By Bob Bragman, SFGATE Updated 2:49 pm, Friday, May 25, 2018 Now Playing: The Golden Gate Bridge has a storied history, but do you know the whole story? Media: San Francisco Chronicle The Golden Gate Bridge opened to traffic 81 years ago and instantly became one of the world's most recognizable structures. To mark the birthday, we unearthed images from the construction, several of which have not been seen in years. Construction started Jan. 5, 1933, after authorization by the War Department, which owned the land on both sides of the strait. The first cars rolled over it on May 27, 1937. The proposal to build a bridge wasn't uniformly welcomed. Hundreds of lawsuits were filed to stop construction, and the loudest opponents included environmentalists and the ferry company that shuttled people between Marin County and San Francisco. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: … [Read more...] about The Golden Gate Bridge opened 81 years ago: Rare images from the archives
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Facebook launches searchable archive of U.S. political ads
By David Ingram SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc <FB.O> on Thursday launched an archive of U.S. political ads that appear on the world’s largest social network, showing who paid for them and other details, after an outcry over Russians’ alleged purchase of such ads during the 2016 elections. The archive tool will be rolled out to other countries in coming months, it added. Facebook, which has 2.2 billion monthly active users, pledged seven months ago to create a cache, saying on the eve of U.S. congressional hearings that it wanted to increase transparency about its role in political advertising. Digital services such as Facebook, Twitter Inc <TWTR.N> and Alphabet Inc’s <GOOGL.O> Google and YouTube have upended how political campaigns reach voters in many countries because of their power at targeting ads at narrow audiences and their low cost compared to television ads. Beginning on Thursday, all U.S. ads about elections or political … [Read more...] about Facebook launches searchable archive of U.S. political ads
TV’s rich history on display with new archive website
Lynn Elber Associated Press Published 11:12 p.m. UTC May 23, 2018 Los Angeles -- Diahann Carroll recalls a date with Marlon Brando that yielded a slap and career advice. Robert Adler tells how he co-invented the TV remote control. Walter Cronkite shares his dismay over learning that White House pressure trimmed a CBS report on Watergate. Their accounts are part of an extraordinary collection of 4,000-plus hours of video Q&As recorded over more than two decades by the Television Academy Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, organizer of the prime-time Emmy Awards. Last week, a new website made the full collection of 895 interviews — and counting — available free to all comers, who can watch complete interviews or search the curated treasure trove by individuals, shows, events, themes and more. Even such minutiae as the origin of TV catchphrases including “Come on down!” from “The Price is … [Read more...] about TV’s rich history on display with new archive website
Facebook Adds Voice Recording, Archival To Stories Feature
May 16, 5:05 PM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Alex Perry 05/16/18 AT 11:56 AM Social media is quickly moving to a point where people prefer to share their lives via temporary “stories” on apps like Snapchat on Instagram rather than in permanent status updates, like Facebook posts or tweets. Accordingly, Facebook wants to emphasize its own stories feature by adding a host of new features to it soon.Wednesday marks the introduction of a few accessories for Facebook stories, with the new features coming to India first and the rest of the world a little later, according to TechCrunch. The new additions are actually based on a trip to India that reportedly showed the Facebook team what would be beneficial to people with less phone storage or slower internet connections.To make Stories global, Facebook adds Archive and audio posts https://t.co/38IHM3EZLs by @joshconstine … [Read more...] about Facebook Adds Voice Recording, Archival To Stories Feature
Global Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) & PACS Market Analysis to 2023: Increasing Demand for Universalization of Medical Image Archiving
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2018--The "Global Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) & PACS Market - Segmented by Application, Delivery Mode, Usage Model, Player type and Geography - Growth, Trend and Forecast (2018 - 2023)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The Global Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) & PACS market has been estimated at USD 3.28 billion in 2017. The market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period, 2018 to 2023. North America accounted for the largest market share, accounting for approximately 60% of the global market share in 2017, while Europe region was estimated to register the fastest CAGR through the forecast period, 2018-2023.Rising Demand of Image ArchivingPACS dominates over VNA generating most of the revenue from the PACS replacements. PACS systems store data as per the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) standard to maintain uniformity; however, different companies have different internal … [Read more...] about Global Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) & PACS Market Analysis to 2023: Increasing Demand for Universalization of Medical Image Archiving