Twitter officially launches ‘threads,’ a new feature for easily posting tweetstorms

 Twitter today is announcing the launch of a new feature that will allow people to more easily post tweetstorms – that is, those series of connected tweets that have grown to become a popular workaround for getting past Twitter’s character count limitation in order to share longer thoughts. The company confirmed last month it was testing the feature – which it’s now… Read More
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Twitter officially launches ‘threads,’ a new feature for easily posting tweetstorms

 Twitter today is announcing the launch of a new feature that will allow people to more easily post tweetstorms – that is, those series of connected tweets that have grown to become a popular workaround for getting past Twitter’s character count limitation in order to share longer thoughts. The company confirmed last month it was testing the feature – which it’s now… Read More

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How Disney Ruined Star Wars for Everybody

As millions of people flock to see The Last Jedi, it’s time to admit it: Star Wars just isn’t that good any more. Yes, I know there’s a current trend to go all hipstery and criticize anything popular. “I’m tired of comic book shows and movies.” “The latest iPhone is a joke.” “Doctor Who isn’t as good as when David Tennant was in it.” That attitude annoys me, and I normally avoid doing it. But when it comes to Star Wars, I feel it’s justified. Star Wars is one of the biggest franchises in the world — and it simply...

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Storify’s standalone service is shutting down next year

 Storify’s eventual shuttering has been a long time coming. The social timeline curation service was acquired by commenting platform Livefyre back in 2013, which, in turn, was picked up by Adobe in May of last year. In a pithily worded note on its homepage today, the service announced that it will cease to exist as a standalone offering starting next year. The process of disappearing from… Read More
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Facebook opens AR platform and “world effects” to all developers

 Facebook is trying to close the augmented reality gap with Snapchat with the help of an army of third-party developers. Today, eight months after debuting its Augmented Reality Camera Effects platform and AR Studio tool at F8, Facebook is allowing all developers to start buidling AR experiences for its Facebook Camera. That includes “World Effects” — Facebook’s copy… Read More
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Facebook opens AR platform and “world effects” to all developers

 Facebook is trying to close the augmented reality gap with Snapchat with the help of an army of third-party developers. Today, eight months after debuting its Augmented Reality Camera Effects platform and AR Studio tool at F8, Facebook is allowing all developers to start buidling AR experiences for its Facebook Camera. That includes “World Effects” — Facebook’s copy… Read More

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Facebook will no longer always divert international advertising revenue to Ireland

 Facebook today said it is shifting to a “local selling structure” in countries outside of the U.S., in which its advertising revenue in that country will be recorded by their local company in the country. That means that rather than directly route its revenue to its international headquarters in Dublin, local policymakers and governments will potentially get an opportunity for… Read More

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20 Common macOS How-To Questions Answered

When you first start using your Mac, you’re bound to have quite a few “How do I…” type questions. Today we’ll show you how to take care of certain common tasks that, sooner or later, most macOS users need to know about. Let’s get started. 1. How Do I Change the Default Scroll Direction? What Apple calls the “natural” scroll direction (scrolling down to scroll up) feels unnatural to many users. If you’re one of them, you don’t have to stick with it a second longer. Visit System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom and uncheck the box next...

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Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag following

 Instagram has always been a social network where you follow friends and creators, but today it’s evolving with a new way to follow hashtags so you see top posts and Stories about a topic on your home page. Rather than having to dig this content out of search or the Explore tab, can see the best #Slime videos or #FloralNails tutorials no matter who posts them. Today’s change… Read More
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Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag following

 Instagram has always been a social network where you follow friends and creators, but today it’s evolving with a new way to follow hashtags so you see top posts and Stories about a topic on your home page. Rather than having to dig this content out of search or the Explore tab, can see the best #Slime videos or #FloralNails tutorials no matter who posts them. Today’s change… Read More

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7 Things You Need to Consider Before Buying a Hard Drive

Hard drives are key components in modern computers. It’s normal to purchase a new one every few years, either to replace an old hard drive or to use as an additional hard drive. But with so many choices out there, which one is best for you? Which one should you buy? The good news is that hard drive shopping isn’t all that difficult. In fact, there’s a lot of flexibility and leeway! As long as you follow these guidelines, you won’t have to worry about buying the wrong hard drive or anything like that. 1. Hard Disk Drive vs. Solid...

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Here Are Amazon’s Best Deals That You Can Get Today

Today, you can get big deals on TVs, laptops, Amazon devices, and much more. Echo Show Echo Show - Black Echo Show - Black Echo Show brings you everything you love about Alexa, and now she can show you things. Watch video flash briefings, Amazon Video content, see music lyrics, security cameras, photos, weather forecasts, to-do and shopping lists, browse and listen to Audible audiobooks, and more. All hands-free-just ask. Buy Now At Amazon $149.99 If you want to give the Echo Show a try, you can snag one at a huge discount right now. You’ll get all the Alexa...

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How to Use the iPad Dock in iOS 11

iOS 11 adds new features, security fixes, and expanded core functionality to the iPhone and iPad. For the first time, a significant number of the new features and improvements in this update are available only on the iPad. If you haven’t splurged on an iPad Pro, but you have an iPad that is not ancient, you’ll be glad to know that the most of the new iPad features in iOS 11 are available across many of the iPad models. One of those features is the new iPad Dock, which is modeled after the Mac Dock, and makes multitasking on your...

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YouTube TV hits 34 new markets

 The unbundling of the cable media empire is well underway, as players like Netflix grow others like Hulu and YouTube offer live TV service. YouTube TV, in particular, is executing an aggressive rollout, just yesterday making the service available to another 34 markets. That brings us to a total of 83 U.S. markets in which YouTube TV is currently available. ️ Cable-free live TV is now in… Read More
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Review: Shinola Canfield headphones are an overpriced mess

 The Shinola Canfield headphones cost $600 and does not ship with a 1/2-inch stereo adapter. That should tell you everything you need to know. But if not, keep reading and let me explain why these fashion headphones are not worth their price. Read More

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Clap on! Clap off! It’s Clapboss!

 Sure Alexa can sing you a song but can you clap back at her? A new product by the makers of the Freewrite lets you do just that. Called Clapboss, this smiling dongle lets you clap up to four times to activate various things around your house. Clap twice to turn off your lights! Three times to turn off the TV! Four times to be reminded that you are now a slave to emotionless technologies!… Read More

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Tinder is testing a feed of real-time updates from your matches, including posts from Instagram and Spotify

 Tinder announced today it’s beginning a test of a new feature called “Feed” designed to help users learn more about their matches. The Feed, which will appear as a tab on the Messages screen, will include real-time updates from those you’ve already matched with, including things like recently added Tinder photos, plus Instagram posts and your Top Artists and Anthems… Read More
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15 Ways to Use Evernote You May Not Have Thought Of Yet

Evernote is more than just a powerful note-taking tool. Most users don’t realize how versatile the app really is. With all the ways in which you can capture, sort, store, and find various kinds of notes, the ways in which you can use Evernote are countless! And what’s more, the more you choose to store in Evernote, the more valuable the tool becomes, essentially becoming your one-stop-shop for everything you could possibly want to remember or access on the fly. Want some inspiration on how best to do this? Here are a few ideas. 1. Stay on Top of Your Projects Stuck in...

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Tinder is testing a feed of real-time updates from your matches, including posts from Instagram and Spotify

 Tinder announced today it’s beginning a test of a new feature called “Feed” designed to help users learn more about their matches. The Feed, which will appear as a tab on the Messages screen, will include real-time updates from those you’ve already matched with, including things like recently added Tinder photos, plus Instagram posts and your Top Artists and Anthems… Read More

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Descript gets $5M to make sound editing like a word document

 Right before jumping on the phone Friday afternoon, Andrew Mason, who then ran a walking tour startup called Detour and ran Groupon, was hand-correcting a transcription of a speech by John F. Kennedy — which was transcribed by some new software he and his team built in-house. But Descript, Mason’s new startup that’s spun out from Detour, isn’t designed to just… Read More

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