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An Aymara woman prepares to take part in a pageant in La Paz, Bolivia, in 2013. Jaqi-Aru, a community of volunteers is working on translating the Facebook interface in the indigenous language of Aymara. Juan Karita/AP hide caption

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Our readers wrote in on how they tried to take a vacation from their smartphones. Christian Wheatley/iStockphoto hide caption

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We Asked, You Answered: Going To Extremes To Disconnect On Vacation

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The Supreme Court will look at a case in its upcoming session dealing with what constitutes a "true threat" on Facebook. iStockphoto hide caption

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Is A Threat On Facebook Real? Supreme Court Will Weigh In

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Stageit and another startup, Concert Window, have made it easy to play online shows — and make money doing it. Stageit.com hide caption

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Your Favorite Musicians, Straight From Their Laptop To Yours

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Facebook says that starting soon, ad targeting will "include information from some of the websites and apps you use," making ads more relevant to users' interests. iStockphoto hide caption

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"People are grappling with identity when they become parents, and they're also grappling with identity in terms of who we are online," says psychologist Daphne de Marneffe (not pictured). Jonathan Ross/iStockphoto hide caption

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What Those Baby Photos On Social Media Can Teach Us About Moms

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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says the company has to bridge the gap between the brand's global awareness and user engagement. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption

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Twitter CEO Hopes To Attract Users By Clearing The Clutter

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Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich in 2010. Drew McLellan/Flickr hide caption

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It's Complicated: When A CEO's Personal Position Becomes Public

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It would take more than 1,000 1,200-page volumes to contain the content of Wikipedia, but PediaPress has made an example volume to show what it might look like. "Our goal is to allow everyone to explore the physical dimensions of Wikipedia," says PediaPress founder Christoph Kepper. PediaPress hide caption

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Printing Wikipedia Would Take 1 Million Pages, But That's Sort Of The Point

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