Articles filed under Washington Post
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No one knows why Facebook blocked the phrase 'everyone will know'Oct 17, 2015 7:43 am - On Sunday, a Redditor named "System_Requirements" made a mysterious discovery: If you try to post "everyone will know" on someone else's Facebook page, the system would ...
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How the smartphone killed the phrase 'brb'Oct 17, 2015 7:39 am - The initials "BRB" may refer to many things: the British Railways Board, the Banco de Brasilia, the Belorussian currency. But one thing it increasingly does not indicate...
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Twitter says layoffs part of 'streamlined roadmap'Oct 17, 2015 7:36 am - Twitter said Tuesday that it will trim its workforce worldwide by 336 employees, or about 8 percent, as it looks for ways to attract a bigger audience. The layoffs come ...
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Here are the 67 new emoji that could show up on your phone next yearOct 17, 2015 7:34 am - You'll be able to call someone a liar, shrug, and call in sick to work without typing a single word, if a proposed set of emojis from the international body that governs...
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China welcomes Apple's iPhones. Its News app? Not so much.Oct 17, 2015 7:34 am - Apple has reportedly shut off access to its News app from inside China, an apparent response to Beijing's policy of censoring online content that is politically controve...
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Can the NFL get rid of video clips on social media?Oct 17, 2015 7:33 am - Something strange happened this week, just as sports fans settled down to watch playoff baseball and "Monday Night Football," firing up their second screens for replays,...
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Facebook tests another tool to get us to embrace social shoppingOct 17, 2015 7:31 am - Social commerce has been something of a buzz phrase in the retail industry recently, and it's not hard to see why: Merchants are trying to get you to buy their goods whe...
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Pepsi launching mobile phone in ChinaOct 17, 2015 7:30 am - PepsiCo Inc. said this week it plans to launch a line of mobile phones and accessories in China in the next few months, a move that's both a bit of novel marketing and a...
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Behind the scenes of the world's first true Instagram novelOct 17, 2015 7:30 am - Instagram has seen its share of photo essays, profiles and short stories. But no one has used the image-sharing network to publish an entire novel - at least not until M...
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An unassuming 'fanboy' bought and very briefly owned Google.comOct 17, 2015 7:30 am - For one curious minute, the most popular website in the world was owned by a 29-year-old MBA student in Massachusetts. It was an hour past midnight, and Sanmay Ved was s...