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#audiuhoh
'Holy Shit' Indeed: Analyst Curse-Out Like a Bracing Cold Shower for Garmin
Here's a nice, sharp break from the cheerleading and punch-pulling for which Wall Street analysts are notorious: A financier on Garmin's last quarterly call, cussing out company for shitty margins on a product. More » -
#crime
Arrest Over Facebook 'Poke' Makes Meaningless Gesture Risque
When the internet was young and innocent, it was acceptable to "finger" college classmates. These days, a simple Facebook "poke" can land you in jail, in Tennessee, and CNN has say "alleged" poking, because, hey, libel. More » -
#socialnetworks
Facebook Gaydar Emerges From Breakthrough MIT Project
Are you quietly stalking someone and too dense to figure out their sexual orientation from Google searches, Flickr party photos and real-life gossip? Well, a couple of MIT geniuses invented just the tool for you.
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#modernandawkward
Right to Trash Boss on Facebook Defended by Aussie Heroes
Sure, Americans preen about their commitment to freedom, but who's out there standing up for our God-given right to curse the boss on internet social networks? Australian prison guards, that's who. More » -
#modernandawkward
Web Geek Creates World's Most Confusing Fundraising Scheme
When the beloved geek comic xkcd finally signed a book deal, it involved no profits and no bookstores. Now its author is taking a similarly unconventional approach to philanthropy. Sorry, poor children of Laos! More » -
#niceandboring
Why Is Everyone on Twitter So Maddeningly Positive?
It's so hard to start a good fight on Twitter. Praise someone effusively, it gets "re-tweeted" endlessly, while nice juicy feuds get smothered in the crib. Every Twitter user is president of his own fraternity. How stale! More » -
#niceandboring
The Sinister March of Net Niceness
Wikipedia, once an internet free-for-all, has announced it will now screen changes to certain articles. The New York Times' ethics columnist, meanwhile, is joining the eternal backlash against anonymous blogging. Two steps toward a nice, peaceful, boring and neutered internet.
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#modernandawkward
Associated Press vs. British Bureaucrats: Who's More Uptight about Twitter?
A British bureaucrat has published a guide to Twitter etiquette and strategy, intended for use throughout the government. The stiff, formal document about a casual microblogging service is generating worldwide headlines, but it's hardly the first of its kind. More » -
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#facebook
Facebook Your Party, Start a Street War
Facebook is quite powerful at lubricating relationships between acquaintances. Too powerful, sometimes: the social network turned an English garden party into a riot requiring a small police army to put down. More » -
#modernandawkward
Yahoo's Cuddly Flack Sends Adorable Email
There's some kind of sick good cop/bad cop deal going down at Yahoo. CEO Carol Bartz swears, smacks down reporters and threatens "dropkicks." Her enforcer, meanwhile, has a Pomeranian named Clio and loves David Sedaris and peach cobbler ice cream. More »
