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 than stealing banking information, nabbing your passwords, sniffing your email, or sending annying messages to your friends a hundred times a second. It sets your wallpaper to an image of 80s pop music star turned Internet meme Rick Astley.
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Viral Good: Ironic Reviews Boost Tee Shirt Sales
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, that prompted plenty of others, numbering in the hundreds, to post their own humorous reviews, turning the shirt’s page into an Internet phenomenon reminiscent of Rickrolling (when everything turned to ‘80s pop singer Rick Astley).
How Did The Net Celebrate April Fool’s Day?
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 way has become quite common as a joke. And it surprised Astley, according to reports.
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