Just as Uber has disrupted the taxi business and Airbnb disrupted the hotel industry, HireAHelper is hoping to disrupt the moving business. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates about one in nine people change residences in a typical year. In most cases, that requires hiring a moving company to load all household items, drive them to the new […]
Is your Tinder Privacy as secure as you think? Be careful as you swipe left and right—someone could be watching. Security researchers say Tinder isn’t doing enough to secure its popular dating app, putting the privacy of users at risk. A report released Tuesday by researchers from the cybersecurity firm Checkmarx identifies two security flaws […]
Amazon’s vision of the future of brick and mortar retail came into sharp focus Monday as the online retailer opened its first Amazon Go convenience store in Seattle. The concept, announced 13 months ago, allows shoppers to move down the aisles, pick up items, and then go on their way without having to pass through a […]
On Thursday, Instagram unveiled its new Last Active Feature, allowing people you follow, or have direct messaged, to see when you last used the service. In Direct Messages, under a person’s username, you can now see when they were last active with a message like “Active Now” or “Active 3h ago.” Your online status is […]
CVS Pharmacy has announced new beauty standards for the marketing of beauty products sold in its stores and online by pledging to identify any images that have been altered. At the same time, the company is introducing what it calls the “CVS Beauty Mark,” a watermark that will identify images that have not not been “materially […]
