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 We crave new technology. We loathe new technology. We need change. We fear change. Nowhere does this ambivalence come into play more dramatically than when adopting new technologies: It’s nothing if not human to go through a whole range of emotions before settling down with your new technology and fully realizing its benefits. Read More

 I’ve been told by insiders at Twitter that “nothing is sacred” when it comes to making Twitter “easier to use” and ready to onboard the next few hundred million users that Twitter needs to be a powerhouse in media. The latest tweaks and horsing around have to do with the order of tweets you see in your timeline.
The hallmark of Twitter has been the reverse… Read More

 Facebook is rolling out a number of new features for Pages designed to make it easier for businesses to communicate with customers. The biggest change, or at least the one consumers will see, is an expansion on an existing feature, where businesses add a badges to their Pages declaring that they’re “very responsive to messages” — but only if they respond to 90 percent… Read More

 Wallapop, so far, has reportedly raised a ton of money. But despite that, Wallapop CEO Agustin Gomez doesn’t want to talk about it because he thinks it’s a distraction. Gomez spoke on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015. “A long time ago we thought there was no upside to talking about fundraising, we never comment, we keep a very low profile,” Gomez said.… Read More

 Vessel, the video subscription service led by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and former Hulu CTO Richard Tom, is expanding in a new direction with the launch of a feature called “Threads,” designed to encourage more social interaction between video creators and viewers. The idea, the company explains, is to allow creators to interact with fans by asking them questions, encourage… Read More

Murdoch wants to give you what you didn’t ask for, yet. Instant messaging is overshadowing social media, and that’s creating new opportunities for data mining and delivering useful content. Murdoch has built a way to listen in to your instant messaging conversations and chime in with recommendations for you and your friends. Today at TechCrunch Disrupt London’s Hackathon,… Read More

 If you’re a Twitter for the web user (or Android) like I am, then you know exactly where all of the tabs are that you need to speedily read tweets, replies and so forth. Twitter, monkeying around with the service as they do, has started experimenting with switching some places of the tabs you use the most. The “Notifications” tab sits nicely next to “Home” on the… Read More