rebecca-hiscott

Rebecca Hiscott


Rebecca Hiscott is the former assistant editor at Neurology Today and Brain & Life. Her work has also appeared in Mashable, Vanity Fair, and the New York Observer. She is now the London-based engagement editor for Kickstarter.

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Cheap smartphones fight to dominate the developing world’s Internet

Winner takes all! 

On Jun 26, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Facebook has a diversity problem—just like Google and Yahoo

Surprise, surprise.

On Jun 26, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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10 apps for encrypting and encoding your messages

Snapchat? Please. 

On Jun 24, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Google-owned Nest buys home-monitoring service Dropcam for $555 million

Is this the "future of the conscious home"?

On Jun 22, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Hexo+ is a drone that will capture all your action selfies

Finally: Our love of GoPro footage has been combined with our love of selfies. 

On Jun 18, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Is imitation the new innovation for messaging apps?

Copycatting cuts both ways. 

On Jun 15, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Twitter mobile users can now embed tweets inside tweets

Twitter gets meta. 

On Jun 15, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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App that lets you anonymously shame Instagram users gets the axe—after one day

Instagram was none too pleased with this creative exercise in selfie-shaming. 

On Jun 14, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Anthony Weiner ‘accidentally’ endorses sexting story on Twitter

Carlos Danger strikes again!

On Jun 13, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Voycee: The social network that replaces your last post with each new one

Just think of it as the anti-Timeline. 

On Jun 10, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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This psychologist says you should Photoshop your dating profile photos

He also happens to run a photo retouching site.

On Jun 1, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Wi-Fi is going to the moon—and possibly beyond

 In space, no one can hear you stream.

On May 31, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Selocial wants to combines the indie artists of Spotify with the exposure of Instagram

"I thought, what if you could discover artists through your friend's pictures?"

On May 31, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Buying prescription drugs on Amazon sans prescription is really easy

Who knew! Well, maybe Amazon. 

On May 31, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott

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Facebook reportedly working on a Snapchat competitor called Slingshot

Did you learn nothing?

On May 18, 2014 by Rebecca Hiscott