Amazon’s Mechanical Turkers are college-educated millennials making less than minimum wage
According to data from the Pew Center, 51 percent of Mechanical Turk employees have a college degree and 52 percent make less than $5 per hour.

July 12, 2016 at 08:31AM
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Searching For The Perfect Emoji For Any Occasion
Thanks in part to the massive popularity of emojis, several tech companies are exploring ways not only to make finding emojis easier, but to predict which ones you may want to use

July 12, 2016 at 05:57AM
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The New York Times
Amazon pioneered internet shopping, electronic book reading and cloud computing. Now, as it enters adulthood, it is applying some of that inventiveness to its new home.

July 12, 2016 at 12:51AM
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Has Line, Japan’s Most Popular Messaging App, Peaked?
Line Corp. is about to go public, in what could be the biggest tech IPO of 2016. Japan’s most popular messaging service now has its sights set on expanding across Asia, and — eventually — the US. But are Line’s best days behind it?

July 11, 2016 at 08:45PM
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Uber’s manhattan commute card signifies the company’s move from taxis towards transit
On Tuesday Uber will begin offering a limited number of prepaid, multi-week passes to Manhattan commuters. It’s another step in the company’s journey from taxi competitor to something akin to mass transit.

July 11, 2016 at 06:41PM
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The Farming Machine To End All Farming Machines
There’s nothing more soothing than a machine that fulfills one specific purpose on a farm. Except, of course, this machine, which does a little of everything until your garden is done growing and your veggies are ready to eat.

July 11, 2016 at 05:04PM
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Pokemon Go is a huge security risk
For some unknown reason, “Pokémon Go” developer Niantic feels that they need full access to your Google account on iOS devices. As such, they can read your emails, send emails as you and a whole slew of things you probably don’t want them to have access to. You should probably revoke access until things are patched.

July 11, 2016 at 02:00PM
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Sharing Netflix or HBO Go Passwords Is Now Technically Federal Crime
In a July 5 ruling in a case about a former employee at executive-search firm Korn Ferry, a three-judge federal appeals court panel found that sharing passwords without authorization is a crime that can be prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

July 11, 2016 at 12:38PM
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The New Tech Evangelists — The Ringer
How Facebook Live is spreading the good word.

July 11, 2016 at 12:31PM
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Pokemon Go is Already Bigger Than Tinder
According to data from SimilarWeb, “Pokémon Go” has already been installed on about 5 percent of Android smartphones, compared to Tinder on about 2 percent. Clearly, Pokemon fulfills a basic human need.

July 11, 2016 at 11:30AM
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