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Dave Parrack-Deputy Editor for Creative, Entertainment, Gaming, and Social | Oversees Coverage of News and Current Events

Dave Parrack

Deputy Editor for Creative, Entertainment, Gaming, and Social | Oversees Coverage of News and Current Events

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About Dave Parrack

Dave Parrack is a Deputy Editor at MUO and also oversees the site's coverage of current events. He has been writing about technology since 2007, and with MakeUseOf since 2011.

He has previously written for various sites, including Blorge, WebTVWire, and New Atlas.

Dave uses ChromeOS and Android, but isn't a Google fanboy. He thinks AI will change the world sooner than people think, for good or for bad. He has a particular interest in new and emerging technology.

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Instagram Adds a Questions Sticker to Stories

Instagram has added a new Questions sticker designed to make your Stories much more engaging. The Questions sticker allows you and your friends to conduct your own AMA using Instagram.

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Why You're Losing Twitter Followers

Twitter is purging millions of accounts. The good news is this will clear out some of the deadwood from Twitter. The bad news is this could have a significant impact on your follower count.

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YouTube Gets Its Own Incognito Mode

YouTube now has its own in-built Incognito Mode, just like Google Chrome. Essentially it's like pulling a cloak over you and your smartphone while watching YouTube.

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WhatsApp Flags Messages to Stop Fake News

WhatsApp has become the default option for spreading rumors to lots of people quickly and efficiently. Which isn't ideal. Therefore, WhatsApp is adding a label to forwarded messages.

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Netflix Launches Smart Downloads for Mobile Users

Netflix has launched a new feature---called Smart Downloads---designed to make it easier for binge-watchers to get their fix of flix.

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Microsoft Launches $399 Surface Go Tablet

The Surface Go is a 10-inch Windows tablet which looks almost identical to the Surface Pro, but smaller and more affordable. Which sounds good on paper...

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Timehop Reveals Independence Day Data Breach

Timehop, the popular social media memory jogger, has suffered a security breach. The result is that 21 million Timehop users have potentially had some of their data breached.

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Netflix Is Killing Off Its User Reviews

For Netflix, user reviews are a thing of the past. The streaming service is deleting all previously written user reviews and preventing users from writing new reviews.

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Tinder Launches GIF-Like Loops to Help You Score

Tinder now lets users add two-second looping videos to their profiles. These videos, which Tinder calls Loops, are essentially GIFs by another name.

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Beware This Google Chrome Tech Support Scam

The latest tech support scam doing the rounds sees scammers weaponizing a bug found in Google Chrome and other popular browsers. So arm yourself against it accordingly.

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Google Admits Third-Party Apps Can Read Your Gmail

Google has admitted that third-party apps can read your Gmail. However, this is all your fault, as you're the one giving developers access...

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Facebook Kills Hello, Moves, and tbh Apps

Facebook obviously has a massive userbase of 2 billion users, but its attempts to build out other apps haven't always worked. As is the case with Hello, Moves, and tbh.

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Amazon Prime Day 2018 Kicks Off on July 16

Amazon has announced the first details about Prime Day 2018. And it looks like this, the fourth annual Prime Day, is going to be bigger than ever...

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Instagram Now Tells You When "You're All Caught Up"

Instagram is rolling out a feature called "You're all caught up," which is an attempt to quell complaints from users still annoyed that they can't view their Feed in chronological order.

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YouTube's Picture-in-Picture Mode Is Now Free on Android

YouTube has, suddenly, and with little fanfare, made its picture-in-picture mode available on Android for free. However, there are some caveats to consider...

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You Can Now Add Music to Instagram Stories

Just when you thought your Instagram Stories couldn't get any more interesting, Instagram has added music to the mix. Life will never be the same again...

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Amazon Wants to Turn Your Fire Tablet Into an Echo Show

Amazon is slowly but surely turning Fire tablets into Echo devices. Its latest effort---dubbed Show Mode---quite literally turns your Fire tablet into an Echo Show.

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Pokemon Quest Is Now Available on Android and iOS

The mobile version of Pokemon Quest is now available to play. The Pokemon-themed RPG was released on the Nintendo Switch in May, but is now available on Android and iOS too.

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Google Maps Now Helps You Explore Your Local Area

Is that new restaurant worth trying? Is there a local book club to attend? Where's the best place to go to listen to live music? Google Maps now has all the answers.

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Your Google Home Can Now Speak Spanish

Google Assistant has been able to understand Spanish for some time, but now Google Home can speak Spanish too. Muchas gracias, Google.

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