The Facebook phone is the rumor that will not die. The closest that rumor came to becoming real was the disappointing HTC Status. Facebook hasn’t given up though, and tomorrow the company will unveil “our new home on Android.” For those unable to make it or unwilling to wait, you can get a sneak peak at 9to5Google. […]
The idea that cable companies are regularly losing viewers to the increasing number of streaming options open to them isn’t a new one. However, Netflix strengthens those theories with each new announcement of a television series, comedy special, or exclusive feature. By now, if you’re a Netflix user, you’ve at least heard of House of […]
April Fools’ Day has become a time when corporations let their marketing and creative departments loose to create online trickery and fake headlines with the orders of, “Make this go viral.” It’s also the time of year when many people refuse to check their email, get on Facebook, log on to Twitter, and now avoid […]
Thanks to hair-brained Twitter schemes by those who thankfully don’t know any better than to offend, an angry feminist can also be a funny feminist when making pointed social commentary. Back in February, those who lead the MRA (men’s rights activists) movement created the hashtag #Ineedmasculism as a way to show solidarity in the idea […]
Without any fanfare, Tumblr managed to tick up to and past the 100 million blog mark this week. The burgeoning internet giant, founded in 2007 by David Karp, has gone on to have more than 44.6 billion posts by its many users. Blogs range from the celebrity-run kind to social movements to fandom-obsessed (Hello, Whovians, […]
Driving down the highway the other day, I saw an American staple, one that’s been part of my framework for understanding the U.S. for as long as I can remember – the Chik-Fil-A cows. These poorly educated and perpetually inept endorsers of every Chik-Fil-A sandwich ever invented have encouraged the American populace to “Eat Mor […]
This past Wednesday, Google announced Google Keep, poised to take on Evernote as an unstructured collection of digital things. Google’s announcement states that: With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what’s important to you. Your notes are safely stored […]
To help capture and build on the excitement generated by the upcoming release of Star Trek Into Darkness (May 17, 2013), Hulu is offering every single episode of every live-action Star Trek series to date for free. Whether your favorite captian is Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, or even Archer, you can revisit every incarnation of […]
Last week, Amazon’s Publishing Group announced the launch of a seventh imprint, this one specifically for literary fiction including novels, short story collections, and memoirs. The imprint will go by the name Little A, as well as a digital-only version called Day One for individual stories from debut writers. Amazon’s new imprint follows in the […]
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the first tweet, when Jack Dorsey, creator of Twitter, launched the social network that was first referred to as Twttr. Dorsey, also the founder and CEO of Square, quickly realized vowels were necessary and Twitter was born. The 140-character based platform took off in 2007 though when Twitter appeared […]
