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Does The Internet Offend You? Then, You’re Not Alone

Justin Davis — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:28 +0000

UPDATE: Article has been updated to accurately represent the genders of those involved, as pointed out by Joy Lynskey, the owner of TIOM, in the comments section. An anonymous Facebook moderator has had enough and decided to speak up against what he sees as narcissistic cries for attention and faux offense. In a post on […]

ComiXology Accepts Blame For Saga #12 Not Being Digitally Published

Megan Moten — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:40 +0000

News spread like wildfire yesterday about Apple banning the sale of Saga #12 due to it containing graphic imagery of gay sex, even if the images were relatively small. Now, it turns out that ComiXology is lifting the blame form Apple and putting it on itself instead. Today, ComiXology CEO David Steinberger posted the following […]

Terrifying Sci-Fi Becomes Troublesome Reality: “I’m Afraid I Can’t Let You View That, Dave.”

Matt Algren — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:05:45 +0000

On Sunday night, the prestigious Hugo Awards were held in Chicago, recognizing excellence in science fiction. Realizing that we live in the future, the powers that be decided to air the awards ceremony live on the internet through Ustream so anyone in the world with an internet connection could see the awards as they happen. […]

Ray Bradbury’s Lost Books

Josh Bains — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:59 +0000

If Ray Bradbury rose from the dead and came to this website, he would likely rant about what he would see as an error in the menu bar: entertainment has four nodes – TV/Film/Video, Music, Video Games, and Comics. But no books. Bradbury, who died last week, was an explosive book lover and library defender. […]

Google Kills Google Shoot View

Jeremy Goldstone — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:01:55 +0000

Google Shoot View was the brainchild of Dutch advertising agency Pool Worldwide, and it allowed you to virtually fire an M4 machine gun superimposed over any of Google Street View’s maps. The past two sentences have been written in the past tense, because Google has shut down Google Shoot View. According to a post on […]

Facebook Bans Good Content Due To Bad Reporting

Matt Algren — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:00:56 +0000

In what has become an ongoing problem, a blogger has come forward with reports of troublesome information suppression on Facebook. Jeremy Ryan, of the site Addicting Info, recently reported continued reprimands he’s been getting from Facebook due to people submitting false abuse reports. Trolls are now having activists removed by filing fake Facebook complaints. That […]