As we have reported over the past few days, an alleged Minnesota burglar was caught allegedly robbing a home by allegedly logging into Facebook and allegedly not logging out before he allegedly left. Can alleged people like this not just… Read More ›
#ItalianParkingTickets
The Local reports that in Rome, Italy, police are using Twitter complaints from the public to give out parking tickets. 3 More Fines We’d Like To See Result From Social Media 1. A fine for following people to get them… Read More ›
All We Know Is Justin Bieber Reportedly Visited A Brazilian Brothel, And Now Katy Perry Is #1 On Twitter
CNN reports that Katy Perry has dethroned Justin Bieber as the most followed person on Twitter. Both celebs have over 46 million followers. And the NY Post reports that Justin Bieber was seen leaving a brothel in Brazil. If true,… Read More ›
Hey Twitter, Before Your IPO, Where’s Our $47.82?
Yahoo Finance reports that when Twitter becomes a public company in the next few weeks, it might be worth $11 billion, based on information from Twitter. The article says that Twitter has 230 million active users. And our math says… Read More ›
Mark Zuckerberg Spends Millions Buying His Neighbors’ Homes, When We Would Have Given Him Baltic Avenue For $60!
Minyanville reports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has bought four houses surrounding his current house, perhaps to increase his privacy. And in interesting contrast, according to the report, Facebook is reducing the privacy of people who don’t want to be… Read More ›
3 Questions That Arise From The Continuing Government Shut Down
1. On CNN’s Erin Burnett Outfront last night, Republican Congressman Mark Sanford stated that if furloughed employees receive back pay, as voted for in a House bill, they will essentially be getting a free vacation while the government is shut… Read More ›
Yeah, If You Invested In Tweeter, You May Want To Reconsider Your Research Techniques
CNBC reports that a company called “Tweeter Home Entertainment Group” saw it’s stock rise 669 percent on Friday, as people bought millions of shares of this thinly traded consumer electronics store that reportedly went bankrupt in 2007, on the apparent… Read More ›
Twitter Is Probably A Bad Place To Buy Drugs; And Other Things Not To Tweet.
Yahoo reports that a Canadian man allegedly tweeted to the Twitterverse that he wanted to score some marijuana, and also tweeted the location to bring it, resulting in an amusing response from local police. Specifically, the police tweeted “Awesome! Can… Read More ›
Time To Rename The “Tony” Awards the “Anthony Weiner” Awards!
The Boston Herald reports that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is considering running for New York City comptroller and former Congressman Anthony Weiner is considering running for NYC mayor. Hey, someone has to keep count of retweets of photos… Read More ›
If You Want To Destroy Your Sweater, Why Didn’t You Just Ask Weezer For Help?
Yesterday, we wrote about how a Tweet by famous-for-being-famous model Kendall Jenner reportedly upset famous-for-being-famous rock offspring Frances Bean Cobain. Cobain was upset that Kendall was Tweeting that life can be hard and Tweeting that was self-absorbed. Around the time… Read More ›