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The New Yorker's Snapchat is mesmerizing
It's everything you’d expect from a 91-year-old literary magazine that suddenly finds itself on a messaging app for teens.
By Sam Reichman
Facebook experiment suggests it's trying to copy Snapchat again
Facebook appears to be working on yet another Snapchat-like experience.
By Karissa Bell
People are sharing the meanest backhanded compliments they've received
"You look good for being ugly."
Twitter's Periscope videos will now play inside embedded tweets
Twitter's Periscope videos will now play outside of the main app and website.
By Karissa Bell
Why some people choose to take on their Twitter trolls
"No one is born a bigot, it is taught."
By Ariel Bogle
Facebook's live videos can now be twice as long
Go ahead, livestream for an entire four hours.
By Karissa Bell
German lawmakers want to require black boxes for autonomous cars, report says
Lawmakers want to know who is responsible in the event of an autonomous car crash.
By Nick Jaynes
Twitter test redesigns how you compose new tweets
The test, which users first began to notice Wednesday, moves the app's tweet composer to the top of users' timelines. Previously, it was a separate part of the app.
By Karissa Bell
Facebook Messenger joins the 1 billion user club
The app is second to only the main Facebook app, according to the company.
By Karissa Bell
#SendForgivenessViral proposes new approach to online outrage
And twitter responded with outrage.
By Elise Cooper
The brave life of murdered Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch
She pushed the boundaries for women in Pakistan.
By Jenni Ryall
Twitter just made it a lot easier to get verified
How people get those coveted blue checkmarks next to their name on Twitter is changing, for the better.
By Karissa Bell
Indian sexual assault survivors break taboos by using Snapchat filters to tell their stories
Snapchat filters are helping sexual assault survivors anonymously narrate their stories.
By Sonam Joshi
This book nerd's tweet to a bookstore's official Twitter account ended in a love story
It started with a tweet.
Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch's brother confesses to killing her for 'honour'
Qandeel was strangled to death at her family home during the weekend.
By Sonam Joshi
Facebook reportedly blocked in Armenia during unrest in the capital
Facebook appeared to be blocked in Armenia Sunday, according to locals on Twitter.
By Ariel Bogle
The everyday app that helped Erdogan beat the coup
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to a virtual Turkey to save his faltering regime, while coup plotters occupied physical spaces.
By Sulaiman Hakemy
Pakistani social media star strangled by brother in apparent 'honor killing'
Her parents told police one of her six brothers strangled her to death in the family's home in Multan, Pakistan.
Facebook's Instant Articles are now on Messenger
Facebook is expanding its Instant Articles format.
By Karissa Bell
Facebook diversity report shows slow progress, major challenges
Facebook is considered an industry leader when it comes to championing a diverse workforce, so why isn't it making progress?
By Rebecca Ruiz
People are spending more time in 'Pokèmon Go' than Facebook and Snapchat
Nintendo's seemingly unstoppable mobile hit has reached a new milestone.
By Karissa Bell
Inside the data center where Facebook trains and tests its apps
Here's where the magic happens.
By Karissa Bell
A non-gamer's best guesses as to what Pokémon Go actually is
Read this if you have no idea what Pokémon Go is, and want a science editor's semi-educated take.
