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Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco [Journalismism]

In this manner, the listicle is not a depressing instance of pandering but a nourishing expression of a natural and elemental part of human culture. Or at least that's what you can put on your Maggies entry. Here's how Eco (pictured) put it in Der ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Umberto Eco

Microsoft Let NSA Spooks 'Enhance' Windows 7 [Conspiracies]

Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please enter a valid email address. Copy this whole post to another site A National Security Agency director just bragged to a Senate subcommittee about ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Security Agency,  Microsoft Corporation,  U.S. Senate,  Intel,  US Department of Defense

Why Google's New OS is For Losers [Twitterati]

San Francisco, 10:17 PM Thu Nov 19 54 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 4260 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  The Onion

Yahoo's Lesbian 'Don Juan' Backhands Lindsay Lohan

San Francisco, 9:06 PM Thu Nov 19 54 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 4260 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please ...

From RYAN TATE, Defamer,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lindsay Lohan,  Yahoo!,  Tila Tequila,  Google Inc.

Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In [Valleyspeak]

Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please enter a valid email address. Copy this whole post to another site Twitter today announced it will prompt users to post by asking "What's happening? ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Facebook Named In Federal Class-Action Suit Over Scammy Zynga Ads

Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. Neither company's top-drawer investors can be happy. Zynga reportedly takes in ...

From RYAN TATE, The Business Insider,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Google Inc.

Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads [Lawsuits]

San Francisco, 12:59 PM Thu Nov 19 53 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 4260 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Initial Complaint in Swift vs. Zynga

Enter your username and password. Please enter your email address to have your password reset. Please enter a valid email address. Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, ...

From RYAN TATE, Valleywag,  19 Nov 2009

The Incredible Shrinking AOL [Holidaze]

Just in time for Christmas, AOL is asking 2,500 of its workers to volunteer for buyouts starting Dec. 4 (layoffs come after) as the company separates from Time Warner and a shadow of its former online conglomerate self. As it prepares to offer shares ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: America Online,  Time Warner Inc.

Condé Nast Is the Latest to Convert in Apple's Secret Tablet Faith [Print Is Dead]

San Francisco, 7:53 PM Wed Nov 18 55 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 4260 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please ...

From RYAN TATE, Gawker,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  New York Times Company,  Bill Keller,  News Corporation Limited,  Rupert Murdoch

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