Some people are just destined for bad luck, it seems. Consider the sad story of Richard Leon Barton Jr., a man who found himself arrested for putting photographs of his wedding on Facebook. Sure, there was that whole “he was already married, and it was his first wife who saw the pictures, hence his arrest” thing going on as well, but …
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Japanese Nuclear Plant Owners Join Twitter
It’s modern public relations 101: When you want to humanize your negative publicity, create a Twitter account. But while that kind of thing worked wonders for Charlie Sheen, it’s unlikely that the Tokyo Electric Power Co. – the owners of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant that has been threatening to meltdown since last week’s …
Every Version of Internet Explorer Gets Scrutinized Side-by-Side Since Birth
Remember Internet Explorer 2? I don’t. But that’s fine, because I can watch this video about every single iteration of Internet Explorer since Bill Gates dropped out of college.
Regardless, if you’re curious about how the browser has developed over time, it might be worth a look to make you appreciate how far web browsing has …
Groupon: Bigger Than Google?
Daily shopping deals website Groupon has been holding pre-IPO talks valuing it at up to $25 billion, according to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg in a lengthy interview with company founder Andrew Mason.
If it did reach that target, it would make Groupon the biggest IPO ever, knocking Google’s 2004 total of $24.6 billion off the
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Google Adds Connection Bar For iPhones
For those of us who’ve had the frustrating experience of trying to use Gmail on iPhone Safari, some small measure of relief is at hand: Google has introduced a connection bar that’ll let you know just how (un)successful your emailing attempts have been.
The connection bar launches when you launch Gmail in Safari, appearing at the …
Here’s What Amazon’s App Store Could Look Like
Doug’s already written about an early rumor that Amazon might be launching its own App Store and tablet device, but now comes signs that the first part of the rumored plan could be true.
Androidnews.de reported that an amazon.com/apps URL was live in the last 24 hours but has since been shut down. Screen caps from the purported …
The Comic Book Club: Xombi and Fear Itself: Book of the Skull
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Evan Narcisse, Graeme McMillan and Douglas Wolk talk about Xombi #1 and the Fear Itself: Book of the Skull one-shot.
DOUGLAS: The first rule of superhero comics is: Everything always comes back. No, seriously, …
Paramount Embraces BitTorrent for Movie Release
BitTorrent is regarded as a dirty word in Hollywood, because the peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol is often used for distributing pirated movies.
But for the world premiere of Australian horror flick The Tunnel, Paramount Pictures is embracing BitTorrent by offering the movie as a free download. The goal is to drum up enough interest …
Why Did 17 Channels Temporarily Disappear From TWC’s iPad App?
Less than a week after launching an iPad app that allowed subscribers to watch 32 channels on their mobile device, Time Warner Cable is at the center of a strange story about the temporary disappearance of 17 of those channels.
Officially, TWC temporarily removed 17 channels on Wednesday because demand was overwhelming TWC’s servers – …
Europe to Get Tough on Facebook Privacy Issues?
European politicians are a circumspect bunch: they don’t tend to call out American tech companies directly. Still, the speech that European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding delivered yesterday left little doubt that the European Union is giving Facebook and Google Street View the stinkeye over …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day: Nine Essential iPhone Apps For Beer Lovers
According to lore, St. Patrick brought Catholicism to the Irish by using a three-leafed shamrock to help illustrate the meaning behind the church’s Divine Trinity.
Fast forward 1500+ years later, and we celebrate St. Patrick’s most festive of holidays using a slightly different three-pronged methodology: lots of green, maybe a parade …
The History of Twitter According to Soulja Boy and Ken Burns
Gasp, it’s been five whole years since Twitter made its mark and forced everyone to condense everything into 140 characters. (By the way, happy birthday, Twitter.)
In this Funny or Die video, Ken Burns takes a #retrospective look on the whole thing from Twitter’s pioneers: Ashton Kutcher, Oprah and even… Sarah Palin.
Hey, how …