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You absolutely should not 'Be Like Bill,' the smarmy stick-figure meme eating Facebook

Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Jan 23, 2016 12:00 am - Bill does not forward chain emails. He does not take duck-faced selfies or click into schemes from Nigerian princes. He certainly doesn't play Candy Crush, Instagram his...
Ruby Dee documentary offers her pearls of wisdom

By Mark Kennedy Associated Press
Jan 17, 2016 6:08 am - NEW YORK - The late Ruby Dee was many things - an artist, an activist and a pioneer of stage and screen. But she was also something equally important - a grandmother. A ...
Behind the scenes of Face Swap Live, the 'creepy' app that launched a thousand memes

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Jan 16, 2016 6:41 am - When I smile, Hillary Clinton smiles back. When I raise an eyebrow, hers lifts in unison, like a bizarre game of Simon Says. When I grimace, the wrinkles on her forehead...
Coming soon to your Snapchat feed: President Obama

By Elise Viebeck Washington Post
Jan 16, 2016 6:39 am - WASHINGTON - It's official: President Barack Obama joined Snapchat, cementing his status as the most social media-savvy president ever. Not that the bar was very high. S...
Instagram trainers dish on secret to staying motivated

By Kelli Kennedy Associated Press
Jan 14, 2016 5:00 am - MIAMI - High-end fashion designers are launching workout lines, Soul Cycle classes are quickly booking up and fitness trainers have become rock stars apart from their ce...
Teenage Instagram star who quit social media talks about backlash

By Abby Ohlheiser Washington Post
Jan 09, 2016 6:41 am - Essena O'Neill, a teenage Instagram star with more than 500,000 followers who decided to shut down her social media career in late October, said that her exit from chasi...
The surprising Internet forum some alcoholics are choosing over AA

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Jan 09, 2016 6:40 am - Nearly five million Americans woke up on New Year's Day with champagne headaches and a new resolve to renounce drinking. Traditionally, that would involve pouring out th...
These apps, devices help teens drive safely

By Elizabeth Chang Washington Post
Jan 09, 2016 6:38 am - About 10 percent of the 32,675 traffic fatalities in 2014 involved distracted driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Although the agen...
An hour-by-hour look at how a conspiracy theory becomes 'truth' on Facebook

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Jan 09, 2016 6:37 am - Conspiracy theories, hoaxes and other variants of baloney have become so prevalent and intractable on Facebook that we no longer bother to debunk them. But a new study p...
Founder of White People Meet: Don't call me racist, 'I dated a black woman once'

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Jan 09, 2016 6:35 am - Sam Russell suspected his dating startup, Where White People Meet, would ruffle a few Internet feathers. It's why the site's "About" page carefully avoids mention of Rus...

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