Prepare for the invasion of the unskippables. If the Stories social media slideshow format is the future of mobile TV, it’s going to end up with commercials. Users won’t love them. And done wrong they could pester people away from spending so much time watching […]
Day: July 27, 2018
River, le minacce dei rom: «Ora entreremo nelle case dei residenti»
«Entreremo nelle case dei cittadini, da stasera, per fargli vedere cosa significa essere buttati in strada», strilla un ragazzo che dice di chiamarsi Denis Stefan, 27 anni, «vengo dal Kosovo», e punta il dito contro le villette che si affacciano su via … by Livio […]
LIVE: How to Watch Today’s Super-Long Lunar Eclipse
Today, Earth will engulf the moon in its shadow and create the longest total lunar eclipse in this century: a full 103 minutes. The next one that comes close won’t happen until 2029. And today’s running time won’t be matched until 2123. In a nice […]
Amazon may soon let you collaborate with others on Wish Lists
Amazon may soon be adding a feature consumers have wanted for years: collaborative wish lists. A number of people using Amazon.com and its mobile app recently spotted the option to “invite others” to their wish lists. This offers a URL that can be shared via […]
NYC may cap the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles on its streets
This wouldn’t be the first time the city tried a cap — it abandoned an attempt in 2015. There’s greater pressure to consider a limit this time, though. NYC now has over 100,000 ride-hailing cars (up from 63,000 back in 2015), and a string of […]
Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship completes its third hypersonic test flight
Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship VSS Unity has completed its third supersonic flight. It was the ship’s highest and fastest test to date, hitting Mach 2.4 and a height of 170,800 feet. The test helped Virgin Galactic gain data on supersonic aerodynamics and thermodynamics, as well […]
Disney and Fox shareholders give acquisition the green light
With Comcast officially out of the way, Disney’s buyout of 21st Century Fox assets just took another major step toward reality. Shareholders from both mega media companies have approved the $71.3 billion deal. In a lovely bit of classic media performance art, shareholders from both […]
Amazon ‘decouples’ from FANG blowup. Every major Wall Street analyst on the internet giant’s …
Amazon shares rallied after the e-commerce giant reported a … "Overall, Amazon remains one of our top picks and is on our Analyst Focus List. … long-term disruption risk in the FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google) group. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
The Podcasters of ‘The Good Place’ Are Smart Motherforkers
After two seasons of comedy and philosophy, The Good Place remains a great joy. It’s the best science fiction show on television, with twists and intricate, earned reveals that hint at a watchmakers’ dream of a writers’ room. The show’s third season doesn’t start until […]
Arianna Huffington’s new show makes the ‘90s dot-com boom relevant today
“I’m very interested in the period that the series is covering,” Huffington said in a telephone interview. “Because as you know, with my new company Thrive, we are focusing a lot on the unintended consequences of technology in our lives. The pace of much of […]