Silicon Valley “Safety,” yes; “sorry,” no: What Mark Zuckerberg did—and didn’t—say in his F8 keynote At Facebook’s annual developer conference, the social network’s CEO used a lot of familiar words to share a few new things. by Rachel Metz 2018-05-01T16:54:00-04:00
Silicon Valley How to manipulate Facebook and Twitter instead of letting them manipulate you Twitter and Facebook have vast control over our online lives. Here are six ways to take it back. by Rachel Metz 2018-03-20T07:00:00-04:00
Connectivity The Next Generation of Emoji Will Be Based on Your Facial Expressions There’s no faking your feelings with these social icons. by Rachel Metz 2017-08-28T13:04:00-04:00
Connectivity Virtual Reality’s Missing Element: Other People VR can be the basis of a new communications industry if the technology becomes less insular and isolating. by Rachel Metz 2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Why Facebook’s First Social VR App Is So Simple Rachel Franklin, who led the rollout of Facebook Spaces as head of social VR, is preparing for a day when you hang out with your friends in a virtual world. by Rachel Metz 2017-05-05T15:40:00-04:00
Connectivity A Virtual Version of You That Can Visit Many VR Worlds Avatars, long used in video games, are coming to VR. This startup thinks you should be able to use the same one in different places. by Rachel Metz 2017-03-15T12:55:00-04:00
Connectivity Second Life Is Back for a Third Life, This Time in Virtual Reality Sansar is a new social, virtual-reality world coming later this year from the company behind Second Life. by Rachel Metz 2017-01-27T15:19:00-05:00
Connectivity Social Gaming in VR Begins to Grow Up How one startup is creating social games for virtual reality that feel like traditional console games. by Signe Brewster 2016-08-02T16:00:00-04:00
Connectivity 5 Things You Need to Know about Facebook’s Next 10 Years At Facebook’s annual developer conference this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined audacious goals for the social network’s next decade. by Rachel Metz and Tom Simonite 2016-04-15T13:43:00-04:00
Connectivity A New Way to Use Facial Recognition to Find Photos of You Startup Waldo says its forthcoming app will help track down photos of you taken by friends and pro photographers by analyzing a selfie. by Rachel Metz 2016-02-02T15:11:00-05:00
