Twitter Adds 24 More Characters to Each Tweet
Twitter announced earlier this week that it is lessening its strict adherence to the 140-character for each tweet. The company said that media attachments and @names in replies will no …
BET’s CEO Debra Lee Joins Twitter’s Board of Directors
While Facebook is recently facing criticism as an online media company silencing the conservative voice, Twitter is making a move in the right direction. The latter is becoming more like …
Walmart Testing 2-Day Shipping Service
A notable change is being made by Walmart to ShippingPass. The company will move the three-day delivery service to a two-day delivery, in order to compete with Amazon’s own shipping …
Whatsapp Now Has desktop Apps for Mac and Windows
Around fifteen months after WhatsApp’s first web app release comes the launch of its desktop apps for Mac and Windows. The move should please the billion users that Facebook-owned messaging …
Microsoft Acquire Solair
In an announcement, Microsoft revealed that it acquired Solair, an IoT service based in Italy founded in 2011. The company had already used Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform to offer …
Hulu to Introduce New Cable TV-Like Service
Hulu, in an attempt to compete with Sling TV, is fleshing out a brand new cable-TV like service. This is done by agreeing to license channels from Hulu’s co-owners: 21st …
League Launches Rebuilt Dating App
The League, a dating startup, is set to launch version 2.0 of their app in a brand new city: Los Angeles. Founder and CEO Amanda Bradford said The League has …
LinkedIn Beats Earning Expectations and Up 5%
LinkedIn emerged with better-than-expected first quarter results on Thursday. Shares managed to jump to 5% in after-hours trading. Adjusted earnings per share of 74 cents have been reported by the …
Tinder’s New Feature Outs Which of Your Friends Use the App
Tinder has recently announced the testing of its new friend-finding feature. Called “Tinder Social”, the idea is to offer ways for groups of friends to find and connect with other …
YouTube now has Six-Second Bumper Ads
YouTube Product Manager Zach Lupei announced in a blog post that the company has been exploring formats that will be better-suited for smartphone video watchers. This has led to the …