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PayPal is shutting down its Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon apps

By Chris Welch 14

Foursquare is remaking itself as a bot

By Casey Newton

Apple is reportedly building a Siri speaker to rival Amazon’s Echo

By Nick Statt 253

Twitter says usernames and images will no longer count against 140-character limit

Casey Newton May 24, 2016 10:00 am05.24.2016 27

Twitter is expanding the number of things you can post in a 140-character tweet, without expanding the number of characters. Within the next few months, usernames, quoted tweets, photos, and other media...

"This is the most notable change we’ve made in recent times around conversation." Jack Dorsey, CEO

Puppycams are coming to Facebook Live with new nonstop streaming feature

Nick Statt May 23, 2016 04:41 pm05.23.2016 2

Facebook is pushing out a few updates to its live video platform today, including a new feature that lets broadcasters maintain continuous streams. This opens up all sorts of possibilities for fixed camera...

Facebook will let you stream 24 hours a day

Twitter is testing a night mode on Android

Jacob Kastrenakes May 23, 2016 06:11 pm05.23.2016 10

If there's one thing all nerds can agree on, it's that night modes absolutely rule.

I have no idea why this is a thing, but it is. Literally just this weekend, while procrastinating on a story I was...

It's only in Twitter's alpha channel for now

Snapchat will let you add adorable chat stickers to your snaps now

Lizzie Plaugic May 23, 2016 02:24 pm05.23.2016

Snapchat is rolling out a small update today that brings the stickers from Chat 2.0 into snaps. That means the big walruses, speech bubbles, hearts, and motivational fruit are now available to use in your...

A walrus for your snaps
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You can now book a Lyft ride up to 24 hours in advance

Andrew J . Hawkins May 23, 2016 02:10 pm05.23.2016 3

Uber and Lyft have resisted calls to allow customers to book their rides in advance, arguing it would defeat the purpose of being an on-demand ride-sharing platform. But starting today, Lyft is reversing...

"on-demand rides remain core to our platform" Lyft

Your next Lyft ride in Manhattan will be half-off, but your driver won't mind

Andrew J . Hawkins May 23, 2016 09:00 am05.23.2016 2

Lyft is feeling particularly bullish about its rate of growth in New York City, so the company is deciding to share the wealth with riders and drivers alike. Starting today, all weekday Lyft rides in...

"a fantastic year of growth" Lyft

Google's new app lets users conduct scientific research on their phones

Lizzie Plaugic May 22, 2016 08:54 am05.22.2016

Google's new Android app revamps the clipboard for scientific field experiments. The app, called Science Journal, measures and records data in real time, and then converts that data into easily readable...

A "digital science notebook"

Mailplane is the plainest of all Mac email apps, that’s why it’s great

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Why Facebook will never resolve its trust issues with conservatives

Casey Newton May 20, 2016 03:03 pm05.20.2016 57

When Facebook hosted a group of leading conservatives to its campus this week, it pledged to open a new dialogue about trust. "I know many conservatives don’t trust that our platform surfaces content...

Algorithm and blues

Reddit posts can now be embedded elsewhere on the internet

Nick Statt May 19, 2016 07:20 pm05.19.2016 7

Reddit has added an embed feature for nearly every post on its site, letting you snag a snippet of code and place linked posts, images, and videos in other news outlets and blogs. The feature may be...

Including photos, GIFs, and videos

Why Google's Allo messaging app is a big step backwards

Casey Newton May 19, 2016 01:18 pm05.19.2016 268

A year ago, when Google began to unwind Google+, it felt like a positive sign for the company’s underperforming social efforts. After sinking years into building a product overstuffed with photos,...

Mixed messages

Every keystroke a Google Search™

Paul Miller May 19, 2016 12:33 pm05.19.2016 19

I like using Google to search the internet. Sometimes I'm looking for websites, and Google is a great place to find them. Of course, Google's only product isn't Google Search. They also do other things!...

Google's Awareness API can turn every Android app into a smart assistant

Vlad Savov May 19, 2016 10:12 am05.19.2016 2

Maybe the reason why Google isn't giving a formal name to its personal assistant software is that it's more than just one thing. Introduced at I/O this week is a new Android Awareness API that bundles all...

Privacy concerns? What privacy concerns?
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