Internet Party: Why Nobody Gets Anything Done On The Web [Video]
LOL @ Google + Youtube and Bing forwarding its search requests to Google. [Cracked]
Category Archives: Web
eBay: Google advertising largely a waste of money
Research by eBay suggests paying to advertise on Google only works in limited circumstances and even then the effect isn’t massive. It also suggests that for established brands at least, slashing the ad spend causes little damage. The company intentionally suspended its advertising for a trial period, save for in several regions used as a [...]
Facebook Likes more revealing than you think
What you “like” on Facebook can predict your demographics and personality according to a Cambridge University study. The authors go as far as to say these links could be misused by oppressive regimes. The study involved asking 58,000 US volunteers to provide their demographic information, allow access to the list of pages they had “liked” [...]
Facebook Is Going to Blow Up Your News Feed
Facebook is to change the way its News Feed feature works, replacing it with multiple feeds organized by content type. It could make the site easier to use, but such a drastic change is likely to upset many users, at least at first. The change, expected to be unveiled tomorrow, has been described as the [...]
Online Bath Shower Curtains [Pics]
Now you too can pretend that you’re an online star thanks to this Youtube-inspired bath shower curtain! And there’s a facebook-themed one too! [Youtube-Inpired Bath Shower Curtain | Facebook-Inspired Bath Shower Curtain]
Facebook Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Windows and OSX [Pics]
[Source: Social Bakers | Via MUO]
Entire web is just “19 clicks” wide
A new study suggests that it should take just nineteen clicks to get from any randomly selected web page to any other web page. And if that reminds you of a Kevin Bacon meme, you won’t be surprised to know it’s human behavior as much as technology that makes this so. The claim comes from [...]
New online spending brings slow pizza and hashtag hassles
The world of virtual currency is getting even more confusing. You can now pay via American Express on Twitter, or buy pizza with bitcoins — in both cases with major limitations. American Express is launching a “pay by tweet” service. After linking your card to your Twitter account, you can buy selected products from the [...]
The Internet Goes to Washington [Video]
Ermahgerd… that was… painful. Gawker, Buzzfeed, Reddit, and The Huffington Post go to the White House to ask the hard-hitting questions. [blandhackpictures]
This is what the Internet was made for [Video]
Edit: Video was removed by the user. Sadness. A fantastic compilation of videos showcasing the best of what the web had to offer in 2012. Check it out! [MiamiViceStyle]
Google pays up in news snippet dispute: Part Deux
Google is to donate €60 million (US$81 million) to promote digital publishing in France. As with a smaller payment in Belgium, it ends a battle over links from Google News — but without Google admitting wrongdoing. The Belgian case involved the question of whether or not Google should be allowed to include “snippets” of news [...]
Social Media Users: Connect with us! (Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest)
Did you know that just like everyone and their mother these days, we here at [GAS] have an account on almost all major social media sites on the Web? So if you’re not already following us via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Google Plus, here are the links to our profiles on each of these sites: [...]