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How College Admissions Officers Really Vet Students Online
Yes, they know about your Tumblr. An interview with an anonymous admissions officer. High school counselors, parents, and the press are constantly reminding college applicants to beware of what they...
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Are The Turkish Protestors Playing "Grand Theft Auto"?
The protest art of the video game generation. Demonstrations surrounding a park in Istanbul continue unabated, and activists are getting creative with their pop-culture protestations. Duvardaki Sesler...
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You Will Never Look At Luigi The Same Way Again
Supporting cast takes on a new meaning. Lovable, cowardly Luigi. Brother to Mario, friend to Peach, plumber extraordinaire. CAN YOU SEE IT YET? ? ? How about NOW! ? ! View Entire List ›
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The Journalist's New Escape Plan: Start-Ups
Tech start-ups are fishing vets from old media. And old media vets are biting. Via: Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File / AP At first glance, it all makes sense. Leave the broken, somewhat...
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Famous Pickup Artist Is Now A Bitcoin Expert
As “Lovedrop,” Chris Odom taught you how to score with babes. Now he’ll teach you how to score with bitcoin. Pickup artists "Lovedrop" and "Mystery": Source: thepickupartistbook.com It turns out the...
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Zynga's Web Empire Is Basically Dead
Zynga is laying off 520 employees in its largest restructuring yet. Now the only question is whether it will survive as a mobile gaming company. Via: Paul Sakuma / AP Zynga today said it would lay off...
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11 Most Inspiring Things Ever Published On Wikipedia
Inspiring in the sense that you didn’t write them. From the Tumblr (and new book !) [Citation Needed] . On our Tumblr, [Citation Needed], we publish the best of WIkipedia's worst writing. Not...
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Scenes From Zynga After The Fall
Earlier today, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said he would lay off 520 employees and shut down offices in New York and other places. Here’s what it was like for the employees that got their pink slips. Via:...
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Chinese Netizens Remember General Who Refused To Deploy Against Protestors
This week is the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Xu Qinxian told his friends, “I’d rather be beheaded than become history’s criminal.” As Chinese netizens mark the 24th anniversary of...
View ArticleMan Dons Google Glasses To Propose To His Girlfriend
But did she say yes? YouTube user Breon Nagy got down on one knee, looked up at his beloved and proposed - through a pair of Google Glasses.Thankfully she said yes, meaning he could upload the special...
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How To Cheat Your Way To Unlimited Lives On Candy Crush
This 30 second trick might just save/ruin your life. If your dreams have started to look a little like this, then you're almost certainly one of the millions to have fallen under the spell of Candy...
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Your Favorite Nintendo Characters Made With Tetris
What is this wizardry? Just the magical world of computer science! Mario - Super Mario Bros. Via: youtube.com The Tetris Printer is a computer program that turns images into 8-bit art. Created by Meat...
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The Armed Morons Of Russian Facebook
And other social networks. BANG(S). He's actually KGB. You can't spell assassin without... View Entire List ›
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The Problem With Cyberpunk Games
Big budget power fantasies like Remember Me aren’t cyberpunk. The Wikipedia category page for Cyberpunk Games contains 136 entries. That's more than such venerable genres as Tower Defense (48) and...
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Inside Silicon Valley's Original "Lean In" Circle
Sheryl Sandberg’s book has inspired women to start consciousness-raising groups for career women. This elite Bay Area group, the first in the country, agreed to let me in. "Like for most of us, this...
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What Teenagers Are Really Doing On Facebook
Chatting. And little else, even among the obsessed. That isn’t news advertisers want to hear. Via: Facebook.com Of all the social media sites, Facebook is the one 15-year-old Miki spends the most time...
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This Is What Happens When You Give A Dog A Super Mario Mushroom
Just don’t give him a fire flower. LINK: Level up!
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Now You Can Play Joy Division: The Video Game
Unsurprisingly, it’s a bit of a downer. Independent games studio Mighty Box have designed a free browser game about "relationships on the verge of breaking-up". The game is thematically and sonically...
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What It's Like Starting A New Text Flirtation
You’ll want to alternately hug your phone and throw it at a wall. You've got a new crush. It's the best. Source: Progress has been sort of ... slow. Source: But FINALLY you have each other's...
View ArticleSee Beautiful Outer Galaxies In Ultraviolet Light
NASA, along with Penn State University, was able to capture Magellanic Clouds at ultraviolet wavelengths. Follow NowThis News on Facebook and Twitter. The NowThis News app is live -- and it's FREE!...
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