Memes
The Overly-Attached Girlfriend Explains What It's Like Being A Wildly Popular Internet Meme
You didn't make the Harlem Shake go viral—corporations did
Memes: Has The Time Come To Monetize Them—Here's a snapshot of what's been trending over the past few years.
7 Memes That Went Viral Before The Internet Existed
The man who created internet memes — before the internet
Tech Culture
How the Banner Ad Was Born
The Dangers of Trusting Wikipedia With Your Life
Police Search For Mugger For 3 Weeks, Internet Finds Him In An Hour
You can now tell Google what to do with your account in the afterlife—"Google's Inactive Account Manager lets users set up plans for 'inactivity' periods."
Frequent texters tend to be shallow, research suggests—"Those who text 100+ times a day more interested in wealth and image, psychologists say."
Internet
How the internet is making us poor
Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet—"When people don't see stuff on Google, they think no one can find it. That's not true."
Just Because It's On The Internet Doesn’t Make It True
The Internet map—"is a bi-dimensional presentation of links between websites on the Internet."
Cracked.com: If Famous Websites Were People
CISPA
White House knocks amended CISPA bill for not addressing civil liberties concerns
CISPA's Sponsor Can't Even Keep His Story Straight About NSA Having Access To Your Data
Privacy protections booted from CISPA data-sharing bill—"Committee overwhelmingly votes down privacy amendments that would have curbed National Security Agency's access to private sector data."
CISPA 2013: Google, Apple Top Massive List Of Supporters Favoring The Controversial Cybersecurity Bill
What is CISPA, and what does it mean for you? FAQ
Privacy
IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant—"The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy 'generally no privacy' in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications."
NSA data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and privacy
Delete This When You're Done: Snapchat and the Power of Deletion—"Snapchat highlights the power of deletion in resisting the gentle totalitarianism of endless sharing."
Google chief urges action to regulate mini-drones—"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their backyard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
Facebook and State Attorneys General Team Up to Educate Teens and Parents about Privacy
Open
The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover—"Mendeley, an open collaboration platform for scientiffic research, has promised that it won't become less open after being acquired by journal publisher Elsevier, but some prominent users aren't waiting around."
Opinion: Antitrust complaint against Android is an attack on open source
Napster.fm Is An Open Source Social Music Player That Can Be Hosted By Anyone In Case Of Shutdown
CFAA: Internet Activists Win First-Round Victory In Fight Over Anti-Hacking Law
Open access gains momentum in Washington—"White House takes action to increase access to the results of federally funded scientific research."
Copyfight
Australia To Propose Copyright Reform That Includes Fair Use
The Copyright Monopoly Was Always Intended To Prevent Freedom Of Expression—"When Queen Mary I created the copyright monopoly on May 4, 1557, it was a purebred censorship mechanism: in exchange for a lucrative monopoly on printing, the London Company of Stationers agreed to let anything printed first pass by the royal censors."
Blast from the Past: Stevie Wonder lobbies UN over audiobooks for the visually impaired
Trouble with Telcos
Time Warner Cable: You Don't Really Need Google Fiber
Don't let Verizon, AT&T run roughshod over smaller carriers, DOJ warns—"Spectrum auctions should boost competition, antitrust officials tell FCC."
Cable Companies Can Now Force You to Rent Set-Top Boxes. Here Are Your Alternatives.
Time Warner Cable (TWC) charges customer a wireless services fee for his own home—Customer rep claims that the "wireless signals are sent from the modem to the router, which then sends out WiFi signals at your home."
Wouldn't It Be Smarter For ISPs And Cable Companies To Take Good Care Of Their Customers In The First Place?
Customer Service
Stuffed Giraffe Shows What Customer Service Is All About
Boy Reunited With Long Lost Toy Thanks to eBay
BMW makes 4-year old's dream come true by designing a 19-engined race car
RadioShack's epic PR win
Why Amazon Is One Of The Most Successful Companies In The World
Interfaces
How 'Minority Report' Trapped Us In A World Of Bad Interfaces
We've Reached Peak Infographic, and We're No Smarter for It
Checkboxes that kill your product
Skeu.it
Blast from the Past: An Interface of One's Own