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Ex-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo To Build Fitness Startup
In addition to launching a personal fitness platform, Costolo will be taking his talents to venture capital firm Index Ventures.
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo took to Twitter (where else?) on Tuesday to announce his latest undertaking: a platform for personal fitness that will “make the road to personal transformation fun and social.” Sharing screenshots of his Notes app, Costolo explained that the new company would “go beyond measurement to motivate,” supplementing the work of wellness professionals like cofounder Bryan Oki.
Security Firm Sued Over Alleged Failure To End Casino Cyberattack
In one of the first cases of its kind, a casino operator is suing a cybersecurity firm for allegedly failing to contain a data breach.
Nevada casino operator Affinity Gaming is suing cybersecurity firm Trustwave, alleging that Trustwave failed to contain or detect the extent of a 2013 cyberattack. The breach led to customer credit card numbers being stolen.
You Can’t Use A Drone To Film Yourself Skiing But These Ex-Googlers Will Do It For You
Cape Productions has the exclusive buy-in from ski resorts to offer customers drone footage, and it’s because of its commitment to safety.
Talk about being on stage. I’m lying in at least a foot of fresh powder from the snowstorm overnight, frantically trying to re-attach the ski that went flying when I face-planted. There’s almost no one around, but my every move is being watched, and filmed in HD, by a drone hovering just overhead.
This Fun Literature Project Replaces Google Ads With Short Stories
Matchbook is calling for authors to submit 70-character stories to subvert those hyper-personalized ads in your search sidebar.
Imagine that you search for “short story” in Google. More likely than not, any ads that pop up next to your search will (hopefully) be related to short stories, or fall within the realm of literature in general.
Netflix Inches Toward 80 Million Subscribers, Thanks To Aggressive Global Expansion
Netflix added 17 million subscribers last quarter. Most of those were outside the U.S.
Video streaming service Netflix added 17 million subscribers last year, according to earnings numbers released by the company on Tuesday. By the beginning of January 2016, Netflix had surpassed 75 million users. The company said it expects to add 6 million more in the first quarter of this year.
The Zappos Exodus Wasn’t About Holacracy, Says Tony Hsieh
The company estimates about half of those who took the Holacracy-related severance wanted to “pursue other passions.”
A version of this article originally appeared on Medium; it has been edited for length and clarity.
Does Verizon’s FreeBee Sponsored Data Program Trash Net Neutrality?
Verizon became the third wireless provider to offer select content that doesn’t count against monthly data caps. Is this fair to everyone?
Anyone even remotely following technology news in recent weeks probably caught the firestorm between some advocates of net neutrality (no special preference for content providers) and T-Mobile’s self-described “foul mouthed” CEO, John Legere. At issue is whether T-Mo’s Binge On program, which exempts certain content from eating into customers’ data buckets, gives those video providers an unfair advantage over video sources that don’t participate in the program. AT&T also has a cap-exempt data program, called “Sponsored Data,” though it has only four obscure companies participating.
Stephen Hawking Foretells The End Of The World (Again)
The renowned physicist says that our advances in science and technology are only bringing about “new ways things can go wrong.”
Stephen Hawking is (yet again) a harbinger of bad things to come: During the BBC’s yearly Reith Lectures, the physicist said the science and technology advances made by the human race would likely be its undoing. In response to a question about how the world would end, Hawking pointed to nuclear warfare, global warming, and genetically engineered viruses as examples of how man-made threats could bring about its demise.
These Are The Top 25 Jobs In The U.S. This Year
Earning potential, career opportunities, and the number of job openings factor in to rank on Glassdoor’s in-demand jobs for 2016.
This is shaping up to be a year of opportunities. There are over 100 occupations that have more openings than have been filled by qualified candidates, creating a job-seeker’s market. No wonder we’re able to , apply via social media, and work from anywhere in greater numbers than ever before.
