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THE UNIVERSE: How would reporters cover the end of the world?

Earlier this month at News Foo, a get-together on the future of news in Phoenix hosted by O’Reilly Media, Google and the Knight Foundation at Arizona State University, Andrew Fitzgerald posed a question to the gathered media: HOW WOULD REPORTERS AND THE MEDIA COVER THE END OF THE WORLD? Just grabs your attention, doesn’t it? […]

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What have you done!! 50 things killed by Technology…

A recent poll conducted in England (get ready for silly Brit phrasings) listed activities, actions or behaviours that people no longer or rarely do because of technological advances. Some of these activities get repetitive and some we have no idea what they mean — again, silly Brits. Still, most of these behavioural changes have occurred […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Get to know China’s social media equivalents

Let’s face it. China owns us and we’ll be soon calling them Gentle Overlords much sooner than you think. And, as you may or may not know, they tend to look down our “basic rights” and “freedom” of stuff. Our traditional ways of thinking, feeling, eating, sleeping, tying our shoes, omelets, vertical blinds, etc. will […]

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VIDEO: A frustrated bro tackles Japanese’d Mario Brothers game

Just canNOT stop watching these videos over and over again. Some sadistic Japanese programmer created a Flash version of the original Mario Brothers and added some insane and maddening traps along the way. And when we mean random, we mean Dr. Ian Malcolm fractal random. Enter Chonny, a video game enthusiast (we think), who at […]

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MISC: Congress nearing to pass SOPA, Internet censorship

Just when we are joining the Internet party, some stubborn neighbor called the cops to break up the fun. But this is more serious than some two-bit beat cop coming to ask to turn down the Turntable.fm. The U.S. Congress is fast-tracking two bills that will help the entertainment industry police the Internet of its […]

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VIDEO: Lee Corso curses on live TV, football fans love him more

. Lee Corso, ESPN College GameDay’s loveable analyst and head gear picker, got a little too excited about his pick for today’s SMU/ Houston game. Supposedly, the FCC has no juris-my-dick-tion over this incident, but if it did and would fine Corso, an Internet drive would pop one second after the announcement to raise funds […]

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