Twitter says that in future when it receives a copyright takedown notice, it won’t simply pretend the tweet was never posted. Instead it will highlight the removal and link to the details that are available. In the past Twitter simply deleted contentious posts and left no trace they’d ever existed. Under the new policy it [...]
An AWESOME new parody by our friends over at Comediva, the sexiest, most amazing, intelligent, witty, and hilarious ladies you can find online. [Comediva]
A British government official has urged the public to use fake personal details when registering with websites — except of course when dealing with the government. Andy Smith is a cybersecurity manager at the Cabinet Office. That’s a government department that doesn’t deal with a particular subject (such as energy or transport) but rather looks [...]
Ok fellow writing nerds – time to put those creative writing degrees to work. Many geeks will shun you for your arts degree with a major in creative writing and tell you you’re not a real geek. Here’s time to prove them wrong. The Twitter Fiction Festival is about using technology to change the way [...]
Twitter has removed offensive material from posters in both France and Germany. But the specific response and the reasoning behind it varies significantly. Yesterday Twitter confirmed that, for the first time since introducing such a policy in January, it had chosen to block an account in one country only. The idea of the policy is [...]
If you’re a fan of San Fran, or a fan of some clever Photoshopping, then you’ll find this video pretty cool, if a little bit haunting. Inspired by the “Empty LA” photography series by Matt Logue, this is the first of a series called “Empty America” by Ross Ching. He didn’t have the budget to [...]
Down under, a war is being waged on the trolls of cyberspace. For the last few months, the Australian media has put the Internet trolling subculture under the media spotlight, in an attempt to bring down what most view as a despicable pastime. However, there are those who are self-proclaimed trolls who care to challenge [...]
That’s it, farmers. The Kraay Family Farm in Alberta, Canada, just set a new bar. Keep the hayrides and scarecrows, but don’t act like fall fun can’t get a 21st-century update. This corn maze, which covers an area of 15 acres total, has a 7-square-acre QR code right in the middle. You can scan it, [...]
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Facebook is testing two siblings for the Like button, marked Want and Collect. They are both for the benefit of online retailers, though chances are Facebook will wind up making some cash out of them. The two new buttons are part of a feature in development called Collections. It appears a collection will simply be [...]
Facebook might just be getting a little bit too big for its boots. As it starts to climb from the 1 billion user mark, with its sights set on 2 billion in as little as two years, it’s starting to struggle with processing its data. And this might mean it needs to relinquish its place [...]
A little overdramatic, but not bad I guess. If you haven’t yet liked [GAS] on Facebook, do it here and join the fun… along with nearly 400,000 other fans! [digitelvideos]