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Humblebrag, listicle, live-tweet, clickbait and YOLO have been added to the Oxford Dictionaries

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by on August 13, 2014 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Give yourself a pat on the back, Internet. Oxford Dictionaries has given in and added ridiculous modern words like humblebrag, listicle, live-tweet, clickbait and YOLO to a quarterly update of its official online dictionary. Now you can SMH at all those neckbeards binge-watching Game of Thrones, because FML. I’m very sorry that’s now an actual sentence. Thankfully, these words haven’t showed up in the Oxford English Dictionary, so it’s not part of the “definitive record” just yet. This latest addition not all millennial hijinks, though. You’ll also find a few somewhat reasonable tech words in this batch, like cord cutting, hyper connected, Deep…

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Twitter for mobile now alerts verified accounts when they follow each other because they’re ever so special

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by on August 13, 2014 at 10:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Being verified on Twitter is like being allowed beyond the velvet rope at a fancy virtual nightclub. You really want it, then once you’re inside, your first reaction is usually, “this is it?” Well for the special snowflakes that have been blessed by the blue checkmark of Twitter (full disclosure, I’m verified on Twitter), the social network has introduced two new mobile features for you. First, on iOS and Android you can be notified whenever another verified account follows you. Which is actually helpful for accounts with large numbers of followers (like a celebrity) that want to be made aware when someone…

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Twitter for mobile now alerts verified accounts when they follow each other because they’re ever so special

Aug13
by on August 13, 2014 at 10:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Being verified on Twitter is like being allowed beyond the velvet rope at a fancy virtual nightclub. You really want it, then once you’re inside, your first reaction is usually, “this is it?” Well for the special snowflakes that have been blessed by the blue checkmark of Twitter (full disclosure, I’m verified on Twitter), the social network has introduced two new mobile features for you. First, on iOS and Android you can be notified whenever another verified account follows you. Which is actually helpful for accounts with large numbers of followers (like a celebrity) that want to be made aware when someone…

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Twitter for mobile now alerts verified accounts when they follow each other because they’re ever so special

Aug13
by on August 13, 2014 at 10:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

0813_twitter

Being verified on Twitter is like being allowed beyond the velvet rope at a fancy virtual nightclub. You really want it, then once you’re inside, your first reaction is usually, “this is it?” Well for the special snowflakes that have been blessed by the blue checkmark of Twitter (full disclosure, I’m verified on Twitter), the social network has introduced two new mobile features for you. First, on iOS and Android you can be notified whenever another verified account follows you. Which is actually helpful for accounts with large numbers of followers (like a celebrity) that want to be made aware when someone…

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Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone gets option to record voice messages, emoticons, and data savings

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by on August 13, 2014 at 9:38 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile, Social Media

Facebook today updated its Facebook Messenger app for Windows Phone with two new features. You can download the new version now directly from the Windows Phone Store. First up, the app now lets you record voice messages, which Facebook says has been “one of our most requested features.” The new version also lets you send emoticons, bringing it closer in line with its Android and iOS counterparts. The update also brings “other improvements,” which typically means bug fixes and the like. Facebook did hint, however, that one of these will “help you save data,” meaning you can expect some optimizations…

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