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Race, Silicon Valley And Tech Media, Part 14
Max Read and Nitashu Tiku have the last word on Silicon Valley and tech media's race problem.
How Monster Got Beat By Beats By Dre
How Monster, maker of the world's premiere overpriced HDMI cables became Monster, maker of the world's premiere over headphones, and then lost it all.
The Icon You'll See When Facebook Ads Are Tracking You
And how to opt out.
Watching This Clip Shows Why 4K Video Might Be A Thing
No one bought a new TV for 3-D despite the massive multi-year push from Hollywood and the TV industry. But 4K might have a different story. Just watch this.
Facebook Gift Cards Are Actual Cards That Hold Actual Money To Spend In Actual Stores
Gift cards are terrible gifts, and Facebook Gifts triple terribly so, BUT Facebook Gift Cards — actually gift cards with Facebook emblazoned on the front — have one neat trick: They can hold balances for multiple different stores. Meaning you can give somebody $20 to spend at Target, $10 at Starbucks and $1 at the Olive Garden. But really, you shouldn't.
How We Facebook Now
For the first time ever, more daily active users accessed Facebook through mobile devices than a desktop, with 157 million of its billion users only signing in through mobile apps.
Why Photos Are Bigger On Twitter Now
Twitter is a little different now. Bigger photos, without leaving the stream, and videos now show up in galleries. [Insert "Twitter is becoming a media company" story here.]
The Only Post You Need To Read About The New BlackBerry
BlackBerry's back from the dead, at least for the moment, with two new BlackBerry 10 phones.
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The Gross Searches Leading People To Our Wiki Child Porn Piece
We published a mini-expose of Wikipedia's child porn problem. What kind of search terms brought people to that piece?
How Apple Feels About That Ebook Price Fixing Thing
Apple doesn't think it colluded with the major books publishers to raise ebook prices. Nope! It “fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon’s monopolistic grip on the publishing industry.†Also! "Customers have benefited from ebooks that are more interactive and engaging." If you pay more for something, you love it more, after all.
Inside A 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro
The only reason I point out iFixit's teardown is that Apple tucked the machine's SSD underneath the trackpad, which is pretty cool. (So it had more space to pack in more battery, of course.)
Your Terrible Taste In Music Isn't a Secret Anymore
The revamped Rdio streaming music service is fantastic. But whatever happened to locking yourself in your room to listen to terrible music by yourself?
What Google's Project Glass Looks Like In Reeeeeal Life
You've seen what celebrities will look like in Google's glasses. This is how they're gonna look on everybody else.