by Alicia | Mar 3, 2015 | News, ReadWrite, Writing
Rumors spread quickly in Myanmar, a southeast Asian nation now fitfully recovering from decades of military dictatorship. Unleashed ethnic tensions have already led to bloody clashes between Burmese nationalists and Muslims. One of the nation’s most radical...
by Alicia | Mar 1, 2015 | News, ReadWrite, Writing
Facebook announced a new feature Tuesday that allows friends to send money to one another through its Messenger app. But that comes at the risk of sharing even more details of your personal life with the social network. The process is simple. Facebook added a money...
by Alicia | Mar 1, 2015 | News, ReadWrite, Writing
Instaspam sounds kind of funny when you first hear about it. But that moment when you suddenly get a flood of fake Instagram followers, requests to like a post back or, worse, linkbait comments telling you how to get more followers can make for a serious annoyance....
by Alicia | Feb 23, 2015 | News, ReadWrite, Writing
Beware, expressionistic faces of Simpsonesque yellow hue and traditional nuclear families—your emoji dominance of texting is drawing to a close. Apple has unveiled new, diverse sets of emoji representing a variety of ethnicities and family types in the latest beta...
by Alicia | Feb 20, 2015 | News, ReadWrite, Writing
Thursday, Facebook announced the addition of a free-form field to the Gender options area in Facebook profiles. The new “custom” option space allows users to write in any description they want—whether “dog-loving master of bro-associated...
by Alicia | Feb 16, 2015 | News, ReadWrite, Writing
Tumblr may soon have the Internet porn-blogging contest all wrapped up, now that one of its main rivals is zipping its lip about the dirty bits. Starting March 23, the Google-owned blog platform Blogger will bar users from “publicly” sharing images or...
