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]
That video of a Lamp Raiden playing the guitar (one of the many clips featured in the video above) is one of my favorite Youtube music clips ever. Be sure to watch it after if you’ve never seen that guy play. [Buzzfeed]
Google has finally settled its legal dispute with publisher groups over its plans to digitize books and make them searchable. But the company is still engaged in legal dispute with authors. The settlement should end a lawsuit filed by five publishing houses in 2005. Previous courtroom deals between the two sides have fallen to legal […]
The man who runs Facebook met the man who (on paper at least) runs Russia this week. The 20 minute conversation appears to have explored ways the company can expand its reach into the country without falling foul of government restrictions on free speech. Mark Zuckerberg met with Dmitri Medvedev who is officially known as […]
This 12-minute short film (which includes the credits) is quite a creative masterpiece. Created using Blender, an open source 3D content creation suite and crowdfunded from the Blender Institute in Amsterdam, it’s quite a feast for the eyes. Without giving too much away, the story is centred on a man who is trying to make […]