Matt Buchanan
Race, Silicon Valley And Tech Media, Part 14
Max Read and Nitashu Tiku have the last word on Silicon Valley and tech media's race problem.
How Monster Got Beat By Beats By Dre
How Monster, maker of the world's premiere overpriced HDMI cables became Monster, maker of the world's premiere over headphones, and then lost it all.
Watching This Clip Shows Why 4K Video Might Be A Thing
No one bought a new TV for 3-D despite the massive multi-year push from Hollywood and the TV industry. But 4K might have a different story. Just watch this.
Facebook Gift Cards Are Actual Cards That Hold Actual Money To Spend In Actual Stores
Gift cards are terrible gifts, and Facebook Gifts triple terribly so, BUT Facebook Gift Cards — actually gift cards with Facebook emblazoned on the front — have one neat trick: They can hold balances for multiple different stores. Meaning you can give somebody $20 to spend at Target, $10 at Starbucks and $1 at the Olive Garden. But really, you shouldn't.
How We Facebook Now
For the first time ever, more daily active users accessed Facebook through mobile devices than a desktop, with 157 million of its billion users only signing in through mobile apps.
Why Photos Are Bigger On Twitter Now
Twitter is a little different now. Bigger photos, without leaving the stream, and videos now show up in galleries. [Insert "Twitter is becoming a media company" story here.]
The Easiest Way To Make Awesome Coffee
You will need to buy four things. Sorry, there's no way around it.
"Peak Barnes & Noble"
Barnes & Noble currently has over 680 stores, at one point opening 30 new locations a year. But now it expects to close 20 stores a year over the next decade. Which is fine, sort of, as more reading moves to screens. But, unfortunately for Barnes & Noble, sales of its Nook ebook reader aren't spectacular.
How To Kill A Tech Site You Paid Almost $2 Billion For
CBS continues to crush editorial independence and morale at CNET as it continues to forbid the tech site from reviewing or saying good things about companies it is suing. "Morale is plummeting," Romenesko reports.
Why Facebook Blocked Vine (According To Facebook)
On its developer blog, Facebook calls out " apps that are using Facebook to either replicate our functionality or bootstrap their growth in a way that creates little value for people on Facebook, such as not providing users an easy way to share back to Facebook." It's unclear what Facebook function Vine replicates, though, besides having friends.
Why Facebook Snipped Twitter's Vine
It doesn't want Twitter to see who your Facebook friends are.
What A 5-Inch iPhone Would Be Like
I sort don't want to imagine a 5-inch iPhone, but if one were to come into existence, it'd probably look something like one of these exhaustively considered options by Rene Ritchie. Which, ugh. But.