The 2010s have seen some major changes in the way we interact with the world: We now take rides from strangers via ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Lyft, we rent other people’s homes through Airbnb and Vrbo instead of booking a hotel. We also play console-quality video games on our phones with Apple Arcade and …
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A new Instagram feature notifies users when their captions on a photo or video may be considered offensive and gives them the chance to write something else before posting, parent company Facebook said in a blog post Monday. Instagram added a similar feature on comments earlier this year. The additions are part of the platform’s growing antibullying efforts. “In our continued effort …
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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. In the last decade, apps (and by association, phones) have become an almost essential part of our lives. Since the iOS App Store and Google Play launched in 2008 with what seemed …
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Instagram on Wednesday said it’ll now ask for a date of birth when someone creates a new account on the photo-sharing app. The Facebook-owned company said this’ll help prevent underage people from joining Instagram and let the app enable more “age-appropriate experiences.” Instagram’s terms of service already said users must be at least 13 years old to have an account. …
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Google named Glitch Video Effects the Play Users’ Choice App of 2019 on Tuesday, as part of Google Play’s Best of 2019 awards. Google’s top picks followed the news of Apple’s first annual App Store Best Apps and Games awards earlier in the day. Glitch Video Editor, from developer InShot, allows users to take photos and videos and add more …
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With only a few weeks left in 2019, Apple is continuing its recent tradition of closing out the calendar with its list of the best apps and games for the year that was. While big names like YouTube, Netflix and Instagram topped the free download charts for iPhones and iPads, the actual award recipients ran a gamut of developers large …
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An iPhone case design often reflects your personality. Glittery phone cases mean you like to show off. Subtle leather covers suggest an air of sophistication. But all this DIY iPhone case does is show that its creator cares a lot more about eating than protecting his phone. View this post on Instagram Introducing to you, the all new, 2019 official, …
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Facebook suffered intermittent outages on Thursday, in a Thanksgiving crash that kept many from posting about how thankful they are. The problems impacted the main Facebook site, Facebook Messenger and Instagram for users across the globe. The Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging service appeared to be working as normal. Downdetector indicated a spike in reports. Downdetector/Screenshot by Sean Keane/CNET Reports started to spike …
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Facebook’s online dating service will let you add ephemeral photos and videos from the social network and Instagram, a feature that could help set the company’s service apart from Tinder, Hinge and other competitors. The introduction of short-lived content into its dating service illustrates how Facebook continues to bet on online dating, an already crowded market, even as it faces …
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There’s a holiday for practically everything — even pruning your collection of friends on social media. Sunday is National Unfriend Day, which was started in 2010 by late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel. Shrinking your social circle has a number of benefits, according to Natalie Pennington, a communications professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, whose dissertation, cited in a …
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