Microsoft Tries To Declare A Christmas Truce With Apple

Screen Shot 2015-12-01 at 10.48.50 AM Microsoft has put out a TV commercial for the holidays. In it, some things happen…mostly singing. There are employees, kids and other things going on in a New York City Setting. Apple’s back yard on 5th Ave, to be specific. My colleague Alex and I hopped into Slack, watched it together and shared our thoughts. We think that Microsoft is trying to say that they’re friends, or… Read More

Eminem Partners With Genius, Alex And Drew Rap Battle The News

eminem Today, Eminem announced that he’d be investing in and partnering with lyric-annotation site Genius. It’s kind of a match made in heaven, seeing as Eminem’s lyrics are constantly scrutinized. Here’s what Eminem had to say about the tie-up: Coming up we would always obsess over the lyrics from our favorite MCs. Picking everything apart, trying to get into their heads. I… Read More

Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Twitter Of ‘Listening In’ On Your Direct Messages

3297533849_a32573b118_b The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Twitter is the target of a class action lawsuit having to do with how private direct messages are treated on the service. While it’s quite obvious that there aren’t humans that work at Twitter reading your direct messages, an algorithm is sweeping over them, to swap out links with shortened T.co (the shortening service owned by Twitter) ones… Read More

SpaceX Has Nearly A Full Uber Funding In Contracts

Screen Shot 2015-09-14 at 2.26.22 PM Sending things to space isn’t cheap, which is exactly why Elon Musk got into the business with SpaceX. In a press release today about some newly signed contracts for use of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, the company updated just how much money it has booked. Seven Billion Dollars under contract for the 60 missions on manifest. To put all of this into perspective, Uber… Read More

Twitter’s Stock Bounces Back 9% After An NFL Deal And A Stock Purchase

twitter-earnings If you just read the media reports, Twitter is a sad, ship-jumping mess. The reality of the situation is that while the company might seem like a soap opera part of the time, its uniqueness causes that pain. The “how to fix Twitter” meme continues, with everyone weighing in being an obvious professional when it comes to corporate turnarounds at social firms that benefited from… Read More

Microsoft Has A Brand New Middle Finger With Your Name On It

Pasted_Image_7_29_15__3_49_PM Today, Windows 10 met the world with much fanfare. There’s tons of new features, apps and more articles about it than you can shake a stick at.
As a heavy Apple user, I can’t tell you most of what is in Windows 10, but I can tell you that it now has a pretty awesome feature that I would use the shit out of: the middle finger emoji (and some other new ones, too). In my opinion… Read More