The nearly two-year-old web series “The Annoying Orange,” which is YouTube’s eighth most subscribed channel, is making the leap to TV. Tubefilter notes that word the show was about to jump to the small screen has been bandied about for […]
It’s finally happened- the much lamented cult hit Arrested Development is returning to the small (and even smaller) screen, with new episodes streaming via Netflix in 2013. Yes, it’s a whole year and change to wait, but fans of the […]
One of the two major cable providers yet to add HBO Go to their service is nearing a deal with the network to add access to the app for subscribers. Only Time Warner Cable and Cablevision don’t include HBO Go- […]
Online money sending and receiving service PayPal has launched a new Facebook app to harness the additional opportunities provided by social media. In a blog post, PayPal reports that an impressive 80% of PayPal users have a Facebook account, and […]
While New York, Los Angeles and Washington DC are natural choices for city-specific verticals, the Huffington Post has chosen Detroit as their newest locale to be granted a channel. (Albeit, the others are already covered.) Detroit is nearly symbolic of […]
It’s pretty much standard at this point every major retailer’s Black Friday deals will “leak” online in the days and weeks ahead of retail orgy Black Friday, enabling deal hunters to plan their strategy if they plan on leaving the […]
If you’ve noticed a stricter than normal vibe around the Gawker comments section lately, you’re not necessarily imagining it. Nick Denton, Gawker’s mastermind, indicates that the site is focusing on attracting a higher class of commenters on the blog- despite […]
If you’re not aware of Gawker’s porn title Fleshbot, you could easily be forgiven and perhaps be considered a bit of a web celibate- the site is a well-curated, Gawker-style rundown of daily internet porn. Gawker doesn’t trumpet the site […]
As the Kindle Fire makes its way into consumers’ hot little hands all around the US and Barnes & Noble readies to launch the Nook Tablet, it seems magazine publishers are scrambling to get their content onto the devices sooner […]
Do any of your Facebook friends have tongue in cheek or just outright pseudonyms on the social network? We all know the internet is built on a foundation of lies, untruths and Ever conceal an important detail on Match.com, OKCupid […]
Even if you’re a tech-savvy adult, the speed and agility with which children learn and become comfortable with new technology can be a little alarming and somewhat aging. So it’s probably not surprising that a new AVG study reveals that […]
Publisher Condé Nast is bringing all of its titles- with the exception of heavy fashion tome Vogue- to the soon-to-be released Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, the publisher announced today. 17 of the 18 titles, Vogue excepted, will be available by the […]
Earlier this week, the New York Times branched out specialized iPad apps with the launch of new iPad magazine The Collection. Per Women’s Wear Daily, the app- updated daily- will pull content from Times properties such as Styles, On the Runway, […]
Among Reddit’s distinctive features, a measure of hero worship and community outpourings of affection for certain personalities is certainly one. And one of the site’s most major favorite dudes, for good reason, is astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who has even […]