Survival Watching: The Pros And Cons Of Trying To Keep Up In The Era Of Peak TV
Shutterstock Have you ever had a panic-inducing moment of TV FOMO? You know, that feeling when the rest of your friends are talking about the latest Game of Thrones episode and you feel completely out...
View ArticleYour Love Of Snapchat Is Officially More Annoying Than Smelly Food And Flight...
Snapchat Traveling comes with little annoyances that tug at the back of your brain (before they turn into full-blown rage headaches). Sometimes it’s the lack of seats on a train. Sometimes it’s the...
View ArticleTwitter’s New ‘Longer’ Tweets, Explained
Castleski / Shutterstock.com Twitter has had one very rigid rule over its brief existence, and that’s that tweets are limited to 140 characters. And this isn’t changing. What is, changing, though, is...
View ArticleSkittles Just Set A Smart Precedent For Brands On Social Media
This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016 pic.twitter.com/9fHwog7ssN — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 19, 2016 One of...
View ArticleA Poke From Facebook Got A Quarter Of A Million People To Register To Vote
Getty Image At the end of September, if you pulled up Facebook, you likely saw a little reminder that today was a good day to register to vote. If you’re one of the 146 million people already...
View ArticleRanking The ‘Black Mirror’ Season 3 Episodes From Most To Least Feasible
Netflix When it first found its way to the US, Black Mirror had the enviable coolness factor that comes from being a little-known UK import. People had to sing its praises and pressure their friends...
View ArticleVine Is Officially Shutting Down, And We Mourn With Our Favorites
Vine/Shutterstock Vine made a splash in 2013, as the novelty of creating seven-second videos enthralled a surprising number of people and created an entirely new class of social media stars. But,...
View ArticleThe Death Of Vine Leaves A Vacuum For Rising Young Music Stars
Vine/Shutterstock This isn’t some kind of trend forecast: Vine is officially, definitely dead. Our favorite home of shouting duck videos, conversations at unnatural speeds and “but that backflip tho”...
View ArticleSoylent Pulled Another Product And Looks To Be Locked In The ‘Chipotle Cycle’
Soylent Roughly a year ago, Chipotle’s biggest problem was parents objecting to its cups. Revenues were rising, new restaurants were opening at a breakneck pace, and the burrito chain was on its way...
View ArticleFacebook Isn’t Ruining Your Life, It’s Making It Longer
Shutterstock Every day, millions of people wake up and immediately check their Facebook to see what’s new, who’s doing what, and whether they’ve received any notifications that aren’t Candy Crush...
View ArticleHype Is Facebook Live Meets Snapchat, From The Founders Of Vine
HYPE Snapchat has reached the pinnacle of social media — namely being tied to stories of dumb criminal behavior and being misused to violate the privacy of strangers. It also gets imitated a lot, both...
View ArticleHow To Tell Who Your Real Friends Are, Beyond Social Media
Unsplash It’s harder than ever to tell who your real friends are. That’s not just because a recent study revealed that most of the people you consider friends don’t even like you that much (the truth...
View ArticleTwitter Is Finally Debuting Some Powerful Anti-Abuse Tools
unsplash That Twitter can be a dumpster fire on a train crashing into a septic tank is not news. Over the years, the company has made some effort to corral the trolls, but they were half-measures at...
View ArticleInstagram Is Rolling Out New Tools To Help Its Users Rein In The Trolls
Getty Image Instagram is reportedly launching new tools in an attempt to weed out trolls, according to the New York Times. On Tuesday the social media app announced plans to allow users to turn off...
View ArticleThe US Government Has Begun Asking Some Foreign Travelers About Their Social...
Shutterstock The U.S. government has begun asking some foreign travelers to share their social media accounts. The story originated at Politico and was verified by Mashable, which spoke to a rep for...
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