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Ken Yeung
Twilio Adds Open-Source ‘Rapid Response Kit’ To Help Teams Deploy Apps In A Crisis
It’s no surprise that technology has played an integral part in times of disaster, emergency, or crisis. Companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Google have all offered their support to assist people in affected parts of the world to ensure they can communicate with their loved ones and help share eyewitness accounts. One of those companies […]
Flipboard Acquires Zite to Make Curated Content More Personal
On Wednesday, a company acquired the digital magazine publisher platform Zite for the second time. This time it’s by its main competitor Flipboard in an all-stock transaction with CNN. You might remember that CNN picked up Zite in 2011 for $20 million. The deal will result in the closure of Zite, and the team will […]
Moving On…Hello Orange
As we wind down the week filled with news of Facebook’s monstrous acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion, Paul Graham stepping down as president of Y Combinator, Apple acquiring Burstly (creators of TestFlight), and more, I thought it might be a good time to reflect on what’s been going on in my life and where […]
Five and One
It’s somewhat surreal that this month I celebrate five years living in San Francisco and it’s has most certainly been a while ride. September also marks the first anniversary of me working as a professional journalist/blogger at The Next Web. In looking at the past 12 months, I must say that it’s certainly been a […]
“Documented” Is A Powerful Film Highlighting The Plight of Undocumented Workers in America
Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us immigration group held a screening today of “Documented”, the film by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas about undocumented Americans. Facebook’s CEO took the stage prior to the premiere to talk make some comments about the cause he has put money and resources into. He highlighted his personal take on the issue — […]
Thank You, Bub.blicio.us
I wanted to follow up on my last post about my new adventures with this update…a day later, I suddenly realized that I had left something really important out of my big announcement — the drive and the support that helped get me to become the next Bay Area Reporter for The Next Web. As […]
Writing The Next Chapter With The Next Web
This month, I celebrate my fourth San Francisco anniversary. I’ve had an interesting ride over the past few years and I’ve been fortunate enough to share it with many friends, old and new. What I’ve been most proud of is that I’ve managed to find a great job here in San Francisco and pick up […]
New Role In Life: Editor-in-Chief of Tech Blog Bub.blicio.us
Many of you know that for the past couple of years, I’ve been posting a lot of my photos from tech events onto Flickr and occasionally doing some writing on the social tech blog Bub.blicio.us. It’s been a great time for me especially since I’d love to provide more of an outlet for the events […]
#OccupyInternet: How SOPA Threatens To Undermine Congress’ Ability To Lead & Your Freedom
It’s somehow fitting that last night, as I was researching a bunch of articles about Texas Republican Lamar Smith’s latest attempt to stifle the freedom of speech that we have been given in the US Constitution that the blockbuster movie, Enemy of the State (starring Will Smith, Jon Voight, and Gene Hackman) aired on TV. The […]
HGTV’s “House Hunters” Should Have Social Tech Savvy Buyers In Episodes To Show Its Usefulness
A couple weeks ago, I stumbled upon a tweet from my friend Jim Long (@newmediajim), cameraman from NBC, who mentioned that he was watching the HGTV show House Hunters. I’ve been a fan of this show for a while – quite frankly, I love the idea of seeing people review their homes and then pick […]
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