Pinterest advertisements with artistic flair are incoming

After a few years of making it easy to find and share pictures of all sorts, Pinterest, the Internet’s scrapbook, will be adding advertisements to the service in the near … Continue reading

President Obama nabs first verified Quora profile: Q&A is taking place

Today Quora launched verified profiles, allowing well-known individuals to verify that they are the face behind the digital profile. The first person to get a verified profile on the website … Continue reading

Apple seeking streaming TV advantage with Comcast

Amidst growing concern over the Internet’s scalability in the face of rising online media consumption, Apple is rumored to be seeking a partnership with Comcast. If things go according to … Continue reading

How Were You Using the Internet in 1999?

How Were You Using the Internet in 1999?

For whatever reason, one of the Gizmodo writers posted an image of an old AOL free trial disc in our staff-wide chat the other day. One thousand hours free for 45 days! This, of course, started us all down a road of weird nostalgia, recalling how we used (or misused) the World Wide Web back in the twilight of the 90s. What were you doing on The Internet back then?

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Twitter #Music app will be pulled today

This past October, it was revealed Twitter would be nixing its #Music app after a handful of months, word that surfaced by way of sources citing low popularity. Such rumors … Continue reading

AT&T fires back over Netflix’s net neutrality stance

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted a write up on the company’s blog yesterday detailing the recent Comcast peering agreement it entered into, doing so with calls for a stronger form … Continue reading

Twitter’s Turkey users spray paint nation with ban workarounds

Turkey’s Prime Minister recently set his focus on Twitter, which he has had banned in the nation over failure to remove tweets related to a corruption scandal in which he … Continue reading

Netflix CEO: “Stronger net neutrality is required”

Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings has posted a long write up on net neutrality on the company’s blog today, discussing recent peering agreements and saying “a stronger form of net neutrality … Continue reading

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has come out with an open letter extolling the virtues of net neutrality b

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has come out with an open letter extolling the virtues of net neutrality because, well duh. Also mentioned is how much Netflix really didn’t want to sign a deal with the devil Comcast, but if everyone’s favorite merger in process goes through, there might not be much of a choice going forward.

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American Express offers Boingo Wireless access to Platinum members

American Express has announced some new travel-centric benefits for its Platinum card members, providing better convenience and perks for those who are frequently on the go. Among the new benefits … Continue reading