Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has digitized its newspaper archives. “Issues of The Poly from 1885 to 1976 can be searched online by anyone. An earlier iteration of The Poly that only lasted for […]
Instagram, Dropbox, Evil? More: Wednesday Afternoon Buzz, February 12, 2014
When you want to learn to cook, but have no attention span: Cooking lessons via 15-second Instagram videos. Dropbox is getting on the transparency report train. Mozilla is going to sell advertising […]
EPA, Cosmetics, Tumblr, More: Sunday Buzz, January 12, 2014
Hey! Facebook is being sued again. “This one claims the social network uses friends’ Likes—the thumbs-up acknowledgement for posts, comments, and pages—in advertisements for brands they never endorsed.” Interesting stats: 50 Things […]
Census, Google, Dropbox, Twitter, More: Morning Buzz, July 11, 2012
Those 1940 US Census Community Project volunteers are indexing rock stars! “Aiming to propel volunteer contributions past the previous high of nearly 4.9 million records set April 30, the challenge motivated more […]