Haven’t jumped on the geotag bandwagon yet? You might not see the point, but what if it could save you money?
As of now, we think of location-based networks as places for narcissistic web-a-holics who believe the Internet is actually interested in their mid-day Starbucks visit. (We really, really don’t.) But, what constant …
Gather ’round, kids. Gather ’round. I’ll tell you a story about the early days of the internet: pre-2006. Facebook was a relative unknown and Twitter was the sound a bird made right outside your open window while you tried to sleep off a long night of outdoor merriment on an Applebee’s patio.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) was all …
Bowing to both popular demand and the inevitable push towards the future, Diamond Comic Distributors are apparently developing a digital distribution service for comics – but it’s one that will, somewhat counter-intuitively, require customers to go to their local stores to pick up their purchases. Bleeding Cool has the scoop that …
Pedophiles are not behind a viral Facebook campaign to change profile photos to cartoon characters, Facebook spokesman Simon Axten told Fox News today.
(More on Techland: New Facebook Profile: Keep Calm & Carry On)
The campaign, urging people to upload a photo from their favorite childhood cartoon as their profile picture, aimed to …
Before Steve Ditko made his name as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, he had a reputation as a versatile cartoonist–in science fiction and horror comics, as well as a handful of others–who could work incredibly quickly. He had to: his main client in the late ’50s was Charlton Comics, which paid the princely sum of $6.50 per …
Despite rumors to the contrary last week, the writing staff of AMC’s hit The Walking Dead – which finished its first season yesterday – have not been fired, according to both executive producers Gail Anne Hurd and Robert Kirkman. Hurd told Entertainment Weekly that the news was “completely inaccurate,” and went on to explain,
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Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and …
Personal information and photos are the focus of Facebook’s latest profile redesign. Unveiled Sunday during CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s TV interview with 60 Minute’s Lesley Stahl, the changes are already available to all users who wish to upgrade before the mandatory switch is made within the next few weeks.
Think you have a strong Facebook presence? Think again. Walt Disney just reported Sunday that it surpassed 100 million fans across their network of Facebook fan pages. Not a bad birthday present for a company celebrating Walt Disney’s 109th birthday. Disney’s network of pages includes over 200 official pages, some of which are: Disney, …
Though some are concerned that Netflix, online streaming, Google TV and other similar services might become the death knell for cable television, a new study conducted by ESPN says that not that many people are getting rid of their paid channels. A survey conducted from the same pool of people who Nielsen uses for their television show …
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In his first on-camera interview since the release of The Social Network in October, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg not only weighed in on the Hollywood version of his life, but also revealed the new look of your Facebook profile.
(More on Techland: Facebook’s New Messaging System Explained)
Though the announcement was posted Sunday …
