Articles filed under Washington Post
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Here's why Facebook needed to tweak its 'On This Day' featureOct 24, 2015 7:43 am - In an acknowledgement that not every social media moment is a fun trip into nostalgia, Facebook has now enabled filters on its "On This Day" feature, which resurfaces pa...
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Internet sleuths are furiously trying to find out who made an ominous viral videoOct 24, 2015 7:40 am - A shaky video shot in front of a gloomy, windowed brick wall and filled with coded messages has become an object of fascination in certain corners of the Internet, a...
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Match.com says hackers are after its dataOct 24, 2015 7:38 am - Match Group, the corporate parent of Tinder, OKCupid and Match.com, is planning to go public - which honestly won't have much impact on the 59 million people looking for...
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App reviews: Twitter Moments, Photoshop MixOct 24, 2015 7:36 am - For its devoted users, Twitter is a torrent of information in which to splash around to pick up everything from the latest news to the latest meme. But for those who are...
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How an industry of 'Amazon entrepreneurs' pulled off the Internet's craftiest catfishing schemeOct 24, 2015 7:35 am - Dagny Taggart spends her time traveling the globe, meeting new people and learning new things. She speaks more than 15 languages, including Latin, Russian and Chinese. I...
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What that creepy new all-seeing eye emoji actually meansOct 24, 2015 7:34 am - Ever since Apple revealed its list of new emoji back in September, the all-seeing eye has flummoxed sleuths across the Internet. Of all the pictograms Apple chose to int...
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Bacteria-fighting 3-D-printed teeth could affect dentistryOct 24, 2015 7:33 am - The latest 3-D printing innovation could change the way you think about your annual visit to the dentist. That's because Dutch researchers at the University of Groningen...
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Inside the glittery and long-belated rise of the female YouTube starOct 24, 2015 7:32 am - It's a Thursday night at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, and there's hardly a guy to be found in the place. A bemused man takes tickets from the girls who jostl...
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Review: Three apps to consider if you're pregnantOct 24, 2015 7:31 am - Oh, baby, are there a lot of pregnancy apps. After learning I'd be having my first child in November, I scrolled through dozens of diverse offerings to find a few that a...
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'Sesame Street' welcomes autistic characterOct 24, 2015 7:00 am - Autistic kids often struggle with stigma in their families, in their schools - and just about everywhere. Some advocates even say they are more at risk of bullying, But ...