Life could be so much easier for you. Trust us, we’re the experts, especially when it comes to tech stuff. So, check out these four lifehacks that will greatly improve your internet experience. Download Your Favorite Youtube Video Sometimes you find an amazing video on Youtube and you really want to keep it so you…
Ever wonder what more Chrome could be doing for you? Geek Insider has found the best extensions for Chrome to allow you to shop, surf, and browse faster and smarter. Best of all- they’re free! Make Your Browsing More Enjoyable Disconnect Named one of the 100 best innovations of the year by Popular Science and…
Facebook’s new app for celebrities and other public figures has a high profile critic: William Shatner. The former Starfleet captain took to his personal Tumblr yesterday to share his thoughts on the app after downloading it himself; since, after all, it is aimed at people like him. What Shatner came away with was a bad…
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend SGC 2014 (ScrewAttack Gaming Convention) in Dallas, Texas. While I was there, I visited a number of interesting panels. Yet the one I enjoyed the most revolved around James Rolfe and Mike Matei of Cinemassacre as they celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Cinemassacre. Although the event…
Ever since the creation of the Internet, it has been used as a gathering space for geeks around the world. With the creation of YouTube, a whole new world opened up for people who want to share their passions and become part of an online community. Naturally, many geeks were intrigued by this platform. Without…
Oh, Google. You’ve managed to turn your very name into a verb. That’s no small feat. I’ve never heard anyone say they should ‘Bing’ something. Companies like you and Facebook (which turned ‘friend’ into a verb) are literally revolutionizing the English language. And you’re just so much fun to look at! Google Doodles As just…
Back when I was in middle school, back before the days of Facebook, I spent all of my free time playing MMOs and posting to online forums until someone hassled me to get off the computer. With excessive computer use becoming more a norm than an exception as the technology spreads to more people, many…
The connectivity given to us by the internet has become the foundation of modern society. The internet is a powerful tool, one that has shaped our culture. The commerce for which our country is known leans heavily on American internet use. The World Wide Web is how we sell things, how we freely express ourselves,…
Protesting is not enough when it comes to the NSA and government surveillance. At least, this is the opinion of a new movement conglomerated from over twenty technology companies and civil rights organizations. Fight for the Future is an organization clamoring to reinforce internet privacy by calling for an event they call Reset the Net,…
The most practical way to start a zombie apocalypse is to simply take away people’s Internet. As the general population withdraws, they will exhibit symptoms like shuffling along with glazed eyes, wandering aimlessly in circles, and sudden attacks of violent aggression. The inability to function normally without the Internet is a side effect of our…
I knew there was a problem when my computer had been frozen on the startup screen for five minutes. Five hours, a consultation with a friend who does managed IT services in Atlanta, and ten reboots later, I knew it was a life-threatening one. For my computer, sure, but most of all for me. What…
1. Clothing Optional “Frandz coming? MUST FIND PANTS” is something you will never have to say again. Even if you have desensitized your human comrades to the sight of exposed buttcheeks (they need air to feel alive OKAY), there’s something rare and precious about having a blog comments war over who is the most talented…
After the smartphone matured and exploded in popularity, it wasn’t long at all before most teenagers had practically unlimited access to information at any time. Now that it seems like the same can be said of children not even close to their teens—with forgoing that kind of immediate connectivity seen as peculiar—the calls for regulation…
An alien vessel has crashed in Roswell, New Mexico! No, this isn’t 1947 in rural America, it’s a Google Doodle! Who would have thought that 66 years later, the Roswell UFO incident would be famous enough to earn itself one of the best Google Doodles yet? Well, probably everyone. For those who don’t know, a…
As impossible as it may sound, Google+ might just overtake Facebook in terms of number of users by 2016. At least, that’s what Searchmetrics would like us to believe. An analysis of the two social networks forecasts that Google’s social network will have more number of users than Facebook by February 2016. In a blog…