This Is How the Facebook IPO Went Down Today
Mark Zuckerberg Rang the Bell. Facebook’s founder, head honcho, and Grand Poobah Mark Zuckerberg officially opened the day’s trading by ceremoniously ringing the bell to […]
Kids in Jersey Might Not Have to Give Up Their Facebook Passwords
An Assembly committee in Jersey has approved measures that would prohibit schools and businesses from asking for your usernames and passwords to social media sites. […]
Overzealous Child Porn Laws Could Ruin Main Line Teen’s Life
I imagine Neil Geckle fancied himself a connoisseur of sorts. He wasn’t into cars, or cigars or fine food. Instead—like most guys his age—Geckle’s passion […]
Falling Bear Is Suspended in Time (and Air) Forever in Our Hearts
A week or so ago, Andy Duann, a kid at Colorado University-Boulder, snapped a photo of a tranquilized bear tumbling out of a tree. The […]
Facebook Timeline Brings Order to Your Messy Existence
I do not like straight lines. I don’t like standing in them, I don’t like drawing them, and I certainly don’t like cutting in them. […]
Now That We Have Facebook, Let’s Kill the Family Newsletter
I have to admit, at first I thought it was a joke. The email came with the subject line, “The Smith Family Quarterly Report” (well, […]
Radnor Teen Allegedly Made Underage Facebook Porn on Grandma’s Computer
Teen Makes Underage Facebook Porn. A Wayne teenager was arrested for allegedly printing pictures of Radnor High School girls off of Facebook and taking pictures […]
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 Billion
Life just got a lot easier for hipsters who post pictures to Facebook. The Mark Zuckerberg empire grew significantly today as Facebook announced its acquisition […]
Want a Job? Give Me Access to Your Facebook Page
We call her Aunt Dolores but she’s really not our Aunt. She is … now see if you can follow me … the 70-year-old sister […]
Don’t Know What Foursquare Is? You’re Not Alone
The Foursquare-based iPhone app Girls Around Me has been the subject of much media attention and controversy for the last few days, ever since the website […]
Mayor Nutter and Others at City Hall Are Social Media Savvy
So says University of Illinois at Chicago in a new study that ranks the 75 biggest cities in America on how social media savvy its […]
Will Poet CA Conrad Storm the Philly Mag Offices Again?
Plenty of people are upset by the, er, slightly negative “Why I Hate Bruce Springsteen” post that I published yesterday. Among them is, apparently, CA […]
Will CNN Buying Mashable Echo AOL’s TechCrunch Debacle?
Here we go again. By the time you read this, it’s possible that CNN, as per the news out of SXSW, may have purchased the […]
Facebook: The Best Way to Meet Your Dream Guy?
Dear Monica, I am single and trying to find new ways to meet men. What are your thoughts on social media outlets for singles? — […]
Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant Wants to See Your Beer Porn
People love taking pictures of their noms. It’s pretty much what the Internet was created for (ya know, besides videos of funny cats). Now, Philadelphia […]