Oh, so this is the famous “cloud” everyone’s talking about! [Cartoon]
[Source: XKCD]
Category Archives: Web
The Who, Why and How of Twitter [Infographic]
“Of the millions of tweets created every day, 71% produce no reaction.” I find this unsurprising when people talk so much about what they’re eating and where they are. [by BuySellAds via TNW]
Class Of 2011: If Social Media Were a High School
These are pretty accurate, don’t you think? [Source: Flowtown]
Does Facebook Hurt Relationships? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know that last year, around 37% of Facebook users changed their relationship status to “single” and only 24% to “In a relationship”? But what does this actually mean for the average Facebook user? Should you feel concerned if your significant other is constantly checking his/her Facebook profile? Here’s a handy infographic that will […]
Lulz(Sec), PBS. Problems??
An article claiming “Tupac still alive in New Zealand” appeared on PBS.org late last night, and for most readers was probably the first indication that strange things were afoot in the site’s security sector. Hacker group LulzSec (or “The Lulz Boat”) commandeered PBS’s website in retaliation for their recent Frontline broadcast, “Wikisecrets,” which criticized Wikileaks, Julian Assange […]
How to Bore a Chat Bot
This happens all the time. You’re on AIM, Skype, whatever you kids are using these days, and here comes a ping from some heavily made-up young lady you don’t know with a multi-numbered generic name. Most of us ignore or block these, because clearly someone called SexxiGurl087421 is a bot, right? Not Clive Thompson. He decided to have […]
Brett The Intern
If you’ve been following the Charlie Sheen intern contest, you know 74,000 people applied, including some pretty heavy hitters. Well, it’s now down to 50! Some YouTube Celebs got together and filmed the following PSA to help up one contestant’s chances. There’s no voting or anything. It’s really just a PSA to help spread the […]
Kindle book sales overtake print at Amazon
In the past six weeks, Amazon passed a major milestone: it now sells more Kindle books than printed books. The statistic doesn’t come as a major surprise: by July last year Kindle book sales beat hardbacks, while in December they began outselling paperbacks. Now the Kindle outsells both paperback and hardback combined by a 105:100 […]
The Age of the Earth According to People on the Street [Video]
With the exception of Creationists (which is another post entirely), most people know the Earth took a very long time to coalesce and form the big, wet, spinning rock we call home. How long, however, is not common knowledge… apparently. Watch as a sad sort of misinformed hilarity ensues: The guy who said “A couple […]
SO TRUE: Daily Routine of an Internet Addict [Pic]
Ok, so who’s guilty here? :) [Via]