How socially engaged is your favorite NFL team?
A marketing firm ranked the NFL teams based on their social media prowess.
The NYPD wants its officers to ‘just say no’ to selfies
Police departments want to keep their officer's self-indulgent mugs off the Internet.
A look inside Betaworks, the behind-the-scenes builder of Internet magic
How a tech company that builds, buys, and invests in companies is racking up one impressive hot streak.
This ice cream shop knows what Facebook tastes like – no, it’s not tears and vodka
An ice cream shop in Croatia is selling Facebook flavored ice cream, which doesn't even make any sense, but whatever.
Turns out your smiley Facebook friends really are happier than you
Researchers at the University of Virginia found that the intensity of your smile in Facebook profile pictures can predict your future happiness.
The inevitable happens as a clothing brand starts sexting people on Snapchat
An online retailer is attracting Snapchat followers by sending racy photos.
Are Facebook hashtags a big fat #failure?
If you're trying to engage more friends and fans on Facebook, using hashtags will harm your efforts.
Ever wonder what a Twitter mood ring would look like? Wonder no more
A team of designers created MIMMI, an art installation that uses tweets to create a mood barometer for the people of Minneapolis.
Facebook wants to add profile pictures to its facial recognition database
Facebook is considering adding profile pictures to a facial recognition database.
A new Facebook virus has already infected 800,000 users – here’s what you need to know
Malware disguised as a video is a major security threat for Facebook users.
This week in dumb Facebook arrests
Sometimes Facebook oversharing annoys your friends. Other times it gets you arrested.
Facebook brings friend-sourcing to photos with new Shared Photo Albums
You can soon make a photo album with your Facebook friends.
Instagram is blocking ‘obscene’ hashtags from search and being a hypocrite about it
Instagram won't let you search for certain hashtags.
Social media has spoken and it’s not happy about Ben Affleck as Batman
The choice to cast Ben Affleck as Batman sparked a lot of outrage on social media.
Facebook brothel busted in Indonesia
In today's Dumb Criminals on Facebook News, an Indonesian man used his profile to pimp out women. Guess who paid him a visit?
The man with a digital tattoo
An artist took his committment to GIFs to the next level by getting a microchip implanted in his hand as a "digital tattoo."
You can now embed Facebook posts – here’s what it looks like
Facebook just finished rolling out its embedded posts feature - here's how to use it.
Tweeting triggers are back! IFTTT and Twitter are playing nice again
If you want to use hashtags to automatically post tweets on Facebook, now's your chance: Twitter is back on IFTTT, an automation service.
The Snapchat identity crisis and why impermanence no longer matters for the app
You can now download an app to save Snapchat picture. But who cares?
Confused about Twitter’s new Related Headlines feature? We break it down for you
Twitter's new "Related Headlines" feature offers users links to relevant stories.
YouTube has an ad malware problem – here’s how to avoid it
Don't let adware peddlers make watching ads on YouTube even more annoying than usual.
Why you may never have to ask ‘what’s that song?’ at a music festival again
If you hate trying to figure out what song you're hearing at a music festival, new technology may make you the happiest concert fiend this side of Bonnaroo.
This week’s top 10 dumbest online drug dealers
Oh, Internet - sometimes you make it hard to respect you. Actually, it's just idiots like this who peddle pills online giving you a bad rep.
The 5 types of messages you find in your hidden Facebook inbox
If you've never checked Facebook's 'Other' message folder, here's what you can expect.
How Twitter can help you avoid getting food poisoning
New research shows that Twitter is a surprisingly accurate indicator of what restaurant will get you sick.
Edward Snowden: social media guru? This weird airport dating site thinks so
Edward Snowden needs a new job. Should he take MeetAtTheAirport's offer and become its Twitter spokesman?
Path just widened its cozy little social network by partnering with your favorite apps
Path is casting a wider net and encouraging developers to create applications for it, using an expanded API.
How two actresses spin the dregs of the Internet into comedy gold
Hamlet. Waiting for Godot. The Glass Menagerie. Texts from Last Night. One of these things is not like the other. Luckily, not everyone thinks the line between live theater and digital low points is all that defined. Allison Goldberg and Jen Jamula are bringing the odds and ends of the Internet onto the stage with their […]
Happy birthday @Horse_ebooks! A quick look at the wisdom of Twitter’s favorite bot
Horse_ebooks is three years old today. We're taking a closer look at some of the Twitter spambot's best tweets.
Here comes the #bride: Is social media the new wedding crasher?
Is Instagram invading the wedding day, or just making it better?
Zynga, Facebook, and the rapidly approaching future of online social gambling
Facebook is launching gambling games in the U.K., which is great news for Zynga but bad news for people who hate getting badgered about Facebook games.
To bot or not to bot? Ethics of the seat-buying arms race
Reservation spambots are the new system plaguing the Internet; but are they actually going to help out the average eater or will it just mean that your smarter reservation-seekers will get first dibs?
Sorry, Facebook is getting video ads (and your rage is unjustified)
Well, get ready for more ads on Facebook. The company may introduce 15-second video ads. It's a good business decision, even if it will piss off users.
Instagram is deleting photos from Windows 8 phones – here’s why and three quick fixes
Instagram updated its API in an effort to fight spam, but third-party photo uploading apps are collateral damage.
Cat daddies: The booming business and emerging ethics of the Internet and animals
Some people have famous pets. And these famous pets bring celebrity-levels of money.