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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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Pinterest Launches a Trio of Visual Discovery Tools

Pinterest has launched a trio of visual discovery tools. Because words are so 2016.

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You Can Now Test the Brand New YouTube App

YouTube Go is hiding in plain sight on the Google Play Store right now, so it would be rude not to give it a quick spin, right?!

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Facebook Helps You Help Others During a Crisis

Facebook is putting its huge database to good use with a new effort called Community Help. This, as you may have gleaned from the headline, helps you help others during a crisis.

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You Can Now Try the New Creative Commons Search Engine

Creative Commons has launched a new search engine to help you find free-to-use images from a range of sources.

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Twitter Now Hides Low Quality Tweets From View

Twitter is trying once more to make the social network a nicer place to play. This time it's rolling out a trio of new features designed to temper the toxicity of Twitter.

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If Your PC Plays DVDs You May Be Owed $10

A settlement in a class-action lawsuit means you could be owed $10 for one or more PCs you either own now or have owned in the past.

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Stranger Things 2 Lands on Netflix This Halloween

Stranger Things is returning to Netflix in 2017, with a second season of the science fiction series coming this Halloween. We know because Netflix teased Stranger Things 2 during Super Bowl LI.

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IMDb Kills its Message Boards Because of Trolls

IMDb is shutting down its popular message boards. This is down to a combination of waning interest and the tenacity of trolls.

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You Can Now Use an External Hard Drive on Your PS4

With the next software update, PS4 owners will be able to download, install, and access games on an external hard drive. And about time too.

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Facebook Now Helps You Make Friends With Strangers

Facebook's new feature is designed to help you make new friends, providing a simple way of breaking the ice with complete strangers. Useful? Definitely. Creepy? Probably.

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Google Helps You Find the Perfect Recipe for Anything

Google has always been good at surfacing the best recipes, but now it will help you narrow down the options before you burrow too deep down a particular rabbithole.

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You Can Finally Delete That QR Code Scanner Off Your Phone

You can finally delete that third-party QR code scanner you only use once in a blue moon off your iPhone, because Google has added a native QR code scanner to Chrome for iOS.

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Club Penguin Dies and Generation Z Cries

With the passing of Club Penguin, the world will lose one of the first online communities Generation Z forged in its own image. Albeit with penguins.

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You Can Now Create a Snapchat QR Code for Your Website

Snapchat thinks what the world needs now, more than anything else, is the ability to create QR codes for websites. Isn't technology great?!

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The Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Initiative Is Dead

The Copyright Alert System, better known as the "six strikes and you're out" program, is dead. The Center for Copyright Information killed it while maintaining it was a success.

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LEGO Launches a Social Network for Kids

LEGO has launched a social network for kids called LEGO Life. This can best be described as Instagram for kids who love LEGO.

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This Hack Lets You Control Netflix With Your Mind

The latest Netflix Hack Day has spawned five more Netflix hacks unlikely to ever see the light of day. Still, one of them, called MindFlix, actually lets you control Netflix with your mind.

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You Can Try the New Windows 10 Game Mode Now

Microsoft is adding a Game Mode to Windows 10 with the Creators Update due later this year. However, braver souls can try the new Game Mode right now by installing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15019.

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The New Flappy Bird Is Guaranteed to Annoy You

Doug Nguyen, the man who inflicted Flappy Bird on the world, is back with a new game. Unfortunately, Ninja Spinki Challenges is guaranteed to annoy you.

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DuckDuckGo Celebrates 10 Billion Searches

DuckDuckGo recently achieved a massive milestone by racking up 10 billion searches since its inception. And yet most people have still never heard of DuckDuckGo...

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