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 ›
Facebook is really jumpy about content posted to the social network, especially images. In an effort to keep everything as PG-13 as humanly possible, Facebook has banned hundreds if not thousands of images over the years, though every once in a while, an innocuous and non-offensive image gets swept up in the ban-hammering vacuum that…Continue Reading ›
The next time you read a friends Facebook wall and say to yourself “that was a crappy” post, you should probably know that you might be right. A new study published by Emergency Plumber out of the UK has found that an extraordinary number of people love to tweet on the toilet. So exactly how…Continue Reading ›
Twitter has been buzzing about software millionaire John McAfee after he went on the run from Belize authorities on November 10 and was then captured on Friday. Authorities claim that McAfee murdered his American neighbor, Greg Faull. John claims total innocence and due to complications shortly after the arrest he is currently in the hospital…Continue Reading ›
Pope Benedict is officially on Twitter providing a ne way for him to interact with followers. On Wednesday, December 12, the Pope will kick off his account by answering select questions from Twitter users. The Vatican wants people to send in their questions for the event using the hashtag #AskPontifex. You can send a question…Continue Reading ›
It’s kind of funny how we all make like professional photographers on Instagram, isn’t it? Though the Chris Browns and Rihannas of the world act like they’re sooo deep and artistic on the popular photo sharing service, the truth is that many are simple egomaniacs and faux-tographers, who seem to think they’ve stumbled onto something…Continue Reading ›
