The year 2012 came and went (sans apocalypse), but that doesn’t mean we can’t still have some fun with it. As we head into 2013, we’re looking back at the best and worst internet memes of yesteryear, dissecting what made the greats great and the flops forgettable. Memes are intrinsically social. For many of you,…Continue Reading ›
Critics are split on the efficacy and usefulness of the Facebook Social Graph Search platform. However, typing “People who work at The Internet and like Going Outside” proves that the search is accurate and worth a laugh. [Image credit: @MikeStenger]
Social networks have a way of becoming an addiction of their very own. Studies have shown that some Facebook users will spend nearly a full day of each month on the world’s largest network. It is also true that each type of network has its own atmosphere. Now imagine if you could that each social…Continue Reading ›
#Teoing has become the internet’s hottest trend following the strange story of Notre Dame star Manti Te’o’s fake dead girlfriend. Photos have started appearing on Instagram and Twitter in which people pretend to be putting their arms around invisible girlfriends with the hashtag $Teoing. The #Teoing hashtag follows the uber-popular #Tebowing fad in which people…Continue Reading ›
creator and star Tina Fey has an important message for Twitter users: “Most people are so f*cking boring that they should shut up.” The former SNL star was talking on the web-only series Ask Tina when she proclaimed her all out assault on Twitter users who have nothing important to say. In the video Tina…Continue Reading ›
Teens of today are accustomed to a certain level of generosity far outstripping what many of us semi-older people experienced in the halcyon 90s — but unlike us, their teenage tantrums are preserved for the world to see via the magic of Facebook and Twitter. Ungrateful teens on Christmas are rapidly becoming a post-Christmas tradition,…Continue Reading ›
Are you sick and tired of reading nasty YouTube comments posted by video trolls? Thanks to a new internet browser extension you can now turn those YouTube comments into nice messages, just in time for the holiday season. Called YuleTube the browser extension is available for the Safari, Chrome and Firefox browsers. The program works…Continue Reading ›
As expected, Twitter is obsessed with the Mayan Apocalypse right now. Though several Mayan-related terms are currently trending, the most interesting tweets are tagged #EndOfTheWorldConfessions, on this, the eve of the end of days. The only sad thing about #EndOfTheWorldConfessions is that it half of the tweets you end up scrolling through are shameless copypasta.…Continue Reading ›
The apocalypse is December 21 and a new infographic wants to help you survive with a list of the top 10 apps you’ll need. The infographic titled “Operation: End Of The World Survival” was put together by PGI.com and covers many important areas of survival. AroundMe AroundMe helps you quickly find information about your surroundings.…Continue Reading ›
MySpace’s Tom Anderson has often been held up as the poster boy for the category of runner-up, as we all recall the fall of his site to the now all-encompassing social networking giant Facebook. MySpace Tom has been the subject of many parodies since, as everyone seems to assume the social network pioneer feels slighted…Continue Reading ›
