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Study: We’re Not All That Productive Online
Be honest — do you have Facebook open in another window? Chances are, you do.
This is a Story of Indie Movie Meets Rapper
While watching last year’s Joseph Gordon Levitt-Zooey Deschanel vehicle (500) Days of Summer, NewsFeed has to admit our first thought was not, “This movie would be much improved with the addition of Lil Wayne!” However, one of …
Swedish Police Officer Fights Crime with Sweet Dance Moves
As a law enforcement officer in Malmö, Sweden, what’s the best way to control a crowd? Obviously, it’s to draw them around you by dancing up a storm. (See video at TheDailyWh.at, via Reddit)
Goldman Sachs Now Only Selling ‘Crappy’ Deals
Goldman Sachs is going to start using screening tools in order to keep employees from swearing in emails, because apparently, they just can’t stop on their own.
Quotes: Facebook Users’ Data Hacked, Put Online
“People did not understand the privacy settings and this is the result.”
— SIMON DAVIES, of watchdog group Privacy International, on a hacker posting details from 100 million Facebook profiles on file-sharing site the Pirate …
Hey Kanye, Where’s Our “Shout Out”?
Kanye West has joined Twitter. So when can we expect #ego to become a trending topic?
Today in Cute: Mother Photographs Sleeping Daughter in “Daydream” Scenes
Looking to pass the time while on maternity leave, Finnish copywriter Adele Enersen crafts adorable photos of her daughter, Mila, and what she might be dreaming about. Needless to say, it’s adorable.
Dollars and Sense: Survey Says Nobody Would Pay for Twitter
Is the chance to write and share 140 characters at a time worth losing 140 (or more) pennies?
Jailbreaking Your iPhone is Now Totally OK
In a landmark ruling for nerds, the U.S. Copyright Office has ruled that everyone has the legal right to jailbreak their phones. The copyright office also ruled that consumers may rip short excerpts of DVDs for non-commercial …
A Shirley Sherrod Lesson from Seinfeld: Context!
As the Shirley Sherrod incident has made plain, the cautionary tagline of the world of online videos has to be context, context, context!
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Speaks in London
In light of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks publishing more than 90,000 secret military files on the war in Afghanistan, Australian founder Julian Assange decided to give a press conference in London Monday.