Facebook is Getting Old, Says Pew Internet

Facebook is getting old! The median age for Facebook users is 33. While so many high school and college students are poking each other, their parents are getting in on the act. That's not as creepy as it sounds....

CNNChallenge: How Much Don't You Know About the News?

CNN just launched CNNChallenge, which is a too-Flashy quiz site. I'd love CNNChallenge if it actually worked. But it doesn't, so I don't. I had enough trouble answering questions about real news as it was...

Open a Bottle of Wine With Your Shoe (Video)

Leave it to boingboing to find the good stuff. In this case, a viral video of a French guy opening a bottle of wine with his shoe. I may try this at lunchtime. Mind you, it looks like the guy in the wine-shoe...

Halloween Missed Connections: Broken Hearts & Walks of Shame

Oh, I love it. Halloween is just the gift that keeps on giving. Once the sun comes up and the tape holding your costume together starts to unstick, everyone takes stock of the night before (and the morning after)....

TwitterPeek: A Pointless Twitter-Only Handheld

Peek has introduced TwitterPeek, a handheld internet device that only does Twitter. That's right, Twitter and nothing else. No email, no phone, no SMS, no MMS, nothing but Twitter. So what happens if one of the...

Ken Lowery & Mark Hale: @FakeAPStylebook Unmasked!

Those wily folks at Wired have unmasked the twisted minds behind @FakeAPStylebook. Turns out @FakeAPStylebook began life as #FakeAPStylebook, and is the pet project of Ken Lowery (@kenlowery) and Mark...

MC Hammer: Social Media Expert

Would you consider MC Hammer a social media expert? True, he's dope on the floor and magic on the mic, but is Web 2.0 MC Hammer's forté? The organizers of Social Media Club Sydney say "yes", and feel that, with...

Christopher Walken: Lady Gaga Dramatic reading

Christopher Walken does a dramatic reading of Lady Gaga's Poker Face. See for yourself as parody upon parody finally hits an infinite feedback loop, as Christopher Walken, a guy who's totally in on his own joke...

Trick or Tweet on Twitter Changes Your Background

Twitter has a neat little trick (or treat) depending how you look at it, today to celebrate Halloween! It's a bit specific though so listen up... If you tweet #trick or #treat from your Twitter homepage, but just...

Sanford Wallace: Facebook Spammer Fined $711 Million

Sanford Wallace, a prolific Facebook spammer, has been ordered to pay Facebook $711 million. Of course, Sanford Wallace is broke, so that probably won't happen, but still, take note, all you douchebag spammers:...

Google Free GPS Launches, Slams Garmin and Tomtom

Google Maps Navigation has launched in beta, and it slammed Garmin and Tomtom. Google Maps Navigation uses all that data gleaned by Google Maps and Google Street View, and turns it into a GPS mobile app, which is...

Michael Jackson Autopsy Picture Leaked?

Has Michael Jackson's autopsy picture really been leaked like Princess Diana's death photos? The Daily Beast would have us believe so, but pardon my skepticism on this one. If some citizen coroner had snapped a...

Konami Code: Cheat Code Works on Major Websites

When you visit a website for the first time, try entering the Konami Code (aka Konami Command): up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. You may be surprised which sites have easter eggs which are...

I Can Transform Ya Video: Chris Brown 'Comeback'

I Can Transform Ya is Chris Brown's comeback single. He's hoping to transform his own public image from Decepticon to Autobot. Good luck with that, Chris Brown. Chris Brown is getting the PR ball rolling by posting...

Microsoft pulls out of Family Guy special

Microsoft pulled out of a Family Guy tie-in for Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, after finally actually watching an episode and realising that the qualities that make Family Guy popular: (i.e. it's mean...

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