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Switched Asks, 'What is an SMS?' Save My Soul? Send Me Something!
In our quest to discover just how nerdy we are, we continue to head to New York's Times Square to ask the crowd to define the terms we use at Switched every day. Most flunked on Flickr but many could talk about Twitter, so we kept the faith that, ... Read more →
Your Friends' Tweets Could Actually Be Ads
2 days ago on SwitchedAs part of the latest trend in online advertising, ad companies are paying normal people to pimp companies or products to their online friends or followers. According to the New York Times, companies think that consumers will be more likely to trust ...
How Do You Say 'Twitter' in French?
2 days ago on SwitchedThe mellifluous, oh-so-romantic French language may be dying a slow death throughout much of the world, but on Twitter, at least, it's as vivant as ever. Just a few weeks after the site unveiled its new Spanish version, Twitter has now made ...
Woman Uses Facebook to Track Down Attacker
2 days ago on SwitchedWhen regular old police forces can't hunt down an evildoer, Facebook, like Batman, is there. The social networking site swept into crime-fighting action recently when the victim of a brutal attack used it to track down her assailant. The Telegraph ...
Mussolini's Brain for Sale on eBay?
2 days ago on SwitchedBecause the world will never be able to get enough of Benito Mussolini, some compassionate individual has done all of humanity a favor and put the Italian dictator's brain for auction on eBay. The Telegraph reports that Alessandra Mussolini, the ...
Net Vices: The Dark Truths Behind Twitter and Facebook
3 days ago on SwitchedThe Web may be a wonderful, always expanding source of fun and inspiration, but we probably spend more time connected than we prefer. We've probably spent entire days by now diving deep into the depths of YouTube in search of nothing in particular. ...
PETA Feasts on Brutalized Flesh When Lobster-Stunners Get Lost in Transit
3 days ago on SwitchedIf Terrence O'Brien hadn't tipped us to this disturbing little number a few days ago (not for those with weak stomachs), we wouldn't hesitate to lambaste Simon Buckhaven and his "humane," lobster-stunning device. Well, we've hesitated. Let the ...
Facebook Photos Lead to Underage Drinking Fines
3 days ago on SwitchedWe've seen wives pose as teens to bust cheating husbands and collections agencies impersonate cute girls to catch debt dodgers, but this is the first time we've ever heard of police using their precious time to send teens friend requests on Facebook ...
Google's New Permanent Search Sidebar Could Streamline Searches
4 days ago on SwitchedDespite Google's clean and simple design, users can still feel overwhelmed and frustrated by the freewheeling way in which search results appear on the site. To combat this problem, Marissa Meyer, Google's vice president of search product and user ...
N.Y. State Government to Interrupt Gaming With Emergency Bulletins
4 days ago on SwitchedThe Internet turned the big 4-0 this year, and the commercially available wireless phone celebrated its own quarter-century milestone. After all of that time, it seems that state and national governments are finally ready to accept the crazy ...
Webby Awards Lists the Millennium's Top 10 Web Moments
4 days ago on SwitchedWith the decade coming to a close in less than two months, expect to see plenty of "Best of" lists. It's awful fun to think back on marquee moments from years past, especially when those moments occurred on our beloved Internet. Plus, it's shocking ...
Depressed Woman's Facebook Pics Ruin Her Insurance Benefits
5 days ago on SwitchedIt seems that placing privacy settings on your social networking profile isn't enough to keep snoops away. Nathalie Blanchard, of Quebec, Canada, learned that lesson when her long-term, sick-leave benefits were stripped from her because of photos on ...
Chrome OS, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud
5 days ago on SwitchedYesterday, Google finally took the cover off Chrome OS and, in so doing, gave a bunch of foamy-mouthed tech journalists an idea of what to expect once consumers are able to get their hands on it late next year. There weren't many surprises in the ...
'Twilight' Content Leaves Scammers Thirsting for Your (Digital) Blood
5 days ago on SwitchedAs per usual, malware purveyors are hopping on the latest fad in order to lure unsuspecting Web surfers into their dens of digital evil. And what are the kids talking about right now? Well, 'Twilight,' of course. With the new installment of the ...
Twitter Now Asks, "What's Happening?"
5 days ago on SwitchedWhat's in a question? Twitter has long asked its users, "What are you doing?" This, of course, gave rise to the ubiquity of the status update, as people took Twitter's inquiry so literally that they would write about the most banal goings on -- ...
Microsoft Previews Internet Explorer 9, Looks Like a Contender
5 days ago on SwitchedWith Chrome chugging along toward version 4.0 and Firefox 3.6 just around the corner, Microsoft is in danger of falling even further behind in the browser wars. The boys in Redmond released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) earlier this year, and while it ...


