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Book your Christmas flight nowAug 09, 2015 7:31 am - It's odd to think about the holidays when it feels like 100 degrees outside, but waiting until the temperatures drop to start making plans can cost you. August may be th...
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Review: Two free apps that let you plan trips with friends
Aug 08, 2015 7:34 am - With summer in full swing, groups of friends and family members will be planning road trips and social events. Two free apps, Jink and Scout, hope to make meeting up has...
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Why streaming services are so secretive about users
Aug 08, 2015 7:33 am - Streaming is the future of entertainment. Everybody knows that, right? What we don't know is how many people are actually watching or listening to what on which streamin...
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'WHAT ARE THOSE?' a subversive sneaker meme, explained for the Olds
Aug 08, 2015 7:00 am - YouTube Like all the most impenetrable Internet memes, this traces back to The Teens, somehow. On Tuesday, a 17-year-old named Bryce Lyle #8212; #8220;people tell me I l...
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A vengeful Internet trashes Yelp page of dentist who shot Cecil the lion
Aug 01, 2015 7:35 am - There is no Yelp quite like revenge Yelp - and revenge Yelp is out in full force today. It has found the business page for Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who shot ...
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LinkedIn the latest company to change policies after social media backlash
Aug 01, 2015 7:33 am - Who knew that taking away the ability for users to immediately download their LinkedIn contacts could spark a protest? Last week, that's exactly what happened. The profe...
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Was your spouse on Ashley Madison? A new type of detective is ready to help
Aug 01, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — The phone is ringing, and they already know that whoever is calling is feeling suspicious. “This is Kelly,” the intern answers in a soothing voice. In her t...
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Beme wants to be app for social media 'authenticity'
Aug 01, 2015 7:00 am - It takes filmmaker Casey Neistat three apps and two cameras to post a single photo to Instagram. Every shot that he sends his 385,000 followers — whether of the Manhatta...
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Why the first use of the word 'email' may be lost forever
Aug 01, 2015 7:00 am - Somewhere out there, during the early days of networked communication, somebody probably complained about a lengthy term and decided to do something about it. At that po...
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Wedding hashtags: Here comes the #upsell
Aug 01, 2015 7:00 am - Matt Barranca and his fiance Liz are getting married in November. They're all set with the guest list, photographer, and venue-an historic banquet hall in Hartland, Mich...