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2012: The Year The Desktop App Died
We've seen the last of the great desktop apps. The end of one of computing's longest eras. "Which email program should I get? Which browser? Which messaging app? What about a music player? I hate...
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See The Pope Tweet On His Papal iPad
Meanwhile, #SexIsGoodWhen is trending. Image by Osservatore Romano, ho / AP Image by Gregorio Borgia / AP View Entire List ›
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The Year In You
The real year-end review for 2012 is a review of ourselves. And auto-nostalgia has its limits. What had started as a cute end-of-the-year distraction for a handful of engineers and product managers...
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Instagram Filters Vs. Twitter Filters
Let's see the difference, starring my cat Clive! Twitter released its new photo editing feature, now making it a direct competitor to Instagram. Below are eight Instagram filters and the Twitter...
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The 50 Worst Things On The Internet In 2012 [NSFW]
We spent 2012 scouring the Internet for the worst possible things. This is it. Serious NSFW warning. Here at BuzzFeed HQ, editors Cates Holderness, Ryan Broderick, and I have an ongoing competition to...
View ArticleMore Privacy On Facebook (And Less)
“But when Facebook giveth, Facebook taketh away,” says Nick Bilton , explaining Facebook's new privacy changes — while some of Facebook's privacy controls are now more visible than ever, you're no...
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Here's What The Next BlackBerry Phones Are Going To Look Like
This is how RIM plans on getting people to switch back to BlackBerry. Uh-oh. Here's the dialer and home screen: BlackBerry 10 looks like Samsung's Android skins, or even Bada. This is how you answer...
View ArticleGoogle Builds A Porn Wall
For years, Google image searches for almost any term would turn up at least a few boobs. Today, Google made it much harder to find smut with its search engine. (The workaround, according to an...
View ArticleOur Long National TV Nightmare Is Coming To An End
On December 13th, obnoxiously loud commercials will become illegal. Here are 11 reasons why this is great, great news. Last year, the FCC announced that it would establish rules about how loud TV...
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Looking To Pay For Sex On OkCupid
Online dating can get lonely. But OkCupid isn't Craigslist. Thousands of potential dates are at your fingertips with online dating sites, all of them strangers — hopefully — and all of them looking...
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Fox News' Giant Middle Finger To MSNBC And CNN
Fox News has never been shy when it comes to boasting about their status as the reigning #1 cable-news network, but this web page from 2009 dedicated to taunting their competitors takes the cake....
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One-A-Day Gift Guide: Understanding The Internet
Two books that change how you see technology. The internet, from the bottom up and the top down. It's hard to know if any book, even a great one, will really reach another person, or change how he or...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Is Back On The iPhone
And yes, it's better than Apple Maps. Source: youtube.com Everything you missed about Google Maps — street view, public transit, and accurate listings — is back on the iPhone with Google's new Maps...
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24 Things That Prove Video Games Are All Grown Up
Video games are getting older, and so are you. These are no longer considered cutting-edge graphics. Source: brandon kuzma Pong is officially over-the-hill. Source: youtube.com The model for Lara...
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Is Facebook Making You Lose Control?
A recent study joins the not-insignificant pile of research devoted to proving that Facebook makes you fat/dumb/lazy/crazy. But is the math any good? Source: shutterstock.com If December hasn't been...
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14 Most Pathetic Corporate Facebook Updates
All hail these companies that treat you like a brain-dead 3-year-old. Yes Lysol. Dance. In the kitchen. The FUCKING kitchen. Day. Yep, it's a dusting brush. Let's get this dirty party started. Hmm....
View ArticleAn Ode To Twitter's Best Crow Parody Account
The laconic @streetcrow has decided to stop tweeting as a bird . He will be missed. If you weren't following Streetcrow, you were missing out on one of Twitter's simplest and most satisfying Twitter...
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Step One In Flickr's Rehabilitation
Yahoo's CEO discovers a cool new photo site. Posted by former Flickr employee Bertrand Fan: Via: flickr.com Yesterday, in the Guardian, a Yahoo spokesperson said of Yahoo's new CEO:Supporting our core...
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Death Star Petition Requires White House Response
This petition has passed the 25,000 threshold needed for a response from the White House. The White House petition is now quite operational. Via: petitions.whitehouse.gov
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Why One Newspaper Is Backing Away From Facebook
The Guardian was one of the first publications to release an auto-posting “social reader” for Facebook. Now, the site is taking back control of its content. Source: hipgenius.com Social Reader apps...
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