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Lazada outsold its 2016 Singles' Day record by 3 times
Sites reached last year's sales volume by mid-day.
By Victoria Ho
Chinese shoppers spent $25 *billion* on Alibaba's Singles Day
256,000 transactions per second.
YouTube finally blocks a known terrorist propagandist from its site
YouTube deleted 50,000 videos about and by the jihadist recruiter.
Ohio State fans had the best response to Apple's iOS 11 glitch
Winning at football and mocking Apple.
Mark Zuckerberg's first big investor meeting included 'a lot of staring at the desk'
It's an anecdote from Silicon Valley lore.
Facebook gets local with updated events app
Facebook is adding restaurant listings and maps to its events app.
By Patrick Kulp
Twitter, high on 280 characters, more than doubles the length of display names
More is always better, right? Right?!
By Jack Morse
Kindles and quinoa: Amazon to sell more gadgets in Whole Foods stores
Want an Echo to go along with that kombucha?
By Patrick Kulp
IRS targets Coinbase users in an attempt to thwart tax fraud
The government agency wants data on 14,355 Coinbase account holders
By Jack Morse
Apple's 'Everyone Can Code' initiative is going global
Apple wants to teach people all around the world to code.
Apple has finally released a patch for that annoying iOS keyboard bug
A[?] didn't notice that there was a problem...
Twitter must fix verification, but there are no easy solutions
What the heck does that blue check mean, anyway?
Facebook is launching a 30-city tour to connect with small businesses
Facebook Community Boost is a 30-city tour.
By Kerry Flynn
Sean Parker made billions off of Facebook. Today he basically called it evil.
Is Facebook a brain hack?
Reddit bans board where men posted misogynistic content and even advocated rape
People in the board blamed women for their celibacy.
Twitter verified another white supremacist
The guy who organized the racist rally in Charlottesville gets a blue checkmark.
By Sasha Lekach
The Faroe Islands are now on Google Street View, thanks to a little help from some sheep
The Faroe Islands home to around 50,000 people. They aren't the most car-friendly place. Enter Google "Sheep View."
Microsoft Word's new 'Resume Assistant' uses LinkedIn to make your resume better
Microsoft and LinkedIn want to make your resume better.
By Karissa Bell
Trump's still tweeting from China even through the country's Twitter ban
Twitter is never out of reach for President Donald Trump.
Google Chrome update makes it harder for shady sites to hijack your browser
No more of those magically appearing windows and tabs.
By Karissa Bell
Snap loses its head of the engineering amid plans to overhaul Snapchat app
The company will also rebuild its app, because users find it hard to use.
By Yvette Tan
