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Internet Baby Naming Contest Thankfully a Hoax

Emerald Catron — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:46:57 +0000

A few weeks ago we reported that a ~~horrible~~ mom was letting the internet vote to decide the name of her child for a measly $5,000. We can now thankfully say that the whole thing was a big, stinking hoax, perpetrated by none other than the company holding the contest.

'Actual Facebook Graph Searches' Exposes Weird Facebook Habits

Emerald Catron — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:03:41 +0000

Well, this certainly didn’t take long. Only a few days after Facebook unveiled their new search engine Facebook Graph Search, a Tumblr mocking it has been made, and it’s a hit. Aptly named Actual Facebook Graph Searches, the site’s creator, Tom Scott, searches for contradictory sets of data and highlights the fact that such results [...]

10 Crazy Things People Have Tried To Sell On The Internet

Alyssa Kramer — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:01:50 +0000

Can’t get laid? Then sell your virginity on the Internet! Or maybe not because that’s the worst idea ever? Now, not one but TWO Brazilian women have tried to auction off their virginity online with an unfortunate amount of success (fortunate for them, unfortunate for the rest of us with, like, moral standards). The first girl looking [...]

11 Signs You Spend Way Too Much Time on the Internet — The Funnies

Jo Pincushion — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:57:06 +0000

The Internet is great. One minute you can research a topic you normally wouldn’t be able to learn. The next minute you can watch infinite amounts of cat videos. When it comes to the internet, the possibilities are endless. No matter how great the Internet is, though, your addiction might spin out of control. Do you go [...]

Fifth Graders Predicted the Internet in 1995 — What Would They Say Today?

Alyssa Kramer — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:01:49 +0000

It’s fun to imagine how new technology will change the world, but very rarely are our wild and vivid predictions spot on. We’re still not traveling via hovercraft as Marty McFly suggested, and, thankfully, we don’t have thought police, as predicted by George Orwell in 1984 (although we do have Honey Boo Boo, so I guess it’s a wash).

Is the 'Baby Snatched By an Eagle' Video Real or Fake?

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:09:55 +0000

Yep, this actually happened. (Maybe.) Going down in Montreal, the video — in which an eagle unsuccessfully attempts to snatch up a toddler — has racked up over 1 million YouTube hits in just one day. Luckily, from either a lack of strength on the eagle’s part or the toddler gobbling on too much Canadian [...]

Using the Internet Could Affect Your Memory

Shauna Wright — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:16:46 +0000

Seems Internet resources such as search engines could make you less likely to recall information.

So says a new study, anyway, which sought to discover how likely people are to remember something if they knew they could also find it on a computer.

Prince Swears Off Recording Until Someone Fixes P2P Internet Sharing

Jeff Giles — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:00:01 +0000

Ah, Prince. Whether he’s changing his name to a symbol, scrawling slogans on his face, threatening to sue his fans, or publicly daydreaming about a world in which no one is allowed to cover his songs, he’s always good for a provocative quote or two.

His latest interview, with the UK’s Guardian, didn’t disappoint.

What Happens on the Internet Every Minute of Every Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:00:17 +0000

The brains at web development and design company Go-Globe created a stunning infographic that breaks down the internet activity happening every minute of the day on sites like Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. And it’s kind of amazing. Some of the stuff that goes on every 60 seconds: At least 168 million emails are sent 98,000 [...]

Internet? What is this Internet?? [VIDEO]

Brad Hohman — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:00:33 +0000

Oh, the irony…17 years ago Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were puzzled with this new-fangled technology. Fast forward to 2011 and a clip of them from the Today show in 1994 is an internet sensation. We have come quite a long way in the past two decades. Could you imagine going an entire work day [...]