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Facebook Finally Kicks Click Bait To The Curb

Matt Algren — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:26:30 +0000

You’ve seen the click-bait headlines. “YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN…” “THIS VIDEO MADE ME FURIOUS, THEN MY HEART SOARED!” “THIS FAMOUS PERSON DID SOMETHING AMAZING AND IT BLEW MY MIND!” “…I SOBBED WHEN I SAW #5!” Headlines like these have screamed just enough information at Facebook users to make us curious, and prompted just […]

New York Comic Con Says Sorry For Hijacking Attendees’ Social Network Accounts

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:06:37 +0000

I’m not terribly homesick for New York most of the time, but I admit to missing New York Comic Con quite a bit. It was always a blast. This year, those in attendance received a special surprise: Social network updates they’d never actually made. First reported by Polygon and brought to our attention by Jonah […]

Social Media Takedown On Juneteenth When Paula Deen Found Being Racist

Tim Twelves — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:54:47 +0000

We here at Techcitement aren’t usually judgmental folk. We leave that for BuzzFeed, Reddit, or Gawker. However, it’s not a far reach to say that the butter-pushing star of Food Network, Paula Deen is a truly awful person. If you’re unfamiliar with Paula Deen, she’s spent a lifetime promoting high-fat, high-calorie diets that usually involve […]

ABC Has An Award-Worthy Oscars App For Android, iOS, And Kindle

Matt Algren — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:00:54 +0000

Less than a week away from the 2013 Academy Awards and ABC Digital has given film freaks, celebrity hangers-on, and even red carpet mavens an impressive mobile app that delivers an award-worthy experience. Here’s ABC’s video introduction to the app: I’ve been using the Android version of ABC’s Oscars app for several days now, and […]

Facebook Thinks You Probably Don’t Need To See This

Matt Algren — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:03:31 +0000

Time was, if you clicked the “like” button on a Facebook page, the page’s posts were automatically served to your Facebook news feed. That was the point of “liking” a page — for the more internet-capable, it was touted as a replacement for RSS. But just as Facebook now tries to automate the publication of […]

Zuckerberg To Kick Off Trading On Day Of Facebook’s IPO

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:24:37 +0000

It’s a big day, geeks. This is the day Facebook finally goes public. Yes, at 9:30 AM EDT today, the initial public offering that so many have been waiting for becomes a reality. Trading is slated to start at a mere $38 a share, but expect it to jump like nuts when the floor actually […]

The Highlight Of SXSW

Jeremy Goldstone — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:53:04 +0000

Every year at SXSW, a new social media platform becomes the darling of the hipster/techie set. This year, the app blowing up in Austin is Highlight, a location-based social media friend finder. Think of it like Grindr, but without the inherent gay dating aspect. Or like Blendr, except without the ick factor of every media […]