Facebook strikes again! From Canoe.ca LONDON – A grass-roots Facebook campaign has spoiled American Idol mogul Simon Cowell’s Christmas by denying one of his new acts the prestigious Christmas No. 1 spot in Britain. Thanks to a Facebook campaign that capitalized on growing unhappiness with Cowell’s cookie-cutter approach to pop stardom, the antiestablishment Rage Against […]
From CBC News: A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer’s insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook… …She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on the popular social networking site, including ones showing her having a good […]
From Wired.com In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using ”open source intelligence” — information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in […]
Check out this great new way to get free Whoppers (the best of the mega chain burgers, Fast Eddies “Bacon Double Cheese Slider” is the best burger available). It’s called “Whopper Sacrifice“, you get rid of 10 friends on Facebook and get a free Whopper!!! Who needs friends when you can have a yummy burger […]
Virgil Griffith has put together an interesting data correlation: books and SAT scores. His goal: find out which books make you dumber. Check out his website to see the results: Booksthatmakeyoudumb Ever read a book (required or otherwise) and upon finishing it thought to yourself, “Wow. That was terrible. I totally feel dumber after reading […]
But seriously, I’m at work so I don’t want any wang in my cache so I’ll have to check out his package at a later date. Talk about free publicity though, everyone knows that Americans don’t give a rats ass about hockey, but they sure love people who may be gay, porn, and scandals. All […]
