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How you type with your smartphone can reveal your age – here’s why it matters
It’s a big issue for users and the industry.
Source: How you type with your smartphone can reveal your age – here’s why it matters
Brands Know They’re Being Creepy
Retargeting ads that follow shoppers across sites and devices, asking for personal info and contacts when clicking on a Facebook quiz, or wanting an email in exchange for using “free” Wi-Fi in a public place can all fall under the “too creepy” umbrella.
Nike’s latest Air Jordan sneaker ‘drop’ showcased the potential of Snapchat commerce
Shopify and Darkstore helped bring the in-app shopping experience to life.
Source: Nike’s latest Air Jordan sneaker ‘drop’ showcased the potential of Snapchat commerce – Recode
Museums woo a new generation with ‘Instagram worthy’ art
Curators are increasingly crafting exhibits with selfie-seeking Millennials in mind. In L.A., a hotbed for the trend on the West Cost, installation shows sell out in minutes.
Source: Museums woo a new generation with ‘Instagram worthy’ art – CSMonitor.com
Google is replacing Facebook’s traffic to publishers
Google’s increased traffic to publishers is replacing the traffic publishers have lost from Facebook, according to new data from Chartbeat.
Source: Google is replacing Facebook’s traffic to publishers – Recode
The Google Chrome Ad Blocker Has Already Changed the Web
Google started blocking the web’s worst ads in Chrome on Thursday. Here’s what it means for you.
Source: The Google Chrome Ad Blocker Has Already Changed the Web | WIRED
This MIT Startup Is Developing A Fitness Tracker For Your Brain
The Embrace smartwatch was designed for epilepsy patients. But its impact could be much broader.
Source: This MIT Startup Is Developing A Fitness Tracker For Your Brain
Aspiring data scientist? Master these fundamentals.
Data science is an exciting, fast-moving field to become involved in. There’s no shortage of demand for talented, analytically-minded individuals. Companies of all sizes are hiring data scientists, and the role provides real value across a wide range of industries and applications.
Google Thinks The Future Of The Web Is . . . Email
Google is making email a lot more interactive, to save you all those confusing clicks.
Neural Networks Are The New Apps
Google spent years building Shazam-style functionality into the Pixel’s operating system. It may be where smartphones are heading.
Source: Neural Networks Are The New Apps
Is The Internet Of Things Dead, Or Is It Growing Up?
The internet of things has never quite found its footing, and some proclaim the once-hyped concept is dead. Even as tech companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google pour money into smart speakers, there’s no real, tangible use for them. Other companies have tried–to little avail–to sell us dumb smart products like smart refrigerators and smart water bottles. And smart homes? They spy on users–and they’re just plain annoying.
For Matt Webb, a technologist at R/GA London, the potential of the internet of things isn’t inside your home. It’s outside of it. “It’s where we can finally start assembling parts to make products or services or companies with a smaller number of people or with greater ambition than before,” he says. “IoT is solving problems in the business space really clearly.”
Source: Is The Internet Of Things Dead, Or Is It Growing Up?
Android Wear is getting killed, and it’s all Qualcomm’s fault
This weekend will mark two years since Qualcomm’s last smartwatch chip was announced.
Source: Android Wear is getting killed, and it’s all Qualcomm’s fault | Ars Technica
Many Users Will Stop Viewing Content That’s Slow to Load
Nearly 80% of the 1,011 US adults Adobe surveyed in December 2017 said that if a piece of content takes too long to load, they will either stop viewing it altogether or switch to a different device. Survey respondents expressed more sensitivity toward slow loading times than they did to other issues, like broken links or content not displaying properly on a device.
Source: Many Users Will Stop Viewing Content That’s Slow to Load – eMarketer
Conversational Commerce: Why Consumers Are Embracing Voice Assistants
What do consumers think of Conversational Commerce, and how can retailers and brands devise a sound voice-driven Conversational Commerce strategy?
Source: Conversational Commerce: Why Consumers Are Embracing Voice Assistants
Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online in ‘Biggest Leak in History’
Source code for iBoot, one of the most critical iOS programs, was anonymously posted on GitHub.
Source: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online in ‘Biggest Leak in History’ – Motherboard
Your mobile phone can give away your location, even if you tell it not to
It’s not just fitness trackers – mobile phones can reveal users’ whereabouts too, even with location tracking turned off.
Source: Your mobile phone can give away your location, even if you tell it not to
Intel’s new Vaunt smart glasses actually look good
Smart glasses that won’t make you look like a Google Glasshole.
Source: Exclusive: Intel’s new Vaunt smart glasses actually look good – The Verge
We’ve reached peak smartphone. What are Apple and Samsung going to do now?
You don’t really need a new device. Here’s what that means for what you already own.
Source: We’ve reached peak smartphone. What are Apple and Samsung going to do now? – The Washington Post
IDC: Tablet shipments decline for 13th straight quarter, Amazon overtakes Samsung for second place
The tablet market has now declined year-over-year for 13 quarters straight. Q4 2017 saw a 7.9 percent year-over-year decline: 49.6 million units shipped worldwide, compared to 53.8 million units in the same quarter last year. The only silver lining is that declines for 2017 haven’t been in the double-digits, like they were in 2016.
How Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses work, and what they can do
Intel developed a prototype for a pair of smart glasses that are designed to look normal… for a pair of smart glasses.
Source: How Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses work, and what they can do – Business Insider