Social Media

November 25, 2017

Hooray for Fiona the Hippo, Our Bundle of Social-Media Joy

CINCINNATI — Michelle Curley’s husband does not like the baby-hippo tattoo. He tolerates it, but he does not like it. “He is not a fan,” Ms. […]
November 22, 2017

Skin Deep: His Eye Makeup Is Way Better Than Yours

Advertisement Would you be inclined to buy makeup because a 10-year-old boy is showing you how to create a look on Instagram? If we’re talking about […]
November 14, 2017

Spotify Now Sells Makeup by Pat McGrath

Advertisement The makeup artist Pat McGrath, considered by many to be at the top of her profession, is trying a new way to reach potential consumers. […]
November 14, 2017

Noted: Where Are All the Nannies on Instagram?

Advertisement Dikla Goren Dekel, a Brooklyn-based mother of three who writes the lifestyle blog Girl Plus Two, shares a lot of her life on Instagram. A […]
October 25, 2017

Sade’s Quiet Storm of Cool

Not long ago, a tattoo shop in Brooklyn got a bad review on Yelp. A customer was angry — not about his new ink, but about […]
September 27, 2017

Kids Make the Darndest Viral Videos

Mila and Emma Stauffer, 2-year-old twin sisters who live with their parents and three older siblings near Phoenix, were sitting on the floor, having a discussion […]
September 26, 2017

How to Tell if Someone Is Lying and 8 More Conversation Tips

The staring contest lasted 14 seconds before Amanda de Cadenet, best known for interviewing bold women with boldfaced names, broke the silence with “I can’t take […]
September 19, 2017

An Earthquake Hits and Angelenos Shelter on Twitter

Hurricanes in Florida, Texas and the Caribbean; record-high temperatures in San Francisco; and wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. And last night, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake a few […]
September 8, 2017

Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk?

LOS ANGELES — With grave concern, a television reporter for KTLA described the mayhem in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Beverly Grove in July: The […]
August 1, 2017

With iPhone and Stickers, a Doodling Artist Who Dreams Big

“The eraser is a godsend,” said Jon Burgerman, pointing an iPhone in the direction of a compact, raggedy-haired dog outside a Blue Bottle Coffee shop in […]