Kickstarter announced today that it has appointed Everette Taylor as CEO. The news comes nearly six months after Aziz Hasan officially stepped down from the Chief Executive role. Hasan had served in the position for around three years, leaving COO Sean Leow leading the company in an interim role. “Everette brings so many exciting qualities…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Google is gearing up to launch several Search updates to make it easier for users to find the perfect dish, the company announced today at its Search On event. Most notably, the search giant says users will be able to use its upcoming image and text-based “Multisearch Near Me” local search feature to find specific…
At its Search On event this afternoon, Google announced a number of shopping-related changes and new features across areas that include visual shopping, personalization and buying with the help of trusted reviews. The additions aim to help the company better attract online consumers to shop on Google, instead of starting their searches directly on Amazon…
Google is adding several new sustainability features for Search, the company announced today at its Search On event. The search giant will start showing the annual fuel cost for cars in search results to help people who are in the market for a new car. Google will also show emissions estimates for cars, so you…
In early April, software engineer Dmitri Kyle Brereton published a blog post — “Google Search Is Dying” — that struck a nerve. Now among the most upvoted threads of all time on Y Combinator’s Hacker News forum, the piece argues many users have become so dissatisfied with Google search results that they now append “Reddit”…
This spring, Google announced it would expand the types of personal information users could request to have removed from Google Search results to include contact information, like a phone number, address or email. At Google’s “Search On” event today, where the company unveiled a number of announcements related to its Search products and services, it…
You’ve always been able to read e-books on Kindles, but what if you could write on them, too? That’s the question Amazon is trying to answer with the new Kindle Scribe, a $340 e-reader that’s launching this holiday season. It’s a good deal more expensive than even the most recent $250 Kindle Oasis, but there’s…
The “vibe shift” has hit Google Maps. At its Search On announcement event on Wednesday, Google showed off a slew of funky new Maps features, one of which is leaning way in to Gen Z trends. Soon, users will be able to “vibe check” — yes, you read that right — any neighborhood they plan…
SAVE $200: As of Sept. 28, you can grab a Dyson Ball Animal 2 Upright Vacuum for just $299.99 at Walmart — that’s 40% in savings. As much as we rely on our convenient little robot vacuums to pick up daily messes, a trusty upright is still a necessity for deep cleaning — especially if…
Overwatch 2 is launching its free-to-play, early access PvP mode at the start of October – and saying goodbye to Overwatch. Blizzard is splitting up the Overwatch 2 release, with the long-anticipated PvE coming sometime in 2023. But the free-to-play PvP is coming to consoles and PC first, on Tuesday, October 4. We’re going…