Everybody knows that Chuck Norris, at least the Internet’s idealized version of him, is invincible, right? His strength makes Superman look like a wimp, and makes Zeus appear to be a mere mortal. Everything he does strikes fear and awe in the hearts of everyone. He can accomplish tasks no oth... Read more...
A new study from researchers at Georgia Tech (PDF) that we found via Poynter shows what really matters in getting your Twitter followers to grow. The No. 1 factor is network overlap—when you see that your friends follow an account, you're far more likely to follow it, too. Other measures of p... Read more...
Tyron "Alimoe" Evans was a unique talent. Hailing from Harlem, the guy referred to as "The Black Widow" possessed one of the craziest handles you'll ever see on a baller, let alone someone who stood at a striking 6'7''. Sadly, news has surfaced that Evans suffered a seizure, according to his fri... Read more...
The Defense Department wants new computer tools to analyze mounds of unstructured text, blogs and tweets as part of a coordinated push to help military analysts predict the future and make decisions faster. The search is part of the Office of Naval Research's "Data to Decisions" program, a se... Read more...
Chicago police are looking at up-and-coming rapper Chief Keef’s tweets after a rival rapper was gunned down in the city’s Englewood neighborhood. After an aspiring teenage rapper was fatally shot in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood Tuesday, police are investigating whether the boy’s r... Read more...
On July 4, 2012, comedic actor Donald Glover a.k.a. rapper Childish Gambino released a mixtape called ROYALTY. The tape opens with a drop from the L.A. Clippers’ Blake Griffin and closes with hilarious hip-hop style sh*t-talking from 30 Rock’s Tina Fey. In between there are unexpected guest ve... Read more...
The folks behind the Smart Car Argentina Twitter account have Tweeted 456 times. 455 of those Tweets are dedicated to creating the coolest thing we've ever seen on Twitter. Go to the Smart Car Argentina Twitter feed, and then hold "J" on your keyboard. Whoa! Pressing the "J" key scrolls down Smart... Read more...
A Philadelphia city councilman is spending $28,000 in taxpayer money 140 characters at a time. The Philadelphia Daily News (http://bit.ly/HTOwa4) reports Councilman Jim Kenney is paying an outside contractor $28,800 to send Twitter and Facebook updates on his behalf. The 53-year-old Kenney says... Read more...
A few weeks ago, the non-profit Invisible Children posted “012” on youtube and vimeo. Slickly produced and superficially moving, the video purports to raise awareness about the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, and kicks off a campaign to #stopkony. Asking people to donate a... Read more...