Are you more honest than a banker? Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception have on society at large? Dan Ariely, one of the world’s leading voices on human motivation and behaviour is the latest big thinker to get the RSA Animate treatment. [Via IHC]
In my opinion, Facebook is focusing on the wrong problem here – they’ve got plenty of other things they need to research and fix! With roughly 955 million users, Facebook is concerned that not all their users are real people. And now they’re asking you to nark on your friends who aren’t using their real […]
An 11 year old has won $20,000 from AT&T in an app competition to try and discourage texting while driving. In collaboration with the designer David Grau, Victoria Walker created an app called Rode Dog for the “It Can Wait” campaign. How the app works is that you join a “pack” with your friends (you all have […]
My friends and I have been laughing at this for weeks. If this were an actual children’s game, I’d fear for the world and restaurant owners across the country.
One of our favorite Food-nerds in the country, Josh Ozersky, eats his way through what he calls ‘Hamburger Alley’ in NYC – consuming five different delicious looking burgers in probably about one hour. You can practically smell the heart-attack wafting through this video player! [The Hungry Channel]
Yes, I swear, this is the last cat post for today, but this one got me laughing so hard that I just had to post it. I’m sorry. :) [Buzzfeed]
Another great video from the folks @ ASAP Science. Time for some interesting facts to make your head explode! Now you can sound even smarter around your friends with these simple but super fun facts about life! [ASAPSCIENCE]
Slither director James Gunn announced on his Faceok page that he has taken up the helm of leading Marvel’s first foray into animated feature films. Gunn promises the film will be “majestic, beautiful, and unique.” With flying space racoons, of course. Guardians is one of the most cosmic, far-reaching stories to be told in the […]
It’s official – insurance companies are setting their sights on the social media realm. After a landmark case won by Nicola Brooks, who managed to get Facebook trolls identities legally revealed, it’s become clear that social media isn’t all just posting instagramed photos of your delicious brunch and playing Draw Something with your friends. There […]
Every year, September 19th is set aside as Talk Like A Pirate Day. Don’t be shy about it! As you can see, plenty of people who can’t talk like a pirate any better than you do are trying it.