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Amazon Makes Sure You Never Forget A Birthday Again

Amazon Makes Sure You Never Forget A Birthday Again

By Zach Walton December 12, 2012

Everybody loves birthday presents, but the best we can ever hope for is a half-sincere “Happy Birthday” post on our Facebook wall. Amazon is going to fix that, and have you buy the gift from them in the process. Amazon …

Google+ Now Displays Birthdays Publicly Google+ Now Displays Birthdays Publicly
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The Facebook birthday is synonymous with lazy friends. They no longer have to remember your birthday as the service will tell them when they have to post a shallow “Happy Birthday!” on your Timeline. Google+ has lacked the ability to …

Angelina Jolie Turns 37: Twitter Reacts Angelina Jolie Turns 37: Twitter Reacts

Angelina Jolie, humanitarian extraordinaire and star of such cinematic delights as “Girl, Interrupted”, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, and “Wanted,” turns 37 today. So if you happen to be in the bakery section of your favorite neighborhood grocer, buy an extra …

YouTube Celebrates Its Seventh Birthday YouTube Celebrates Its Seventh Birthday

YouTube is seven years old. That’s less than a decade. It’s hard to believe something so ubiquitous as YouTube has been around for such a short span of time, and it demonstrates how quickly technology is currently progressing. To celebrate …

Minecraft Turned 3-Years-Old Yesterday Minecraft Turned 3-Years-Old Yesterday
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Who knew Minecraft, first revealed back in May of 2009, would turn into the cultural phenomenon that it is today? I sure didn’t and I’m pretty sure even the game’s creators are still floored to this day that the game …

YouTube Live Celebrates One Year Anniversary YouTube Live Celebrates One Year Anniversary

In celebration of YouTube Live’s one year birthday, they are rolling out new features. Wirecast for YouTube Live A new software that comes free to YouTube Partners. It allows people to produce and stream live events directly on YouTube from …

Nyan Cat Has Actually Been Around For a Year Now Nyan Cat Has Actually Been Around For a Year Now

How does it feel when you watch memes age before your eyes? Does it give you pause, realizing how many trends have become popular, only to be forgotten almost as quickly since Nyan Cat was uploaded? After enough memes start …

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Birthday Fail: Knocked Out Cold [Viral Video] Birthday Fail: Knocked Out Cold [Viral Video]
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Megan’s friends gathered around to wish her a happy birthday. They sang the song. She blew out the candles. Then…

Steve Jobs’ Birthday Today Steve Jobs’ Birthday Today

Today would’ve been the 57th birthday of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who passed away last October after a long battle with cancer. Fan commemoration has been a trending topic, and there had been speculation that Apple was going to release …

François Truffaut Google Doodle Celebrates Film Makers Life François Truffaut Google Doodle Celebrates Film Makers Life

Ireland gets a fancy slide show Google Doodle celebrating famed film maker Francois Truffaut. For those unaware, Francois Truffaut was one of the founders of the French New Wave movement. He made classic films such as Les Quatre Cents Coups …

Funny or Die Celebrates Twitter’s 5th Year Anniversary

It’s hard to imagine we’ve had Twitter for only five years. The social networking platform has certainly changed the way we communicate, specifically the speed of communication. While it has advanced so much, it also has been chided as being …

“Weblog” Term Celebrates Tenth Birthday

It’s sometimes hard to believe how quickly things move; it was only ten years ago that a certain word was coined, and yet some people now use an abbreviated form of it a dozen (or more) times a day.  The word, of course, is "weblog."

FCC Gets Monkey’s Paw From Telco Front Group

You might say it’s a sort of monkey’s paw that Hands Off the Internet, an AT&T-backed "grass roots" organization has called on the FCC to investigate Comcast for violating the four principles of Network Neutrality. On the surface, it looks like progress. But can it be trusted?

Google Turns Nine(-ish)

Some people refuse to accept that they’re aging.  Google’s okay with the idea; it just refuses to age at a reliable rate.  But the search giant has decided that today, September 27th, is its ninth birthday.

Fred Thompson’s Webmaster Doesn’t Know Dmoz
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The potential Presidential candidate’s campaign doesn’t know why a Google listing for his official website has a description they didn’t write. We know what happened.

Sponsorships Work Better Than AdSense
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One blogger found that a trio of potential revenue streams simply did not work for him; he did credit paid sponsor ads for their help.

Flickr Readies 333 Birthday Party

The photo community site has a party planned for Saturday, March 3rd, in San Francisco to celebrate Flickr’s third birthday.