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Imgur Is Now Bigger Than Reddit
Much bigger. The image site is fast becoming one of the internet’s biggest communities. Most people with a need to describe Imgur do it like this: Imgur is Reddit's favorite image host. Reddit, an...
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Good News For Twitter: Facebook Just Crossed $50
Facebook’s stock has more than doubled in the past three months. Now Twitter’s timing for its IPO looks even better. Bloomberg / Getty Images Facebook has continued its massive run-up in its stock...
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Welcome To Vegas: Where Everything Is A Game, And Games Are Illegal
Gambling’s “gaming” paradox: Its games can’t actually be games at all. How slot makers are trying to turn games of chance into Candy Crush . Steve Friess LAS VEGAS — In the newly unveiled Avatar slot...
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The Franklin Conspiracy: Why Gamers Decided The Police In "GTA V" Are Racist
Does the Los Santos PD really discriminate? The bizarre emergent racial dynamics in Rockstar’s billion-dollar blockbuster. Grand Theft Auto V is, among many other things, the most immersive simulation...
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What's Wrong With Google Alerts?
The small but useful service seems to be dying. One researcher uses data to answer the questions that Google won’t. Google Alerts, which sends automatic notifications based off keywords, seems to be...
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How Confidential Filing And The JOBS Act Is Changing The IPO Game
A group of venture capitalists say the ability afforded by the JOBS Act to confidentially file IPO documents is changing the nature of the game. There are more companies filing as a result of the...
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This "Breaking Bad" Computer Game Lets You Shoot Walter White
Again and again and again . Si Digital is a British web design firm. They have, for fun, made a browser game in which you can shoot Walter White, poking his head out from behind his barrels of money....
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Every Major Sci-Fi Starship In One Staggering Comparison Chart
DeviantArt user Dirk Loechel has put together one out-of-this-world infograph. Holy space balls, right? That's a lot of ships. Dirk Loechel / Via dirkloechel.deviantart.com Here are some close-ups of...
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The Latest Twitter Update Is Causing A Lot Of Accidental Follows
A problem or a great new feature? The latest Twitter updated added retweet and fav buttons to the timeline. It also added a follow button that has apparently been causing a ton of unwanted follows....
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There's A Website That Can Guess Exactly What You Post About On Facebook
Seriously, this thing can PEER INTO YOUR SOUL. Then log in with Facebook (it's worth it). what-would-i-say.com And hit generate! You'll be surprised how well it gets you... View Entire List ›
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The Defining Breakthrough In Next-Gen Graphics: Floating Garbage
Until developers have some time to build out engines for the new consoles, PS4 and Xbox One buyers will be left with one thing: garbage. Big, swirling, flying clouds of garbage. What is the defining...
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9 Insidious Ways Technology Replaced Our Parents
Growing up is for other generations. Childhood: Parents bitch at you to turn that damn music down before you blow your eardrums. 90s90s90s.tumblr.com "Adulthood": Smart phone passive aggressively...
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Looking For Love On The Bloomberg Terminal
Banks are considering banning chatrooms on Bloomberg terminals, in order to curb fraud. That could also mean an end to the finance world’s best hookup service. Shutterstock On a particularly snowy...
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Facebook Tried To Buy Snapchat, But Failed
But the offer itself speaks to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s penchant to try to buy what Facebook can’t build. Steve Jennings / Getty Images After meeting with Snapchat's founders in December last year, Mark...
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“Who was your date to your senior prom?” “No prom, I went to a fine arts magnet school.” youtube.com LINK: via CollegeHumor
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Twitter Tests Breaking News Alerts After Pittsburgh Shooting
Push notifications are being sent to users who’ve never signed up for breaking alerts. Only moments after confirmed reports of a shooting near a Pittsburgh high school crossed the wires, some Twitter...
View ArticleThe Rich Guys With Lions Of Instagram
Big cats are the hottest status symbol for wealthy young men in the Persian Gulf. Instagramming your cheetah in a Lamborghini is the new ‘gramming your brunch. This is Humaid Albuqiash. He lives in...
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This Unreal MIT Invention Allows You To Reach Through The Screen And Touch...
And it’s completely and totally mind-blowing. Seriously. The MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group recently unveiled inFORM, its dynamic shape display, which, besides being the coolest tech invention...
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Silicon Valley Hidden In Plain Sight
A San Francisco MOMA photographer examines the invisible side of tech. Google Campus, Mountain View, 2013 Alec Soth / Via the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art When the San Francisco Museum of Modern...
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So, What Do Normal People Think Of The PlayStation 4?
We canvassed the office for the dilettantes and the dabblers, and made them play the next generation of gaming. You've already heard from the gaming experts: The PlayStation 4 is finally here, and...
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