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Apple Wants Women To Want Smartwatches
Companies are making smartwatches and wearables that are smaller and more fashion-conscious in the hopes of targeting women. “The industry hasn’t traditionally focused on women as the foremost...
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Google Breaks Its 4 Year Silence On Net Neutrality
The search giant comes out in favor of net neutrality for the first time since 2010. takeaction.withgoogle.com For the first time since 2010, Google came out staunchly for a free and open internet in...
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Seventeen Features A YouTuber On Its Cover
Old media tries to catch up. Other industries are also realizing that YouTubers are the best way to reach teenagers. In a recent survey commissioned by Variety, teenagers were asked which celebrities...
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17 Glorious GIFs Of The New Apple Watch
*Gollum voice* MY PRECIOUS. To start, a classy moment: Colin Heasley // Apple This magnetized clasp action: Apple / Via kevisawesome.tumblr.com (Wrist) bandz a make her dance: Apple / Via...
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The App Timehop Made An Unfortunate 9/11 Memorial
Users of the app were shown a cartoon dinosaur mascot saluting the towers. The quotes at the bottom are randomized, these are some of the other unfortunate juxtapositions people received: No. No. View...
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The Future Of News On The Apple Watch Is In Yahoo's Hands For Now
Yahoo News Digest already works on the Apple Watch. Stephen Lam / Reuters During its two-hour keynote this week, Apple demoed a wide variety of social media, fitness, messaging, and location-based...
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This Is How An Ad Gets Placed In Your Facebook News Feed
A peek under the hood of one of Facebook’s most important algorithms. Fidji Simo, Facebook product management director on the ads team, on the left. Facebook Fidji Simo and Hong Ge have, quite...
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How I Rebuilt Tinder And Discovered The Shameful Secret Of Attraction
Why we swipe the way we swipe. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed Suppose you're a straight woman thumbing through Tinder while waiting for the train, avoiding your homework, or bored at work. A picture of a...
View ArticleInstagram's Richest Teen Jailed For Selling iPhone On Craigslist
Param Sharma, better known as itslavishbitch, has been in custody for 24 days for a misdemeanor crime. instagram.com Param Sharma is a peculiar brand of social media star. The 18-year-old got famous...
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Uber Drivers "Strike"— And Switch To Lyft — Over Fares And Conditions
Testing the labor market. “Uber is not doing anything — it’s only an application on our phones.” Facebook: uberdriversnetwork Facebook: uberdriversnetwork A group of Uber drivers, who say they number...
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Grandparents Keep Accidentally Tagging Grandmaster Flash In Facebook Posts...
Facebook auto-tagging doesn’t work for everyone. From the Grampa and Grandmaster Flash tumblr. When you type a Facebook status, suggestions are made to auto-tag other users. When you start typing...
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These Four Images Will Make You Never Want To Play "The Sims 4"
Beat it, you smooth criminal. Early this morning, Reddit user WillWalrus shared four images with r/thesims. They show a boy — Alexander Goth — making friends with a man. Sounds sweet, right? It starts...
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Uber Caves To Striking Drivers' Demands
Drivers welcome the ability to opt out of less lucrative fares but continue their strike in hopes of returning the Uber X fare to its pre-summer price. Via Facebook: uberdriversnetwork Early into the...
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The Games Of The Future Aren't Just Games, They're Billion-Dollar Ecosystems
What Destiny and Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft say about the future of gaming. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong One is a $500 million blockbuster, a sure-thing atom bomb of hype and polish from one of the...
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Uber Drivers Face Uphill Battle As New York Protests Continue
As existing drivers protest outside the Uber offices, prospective drivers continue to line up in the offices to sign up for the service. BuzzFeed News | Johana Bhuiyan Uber drivers gathered outside...
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Here's A Tumblr For Photos Of Bros In Startup Shirts
Important work is being done here . dudesinstartupshirts.tumblr.com Cory Sklar lives in San Francisco and has seen his fair share of men wearing t-shirts with startup names on them. But Cory is no...
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LGBT Activists Challenge Facebook On Policy Requiring Legal Names
The company is requiring many users to use their legal names, which activists say could harm transgender people, drag queens, and other users who may use pseudonyms on the social network for various...
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Ditching Twitter
The cost of ambient intimacy. Flickr: mizmak / Via Flickr/Creative Commons I started writing this post a month ago, and finished it during a vacation spent mostly offline. Since I started it, several...
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Men Dating Online Aren't As Creepy About Age As You Thought*
*Except for those in their mid-thirties. Watch out for those guys. ER/FAMEFLYNET ER/FAMEFLYNET When it comes to selecting a mate of an appropriate age, one common, decidedly nonscientific rule is...
View ArticleBillionaire Investor Accuses Twitter Executives Of Getting High
Comments by investor Peter Thiel on CNBC today. UPDATE — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has responded. Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel criticized Twitter on CNBC today for its poor management,...
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