August

Meta announced that CrowdTangle will be discontinued on Aug. 14, 2024, as the company shifts its focus toward developing new research tools. Until then, users can still access CrowdTangle and its Chrome Extension, with data updating in real-time. However, during this period, no new users can be added to accounts as the platform will be in maintenance mode. Why we care. Marketers and publishers who depend on CrowdTangle for trend analysis, post monitoring and analytics will need to seek alternative tools as the…

“This book doesn’t work. It must be destroyed.” Not a one-star rant from the bowels of Amazon or Goodreads, but rather the verdict of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez on his now posthumously published novel, Until August, a breezy romp brewed in his 70s and previously excerpted by the New Yorker in 1999 after he read from it on stage in Madrid with the late José Saramago.The erotic adventures of a middle-aged mother, it was originally conceived as a five-part narrative more than 600 pages long, but was set…

The earth trembles in anticipation of Deathwing’s re-emergence of Cataclysm Classic. The re-launch of the World of Warcraft expansion that literally changed the world is now available in closed beta. You can experience all the fun of a dragon-fueled apocalypse now by signing up at Blizzard’s portal. Cataclysm was a huge expansion, and WoW‘s most monumental undertaking. The entirety of the main world was rebuilt for new stories, quests, locations and more. The expansion also saw the introduction of the Worgen and Goblins…

Once a year, in August, a middle-aged woman travels to a Caribbean island to lay flowers on her mother’s grave. On the eighth of these pilgrimages, without premeditation, she invites a man who – like her – is sitting alone in the hotel bar, to come up to her room. They make love. Their excitement is mirrored by turbulent weather: there is a thunderstorm and blue herons fly agitated over the lagoon. When she wakes in the morning the man has gone. She doesn’t even know his name. Afterwards, every year, she sets out to…

World's Edge and TiMi Studio Group have revealed the first details of Age of Empires Mobile for iOS and Android. The entry includes the series' most popular gameplay mechanics such as base-building and PvP battles. It will also have mobile-specific controls to optimize the experience.While Age of Empires Mobile doesn't have a release date yet, its iOS page says, "expected Aug 19, 2024." The game will allow players to pick from a variety of different historical leaders such as King Arthur, Joan of Arc,…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image Gmail, the popular email service by Google, is not being shut down as rumoured. While there were concerns about Gmail's future, Google has confirmed that the service will continue to exist.  However, there's a change happening - Google has decided to discontinue the basic HTML version of Gmail. This simpler version,…

Rumors about the second-generation Vision Pro have been swirling around from even before the first-generation Vision Pro went on sale. Today, we have some new information about the successor to the Vision Pro, more specifically, related to the product’s launch timeline and the improvements that it will offer. According to Mark Gurman on Bloomberg, Apple is at least 18 months away from launching the second-generation Vision Pro. That means the upcoming MR headset will arrive in August 2025 at the earliest. Furthermore,…

It is fitting that a critical section of “August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned” delves into legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. In one particular moment, as the strains of Coltrane’s instantly recognizable horn work fill the theater, Wilson conducts the symphony. Both arms flutter in exultation as the angelic sound majestically rises, puncturing the heavens deeply until perfect silence lands at his hardened feet. Coltrane and Wilson’s parallels are uncanny. Both reached dizzying heights in their respective…

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal plans to let brands and celebrities join, starting on February 6, and says the app now has 23M DAUs, up from 20M DAUs in August 2023 — BeReal, a rising social media app that emphasizes authenticity, is making its first outreach to brands and celebrities. Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal plans to let brands and celebrities join, starting on February 6, and says the app now has 23M DAUs, up from 20M DAUs in August 2023 — BeReal, a rising…

Credit: Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s40645-023-00598-4 In Japan, the summer season is characterized by stagnant rain fronts, causing persistent heavy rainfall. This phenomenon is reportedly associated with global-scale atmospheric and oceanic anomalies. Remote influences from the tropical and extratropical regions have been identified as the main causes, respectively. However, the link between…