[iframe src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/5U-NCG1zZds” width=”560″ height=”315″] How was Reddit born? Reddit Founders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian explain the origins of the social forum in the video embedded above. These charming and surprisingly candid fellows created Reddit in 2005 alongside Paul Graham and with the help of Y Combinator. “Reddit was not created to do good works,”…Continue Reading ›
You’d think that someone on The O’Reilly Factor set would have called host Bill O’Reilly over to a laptop or smartphone and gone “Hey, have you seen this yet?” sometime ago. But the pundit has only just discovered the internet craze known as “Gangnam Style,” and is totally confused by it. O’Reilly is dumbfounded by…Continue Reading ›
Mega-retailer Macy’s is probably busy prepping for the holiday season so much that they can’t be bothered to get to anything else, but that hasn’t stopped customers from inundating their social network profiles with messages to “Dump Trump.” Some background: Donald Trump is (and has long been) a spokesman for the retailer, but his insistence…Continue Reading ›
Donald Trump is not apologizing for the Twitter tirade he unleashed following the announcement that President Barack Obama won Tuesday’s election. While part of Trump’s tirade has been deleted, he has added critiques of NBC’s Brian Williams in their place. Trump began his Twitter tirade before the election was called, calling it “a total sham…Continue Reading ›
If you want to attend the wedding of Malaysian badminton player and Olympian Lee Chong Wei then you could be one of 10 lucky fans to win an invitation by posting on his Facebook page. The Olympic silver medalist is getting married to his long-time sweetheart Wong Mew Choo on November 9 and he is…Continue Reading ›
Did you catch Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh’s brutal hit on Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler Monday night? Suh came up on Cutler from behind and brutally body slammed him. Afterwards, seemed to brag on his own brutality while Cutler rocked in pain on the field. Once Suh realized what he had done, he…Continue Reading ›
James Blunt announced that’s he’s retiring from music for good, despite 18 million in album sales, five Grammy nominations, two Brit Awards and a couple of MTV Music Video Awards. Social media outlets, especially Twitter, think that this is wonderful news. James Blunt has quit music. *strips naked, runs outside to the street and starts…Continue Reading ›
After being outed by Gawker last week, 49-year-old Michael Brutsch, long-known as Reddit’s most notorious troll “Violentacrez,” gave his first interview to CNN, in which the surprisingly soft-spoken software engineer apologizes for his activities on the social forum. Brutsch was one of Reddit’s most well-known and active members, who achieved notoriety by posting highly offensive…Continue Reading ›
President Barack Obama and Republican GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney just completed their second night of debates and this time the town hall meeting produced very different results. Following the October 16 event various celebrities chimed in via Twitter. Here are a few of the celebs opinions on politics. Very different presidential debate tonight. Much…Continue Reading ›
Michael Brutsch was recently exposed by Gawker as the controversial redditor violentacrez. Though Brutsch was comfortably and anonymously known as Reddit’s “biggest troll,” the exposure and recent attention have cost him his job, and he is now worried about his financial future. [quote type=”large” align=”left”] “I just hope I can hold out a month,” he…Continue Reading ›
