If you’ve ever tried to learn a language, you’ll know how important listening can be.
That’s why Duolingo has launched the Duolingo Spanish Podcast, for English speakers who are learning Spanish. The first episode is available for free on Duoli…
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‘Wolverine: The Long Night’ is Marvel’s first scripted podcast
Having conquered just about every other form of media, Marvel’s getting into the scripted podcasting game. Launching in Spring of next year, ’Wolverine: The Long Night’ marks the comics-turned-multimedia company’s first foray into the space. The series kicks off with a 10-episode season, premiering on Sticher’s premium service, where it will be an exclusive until… Read More
‘Wolverine: The Long Night’ is Marvel’s first scripted podcast
Having conquered just about every other form of media, Marvel’s getting into the scripted podcasting game. Launching in Spring of next year, ’Wolverine: The Long Night’ marks the comics-turned-multimedia company’s first foray into the space. The series kicks off with a 10-episode season, premiering on Sticher’s premium service, where it will be an exclusive until… Read More
Marvel is aiming to create the next ‘Serial,’ starring Wolverine
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Wolverine has explored plenty of territory in his 43-year history at Marvel — from comics to computer games, big screen to small — but come 2018, he’ll venture into a whole new frontier: his own podcast.
Mashable can exclusively reveal that the beloved X-Men character will headline Marvel’s first-ever scripted podcast, Wolverine: The Long Night, a 10-episode serialized story that will debut exclusively on podcast network Stitcher Premium in Spring 2018 as part of a partnership between Marvel and Stitcher, before rolling out across all other podcast platforms in the fall.
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Digital ethicist James Williams talks about the rise of bad social media
James Williams is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. He studies the ethics of attention and persuasion in technology design and spoke with us about the rise of attention-grabbing advertising and media and how we can fight back…
View More Digital ethicist James Williams talks about the rise of bad social mediaWhy the first 5 minutes of every video conference is, ‘Can you hear me?’
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The video conference is one of the least-liked parts of modern office culture.
Despite the plethora of video conferencing services — Google Hangouts, BlueJeans, Highfive, Skype, FaceTime, and dozens more — the first five minutes of every meeting tends to be a series of fruitless attempts to get everyone’s audio working correctly. And even when it does, dropped connections, poorly timed muting/unmuting, and quiet talkers often ruin the flow.
The truth is video conferencing is hard. Layering random internet services on top of ad hoc equipment on top of users with virtually no training means you get a grab-bag of results. Sure there are sleek corporate systems, but their cost often puts them out of range of most startups. Read more…
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View More Why the first 5 minutes of every video conference is, ‘Can you hear me?’‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ is what you get if you turned ‘Scream’ into a YA novel
This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Stephanie Perkins’ new book There’s Someone Inside Your House, a YA homage to classic slasher movies like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The novel follows a teenager, Makani, who h…
How long it takes to get used to the iPhone X
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Apple’s catchphrase, “Think different” is so well-known that it’s not often used in its original context, more often pulled out as an ironic dig when the company does something users don’t like (eliminating a certain jack comes to mind).
In the case of the iPhone X, though, the irony disappears. Users will definitely need to think differently as they encounter an iPhone with no home button, a front camera that can scan your face, and a “notch” — all firsts for the iPhone. The iPhone X doesn’t just have new features; it introduces an entirely new way of interacting with the device.
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MashReads Podcast: Why ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’ is the perfect Halloween book
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If you’re looking to get in the Halloween spirit, look no further than Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel, The Haunting of Hill House.
The book follows a group of people — the scientifically-minded Dr. Montague, the paranormally-vulnerable Eleanor Vance, seemingly telepathic Theodora, and future heir to the house Luke — who spend a few weeks living in Hill House, tasked with investigating its mysteries. But as the group explores, they soon learn that Hill House has a demand of its own: “Help Eleanor come home.”
SEE ALSO: The best new horror story of the season comes from an unlikely source: YA romance star Stephanie Perkins Read more…
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