Periscope relaunched its website Thursday to make it more in sync with its mobile app. The update make it easier to find popular live video channels such as Police, Race and America (think El Cajon), Walk on the Wild Side for pet lovers and U.S. National Parks for nature lovers, the Twitter-owned company said in …
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Big Data was a big part of the first big debate. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled it out Monday night at Long Island’s Hofstra University in the first of three debates as they race to become the next US president. The candidates sparred over “America’s direction,” “achieving prosperity” and “securing America” — basically anything — in a face-off that …
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Hillary Clinton has achieved an unusual accomplishment: more Google searches than her competitor. Searches for the Democratic nominee outpaced those for Republican challenger Donald Trump 60 percent to 40 percent during the pair’s spirited and closely watched debate on Monday night, according to Google. Interest in the former secretary of state was greater than that in the reality TV star …
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HelloVote is seeking to bring voter registration further into the digital age. HelloVote wants to attract young and underrepresented voters through text and Facebook Messenger. Getty Images Launching Thursday, HelloVote said it’s a chatbot-based tool that allows voters to register over text message or Facebook Messenger in under one minute. Voters can go to hello.vote, text 384-387 on their mobile …
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Twitter is already the place to go for reaction to the presidential debates. Now the social network will be broadcasting them too. The San Francisco-based company announced Wednesday it will live-stream Bloomberg TV’s coverage of the debates between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican challenger Donald Trump on its platform. It seems fitting since many debate watchers use Twitter …
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With less than six weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are hoping a new social media app will help the party attract voters, volunteers and donations to support their party’s candidates. The Republicans are hoping a new app will help the party get more voters out on Election Day. Republican National Committee The GOP launched the Lead Right 2016 …
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Twitter won its NFL livestreaming debut by a wide margin. The social network received rave reviews Thursday for the first of its 10-game package of Thursday Night Football games, a slugfest between bitter AFC East rivals the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. The Jets hung on to win a 37-31 thriller. Fans such as Chaz Warner wasted no …
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It’s third and long for Twitter. Struggling to attract more eyeballs, the social network has placed a big bet on the National Football League and the nation’s most popular sport. Its hope: Successful livestreams of NFL matches will keep it in contention with social media heavyweights, like Facebook and Snapchat. On Thursday, Twitter streams the first of its 10-game package, …
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Looking to expand its flock of followers, Twitter is launching an app for live-streaming video on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Microsoft’s Xbox One. The new app will feature all the live-streaming available on the social network, including content from Periscope and Vine. Wednesday’s move comes just as the social network begins its live-stream of 10 NFL Thursday night …
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Feeling poorly? Chances are, you’ve already checked out a few of the thousands of websites, medical papers and news stories out there on the internet to try to figure out why you feel the way you do. There’s also a good chance your brain glommed onto something frightening (CANCER!) before deciding on a more likely cause. And you know — …
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