Bring on the Twitter mafia – TechCrunch

Twitter is smaller than you think. The company has around 7,000 employees, compared to other social media platforms like Meta, formerly Facebook, which has nearly 10 times as many employees. It means that a shake as large as we’ve seen today — with Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid winning him ownership of Twitter — has…

HCI and Designing for Democracy

What is a democratic internet, and how does it intersect with the evolving nature of HCI? Connectivity has changed everything. In fact, experts like Elizabeth Gerber, professor and co-director of the Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design at Northwestern University, say there is not a single aspect of many humans’ lives that is not…

Best small business website builders in 2022

The best small business website builders rank among the best website builders available, and provide users with business-specific features and tools to use when building a website. They allow any business to build a website simply, quickly, and at a reasonable price. The providers we found to be the best small business website builders enable…

Netflix is not yet considering live sports — but here’s why it should – TechCrunch

There’s no denying that including live sports content will ultimately be a boon to streaming services. However, last week, when Netflix executives were asked about live sports after the company reported a disappointing first-quarter net loss of 200,000 subscribers, Ted Sarandos pretty much rejected the possibility that the streamer would use live sports to generate…