You matched with someone online. He's interesting to text with, uses the right amount of emoji, and just asked you to your favorite coffee place. But then he showed up in a "Make America Great Again" t-shirt, and you have a Bernie 2016 bumper sticker on the back of your Prius. Aw … | Continue reading
Swipe-based dating is hard work. With hundreds of potential suitors to swipe through, most of us just take a few seconds to glance at a picture and bio before we decide if we’re going to swipe left or right.So, to help users quickly make an informed decision about which way to sw … | Continue reading
The latest weapon in the War on Terror uses corporate-style analytics to direct the unseen hand of government propaganda. | Continue reading
Just in time for “Mega Tuesday,” Google has rolled out new features to Google Search that will allow you to better track the primaries and learn more about the candidates. One new addition provides easy-to-understand campaign finance information, so you can see things like which … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama will be interviewed as part of the Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive Friday at 2:30 p.m. CT (3:30 p.m. EST). You can watch it live on the SXSW website.See also: Here's your exclusive look at this year's futuristic SXSW Mashable HouseObama, who will b … | Continue reading
Bitcoin and blockchain technology were heralded as innovations by members of the US government at a conference this week. | Continue reading
Launched last July as “a social network for connecting with others to discuss polarizing topics such as politics, religion and social issues,” Roust releases their first iOS app today to give members of their network another way to connect and discuss topics. Given the crazy poli … | Continue reading
Bruce Sewell, Apple's senior vice president and general counsel, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about the ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI.His testimony will be part of a hearing titled "The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans' Security … | Continue reading
All it takes is a quick look at the market to see that we are in for a bumpy ride — and a longer-term downturn may be imminent. Tech is not immune to that, which means we’ll see a hit to valuations, VC funding and fundraising. Lots of experts have talked about what that might mea … | Continue reading
In yesterday's post I mentioned reading George Lakoff 's book, The Political Mind. While I agree with the politics of the book in almost ev... | Continue reading
[Warning: loose thoughts ahead!] Microsoft's Eric Meijer gave a talk at Google yesterday, and afterwards I had lunch with him. One of his r... | Continue reading