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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