11 Italian Phrases We Said Out Loud While Looking At Pictures Of Jack Dorsey's Beard In 2015

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People Tried Really Hard To Figure Out What's Going On With Airbnb In 2015

Here’s what — if anything — we learned. Tumblr / Via giphy.com 2015 was a huge year for Airbnb. It earned a $25 billion valuation. It was...

Microsoft Wants You To Take Pretty Selfies -- With Your iPhone

Microsoft Selfie promises to tweak your pics for age, gender, skin tone and lighting. Remember when Microsoft released that age-guessing to...

Take A Look At The Future Of Facebook

Jason Stein While on vacation in Aruba yesterday, Jason Stein, CEO of social media advertising agency Laundry Service, tweeted two screens...

'Tis The Season For Online Dating

Instagram: @coffeembagel If you've been sitting on your parents’ couch this holiday season glumly contemplating failed relationships p...

Facebook's Free Basics Shuts Down In Egypt, Continuing Troubled Run

Facebook Facebook's Free Basics program, which provides free internet access to a select group of apps and websites, has been shut do...

A Redditor Made Some Hilarious Honest Ads For Free Basics

“Join your ignorant friends by showing support for what is misleadingly called a ‘Digital India’.” Twitter: @reifman The Times of India ...

12 Times People In Tech Apologized In 2015

#Sorry. Reddit had a rocky year, to say the least, and its problems boiled over during the July 4th weekend when moderators closed off pro...

Priest Reportedly Suspended For Riding A Hoverboard During Mass

“He will be out of the parish and will spend some time to reflect on this past event,” the diocese of a Philippine church said. A priest in...

Sidecar Is Shutting Down Its Ride-Hailing Service

Sidecar, a ride-sharing and delivery service that never quite caught on like Lyft or Uber, is calling it quits. The company said Tuesday tha...

Camper Van Beethoven Singer Sues Spotify For $150 Million

Camper Van Beethoven Spotify has taken some flak over the years for paying too little in royalty fees to the musicians and songwriters who...

The Year We Almost Lived In The Future

Apple This past September, near the end of one of its marathon keynote events, Apple dimmed the lights to wrap up its presentation with a ...

Meet The Benedictine Monk Of Silicon Valley

William Alden / Via BuzzFeed News Like many techies, Brother Eckhart Camden wears a hooded garment to work. But his uniform is not a hoodi...

11 Apps Your Parents Ruined In 2015

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A Bunch Of People Got Hurt On Christmas Riding Their New Hoverboards

‘Tis the season for broken bones. Hoverboards were the hottest gift under the Christmas tree this year, and many people spent Friday learni...

2015 Was The Year Work Stopped Working

Via Flickr: stavos52093 When the debate over how on-demand workers should be classified — whether as employees or independent contractors ...

Lyft Billboard Hit With Anti-Gentrification Message In San Francisco

Alex Kantrowitz The ride hailing app Lyft is running an outdoor ad campaign positioning itself as an alternative to public transportation ...

23 Life-Changing Apps We Downloaded This Year

The app-iest place on Earth. Amy Sefton for BuzzFeed Tab (free, iOS and Android) makes complicated bill splitting *super* easy. I...

Mark Zuckerberg On Free Basics: "Who Could Possibly Be Against This?"

Free Basics in action Facebook In an op-ed published in today's Times of India, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a plea on behalf o...

13 Times Washington Tried To Sell Encryption Workarounds In 2015

The White House has abandoned efforts to pass a law limiting the use of end-to-end encryption, but U.S. officials continue to call for Silic...

In 2015, The Dark Forces Of The Internet Became A Counterculture

If you were going to draw up a short list of places on the internet that should be excited about the first good Star Wars movie in more th...

The 13 Best Yule Log Videos To Watch During The Holidays

The yule log video is a cultural phenomenon. (There are nearly 100,000 on YouTube alone.) Here are 13 internet alternatives to building a di...

Am I A Robot? Because I Have No Idea What This CAPTCHA Says

Warner Bros / Via HBOGO You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and have to solve a CAPTCHA....

There's A Dating App That Lets You Review Your Dates

Anyone who’s been on an online date knows surprises come with the territory. The people you meet don't always resemble their photos. W...

The Beatles' Music Can Now Be Streamed Worldwide

The Fab Four’s music will be available on nine streaming services starting Dec. 24. The services have the rights to stream 224 songs from t...

Lyft Becomes First Ride-Hailing Service Allowed At LAX

Los Angeles International Airport has long banned pickups by basic ride-hailing services, allowing Lyft to get a leg up on a major competito...

Google Reported To Launch A New, Smarter Messaging Service

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP In the past few years, messaging has become the biggest new battleground for tech companies. Facebook, WeChat, an...

Weight Watchers Is Struggling To Survive In The Digital Age

Oprah Winfrey bought a 10% stake in Weight Watchers in October. Scott Barbour / Getty Images Craig Gapter has belonged to Weight Watchers...