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#facebook
Facebook's Unspoken, Intrademographic Culture War
In what may be a sign of an impending generational civil war, a growing number of 20 and 30-somethings are avoiding Facebook. They're called refuseniks. But, living in the 21st century, many of them can't truly refuse. Traitors! More » -
#dystopianfuture
Disney Store's New Look, Brought to You by Steve Jobs
Disney, realizing that its shopping mall outposts are under performing, will soon join forces with Apple to make every visit an "experience." So they're calling on Steve Jobs. More » -
#dystopianfutures
Childhood is Dead, Long Live Childhood
Sometimes, while strolling around this crazy world, I see children with cellphones, iPods and other 21st century toys. And it upsets me. What happened to kids living in a protective, imagination-powered bubble? Those days are long gone. More » -
#theinternet
Did Your Email Get Hacked? Maybe.
The bad news is that 30,000 Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and other email accounts have had all their login info posted online, by hackers. The good news is, it's their own dumb fault. More » -
#newgods
A Rabbi says atoning on Twitter and Facebook doesn't work for Yom Kippur. God agrees.
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#facebook
Respect Facebook's Crime Fighting Abilities, Or Pay the Price
Some people claim that Facebook makes you easy prey for criminals, good-for-nothings and other unseemly characters. But that's not always true. Sometimes the site helps put people behind bars, as it did this week. More » -
#twitter
Twitter Officially a Fundraising Juggernaut
Twitter's become quite the superstar, and it could only get bigger now that the company may soon wrap a round of funding that will bring its value to the $1 billion mark. Are ads the next step? [Reuters] -
#theinternet
The Internet Faces Frightening, Market Driven Future (But Shouldn't)
Happy Birthday, Internet! This September marks the 40th anniversary of our virtual god, and, as happens with the marching of time, it faces some changes. The scope and impact of those potential changes remains to be seen, but they're scary! More » -
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#twitter
Can Twitter Make Old New?
Twitter's expansion into the world of television continues! To give repeats new life, Fox has joined forces with the site to bring the world "tweet-peats," during which stars and fans alike can pipe up on shows like Fringe. Geektastic! [THR] -
#twitter
Answering the public's apparent voracious appetite for all things Kennedy, the family joined Twitter.
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#facebook
Facebook, Twitter Make You Easy Prey
Sigh. Here we thought Facebook, Twitter and all those silly little websites were making our lives easier. Not so! More » -
#familymatters
Modern Technology Destroying the Family as We Know It
Remember when your Mom would go into your room each morning to wake you for school? Well those days are gone, now that parents are so busy Facebooking that they have to text message their kids to wake them up. More » -
#videuhoh
New Hobo Radio Shack Name Already Forgotten
In an effort to promote different sorts of jokes about its uselessness, Radio Shack is rebranding as "The Shack." Don't tell that to the guy being paid to promote the new name. More » -
#journalismism
Chris Anderson: Asshole Interviewee
Wired editor Chris Anderson has fully morphed from a journalist, who knows what it's like to have to interview other people, into a celebrity, who has no time for these fucking reporters and their boring questions. "Journalism," what's that? More » -
#media
Newspaper Twitterers Will Ruin Everything!
If all you newspaper reporters don't stop Twittering every goddamn thing you see, Bill Keller is seriously going to lose his shit. Can you put down the iPhone so we can have a meeting here? More » -
#fromthearchives
Bill O'Reilly and Co. Investigate the Nintendo Craze
In 1988, a young Bill O'Reilly and his Inside Edition team tried to answer the question: "What the hey is this 'Mario Brothers' craze sweeping the nation?" They failed, of course. Entertainingly! More » -
#wtf
Dude Turns to Twitter As Guy Breaks In His House
Well, our array of omnipresent blinking gadgets has officially rendered us totally incapable of normal human action. The proof: David Prager, whose reaction to having his home broken into was to Twitter about it: More » -
#remixes
Awful Product With Awful Ad Makes Awful Music
Earlier we showed you the horrifying, adult Mouseketeer-like "commercial" for Microsoft Songsmith (do not click that) that could drive the gentlest among us to murder. But at least it's inspiring a YouTube artistic explosion. More » -
#whiners
Technology's White House of Horrors
Staffers plucked from Obama's campaign operation, used to cutting-edge technology, are finding the White House to be a Mac-free technological museum. In other words, they're learning to work like the rest of America! More »
