Facebook has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it lied to customers about its privacy policies. The agreement means it will now be forced to ask first before changing any privacy settings. The agreements comes after an investigation by several online privacy advocates, led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). […]
by Meredith Placko While millions of Americans fought tooth, nail, and pepper spray to get their hands on some mighty deals, this geek girl somehow managed to avoid the annual contact sport known as Black Friday. While sitting in my office, pouring over YouTube videos of people at their very best in Holiday cheer (and […]
We wrote previously about the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen, the 6000-person-strong attempt at record breaking spearheaded by actor Misha Collins. It’s about to come to a close, just in time to get a little unexpected media coverage. One of the items on the list is: Fill hundreds of balloons with […]
There really isn’t a good excuse to keep on using IE6 in 2011 you know? So why not use a little part of your day, since most people are off from work in the US right now, to go and upgrade your parents/grand parents’ browser? And even if you’re from somewhere else, just use your […]
The University of Michigan marching band is going viral – their November 19th halftime show featured music from a number of popular online videos, from Sexy Sax Man to Nyan Cat. Though probably the most clever formation echos OK Go’s Here It Goes Again. The set is a little problematic in that there is a […]
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The second season of Game Of Thrones will premiere in Spring 2012. [via HBO]
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As of right now, if you visit Tumblr you won’t find the typical stream of animated gifs, blog posts, and videos – but rather a page of big gray CENSOR bars. Tumblr is drawing attention to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which is being discussed today in a hearing in the U.S. House judiciary […]
We’ve already featured a few of Aaron Wood’s awesome social media propaganda posters in the past, but Aaron has just release some cool new ones, all available for purchase via his Etsy store. Check ’em out below! [Aaron Wood]