Category: Internet

Microsoft’s Ad Campaign

Why PC’s ain’t cool.

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Ellie Goulding Stuns in New Interview

Never meet your heroes.

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Facebook Superstars

I’m sitting on one of the loveseats in the Starbucks on Nassau Street, weirdly conscious of my calves sticking to the cold leather seat covers, experiencing what I imagine only certain paparazzi have felt at the peaks of their careers. The strangeness of spending years seeing someone in two dimensions, only to have them sitting across from you, alive and fidgeting. Lorena Grundy gestures at my coffee cup.

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What More Can You Learn With Lore?

The end of Blackboard?

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Snapping Chats

What is Snapchat ? For those of you not savvy enough to keep up with the changing pace of the newest social media, Snapchat is an app, which allows users to send temporary pictures. The idea is that you can … Read More

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No Phone Zone

Technological ascetics.

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Something Real Fishy: Friendship, Twitter, and the Limits of the Dictionary

A personal take on the dialect of NBA internet fandom.

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Facebook’s New Gender Options

When Facebook expanded its gender options early this February, many users were finally able to represent themselves authentically to the online community. The popular social network, which had previously required users to list themselves as either male or female, added a new “custom” gender option to accommodate individuals who do not identify with the traditional gender binary.

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Ryan and Cancer

A friend’s cancer, and its sadness, mediated by screen technology.

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Princeton FML and Race

A survey on a survey.

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Skimm-ing Off The Top

In the “About Us” section of their website, the creators of theSkimm proclaim: “We see ourselves as a part of a generation where women are out-earning men in paychecks and degrees. We’ve grabbed our seats at the table, now it’s time to Skimm to the head.” I researched the daily newsletter after it was recommended to me as something “super helpful” by my brother’s wealthy, educated girlfriend who works in an art gallery.

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Meet the Parents

An inside look into the Princeton Parents’ Facebook group and the discourse within.

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