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When my 18-year-old daughter’s scholarship letter arrived in the mail for college, I was amazed that she’d been awarded so much.Ellie was offered $33,429 toward the $46,000 needed for tuition through scholarships and grants.However, as a residential college, another expectation was living in the dorm. These extra room and board…
Get ready for another Meta app.Meta is rolling out Pocket, a new social AI app, Business Insider has learned. Meta describes the Pocket as a platform to “create, share, and discover gizmos with friends.”The app is listed on Meta’s Help Center and in the Google Play Store. The timeline and…
Fizz, a social network for college students, says it wants to be like Facebook — when it was actually social.The app, launched in 2021, lets students post anonymously (similar to Yik Yak), scroll through a “for you” feed of recommended content, and buy and sell items in a marketplace.”It’s most…
My parenting style can be described as a tired mother, trying her best. My approach is mostly gentle and laid-back, with flashes of Type-A-style organization where I try to set boundaries. I love my kids, but often feel overstimulated and overwhelmed, as though, despite my best efforts, I’m not doing…
After work each day, I found myself feeling mentally exhausted and burned out. Seemingly endless emails and a phone that buzzes long after 5 p.m. left me craving a more balanced lifestyle, particularly one that didn’t make me feel constantly available. However, I was struggling to find activities and plans…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bo and Emily Petterson, of Dad Advice From Bo. It has been edited for length and clarity.Parents aren’t supposed to have a favorite child, but there’s no secret that Emily has always been mine. She’s the second youngest of my six…
Sixteen years ago, David Fincher wowed audiences with the dorm-room origin story of Facebook with “The Social Network.”The movie would go on to earn eight Oscar nominations and three wins and make stars out of Jesse Eisenberg as its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, and Andrew Garfield as Zuck’s former friend and…
This story is based on an interview with Sasha Sechenova, 28, a Paris-based social media and marketing consultant and the founder of a new dating app for entrepreneurs and digital nomads. It has been edited for length and clarity.As I was wheeled into the operating theater for my rhinoplasty, I…
AppLovin lost its bid to buy TikTok, and now it is taking its social media aspirations into its own hands.The adtech firm quietly released a new app this month called Gist that feels a bit like a hybrid of TikTok, its sister app Lemon8, and the Chinese app RedNote. Gist’s…
Once a day, I get a text message with 10 photos of random people looking for jobs, professional connections, or, on occasion, a new friend or date.It’s not LinkedIn or Tinder texting me. It’s Series, a social networking startup that sends potential connections straight to its users’ iMessage inbox.”The whole…
