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On Friday, Twitter announced that it would be shutting down work on its Mac desktop app, to the dismay of, err, no one.
Users have 30 days, starting on Feb. 16, before the app will no longer be supported, Twitter said.
“We’re focusing our efforts on a great Twitter experience that’s consistent across platforms,” Twitter Support wrote in a tweet. “So, starting today the Twitter for Mac app will no longer be available for download, and in 30 days will no longer be supported.”
The app hadn’t exactly been flourishing in recent years, scoring a dismal 1.7 out of 5 in the App Store. Twitter had outsourced the development of the app to a studio in Seattle called Black Pixel. Read more…
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This dog's heartwarming rescue from a New York subway tunnel will bring you happy tears
February 17, 2018One lucky pup found compassiom in a most unlikely place: The New York City subway.
Dakota, aka Loppy the dog, was playing with her dog walker at a park in Brooklyn on Friday when the pooch managed to escape. Frightened, the poor pup ran to a place that she knew — the Jay St. station — and ended up inside the dangerous subway tunnel.
“It’s a familiar place for her, we commute together every day. She entered, ran across the platform, and at some point either fell or jumped in,” Dakota’s owner, Caroline Francis, posted to her Facebook. Read more…
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The Olympics have waited 114 years for Ester Ledecka, the snowboarder who won a skiing gold medal
February 17, 2018Source: Google News | The Olympics have waited 114 years for Ester Ledecka, the snowboarder who won a skiing gold medal
There's a striking difference between Obama and Trump's responses to school shootings
February 17, 2018On Friday, President Donald Trump visited Parkland, Florida in the wake of a school shooting in a high school that left 17 people dead. But Trump has faced criticism over the way he carried himself during that visit.
After an awkward meeting with first responders, the president and first lady Melania Trump stood together for a friendly photo op, which in itself seems insensitive. Trump had a huge smile on his face in the photo, and flashed his now signature thumbs up.
Trump updated his Twitter cover photo with the picture from the meeting Friday evening.
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US hockey team unlucky in scoring opportunities against Olympic Athletes From Russia
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