growth Stephen Wang. For those unfamiliar, WeChat began as a messaging app back in 2010 created by China’s Tencent, but over the years, it has quickly become a tool of everyday life in mainland China. WeChat has […]
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Calm, cruel and connected: May’s best and worst of IoT
It seems that every day a new IoT device or means to connect existing devices is revealed. With so much energy in being devoted to tell us how, when, where, what we can connect to each other, the “why” may be getting a little blurry. So we want to take a step back every now and […]
Could wearables and social media be the future of medical trials?
Wearables and social media might dominate the future of medical trials, according to a new survey that asked members of the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) what technologies would be most beneficial and see the most adoption in the next two to five years. The survey results showed five emerging technologies that are substantially […]
Racist hack forces thousands of printers to spew nasty flyers
Infamous black hat and Internet troll Andrew Auernheimer is up to his usual tricks, this time exploiting thousands of unsecure internet-connected printers and forcing them to spew out racist propaganda flyers. He discovered that printers with port 9100 exposed can print anything you want, after you add a small postscript file to the port. After […]
Building developer communities, part two: Crytek
Yesterday Unity Development Interview with Unity Development’s Carl Callewaert about what they have learned about the best ways to build developer communities. Today we are talking with David Bowman, the Director of Production at Crytek on the same subject, and how social media is a vital element to empowering your community. Crytek has a very […]
Buffer’s Gift To Other Startups: How To Grow Gracefully
The social-media management company’s secrets.
Twitter’s Latest Tweak Aims To Cut Out The Noise In Conversations
“Interesting exchanges” to get bumped up on tweet pages.
Pinterest Opens Its Doors—And Its API—To Developers At Last
Coders, start your integrations.
How Twitter’s New Abuse Filter Could Backfire
Users can’t turn it off—or even see what it’s doing.
We’re All At The Mercy Of The Facebook News Feed
Friends are in, publishers are out … until next time.
Twitter Now Lets You Receive Direct Messages From Anyone
Opening the tweetgates.
Serving Divorce Papers On Facebook: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come
In this case, “sharing” is not caring.
Oculus Rift Is Coming, And Facebook Wants It To Be Your New Reality
Virtual reality is here, but just barely. So far, that is.
Who Wants To Send Their Friends Money Via Facebook Messenger?
The social network will be watching—and presumably learning.
Death Gets A Facebook Update
The social network offers its users more options as to how they’ll be remembered.
Sur-prize! Amazon Takes Over Contest Giveaways
Its new tool lets you run your own sweepstakes.
Don’t Text Me! Let’s Revive The Lost Art Of Emailing
It’s time to take back our inboxes from the e-marketers.
Facebook And LinkedIn Are Headed For The Office
Both want into the workplace-collaboration game.
You Might See Twitter’s Native Video Feature In A Few Weeks
Like a more convenient Vine.
Facebook’s Got Us On Lockdown, Study Confirms
And it plans on keeping us that way.