Topic: content curation
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Flipboard Launches Surf: A Social App and Feed Reader
Flipboard's new Surf platform is a unified browser for the open social web, functioning as a fediverse client, feed reader, and curation tool that connects to services like Mastodon and Bluesky. Surf innovates by integrating directly with federated social networks, allowing actions like liking or...
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Maka Kids redefines screen time with a well-being focused streaming app
Maka Kids is a new streaming app for children ages zero to six that prioritizes child well-being over engagement, avoiding recommendation algorithms, ads, and auto-play features, and has secured $3 million in seed funding. The platform uses Maka Imprint, a patent-pending developmental framework d...
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Roku's Massive Upgrade: All the New Features Revealed
Roku's platform upgrade introduces AI-powered voice search for more natural, conversational queries and enhanced content discovery tools to streamline entertainment access. New features include a "Ways to Watch" button for instant viewing from trailers and real-time sports alerts with customizabl...
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Kobo rejected 45% of self-published books in 2025, mostly over AI
In 2025, Rakuten Kobo rejected 45% of all titles submitted to its Kobo Writing Life self-publishing platform, with CEO Michael Tamblyn attributing over 80% of those rejections to books clearly generated by artificial intelligence. Kobo has tightened quality controls using automated screening and ...
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How NotebookLM Saves Time by Replacing Daily Tasks
NotebookLM's mobile app transforms idle moments into productive time by generating audio overviews and summaries, allowing users to listen to synthesized analyses of their notes and documents on the go. The app enables rapid preparation for meetings and demystifies complex documents by quickly ex...
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HBO Max Launches 24/7 Channels for Friends & Game of Thrones
HBO Max is launching curated, 24/7 streaming channels that function like scheduled TV but allow for viewer control, such as rewinding or skipping episodes. The initial rollout includes twelve distinct channels dedicated to specific genres like true crime or to major franchises such as *Friends*, ...
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The Pre-Google Web: When Search Was Still an Experiment
Pre-Google search engines like AltaVista, Lycos, and Ask Jeeves were not merely primitive versions of modern tools; they operated in a fundamentally different internet where human-curated directories, fragile algorithms, and organic link-sharing competed with machine indexing. Discovery in the mi...
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Humble Bundle Founders Launch New Game Discovery Platform
Digiphile is a new digital marketplace launched by former Humble Bundle executives, focusing on community-driven curation and partnerships with creators and charities to reshape digital media discovery. The platform features limited-time collections curated with experts, includes The Digiphile Ex...
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Rate Your Favorite Shows and Movies on HBO Max
HBO Max has introduced an interactive rating feature with options "Love," "Like," or "Not For Me" to personalize content recommendations and curate sections like "Because You Love." The feature, tested extensively last year, mirrors competitors like Netflix and is accessible across all platforms ...
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How to Use ChatGPT as Your Personal Spotify DJ
The author discovered a personal use for generative AI by employing ChatGPT as a personalized Spotify DJ to broaden their musical horizons, moving beyond features that merely recycle existing library songs. The method's effectiveness relies on ChatGPT's plugin ecosystem, which integrates with Spo...
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Meta uses your off-site activity to tailor your feeds
Meta is expanding its use of third-party data beyond targeted ads to personalize organic content and AI-driven suggestions on Facebook and Instagram. For example, purchasing a tent online could lead to seeing camping-themed videos in your Reels feed, based on existing data from business partners....
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Avoid Online Spoilers: Tips for Chat and Social Media
Online spoilers are a real threat for those behind on latest releases, but practical steps can minimize exposure across social media and the web. Muting specific words, acronyms, and character names on social platforms like X, Bluesky, and Threads can hide spoiler-related posts from timelines and...
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Reddit CEO Plans More Reviews and Recommendations
Reddit is pivoting to surface its vast library of evergreen content (e.g., advice and reviews) directly in user feeds, overcoming a current limit that only recommends posts under one week old. The company is overhauling its search experience with richer visuals and shopping ads, positioning itsel...
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Don't Miss These 45+ PS5 & PS4 Games on Sale This November
The PlayStation Store's November Savings event offers significant discounts on thousands of PS5 and PS4 games until November 21st, with curated recommendations available to highlight standout deals. Each featured game in the curated list has a minimum 7/10 rating from Push Square and is available...
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Top On-Screen Car Mistakes That Drive Viewers Crazy
Car enthusiasts are frequently distracted by small but glaring inaccuracies in films and TV, such as anachronistic vehicles appearing in period pieces, which breaks historical immersion. Common technical errors include mismatched or dubbed engine sounds for a car and continuity mistakes where veh...
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Pinterest Tests AI-Powered Personalized Boards
Pinterest is introducing new AI features to turn user boards into personalized discovery and shopping tools, with testing underway in the U.S. and Canada. Key additions include the "Styled for you" collage for outfit assembly and "Boards made for you" for curated style inspiration, both utilizing...
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White House Dupe Site: The Strategic Mimicry of the Drudge Report Design
The White House recently unveiled a website called "White House Wire," and its bold move to emulate the Drudge Report's iconic design has sparked conversations about media strategy, transparency, and influence.
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Find Your Perfect Fit with Pinterest's New AI Shopping Assistant
Pinterest has launched a conversational AI shopping assistant that uses voice commands to provide personalized recommendations from users' saved content and on-screen items. The assistant operates exclusively through voice interactions, offering audio descriptions of suggestions without an option...
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Spotify Now Narrates Magazine Articles for Listeners
Spotify is launching a new feature offering narrated long-form journalism from major publications, available to Premium subscribers within their audiobook allowance and to free users for $1.99 per article. The feature is currently available in English with over 650 articles, but only in regions w...
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Google Photos May Reverse Controversial Updates
Google is testing a revised photo editor that restores a more intuitive layout and single-tap access to key tools, directly responding to user criticism of a previous cumbersome redesign. Alongside the editor overhaul, Google is experimenting with a new TikTok-inspired Explore feed, suggesting a ...
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