Work to start on new Como Community Center this fall, before costs go up any more
Two years after hitting the pause button, city leaders are ready to get started on giving the Como neighborhood the new community center it was promised in the 2014 bond program. Project costs have ballooned — to $13.9 million from $8.7 million in the meantime. "This was our first venture …
Long Beach election results for mayor, city council
The front yard of a house on Rutgers Avenue in District 5, in east Long Beach, on Election Day, Tuesday, April 10. This house served as a polling place. (Chris Haire/staff). By Chris Haire | chaire@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram. April 10, 2018 at 8:37 pm. Mayor Robert Garcia is …
Drake & Taylor Swift the Victims of YouTube Hack
Hackers have targeted a series of YouTube videos, including Drake's “God's Plan” and “Hotline Bling,” alongside Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's hit “Despacito.” Songs by Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were also affected by the hack. All the videos had been uploaded by VEVO. The hackers changed … Read More
YouTube Hackers Target Drake, Taylor Swift, More: Report
Hackers have targeted several major YouTube accounts hosted by Vevo, the BBC reports. Drake, Taylor Swift, and Selena Gomez are among the artists whose video thumbnails were replaced with an image of masked people pointing guns, according to the BBC. The hackers called themselves Prosox … Read More
Lady Leshurr: YouTube’s queen bee
Ten years ago, Lady Leshurr would've been considered a rapper, pure and simple. But today, the 29-year-old's hugely successful online videos make her difficult to categorise. "I never thought I'd be classed as a YouTuber, but I guess I am technically," she tells BBC News. "YouTube has done … Read More
How to be positive about redundancy
My first task was to get onto LinkedIn and connect with my network. A very brief note to them just touching on the above was enough for me. I didn't want to dwell on being negative about anything, it was time to get moving. The day after the notice, I …
The gender pay gap isn’t just about what you make. It’s about what you do
Recent data from LinkedIn shows that over four decades, some of this has changed. Women are slowly infiltrating high-paying, male-dominated fields like science, tech and engineering. Industries like software and IT services, manufacturing and public safety are hiring more women into leadership roles. Read More
Consumers don’t trust Facebook at all [new survey data]
For context that's a margin of 24 percentage points when compared to the average of how consumers ranked Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter, and YouTube. Facebook's latest trust troubles started with news that a rogue research firm, Cambridge Analytica, illegally obtained data on 87 million … Read More
Instagram Testing ‘Nametags’ Feature That’s Essentially A Snapcodes Clone
Instagram's theft of key Snapchat features continues: The Facebook-owned photo app is reportedly readying a feature called Nametags that would essentially function like Snapchat's Snapcodes. Nametags enable users to create special images that, when scanned with the camera in Instagram Stories, … Read More
Instagram launches ‘Focus’ tool that lets users add iPhone-style portrait mode to photos and videos …
Instagram is launching a new Portrait Mode feature that works even if you don't own one of Apple's pricier iPhone models. Called 'Focus', the feature allows users to take portrait photos, which soften the background once a camera detects a face in its view. It's not just limited to selfies, …