The 2017 Silicon Bayou 100: Group 6
… private and philanthropic investment, diversify the local economy, and extend growth opportunities to businesses. Throughout his professional career, he has had experience working for both multi-national and community-based financial institutions such as IBERIABANK and Capital One. On LinkedIn. Read More
Don’t judge a vegetable by its cover! Instagram showcases gorgeous photos of ‘ugly’ produce in an …
Every year, about 2.9 trillion pounds (or a third of the food in the world) is lost or wasted. In the US alone, over a quarter of produce is tossed out for purely for aesthetic reasons. Ugly Produce Is Beautiful is trying to change that. In an effort to minimize …
Vero won’t be the new Instagram because Vero sucks
The "new Instagram" landed at the perfect moment in frustrated social media history. People are increasingly upset with algorithms in general, especially Instagram's. Facebook is getting hella creepy, and Snapchat's newest layout is confusing people off its platform. But despite finding the ideal time to … Read More
Nature Is Not as Beautiful as Instagram
I eased myself into these dark days of disconnect gradually, deleting Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook from my phone before getting on the train that took me into the woods. On the train, I deleted more apps—Slack, BuzzFeed, Reddit, Chrome, Gmail—and rearranged my home screen with the few apps I … Read …
Slough Borough Council launch investigation into WhatsApp message complaint
A complaint about messages allegedly sent by the Chair of Wexham Court Parish Council calling for an all Muslim leadership is being investigated by Slough Borough Council (SBC). The alleged WhatsApp messages seen by The Express, dated April 22 show a contact under the name of Shadia Akbar … Read More
Here’s how the new WhatsApp update could leave you seriously out of pocket
It might be time to mute that group chat forever, WhatsApp is having a revamp and it could end up costing you a lot of money. The ever popular messaging app will begin rolling out in-app payment systems which allow users to transfer money to each other. So if you …
Whatsapp calls without internet [Sci Tech]
In this week's Sci-tech segment, we reveal a 26 year old Rwandan Deodate Mugenzi who has created a system to make a whatsapp call without internet connection possible. ADVERTISING. inRead invented by Teads. Also, we highlight existing technologies that are set to change the sexual lives of … Read More
Armie Hammer Revives Twitter Feud With Buzzfeed Writer: Maybe Try ”Medicating”
Last November, senior culture writer Anne Helen Peterson's "Ten Long Years of Trying to Make Armie Hammer Happen," which painted the actor's Hollywood career in a negative light, caused Hammer to quit Twitter. The Call Me By Your Name star said his "life was way better off" without Twitter's "toxic … …
Emma González Now Has More Twitter Followers Than The NRA
Twitter isn't everything, but the brief time in which González and her classmates have built up followings is a testament to the power of their message. The weekend after the shooting, González called BS on lawmakers' "thoughts and prayers" in an a hard-to-forget speech tinged with a very welcome, … Read …
#NeverForget Has Become a Reminder of What Twitter Was Meant to Do
Every time a new Republican lawmaker or talking head tried to shout them down, the students from Parkland seemed to defang them with an extraordinary sangfroid Twitter jiu-jitsu. Tomi Lahren, the 25-year-old conservative Fox News host, tried to quench the anger of Americans by tweeting that the … Read More