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Sorry Vine Lovers, That Reboot Isn't Coming Anytime Soon
Update: May 4, 2018: Hopes of a Vine reboot were dashed today, when co-founder Dom Hofmann took to Twitter to announce "postponing the V2 project for an indefinite amount of time." Hofmann, who teased...
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Inside The Fake News Campaign To Smear Russia's Biggest Fashion Influencers
Fashion influencer Cinthia of CinthiaSpoon was busy during New York Fashion Week this February when she first saw an email with a mysterious subject line appear in her inbox: “Fwd: Mira Duma: facts on...
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Data Spring Cleaning: Your Guide To Tech Self-Care
If you weren’t one of the 87 million people affected by Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica data breach, it might be easy to feel a sense of relief and go about your online business as usual.But the scandal...
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Why You'll See Red Alerts Across The Web This Week
The home pages of Pornhub, Etsy, and Reddit will look a little different this Wednesday, May 9. The unlikely trio, along with 36 other companies, will join in a "red alert, " calling on the Senate to...
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Instagram Is Becoming A One-Stop Shop For Everything
Shopfronts on Instagram have become an increasingly large, rapidly-growing portion of the app.This is evident from the in-app ads for companies you've likely never heard of or seen IRL, and backed up...
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This New Google Maps Feature Will Save You From A Group Text Disaster
Making dinner plans with friends sounds simple enough, but can often turn into the most frustrating part of the week. The exercise always starts with good intentions: Find a restaurant everyone can...
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John Legend's Voice Is Coming To The Google Assistant — & It's A Big Deal
What would happen if Alexa lost her voice? This was the question Amazon posed to viewers in its 2018 Superbowl commercial. The tech giant’s solution: Calling in some very recognizable voices — Gordon...
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The Female Founders Fund Is Changing The Startup Game
Update: May 9, 2018: The opportunities for women to get venture funding are growing: Today, the Female Founders Fund announced the launch of Female Funders Fund II, a $27 million fund that will invest...
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Why You Should Check Your "Hidden" Message Requests On Instagram
Back in 2015, word started circulating about a “secret” Facebook inbox, one where messages from people you weren’t friends with went to sit and gather dust. The “other” inbox (as it was called) was...
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It's Not Just You — PowerPoints Are Having A Moment
Ahead of Lorde's April 6 concert in New Jersey, she had unknowingly angered a fan with tickets to the show: 26-year-old media strategist Hillary Dale Benton. Benton had grown increasingly suspicious of...
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Instagram Rolls Out A More Colorful Version Of Its Poll Sticker
It’s only been seven months since Instagram launched its poll sticker in Stories, but the feature has already managed to elicit a full spectrum of emotions. There was the initial joy ( I can get my...
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15 Women In Tech On The Skills They Taught Their Moms
Even though I grew up in the years when landlines were still the norm and having one computer in the house was a rarity, tech has always been an important part of my relationship with my mom. As a kid,...
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Spotify Has Muted R. Kelly & XXXTentaction By Deleting Them From Playlists
Following a call by Time's Up, Spotify is muting R. Kelly from its programmed playlists, promotions, and recommendation systems. The move is part of Spotify's newly announced hate content and hateful...
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Gmail Is Going To Help Us Write Our Emails — Is That A Good Thing?
The other week, someone told me the best part of being in between jobs — besides putting the fun in funemployment — is having zero work emails. As someone who is constantly playing email catch-up, the...
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To Fight Fakes, Messenger Doubles Down On Reporting Tools
Last month, LaQuishe "Q" Wright told me that of all the social media platforms her A-List clients frequent, Messenger presents some of the biggest problems. Specifically, it's where the social media...
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Uber Will End Forced Arbitration & Change How It Handles Sexual Assault Cases
Update: 1:35 p.m., May 15, 2018: Uber hoped its move to end forced arbitration would lead others in the tech industry to act, and it's done just that. This afternoon, Uber's biggest U.S. rival, Lyft,...
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Google Honors Tamara de Lempicka, A Leading Painter Of The Roaring Twenties
Two striking eyes stare directly at all visitors to Google's homepage today. Those eyes belong to Tamara de Lempicka, the Polish painter the search engine is honoring with a Doodle that embodies Art...
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Do You Hear 'Yanny' Or 'Laurel'? The Audio Illusion That's Dividing The Internet
Remember a few years ago when the world was a little less crazy and we were a little more innocent and some girl posted a picture of a dress which some people thought was gold and some people thought...
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Yanny Or Laurel & The Dress: Why We'll Forever Experience The Same Debate On...
The great debates that have enraged, enthralled, and animated our trigger-happy social media era always begin innocently enough. In 2015, it was "what color is this dress?", more commonly known as...
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Intentional Instagramming: The "New Age" Of Social Media
Over the last seven days, 21% of the time I've spent on my iPhone has been spent on Instagram.I devoted five-and-half hours to scrolling through my feed, mindlessly tapping through Stories, and...
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