How to Dislike What You Don't Like (on Facebook)

Oh, if I had a penny for every time I read a comment saying “dislike” on Facebook and, maybe, half a penny for every time I heard someone say they would love a “dislike” button. “Where’s the dislike button?” desperately inquires he who comments day and night, unhappy with the fact he can’t really show the disapproval his newsfeed generates in him, without a thumb-down that he could quickly and efficiently click on.

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Skype Languages Away, Star Trek Style

Remember that time you got 35 unwanted phone calls from Russian bots, on Skype, because you accidentally went to sleep leaving the Skype window open (and how do you even change Skype settings anyway?) I know I do, I also know I have yet to figure out how to turn those annoying notifications off. Soon enough, those bots will be able to blow yours and my mind away by telling us all there is to know about their virtual legs, in a language that we would probably understand. Ours, that is! All thanks to a new tool the was announced earlier this year: Skype Translator.

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Make Jessica Rabbit's Iconic Dress Yours (Or Almost), With TheTake

How many times, while watching your favorite flick, you’ve suddenly spaced out and all you could think about was the dress, the sunglasses or the shoes its characters were sporting?

I know you’ve probably imagined to possess at least three quarters of Dawson’s wardrobe while watching Dawson’s Creek, in that wonderful timeframe also known as the late ’90s. Well, apparently, had Dawson’s Creek been a movie and had it been produced nowadays, you could have actually rocked one of the sweaters you saw on the show, the way “The Dawson” did.

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Pay With a Tweet and You Won't Even Need to Get Your Mind Blown

It really seems to me that, nowadays, clicking on a simple link is becoming more and more tricky. So many promises of unrepeated experiences all cramped in a few word headline. “Your Mind Will Be Blown,” “You Won’t Believe What Happens Next,” “Your Life Will Stop Being Boring, Maybe You Will Find a Job and Quit The Couch Potato Club.” You get the idea. Well, apparently, there’s now a new way to convince people to click on content, whether content means a document, an audio book, a video or an eBook: you can try and convince users to earn their right to give a look by sharing the info they want to get.

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