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Deleting an inaccurate or otherwise problematic tweet is a seriously flawed solution, especially in cases where the original tweet was newsworthy, or when it has already circulated widely. But editing a tweet after the fact changes the context of retweets and other shares... 
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The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is the Face with Tears of Joy emoji! The emoji beat other strong contenders to be named our Word of the Year: find out why.
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I must not be the only one who dreads that turn around the table at a dinner party when someone fills a minor silence with the go-to question of our time. “Have any of you been watching Walking Dead?” he’ll ask, unless it’s, “Have any of you been...
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"It’s hard for recent generations to comprehend that there was a time before the Internet. But, I remember it. And, I remember when I first began using it. I remember the invention of HTML for use on the World Wide Web. Everything had capital letters back then. Yes. I am that old. Apparently, in 1995, [...]"
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In a clash of narratives, officials from both Israel and Gaza advise supporters on the language and images that should be used on social media platforms. Social media has put the propaganda war on steroids. Said one official, “You’re seeing anger and frustration, you’re seeing sorrow and empathy, and you’re also seeing a wide currency of videos, photos, infographics, emergent hashtags, memes..."
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Our interactions with computers have gone from brief and long to frequent and glancing. That difference is changing how we write, how we relate to each other, and how we build things. What happens when the interactions become nonstop?
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The Hemingway App promises to make your writing as punchy and compelling as anything ever penned by Papa. Imagine! Sales reports and client letters that read like "The Snows of Kilimanjaro."
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Can a Snapchat-like app be built to deal with email overload? If you're over 25 (or under 13), you are forgiven. Those carefree, youthful years between 13 and 25 are the sweet spot demographic for our connected culture's latest cause célèbre. Snapchat is an app that lets you send a photo to one - or hundreds - that has a shelf-life of about 10 seconds. You set the limits, but once your friend(s) see the image it will vanish from the online ether before you can even think to share it.
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Once an anchor of social life in New York, the intimate gathering around a dinner table is fighting for survival. The culprit: texting, social media and our overall online culture that has changed the need for meaningful face-to-face meetups.
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"She called everyone Pussycat. But since our first lunch, she made me feel as if I was the only pussycat in her life."
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Everyone is on Facebook, but if everyone were jumping off a bridge, would you do it? There are plenty of reasons Facebook is bad for you (you probably know most of them).
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Web company WhoIsHostingThis.com has created a detailed, step-by-step infographic that teaches you how you can completely disappear and wipe away all your online traces.
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WhatsApp, the largest messaging service in the world, will now be under the command of Facebook. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app for smartphones, according to OnDevice Research. Buying WhatsApp will only bolster Facebook's already strong position in the crowded messaging world. Messenger, Facebook's a standalone messaging app for mobile devices, is second only to WhatsApp in its share of the smartphone market.
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It's hard to imagine the world without it -- but let's try....
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A lone, legendary phone booth in the desert is no more. But thanks to a a VoIP DID you can once again call 760-733-9969. There's no telling who's going to be on the other line.
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The text message just turned 20. Take a look back at how it got to where it is today.
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Proving no one is too old to master new technologies, Herman Wouk, author of 1950s blockbusters like “The Caine Mutiny” and “Marjorie Morningstar,” returns with a novel made of text messages, e-mails and Skype transcripts.
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