Facebook’s new mobile strategy? Trapping users within its Messenger app.
Facebook users who flock to Messenger to make plans with their friends can now hitch a ride to meetups without leaving the app. This week, the social network rolled out an update to its Messenger app that lets users request an Uber from within a message thread.
After announcing her new job as CEO of electric vehicle startup NextEV, Warrior talked to Fast Company
Famed business executive and tech powerhouse Padmasree Warrior is getting into the electric car game. After leaving her post as CTO and strategy head of Cisco Systems in September, Warrior announced on Wednesday that she will be joining the ranks of electric vehicle startup NextEV as its U.S. CEO and head of global development.
Companies face giant fines, as new rules enshrine the “right to be forgotten” and require teens to get parental consent for social media.
The European Union has adopted continent-wide privacy regulations that are being hailed by some as “a revolution” in data rights and by others as a new headache for tech companies. The new set of regulations on how Internet companies handle data in Europe, the largest such reforms in two decades, will do everything from modifying Google search results to requiring parental permission for teenagers to set up Facebook and Snapchat accounts to changing the way Microsoft Windows is bundled on computers.
A new Verizon report says health-related data is stolen almost 10 times more often than data from industries like finance or the government.
A new report by Verizon Enterprise Solutions says more than half of all Americans have been the subject of health care data breaches since 2009. The information has been used for everything from identity theft to access to critical infrastructure.
Nike and graphic design firm Sawdust up the branding game.
Superhuman athlete, comedic actor, and $500-million brand LeBron James is now a typeface. So are Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant. Working with the London-based design firm Sawdust, Nike has created fonts for some of the most popular basketball players. Eye-roll inducing? Certainly. It’s also smart—if used the right way.
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