Meet The Woman Behind One Of Facebook's Fastest-Growing And Most Lucrative...
Deborah Liu has nurtured the social network’s Mobile App Install Ad product from concept to hundreds of millions of dollars in estimated annual revenue. Deborah Liu, Facebook director of product...
View ArticleAre These The First iPhone 6 Photos?
Possibly the first of many leaks. Sonny Dickson / Via cdn.sonnydickson.com These grainy photos, first posted to The Verge, might just be our first glimpse at Apple's next iPhone. This afternoon, Apple...
View ArticleSome Quotations From Susan Orlean’s New Yorker Article On @Horse_ebooks That...
“Horse_ebooks, in particular, has inspired fan fiction …” says Susan Orlean’s article on @Horse_ebooks in last week’s New Yorker . Jacob Bakkila/Corey Hendrickson art is even harder it is usually...
View ArticleFacebook's Two-Way Mirror
How the social network’s transparency push may be fueling recent conspiracy theories. Dado Ruvic / Reuters / Reuters Last August Facebook announced News Feed FYI, a transparency effort in the form of...
View ArticleA Whole Lot Of People Aren't Happy About Comcast Buying Time Warner
The consolidation of anti-cable company rage…and jokes. View Entire List ›
View ArticleFacebook Now Allows Users To Pick A Custom Gender Beyond Male Or Female
Users can now select up to ten gender definitions, thanks to a feature spearheaded by Facebook’s Diversity Group. Facebook announced Thursday that it is now allowing users to select a custom gender...
View ArticleThis "NBA 2K14" Space Jam Mod Is An Absolute Delight
They even have Bill Murray. Via Facebook: MGX-NBA2K Thanks to a a game mod from a kind soul who goes by the name of MGX, you can now re-live the legendary 1996 Tune Squad-Monstars matchup in NBA 2K14....
View ArticleIn 2014, No Two Internets Are Alike
The internet is consolidated into huge sites and social networks, but that doesn’t mean it’s uniform. Welcome to life as a constant A/B test. Actual photo of design teams A/B testing your profile...
View ArticleHere Is The Internet's Foremost Collector Of Bad Sonic Fan Art
Someone has to do have that title. Skyler King has been collecting bad fan art on his Tumblr and Twitter, @BadSonicFanArt: badsonicfanart.tumblr.com If you've ever spent some time bumbling around...
View ArticleWatch Twitter Erupt In Real-Time Over Today's Massive Snowstorm
Tweets from a snow day. Here's a map of the United States early this morning around midnight. The little white dots are tweets that include the word "snow." Rather calm, no? Via srogers.cartodb.com...
View ArticleThe Story Behind Today's Super Romantic Google Doodle
This American Life ‘s Ira Glass tells BuzzFeed about the radio-inspired stories gracing today’s Google homepage, as well as his own Valentine’s Day plans. Had things gone according to plan, This...
View ArticleWhat Ads Look Like On Your Phone In 2014
More beautiful (and invasive!) than ever. Percolate / Via blog.percolate.com 2013 was a big year for ads online, but especially on your phone. Instagram and Tumblr got on board with mobile ads while...
View ArticleMakers Of Candy Crush Officially File For $500 Million IPO
King Digital Entertainment filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday announcing it would seek an initial public offering. The company’s wildly popular Candy...
View ArticleHow 75,000 People Playing A Single Game Of Pokémon Have Created A Religion
The geniuses over at Twitch TV have designed a game of Pokémon Red that responds to chat comments. The resulting chaos is glorious. It is the beginning of Day #6 for Twitch TV's social experiment,...
View Article6 Things Facebook Knows About Your Love Life
Women like older men, relationships that start in winter last longer, and Jedis have a tough time, according to Facebook’s data geeks. Facebook knows a frightening amount about how we live our lives,...
View ArticleThis Is What Happens When You Upload A Funny Photo Of Your Baby To Facebook
Have you seen “The Business Baby” yet? Monday night, this very serious picture of a baby eating breakfast was uploaded to Facebook. A friend of the family saw it and put it on Reddit. i.imgur.com /...
View ArticleSomeone Made A Real-Life, Playable Version Of "Flappy Bird" Inside A Box
Finally, a Flappy Bird you can physical destroy. This box is made by Fawn Qiu. The reason this woman is smiling deviously is because of what's in the box. It's a real-life, Arduino-controlled version...
View ArticleWomen Read Real (And Ridiculous) Hook-Up App Messages Aloud
“What a wonderful beard! I’d love to cum on it.” Slightly NSFW-ish comedy ahead. Warning: These ladies from Chicago's comedy group The Second City are about to make you blush. youtube.com The Second...
View ArticleCandy Crush Is Huge, But There Are Many Troubling Signs In Its Parent...
King.com’s IPO is going to be a tough sell. And it isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement for the gaming industry as a whole. Handout / Reuters King.com, the maker of Candy Crush Saga and a few other...
View ArticleA Brilliant Idea For How Car Touchscreens Should Work
Ever notice how car computer interfaces are incredibly distracting to use? Designer Matthaeus Krenn and his eyes-free concept. From the creator's page: I propose a new mode that can be invoked at any...
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