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Kate Knibbs


Kate Knibbs is a notable tech reporter and pop culture essayist. A former staff writer for the Daily Dot, her work has appeared in Gizmodo, the Ringer, AV Club, Digital Trends, Popular Mechanics, and Time.

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Here’s what Facebook has to say about its WhatsApp acquisition

Facebook’s investors call reveals it’s officially a mobile company. 

On Feb 19, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Facebook just bought WhatsApp for $19 billion

WhatsApp has been burning up the mobile scene, and now Facebook owns it. 

On Feb 19, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Place bets on your friends’ relationships with Forever Not

Ever meet a couple you knew wouldn’t last a month? Now you can place bets on relationships with an app, in case you didn’t have enough ways to be a jerk already. 

On Feb 19, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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We read the Whisper and Secret fine print so you don’t have to

Because we all need to know what we're getting ourselves into. 

On Feb 19, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Could Whisper be the WikiLeaks for celebrity rumors?

By publishing a Gwyneth Paltrow infidelity rumor, Whisper is starting to gossip. Should TMZ look over its shoulder? 

On Feb 18, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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The @BarackObama Twitter account is not who you think it is

The Obama administration is outsourcing the president's tweets.

On Feb 17, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Indie artists take cues from pop culture to reinvent Valentine’s Day cards

We talked with the creators of some of the Internet’s finest romantic greeting cards featuring beloved TV characters. 

On Feb 13, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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The emotional roller coaster of a day at Shia LaBeouf’s #IAMSORRY

Masochistic or just mischievous? Inside Shia LaBeouf’s latest stunt. 

On Feb 13, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Twitter is finally figuring out how to turn data into dollars

Twitter is sitting on a goldmine. The gold is all our tweets. And now, the extraction process has begun. 

On Feb 12, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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What is Dumb Starbucks? A marketing stunt, of course

L.A.’s strangest coffee shop is a stunt by Nathan Fielder, star of Nathan for You.

On Feb 11, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Homeless selfies give you yet another reason to hate millennials

And you thought funeral selfies were bad...

On Feb 10, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Chipping away at Wikipedia’s gender bias, one article at a time

The online knowledge-source lacks female editors, but a group of artists and feminists are trying to change the balance.

On Feb 10, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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26 ways to say goodbye online

"L8ter sk8ter." 

On Feb 9, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Huge Snapchat security flaw could let hackers shut down your iPhone

Snapchat continues to be a hot mess when it comes to security. 

On Feb 7, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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This app is the enemy of party crashers everywhere

You could always try slipping the bouncer a $20... 

On Feb 7, 2014 by Kate Knibbs