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What Miley Cyrus’ birthday tweet to her hubby has to do with EU’s upcoming Copyright Reform

Jan17
by on January 17, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract


Welcome to my insidious trap. We all know it’s never the best or the most important articles that get clicks. It’s always ‘THE ANSWER WILL SHOCK YOU’, celebrity gossip, and cute cats that hog all of that sweet sweet traffic. I usually cover ‘boring’ (yet incredibly important) regulation stuff, like EU’s highly contested Copyright Reform — which doesn’t get read a whole lot. But after seeing ‘Miley Cyrus wishes Liam Hemsworth a happy birthday all over social media and it’s the sweetest‘ I decided that two can play that game. What Mashable missed in its in-depth coverage was that the…

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What Miley Cyrus’ birthday tweet to her hubby has to do with EU’s upcoming Copyright Reform

Jan17
by on January 17, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract


Welcome to my insidious trap. We all know it’s never the best or the most important articles that get clicks. It’s always ‘THE ANSWER WILL SHOCK YOU’, celebrity gossip, and cute cats that hog all of that sweet sweet traffic. I usually cover ‘boring’ (yet incredibly important) regulation stuff, like EU’s highly contested Copyright Reform — which doesn’t get read a whole lot. But after seeing ‘Miley Cyrus wishes Liam Hemsworth a happy birthday all over social media and it’s the sweetest‘ I decided that two can play that game. What Mashable missed in its in-depth coverage was that the…

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Report: WhatsApp surpasses Facebook as the social network’s most popular app

Jan17
by on January 17, 2019 at 12:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, India, Insider


In recent years, Facebook has arguably been the most popular app in a lot of major markets across the globe. However, WhatsApp, one of the apps it acquired, has surpassed it in terms of monthly active users. According to a report released by analytics firm App Annie, the chat app overtook Facebook last September. While the report doesn’t provide specific numbers, the graph suggests that both the apps have nearly 200 million monthly active users. In January 2018, Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said WhatsApp has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users at that time In an email, App Annie told TNW…

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Report: WhatsApp surpasses Facebook as the social network’s most popular app

Jan17
by on January 17, 2019 at 12:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, India, Insider


In recent years, Facebook has arguably been the most popular app in a lot of major markets across the globe. However, WhatsApp, one of the apps it acquired, has surpassed it in terms of monthly active users. According to a report released by analytics firm App Annie, the chat app overtook Facebook last September. While the report doesn’t provide specific numbers, the graph suggests that both the apps have nearly 200 million monthly active users. In January 2018, Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said WhatsApp has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users at that time In an email, App Annie told TNW…

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Or just read more coverage about: WhatsApp,Facebook

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UK upskirting ban proves sexual assault laws are only just catching up with tech

Jan17
by on January 17, 2019 at 11:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Until yesterday, upskirting was almost completely legal. The practice involves taking sexually intrusive photos up people’s clothing without their consent. But now, in England and Wales, it’s punishable by up to two years in prison — and it’s about time. Prior to this, most serious upskirting incidents would put the perpetrator on the sex offenders list, but not all cases are considered “serious” enough to be backed-up by criminal law. Gina Martin, a 26 year-old activist, started an online campaign (#StopSkirtingTheIssue) and petition in a bid to criminalize all cases of upskirting. At a music festival in London last summer, a man took photos up…

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