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Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH “Popcorn tastes good.” Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao admitted yesterday: “We screwed up,” following Reddit moderators revolt over the weekend. The revolt started after key staffer Victoria Taylor – formerly in charge of Reddit’s Ask Me Anything subreddit – was fired. But, according to…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH “It’s complicated” for guys using this dating app. Men everywhere are dropping Hinge faster than Donald Trump’s sponsors, after the dating app announced it would disclose users’s relationship statuses. What’s the issue? According to research, 42% of dating app users are already in relationships…awkward.…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know: TECH Apple’s real goal with Beats 1. Something you might not know is the late Steve Jobs use to end product-launch events with one slide showing two intersecting street signs. The signs read: “Technology” and “Liberal Arts.” Jobs believed liberal arts played an important role…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today Tech   Beats 1 gets mixed reviews. Zane Lowe divided opinion in his first hour on Apple’s global radio station Beats 1 – though anyone in the UK who listened to his BBC Radio 1 output will hardly be surprised, says Wired. Lowe kicked…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today Tech What you need to know about paid music streaming. Apple Music rolls out today, here’s what one early user is saying (pics included). How does Apple Music compare to its competitors, you ask? Pandora claims over 85 million active users. Spotify slightly less…

“I thought, ‘Well, I could give everyone I love a job and we could all be together for five years.’ But picturing being in a building and knowing what I was going to do for five years—I love not knowing… And I’ve never done anything safe or to make money for that reason. So, you…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today Tech This story will change your views about texting. If texting could save lives…apparently, it can. Nancy Lublin, founder of Crisis Text Line, knows first hand how powerful texts can be. “It cuts right to the chase. You don’t get hyperventilating and crying. You…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today Tech Instagram could be your window into anywhere. “Done is better than perfect,” has always been Facebook’s motto. Apparently, “Do the simple thing first,” has been Instagram’s. Today, Instagram rolls out two new features: updated Explore tab, featuring Trending Tags, Trending Places, curated content;…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today Tech Flying nightmares. “To appreciate how crazy the airline fare-shopping game has become, you have to go back to the 1960s and ’70s.” (Bloomberg). Airline fares in the ‘60s and ‘70s were all set by the federal government, and thus were consistent across the…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today Tech Swift response from Apple. “We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.” Taylor Swift made it clear on Sunday explaining why she will be withholding her most recent album, “1989” from…