Author: Rebecca Greenfield

Twitter Is What You Make It, Ashton

Reuters

Doesn't Ashton Kutcher know what happens to people who complain about how terrible Twitter has gotten since the good old days? They get shamed with the following adage: Twitter is what you make it, bro. 

By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

A Few Rules for Making Homemade Infographics

Visual.ly is new site that generates infographics; here's how not to make bad ones

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

Google+ Learns a Gender Lesson

The social network added new privacy setting so users no longer have to declare their gender

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

Creepy Men Who Flirt at Work Hate Their Lives

Researchers find a reason men spend their time at work prowling around the office

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

No, Really: You Don't Need to Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day

Again, an expert speaks out against this so-called rule

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

Netflix's New Pricing Plan Will Cost You

Now online streaming and mailed DVDs are billed separately

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

How Did the Stanford Prison Experiment Get Out of Hand?

Forty years later, participants describe what they were thinking

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

Father and Son at First and Last Shuttle Launches

Chris and Kenneth Bray's Young Me/Now Me meme entry took 30 years to complete

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

Google+ Hits 10 Million Users: Should Facebook Freak Out?

The social media site's growth presents a real threat to its main competitor

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Of Boycotts and Democracy in Israel

A new law forbids Israeli citizens from boycotting West Bank settlements

Comments | 408 Views

By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Spatwatch

TOMS Wearers vs. Right Wing Christian Missionaries

Progressive shoe wearers don't like the company's alignment with Focus on the Family

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Study: Superbug Gonorrhea Strain Has No Known Cure

You might not die, but your reproductive ability might be permanently trashed

Comments | 4,364 Views

By Elspeth Reeve and Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Debt Talks Stall as Boehner Struggles to Control GOP

Speaker of the House caved to his more conservative second-in-command

Comments | 1,035 Views

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