What Ever Happened to ICQ?
ICQ, short for the phrase "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for standalone instant messaging clients when it arrived in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and th.....»»
Human Capital: What’s next for Dr. Timnit Gebru
Congrats on surviving this wild first week of 2021. Outside all-things political, a few labor developments happened that are worth noting. Also, shortly before the mob of Trump supporters wreaked havoc on the U.S. Capitol, I caught up with Dr. Timnit.....»»
Whatever Happened to Your Company"s Pre-Pandemic Plans?
Back when you were planning your organization’s strategy for 2020, chances are you didn’t factor in the impact of a worldwide pandemic. Continue reading........»»
When Big Brands Stopped Spending On Digital Ads, Nothing Happened. Why?
This weekend Forbes ran a thought-provoking article by "a digital marketer of 25 years" who now helps marketers audit their digital campaigns for ad fraud: When P&G turned off $200 million of their digital ad spending, they saw NO CHANGE in business.....»»
Human Capital: The biggest labor stories of 2020
Hellllooooo, 2021! Welcome back to Human Capital, a weekly newsletter that details the latest in the realms of labor, and diversity and inclusion. Not a ton happened this week so I figured I’d use the time to look back on some of the more notable l.....»»
Tech 2020: Our biggest stories and what happened next
The most read BBC tech story of each month of the year, and how they panned out......»»
Top stories of 2020
Choosing No. 1 was easy. The tough part was remembering nine other things that happened this year......»»
What Happened When Finland Tried to Lure the World"s Remote Tech Workers?
As 2020 came to a close, the city of Helsinki, Finland tried offering "City as a Service" to attract new workers to its growing technology hub. "We will provide selected applicants with a free 90-day relocation package for the entire family," explai.....»»
Is 1440p missing from your laptop? Here’s what happened
Is your laptop missing the 1440p resolution? You're not alone, as it may be disabled. We explain why 1440p is not listed and how to get it back......»»
Apple places manufacturer Wistron on probation following worker riot
The riot took place at Wistron’s Narasapura plant in India earlier this month, and happened towards the end of one of the manufacturing shifts. Workers destroyed property, upturned vehicles, and stormed the offices of senior executives. According t.....»»
Successful IT Workers Applaud Non-Traditional Paths to Tech
Tech columnist Chris Matyszczyk describes what happened after Microsoft's senior cloud advocate tweeted "Hire folks with non-traditional paths to tech." Thomas Zeman, whose Twitter bio declared he's "scaling pods at daytime, working on a docker based.....»»
What Ever Happened to GameSpy?
Today, multiplayer gaming is easy. But in the 90s, it was cumbersome and not exactly user friendly until an app called GameSpy hit the scene which helped browsing for servers and connecting with players a far more intuitive process. It was a game-cha.....»»
Publishing Saw Upheaval in 2020, But "Books Are Resilient"
Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same. From a report: "A lot of what has happened this year -- if it were a novel, I would say that it had a little too much plot," sai.....»»
Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs and other services go down in multiple countries (Update: slowly coming back online)
Update: It looks like services are slowly starting to come back again, but with some glitches (such as the address bar in Gmail not working correctly). We’ve contacted Google for a statement about what happened. In all, it looks like they were.....»»
Almost Avengers: Marvel movies that never happened - CNET
Tom Cruise as Iron Man? Leonardo DiCaprio as Spider-Man? We salute the comic book adaptations that almost came before the Marvel Cinematic Universe......»»
Space X"s Mars prototype rocket exploded yesterday. Here"s what happened on the flight
Space X"s Mars prototype rocket exploded yesterday. Here"s what happened on the flight.....»»
The Expanse: Season 5: 12/16/20
In the category of all of this has happened before, and will happen again. I read The Legend of Bagger Vance yesterday and then watched the movie last night. The book is much better than the movie, and the book is really, really good, even if you.....»»
Working from home at 25MHz: You could do worse than a Quadra 700 (even in 2020)
Famously, Apple's Quadra 700 once helped track dinosaurs. Is it stuck in amber nowadays? Enlarge / Be a shame if anything happened to those dinosaur paddock gates, so it's a good thing Sam Jackson can monitor this situation with his Quadra 700......»»