The beauty of the Internet is that as new tools grow, users develop their own customs and ideas of how to behave. But whereas social networks used to be the domain of the early adopters and techheads, Facebook is now… normal. In some countries a majority of Internet users are now members of the site, […]
Ever wanted to put a million dollar statue on your front lawn to impress your girlfriend’s parents? Well now you can! At least in the photos you send them of your not so swank duplex. Here are some examples of a new photo editing software to be demoed at SIGGRAPH Asia this December. A research […]
Netflix has achieved the unwelcome triple triumph of pissing off former customers, current customers and shareholders. But it’s the customers who’ve stayed with the company that are the real source of the problems. The company has been making the headlines after admitting that it had a net loss 810,000 subscribers in the past quarter, far […]
It only takes a moment’s thought to realize Facebook stores a fair amount of personal data about its users. But one man has made a formal complaint after discovering the site had kept more than a thousand pages of information about him, even though he’d “deleted” most of it. Austrian Max Schrems has complained to […]
The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading across the galaxy and we’re on the lookout for who’ll be joining the movement next. Send in your favorite Occupy images for a chance to be featured on Geeks Are Sexy! Edit: As long as I’m receiving new entries, I’ll be updating the gallery below. Enjoy!
MC Hammer’s latest catchline is “Search once and see what’s related.” But it’s not a song line, it’s a business proposition. Yep, MC Hammer is launching his own search engine, WireDoo. The selling point is that it goes deeper than the rest and isn’t scared of multiple relationships. And no, that’s not innuendo. Speaking at […]
Haha, yeah right. Like people do things in real life. “Pidjin is checking Facebook. Again.” [pidjin via neatorama]
Facebook has followed the lead of Google and Microsoft in helping users track their energy use. But as things stand, it will largely be a manual operation for many people. From next year Facebook will be launching an app with Opower, a software company that helps utility providers provide clearer details to users about their […]
Facebook billionaire Sean Parker says data overload is a bigger problem for the site’s users than the much talked-about privacy issues. He also acknowledges Facebook is losing “power users” to Google+, but doubts this poses a serious long-term threat. Parker, who co-founded Napster and is best known in the mainstream for being portrayed by Justin […]
[Source: Inherit the Mirth]