Why Facebook was right to spend $19 billion on WhatsApp and eight more must-read stories
February 23, 2015
- It’s sexist to ask “Who are you wearing?” on the red carpet. Actresses grilled about their outfits don’t get asked about their careers.
- Don’t make goals, make habits. Goals only make you feel like you’re not good enough yet.
- Robot workers are creating human jobs. The president of one robotics firm says the industry needs more skilled workers to develop and operate them(paywall).
- Lenovo doesn’t deserve consumers’ trust.Installing adware on its laptops is not only annoying, it is unsafe.
- Facebook was right to spend $19 billion on WhatsApp. Messaging apps are central to all smartphone use.
- Cable companies speed up their TV shows to fit in more ads. Doing so raises actors’ voices, and cuts up to two minutes from each episode.
- Reddit tricked Google. Users tricked Google’s algorithm into showing a picture of a potato when people searched for “gaming console.”
- Americans aren’t studying European languages.But the availability of Chinese, Arabic, and Korean classes is rising.
- Someone bought Warren Buffett’s old car for $122,500. A customized 2006 Cadillac DTS sold for $115,000 more than its model-expected resale value.
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