Social Media F&©K-Up Of The Year (So Far)
Facebook is causing so many brands to turn their brains off. Amazing.
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I Want Amazon's AutoRip Service For Books
phx.corporate-ir.netIf you buy certain CDs through Amazon — or have bought them going back to 1998 — Amazon is now supplying free MP3 versions of the CD. Which is most excellent. Even more excellent, like no joke the greatest thing ever, would be the same service for books — buy a paper book, get the Kindle version for free.
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The Only Way To Answer Your Phone
QUICK DRAW. I'm never putting my phone in my pocket again.
. Introducing the iPhone quick draw
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I'm Sure This Is Exactly How Steve Jobs Wanted To Be Memorialized
On a six-foot-tall fake iPhone. With a QR code on the back.
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The Fall Of The Company That Built Silicon Valley
businessweek.comHow HP went from being the biggest technology company in the world to a dying giant that's potentially beyond saving. It is not a pretty story.
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The White House Is Actually Responding To All These Crazy Petitions
As the “We the People” site gets overrun by secessionists, pranksters, and Piers Morgan-haters, an Obama spokesman says they'll honor their pledge to respond to every one with over 25K signatures.
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An Xbox That Bleeds Into Your Walls
It's a concept from Microsoft called the Illumiroom. And it's real. Ish.
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This Ad Breaks New Ground In Tech Sexism
VOCO, a company selling voice-controlled audio and video streaming services, is using women's legs and oral sex to try to sell its products. Welcome, VOCO, to the sexist tech ad club.
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Microsoft Is Going To Shut Down The Former Most Popular Messaging Service In The World
thenextweb.comWindows Live Messenger (or MSN Messenger, as it used to be called), had nearly 300m users at its peak — that's bigger than AIM ever was, and bigger than Twitter is today. But now, five years later, Microsoft is folding it into Skype.
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Why The "Fake Geek Girl" Meme Needs To Die
The world of comics, gaming, sci-fi, and geekdom in general is under attack! Oh my god how dare you be a woman and enjoy geek stuff?!
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Washington DC Residents Watch More Porn Than Anyone Else
DC residents watched nearly twice as many Pornhub videos per capita in 2012 than the next horniest states, which are also in the Northeast.
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23 Reasons Why Facebook Couples Are The Worst
Nobody cares about your one month anniversary. NOBODY. CARES.
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Here's Where All Those Street Signs Come From
A peek inside the factory where New York City's two million street signs were made.
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Space Station Cribs
Six beds, two baths, and a view that is out of this world.
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The Road To A Better Golden Globe
How one man made an Oklahoma town the unlikely capital of the awards statuette. Now, he's set his sights on Oscar.
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How Teens *Actually* Use The Internet
More! And more weirdly. Snapchat is huge, and Facebook might have an old-people problem.
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How Obama Won The Internet
Would you rather fight one hundred duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck? In the second exclusive excerpt from Panic 2012: The Sublime and Terrifying Inside Story of Obama's Final Campaign, a behind-the-scenes look at the president's historic Reddit IAmA.
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Against Motion Controls
theverge.comGabe Newell, Valve's wizard in chief, talks about that amazing new gaming console that doesn't exist yet. And more critically, motion control and the future of gaming interfaces: "Maybe the motion stuff is just failure of imagination on our part, but we’re a lot more excited about biometrics as an input method."
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BlackBerry's App Store Is Selling Pirated Android Apps
BlackBerry's App World isn't exactly well-stocked. Even worse? Some of its apps are repackaged from Google's store — and resold by scammers.
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Google Chairman Visits North Korea
Google's Eric Schmidt took a peek at North Korea's extremely limited and sanctioned Internet access. An unofficial U.S. delegation that included Schmidt and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson toured Kim II Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday.
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Dronestagram Has Turned Into A Pro-Drone Lovefest
A popular Instagram account that shows Google Maps images of drone strike targets has become a forum for hawkish cheerleading.
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Australian Brush Fires Photographed From Space
Including two never before seen images. Commander Chris Hadfield has been taking some stunning photos from the International Space Station. The photos from the ground are devastating.
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The Super Sad Executives Of CES
Trapped in Vegas with nothing to show. Energy levels flagging.
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29 Poor Excuses For Celebrity Websites
You'd think that some people are so famous they don't even need websites. They think you're wrong.
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How To Date Anywhere In The Country
8 Facts About America's Dating Habits
How To Date Anywhere In The Country
Find out what food to suggest in New York, where to take a date in Seattle, and how to make a drinks date more attractive.
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The Disgusting New Spam Targeting Anorexic Teens
“So wrong,” says FatLossFactor's “Dr. Charles.” But the ads are still up.
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Watch How A 4chan Hoax Happens
On Monday night, BuzzFeed sat in on a private chatroom full of anonymous 4chan members as they put together a follow-up prank to their #Cutting4Bieber Twitter hoax on Monday. WARNING: Extremely NSFW language.
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Teenager Writes About Driving Drunk On Facebook, Promptly Gets Arrested
Well, 2013 is off to terrific start.
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21 Reasons Why You Should Have Paid Attention In Science Class
21 Reasons Why You Should Have Paid Attention In High School
21 Reasons Why You Should Have Paid Attention In Science Class
You messed up. SCIENCE RULES!
