At first glance, your eyes are probably drawn toward the sneakers worn by Australian prime minister Scott Morrison in the family portrait released by his office this week. It’s not so much their super-white appearance, but the fact that the leader of the antipodean nation...
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January 9, 2019 admin
Australia, News, Photography, photoshop, Photoshop fail, Social Media
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[embedded content] If you have ever had a package stolen off your front porch, you probably wanted to exact a bit of revenge on the thief. That was the feeling that former NASA engineer and current YouTube DIY extraordinaire Mark Rober had when someone swiped...
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December 21, 2018 admin
glitter bomb, mark rober, News, package theft, porch pirates, Smart Home, Social Media
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[embedded content] A new service offered by Ibis hotels in Switzerland appears to suggest that for some Instagrammers, the pressure to post amazing images on the social media site may be so huge that it’s ruining their vacations. To ease the strain, the hotel chain...
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December 3, 2018 admin
hotels, ibis, Instagram, instagram sitter, Mobile, News, Photography, Social Media
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The newest update to Instagram stories brings the ability to add your favorite tunes to a video or photo. From Drake to Tame Impala, you can now turn your Instagram stories into your own personal soundtrack. Further reading To add music is very simple. After you...
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August 15, 2018 admin
GoPro, How To, Instagram, Mobile, Social Media, Social Networking
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Hackers are finding ways into Instagram accounts and changing emails to addresses with Russian domain names. A report by Mashable suggests hundreds of Instagram users could be victims of an odd hack. The report shows half a dozen users with a similar hack and hundreds...
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August 15, 2018 admin
account security, hack, Instagram, Mobile, News, Russia, Social Media
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[embedded content] Facebook is on a crusade to end the aimless scrolling and drive real interaction — and it just added seven new staff members and new interactive video technology to that battle cry. On Monday, August 13, Facebook shared that the company has acquired...
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August 14, 2018 admin
aquisition, Business, Facebook, Facebook Live, News, Social Media
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Facebook’s controversial Messenger Kids app now allows youth to initiate their own friend requests using a process that still requires a parent’s approval. The under-13 messaging app recently added an option that allows users to ask their parents to add a new friend to the...
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August 14, 2018 admin
direct messaging, Facebook, Messenger Kids, Mobile, News, Social Media
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If I say “Marco,” you may feel the urge to call back “Polo,” and in this case, you’d be half right. While Marco Polo is indeed a call-and-response game enjoyed by people around the world, it is also a video messaging app in the same vein...
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August 13, 2018 admin
Android Army, Apple, Marco Polo, Mobile, Social Media, video messaging
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Paola Franqui doesn’t have your typical photographer’s backstory. She didn’t start taking pictures as a kid after a revered family member handed her an old camera. She never even had big dreams of becoming a photographer. Her story started very simply when she downloaded Instagram,...
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August 12, 2018 admin
adobe, Instagram, Mobile, monaris, paola franqui, Photography, Social Media, street photography
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Facebook in 2004 Calling Facebook a mere “social network” at this point is a bit dismissive. The once relatively simple site started as a place college students could go to connect, poke, and make known their relationship status. It was an innocent alternative to MySpace...
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August 11, 2018 admin
Facebook, Features, MySpace, Social Media
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