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Facebook Adds 110 Million Mobile Users In Six Months
The first and second quarters of 2012 have been kind to Facebook in terms of mobile device user growth. The world’s largest social network annou[...]
Antoine Dodson Supports Chick-Fil-A, Says That Chain’s Position Is No Reason Not to Eat Bangin’ Waffle Fries
Antoine Dodson, the man that shot to fame after his “bed intruder” interview video went viral in 2010, is openly gay and proud — but[...]
People On The Internet Are Mean, Experts Were Required To Determine
Breaking: mean, angry people are all over the place on the internet! Yes, the internet is resourceful, full of information, a raging 24/7 party, the p[...]
Chick-Fil-A PR Bears False Witness, Lies About Muppet Toys and Creates Fake Supporters
“Christian company” Chick-Fil-A has become somewhat of a battleground lately over their bold stance against gay marriage, the ensuing PR n[...]
Mark Zuckerberg Patent Arrives After Six Year Wait
Six years ago Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg filed his first patent and now the US Patent Trademark Office has approved his request. Filed in July 2006 [...]
‘Text From Dog’ Tumblr Scores Book Deal
‘Text From Dog’ is a Tumblr with a simple premise — vocalizing a dog’s presumed thoughts via his human and an iPhone text mess[...]
Kentucky Sex Assault Victim No Longer Facing Contempt Charge, Jail For Tweeting Perps’ Names
A Kentucky girl who was horrified at what she felt was a light sentence handed down to the two boys who allegedly assaulted her at a party — an [...]
Lakewood’s Masterpiece Cakeshop Refuses Gay Couple’s Wedding Business, Sparks Social Media Frenzy
Lakewood, Colorado’s Masterpiece Cakeshop, until very recently, had a solid set of five-star reviews on Yelp and managed to stay out of the real[...]
Facebook Privacy Policies Less Trusted Than Google, Amazon [Harris Interactive Poll]
When it comes to being trusted online Facebook lags far behind competitors Google and Amazon according to a recent Harris poll. Survey participants we[...]
Digg To Be Rebuilt From the Ground Up By August 1
Betaworks, the new owners of Digg.com and the Digg name have announced plans to “Rethink Digg” with a 10-person engineering, editor and de[...]
‘Media Manipulator’ Ryan Holiday Pranks Media, Exposes Nothing New
Ryan Holiday has gamed prominent media outlets for some time now, but on the eve of the release of a new book he’s written, says that he is expo[...]
Facebook Purchases Pulp Developer Acrylic Software, Google Counters With Sparrow Acquisition
Acrylic Software, developers of the Pulp and Wallet apps for IOS devices announced on Friday that the team will join Facebook following the company[...]
Colorado Shooting Gets @CelebBoutique in Twitter Trouble, Company Apologizes
The Colorado shooting at a Dark Knight premiere last night left 12 dead, including a baby and child, and much of America woke to the horrific news as[...]
Facebook And Wal-Mart To Meet, Possibly Plan For World Domination
Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke will meet at Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Bentonville, Arkansas headquarter this w[...]
Fan Booted From Concert For Sending Critical Tweet
Twitter can be a powerful medium for arranging protests, criticizing the wrongs of society and apparently for getting kicked out of a concert when you[...]
Google+ Liked More Than Facebook, Survey Says
Facebook might have 900+ million users but when it comes to the social network people actually prefer Google+ has the upper hand. The American Custom[...]
Facebook Murder in Chicago Leads to Arrest of Three Teens
A Facebook murder in Chicago is as senseless as it was cruel, and now three teens are under arrest after they beat a 62-year-old grandfather to death [...]
Facebook Despises Your Privacy. Company Openly Monitors Chats, Reports Illegal Activity To Police
It’s no secret by now that Facebook hates its users privacy and that fact was highlighted this week after it was discovered that Facebook monito[...]
Formspring Passwords Hacked, Posted Online
Social networking website Formspring was forced to reset the passwords of all its users on Thursday morning and send out notification emails after its[...]
Bank of Facebook? Financial Transactions Could Be in Social Network’s Future
Given Facebook has been so successful in making sure your girlfriend didn’t see the times you “liked” some other chick’s new p[...]
CDC Posts Frivolous ‘Wedding Survival Guide’, Is Casually Misogynist
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, known as the CDC in most zombie-related film and literature, is a serious organization — with a [...]
Taco Bell And Old Spice Take Joke Filled Jabs At One Another On Twitter
Taking humorous jabs at Taco Bell and then having the fast food giant respond in a funny manner is becoming a new trending tool for company’s lo[...]
The Social Web Reveals Your Political Affiliation [Infographic]
If you follow Fox News your probably a far-right wing Republican, if you follow NPR you’re probably a bleeding heart liberal. While we have know[...]
Facebook Fires Yoga Instructor After She Bans Smartphones
MENLO PARK, CA — Yoga instructor Alice Van Ness has one major rule during her classes that all students turn off their cell phones. Apparent tha[...]
The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman Raises $211K Total For Charity, Sends ‘Your Mom Seducing a Bear’ Photo as Promised
Webcomic The Oatmeal’s high-profile battle with the site FunnyJunk — and subsequently, a lawyer representing the sticky-fingered humor sit[...]
Padres Fan Travis Decker Whacked With Foul Ball While Updating Facebook
Padres fan Travis Decker had a bittersweet baseball moment at a recent game, experiencing part of what many baseball watchers hope for, but at a relat[...]
Reddit’s Fast Food Workers, Current and Former, Tell You What to Avoid at the Drive-Thru
Reddit’s fast food workers have convened on a thread you may want to check out, but at 6,000 posts strong, you may not get all the way through w[...]
Facebook Developing Underwater Fiber-Optic Gateway, Spending $450 Million
Facebook wants to attract more users in Asia and to reach that goal the company is spending $450 million to develop a 6,124-mile-long fiber-optic cabl[...]
Facebook “Want” Button Discovered In Piece Of Disabled Javascript
Developer Tom Waddington of Cut Out + Keep was searching through Facebook code this past week when he discovered a new commerce system that will emp[...]
Twitter ‘Weighing Options’ After Court Orders Information Be Turned Over in Disorderly Conduct Case
As we reported earlier, Twitter has been ordered by a court to retrieve and supply deleted user data in a case that may have a bunch of unpleasant imp[...]
Facebook Fixes Smartphone Email Glitch, Restores Previous Contact Emails
Yesterday we reported about a Facebook glitch which changed Apple iOS user contact emails to @Facebook.com addresses. The switch occurred when Faceboo[...]
Twitter Must Hand Over User Data For Disorderly Conduct Lawsuit [Court Ruling]
I have said it a million times, you need to watch what you say on social networks because communication never fully disappears. A judge ruled this wee[...]
Twitter Account @NeedADebitCard Wants You Guys to Stop Instagramming Pics of Your Debit Cards
Oh, Twitter, you so fiscally irresponsible and demonstrating poor security judgement when using Instagram to share images of your debit cards. Instag[...]
Facebook Adds Same-Sex ‘Married’ Icons For Profiles
Facebook has jumped further on the inclusion bandwagon with the addition of new marriage icons reflecting two female or male figures for same-sex unio[...]
Facebook Changes iOS Contact Emails, Loses User Messages In The Process
Facebook is still receiving plenty of complaints over its plans last week to change default user email listings to a members @Facebook.com email accou[...]
Reddit Hosts IAmA By McDonald’s Worker, Worker Swears No One Spits in Food
Reddit’s IAmA posts get a very broad roster of participants, many of whom are either celebrities or just average dudes with somewhat interesting[...]
Superhero Newark Mayor Cory Booker Helps Launch Social Media News Site
No stranger to Twitter, Newark mayor Cory Booker is helping to launch a social news site called #waywire. (Hashtag included. Which will probably get a[...]
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