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While we sadly can't help you shirk your work responsibilities in order to spend more time on Tumblr, we can make your time on the platform more efficient

There are some extremely handy keyboard shortcuts that will have you whizzing around the microblogging service like a pro. Get your pinky poised over your control or command key, and read on.

Note: Substitute "command" for "control" if you're using a Mac, and make sure you're creating text posts in Rich Text format in order for the text editing shortcuts to work.

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Apple calls its iOS 8 keyboard the "smartest ever." As you type, you'll see words and phrases pop up that "you'd probably type next, based on your past conversations and writing style."

Clever as this QuickType feature may be, it can be annoying if the suggestions aren't actually what you were going to type next, and you need to keep deleting words.

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Twitter has a rampant abuse and trolling problem — even its CEO knows it. But the social network claims it has made some big strides to mend this issue

Twitter says it now receives five times as many abuse reports than it did six months ago, and has tripled the number of staff reviewing those reports within the same time period

The company also announced on Thursday that it was rolling out new procedures to deal with rule-breakers. However, it didn't describe the changes in much detail

"These new actions will not be visible to the vast majority of rule-abiding Twitter users, but they give us new options for acting against the accounts that don't follow the rules, and serve to discourage behavior that goes against our policies," Twitter said in a blog post ...