Internet
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How an industry of 'Amazon entrepreneurs' pulled off the Internet's craftiest catfishing scheme
Oct 24, 2015 7:35 am - Dagny Taggart spends her time traveling the globe, meeting new people and learning new things. She speaks more than 15 languages, including Latin, Russian and Chinese. I...
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What that creepy new all-seeing eye emoji actually means
Oct 24, 2015 7:34 am - Ever since Apple revealed its list of new emoji back in September, the all-seeing eye has flummoxed sleuths across the Internet. Of all the pictograms Apple chose to int...
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Review: Three apps to consider if you're pregnant
Oct 24, 2015 7:31 am - Oh, baby, are there a lot of pregnancy apps. After learning I'd be having my first child in November, I scrolled through dozens of diverse offerings to find a few that a...
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Facebook wants you to spend all your time on Facebook
Oct 24, 2015 1:00 am - There seems to be a lot going on at the big blue social network these days. A spate of headlines from the past several weeks have outlined some very ambitious plans: Fac...
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No one knows why Facebook blocked the phrase 'everyone will know'
Oct 17, 2015 7:43 am - On Sunday, a Redditor named "System_Requirements" made a mysterious discovery: If you try to post "everyone will know" on someone else's Facebook page, the system would ...
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Internet of things? Stock you've never heard of just rose 500 percent
Oct 17, 2015 7:35 am - A little-known stock listed in London has become a trade of choice for investors looking to profit from the technological megatrend known as the Internet of Things. Teli...
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Here are the 67 new emoji that could show up on your phone next year
Oct 17, 2015 7:34 am - You'll be able to call someone a liar, shrug, and call in sick to work without typing a single word, if a proposed set of emojis from the international body that governs...
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Can the NFL get rid of video clips on social media?
Oct 17, 2015 7:33 am - Something strange happened this week, just as sports fans settled down to watch playoff baseball and "Monday Night Football," firing up their second screens for replays,...
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Facebook tests another tool to get us to embrace social shopping
Oct 17, 2015 7:31 am - Social commerce has been something of a buzz phrase in the retail industry recently, and it's not hard to see why: Merchants are trying to get you to buy their goods whe...
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Behind the scenes of the world's first true Instagram novel
Oct 17, 2015 7:30 am - Instagram has seen its share of photo essays, profiles and short stories. But no one has used the image-sharing network to publish an entire novel - at least not until M...