The New York Times built a Slack bot to help decide which stories to post to social media Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang The New York Times publishes more than 300 stories each day. Which ones should editors feature on its many social media channels? While the humans behind the Times’ social media accounts have … Read more
Istanbul Has Worst Traffic; Los Angeles 10th Worst [REPORT] ValueWalk Istanbul, Turkey has the worst traffic in the worst traffic in the world. A drive that would take 30 mins in average driving conditions takes a solid hour … İstanbul top spot in traffic congestion index in 2014 – Today’s Zaman Istanbul revealed as the most … Read more
STUDY: Using Facebook for ‘Surveillance’ Can Lead to Envy, Depression All Facebook by David Cohen Want to avoid feelings of envy that might lead to depression? Be careful how you use Facebook. The guy behind GPG, Ed Snowden’s favorite email encryption tool is going broke Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin A ProPublica story getting a lot of … Read more
Kickstarter passes $1 billion in pledges, with more than half pledged in the last 12 months Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has passed $1 billion in pledges nearly four years after it made its debut on April 28, 2009. More than half of the $1 billion was pledged in the last 12 months alone, a testimony … Read more