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Nellie Bowles

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    Latest articles by Nellie Bowles

    Technology
    Can Tech Solve the Mystery of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight Disappearance? Not So Far.Can Tech Solve the Mystery of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight Disappearance? Not So Far.
    Technology

    Like finding an analog needle in a digital haystack.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits, Alleging Gender-Based HarassmentProminent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits, Alleging Gender-Based Harassment
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    The issue of how women in tech are treated needs to be addressed, she says.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    Our First Tinder Date Was at the Yahoo Party: A Last Look Back at SXSWOur First Tinder Date Was at the Yahoo Party: A Last Look Back at SXSW
    Technology

    “Yahoo’s too easy,” said one local party-crasher. “Open bar, no line? I’m like, ‘Is this a trick?’”

    By Nellie Bowles
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    Who Are These Naked People Getting on My Google Bus?Who Are These Naked People Getting on My Google Bus?
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    The drivers had mixed reactions.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    #PuppyHour and Reality TV Recruitment: Poster Children of SXSW#PuppyHour and Reality TV Recruitment: Poster Children of SXSW
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    Each poster stays up only a few hours (sometimes minutes), before another bootstrapping entrepreneur with a new social mobile app to hawk comes around with a roll of tape and a staple gun.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    A Bacon-Scented Alarm Clock, 3-D-Printed Oreos and Soylent Is Not People (Yet!)A Bacon-Scented Alarm Clock, 3-D-Printed Oreos and Soylent Is Not People (Yet!)
    Technology

    Or perhaps a tasty lab-cultivated cow cell meat chip?

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    You’re Not the “Bossy” of Me: Sheryl Sandberg Seeks to Ban Word Aimed to Demean Women and GirlsYou’re Not the “Bossy” of Me: Sheryl Sandberg Seeks to Ban Word Aimed to Demean Women and Girls
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    “I’m not bossy, I’m the boss,” adds Beyoncé.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    In Which Re/code Is Faked Out Once Again by the Old Shaq By Southwest TrickIn Which Re/code Is Faked Out Once Again by the Old Shaq By Southwest Trick
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    A tall tale from Texas. And we mean really, really tall.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    What’s the Latest Secret About Secret? Anonymous Not Good but Nip Slips Okay!What’s the Latest Secret About Secret? Anonymous Not Good but Nip Slips Okay!
    Technology

    Blind-item sharing app CEO David Byttow regrets some things and not others.

    By Nellie Bowles
    Technology
    Danah Boyd Has a Message for Adults About Teen Behavior Online: It’s All Your FaultDanah Boyd Has a Message for Adults About Teen Behavior Online: It’s All Your Fault
    Technology

    Translation, if you’re French: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (look it up).

    By Nellie Bowles