Internet
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Netflix sets sights on Asian markets
Sep 12, 2015 7:37 am - LOS ANGELES - Netflix plans to enter Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea early next year as the online video-streaming company races to complete a global rollou...
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Why Google's logo got a makeover
Sep 07, 2015 7:00 am - Google on Tuesday debuted a new look for its familiar logo. The letters in Google's name are still in the same four colors — yellow, blue, red and green — but the font h...
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Can we guess who you are based on your Facebook likes?
Sep 05, 2015 7:35 am - A vaguely disconcerting app from researchers at the University of Cambridge can guess how old you are, how smart you are and who you like to sleep with. It's not magic, ...
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Tired of Tinder? Here's Damn Love, an app that's all about breakups
Sep 05, 2015 7:33 am - Tired of swiping left and right looking for that perfect match? I recently downloaded an anti-dating app, Damn Love, created by E. Jean Carroll, who's spent decades as a...
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Inside the high-stakes quest to design a computer program that 'gets' sarcasm online
Aug 29, 2015 7:35 am - Sarcasm on the Internet, the old Web adage goes, is kind of like winking on the phone. It's pointless. It's invisible. It's almost always misunderstood. And for linguist...
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YouTube's video-game streaming challengeAug 29, 2015 7:34 am - YouTube stepped into the world of game-streaming Wednesday with the official launch of YouTube Gaming - its answer to Amazon's popular Twitch. The new section of YouTube...
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Review: Facetune allows users to remove imperfections, reshape their features
Aug 29, 2015 7:33 am - The social media arms race is ever-escalating. First you had to post about what you were doing (Finally visiting the Grand Canyon!). Then you had to include a picture fr...
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How the Internet actually makes you happier
Aug 29, 2015 7:31 am - According to a strain of trend piece popular in certain circles these days, the Web is some kind of social parasite, eating our decency and confidence and good humor awa...
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Twitter, Facebook shooting clips enflame media violence debate
Aug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. became the unwitting conduits of video of a shooting on live TV that killed a Virginia news reporter and a cameraman, inflaming debate ove...
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We're terrible at ignoring our cellphones
Aug 29, 2015 7:00 am - If you're a millennial, or if you know one, then you've probably struggled at some point with the social etiquette of the cellphone. Highly scientific surveys show that ...