Top secret PRISM program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple. Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007
Read more on the Guardian exclusive: http://gu.com/p/3gd58/tw
DRUMROLL PLEASE…
This year’s Webby Nominees have been announced!
We received over 11,000 entries from 60 countries, the most ever in our history of honoring the very best of the Web.
The Internet is huge.
Winning is huge.
And this year, it’s huger than ever.
NOW, it’s up to you to decide who wins the Internet this year. VOTE now in The Webby People’s Voice.
2012 was Pinterest and Instagram’s year to shine. So it’s no wonder that their founders, Pinterest’s Ben Silbermann & Paul Sciarra, and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom, are among the 5 biggest internet entrepreneurs of 2012. Click here to see which other pioneers made the list, over at Visual.ly!
Stressed over Europe’s debt crisis? Wondering about recent events in North Korea or Egypt? Allow the cats from the International Relations as Depicted by Cats blog to illustrate your feelings.
(via Mashable)
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Today, the Emoticon Turns 30 :-)
Happy birthday, emoticon! Here’s to you!!!
[Image: Shutterstock, Scott Fahlman, the Internet]
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Today, the Emoticon Turns 30 :-)
Happy birthday, emoticon! Here’s to you!!!
[Image: Shutterstock, Scott Fahlman, the Internet]
:-) :-P *<|:-) <(^.^)> <3
Lolcats have firmly cemented their place on the Internet, thanks to the humans behind the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, which held an Internet Cat Film Festival. The museum received more than 10,000 entries from across the globe for categories such as Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Animated, Musical, Documentary, and Lifetime Achievement. But the People’s Choice award went to black-and-white art piece Henri 2, Paw de Deux.
(via The Atlantic)
Much like the Internet pranksters that sent Pitbull to Alaska, Mountain Dew is the latest victim of a crowdsourcing campaign gone wrong. For its new green apple-flavored soda, the soft drink company launched an online campaign asking fans to name the drink at DubtheDew.com. Internet trolls soon took over submitting names like “Diabeetus,” “Gushing Granny,” and other more questionable ones we won’t name here - causing Mountain Dew to pull the plug.
