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How Not to Overpay on Black Friday? Let the Web Be Your Guide
By BRIAN X. CHEN
Despite what the ads say, the overwhelming majority of deals on the day after Thanksgiving are duds.
The election of Donald J. Trump is perhaps the starkest illustration yet that social networks are helping to rewire human society.
Despite what the ads say, the overwhelming majority of deals on the day after Thanksgiving are duds.
The confidential filing by Snap Inc. might allow the social network company to hold an offering as soon as March.
Facebook promises to increase use of outside measurement services for ads and to expand use of metrics services, among other measures.
Here are some basic actions for making your personal data more difficult for attackers to access.
The election of Donald J. Trump, the rise of Bernie Sanders, and the momentum behind Brexit and ISIS all show the newly global gravity of social media.
Most web-based email services allow you to download copies of your messages to the computer with a stand-alone mail program.
Motivational apps encourage you to reach a goal or “pay it forward” with good deeds, while a private messaging app can bring you closer to loved ones.
If you’d like to keep the young ones from seeing inappropriate material in search results, make sure the built-in filter is enabled.
The social network’s well-documented difficulty with users’ bad behavior may well be its biggest concern. But at least its executives admit it is a problem.
A new state grant program is aimed at creating urban settings to support entrepreneurs and attract younger workers.
The social media company is making it easier to hide unwanted content and report abuse, but some say that’s not enough.
Sure, there’s choice via streaming. But, really, how much?
Using smartphones to track family members can be reassuring, but it can open the door to a surveillance state in the home.
Apps to help keep preparations on track, keep guests happy and even keep the children from causing chaos as you try to cook the perfect turkey.
Which is a better helper, Google Home or Amazon Echo? A side-by-side test for six days revealed strengths and weaknesses.
A wider variety of news sources was supposed to be the bulwark of a rational age. Instead, we are roiled by biases, gorging on what confirms our ideas and shunning what does not.
If you find yourself squinting to read mail and web pages on your smartphone, you can bump up the font size to give your eyes a break.
If you have picture files with embedded location information that you would rather not reveal, you can remove it before sharing the images.
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