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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Share a Life-Changing Story With Us for This Week's Photo Challenge

One of the most beautiful and nerve-wracking parts of being a real, live human is knowing that any random event could instantly change the course of your life forever. Sometimes, like in the case of Stella & Dot founder Jessica Herrin, that instant is stumbling into a conference of ambitious and enthusiastic beauty consultants.

This week's Mashable Photo Challenge is inspired by the Broadway Musical If/Then, a tale that tells of how even the smallest decisions can have huge, unexpected consequences

Share a portrait of someone whose entrance into your life led you to take new risks or overcome old challenges. Show us the landscape that really put your path into perspective and helped you shape it in ways you never thought possible. Snap a picture of that apartment you found on Craigslist that led you, unwittingly, to move in with your new BFF Read more...

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Fullscreen Media to Launch New Premium Video Platform

Fullscreen Media, a multichannel YouTube network that boasts more than 3.2 billion monthly views, is looking to build a premium subscription service similar to Netflix or Hulu that would operate separately from YouTube. The goal of this service would be to target a large chunk of YouTube's audience - millennials.

It's unclear whether the subscription model will be that of Netflix, where a user pays a monthly subscription to access all content, or an ad-supported tier system like Hulu. Either way, this new model will take content creators away from YouTube and feature them on an all new platform. Read more...

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Sergey Brin: Google Was 'Shocked' When It Learned of NSA Snooping

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Google cofounder Sergey Brin said the company was shocked to learn that the National Security Agency (NSA) was snooping backbone data.

Speaking with Re/Code's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the inaugural Code Conference (the replacement for the "D Conference"), Brin explained that even though the company was surprised to learn of the NSA's data-collection practices, Google had already started encrypting much of that backbone data anyway.

He said the NSA revelations made the U.S. government look "hypocritical" and "raised a lot of policy questions." Read more...

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What's Your Country's Favorite Dog?

Which dog breeds are adored where you live? In the new Mashable Minute, Elliott Morgan delves into international dog preferences, with a special emphasis on corgis and maltipoos.

In yesterday's episode, Elliott shows us how to survive the apocalypse using Pinterest

7 Pieces of Job Advice Your College Isn't Giving You

It's no secret that the current job market for recent graduates is — how can we put this lightly — not the best.

The process of looking for a job is exhausting, and a lot of guidance, particularly from the very universities we've graduated from, can be summed up with the frustratingly simple recommendation to "join LinkedIn."

While setting up a LinkedIn account is, of course, a great start to your job search and networking with professionals, there are plenty of other simple tips that can give you a leg up on the competition.

Follow these seven tips to help you nail down that full-time position. Read more...

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Facebook Cuts Down on Automatic Updates in the News Feed

If you've ever been shocked to find out that all your Facebook friends know what song you're listening to on Spotify, here's some good news.

Facebook announced Tuesday that from now on fewer "implicit stories" will make it into the News Feed. That's Facebook's way of describing automatic updates from third-party apps

"We’ve found that stories people choose to explicitly share from third party apps are typically more interesting and get more engagement in News Feed than stories shared from third party apps without explicit action," the company wrote in a blog post. "We’ve also heard that people often feel surprised or confused by stories that are shared without taking an explicit action. In the coming months, we will continue to prioritize explicitly shared stories from apps in News Feed over implicitly shared stories." Read more...

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How to Survive Armageddon With Pinterest

Think Pinterest is just for sharing photos of cute knitted sweaters? Wrong, the popular thingie-sharing network can help you prepare for the apocalypse. In today's installment of Mashable Minute, Elliott Morgan wades through the weird world of doomsday Pinteresting

In the last episode, Elliott shares the ultimate guide to the best summer ever. EVER.