UK insurance firm Admiral had intended to launch an app this week offering discounted car insurance premiums to first time drivers based on an algorithmic assessment of their Facebook posts. All
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General Catalyst-backed Octane will make you a bot
Bots are hot. Ever since Facebook introduced chatbots at F8 last spring, they’ve been integrated into brand pages for customer service, e-commerce and fun. But, how do you make a
Research: Automation and a destiny of IT jobs
Downloads Research: Automation and a destiny of IT jobs The infancy (74%) of respondents to a new Tech Pro Research pronounced their companies are already, or are considering, automating low-level
Facebook officially announces Gameroom, its PC Steam competitor
After losing mobile gaming to iOS and Android, Facebook is making a big push into playing on PC with today’s developer launch of its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. After
The finish of a corporate network is coming
Corporate networks have been a tack of IT departments given a emergence of IT as a corporate function, and it has been insincere that if we have employees, you’ll need
Instagram tests shoppable photo tags
Instagram wants you to shop without always having to interrupt your scrolling with a browser window. That’s why today it will start showing shoppable tags on photos from 20 retail
Twitter unveils new options for customer service
Twitter has been expanding the customer service side of its product, with recent additions including a Customer Service settings page for businesses. Today it’s adding a couple more features — namely,
Instagram goes down [update: crisis averted]
Instagram’s app and website have been struck by a service today. At around 11:06am, users in the US, Europe, India and elsewhere began a downpour of “Is Instagram down?”. Instagram
Standing Rock pipeline protest was absent from Facebook Trends
A massive social media protest is exploding on Facebook, not Twitter for a change, yet Facebook’s dehumanized Trending system wasn’t picking it up. People around the country are checking in
When President Obama leaves office, his @Potus tweets leave with him
When President Obama turns over the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he’ll also be handing over a number of high-profile social media accounts. Eight days ahead of the election, the
Here are the emojis coming with iOS 10.2, including an astronaut emoji ?
Apple dropped the first beta for iOS 10.2 today. And it comes with the latest update in emoji innovation. You may have noticed that Apple already redesigned most of the
Sheriff’s department denies surveilling Standing Rock protesters via Facebook check-ins
Like wildfire, the latest viral protest spreading across the internet involves Facebook users checking in at Standing Rock, ND en masse to “confuse” and “overwhelm” law enforcement authorities seeking to
Standing Rock pipeline protest absent from Facebook Trends
A massive social media protest is exploding on Facebook, not Twitter for a change, yet Facebook’s dehumanized Trending system wasn’t picking it up. People around the country are checking in
Video: A beam to a 5 levels of unconstrained driving
Not all self-driving technologies are as self-driving as others. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and a US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US NHTSA) have both released discipline for
Vine founders’ Hype app blends live video into a rich multimedia mix
Does the world need another live video app? Meerkat’s demise might suggest not, but that hasn’t stopped Vine’s co-founders from screwing their courage to the sticking place and stepping into
