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The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California, April 19,2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Netflix boosts original programming with DreamWorks deal

The agreement is Netflix’s largest for original programming, the companies said in a statement.

Posted in Movies, News
Tagged Amazon, dreamworks, film, internet, Netflix, online, original, programming, streaming, Television, TV, Viacom
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Obama pushes for high-speed internet for students

The president wants to connect more students.

Posted in Education, Lifestyle
Tagged barack obama, college, education, internet, university | Reply
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Rare book prices skyrocket thanks to the Internet

The rare book market is thriving, as book fly out of dusty warehouses and into the hands of consumers thanks to Internet shopping.

Posted in Books, News
Tagged aggregator, Books, bookshops, catalog, collectors, computer, internet, online, rare, second-hand
grumpy cat

The Word: Grumpy Cat gets a movie deal

Move over, Garfield: Grumpy Cat is coming to the big screen.

Posted in The Word
Tagged deal, garfield, Grumpy Cat, internet, mashable house, meme, Movie, SXSW, the word | Reply
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Snoop Dogg search Gizoogle back and better than ever (NSFW)!

Gizoogle, the online search engine that turns anything you want into Snoop Dogg-inspired lingo, is back and better than ever [...]

Posted in News
Tagged gangsta slang, Gizoogle, internet, search engine, slang, Snoop Dogg | Reply
A Boston student demonstrates planking in Fort Point. PHOTO: PHOTO BY NICOLAUS CZARNECKI/METRO

International Planking Day: Boston’s top spots for a faded fad

Saturday is the two-year anniversary of the first International Planking Day, a makeshift holiday honoring the internet meme that had its heyday in 2011.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, fad, Global Planking Day, International Planking Day, internet, meme, planking, social media | Reply
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Snoop Dogg search engine Gizoogle is back, dawgs (NSFW)

Gizoogle, the Snoop Dogg speak-inspired search engine that left the Internet much to the dismay of… everyone who’s ever searched [...]

Posted in News
Tagged gangsta slang, Gizoogle, internet, search engine, slang, Snoop Dogg | Reply
Liu Tienan, then head of the National Energy Administration and deputy chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attends a news conference about Spring Festival transport

China trying to manage exposure of corruption online

China’s Internet is brimming with corruption officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories online as casually as they do mistresses.

Posted in International, News
Tagged censorship, Claremont McKenna College, Communist Party, Communist Party Politburo's Standing Committee, corruption, exposure, internet, Liu Tienan, mistresses, online, Xi Jinping
The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash

Yahoo Inc said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, a bold bet by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling Internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue.

Posted in National
Tagged advertising, blogging, cash, internet, microblogging, purchase, sale, tech, Tumblr, user-generated content, Yahoo
David Burstein says that the Millennial generation gets a bad rap, and that their desire to change their world is what will make them successful.

Are Millennials the worst? Maybe not.

David Burstein’s new book “Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World” says Millennials are not, in fact, the worst.

Posted in Career, Lifestyle
Tagged book, careers, david burstein, internet, jobs, millennials | Reply
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