The winner received Twitter’s first-ever Golden Tweet award. But who won and for what message of no more than 140 characters?
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OK Go’s New Music Video Hits the Road
OK Go must get a lot of pressure to out-viral themselves with every music video. Their latest is no exception.
Tracking Facebook Friendships Creates a Stunning Global Map
Paul Butler, a Facebook engineering intern, transformed social data into a stunningly beautiful visual that outlines the geographical borders of Facebook friendships.
Why Are YouTube’s Top Videos of 2010 So Popular?
Just because a video goes viral doesn’t mean it’s actually good.
The Top 100 Videos of the Year — in Under Three Minutes
When a typical video goes viral, it does so for about a day. So the best videos of the year seem ancient in this roundup.
Zooey Deschanel’s Parody Show: Is the Ribbing Deserved?
Where do you stand when it comes to actress/singer Zooey Deschanel? For many of us, it’s either “really twee” or “the most twee person ever.” In which case, news of a parody program is sure to bring a smile to our jaded lips.
Pat Sajak: Twitter’s Most Unlikely (And Most Bizarre) Comedian
By day, he’s handing out cash and prizes on Wheel of Fortune. By night — or perhaps while bored — Pat Sajak is firing off wisecracks on Twitter.
Basil Marceaux.com Cuts a Christmas Track
The man formerly known as Basil Marceaux.com is back, with a very important addition to his Internet-friendly name. He’s now Basil Marceaux Music.com. This can’t end well, can it?
The United States of Autocomplete: How Google Sees America
If you were to type into Google the names of the 50U.S. states and allow the autocomplete search algorithm to generate your answers how would the map of America look?
Top Yahoo Searches of 2010: Bieber Has Nothing on Miley, but the Oil Spill Trumped Them All
It’s been a big year news-wise–think Wikileaks, the rally to restore sanity, the Chilean miners— but according to Yahoo! we’re still just obsessed with celebrities, sports and reality television.
Live From Sesame Street: It’s Saturday Night…With The Cookie Monster?
Munching on an endless supply of cookies all day just isn’t cutting it for the Cookie Monster anymore, so he decided to do what most unfulfilled monsters do – audition for Saturday Night Live.
Quote: WordPress Founder Witnesses AirBorne Gay Marriage
“There was a wedding on my @VirginAmerica flight to New York! The captain flew briefly over Canadian airspace so two gentleman could marry.”
–MATT MULLENWEG, WordPress’s founder, broke the story on Twitter of an airborne gay …