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Project Blitzkrieg Might Ruin 2013 for You

Those wily Russian hackers are at it again, this time coming after our hard-earned American dollars in the form of a massive scam that could […]

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You Aren’t Watching TV if You’re Watching TV Without Twitter

I probably don’t have to tell you that President Obama’s post-victory tweet was the most retweeted message of 2012, because you may have been one […]

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Don’t Blame Twitter for Bad Reporting About Sandy Hook

Earlier this month, Philadelphia magazine hosted Thinkfest, a cool event where lots of forward-thinking locals got to wax poetic on all the awesome stuff they […]

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7 Predictions About the Twitter vs. Facebook War

Not that we needed more proof of the animosity social media juggernauts Facebook and Twitter harbor for each other, but it’s reaching a boiling point […]

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Millennials: 23 Years Old. Depressed. Hooked on Cat Videos.

It used to be that when people were down and out, they’d hit a smoky bar for a while, and drown their sorrows in a […]

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Google Offers More Evidence That We Can’t Survive Without Google

Google released its most popular searches of 2012 and accompanying film yesterday. The film is celebratory of human achievement—highlighting athletes, entertainers, politicians, amazing feats, survivors, […]

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How We Reacted COMPLETE MELTDOWN FREAKOUT! When Gmail Was Down

Do you remember where you were when it happened? The morning the Gmail servers went down? I do. Like it was yesterday. (Editor’s note: It was.)

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Why Millennial Men Aren’t in the Driver’s Seat

I’ve never really gotten the car-cult thing. So far in my auto-owning life, I’ve had a Nissan, a Jeep, a Subaru, a Mercury, two minivans […]

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Philly.com Sucks Less, Still Needs Improvement

We spend a lot of time in these parts documenting and lamenting the decline of quality Philadelphia journalism, so let’s celebrate and give credit on […]

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Thanks to Internet, We All Live in Glass Houses Now

This headline got me: “Internet Defends Man Accused of Reading Porn in Public. Things Get Ugly.” The story: A Japanese man was reading a gaming […]

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Yes, You’re Spending Way Too Much Time on Facebook

Somebody should warn the Pope that he’s about to be very busy. A new study suggests that in the month of July alone, Americans spent […]

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Petition Asks White House to Build a Death Star

Yes, Obamacare was a pretty big achievement, but if President Obama wants to really be remembered, he can do one thing: Build a Death Star. […]

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Pope Joins Twitter, Already Has More Followers Than You

In the ecclesiastical equivalent of your mom joining Facebook, Pope Benedict XVI has joined Twitter—and, as of this writing, wracked up more than 100,000 followers […]

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John Bolaris: Should Be “Big Warning Attached” to Social Media

In his most recent Philly Metro column, titled “John Bolaris: Media darling, then social media mess,” former Philly weatherman John Bolaris writes about cream puffs, the best […]

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Judge: “No Fundamental Right To Use Facebook”

In a decision that potentially gives users four or five extra hours a day to get stuff done, a federal judge ruled Thursday that nobody […]