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Ken Yeung
How A Dog-Eared Filter Got Tech To Think Camera-First
As the adage goes, the best camera is the one that’s with you. Each successive generation of devices continues to improve the quality of captured and shared photos, and tech companies are actively seeking to capitalize on the generated media proliferation. But it’s one thing to request access to the camera and gallery on someone’s […]
Google’s Daydream VR and AR Efforts Could Get Boost With Lytro Acquisition
As a photographer and someone who appreciates creative tools and hardware, my conversations with Lytro while a reporter were often a mix of investigative and curiosity. Having raised more than $215 million in funding, this 12-year-old company appeared to have an ambitious way of making media appear life-like. But that vision alone hasn’t helped Lytro […]
Making The Case For Why Inclusion Is Good For Design In Tech
There’s no shortage of criticism about technology’s impact in today’s society, but often the attention being paid is to the algorithms and capabilities — it’s the function, but not the form. But the programming isn’t solely to blame for the woes inflicted on us by technology, as part of our attention should be looking at the […]
Begin Tries To Solve Slack Overload With Its Task Management App
Slack has more than 6 million users on its team communication platform, but for many people, something that’s increasingly gaining attention is this concept of “Slack overload”. It’s information overload — people have so much flexibility when it comes to chatting with colleagues, be they remote or right next to them, that they are prone […]
Just Setting Up My New Website
Having a website is a means of putting roots on the internet, like having an address where people can find more information about you — this isn’t anything new. Like many folks, I have had a site online for many years, with the most recent one in existence for eight years, but as my life […]
Evernote’s Desire To Be The Workplace’s Virtual War Room For Projects
It was 10 years ago at a tech event in San Francisco where I was first introduced to a company called Evernote. Initially I was unsure about its potential — why would I want an app to keep track of things when I could just write it down? Fast forward some time later and I […]
Orange’s Startup Program Bucks Traditional Model, Targets Later-Stage Startups
I’ve covered my fair share of startup accelerators during my time at The Next Web and VentureBeat. For the most part, many of these programs operate with a similar game plan: Bring on a set of early-stage seed-round tech companies that may show promise; help “accelerate” them with office space, resources, and mentorship; and push them out […]
‘Brotopia’ Is An Education On The Sh*t Women Deal With In Tech
We’re well aware that the tech industry is actively pushing to involve more women. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, women constitute 47 percent of the country’s workforce. However, in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) roles, only 24 percent of positions are held by women. While discussions about improving this statistic are essential, […]
LinkedIn To Place Larger Focus on Groups, Shutters Standalone App
LinkedIn has long allowed members to create groups on the professional social network, but most of the time the content seemed spammy and more promotional versus educational and insightful. People didn’t have a great opinion about the feature. In 2015, LinkedIn re-imagined things and released a standalone Groups app on iOS and introduced new practices […]
Facebook Risks Biting The Hand That Feeds It
Earlier this week, Facebook announced a major change in how its more than 2 billion users will experience the social network. It’s around the News Feed, the most recognizable and important part of the service, and the update wasn’t just a minor tweak to its algorithm — it was something much more significant. Facebook is […]
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