Today, a tweet from the CBS News account "What's Trending" set off an internet panic -- they tweeted that Steve Jobs had passed away. Though the tweet was deleted from the account moments later, the internet is still in a panic. CBS has apologized, calling the news "completely unconfirmed".
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Twitter Now Has 100 Million Active Users
Remember when Twitter was launched in 2006, many analysts predicted that it would be "a passing fad"? Well, looks like they were very, very wrong. Twitter has just passed 100 million active users.
Read More »Cleverbot Tricks Test Subjects Into Thinking It’s Human
At a tech festival in India, almost 60% of people believed that they were speaking to a human, when in fact they were speaking to Cleverbot.
Read More »Facebook May Launch Music Service Next Month
There's a rumor that Facebook will be launching its own online music service on September 22nd, which may be announced at the f8 conference.
Read More »Victims of Hurricane Irene Reflect on Life Without Internet
You really haven't experienced boredom until you're suddenly cut off from the internet. At least, that's the main consensus among people who have had their internet service interrupted due to the outages caused by hurricane Irene.
Read More »Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) Launched Today
Today, Sony has just launched its latest innovative service -- Sony Entertainment Network. This network brings all of Sony's online services under a single platform.
Read More »Tetris is Now Free on Android Market (For Now)
Tetris was recently released into the Android store, which made a lot of nostalgic gamers very happy. The good news? It's completely free.
Read More »US Attempting to Block AT&T and T-Mobile Deal, Citing Antitrust Issues
The proposed buyout of T-Mobile by AT&T has hit a roadblock, since the Department of Justice has filed a formal complaint in an attempt to block the deal.
Read More »‘Catherine’ Forces Society to Deal With Mature Game Content
If you've been on the internet in the past few months, you've no doubt heard about the latest controversial game by Atlus, called 'Catherine'. What does "mature content" really mean in a game?
Read More »Death of the Printed Comic — DC Going Digital This Wednesday
Starting Wednesday, DC will be releasing digital versions of their comics on the same day as their printed releases.
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