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Instagram’s Miserable Men: These guys are tired of shopping

In this season of shopping, returns and even more shopping, the Instagram account Miserable Men has found a way to entertain us: by sharing photos of — what else? — miserable men in malls. There are...

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Poll: What’s the first thing you check on your phone?

Self-described “tech skeptic” Bob Sullivan writes this week about a marketing conference he attended during which this figure was being tossed around gleefully from a study conducted for Facebook:  79...

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Do you use your smartphone during meetings?

Even though smartphones and tablets have become necessary tools in the workplace, some still feel they have no place in a meeting, according to research from the University of Southern California’s...

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How have you been affected by the Target breach?

If you’re one of the roughly 70 million people who got an email from Target following the massive security breach at the company, look it over carefully. The Target letter offers free credit...

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How much time do we spend the between the sheets?

States that have sex the longest New Yorkers seem to like their sex on the shorter side, according to a Nerve article that ranks states by the average time its residents spend getting it on. The...

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Someone tried — and failed — to hack my Facebook profile

I couldn’t get into my Facebook account this morning, when I went to check which quizzes my friends had taken in the past 8 hours, while I was sleeping. Facebook wanted me to verify my account and...

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Do you sleep with your smart phone? … and other pertinent questions

Do people see the top of your head more often than your face as you intently read your phone? Are you on it right now, reading this post? We’re guessing yes, and yes. But take our survey looking at...

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Scared of voicemail? It’s a generational thing.

There was an article recently about how millennials are anxious about voicemail, poor darlings. This is true. Read about it here. They get performance anxiety, what with all that talking they have to...

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I “like” it … but not this much

I’m sure there’s a way to change my settings to avoid this, but in the last few days — all with good intentions — I liked things on Facebook that turned out to be SO likable, I was inundated by...

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Does Google have a camera in my bathroom?

So you know how if you search a topic or order an item online you start getting ads on your computer or in your Facebook feed or wherever? The other day, a company selling bedding showed up in my news...

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Sorry, Vaguebookers, it’s National Unfriend Day on Facebook

Today is National Unfriend Day on Facebook, a day made up by nighttime talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. Read more here. To “unfriend,” go to the person’s profile, click on the Friends box in their cover...

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Patience is … teaching my mother to forward an e-mail

My mother had five photos, sent to her in five separate e-mail, that she wanted me to see. So, of course, she said she would have to wait until later this week, when my father got home, to send them to...

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Poll: Will you buy the new Apple watch?

The Apple watch comes out next week and there are already people planning on lining up outside Apple stores around the world to get a taste of the tech-loaded wrist accessory. Are you one of them? Take...

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Why not just let your child use an iPad all day long?

Years ago, that toddler potty with with iPad stand attached came out. Mommy Bloggers were outraged, calling it stupid. I wasn’t a mother, but I was a blogger, so I joined the herd. “Down with the...

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App helps you avoid sick people

When someone coughs around me, I cringe. Like most people, I don’t like being sick — bus I especially don’t like my kid to catch the creeping crud. A new app called SickWeather is supposed to help you...

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How I earned $250-plus in two hours

This Marc Jacobs bag was originally $900. It sold for $60 — more than 85 percent off retail. I’m officially a Posher (not to be confused with “Posh,” as in “Spice” or “posh” the adjective).* I’m...

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Come on, Apple, help the FBI (with poll)

I don’t understand Apple’s issue with helping the FBI unlock the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone. OK, let me clarify, I hear what Apple is saying, but don’t get it. The FBI is pursuing all leads and has...

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ARA: Help! My friends keep texting me at all hours of the night

A reader asks: Have you done anything on text etiquette? As in, don’t text something after a certain time or at 6 a.m. when they might still be sleeping?? I have a friend who regularly sends out group...

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Americans prefer smartphones to sex, study says (with poll)

It’s 2016 so that headline can’t surprise you. People are, truly, addicted to their phones. They use them in the bathroom and while out to dinner. They skim Twitter during meetings and text while...

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Five apps for meeting new friends

I’ve written about how making new friends as a thirty-something isn’t easy. In fact, it’s a path full of disappointment and dejection. But there’s an app for that (of course there is). In fact, there...

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