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Facebook users who don’t fit any of the 58 gender identity options offered by the social media giant are now being given a rather big 59th option: fill in the blank. A Facebook announcement published online Thursday morning and shared in advance with The Associated Press tells users that if they do not identify with […]

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For African-Americans, the 2015 Oscars will end up being remembered best for Common and John Legend’s moving performance of “Glory” from the film Selma, which took home its only Oscar for Best Original Song. Unfortunately, it might also end up being remembered for not having any African-American nominees, although Selma was also nominated for Best […]

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Khloe Kardashian isn’t for Amber Rose calling out baby sister Kylie Jenner’s so-called “friendship” with rapper Tyga. Last week, Amber called out 25-year-old Tyga for his…

Ever wonder what President Obama does in his spare time? Well a new video from Buzzfeed.com suggests that he’s just like you – practicing selfies and his speeches in the mirror just like you do. He even blames himself when things go wrong. Don’t believe us? Check out the video above. It’s actually a clever […]

I can unequivocally say that I absolutely abhor networking in its traditional sense. I am an introvert, with socialite tendencies, and the word networking conjures…

If you’ve been near anything that produces musical sound lately you’ve heard the Motown- like sounds of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s infectious “Uptown Funk.” If you think their version is great, well, it is, but there’s a more presidential remix available. Yup, President Obama has taken his stab at “Uptown Funk” and we think […]

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Facebook said the outage that made its social media sites inaccessible worldwide for about an hour Tuesday was self-inflicted. Users of PCs and Facebook’s mobile app reported they lost access in Asia, the United States, Australia and the U.K. Facebook-owned Instagram was also inaccessible. Facebook said the disruption was caused […]

The amazing thing – no one intended for this to happen. The popular blog and Facebook site Humans Of New York has over 11 million followers who tune in for the human stories. The brainchild of blogger/photographer Brandon Stanton, the page attracts people who enjoy the full fabric of human lives via a photograph and […]

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Bill Dukes’ Light Girls, the follow-up to his 2011 documentary Dark Girls, aired on OWN last night, and Twitter and Facebook users wasted no time…

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Amber Rose show off her “ass-sets,” but she’s sorta back to her glory days. The former stripper put it all on display over the weekend in Miami, where she stepped out in a couple of very revealing swimsuits. As you can see from the pics, Rose, 31, somehow managed […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg wants to add a little more “book” to Facebook. The Facebook founder and CEO announced on his page recently that he has vowed to read a book every other week in 2015, with an emphasis on learning about different beliefs, cultures and technologies. Zuckerberg created a page called “A […]

Texas teen Montrae Toliver is finding out the hard way that a threat made on social media, however joking is going to be taken seriously. Fort Worth police arrested Toliver, 17, after a Twitter user reported a post where he was pictured pointing a gun at a police car and asking “Should I do it?” […]