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Teenagers Julian and Darrow are transgender boys; they were born female, but never felt at home in their own bodies and now identify as male. Asked w Get Experience at Top Tech Companies as a Teenager 08/07/2016 08:00pm • When it comes to landing a job in the tech industry, 15-year-old Enrique Avina may have an edge on the competition. He spent the summer participating in a program for high schoolers at Facebook. "You see all the tech companies on TV and on news stations, but it doesn't really become real until you s How to set up a shopping email account to score sales, not spam 08/04/2016 09:00am • Whenever you go shopping at almost any online store and at many brick-and-mortar retailers, the store will ask for your email address. Perhaps it needs it for your account. Maybe it wants it for a mailing list. Sometimes it's needed for the purpose of signing up for a customer rewards program. 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