There’s a rumor floating around thatTwitterwill be integrated at the system level into iOS 5. While parts of the story seem to make sense, there’s a bigger picture that’s being left in the cold. First off, let’s look at the rumor: Twitter integration will allow you to have a “Send to Twitter” option for your photos. This would use the still-to-come Twitter-owned photo service. But wait. That’s it? Surely not....
Mark Zuckerberg may want more positivenewsfrom Japan, but it’s not likely to arrive any time soon. With a mere twomillionregisteredFacebookusers out of an online population of almost one hundredmillion, this represents a penetration of just 2% – meaning it’s among Facebook’s lowest performing markets. Japan may be ahead of countries such as Cambodia and Togo, but it’s still lagging behind Facebook “heavyweights” such as Namibia and Nicaragua, where penetration has hit the giddy heights of 5%....
Last week, I came across an interestingarticleon ReadWriteWeb titled: “Why Twitter Must Expand Beyond 140 Characters.” Going by the title alone, I can say without hesitation that calling it ‘a bad idea’ would be an understatement. In fact, I believe it would completely kill the very essence of Twitter. To give RWW the benefit of the doubt (and to prepare for this piece) I of course read it and expectedly, there were some interesting points but alas, nothing particularly convincing....
Twitter is applying the bug bounty model to machine learning. The micro-blogging site has launched the industry’s first algorithmic bias bounty competition. The challenge was created to identify potential harms in Twitter’s notoriousimage cropping algorithm, which was largely abandoned after exhibiting gender- and race-based biases. The company now wants to incentivize the community to find further unidentified risks of the algorithm. The winners of the challenge will receive cash prizes of up to $3,500....
Why Uber’s supreme court battle won’t solve its drivers’ biggest problem Driving precariously Many taxi drivers are in a very precarious position in their work, as bothmy research teamandothers have shown. Uber controls fares, aiming to be significantly cheaper than its competitors, and takes a 25% commission, which limits drivers’ earnings per mile. Our research suggests that after purchasing, maintaining, and running their vehicle, some Uber drivers in England earn as little as £5 an hour....
