Articles filed under Washington Post
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Doctors see people suffering from 'selfie elbow'Aug 06, 2016 7:24 am - "Text claw." "iPad hand." And now, a new catchy, tech-driven condition is making the headlines: "Selfie elbow." This latest condition is seeing a boost in recognition th...
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Tips and tricks to get more out of Google MapsAug 06, 2016 7:23 am - Google Maps consistently makes lists of the top 10 most-used apps and is probably one app that many people consult daily. But how much of the program do you actually use...
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Meet the China 'whisperers' who get the big deals done in Silicon ValleyAug 06, 2016 7:21 am - SAN FRANCISCO - When Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick wanted advice about whom to hire to run his ride-hailing business in China, he asked Carmen Chang, a longtime S...
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Analysis: What Instagram Stories says about the state of social mediaAug 06, 2016 7:19 am - You don't just take an Instagram. Or, at least, you didn't. It's always a bit of a production. You may take a thousands photos of that sunset on the pier, but only "one"...
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App reviews: Tiny Cards, Duolingo, Google Handwriting InputAug 06, 2016 7:18 am - The summer is rolling on with long, hot, sticky days. But even as you lounge in your deck chair, aren't you, just a little bit, missing some mental stimulation? Enter Ti...
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Meet the man who made Pokemon an international phenomenonAug 06, 2016 7:17 am - You probably don't know him, but Al Kahn is likely to have had an enormous influence on your life. As a licensing executive, Kahn has spent more than 30 years distributi...
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The one thing not to do in your online dating profileAug 06, 2016 7:16 am - Online dating has made potential partners much more readily available than ever before - and yet also, somehow, disposable. The other day I was sitting on a train with a...
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Programmers trying to teach driverless cars to do what's rightAug 06, 2016 7:16 am - What policies should govern a self-driving car when it's faced with an imminent crash - and should it prioritize the lives of the passengers sitting inside, or the many ...
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Emojis: The one place where gun control seems to be winningAug 06, 2016 7:15 am - Gun control measures have stalled in the legislature repeatedly. But there does appear to be one place where gun control is catching on: the ever-more-political world of...
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MoonEx launching first private mission to the moonAug 06, 2016 7:14 am - For years, the only entities with the power and resources to visit the moon were governments, such as the United States, China and India. But that's all about to change:...