Internet
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Behind the scenes of Face Swap Live, the 'creepy' app that launched a thousand memes
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...
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Coming soon to your Snapchat feed: President Obama
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...
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Instagram trainers dish on secret to staying motivatedJan 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...
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Teenage Instagram star who quit social media talks about backlash
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...
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The surprising Internet forum some alcoholics are choosing over AA
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...
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These apps, devices help teens drive safely
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...
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An hour-by-hour look at how a conspiracy theory becomes 'truth' on Facebook
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...
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Founder of White People Meet: Don't call me racist, 'I dated a black woman once'
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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Facebook is saying you and your friends go back 46 years
Jan 02, 2016 6:35 am - Like many of you out there in Internet land, I woke up Thursday morning to an interesting bug on my Facebook page. According to my own account, I had a lot to celebrate,...
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These apps can save you from drunk textingJan 02, 2016 6:32 am - It's happened to the best of us. Despite our better judgment, once alcohol enters our system, we want to talk to people we shouldn't be contacting in an altered state, w...