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Volkswagen CEO Resigns Following Emissions Controversy
Martin Winterkorn, who has been Volkswagen’s CEO since 2007, stepped down from his position on Wednesday.
As Pope Francis prepared to speak on Capitol Hill in favor of climate change reform, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn announced his untimely resignation. The decision came after last week’s revelations by the Environmental Protection Agency that the German automaker had covertly installed a “defeat device” that switched on during emissions tests, making the vehicles appear low-emission. According to Volkswagen, the technology was installed in 11 million cars going back as far as 2009.
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The Making Of FiftyThree’s Beloved Paper App For The iPhone
Three years in the making, the new app dares to rethink how people have worked with words on screens for decades.
FiftyThree could have launched its new iPhone app three years ago and quickly amassed millions of users. But the New York-based company decided to take the scenic, more thoughtful route. Instead of shrinking down Paper—the sketching app chosen by Apple as its iPad App of the Year in 2012—and cramming it onto the iPhone, they reinvented it entirely. That process, as you might imagine, posed no shortage of challenges amidst what CEO and cofounder Georg Petschnigg says were the “thousands of decisions” that needed to be made. No wonder it took so damn long.
Blinded By The Light: Why Wearables Are Outperforming Tablets and Laptops Outdoors
As smartwatches begin to use outdoor-friendly displays, owners of other devices are still stuck squinting.
As summer wanes, many parts of the country will be still balmy enough to enjoy any number of outdoor leisure activities. But if you plan to enjoy some fresh air as you toil away on your laptop, you’ll likely be seeking the shade. This is because most LCDs—the displays on virtually all laptops and many tablets and smartphones—are notoriously prone to being washed out by the sun. Companies routinely make trade-offs between display size, brightness, and resolution, so it’s bizarre that nobody has solved this problem. But with wearables, the tide may be starting to turn.
Google Wants To Make Silicon Valley As Bike-Friendly As Copenhagen
Can Google change a car-centric culture in its own backyard? Data to the rescue.
In theory, the heart of Silicon Valley—towns like Mountain View and Santa Clara—should be the ultimate place to bike. It’s usually 72 degrees and sunny; it’s mostly flat. But it’s also a classic example of suburbia designed for cars, bisected by 10-lane freeways and extra-wide streets filled with speeding cars.
5 Great Free Apps for Automating Mundane Tasks
Bulk-install software, back up your photos, price-match your purchases, and more.
So many clicks, swipes, and taps; so few hours in a day. These apps can make short work of otherwise annoying tasks.
10 Unique Ways Leaders Bond With Employees
Writing a letter to your parents, brewing beer together, playing Cards Against Humanity: these CEOs have cracked the code on engagement.
At startups, it’s easy for leadership to connect with employees—they often just need to shout out to someone two desks down. But when companies grow beyond a few dozen employees, staying connected becomes a challenge.
Y Combinator Is Touring Colleges This Fall
Starting this week, Y Combinator is making its way across North America to find and mentor budding tech talent.
This fall, Y Combinator, a prominent startup incubator in Silicon Valley, is kicking off a road show. Partners at the firm and Y Combinator alumni are visiting six different universities in cities across North America starting this week, to scout for promising startups and impart advice to budding engineers and entrepreneurs. According to a blog post, Y Combinator will hold office hours for one-on-one meetings, as well.
Twitter Claims Its Audience Is Comparable To Facebook’s–And It Might Have A Point
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto said that, factoring in logged-out users and embedded tweets, Twitter’s reach is comparable to Facebook’s.
With nearly 1.5 billion users, Facebook’s audience appears to be about five times the size of Twitter’s, which was last reported as 304 million active users during the company’s Q2 earnings call earlier this year. But Twitter CFO Anthony Noto doesn’t think it’s quite that simple.
