Facebook Announces Brain-Computer Interface Project at F8
The big reveal on day one of Facebook’s F8 developer conference was the company’s new augmented reality platform — maybe not the most mind-blowing news, but certainly an interesting direction for the company and an indication that all the Snapchat aping is building toward something. But as big as its AR aspirations are, they seem […]
Facebook Unveils Augmented Reality Platform at F8 Conference
Ten years after Facebook launched its game-changing Platform, the company is looking ahead to its next big conquest: augmented reality. “If you take one thing away from today, this is it,” said Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday in his keynote address at the annual F8 conference. “We’re making the camera the first augmented reality platform.” The […]
Trump’s New Executive Order Aims to Re-examine H-1B Program
President Trump signed his “Buy American, Hire American” executive order on Tuesday, which will put the H-1B visa system under review. The order is designed to ensure that tech jobs that could be going to Americans are not being taken by cheaper foreign labor and to tighten restrictions on foreign contractors bidding on government projects, […]
Is Apple’s Self-Driving Car on the Horizon?
As iPhone app developers know all too well, the narrative around Apple these days is that it needs to launch its next game-changing product soon or risk a slip in stature. The company has not released a mind-blowing must-have gadget since the iPad, and many of its most daring innovations have been eclipsed by competitors. […]
Walmart Grows E-Commerce Wing with Pending Bonobos Purchase
Walmart may be the number one retailer in the world overall, but it lags far behind Amazon in online sales — and as anyone who’s paying any attention knows, the future is in e-commerce. Amazon’s exponential rise seems unstoppable; the company captured more than half of all online sales growth in 2016. It is finding […]
Instagram Stories Beats Snapchat at Its Own Game
So many apps have ripped off Snapchat’s popular Stories feature that it’s become something of a joke among mobile app developers. Even Snapchat itself is in on it, as the company proved with its April Fool’s Day-exclusive Instagram filter. But the laughter may be catching in Snap’s throat. The company’s most direct competitor Instagram Stories […]
Dogtown Raises Money and Recruits Donors for Be the Match
Last Friday, Dogtown Media teamed up with Be the Match, a nonprofit that handles the world’s largest and most diverse bone marrow registry, for a happy hour event to fight blood cancer. We expected a good time, but we were blown away by the support we received from the community. Friends new and old showed […]
Drone Sales Soar Dramatically Since Last Year
Just a few short years ago, drones only seemed to come up in conversations about the ethics of modern warfare. That era must seem far away to internet of things app developers witnessing the current drone boom. At this point, drones are popping up everywhere and doing a little bit of everything. Amazon’s much-hyped PrimeAir […]
Google Spotlights Fact-Checkers to Manage Misinformation
Last week, Facebook announced its News Integrity Initiative, another gesture toward fixing the internet’s misinformation epidemic. While the social media giant has received most of the flak for the explosion of fake news, NYC app developers are well aware that it’s not the only platform guilty of disseminating false information. As the search engine, Google […]
Dogtown Proudly Supports Telehealth-Friendly Senate Bill
One thing that unites people on both sides of the political aisle in America is the understanding that our healthcare system is deeply flawed. Many app developers point toward MedTech as part of the solution, but unfortunately the government has been slower to embrace the latest innovations than the tech community and general public. Dogtown […]