You Think Popup Ads Are Bad? They’re Even Worse for the Blind
I don’t need to explain to most people that popup ads are a nuisance. Even the man who invented them thinks so. But there’s another reason to reject the popup: they can completely derail anybody with vision issues trying to use your web page.

October 6, 2016 at 06:27AM
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Map of the Internet, a new Quartz series
The internet is physical. But unlike a highway or a forest, it exists in places we usually do not see. These words, for example, were originally stored on the tiny magnets of a hard drive attached to one of Quartz’s servers in Washington, DC — a tiny leaf on the edge of the internet.

October 5, 2016 at 07:18PM
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Google’s Pixel and Home devices aren’t the real products. You are.
Its new smartphone and smart speaker aren’t the real products. You are.

October 5, 2016 at 06:13PM
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MailChimp And The Un-Silicon Valley Way To Make It As A Start-Up
No venture capital, no Bay Area presence, no crazy burn rate: MailChimp’s founders built the company slowly by anticipating customers’ needs and following their instincts.

October 5, 2016 at 02:41PM
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Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane
The phone in question was a replacement Galaxy Note 7, one that was deemed to be safe by Samsung.

October 5, 2016 at 12:40PM
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Review: Sony PlayStation VR
If even a fraction of those 40 million homes with a Playstation 4 bring a VR into their living rooms, Sony will win the hardware wars of the first generation of consumer VR — and win handily.

October 5, 2016 at 11:40AM
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Jack Dorsey Is Losing Control of Twitter
A year after his return as CEO, live-streaming and new products haven’t revived growth.

October 5, 2016 at 11:40AM
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Keep Your Cat Entertained Forever With A Homemade Laser Pointer Robot
This is a weirdly specific item with a seemingly limited use case, but the clever way such components come together to make feline’s best friend is pretty entertaining in itself.

October 5, 2016 at 11:23AM
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The Google Phone
If you’re Google, would you trust the future of the company to your hardware partners? Google decided the answer is no — and is now pitting itself against Apple.

October 4, 2016 at 09:41PM
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Juno Takes on Uber
Juno’s business model centers on getting drivers to defect from rival car services.

October 4, 2016 at 01:35PM
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