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<div id="pastingspan1"><div id="pastingspan1"><div id="pastingspan1">The news cycle may be dominated by the embittered presidential debates, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the <a href="http://1851franchise.com/" target="_blank">1851 Franchise</a> staff from finding some of the best and most insightful links on the Internet.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The soothing art of pruning a bonsai tree just got a <a href="http://mashable.com/2016/01/24/levitating-bonsai-tree/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447#TdqZd8bmTiqX" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">technological upgrade</a>. The Air Bonsai still is the classic mini tree, but the tree hovers and spins thanks to a magnetic base. The product is still just a dream in the Kickstarter phase, but it can bring a whole new meaning to the word Zen. - Matt Diaz</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The emoji is so last week. The ideograms have reached peak overexposure as Digiday reports that at least <a href="http://digiday.com/brands/brands-may-time-move-past-emojis/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">250 brands created their own emoji&#8217;s</a> in 2015. Texting took over talking over the phone and now it looks as if using emoji&#8217;s is taking over conversations through text. - Andi Summers</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>European and American tech companies have been battling over personal data sharing for years. European tech watchdog groups have increased their security measures and the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/technology/europes-top-digital-privacy-watchdog-zeros-in-on-us-tech-giants.html?_r=1&utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times considers</a> whether those in the U.S. will follow suit. - Brian Jaeger</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Twitter is having a bit of a mid-life crisis as four of the company&#8217;s ten senior managers are leaving for greener pastures. The move comes just three months after cofounder Jack Dorsey was implemented as the company&#8217;s permanent CEO and attempts to <a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/01/twitters-leaders-leaving/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rejuvenate the social media giant</a>. - Ryan Paul</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Beefs are nothing new in the rap world, but a beef between a rapper and scientist? Rapper B.o.B recently started a feud with scientist and <a href="http://uproxx.com/movies/neil-degrasse-tyson-star-wars-review/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">noted wet blanket</a> Neil DeGrasse Tyson about whether the Earth is flat. Tyson initially countered the artist with science and facts, but that didn&#8217;t stop B.o.B. from responding the only way he knows how, <a href="http://gawker.com/b-o-b-just-started-a-rap-war-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-1755122840?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with a diss track</a>. - Andrew Stern</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The sports world has embraced the stats and technological movement with &#8220;data analytics scientist&#8221; and &#8220;analytics expert&#8221; being common titles of front office officials. But even Ivy League educated executives can still be unlawful in acquiring data. A former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14531169/christopher-correa-former-st-louis-cardinals-executive-pleads-guilty-hacking-houston-astros-database?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recently plead guilty</a> to hacking the Houston Astros player database from 2013 to 2014. - Chris Zois</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Another type of photo style has been dominating Instagram over the last few months - ads. The social media app has been ramping up the amount of advertisements it has been showcasing. Brand networks accounted for <a href="http://recode.net/2016/01/25/instagram-is-showing-you-a-lot-more-ads-than-it-used-to/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=weekly-web-roundup-3447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">670 million ad impressions</a> in December 2015 alone. - Brigit Larson</div></div></div>

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