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After Facebook’s news flex, Australia passes bargaining code 2021-02-25 07:52:50A week after Facebook grabbed eyeballs globally by blocking news publishers and turning off news-sharing on its platform in Australia, the country&rsq

Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp face tougher rules in India 2021-02-25 04:41:44India announced sweeping rules to regulate social media firms, streaming services, and digital news outlets on Thursday, posing new challenges for gia

YouTube to launch parental control features for families 2021-02-24 08:59:03YouTube announced this morning it will soon introduce a new experience designed for teens and tweens who are now too old for the schoolager-focused Yo

Daily Crunch: Facebook brings news sharing back to 2021-02-23 18:16:49The Facebook-Australia news battle seems to have reached an end, Android gets an update and Lucid Motors is going public via SPAC. This is your Daily

Quill, the messaging app backed by Index, quietly 2021-02-23 14:31:36Slack took the workplace communications landscape by storm after it launched its integration-friendly, GIF-tastic chat platform in 2013. Within the sp

Reddit ups Series E round by another $116 2021-02-23 14:17:40Reddit, which announced a $250 million Series E earlier this month, has added over $116 million to the financing event, upping the round’s most

Twitter relaunches test that asks users to revise 2021-02-23 10:20:51Twitter is running a new test that will ask users to pause and think before they tweet. According to the company’s announcement, when Twitter de

Maple launches with $3.5 million in funding to 2021-02-23 09:00:30Much of our daily lives have been transformed in one way or another by technology – and often through intentional efforts to innovate thanks to

Facebook to restore news sharing in Australia after 2021-02-23 00:57:37Facebook said it will begin restoring news sharing to Australian users’ feeds in “the coming days” after reaching an agreement with

Snack, where TikTok meets dating, gets $3.5 million 2021-02-22 10:00:18After online dating’s tremendous 2020 growth that culminated in last week’s epic Bumble IPO, a new entrant has tossed its hat into the dat

Twitter explored buying India’s ShareChat and turning Moj 2021-02-22 00:41:42Twitter recently held talks to acquire Indian social media startup ShareChat as the company explored ways to expand its presence in the world’s

South Korea’s prime minister has joined Clubhouse 2021-02-20 14:27:32After garnering an estimated 8 million downloads since its launch, Clubhouse’s popularity continues across the world and even outside of its ori

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Giving people free money helps them get better 2021-03-03 09:00:00 Read more... More about Universal Basic Income, Andrew Yang, Social Good, and Innovations

The dream of iPad mini Pro is revived 2021-03-03 07:49:58Apple's iPad family of products can be confusing, but it's easy to spot the odd one out: the iPad mini. The company's smallest iPad is updated fair

Why are we still getting 'jokes' about seizures 2021-03-03 06:46:38I didn't intend to spend my Friday night thinking about some of the most terrifying moments of my life. But that's what happened when I turned on my

Why so many manatees are suddenly dying 2021-03-03 06:00:00Everyone likes manatees. Except, perhaps, for whoever scraped "TRUMP" into a manatee in 2020. Manatee populations have recovered significantly over

How to create a more inclusive future post-COVID 2021-03-03 05:42:34There are two major lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Alice Wong, founder and director of the Disability Visibility proje

Stephen Colbert has a poem for anyone angry 2021-03-03 05:35:47 On Tuesday, the news broke that six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published due to the racist imagery they contain, and unsurprisingly some Fox

Get a refurbished air fryer oven on sale 2021-03-03 05:00:00TL;DR: Add some variety to what you cook without having to buy a bunch of equipment. As of March 3, you can get a refurbished PowerXL air fryer oven f

Want to self-publish your own work? These courses 2021-03-03 05:00:00TL;DR: As of March 3, you can enroll in The Ultimate How to Make Money by Writing on Medium and Self-Publishing Books on Amazon Bundle for $39.99 &mda

Spice up your video projects with this incredible 2021-03-03 05:00:00TL;DR: Add some flair to your videos with the ActionVFX visual effects bundle. As of March 3, get over $500 worth of Hollywood visual effects for just

Build your own voice assistant with this DIY 2021-03-03 05:00:00TL;DR: Craft your own Alexa rival with the Spencer DIY Voice Assistant Kit. As of March 3, you'll pay $119.95. With this coding kit, which is ideal f

Elon Musk wants to build a city called 2021-03-03 04:40:18SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting into the city-building business.  On Tuesday, Musk tweeted about "creating the city of Starbase, Texas." He fol

Instagram accidentally hid likes for a few hours 2021-03-03 00:49:00Instagram mistakenly — and temporarily — hid like counts for a large swathe of users on Tuesday. And people lost their entire minds. The c

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Twitter Brings Spaces to Android, Beating Out Clubhouse 2021-03-02 18:00:18Clubhouse may be generating more buzz than Twitter Spaces of late, but the latter won the race to debut for Android, albeit in a slightly limited form

Why Does This Gloriously Weird Ad Want You 2021-03-02 17:47:58The grapefruit diet infamously recommended that people consume a whole mess of oversized citrus, just as the cookie, cabbage soup and baby food diets

How a Genealogy Site Used Deepfake Tech and 2021-03-02 17:13:10A genealogy site tool that lets people digitally animate old family photographs has become a viral sensation on social media this week--in the latest

MDC Partners Takes Q4 Organic Revenue Hit 2021-03-02 16:54:09MDC Partners, the company that owns agencies including 72andSunny, Anomaly and Media Kitchen, reported its fourth quarter earnings today, sharing that

Reddit Begins Testing New Avatar Builder, Custom Community 2021-03-02 15:40:36Reddit is testing a new way for moderators to welcome new members to their communities. The custom messages, for mobile and the web, are currently bei

The Washington Post Amps Up Its App Strategy 2021-03-02 15:27:06The flagship app of The Washington Post is the stuff of publishers' dreams: It converts readers into subscribers and subscribers into repeat customer

Essity’s Latest Taboo-Busting Campaign, #PainStories, Puts a Spotlight 2021-03-02 15:26:44LONDON--Sharp. Shooting. Sickening. Stabbing. Crippling. "Like torture." Those are just some of the words women with endometriosis have used to desc

Facebook Adds Languages for Community Management Education Program 2021-03-02 15:15:17Facebook is expanding the community management education program it introduced last July to several languages starting this month, including Arabic, F

Canada Goose, NBA Reach Multiyear Partnership for All-Star 2021-03-02 14:45:35Canada Goose reached a multiyear agreement with the National Basketball Association to be an outerwear partner for NBA All-Star Weekend. The outerwear

4 Female Olympians Form Media Company to Boost 2021-03-02 14:15:08Four female Olympians are launching a female-focused media company, named Togethxr. The brand describes itself on Twitter as the intersection of lifes

Flipboard Details Massive Expansion of Its Local News 2021-03-02 09:00:00Curated content platform Flipboard began its local news initiative in 23 metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Canada in January 2020, expanding its avai

Walmart Makes a Bigger Play for Brand Ad 2021-03-02 09:00:00As more retailers like CVS and Walgreens launch media networks to capture a greater chunk of brands' advertising budgets, Walmart's ad business anno

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Stop Wasting Time at Starbucks and Keep Grinding 2021-03-03 08:45:00Because we all need the occasional pick-me-up.

Where Do You Fall on the Philosophical Spectrum 2021-03-03 08:30:00Influencer executions look an awful lot like advertising, public relations and everything in between. Knowing where your philosophy falls leads to sma

Why Entrepreneurship Is the Engine of Economic Development 2021-03-03 08:00:00Entrepreneurial activity, or in other words, the creation of new businesses, is what supports local economies, what supports our country's GDP, and w

The Secret Weapon You Have That No Competitor 2021-03-03 08:00:00This tool that costs no money and you can build it in a few days.

Understanding Behavioral Economics Can Help Your Business Grow 2021-03-03 08:00:00Give your business a boost by learning consumer psychology.

How to Overcome Stage Fright 2021-03-03 07:55:00Before giving an important presentation, think of a story to make your audience feel more engaged.

The Best Method for Managing Stress 2021-03-03 07:52:00If you are one of those who get stressed easily, here is a technique to keep you calm in difficult times.

Extended image: 8 elements to project your style 2021-03-03 07:18:00It's not about fashions or luxuries - it's about communicating your personal brand.

Do you want to improve your influence on 2021-03-03 07:15:00To listen in 360 is to have your ears open to all the people who are part of the company, including the oldest, newbies, women, men, lower and higher

Why Your Prices Should Be More Like the 2021-03-03 07:00:00The local pizza place isn't do custom pricing, so why are you?

Everything entrepreneurs want to know and never dared 2021-03-03 07:00:00The first thing is to understand that what one always dreamed of is far beyond fear.

12 Leadership Lessons from Envoy Founder and CEO 2021-03-03 06:00:00How the former Google and Twitter software prodigy built a workplace platform that has helped facilitate four million safe returns to the office.

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The Healthiest Meats for Your Puppies 2021-02-18 14:37:49One food few canines complain about is meat. Being predominantly carnivorous, dogs will not turn down the chance to get their teeth into a delicious m