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Kaitlyn Tiffany

Kaitlyn Tiffany

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    Amazon Prime Day, explainedAmazon Prime Day, explained
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    A brief history of the summer shopping holiday Amazon created to celebrate its own birthday.

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    How will Instagram’s new anti-bullying features actually work?How will Instagram’s new anti-bullying features actually work?
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    Engineers and executives for the image-based platform are suddenly at odds with the basic premise of their product.

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    The all-too-understandable urge to buy a better brain
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    Another wave of nootropic supplements is hitting the market, promising to make us smarter, more focused, more relaxed, more in control.

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    Why Stranger Things is perfect for product promoWhy Stranger Things is perfect for product promo
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    The third season of the popular show will feature New Coke, which will also have a limited run this summer.

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    Why Colin Kaepernick reportedly asked Nike not to release its Fourth of July sneakerWhy Colin Kaepernick reportedly asked Nike not to release its Fourth of July sneaker
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    And why Ted Cruz and the governor of Arizona are so mad about it.

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    What you see on Amazon’s public warehouse toursWhat you see on Amazon’s public warehouse tours
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    Anybody can sign up to visit an Amazon fulfillment center for an hour, where a tour guide will show you the robot-heavy process of sorting and shipping your packages.

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    Coffins, cockroaches, and beheaded swans: seriously, what’s up with pool floats right now?Coffins, cockroaches, and beheaded swans: seriously, what’s up with pool floats right now?
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    These pool floats don’t know they’re having summer fun.

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    How Amazon benefits from counterfeit booksHow Amazon benefits from counterfeit books
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    A New York Times report finds publishers are giving more money to Amazon to protect themselves from plagiarists.

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    Should you care about Facebook cryptocurrency?Should you care about Facebook cryptocurrency?
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    It’s not bitcoin. It’s also not Venmo. It’s more like an attempt at the internet-age US dollar.

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    The hired guns of Instagram
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    Companies can’t advertise on social media — so they have female influencers do it for them.

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