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Category Archives: Web
Featured Short Movie: Internet Story [Video]
A fast-paced and experimental film told through fragments of internet videos, animations, blogs and news articles. A series of shocking events unfolds when a young man creates a public treasure hunt for his own amusement and a video blogger decides to pursue the riddles across country. [Internet Story]
Felicia Day is “Tallis” – Dragon Age: Redemption Hits the Web
After much waiting and anticipation, the first episode of Felicia Day’s new webseries has hit YouTube! Dragon Age: Redemption is based upon the popular game series from Bioware, though seems to be all Felicia – this “Knights of Good production” gives her created by, written by, and starring credits. Watch below! My verdict? Awesome. It […]
Google Earth Celebrates One Billion Downloads
Yep geeks, Google Earth has recently passed the one billion downloads mark, so to celebrate, Google has just released this video. I know I’ve downloaded the software at least 20 times in the past few years, so considering this, evaluating the number of real users using the product would be kind of difficult. [OneWorldManyStories]
The good, bad and ugly of the Steve Jobs reaction
Two days after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, he is continuing to make the headlines as the tech world adjusts to life without his influence. Here are just a few of the happenings. Staff at software and design firm Mint Digital created the above tribute using only parts from a MacBook Pro. Investors […]
91% of Employers Are Creeping Your Facebook Profile [Infographic]
Better get your privacy settings (or your public face) in check, Geeks. Turns out potential employers are using Facebook as an applicant screening tool more often than previously expected. The going rate for Facebook profile checking is about 76% of employers of the 91% of employers who do social media screens, which means pretty much […]
Dragon Age: Redemption Trailer (ft. Felicia Day)
Dragon Age: Redemption is a six-part web series set in the world of the Bioware RPG Dragon Age. The series tells the story of Tallis, an Elvish assassin, who gets a last chance at redemption when she’s sent to capture a rogue Qunari mage intent on wreaking havoc in the world. The series launches October […]
Cool Tee: Nyan Cat Toaster
Sick of Nyan Cat? The Internet (mostly) feels your pain. To make it perfectly clear, you can pick up one of these from from BustedTees: No, not the model (probably). The Nyan Cat Toaster shirt. It’s $20USD, and probably the best use of a Pop Tart cat image ever. [bustedtees]
Facebook adds real-time link scanning
Facebook has partnered with a web security company to automatically scan all outgoing links that appear on the site. It’s an attempt to combat spam links that understandably flourish on Facebook. The tool being used is the impressively sounding Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud powered by the Advanced Classification Engine. (There’s a TRITON in there somewhere as […]
Facebook fallout continues over privacy issues
Recent revelations about Facebook’s use of cookies may attract the attention of the Federal Trade Commission. Meanwhile Spotify has launched a “private listening mode” in response to complaints about its integration with Facebook. We noted on Tuesday that Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic had uncovered the fact that Facebook was continuing to use personally identifiable tracking […]