Cherlynn Low @cherlynnlow Years. Some of us in the industry have been waiting close to ten years for the long-rumored Pixel Watch. Now that it’s here, expectations are naturally high. After all, Google had all that time to finetune its first smartwatch, and everyone’s been anxious to see if this could be the product … Continue reading Fossil finally gets Google Assistant on its Wear OS 3 smartwatches
By Sam Becker June 22, 2023 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) isn’t exactly known for its stellar customer service—something that’s become increasingly clear in recent years. But there’s good news: The agency is making significant improvements in how it deals with taxpayers, directly. With the official tax-filing deadline two months behind us, it appears … Continue reading IRS customer service is finally making gains after hellish pandemic-era disruptions
By Safi Aziz June 18, 2023 We, the people, are taking steps to own the world—starting with a golf course tucked away in a Scottish village called Spey Bay. The Scottish Wildlife Trust depicts Spey Bay as a “beautiful coastal reserve [where] constant changes caused by the river create a succession of habitats.” … Continue reading URL communities are finally buying the IRL world
By Chris Morris April 06, 2023 At last, Elon Musk’s culling of legacy verified accounts on Twitter might finally be getting underway. The site’s “Twitter Verified” feed, which historically has followed all verified accounts (before the launch of Twitter Blue) began a mass unfollowing Thursday afternoon. It’s making fast work of it, too. … Continue reading Twitter’s blue checkmark purge may have finally begun
2023 Is The Year To Finally Commit To Email Automation by Brian McKenna , March 16, 2023 As companies warily eye their budgets and marketing mix in 2023, brands are mistakenly undervaluing email because they send individual campaign emails to their entire database, instead of using automation or flow emails. The latter demonstrate higher open … Continue reading 2023 Is The Year To Finally Commit To Email Automation
The suit seeks to force the tech giant to get rid of its ad businesses and engaging in allegedly anticompetitive practices. Constantine von Hoffman on January 24, 2023 The Department of Justice has filed its long-threatened antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of using its adtech to create a monopoly. The suit seeks to … Continue reading Feds finally file anti-monopoly suit over Google’s adtech
Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset will reportedly run ‘xrOS’ Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Apple has internally changed the name of its upcoming mixed reality headset’s accompanying software from “realityOS” to “xrOS,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. As the reporter notes, the new name better represents the software’s capabilities: “XR,” after all, stands for extended reality, … Continue reading Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset could finally debut this spring
Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button, but US users will have to wait Twitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand will get the feature first. K. Holt @krisholt Dado Ruvic / reuters After years of users begging Twitter for an edit button, they’re finally getting their wish. The company is … Continue reading Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button, but US users will have to wait
By alex brown October 05, 2022 “Forever chemicals” are everywhere. The thousands of chemicals in the group known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are found in cookware, packaging, cosmetics, clothing, carpet, electronics, firefighting foam, and many other products. The chemicals, which do not naturally break down, are so widespread that they’re found … Continue reading ‘It’s the government’s job to protect people’: States are finally starting to ban ‘forever chemicals’
With users declining for the first time ever and a steep drop in stock price, the social media giant is looking vulnerable. Kim Davis on February 4, 2022 The last few days have not been good for Facebook — or rather Meta, as we must learn to call the company. Shares fell almost 25% (and … Continue reading Facebook finally hits a brick wall
