Jun 26 2017
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A chat client, in my experience, needs to do one thing besides facilitate a text exchange between two or more…
Mar 22 2017
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Another round of emojis is expected in June to aid us in gradually phasing out unnecessary written and spoken…
Sep 12 2016
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Russian researchers say they have recorded the first “conversation” between a pair of dolphins. The dolphins, named…
Apr 13 2016
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Dear Abby, the widely syndicated advice column written by Jeanne Phillips (daughter of original Abby, Pauline…
Apr 11 2016
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Texting/sexting, direct messages, Twitter, Instagram DMs and online dating aren’t enough when it comes to getting to…
Oct 7 2015
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Nothing sucks quite like a performance review. Even when you know you’re doing well, hearing about your weaknesses…
May 27 2015
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Austin’s assistant city manager has resigned after widespread controversy over a training he organized for city…
Jan 30 2015
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There's a new app on the market: It's morally questionable, almost entirely useless, and marketed largely towards…
Mar 24 2014
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A recent article in The Guardian says that most people in the U.K. call to check in on their mothers about once a…
Dec 9 2013
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Bye bye, vocal fry. All the cool kids in 2013 are ending their sentences with invisible question marks.
Jun 30 2013
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When heterosexual couples cooperate well, so a new study suggests, men act like responsive marionettes and women act…
Jun 12 2013
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If there's one thing that still sucks about living in a technologically-advanced society in the year 2013, it's the…
Feb 27 2013
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Sooooo word lengthening is totally a thing now. It used to be that only young people did it in text messages and…
Dec 3 2012
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Today is the 20th anniversary of the first text message. Should we be afraid of what's next? No way. Texting doesn't…
Sep 19 2012
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Womanhood is full of frustrating hunches, and society is full of people who want to pooh-pooh those hunches. "I'm pre…
Sep 6 2012
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Communicating about and during sex is imperative if you don't want to get hurt (or get an STD), but it's also…
Jun 4 2012
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Remember those good old days when we all used to sit around in the parlor and snipe cleverly to each other's faces?…
Feb 29 2012
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A new study has found that dolphins have their own cute little signature whistles that they use to introduce…
Feb 22 2012
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Babies are pretty fun as it is, but now a new study has found that they might be even more entertaining than we…
Feb 21 2012
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Anyone who spends any time in public knows that there are any number of ways a cell phone can turn a person into an…