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4 ways Facebook should improve in 2019
There are lots of things I wish Facebook would do in the new year. Stop all political advertising, since trying…
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TikTok’s quietly launched ‘Lite’ app has reached over 12 million downloads since August
Short-form video app TikTok has been growing in popularity across international markets, including in the U.S. where a merger with…
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ProBeat: Use tech to get fit this year
It’s a few days into January, meaning you’re procrastinating from implementing your New Year’s resolution. Maybe you want to get…
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My product launch wishlist for Instagram, Twitter, Uber and more
‘Twas the night before Xmas, and all through the house, not a feature was stirring from the designer’s mouse .…
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Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritarianism
After the driver of a speeding bus ran over and killed two college students in Dhaka in July, student protesters…
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The Yule Log Channel
My aunt and uncle lived up the hill from Martins Ferry, Ohio, high above the river. My uncle ran a…
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China’s WeChat is the latest to get Snap-like ‘Stories’
WeChat, the Chinese messaging giant with over 1 billion monthly active users around the world, just added a Snap-like ephemeral…
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The year social networks were no longer social
The term “social network” has become a meaningless association of words. Pair those two words and it becomes a tech…
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HQ Trivia launches HQ Words as reinstalled CEO seeks a game-changer
HQ’s expansion beyond trivia is emerging from beta, but the question is whether it’s different and accessible enough to revive…
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Facebook’s fact-checkers toil on
Facebook is fielding so many problems, oversights, scandals, and other miscellaneous ills that it wouldn’t surprise anyone to hear that…
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