WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry – The New York Times

WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry – The New York Times

WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry - The New York Times

WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry – The New York Times

 

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook offered $3 billion to buy the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat in 2013. Snapchat’s founder, Evan Spiegel, turned down the offer.

Ever since, Facebook and some of its top apps — including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — have been trying to tap into the explosively popular photo-sharing features pioneered by Snapchat.

The latest sign of that came on Monday as WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application used by 1.2 billion people, unveiled a version of its Status feature that takes a significant number of cues from Snapchat. Similar to Snapchat’s Stories feature, WhatsApp’s Status now lets people share images, GIFs and videos as a status update, all of whoch last for 24 hours before disappearing.

Källa: WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry – The New York Times

FBI has three probes looking into Russia’s election hacking

FBI has three probes looking into Russia’s election hacking

FBI has three probes looking into Russia's election hacking

FBI has three probes looking into Russia’s election hacking

 

It’s no secret that the FBI has been investigating Russia’s alleged bid to influence US elections through hacking, but it’s now clear just how deep that investigation goes. Reuters tipsters understand that there are “at least” three FBI probes into the hacks, each of whoch focuses on a different aspect of the breaches targeting Democratic Party officials. A Pittsburgh field office wants to identify the people behind those intrusions, while a San Francisco office wants to identify the people behind “Guccifer 2.0,” the persona credited with key leaks and frequently linked to the Russian government. A third investigation in Washington, DC is orchestrating a counterintelligence campaign based on intercepted foreign communications and tips from informants.

Källa: FBI has three probes looking into Russia’s election hacking

WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry – The New York Times

PewDiePie Dust-Up Shows Risks Brands Take to Tap Into Social Media – The New York Times

PewDiePie Dust-Up Shows Risks Brands Take to Tap Into Social Media - The New York Times

PewDiePie Dust-Up Shows Risks Brands Take to Tap Into Social Media – The New York Times

 

Social media has produced its own breed of stars, from the video bloggers of YouTube to the style mavens of Instagram, and major media companies and brands have increasingly turned to this group as a way to reach the ad blockers and cord cutters of the world.

But they also come with their own set of risks.

Those risks were cast into stark relief last week after The Wall Street Journal reported that YouTube’s most popular personality, Felix Kjellberg, known to his 53 million subscribers as PewDiePie, had recently included crude anti-Semitic jokes and references to Hitler in his comedy videos to the apparent delight of neo-Nazi websites.

Källa: PewDiePie Dust-Up Shows Risks Brands Take to Tap Into Social Media – The New York Times

Less then Human

Less then Human

Less then Human

Less then Human

 

In the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, zombies are cured and exiled to secluded camps. There has been talk about rehabilitating post-zombies back into society. 
Steve, the journalist reporting on the case, thinks the zombies still pose a threat to society. He ventures into one of these camps to prove to the world that rehabilitation is out the question. 

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LESS THAN HUMAN was made by a team of 3rd year Character Animation & CG Art students at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. Check out the individual students blogs (links below) to learn more about the talent behind the film!

CREDITS
Steffen Bang Lindholm
Director/Editor/Animator – steffenlindholm.com

Anna Eckhoff Ohrt Nissen
CG Generalist/Production Manager/Rigger – annanissen.dk

Ditte Marie Ludvigsen
Art Director/Texturing- & Lighting Artist – dittemarieludvigsen.com/

Lasse Steinbeck
Technical Director/Pipeline TD & Rigger – lassesteinbeck.com

Matilde Søltoft
Animation Lead/Animator – matildesoltoft.tumblr.com

Morten Vestbjerg Bøgelund Lassen
CG Generalist/Modeller/Concept Sculptor – fnuk.strikingly.com/

Julie Rebecca Billeskov Astrup 
Animator/Assistant Production Manager – julieastrup.dk

Ida Marie Søndergaard
Animator/Storyboard Artist – idasoendergaard.com/

Additional animation:
Pedro Ivo Carvalho de Araujo Silva
Lasse Rützou Bruntse
Sara Jespersen Holm
Camilla Smidt
Sidonie Vidal
Antoine J.L.L. Lefevre
Dorte Flensted Jensen

Story Consultants: 
Line Hoej Hoestrup
Mathilde Garreau

Music composed by Anders “Ormen” Christophersen

Apple släpper nya betaversioner

Apple släpper nya betaversioner

Apple släpper nya betaversioner

Apple släpper nya betaversioner

Apple har släppt nya betaversioner av sina operativsystem. IOS 10.3 beta 3, tvOS 10.2 beta 3 och watchOS 3.2 beta 3 har släppts nu på måndagskvällen.

De nya versionerna släpps två veckor efter beta 2 vilket betyder att Apple håller sin tidsplan med en ny betaversion varannan vecka.

iOS 10.3 beta 3

Bland nyheterna finns Find My AirPods – som gör det möjligt att leta reda på dina AirPods om du har tappat bort dem. Innehåller också Apples nya filsystem AFPS.

watchOS 3.2

Theater Mode, ett läge där du kan slå av visningen av skärmen på din klocka om du får en notis, vänder på handleden och så vidare. Det är en funktion som är änka att kunna användas på bio, en konsert eller där du inte vill väcka uppmärksamhet med en skörm som tänds hela tiden.

tvOS 10.2

Innehåller funktioner som bland annat ska göra det snabbare att scrolla igenom skärmbilder. Innehåller också Apples nya filsystem, AFPS.