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Whipclip lets you share TV and music video clips legally and easily

The new app lets TV watchers share segments of their favorite shows with friends in as little as two minutes after airing.
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Facebook finally features a woman in front in its friends icon

Caitlin Winner, a design manager at Facebook, wrote a Medium post about how she changed the friends icon to prominently feature a woman and why she did it.
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New Cameo feature lets you take over Meerkat live streams

Meerkat's new Cameo feature allows users to take over live streams for up to 60 seconds.
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Facebook’s upcoming Texas data center will be powered almost entirely by wind

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Twitter will celebrate your birthday with balloons and possibly targeted ads

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X marks the spot: Google Maps for iOS adds location sharing for Facebook and Messenger

The latest Google Maps update for IOS allows users to share their location via Facebook and Messenger.
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Facebook’s new ‘floating video’ feature lets you keep scrolling through content

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Microsoft’s new app Tossup turns making plans into a fun activity

Microsoft's new app Tossup helps you coordinate plans with groups of friends or family with fun polls.
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Your Instagram pics are about to look a whole lot better with 1080-pixel resolution

Instagram now supports 1,080 x 1,080 pixel resolution images. Previously, the app only allows 640 x 640 pixel resolutions.
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Twitter debuts new button in mobile apps for managing ad campaigns

Twitter has a new ad button on its mobile apps that allows users to manage their ad campaigns right from their phones.
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Weekly Rewind: Netflix tax, iPhone 5C leaks, and more

It can be challenging to keep track of everything that happens in the tech world. That's why we have compiled a list of the top 10 tech stories from this week -- just for you.
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Expect a more scientific Shark Week this year with Sharkopedia, extensive social media push

Shark Week features expanded scientific online content through "Sharkopedia" and a social media push to re-establish the series' focus on facts.
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Over 2.5 million positive tweets sent about marriage equality, proving #LoveWins

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You can finally immortalize your White House tour on social media with selfies

On Wednesday, overturning a 40-year-old rule, the White House finally allowed tour goers to use social media and take photographs on tours
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Sprint CEO spews profanity at T-Mobile’s John Legere for criticizing the new All-In plan

After T-Mobile CEO John Legere attacked Sprint's new All-In plan, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure fired back on Twitter.
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Facebook to follow YouTube and start sharing ad revenue with video creators

Snapchat Emoji Camera Updates

Snapchat update lets you view Snaps with a single tap, add your face to Snapcodes

The newly updated Snapchat makes it easier to view Snaps and Stories, add friends nearby, customize Snapcodes, and more.
Google Photos Hands On

Google Photos’ ‘racist’ error highlights facial recognition’s limits

Google Photos is facing some heat after a user discovered the software mistakenly labeled photos with racist connotations. Google immediately apologized.
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Twitter throws major shade at 50 Shades author E.L. James in Twitter Q&A

E.L. James decided to participate in a Twitter question and answer session, which ended in tweets filled with more shade than James’ entire trilogy.
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Facebook’s future is telepathy, Mark Zuckerberg says

Twitter may eliminate its 140-character limit on direct messages

Twitter is the newest investor platform for startups looking to share relevant info and attract VC funding

Now, with the blessing of the SEC, startups can tweet information about their stock or debt offering.
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Singer David Draiman of heavy metal’s Disturbed had enough of trolls, quits Twitter

David Draiman, singer for the metal band Disturbed, announced that he's permanently leaving Twitter because of trolls.
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Eyeing its next billion users, Facebook opens first office in Africa

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Facebook brings Snapchat-like photo editing to its uploader on iOS

Facebook is testing a Snapchat-like feature that gives users the ability to add text, filters, and re-sizable emoji to photographs.
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15 times social media made the world a better place

Social media often gets a bad rap. But what happens when likes and hashtags are turned into forces for positivity and change?
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Vicious circle (of life): 10 nature videos that will make you glad to be human

Think nature is just pretty flowers and landscapes? Then you haven't seen it riled up. These 10 videos remind us that the circle of life shows no mercy.
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Weekly Rewind: 10 important tech stories you may have missed

Apple announced Apple Music will pay royalties to artists, Reddit celebrated its 10th birthday, and Gmail announced the ‘Undo Send’ button.
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Celebrate the SCOTUS same-sex marriage ruling with a rainbow Facebook profile picture

Facebook launched a new tool that lets users add the colors of the LGBT flag over their existing profile picture.
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Supreme Court’s gay marriage legalization sets Twitter on fire

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Publishers readying the next barrage of Instant Articles, coming to Facebook soon

Publishers are readying the second wave of Instant Articles on Facebook, which should be much bigger than the first, and is coming soon.
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Amazon’s new Instant Preview feature shares the perfect quote and a preview of the Kindle ebook

Amazon's latest feature for the Kindle app called Instant Previews lets friends and family get a free peek at the book your reading.
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Taylor Swift tweets ensure 1989 will be available on Apple Music

Taylor Swift announced she will allow Apple Music to stream her album, 1989, which features popular hits Shake it Off, Blank Space and Bad Blood.
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You can now use Messenger without a Facebook account

Facebook's highly successful Messenger app is taking another leap forward by unshackling itself from the bounds of a Facebook profile.
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Facebook A.I. is better than ever at generating images and recognizing faces

Facebook has released a number of studies this year highlighting their advances in artificial intelligence and its many applications.