A nine-year-old who built a games arcade from cardboard has earned enough cash to fund his way through college. It’s a story that’s almost too perfect to be true, but if it’s some sort of stunt or hoax, I don’t really want to know. Caine Monroy first built the arcade last summer as a way […]
[Photo Credit: zhrefch] All Facebook reports that one in four Facebook users are using the geotagging technology on Facebook to attach locations to a combined total of two billion posts each month! Those who use geotagging tag their location an average of ten times a month. I know I use geotagging quite frequently – it’s […]
Apparently there’s a new social network trying to break through the Facebook-Twitter-LinkedIn-Google+ dominance with a unique selling point: there’s no personal profiles. Navlit is supposedly meant to be about creating private groups where you can chat about things – frats & sororities, co-workers, classmates, family, social circles. It creates exclusive pockets for you to communicate […]
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Google has always been innovative and coming up with the future before we are ready for it. There was talk about a project featuring a device that would deliver the power of the internet in a wearable device and today I tripped over this video on Google’s channel that spills the beans on what they […]
The internet has intensified connections between people across the planet. In this episode we take a look at the impact of this new interconnectivity on the art world. Traditional funding models are dissolving, new forms of expressing ownership have arisen to accomodate for remix culture, and artists are finding ways to connect physical art experiences […]
Don’t forget to ask your doctor about Just Go Outside! No prescription needed! [ThePitNYC]
The man who runs Pastebin says he is going to crack down on people using the site to post stolen data. Jeroen Vader says he will not only bring in extra staff, but will attempt to proactively monitor the site. In theory at least, Pastebin (which is the name of a specific site as well […]
If you were a fan of the Dragon Warrior series on the NES, then you’re going to absolutely love the April Fools prank from Google this year: 8-Bit Google Maps! You can click the Quest button on ANY google map search and convert your bit of the world into an 8-bit quest, with hidden monsters!
Facebook and your privacy is trending once again among news sites and the blogosphere. This time, Facebook is doing something right. They recently amended their Statement of Rights and Responsibility to reflect a current change among employers asking for potential hires and employees access to their personal Facebook accounts. According to Facebook’s chief privacy officer, […]