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Kurt Wagner

Kurt Wagner

Senior Editor, Social Media at Recode

    Latest articles by Kurt Wagner

    Technology
    Facebook’s internet-beaming drone completed its second test flight and landed ‘perfectly’Facebook’s internet-beaming drone completed its second test flight and landed ‘perfectly’
    Technology

    Its first Aquila flight ended in a crash landing.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    This new movie about an Instagram stalker looks both hilarious and terrifyingThis new movie about an Instagram stalker looks both hilarious and terrifying
    Technology

    Remember: People can see your public social media posts.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Facebook now has two billion monthly usersFacebook now has two billion monthly users
    Technology

    Now on to three billion.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    At Cannes, advertisers are still hunting for an alternative to Google and FacebookAt Cannes, advertisers are still hunting for an alternative to Google and Facebook
    Technology

    Plus new attendees, two ways to look at live video and a Snapchat-branded Ferris wheel.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Sneaker enthusiast (and former Twitter COO) Adam Bain joined the board of sneaker startup GOATSneaker enthusiast (and former Twitter COO) Adam Bain joined the board of sneaker startup GOAT
    Technology

    Bain says he wants to learn more about marketplaces and commerce.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Twitter is giving Periscope creators a chance to make a little moneyTwitter is giving Periscope creators a chance to make a little money
    Technology

    Twitter, though, probably won’t make much of anything.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Why Twitter’s Jack Dorsey chose computer science over becoming mayor of New YorkWhy Twitter’s Jack Dorsey chose computer science over becoming mayor of New York
    Technology

    Dorsey says building software could enact change faster than public policies could.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Instagram Stories is still growing quickly and now has 250 million usersInstagram Stories is still growing quickly and now has 250 million users
    Technology

    That’s 50 million new users in just two months.

    By Rani Molla and Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Twitter is running another TV commercialTwitter is running another TV commercial
    Technology

    This one features Chance the Rapper and gives people an example of why they should use Twitter.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Meet Tim Kendall — the exec making sure Pinterest lives up to its $12 billion valuationMeet Tim Kendall — the exec making sure Pinterest lives up to its $12 billion valuation
    Technology

    Kendall is Pinterest’s money man.

    By Kurt Wagner