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SXSW: Adult Industry Faces Struggles To Keep Up With Technology

Justin Davis — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:32:49 +0000

“What we’re going to discuss here is of an adult nature. If you are offended by such topics or images, you should leave now. No? Okay, let’s begin then.” This is how Jay Kopita (Vice President of adult industry news site YNOT) introduced himself and other speakers yesterday at the “Adult Industry Trends & Their […]

Facebook Tries To Get Me In Touble With My Wife

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:00:34 +0000

For those unfamiliar with how Facebook works (i.e. my parents), the site looks at your existing connections and suggests new ones under the heading “People You May Know” on the right hand sidebar. This can be based on many factors, including location, mutual friends, work history, and other variables. Like many, I sort of tune […]

Bateflix — Finding Nipples On Netflix

Jeremy Goldstone — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:17:19 +0000

There’s something about searching for nudity on Netflix Streaming that almost feels quaint, in a 1980s, trying to spot nipples on the scrambled porn channels kind of way. With so many actual porn choices available at the click of a mouse, scanning for full or partial nudity on Netflix is almost family friendly by comparison. Who […]

YourBrand.xxx

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:45:01 +0000

Back when I attended Stern College at Yeshiva University there was a whispered secret in the computer lab: “Check out SternGirls.com.” Thanks to a complete lack of filters, students could verify that the website that carried our name was indeed a porn site. Over a decade later, Yeshiva University is cutting off access to porn […]

Yeshiva University Wants Students To Let Go Of Themselves

Paul Hurwitz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:26:46 +0000

People would like to think that Yeshiva University is a Jewish haven in a modern world where influences of the outside world haven’t taken hold. During my time there, we didn’t have high-speed internet connections in the dorms, (I was using 56K dial-up to connect to the schools UNIX modem pools and used PINE for […]

PETA Goes XXX

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:53:58 +0000

No, this isn’t a hoax or imaginary story, according to the Register, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are planning to create an adult site registered under the new “.xxx” domain. Yes, while other companies are scrambling to pay out $200 before some unethical fellow can make a .xxx “parody” of their site, […]