Stella Artois has created a huge, bright 28 x 14-meter piece of artwork right in the heart of London’s famous Brick Lane district. But its geometric shapes and contrasting colors don’t just look pretty, they cleverly show people where to sit to maintain social distancing. Pubs in England were allowed to reopen this weekend for…
LinkedIn kicked off an initiative last week aimed at bringing digital skills to 25 million people by year-end, free-of-charge, backed by $20 million in cash grants from parent company Microsoft. CEO Ryan Roslansky said in a blog post, “In the U.S., the unemployment rate swung from 50-year lows to 70-year highs in just three months….
Several new features will be added to WhatsApp over the coming weeks. The Facebook-owned messaging application said in a blog post that stickers are one of the fastest-growing ways for its users to communicate, and it is rolling out new animated sticker packs. People will soon be able to add new contacts by scanning QR…
LinkedIn rolled out new features last week to help members find work via its community. Vice president of product Kiran Prasad introduced the updates in a blog post, starting with the Open to Work feature, which enables members to let other members know they are looking for employment. LinkedIn users can go to their profile…
What happens when you hand over the reins of a literary festival to the hosts of the popular feminist podcast Call Your Girlfriend? You get By The Books: A Collection of Rising Voices, a highly diverse online lit fest. By The Books starts today and is curated by Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow–the hosts of…
Facebook rolled out several updates last week aimed at enabling creators to better monetize their video content on its platform. Product marketing director Yoav Arnstein and head of creator and publisher experience Jeff Birkeland outlined all of the changes in a blog post, writing, “Now more than ever, creators, video publishers and media are using…
A letter sent to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday, which can be read in full below, demands immediate action to change the name of the league’s Washington Redskins team. The campaign to change the Washington team’s name–a double-edged sword that is not only a derogatory slur but also refers to a bleak period of…
Dmexco will now be a completely virtual event due to the global impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Ad tech’s big industry event, usually hosted in Cologne, Germany, was slated to commence as a hybrid in-person and digital conference, but a lackluster response to that concept caused host venue Koelnmesse to change course. “Out of…
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) teamed up with intelligent mobility robotics company Ava Robotics and the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) to create a robot that can clean 4,000-square-foot spaces to CDC standards in as little as 30 minutes. The researchers involved believe the CSAIL robot may be the future of keeping…
Criteo raised its Q2 revenue forecast to the $175 million range, up from earlier guidance of $147 million, thanks to “better than expected business performance” since the publicly traded company last briefed investors. The company’s stock price rose by more than 20% within minutes of issuing the update Monday, which also noted that its recently…
Consumers who use apps such as iMessage, Venmo, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are probably familiar with the option to use animated stickers to express emotions or simply liven up a chat. And recently, branded stickers have appeared as users type in certain words. Holler, a messaging technology platform, is responsible for the recent rise of…
A estreia do musical “Hamilton” no Disney+, o serviço de streaming da Disney, fez com que a plataforma de uma das maiores empresas do mundo tivesse um surpreendente pico de 79% em seus downloads. A peça, originalmente programada para ser lançada como filme nos cinemas, acabou indo direto para o streaming por causa da pandemia …
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Despite competing for cruisers out at sea, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line are teaming up to help throw their industry a life preserver during the Covid-19 pandemic. Announced this morning, and first reported by The Washington Post, the cruise lines are leading the creation of a health and safety panel aimed at helping the…
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