Daily Report: Small Holidays Play Big on Social Media

Looking for something to say, many social media users are timing posts to match novel holidays. Tweed Day was big, as was Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day. Today happens to be National Watermelon Day. You didn’t know?
from BWCWeb http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/daily-report-small-holidays-play-big-on-social-media/?_r=1

German Carmakers Buy Nokia’s Mapping Unit for $3 Billion

A consortium of automakers including Audi, BMW Group and Daimler will use the Here unit in their plans for driverless cars, but it will consider licensing the technology to other companies.
from BWCWeb http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/technology/german-carmakers-buy-nokia-mapping-unit-here.html?_r=1

Need a Reason to Celebrate? Check Online, Where Social Media Fills the Calendar

The growth of social media has spawned a national holiday — sometimes two — for seemingly every day of the year. It is an instinct as old as America itself.
from BWCWeb http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/technology/need-a-reason-to-celebrate-check-online-where-social-media-fills-the-calendar.html?_r=1

Political Consultant for Uber to Advise Other Start-Ups

Bradley Tusk, a former campaign manager for New York’s last mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, is starting Tusk Ventures, a political consulting firm geared toward helping start-ups work with — and in some cases, beat back — government regulators.
from BWCWeb http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/political-consultant-for-uber-to-advise-other-start-ups/?_r=1

Hitchhiking Robot That Crossed Nations Fails to Last 2 Weeks in U.S.

from BWCWeb http://time.com/3981411/hitchbot-robot-vandalized-philadelphia/?xid=IFT-Section

Why Some Start-Ups Are Called Tech Companies and Others Are Not

For as long as there has been a commercial Internet, there has been fuzziness about what is or is not a tech company. And the question has only become more complicated with the rise of start-ups like Uber that deliver real-world services aided by technology.
from BWCWeb http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/in-search-of-the-slippery-definition-of-the-modern-tech-company/?_r=1

Farhad and Mike’s Week in Review: Twitter Problems

Two technology journalists from The New York Times assess the week’s major news stories from Silicon Valley, including earnings announcements from Facebook and Twitter.
from BWCWeb http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/technology/farhad-and-mikes-week-in-review-twitter-problems.html?_r=1