How did an image host that brought us Sad Keanu become one of the biggest sites on the web?
You probably saw it last month: A photo of President Obama stepping off a plane, wearing his usual suit, black shades and a big, sh*t-eating grin. He’s pointing at something or someone; we just don’t know what or who. But in typical meme …
Another of Sony’s websites has reportedly been hacked—this time around, the victim is SonyPictures.com. The group claiming responsibility for the breach, “LulzSec,” is the same group behind the recent PBS website hack.
A statement from the group reads, in part:
“SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of the
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Clap if you like, or just shrug if you don’t care: Twitter’s finally going to let you upload and share photos directly, through its website. The takeaway: No more Yfrog or TwitPic or Twitgoo for you.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo told users Wednesday at the D9 conference (wherein a bunch of celebrity tech folk chat with media bigwigs) that …
I guess you could call this the 2011 equivalent of writing standards.
Back in January, Fahmi Fadzil – a social activist and “performer & writer,” according to his Twitter account – tweeted that his pregnant friend was treated unkindly by her then-employer, Female Magazine. Mr. Fadzil realized his error, and issued an apology a …
China’s response to Google’s accusation that Chinese hackers broke into Gmail, the company’s free online email service, and absconded with the login details of hundreds of senior U.S. and Asian government officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists?
We didn’t do it, and your “unacceptable” attempt to …
Google has revealed that “the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of users” may have been compromised and that the attacks appear to have come out of China. According to a company blog post:
“[W]e recently uncovered a campaign to collect user passwords, likely through phishing. This campaign, which appears to originate from Jinan,
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Is there a finite limit to the number of friends we can stay in contact with? It would appear so, at least according to Dunbar’s number, which dictates that our maximum number for meaningful relationships with others hovers around 150.
Alasdair Wilkins of io9 has a fascinating post looking at the studies of British anthropologist …
Google’s “+1” initiative, announced in late March, is finally ready for its big debut on sites across the web. Similar to Facebook’s “Like” button, +1 will live on some of the websites you frequent and you’ll be able to click it to recommend whatever you find interesting to others.
“+1 is as simple on the rest of the web
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Earlier this month, the mythos of SEAL Team 6’s elimination of Osama bin Laden stole headlines by giving ordinary citizens a glimpse into the shadowy penumbra of ultra-elite warfare.
However, more likely than not, many of the future’s battles won’t be fought in thinly disguised mansions around Abbottabad; rather, war will be waged …
I have a guilty pleasure. It’s called Lamebook. It spotlights the hilariously human nature of Facebook users—the good, the bad, and plenty of ugly.
For some reason, I can’t get enough. It’s a perfect system, too. With half a billion people (and growing) all gathering at the same place, Lamebook won’t run out of material for …
Remember Paul Ceglia? The wood pellet salesman from upstate New York claiming a 50 percent stake in Mark Zuckerberg’s slice of Facebook? A few months ago, Mr. Ceglia submitted purported evidence in the form of an e-mail exchange between himself and Zuck which, if legitimate, would appear to support his claim, perhaps entitling him to …
Cynics who claimed online ads would have no staying power might want to bite their tongues. Why? Turns out, online advertising spending just hit a record high in the first quarter with a total of $7.3 billion spent.
The amount represents a 23% increase from $5.9 billion in the first quarter of last year, the Interactive Advertising …
