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8 Celebrities Who Are Very Bad At Endorsing Products
And three famous Apple Watch giftees who may not be sending each other their heartbeats. 1. Manny Pacquaio is a Samsung spokesperson, but he tweets from an iPhone often. cultofmac.com 2. Jessica Alba...
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It’s another step toward a more visual platform. Twitter is auto-expanding link content — at least as a test. The changes, visible today for at least some users, show content previews automatically...
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Airbnb's Future Could Be Decided By Popular Vote
An update for those following along at home. Airbnb Last week, BuzzFeed News reported that Airbnb launched an opposition campaign against a proposed ballot measure that the company maintains would ban...
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Sean Parker Wants To Disrupt Politics
Brigade, a civic startup, aims to be the Facebook and LinkedIn of political life. Brigade On the 4th of July, Sean Parker's civic startup, Brigade, reached a milestone that might be notable to...
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The Future Of Work Might Not Include Payday
Most on-demand companies are focused on creating greater efficiency for employers, not employees. But Activehours hopes to buck that trend, making payday as flexible as the future of work is supposed...
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Why Is The Society Of Professional Journalists Debating GamerGate?
A century of ethics in journalism meets “ethics in gaming journalism.” The Society of Professional Journalists is an august organization that since 1909 has been, according to its motto, "improving...
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Apple's New iPods Are Here
New colors, and a faster iPod Touch with a better camera. Apple / Via Apple.com The age of the iPod might be drawing to a close, but it's not quite over yet. Though Apple's portable music player...
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Retailers Can Declare A Shopping Holiday Any Time They Want. So Can We Have...
If Amazon can drum up a Black Friday–style bonanza in the middle of July, do retailers really have to open on Thanksgiving Day to draw shoppers? Amazon / Via amazon.com Amazon's bid to create a...
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El Chapo's Family — Or The People Pretending To Be — Are Insanely Popular On...
Twitter accounts that claim to belong to Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera and his family frequently post somber, impulsive, passionate and aggressive posts. Last week, Mexican drug lord Joaquin...
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If We All Just Ignore Amazon Prime Day Maybe This Abomination Will Go Away
Happy holidays! internethistory.tumblr.com I love one thing and one thing only on planet Earth, and that's getting a deal. I freaking LOVE DEALS. I love a dollar store. I love a coupon code. I love a...
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President Obama Will Expand Broadband To Residents Of Public Housing
A pilot program in 27 cities will connect hundreds of thousands of low income Americans to the web. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Obama Administration unveiled a new program on Wednesday to bring...
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7 Things We Learned From Netflix's Second-Quarter Earnings
Most importantly, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings can rock a “BoJack Horseman” sweater with the best of them. Netflix The company now has a total of 65.6 million streaming subscribers. Of those, 42.3...
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People Are Freaking Out Over Wondering If Their Credit Cards Were Stolen In...
The fraud detection company hired by the government to help employees is overwhelmed with requests, though no one is sure if the credit cards being reported as stolen were part of the OPM hack, or...
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What Kind Of Stuff On The Internet Do Teens Actually Think Is Cool?
Would a 17-year-old think you’re lame??? This week on BuzzFeed's Internet Explorer podcast, we interviewed 17-year-old Anita Osoula. We wanted to find out what social networks and apps are ACTUALLY...
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California Regulators Threaten Uber With Suspension, Fines
“We will appeal,” the ride-hail company promises. The California Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday fined Uber $7.3 million for failing to comply with state reporting requirements for ride-hail...
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Department Of Labor: "Most Workers Are Employees"
A new reinterpretation of employee classification could help win on-demand workers rights and protections in court. Ed Brown Last month, the California Labor Commission ruled that an individual Uber...
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Uber Beats Taxis In U.S. Business Travel
Expense management company Certify analyzed 8 million travel receipts and found Uber accounted for 55% of all business travel ground transportation, while taxis accounted for 43%. Certify Uber has...
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Is Ancestry.com Coming After 23andMe?
The genealogy company is moving one step closer to the tightly regulated world of direct-to-consumer DNA health testing. Ancestry / Via health.ancestry.com Ancestry.com, which has collected the DNA of...
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The Race Is On To Connect The World
Outernet made a device that can stream limited amounts of data one way by satellite anywhere in the world. But can the company get it to the people before the internet and cell networks make the...
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People Sent $1.6 Billion Over Venmo In The Last Three Months
The mobile money transfer service grew by almost 250% in the last quarter, and has become central to PayPal’s efforts to reach younger users. Adrian Dennis / Getty Images Venmo users transfered $1.6...
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