<![CDATA[README . MIC - Medium]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/proxy/1*MXL-j6S8fTEd8UFP_foEEw.png README . MIC - Medium https://medium.com/readme-mic?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 Medium Fri, 13 Jan 2017 04:09:21 GMT <![CDATA[The mailto method: lower friction mobile email conversion]]>

One of Mic’s product goals is to reduce barriers between people and valuable information. So we’re always thinking about how we can remove…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/the-mailto-method-lower-friction-mobile-email-conversion-780958c4a773?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/780958c4a773 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:45:50 GMT 2016-12-23T18:45:50.159Z <![CDATA[Mic iOS 2.0.2 launch notes]]>

Today we’re rolling out a few updates to the Mic iOS app. We wanted to list them here as well as provide a few early data points on app…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/mic-ios-2-0-2-launch-notes-328feef07b03?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/328feef07b03 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:58:54 GMT 2016-11-22T14:48:28.940Z <![CDATA[Introducing Mic for iPhone: Lock-screen storytelling with video]]>

News is inherently about speed. “Hot off the press” is a cliche for a reason. Today, the demand for fast and important information drives…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/introducing-mic-for-iphone-lock-screen-storytelling-with-video-b6969439c417?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/b6969439c417 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 13:08:24 GMT 2016-11-03T13:08:24.143Z <![CDATA[A Crash Course in User Interview Technique]]>

Accidents happen. Important people in product teams get the flu. Airplanes get delayed. Sometimes you just can’t make it to the user…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/a-crash-course-in-user-interview-technique-c4bf468250ed?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/c4bf468250ed Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:18:29 GMT 2016-09-02T09:07:07.344Z <![CDATA[Smack: Mic’s Slack Bot for Live SMS Coverage]]>

A few weeks ago, the Mic Product team were testing the idea of sending our users a series of SMS messages as a part of a story. We wanted…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/smack-mics-slack-bot-for-live-sms-coverage-75efebcbb199?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/75efebcbb199 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:44:35 GMT 2016-07-28T22:44:35.536Z <![CDATA[Distro.Mic: An Open Source Service for Creating Instant Articles, Google AMP and Apple News…]]>

Mic is always on the lookout for new ways to reach our audience. When Facebook, Google and Apple announced their own native news…

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A couple weeks ago, I was tasked with coding emails. Oh, great… emails. I didn’t want to spend the next couple weeks coding tables for…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/creating-and-sending-reusable-emails-with-react-a80ade7614b?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/a80ade7614b Wed, 11 May 2016 19:55:51 GMT 2016-05-11T19:55:51.715Z <![CDATA[Make News Great Again: Introducing TrumpChat on Kik]]>

The U.S. presidential election is one of the biggest news stories of 2016, but it can be difficult to keep up. At Mic, we aim to bring our…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/make-news-great-again-introducing-trumpchat-on-kik-661d434ca95f?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/661d434ca95f Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:59:59 GMT 2016-05-06T02:10:36.993Z <![CDATA[Introducing DisOrDatBot]]>

At Mic, we’re always working on new ways to tell stories and engage our readers. Over the past few months, messaging apps have become a…

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]]> https://medium.com/readme-mic/introducing-disordatbot-4ed05f70f7de?source=rss----e7a239c3dde8---4 https://medium.com/p/4ed05f70f7de Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:40:16 GMT 2016-04-18T18:42:41.065Z <![CDATA[Some thoughts on bots and news]]>

Yesterday Facebook announced Messenger Platform Beta, which allows Facebook pages to have automated conversations with Facebook users via…

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