Niantic Labs is the creator of Ingress, a video game that requires people top get up and go outside in order to play the game. Up until now, Niantic Labs was part of Google. That is changing. Niantic Labs shared information on their Ingress Google + page that explains that they are leaving Google. The post was aimed at people
NASA has been branching out on social media. It has two verified Twitter accounts. One is @NASA and the other is for the International Space Station @Space_Station. You can also find Twitter accounts for several astronauts. NASA has recently created some Tumblr blogs. The main NASA Tumblr blog is called NASA. It says “Explore the universe and discover our home
Apple Music launched a little over a month ago, on June 30, 2015. Since then, it has obtained 11 million users. That's a pretty remarkable number for a service that hasn't been around very long. The thing to keep in mind is that this number is counting trial memberships. Apple has been offering a free three-month trial to everyone who
Netflix announced a new policy that will greatly benefit their employees. They are introducing an unlimited leave policy for new moms and new dads. The unlimited leave policy enables a new parent to take off as much time as he or she wants during the first year after a child's birth or adoption. Parents can return to work at Netflix
Pinterest has decided to go on record with their hiring goals for 2016. In addition, they are sharing their plan for reaching those goals. Pinterest is doing this because they are aware that there is not a lot of diversity in the tech industry. This is their way of increasing diversity. In 2013, Pinterest engineer Tracy Chou kicked off the
Angry Birds 2 is now available for both Android and iOS. It is the sequel to the original Angry Birds game. The app can be downloaded for free. The game is still made by Rovio. As you might expect, there have been some changes made to the game since the original version. That's not unusual for any mobile game that
Medium has become one of the many websites that has created rules that are intended to help make their site a welcoming place for everyone. Medium explains: “Some parts of the Internet lack rules. This isn't one of them.” They also summarize their rules as “Don't pee in the pool (metaphorically).” Considering that Medium is a website where writers share