Maryland residents plan to get away for Labor Day in about the same numbers as last year, even with gas prices nearly $1 per gallon cheaper than in late August 2014, AAA Travel said Monday.
Read More With LinkedIn’s New Messaging Service, You Can Use GIFs To Network
The professional social network is moving away from its old-school, email-style messages.
Professional networking site LinkedIn gave its formerly clunky messaging service a sleek revamp—which means it is no longer modeled after your black hole of an email inbox.
Klarna Arrives In The U.S. Via Overstock.com Partnership
The dominant online payments company in Europe, Klarna, takes on Stripe and PayPal for domination of the U.S. online payments market.
For the last few years, Sweden-based online payment provider Klarna has slowly and steadily become a bigger e-commerce presence than PayPal…in Europe. Its arrival in the U.S. seemed to be a matter of “when” rather than “if” (CNN Money speculated about Klarna’s American intentions way back in June 2014)—and that when is today.
Serena Williams’s Bold Prediction Comes True In Stunning New Gatorade Ad
A young Williams foresees greatness ahead of the U.S. Open.
“If you were a tennis player, who would you want to be like?”
Uber As…Restaurant Guide?
In a new partnership with Hilton, Uber is using its data in an unexpected way.
You may have heard that Uber will take over the world. Is taking over the world. Has already taken over the world.
Google’s New Logo Is Its Biggest Update In 16 Years
Google has a new logo that ditches the old serif look, and reacts to you in all contexts.
You will very soon notice that Google has a new logo that’s sleeker, brighter, and for the first time, animated. And then, you probably won’t notice it at all.
Instagram Gets Serious About Messaging
The photo-sharing service’s under-the-radar Instagram Direct feature is about to get a big boost in visibility and features.
Instagram is best known, of course, as a service that lets more than 300 million people a month share photos and videos with the world. Rather quietly, it’s also racked up 85 million users a month who use it to exchange private messages with friends.
Today in Tabs: Lol Nothing Mathers
More Mather with less art.
More Mather with less art.
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Amazon Now Lets You Download Shows To Watch On The Road
The e-commerce giant wants to lure away Netflix and Hulu customers by allowing you to watch Game of Thrones on an airplane.
One major downside to subscription streaming platforms like Netflix is that you can’t continue your binge-watching streak while flying certain airlines or riding the subway underground. Amazon just solved that problem by introducing offline viewing—and in doing so, took a giant step forward in its ongoing war with Netflix and Hulu.
Wikipedia Banned Hundreds Of Users Who Edited Content For Undisclosed Pay
Nearly 400 editors in the site’s volunteer community worked with companies to promote their clients through Wikipedia entries.
Bad news for publicists seeking to tweak Wikipedia entries to make their clients look better: The user-generated encyclopedia has blocked nearly 400 accounts for “black hat” editing. In other words, those Wikipedia editors agreed to undisclosed paid advocacy, altering the content of Wikipedia articles to paint businesses and individuals in a positive light in exchange for money.
