Link. Pairs well with this video. (thanks, Tara McGinley!)
Lana Del Rey Dancing (a tumblog of greatness)
Tumblr launches subscription service
Tumblr's most significant shortcoming, as a platform for artists and writers, was that it never figured out payments. When it purged smut and adult material, that was likely a hamfisted attempt to make Tumblr more attractive to banks and payment processors. Yesterday it finally announced Tumblr Post Plus, a Patreon-like way to pay your favorites,… READ THE REST
A year after banning "female-presenting nipples", Tumblr is much-diminished but still alive
The Atlantic reviews the state of Tumblr, where adult material was banned by new corporate owners, traffic collapsed, and the remains were sold for a pittance to Automattic, the company behind WordPress. It is down but far from out, Kaitlin Tiffany reports, with vibrant communities still thriving. On one hand… The biggest thing that's changed… READ THE REST
Announcement of Tumblr's sale to WordPress classified as pornography by Tumblr's notorious "adult content" filter
Tumblr is being sold to WordPress parent company Automattic for a reported price of "less than $3m," a substantial decline from the $1.1B Yahoo paid for the company in 2013 (Yahoo subsequently sold Tumblr and several other startups it had overpaid for and then ruined to Verizon for more than $4b). READ THE REST
IT hopefuls are digging these online cybersecurity courses
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. There's only so much side-hustling you can do in one lifetime — perhaps it's about time you chose a career that has great earning potential you can really enjoy, like cybersecurity.… READ THE REST
This online protection may as well be the next big digital superhero
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. When you were a kid, your parents used to tell you to be wary of pickpockets and stranger danger lurking around every corner. While these things may still be around today, you have… READ THE REST
No matter how bad your day gets, at least you'll never have slow WiFi with this gadget
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Whether you're in the middle of playing a game or trying to get through a slew of work emails in your home office, a lagging internet connection is enough to make you want… READ THE REST
