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Privacy concerns? Why are you still on Facebook?
Wed May 16, 2012 3:21 PM EDT
Facebook. It's like every hinky relationship you've ever had — you sense something is up, but ultimately, you're going to do a thing about it (until maybe it's too late). We've long known more than a few Facebook users don't trust the social network to keep their …
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Woman trashes ex-boyfriend's house, brags about it on Facebook
Fri May 4, 2012 3:08 PM EDT
It may be a myth that criminals (other than arsonists) return to the scene of the crime, but plenty enjoy bragging about it on Facebook. A 27-year-old woman in Lexington, South Carolina joined the Facebook-busted hall of fame last week after trashing her ex-boyfriend's hou …
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Don't 'friend' students on Facebook, NYC teachers told
Wed May 2, 2012 2:34 PM EDT
Social media is old news to the digital natives currently enrolled in K-12 education, but as the news reveals on a semi-regular basis, a few adults overseeing education still can't wrap their heads around it. For all the Facebook pages set up for classroom discussion and homewor …
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Mom's Facebook photo pops up on porn, dating sites
Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:49 PM EDT
When Jules Rahim posed poolside in a bikini three years ago, she never expected her picture would be posted on either a porn site or a dating website. But that's exactly what happened, the Straits Times of Singapore reports. The Singapore mother of four (including a newborn …
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Girls expelled for Facebook 'Hit List'
Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:30 PM EDT
The American Civil Liberties Union is fighting the expulsion of three Northwest Indiana girls for a Facebook conversation resembling a school "hit list." The ACLU filed a lawsuit against Griffith Public Schools saying the conversation was "clearly meant to be humorous, as eviden …
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Dream of the '90s is alive with Websites From Hell
Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:05 PM EDT
The true mystery of Websites from Hell isn't that it's a website that exists for the purpose of housing hideous Web pages that harken back to the eye-searing era of '90s Web design. It's that, so far anyway, there are only 423 websites chronicled there. True, we've come a long w …
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Mom: Facebook flagged photo of Down syndrome son as inappropriate
Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:47 PM EDT
Facebook apologized for flagging the photos of a 7-year-old boy — who has Down Syndrome — taking part in the Special Olympics. But his mom, who says she was locked out of her Facebook account for three days because of the erroneous violation, wants more. "Tell Facebo …
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Next up: Online dating ... for dogs
Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:09 PM EDT
One day, when the Internet Hall of Fame mulls this recent technological leap, it'll have a tough time determining which coast truly universalized online dating for dogs. New York City and San Francisco — the two towns where people care at least as much about their dogs as …
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Kids react (poorly) to 'Avengers'
Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:25 PM EDT
I'll tell ya what's wrong with kids these days! They're not nearly as excited about "The Avengers" as they should be. That's the takeaway from the latest episode of "Kids React" from YouTube's Fine Brothers. As with every episode, kids ages 7 to 13 endure the latest in popular c …
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Man posts ex-girlfriend's nude pics on Facebook, gets convicted
Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:41 PM EDT
When he posted his ex-girlfriend's nude pictures on Facebook three months after their split, Ravshan ''Ronnie'' Usmanov, 20, probably wasn't thinking "Hey, this is my ticket to six months house arrest as the first social network-related conviction in Australian history!" A …
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He soothes Chuck Norris' nightmares? Twitter on fire with #CoryBookerStories
Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:11 AM EDT
Cory Booker is "Unbreakable." The Newark mayor's real life status as Bruce Willis from the other decent movie by M. Night Shyamalan was further confirmed Thursday when Booker ran into a burning building to save his next-door neighbors. Emerging from his rescue mission with …
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Teenage boy brags about Facebook porn arrest on Twitter
Fri Apr 6, 2012 4:52 PM EDT
A teenage boy arrested for posting a sexually explicit video of a 14-year-old girl and himself on Facebook boasted about his newfound infamy on Twitter. The boy, also 14, of Gloucestershire in the U.K., was "arrested in connection with making and distributing an ind …
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'Texts from Hillary' Tumblr shows Clinton at her coolest
Fri Apr 6, 2012 12:35 PM EDT
My goodness! Manipulating images Hillary Clinton has certainly has come a long way since last May. That's when Orthodox Hasidic Jewish newspaper, Der Tzitung, Photoshopped the Secretary of State straight out of the much-memed image of the White House Situation R …
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Famous bunnies of the Internet
Wed Apr 4, 2012 1:59 PM EDT
"Between the death of Little Til, Herman Cain's dead rabbit ad, and the kidnapping of Miss Cooper, it's a bad time to be a bunny or bunny enthusiast," Gawker recently noted. Indeed, for lovers of all things lagomorph, it's best not to remember March at all. So, as we move forwar …
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Best music video for a book you will ever see. Ever
Mon Apr 2, 2012 9:20 AM EDT
Seriously Internet, what is your problem? Mr. Dave Hill — by most accounts, the most incredible person on the Internet — has an awesome video promoting his upcoming book, "Tasteful Nudes ... and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation" …
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Woman takes own life while chatting on Facebook, no one calls police
Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:09 PM EDT
A woman described her final moments of purposely inhaling poisonous fumes on Facebook to nine friends, some of whom begged her stop, reports the Associated Press. Some of those friends attempted to track her down on their own, according to the report. None of them …
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Way to feed the Internet trolls, Alec Baldwin!
Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:02 PM EDT
Flagship brand of the Long Island acting fraternity Alec Baldwin recently rallied his followers in an all-out offensive against an alleged Twitter stalker harassing his girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas. According to the Hollywood Reporter:
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Forget OKCupid! Let OK Go find your latest true love
Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:17 PM EDT
Between the fake science of Internet dating sites and your own lousy taste, you've got as much of a shot finding happiness online as you do resolving the childhood issues dooming you from any meaningful bond. So why not let quirky Illinois pop quartet OK Go employ i …
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Emails from dead man bring comfort, chills
Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:01 PM EDT
More than a decade after Peter Fenton reported on the phenomenon of receiving email from the dead, a new story about messages from the beyond is burning up the Internet. "One night in November, I was sitting on my couch, going through my emails on my phone and it popped up, …
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Emails from dead man bring comfort, chills
Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:17 PM EDT
More than a decade after Peter Fenton reported on the phenomenon of receiving email from the dead, a new story about messages from the beyond is burning up the Internet. "One night in November, I was sitting on my couch, going through my emails on my phone and it popped up, 'send …
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You are naked on the Internet
Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:53 PM EDT
Unless you’re Ted Kaczynski circa 1985, living deep in the woods of Montana far from one of the roving homeless 4G connections we so conveniently enjoy here at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, your illusion of privacy is a sad, pathetic, ridiculous joke. Providing …
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Internet flame wars serve the good of humanity
Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:35 PM EDT
Almost two years ago, the feminist writer Irin Carmon wrote an insightful piece for Jezebel titled "The Daily Show's Woman Problem." She soon paid a price. For having the audacity to call out liberal Shibboleth Jon Stewart about “The Daily Show’s” “Mad Me …
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Occupy SXSW? A high-speed connection to Austin's class divide
Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:52 PM EDT
Will next year’s SXSW Interactive feature competing hordes of economically displaced Americans roving the mean streets of Austin, vying for the online connectivity of privileged out-of-towners? The use of the homeless residents from an Austin shelter to market a Wi-Fi serv …
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Ambient apps are the 'Highlight' of SXSW Interactive
Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:49 PM EDT
Every South by Southwest Interactive confab is afflicted by an obnoxious industry catch phrase. This year it’s “solmolo,” which is Annoyese for “social, mobile, local” or, if you prefer, “ambient reality.” In 2009 Foursquare charmed SXSW …
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Rainn Wilson smashes guitars, blows your mind
Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:33 PM EDT
You may remember when Rainn Wilson, the guy you mostly know as "Dwight Schrute" from "The Office," became the subject of online outrage after making a lame rape joke on Twitter recently.
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Best music video for a book you will ever see. Ever
Seriously Internet, what is your problem? Mr. Dave Hill — by most accounts, the most incredible person on the Internet — has an awesome video promoting his upcoming book, "Tasteful Nudes ... and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation" …
Way to feed the Internet trolls, Alec Baldwin!
Flagship brand of the Long Island acting fraternity Alec Baldwin recently rallied his followers in an all-out offensive against an alleged Twitter stalker harassing his girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas. According to the Hollywood Reporter:
Internet flame wars serve the good of humanity
Almost two years ago, the feminist writer Irin Carmon wrote an insightful piece for Jezebel titled "The Daily Show's Woman Problem." She soon paid a price. For having the audacity to call out liberal Shibboleth Jon Stewart about “The Daily Show’s” “Mad Me …
NSA chief fears Anonymous could hit power grid: report
With Fridays on the Internet now a virtual Mad Libs game of which government website Anonymous will take down next, the director of the National Security Agency wants the White House (and no doubt anyone handling the NSA budget) to know that the hacker collective c …
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