Why BlackBerry Filed a Lawsuit against Facebook
On March 6, BlackBerry (BB) sued Facebook (FB) on allegations that Facebook has infringed on seven technology patents. BlackBerry wants Facebook to shut down its popular messaging applications, including Instagram and WhatsApp. BlackBerry claims it invented modern messaging concepts such … Read More
Spencer officials urge legislators to help with school funding
SPENCER – State legislators representing Spencer and town officials, in their annual meetup Monday night on town issues, focused on the fiscal 2019 budget, school funding, money for state parks, and the legalization of recreational marijuana. State Sen. Anne Gobi, D-Spencer, and state Reps. Read More
WhatsApp Delete for Everyone feature now extended to 4096 seconds
WhatsApp has extended the Delete for Everyone duration from 420 to 4096 seconds (68 minutes and 16 seconds.) The Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp has added the message delete feature to the beta users previously and now the feature is available to everyone. The message which already … Read More
Facebook makes new news move
MENLO PARK, CA: Facebook, the social media giant, is reported to be working with as many as ten news publishers as it tests a daily news video that it plans to launch on its Watch platform this summer. “Timely news video is the latest step in our strategy to make …
Rapper Drake Hints He’s Plant-Based In Social Media Post
Rapper Drake has left fans guessing over whether he is following a plant-based diet, after he made a cryptic post on Instagram. The star, who has come under fire from animal rights charity PETA in the past, after teaming up with fur company Canada Goose, posted a photo of him …
Salesforce Essentials is Here–Now Millions of Small Businesses Can Grow and Innovate Faster on …
Small business teams spend 23 percent of their workdays on average manually inputting data—time that should be spent finding, winning and keeping more customers. Essentials helps small businesses save time with sales and service apps that are easy to set up, learn, use, maintain and add new … Read More
Company culture doesn’t need to be “warm and fuzzy” to be effective
What's more, the company tops the lists of many customer service awards, holds the second spot on LinkedIn's Top Companies to Work For list, and added more than 85,000 employees in 2016. That company is Amazon—and the scathing comments I quote above were part of a 2015 New York Times … …
Instagram & Snapchat Have Temporarily Removed GIFs Because Of A Racist GIF
Instagram and Snapchat were recently under fire because a user reported a racist GIF when they searched for the word “crime”. This fuelled both Instagram and Snapchat to deactivate the GIFs feature on Insta-stories and Snaps via the picture/GIF site GIPHY. Snapchat's statement to TechCrunch said,. Read More
Heads up, whipper-snappers: Soon there will be more of us than there are of you
Already, the middle-aged population outnumbers children in the U.S., but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the country will reach a new age-related milestone in 2035. In that year, senior citizens will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. That's right kids. Get off that older gentleman's … Read …
‘I feel cheated’: Lead vote-getter in Tarrant County race contemplates recount
After three ballots that had been locked away since the March 7 Democratic primary were counted Tuesday, Frieda Porter was no closer to an outright win in the Justice of the Peace Precinct 7 race. Under the results posted on the Tarrant County Elections website, Porter was at least 26 …