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Facebook plunges into home repair matchmaking service

By Spencer Soper Bloomberg News
Oct 11, 2015 7:39 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is the latest technology company that wants to connect you with a handyman who can install a ceiling fan or fix a leaky toilet, following Amazon...
Google is making you more forgetful

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Oct 11, 2015 7:38 am - Quartz flagged an interesting report with an ominous name on Thursday: According to research by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, "digital amnesia" is gradually blot...
After Internet backlash, Peeple co-founder will revise her app to make it 'positive'

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Oct 11, 2015 1:00 am - Four days after a wave of Internet outrage swamped her and her nascent company, Julia Cordray - CEO of forthcoming people-rating app Peeple - has decided to rethink the ...
App reviews: Land Sliders, Inkboard

By Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Oct 10, 2015 1:00 am - Are you a fan of exploring? Then you'll like Land Sliders. which offers up a wacky world to explore with the gliding swipe of your finger. The game is high on quirk: You...
Facebook is following you around the web

By Megan McArdle Bloomberg View
Oct 10, 2015 1:00 am - Facebook is following you around the web. You knew that, right? How else would Facebook know to serve that panda video straight into your newsfeed, and leave your colleg...
Netflix announces price increase

By Brian Fung and Andrea Peterson Washington Post
Oct 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Netflix announced Thursday that it will raise its prices again, this time by $1 to $9.99 a month, giving the streaming video service more money to develop original conte...
Facebook tests new emojis to change how you 'like' posts

By Abby Ohlheiser Washington Post
Oct 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Move over, long-rumored dislike button: We now have more details on how Facebook is thinking about expanding its “likes,” and it looks as if the service is considering a...
The growing strength of LinkedIn's weak connections

By Justin Fox Bloomberg View
Oct 09, 2015 11:00 pm - I've got a bunch of endorsements awaiting my approval to add them to my LinkedIn profile. But what does it mean that people I barely know have endorsed me for “Content S...
Review: Zoom Interiors, Havenly put decorators a click away

By Winyan Soo Hoo Washington Post
Oct 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Interior design, once known for its unhurried pacing and pricey payoff, is going virtual with clients looking to the Internet for immediate and affordable advice. Two w...
Twitter said to be considering plus-size tweet, above 140-character limit

By Fred Barbash Washington Post
Oct 03, 2015 6:37 am - In August, Twitter announced that it was ditching the 140-character limit on direct messages, the so-called "private side" of the social media giant that lets users comm...

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