Articles filed under Washington Post
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Work advice: Still seeing red over pink slipFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - Q: I was laid off almost three years ago, after 20 years with the company. I had been a solid performer, working on interesting, challenging things. Then I took a month ...
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How Taco Bell tricks America's youth into loving its tacosFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - True taco savants could only shake their heads Sunday night. After weeks of hype, including breathless news releases, YouTube videos and a preordering campaign - Taco Be...
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The 'Uber for friends' plans to save millennials from lonelinessFeb 13, 2016 5:28 am - Clay Kohut's pitch for his new app, Ameego, is so absurd that it's best to let him deliver it. "With Uber, you rent a stranger's car," he begins. "With Airbnb, you rent ...
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Relive the nightmare of an old-school computer virus at the new Malware museumFeb 13, 2016 5:07 am - In the early days of computer viruses, a lot of malware had a tendency to announce its presence with some text or a flashy graphic. Now you can relive the sometimes funn...
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Swiping for BFFs: Dating-style apps are breaking into the friendship marketFeb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - If you're in your 20s or 30s, the idea of swiping right to find your next date sounds pretty unsurprising by now. But what about swiping to find your next best friend? L...
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This is how Twitter's new timeline worksFeb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Well, Twitter fans. The apocalypse has come. Twitter's reordered timeline is here. And it's, um, not so bad, actually. In a company blog post, Twitter engineering manage...
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Why it's so hard to upgrade your old car with latest safety technologyFeb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Cars increasingly roll off the assembly line with safety technology shown to prevent crashes. But with the average U.S. car nearly 12 years old, most drivers aren't rece...
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Analysis: Twitter isn't Facebook, but Wall Street expects it to be. That's a problem.Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - There was a whole lot of uproar over over reports that Twitter is planning to change its real-time messaging feed into something more like the Facebook News Feed. Under ...
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App reviews: Save the Line, Pac ManFeb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - This quick little puzzler requires fast reflexes and lots of patience. Players are the stewards of a line, which you have to save from hitting all the obstacles the game...
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Google's driverless cars are now legally the same as a human driverFeb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - If you hop into one of Google's pod-like self-driving cars, you won't be considered the driver, according to a letter sent to Google by federal transportation officials....