Virginia Heffernan, Yahoo News

National Correspondent

Virginia Heffernan covers culture and politics from a digital perspective, capturing how our lives and decisions are shaped by emerging technology. She was a staff writer for the New York Times for eight years.

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The new device that could have saved George Costanza’s wallet
Coin is one credit card to rule — or at least hold — them all.
10 years ago
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This Thanksgiving, order on Black Friday, get it on Black Sabbath
Amazon's deal with the U.S. Postal Service for Sunday delivery is wonderful and terrifying.
10 years ago
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Twitter becomes TWTR
Will Wall Street make a hash of the strange, quirky social network?
10 years ago
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Aereo is all the TV you don't want, whenever you want it
Even with all the networks in her pocket, Virginia Heffernan still can't cut the cord.
10 years ago
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The paper chase
Virginia Heffernan on the madness of printers in the modern age
10 years ago
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Device 6, the mind-blowing mobile game that's much more than flinging birds and cutting ropes
Virginia Heffernan on the multisensory experience of Device 6
10 years ago
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Square Cash: So brilliant you'll forget you're giving money to your friends
Virginia Heffernan on the new person-to-person payment app from Jack Dorsey and company.
10 years ago
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T-Mobile's foreign policy
Virginia Heffernan on T-Mobile's radical new plans to offer international data and text messages for free.
11 years ago
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The upscale binge
Almost 15 years ago, "The Sopranos" kicked off a national fancy-TV bender. We still haven't hit bottom.
11 years ago
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Maker's mark: Why so many young techies are turning to tinkering
Virginia Heffernan visits the Maker Faire and sees a movement going mainstream
11 years ago
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Are you an iPhone 5s person or an iPhone 5c person?
Virginia Heffernan on the difference between Apple's two new iPhones.
11 years ago
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Titstare, Pax Dickinson and the sexist web
Why so many women are so upset by a silly little prank and a few haphazard tweets.
11 years ago
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Jeff Bezos, Kindle Matchbook and the American literacy epidemic
Jeff Bezos proves once again that he's one of the most important driver of continuing literacy in America.
11 years ago
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Forgotten Spaces: What will happen to the websites we abandon and leave to rot?
Physical spaces can be renovated, changed. What about digital spaces?
11 years ago
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"To be a great newspaper, you have to be profitable": On Jeff Bezos' purchase of the Washington Post
Virginia Heffernan takes on the Amazon CEO's new plaything
11 years ago
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Yahoo said no: Cheers for Yahoo's lone protest against government snooping in the ongoing PRISM scandal
Virginia Heffernan applauds Yahoo (yes, the site she works for) for its lonely fight against PRISM
11 years ago
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You have a friend request from Santa Claus: How Facebook covered its site in gift wrap
Facebook is trying to turn everyone into a gift-giver. That proves they've figured out this public company thing, writes Virginia Heffernan.
11 years ago
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Helen Thomas—a reporter who 'stood there' for those who couldn't
Helen Thomas stood there. She stood in the front row as long as they let her. She asked the first question at the press conferences as long as they let her, too.
11 years ago
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Why I'm a creationist
Virginia Heffernan admits to the great science taboo: at heart, she's a creationist
11 years ago
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Dumb ways to die, smart ways to kill (time)
"Dumb Ways to Die" is a phenomenon as both YouTube video and smartphone game. Could it make the leap to television?
11 years ago