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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 [...]

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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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VIDEO: Arrested Development trailer is live and, oh good, it still looks funny

Oh man, you guys, it’s really happening. Rumors of a new season of Arrested Development — plus rumors of a still-unconfirmed Arrested movie — have been bandied about the Internet for, what, years now? And it’s finally happening.

Posted in Arts, Entertainment, Gossip, Television
Tagged Arrested Development, internet, Netflix, season four, Television, trailer, youtube | Reply
Samsung says it has broken through the 5G barrier

5G breakthrough means movie downloads ‘to take just one second’

Korean electronics giant Samsung said this morning that it had successfully tested so-called 5G that would allow an entire movie [...]

Posted in International, Lifestyle, News, Tech
Tagged 5G, breakthrough, download, internet, Korea, one second, Samsung, speed, technology | Reply
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The Charles Ramsey auto-tunes have begun!

Frankly, Internet, we’re surprised it took you this long. The minute we saw this amazing interview between Charles Ramsey and a super uncomfortable reporter (LOLS at how fast he GTFO there after Ramsey drops the black man card — after awkwardly patting Ramsey’s chest in farewell) we thought, well there’s the next ‘Bed Intruder’ just waiting to happen.

Posted in Entertainment, Gossip, Television
Tagged auto tune, autotune, Bed Intruder, Charles Ramsey, Double Rainbow, internet, interview | Reply
A screen shot of the world's first web page

World’s first-ever web page to be recreated by CERN

Researchers at the CERN research institute in Europe have launched a project to reproduce the world’s first web page, just [...]

Posted in International, Lifestyle, News, Tech
Tagged CERN, first web page, internet, Tim Berners-Lee, W3, world wide web | Reply
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