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Jet.com’s biggest problem is that people don’t know how cheap it is

It doesn't matter how low your prices are compared to your competitors if customers aren't aware of the price difference. That's one of the biggest problems that Jet.com is facing at the...

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Instagram no longer forces users to crop their photos to a square

Instagram loves squares, that's just its thing. Since day one, the photo-sharing service has forced users to crop their photos to a 1x1 perfect square, and this neat limitation is...

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Apple’s former CEO has a new line of gorgeous Android smartphones

We haven't heard very much about John Sculley ever since he was forced to step down as the CEO of Apple more than a two decades ago, but he's been far...

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There’s no reason to freak out about Spotify’s new privacy policy

People have been up in arms about Spotify's recent privacy policy update after Wired painted it as an "eerie" agreement that "you can't do squat about," which several other publications echoed. However,...

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Google confirms that its modular smartphone is being delayed

I've always hated buying a new smartphone because it occurs to me that I'm having to replace an expensive gadget just because one or two components have become outdated or...

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Speak your symptoms into this app and it’ll diagnose your illness

Having a doctor professional diagnose your illness is ideal, but many people choose to diagnose themselves for a number of reasons, ranging from an inability to see a medical professional...

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Apple may not be trying to kill off free music streaming after all

Even before Apple Music was launched, antitrust regulators in Europe and the United States began investigating whether or not the company had been conspiring with major record labels to stifle free...

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Yahoo’s acquisition of Polyvore cost it around $200 million

Yahoo announced that it acquired a social shopping service known as Polyvore last week, but the specifics regarding the deal weren't officially revealed. Even so, with the $22 million that Polyvore managed to...

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Uber is betting big on the Indian ride-sharing market, really big

India is a nation with nearly 1.3 billion people, dozens of massive and densely populated cities, and notoriously crowded and underdeveloped public transit, which means it's a perfect market for ride-sharing services like Uber....

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Reddit has lost yet another senior female employee

Just when I thought Reddit's internal meltdown was coming to an end, yet another senior female employee has left the company. Whether the fact that they're all female is a...

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