Tag archive: Rick Astley

U.S. President Barack Obama has always made it clear that he sees the value in social media, but a recent tweet from The White House offers some humorous confirmation of just how in-touch with the Twitter-verse he and his staff really are. Anyone following the official White House Twitter feed knows that the last few days have been filled with messages regarding the ongoing efforts to plan out the nation's fiscal future. The @WhiteHouse… Read More

iPhone fans may remember some of Apple's doom-and-gloom warnings about using jailbroken iPhones in order to install unapproved applications or use the devices on operators who were not Apple-approved iPhone partners. Something about security? Maybe personal details and data being at risk? Well, now it's happened: the first worm for the iPhone has apparently emerged in Australia, and it does something potentially much more damaging… Read More

It’s viral marketing in action. Ironic, joking reviews of a tee shirt on Amazon have boosted its sales by 2,300%, turning it into the sites best-selling piece of clothing, according to the BBC. It all began when someone wrote a review of the very kitsch Three Wolves Moon short, saying it "fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women" but "cannot see wolves with arms crossed." For no obvious reason,… Read More

April Fool’s Day, of course, is a time when practical jokes are sanctioned. That’s just as true online as in the real world, and once again the Net celebrated in high style, with Googlein particular upping the ante.   Anyone logging onto YouTube, for instance, and clicking a front page link, found himself watching a video of Rick Astley’s 1987 pop hit, “Never GonnaGive You Up.” It’s not exactly innovative, but the practice of redirecting this… Read More