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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Sets Opening-Weekend Box Office Record
George Lucas and J.J. Abrams at the world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The force is strong with the latest installment to the Star Wars movie franchise – to the tune of $247 million. Star...
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Twitter Considers Expanding the 140-Character Limit
Though no official announcement has been made, reliable sources report the Twitter character limit will be expanding from 140. Twitter users tired of cramming their messages into that 140-character...
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Netflix Takes Its Global Expansion to the Next Level
Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings announced a massive new global expansion for the company. Netflix binge watching might become the next global pastime courtesy of the company’s recent massive...
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Google’s Parent Now World’s Most Valuable Company
The recently-christened Google Alphabet gains thanks to Gmail, YouTube and Apple’s slips. Google’s parent company Alphabet has officially taken a big bite out of Apple, knocking the tech firm off its...
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PayPal Allies with Netflix to Battle VPNs
Concerns over VPN users violating copyright laws a concern for both companies. Netflix customers looking to watch shows and movies not available in their country, can no longer pay for a VPN (virtual...
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Wikipedia Search Engine to Take on Google – Or Not
Parent company denies competitive intentions but some signs suggest otherwise. Google, Yahoo and Bing may soon find themselves sharing the search engine spotlight with a non-commercial design meant to...
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McDonald’s Enters Virtual Realm With Happy Goggles
Some McDonald’s restaurants in Sweden are offering Happy Meals with a VR experience. Some McDonald’s restaurants in Sweden are dishing up virtual reality headsets with their burgers and fries....
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Hoverboards May Be Too Hot to Handle
Best-selling consumer item, the hoverboards, are facing possible recall after fires and explosions. Hoverboards, the holidays’ hottest gift, has turned into a nightmare for its manufacturer as well as...
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Change to Starbucks Rewards Program Sparks Customer Outrage
New system rewards amount spent instead of frequency of purchases with the Starbucks rewards program. It’s not just the espresso machines steaming at Starbucks. Changes to its customer rewards plan has...
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Facebook Reactions Broaden Emotional Range
‘Love’ and ‘angry’ among choices, but still no ‘dislike.’ Facebook users no longer have to lament clicking the “like” button on friend’s heart-wrenching post or on a news story that makes them...
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Instagram May Shift to Show Users “The Best” Posts
But will users agree with site’s choices or method of displaying their feeds? Like Facebook and Twitter before it, your Instagram feed may no longer show the newest posts first. The photo-based social...
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Facebook Fills Workday Void With Touch-Screen Basketball
Facebook’s latest attack on worker productivity is here: a basketball mini-game hidden inside the Messenger app. Now you can celebrate NCAA March Madness and miss deadlines all at once! To play, make...
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Google Taps Founder of Anything-Goes 4Chan
Chris Poole brings success and a bit of infamy to the Internet giant. Photo by Rex Hammock – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0. Google has hired Chris Poole, founder of the controversial online community 4chan...
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Storied Guitar Maker Has Credit Rating Downgraded
Slipping sales and a shift away from guitars to electronics hurting Gibson. Poor sales last year and high executive turnover has led to a credit downgrading for prominent guitar maker Gibson Brands....
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Spotify Royalty Settlement Reached With Publishers’ Group
Streaming music service, Spotify, has been hit with several lawsuits over payments to artists. Music publishers will get royalties for songs streamed on Spotify under an agreement reached with the...
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Prince’s Legacy of Leadership
The “Purple Rain” musician pioneered music on the internet and fought for artists’ rights. Maybe leadership isn’t the quality that first comes to mind when considering Prince, the musician who passed...
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Google Goals Push Self-Improvement
Calendar tool finds free time for users to spend becoming better people. Google wants to help users better manage their time for making dreams of self-improvement come true. It’s introduced a new...
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Tech-Weary Consumers Dumbing Down Phone Choices
Tired of staring at smartphones, some people are opting for basic phones that do less. While Apple continues to sell millions of iPhones each quarter, a different kind of phone is steadily capturing...
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Facebook Stumbles Into Journalism
Rancor over reports of liberal bias show the social media site is in the news game, like it or not. A recent meeting of the minds between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and 16 conservative leaders served...
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