Buttons or plates (like the one above) that automatically open doors can do a lot to make a building more accessible, but they aren’t always a perfect solution. For wheelchair users with limited upper body movement, the buttons can be tough to hit. Other times, the button is installed poorly — too high, too low, […]
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Facebook Portal reviews on Amazon appear to be padded with employee 5-star ratings
Facebook’s Portal video-conferencing device is life changing and you absolutely have to buy it. Don’t believe me? Just take a look at these five-star Amazon reviews left by people who just so happen to have the same names as Facebook employees. …
View More Facebook Portal reviews on Amazon appear to be padded with employee 5-star ratingsFacebook says it will ask employees to take down glowing Portal reviews on Amazon
The reception to Facebook Portal has been, at best, a mixed bag. Between the company’s ongoing privacy woes and a lackluster response, Facebook likely didn’t get the response it was anticipating for its first in-house hardware creation. Still, both the Portal and Portal Plus are floating around the four-star mark over on Amazon. Not too […]
View More Facebook says it will ask employees to take down glowing Portal reviews on AmazonFacebook restructures Building 8, separating projects into Reality Labs and Portal groups
Facebook is restructuring its experimental hardware efforts and giving its moonshot projects a home within its AR/VR research division. The restructuring, reported by Business Insider (paywalled), didn’t result in any layoffs but did see some shifts of teams as the old Building 8 group rebranded to Portal and some projects moved to the former Oculus […]
View More Facebook restructures Building 8, separating projects into Reality Labs and Portal groupsFacebook starts shipping Portal, clarifies privacy/ad policy
Planning to get in early on the Portal phenomenon? Facebook announced today that it’s starting to ship the video chat device. The company’s first true piece of devoted hardware comes in two configurations: the Echo Show-like Portal and the larger Portal+ . Which run $199 and $349, respectively. There’s also a two-fer $298 bundle on […]
View More Facebook starts shipping Portal, clarifies privacy/ad policyA fictional Facebook Portal videochat with Mark Zuckerberg
TechCrunch: Hey Portal, dial Mark Portal: Do you mean Mark Zuckerberg? TC: Yes Portal: Dialling Mark… TC: Hi Mark! Nice choice of grey t-shirt. MZ: Uh, new phone who dis? — oh, hi, er, TechCrunch… TC: Thanks for agreeing to this entirely fictional interview, Mark! MZ: Sure — anytime. But you don’t mind if I […]
View More A fictional Facebook Portal videochat with Mark ZuckerbergFacebook tries its hand at hardware with Portal
Portal is not Facebook’s Echo Show. Call it a case of convergent evolution, wherein two companies arrived at similar looking products after approaching hardware from different angles. The problem Facebook sought to solve is one of face to face communication. It’s an attempt to remove the device from the act of video chatting. That Facebook, […]
View More Facebook tries its hand at hardware with PortalPortal offers an easy way to pay creators for their content
Portal founder Jonathan Swerdlin is just the latest media pundit to point to advertising as the root cause of the industry’s problems. But he’s not content to diagnose the illness — he thinks he’s created a cure. “Digital media has become toxic, in part, because of advertising,” Swerdlin said. “The unmet and unarticulated need is […]
View More Portal offers an easy way to pay creators for their content‘Portal’ is back (sort of) with a fun new puzzle game
There hasn’t been any word from developer Valve on Portal 3 (or Half Life 3, or even Dota 3 or Left 4 Dead 3 for that matter), but the Portal universe isn’t completely closed for business.
Bridge Constructor Portal mashes together the fun bridge-buil…