So you know how trivia games are always like “No Google allowed” and you’re like “Damn it, I know how to use Google like a pro.” Well Google’s got a game for you. Google has launched a web-based trivia game called “A Google A Day”. The idea of it is that they release a new […]
This weekend, France will close Minitel, a service that has allowed people to access information on computers at home since long before the World Wide Web. The service was the most successful example of videotex, which uses dial-up modems to send information to and from a monitor or television screen. Minitel was launched in 1982 […]
Ok, before you guys hit play on the video below, please be aware that this “news report” comes from the Onion and that it is not meant to be taken seriously, Mmmkay? I don’t want any of you hundreds of kickstarter users that email me each week begging for exposure to start spamming my inbox […]
If you weren’t already aware, you have a Facebook email address, ending in facebook.com. And now Facebook is attempting a full domination of the communication world, by swirling together SMS, IM and email into one big Facebook messaging system. They introduced a Facebook messaging app for smartphones, separate from the (crappy) Facebook app, in order […]
Schools.com recently collected a bunch of findings and created the infographic you see below. Personally, I just had the most amazing philanthropic experience on Facebook. My boss is desperate for Radiohead tickets and put up a post asking her friends if anyone had one available. Knowing what a hardcore fan she is, I clicked share […]
http://vimeo.com/44117178 Isn’t it about time that we stood up and said that trolling just isn’t particularly cool? I’ve never really understood the appeal of pulling others down “just for the fun of it” without really meaning what you’re saying, anonymous or not. I figure it’s a natural evolution of the phone pranking that used to […]
Advertising regulators in the United Kingdom have suggested that marketers could develop a specific hashtag to indicate that a tweet is a paid promotion. It came after a complaint that two English soccer players had linked to Nike in promotional tweets as part of their sponsorship deal, but the commercial element wasn’t made clear. The […]
A seemingly innocent picture up-loader is confronted about her double life. [nicepieceproductions]
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