admin In 2022, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey left the company. One of his new projects, Bluesky, is a social media app it seems Exactly like Twitter. The difference? Bluesky promises an unprecedented level of control over your scrolling experience. The goal, essentially, is to undo all of Dorsey’s self-described mistakes, fixing social media and perhaps, hopefully, … Read more
Six weeks into Professor Max Zhang’s Internet of Things (IoT) course, he holds a graduation ceremony, complete with music, certificates and photos because, after an intensive course on how to build, code and extract data from sensors, students are ready for the next goal of the courses: helping the community. The course asks students to … Read more
May 12, 2023 Image caption, A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan throws tear gas during clashes with security forces in Karachi The battle between Imran Khan’s supporters and Pakistan’s mighty military has raged this week on two fronts: in the streets and on social media. And on a battlefield, the former prime minister … Read more
The Nintendo Switch is full of surprises and can be used for many different things. Like watching YouTube, using a calculator and, of course, playing video games. But did you know that Nintendo Switch has a hidden internet browser? You won’t find Internet Browser as an app on the eShop or even in the system … Read more
Mohammed Faisal, a food delivery boy in Karachi, has lost 6,000 rupees ($20) in the past three days. The 26-year-old relies on the WhatsApp messaging service to receive and track the locations of his food orders. He uses his trusty motorbike and a smartphone with mobile broadband internet to navigate the main roads, narrow streets … Read more
An interview withEd ZitronFounder and CEO Ed Zitron will speak at the AdExchangers programmatic IO conference on May 16-17 in Las Vegas.Click here to sign up. As a PR consultant for tech companies, Ed Zitron has seen a few things. He knows where the bodies are buried and is happy to point them out. Zitron … Read more
At the height of the cryptocurrency hype, proponents proclaimed that it would solve every problem under the sun. Artur WidakNurPhoto/Getty Images In November 2001, the New York Times declared: Dot-com is gone, and with it the dream. Three years later, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room. The rise, fall, and eventual resurgence … Read more
This was the first web page in the world. Thirty years ago, the World Wide Web fell into the public domain. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption on/off Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images This was the first web page in the world. Thirty years ago, the World Wide Web fell into the … Read more
NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) For the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin has had to tell his guests that he couldn’t provide them with the Internet. Others living in Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closest to neighboring China, have struggled to pay electricity bills, make a doctor’s appointment, or receive a package. To … Read more
My longest parasocial relationship, with a popular beauty influencer named Jenn Im, spans eight years. I discovered her in a vlog titled Meet My Boyfriend and since then, along with over 3 million other subscribers, have kept up with what she eats in a day and her monthly beauty favorites. Her videos have become a … Read more