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The Experience Project Is the Worst Social Networking Website

The Experience Project launched in 2006, having been inspired by an online MS support group. Rather than focus on a single disease, though, the site […]

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Did H&M Hide Plus-Size Swimsuit Model Jennie?

H&M is a retail giant. No, more like retail Goliath. A Swedish company, it operates more than 2,600 stores in 43 countries, employs more than […]

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Battling the Internet Scourge of Revenge Porn

  Online harassment is as old as the Internet itself, but the present-day scourge of so-called revenge porn—a morally corrupt subculture where online sleaze mongers […]

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Charles Ramsey Is America’s Newest Internet Hero

Even Questlove has love for Charles Ramsey, the man who rescued Amanda Berry, who had been missing for 10 years. Right now? Ramsey is trending […]

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Philly.com’s Racist Commenters Take Aim At Lurie’s New Wife

It’s hard to say when the racism of Philly.com commenters crosses a line into actually being news, but Philly.com’s own blogger, John Featherman—otherwise known as […]

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Facebook Reunites PA Mother and Daughter After 44 Years

This is why the Reddit people thought they could solve the Boston bombings: It took Facebook two days to reunite Cyndi Lane and her mother, […]

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Council Approves Sale of Digital Ads on City Property

Today City Council voted 15-0 on a bill to approve digital ads on city-owned property. Bus shelters, garbage trucks, heck, public schools. You name it, […]

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Penn Wins Two Webby Awards (For Having Cool Websites)

Penn has won the internet. Both Penn Law School’s website and Factcheck.org, run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, have won “People’s Voice” Webby Awards, […]

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Arianna Huffington Wants You to Unplug

A popular feature on the iPhone 5 (also available as an app on older models) is “Do Not Disturb,” a program that blocks texts, emails […]

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Babysitting College Kids Just Got Easier

Ask any Penn student holed away in the bowels of the library this week for finals: There’s nothing quite as anxiety-inducing, in student life, as […]

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Good Circulation News for Philly Papers?

Oh lordy. Look at that. There appears to be some good news—at long last—for Philadelphia’s two major daily newspapers. Granted, that good news wasn’t easy […]

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WATCH: 76ers’ Evan Turner Faces Off Against Mother Goose

Via The 700 Level, Evan Turner’s dramatic postseason showdown: I was being attacked vine.co/v/bxTaMmjnB6p — evan turner (@thekidet) April 29, 2013 The sad thing is, […]

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Brutal Camden Beating Video Goes Viral

The Daily News flags a video of a beating posted on the website WorldStarHipHop.com of one woman brutally beating another. “This went down in Camden,” […]

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WATCH: Chris Christie Gets Colbert Treatment Over “Scoobygate”

This is what happens when you fudge the truth for a 4-year-old: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive

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The “Campaign To Stop Killer Robots” Is Not A Joke

My friends at TechHive have taken note of a new campaign from Human Rights Watch: “On Tuesday, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) launched its official Campaign to […]