How are your gifts stacking up this holiday season? On the Internet and social media these days, there are virtually lots of ways to give or receive a present. While not every gift is equal, it’s the thought that counts, right? What’s the best gift you got this year? Comic via The Joy of Tech
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How to Explain Your Job to Different People This Holiday Party Season
Do you feel like you’re answering the same questions over and over again each holiday season? The trick to surviving these holiday examinations is to learn how to leverage your answers to make the best of any conversation. And when it comes to holiday parties, the career questions are always on the menu. So whether… Continue reading How to Explain Your Job to Different People This Holiday Party Season
Crowdtilt Raises $23M to Make It Simple to Crowdfund Everyday Things
By now you have probably heard of or contributed to one of the famous crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter or Indiegogo that have raised millions for creative works like independent films and gadgets or to help spur initiatives in local communities. But what about crowdfunding everyday things? “Only so many people have a $40,000 documentary they… Continue reading Crowdtilt Raises $23M to Make It Simple to Crowdfund Everyday Things
Facebook Now Auto-Plays Video Ads in Your Feed
Just two weeks ago we spotted Facebook testing auto-play videos in the desktop News Feed. Today our worst fears have come true: the long-awaited auto-play video ads are here. In what could mark the beginning of the end of the golden Facebook era, Facebook announced that it will start testing auto-play video ads in your… Continue reading Facebook Now Auto-Plays Video Ads in Your Feed
Twitter Rumored to Be Working on Edit Feature for Tweets
You’ve done it again: misspelled a word in your tweet. Now is the time of reckoning. Do you leave the tweet as is, or do you delete it and tweet an improved version? Wait. Someone’s already re-tweeted you! There’s no going back now. If only you could edit that small (but glaring) error out of… Continue reading Twitter Rumored to Be Working on Edit Feature for Tweets
New Cloud Hosting Provider DigitalOcean Is Now Growing Faster than Amazon
Have you heard of the new cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean? Amazon sure has because DigitalOcean is now growing faster than Amazon’s own Web services. According to the December 2013 Web Server Survey by NetCraft, DigitalOcean showed a month-on-month gain of 6,514 computers while Amazon grew by just a few hundred less Web-facing computers. Together, the… Continue reading New Cloud Hosting Provider DigitalOcean Is Now Growing Faster than Amazon
Are Robots Taking Over the Internet?
Do you want to know what the Internet really is? The Internet is everywhere, it’s all around us. You can see it when you look out your window or turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work. Like have you ever been online and got that eerie feeling you’re talking… Continue reading Are Robots Taking Over the Internet?
Email Marketers Rejoice: Images to Display by Default in Gmail
Do you ever wish you could open an email and see it fully, with no tricks for getting embedded images to appear?. Google announced today that images will soon display automatically in Gmail on desktop, iOS and Android. No more clicking the “display images below” link or worrying that you’re missing something that didn’t load… Continue reading Email Marketers Rejoice: Images to Display by Default in Gmail
