The fastest-growing part of the online dating market is people over 50, according the CEO of the Match Group. Carmen Winant/Getty Images hide caption
Social Web : All Tech Considered Sites like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the Web, altered how we interact with each other and even changed the way news is gathered and delivered. Read about the impact of social media and its continuing evolution.
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Facebook announced it acquired WhatsApp late Wednesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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A screenshot of the online multiplayer Pokemon game. Twitch.tv hide caption
Here's What Happens When Thousands Play Pokemon Together
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Porn has a distinct problem that less racy media companies don't have: Users are afraid of leaving a digital record. Paid sites are trying to lure viewers out of the shadows and into credit card payments. iStockphoto hide caption
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Facebook software engineer Brielle Harrison demonstrates the website's expanded options for gender identification at her company's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. Harrison, who helped engineer the project, plans to switch her identifier to "Trans Woman." Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Emily Kitfield, 16, says she's not sure if she would have been able to come out to her parents and community without being able to reach out to others online. Courtesy of Emily Kitfield hide caption
Through The Internet, Gay Teens Connected To Larger Community
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Dating Sites Offer Chance At Love — And A Lesson In Economics
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Joaquin Phoenix stars in the film Her, in which his character falls in love with an operating system. When will artificial intelligence programs like Siri evolve to the point where we'll fall in love with them? Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
A few years ago I started getting mysterious notifications from hundreds of strangers on Facebook — dozens came in every day from all over the world. Figuring out what was going on took me back to my first day on Facebook, six days after it launched in February 2004. Joerg Koch/AP hide caption
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Actress Emma Thompson is one of the first to have an audio snippet of her voice included in her Wikipedia biography. Joe Scarnici/Getty Images hide caption
Wikipedia Archiving Voices So You'll Always Know How Celebs Sound
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An LG representative shows off a smart refrigerator at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 10. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Some clippings: "Hilar" or "hilars" mean "hilarious." "Alc" is shorthand for "alcohol" in some circles. And "obvi" is pretty straightforward (er, "obvious"). iStockphoto hide caption
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With the Tinder dating app, you swipe right if you want to meet someone, and swipe left if you don't. Courtesy of Tinder hide caption