GIFs have long served as signals of cultural fluency. Now they’re poised to become a big business.
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Posted inBusiness & Tech
Mark Zuckerberg Would Like the Authority to Rule, Please
The Facebook CEO is in control of his company. He could just use a little more confidence.
Posted inBlog Post, Business & Tech
Two Ex-Googlers Want to Make A Lot of Viral Tweets
The internet is not pleased with start-up bros who want to “disrupt” bodegas.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Wants to Clean Up the Internet
The photo sharing service has built tools and algorithms to remove offensive comments for its 700 million users with the hope that it will reduce the amount of toxicity they experience online.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
To Be an Instagram-Ready Restaurant, Don’t Forget Your Selfie-Optimized Lamps
Sleek-kitschy idiosyncrasy is all the rage.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
To Be an Instagram-Ready Restaurant, Don’t Forget Your Selfie-Optimized Lamps
Sleek-kitschy idiosyncrasy is all the rage.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Instagram Is Pushing Restaurants to Be Kitschy, Colorful, and Irresistible to Photographers
How the popular app has transformed the way diners, designers, and marketers approach restaurants. (Hint: that bold wallpaper pattern isn’t there by accident.)
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
An Expat by Any Other Name (Is Sometimes a Digital Nomad)
When your Ubud neighborhood becomes a luxury tech bubble.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Son’s Race to Give His Dying Father Artificial Immortality
After his father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer, James Vlahos began programming a chatbot that could emulate his father using stories from his life.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
California’s Housing Crisis Is About Jobs, Not Houses
It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.