It’s the holiday season, which really means it is time to embark on a modern American tradition – over analyzing seasonally available Starbucks cups. Starbucks has produced holiday cups for over twenty years, and while some have come and gone with little commotion, others have drawn a lot of controversy. READ MORE >
Traveling can be a nightmare, especially around the holidays, with cancellations, delays, gate changes, lackluster customer service, long and slow-moving lines. In addition, airports now are making travelers overpay for snacks and water. The cardinal rule of traveling is to hydrate, but with the cost of water bottles steadily rising, READ MORE >
Twitter’s expansion to 280 characters has rolled out publicly after the company cited data backing up its decision that showed how the character constraints impacted users differently, depending on their language. Twitter referenced that those who tweeted in languages like Japanese, Korean and Chinese were able to express around double READ MORE >
Snapchat filters are now strategically targeting more users than ever before. Previously, Snapchat used geo-filters to target an advertisement based on a specific location. But with ad sales lower than expected, drastic measures needed to be taken. Now brands will be able to target through user interest, time of day READ MORE >
For most of 2016, hackers had unlimited access to Uber’s user data, but until recently we didn’t know the whys and hows and more annoyingly we were all left wondering why it had taken the story so long to come out. “None of this should have happened, and I will READ MORE >
Nissan is one of six official brand partners for the new Star Wars film hitting theaters December 15th. The automaker debuted its first television promotional ad that links its driver-assistance technology to the droids that help steer the spaceships in the film. Ultimately, Nissan sees an opportunity with the Star READ MORE >
On a rainy Sunday morning amongst the crowded New York City streets, a woman named Shalene Flanagan made history. The Massachusetts native was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in forty years! Flanagan completed the 26.2 race in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 53 seconds READ MORE >
Walt Disney’s retro spin of their vault classics, ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Beauty & The Beast’, has brought the media and entertainment conglomerate much success recently. So, it should come as no surprise the next remake will be ‘The Lion King’ directed by Jon Favreau. ‘The Jungle Book’ director has READ MORE >
Andrea Jenkins, a black transgender activist, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. A Hispanic woman won the mayor’s race in Topeka, Kansas. A Sikh man was elected mayor in Hoboken, New Jersey. Latina, Vietnamese and transgender female candidates won state legislative races. If this election’s results weren’t an indicator READ MORE >
The question, has the smartphone destroyed a generation? It has been argued we lose our ability to have deeper, more spontaneous conversations with each other and change the nature of our social interactions in alarming ways. Startling, eighty-nine percent of Americans say that during their last social interaction, they took READ MORE >