Every Game Heroine Of 2013 Looks Exactly The Same
Game women can look like anything. So why do they all look like Jennifer Garner? View Entire List ›
View ArticleTwitter Finally Adds A Woman To Its Board Of Directors
The company has appointed Marjorie Scardino, the former CEO of Pearson, to its formerly all-male board of directors . Scardino has a strong media background, something Twitter was expected to look for...
View ArticleIt Costs $4,600 To Buy Every Virtual Car In The New "Gran Turismo"
The choice is yours: hundreds of fantasy cars or an actual — good — used Mercedes Benz convertible. Gran Turismo 6, the newest edition of Sony's venerable racing series, comes out Friday for the...
View ArticleHow Amazon And Google Turned The Future Into An Ad
The optimism of the ’50s brought us the atomic concept car. The uncertainty of the information age brings us the Amazon drone. Ford / Via blog.hemmings.com In retrospect, it's impossible to take the...
View Article"That Dead Girl": A Family And A Town After A Cyberbullied 12-Year-Old's Suicide
Courtesy of Tricia Norman Rebecca Sedwick told her mother she loved her before going to bed that Sunday night, September 8. The next morning, the Lakeland, Fla., 12-year-old was supposed to wake up...
View Article21 Signs QuizUp Is Rapidly Taking Over Your Life
Is it legal for me to marry an iPhone game yet??? You take your phone with you to the bathroom at work to sneak in a quick round. Shutterstock You ignore friends and loved ones who try to talk to you...
View ArticleIntroducing Christmas Dinner In A Tin
Just… no. Games shop GAME have created a Christmas dinner in a tin, for gamers who don't have time to stop and eat on Christmas day. They explain. "To create the Christmas Tinner designer Chris...
View ArticleEcuador Rebrands Itself As The Home Of Internet Freedom
Meanwhile, an “ongoing assault” on the press. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters WASHINGTON — The government of Ecuador is in the midst of a campaign to reinvent itself as a...
View ArticleThe 8 Types Of "Likes" You'll Find On Facebook
Here’s what you really meant when you “liked” that status. The Pity Like: Jen Lewis / BuzzFeed The "I Have a Crush on You" Like: Jen Lewis / BuzzFeed The Accidental Like: Jen Lewis / BuzzFeed The "I'm...
View ArticleChina Loves Talking About Bitcoin
From Weibo to BTCMan . Not surprising when almost 60% of all trading on Bitcoin exchanges happens in yuan. caixin.com The majority of Bitcoin exchanges happen in China's currency, the yuan, but no...
View ArticleTech Giants Launch Group Aimed At Government Surveillance Reform
AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo have banded together to start a group that proposes principles for better laws and practices for government surveillance. The...
View ArticleThis Awesome Stop-Motion Video Was Shot Using 1,000 Pictures Entirely On...
Not your standard Sunday brunch. youtube.com
View ArticleIs The New FCC Chairman Going To Let Net Neutrality Die?
Net-neutrality opponents cheer Chairman Wheeler’s “market-friendly” comments. Activists fear the worst: “more than a little troubling.” Jason Reed / Reuters / Reuters Last night, in the same venue...
View ArticlePublishers Nervously Await The Facebook "Correction"
Traffic is up, and things are going great. And now some people are starting to worry. “We got the sense they didn’t even really know how this massive beast they have actually works … that they can...
View ArticleThe Biggest Social Network No One Is Talking About: Gamers
The NSA is spying on gamers for the same reason it wants to spy on your Facebook account. It’s a clear map of your relationships. The easy reaction to today's revelation in the Guardian that the...
View ArticleGrowth Of Video Ads On Tablets, Cell Phones And Smart TVs Is Exploding
Total video ad views grew 31% in the third quarter, Citigroup analysts said in a note today. As many know, people are increasingly consuming video on devices other than their televisions — and that's...
View ArticleWatch A Swarm Of Bees Attack A Hovering Drone
A classic drone meets drone story. Come for the swarming bees, stay for the cool rolling shutter video effect (look at the rotors!). Via gizmodo.com Amazon did not return a request for comment. View...
View ArticleWhat Freud Would Say About Our Social Media Accidents
You’re always clicking on the wrong thing online. We asked a psychoanalyst what that says about your hidden desires. Illustration by Chris Ritter/BuzzFeed We live in a time when it is easier and more...
View ArticleWhy Twitter Just Joined The Backchannel Wars
Direct messages to the forefront, big photos in tow. Twitter knows: The service that controls messaging controls the world. Another day, another new messaging app. The only difference: This one is...
View ArticleThe Sad And Amazing Unplayed Songs Of Spotify
This holiday season, Spotify wants you to find it in your heart to click on an unloved track. It may just change your life. spotify.com Like most social networks, Spotify recently released its year in...
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