Imagine this: Donald Trump is vowing to show restraint when using Twitter while he’s in the White House as leader of the free world. The US president-elect told “60 Minutes” in an interview airing Sunday night that he’ll continue using the social media platform that he and many pundits credit for helping him win the …
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Hey, NFL fans, you’ll soon get a chance to see All-Pro wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. make spectacular catches in virtual reality. The league is partnering with NextVR to show postgame highlights of three games this season. The first game, this Sunday, pits Colin Kaepernick’s San Francisco 49ers against the Arizona Cardinals. That’s followed a week later with the Chicago …
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WikiLeaks is known for pushing the boundaries, and it didn’t pull punches Thursday during a freewheeling Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. Staffers from the whistle-blowing site were bombarded with questions that focused heavily on the part WikiLeaks played during this year’s US presidential election. They repeatedly denied conspiring with President-elect Donald Trump in his heated race with Hillary Clinton, …
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This year’s World Series proved to be a grand slam on Twitter. The social network said Thursday more than 18 million tweets were sent about the World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, including 10.5 million tweets during the nail-biting, heart-pounding Game 7 alone, both records for Twitter. Also, Facebook said some 33 million people were talking …
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The law is the law, no selfies allowed at the polls in California. That’s what a US district judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for an injunction lifting the state’s ban on voters taking selfies of their ballot. The ACLU said the more than century-old law banning cameras at the polls violate voters’ freedom of speech. …
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LinkedIn can now show how your salary stacks up against what others in your field earn. The professional network launched a new Salary feature Wednesday with the aim of letting its 460 million members maximize their earning potential. The feature lets you compare your salary with people in similar jobs and learn how experience, education level and location may — …
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Picture this: the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state of California, claiming its ban on voters’ taking selfies of their ballot violates their freedom of speech. A lawsuit (PDF) filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco seeks an injunction blocking the state from enforcing the ban. The ACLU is claiming voters’ First Amendment rights are being denied …
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GIF maker Giphy is becoming more popular with investors, thanks to our never-ending thirst for short videos ranging from silly to serious. The search engine to find your favorite GIFs has raised another $72 million in funding from investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners, China Media Capital and existing backers, reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Giphy is …
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The demand for tablets is still taking a tumble. Despite accounting for nearly a quarter of the market with the iPad, Apple saw a decline of more than 6 percent in tablet shipments during the third quarter, research firm IDC said Monday. The tech giant shipped 9.3 million tablets compared to 9.9 million, a year ago. Rival Samsung also saw …
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Twitter is stuck in a rut. The service, which has amplified the voices of everyone from Katy Perry to Donald Trump, remains a niche player in the social media industry. The company’s user growth has flat-lined, and efforts to transform the service into a live-streaming hub have yielded mixed results. Even Twitter’s allure as a platform for voices is starting …
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