When yesterday's earthquake hit the eastern US, the first instinct for many people wasn't to find shelter -- it was to tweet about it. 'Earthquakepocalypse', indeed.
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Gamestop Opening Deus Ex Games, Taking Out Free Game Code
A leaked memo from a Gamestop Field Manager instructs employees to open new copies of Deus Ex, and throw away a code for a free game that's packaged inside.
Read More »HP Slashes Touchpad Tablet Prices to $99, Internet Goes Ballistic
After announcing that they were pulling out of the Tablet market, HP has slashed the prices of their HP Touchpad to $99 (16GB) and $149 (32GB). Of course, this caused a buying frenzy among consumers.
Read More »Virgin Galactic Allows Passengers Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in Space
If you can afford the $200,000 price tag, you can reserve one of the coveted seats on Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceship. Oh, and you'll be able to tweet about it.
Read More »Paris Airport Introduces “Holographic” Virtual Boarding Agents
Flying out of the Orly Paris airport? If you pass by Hall 40, you'll catch a glimpse of one of their virtual agents, which appears as a "holographic" image.
Read More »Playstation Vita Will Support Foursquare and Skype
At Gamescom, Sony announced that the Playstation Vita will have support for social networking services such as Foursquare and Skype.
Read More »Man Uses Facebook to Steal $57,000 from his Neighbors
This man needed money to fuel his gambling habit, so he figured out how to steal it from his neighbors. No, he wasn't a master thief, or a computer hacker. He just knew how to use Facebook.
Read More »Sony Cuts PS3 Prices in an Attempt to Boost Sales
If you've been waiting to purchase a PS3, now might be a good time. The price for the 160GB PS3 is now just under $250.
Read More »Obama’s Foursquare Account is Probably Bad for National Security
Forget his Facebook and Twitter accounts -- now, you can start stalking our President's check-ins via Foursquare. A presidential Google+ account probably isn't far off.
Read More »Amazon Finally Taking Action Against ‘Spam’ Books
Amazon is finally making a visible effort to cut down on the fake, illegally re-published and spam books that are flooding their digital marketplace.
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