Clik here to view.
Pope Benedict XVI finally uses his official @Pontifex Twitter
With the touch of an iPad, Pope Benedict XVI officially became the first pontiff in history to tweet. Following a weekly address at the Vatican, the Pope, surrounded by cameras, slowly tapped out his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Politics meets high school on Mean Girls of Capitol Hill Tumblr
From tales of a congressman allegedly tickling staffers to late night parties, the life of a politician often resembles that of your everyday high schooler. Specifically high schoolers from the film...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Muslim 4th-grader's letter to Santa goes viral
A letter to Santa Claus is getting tons of attention on Reddit—because it was supposedly written by a Muslim fourth-grader. On Dec. 12, redditor 9999 submitted a post titled “My mom is a 4th grade...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can this girl ride the IKEA Monkey's coattails to online fame?
Have monkeys replaced cats as the key to Internet fame? Bronwyn Page hopes so. Page was one of many shoppers interviewed on Dec. 9 after she spotted the “IKEA monkey,” a monkey that was wearing a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vimeo's One Day on Earth project returns for 12/12/12
If you're just waking up from a 30 year nap, The Daily Dot would like to inform you that today's date is Dec. 12, 2012—12/12/12—and it's a big day for people who like making something out of nothing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Did retweeting private info get @AnonOpsSweden banned from Twitter?
@AnonOpsSweden, one of the fastest-growing Anonymous Twitter accounts and one that almost exclusively linked to news articles, has been permanently banned from Twitter, according to an email from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Gangnam Style" kills first man
A man in England died Saturday after an office party performance of "Gangnam Style" led to chest pains and an eventual failure of the heart. Eamonn Kilbride, 46, had just finished dancing to Korean...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida police nab men who posted homeless beatdown on Facebook
Police arrested two men in Vero Beach, Fla., for posting a video of themselves beating up a disabled homeless man to Facebook. Authorities report that Nicholas Marr, 26, and William Gregory, 30, told...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How an “armed robber” trolled Twitter and got 700 new followers
One man made lemonade from lemons as he turned an accusation of being a bank robber into hundreds of new Twitter followers. After an armed robbery and shooting at a pawnshop in Moreno Valley, Calif.,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bieber may face Philippines ban after mocking Pacquiao
Justin Bieber is in hot water with a Filipino official over an Instagram photo she felt mocked revered boxer Manny Pacquiao. The Pac-man, a hero to millions of Filipinos, was laid out in a loss to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dot Dot Dot: How the Internet changed sex
The Internet has radically changed almost everything, but it has changed nothing more than sex. Consider this: After Kinsey published his landmark sex study in the 1950s, he spent the rest of his life...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 10 most influential people on Reddit in 2012
Reddit owned the Internet this year, for all the right and wrong reasons. There were the memes—Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, Overly Attached Girlfriend, I Should Buy a Boat Cat—and there were the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reddit solves the Great Matthew Perry/"Fallout 3" Mystery
Five dollars can buy a lot of things. Certain Subway foot-long sandwiches. Top-shelf merchandise at the retail chain Five Below. Now you can add a copy of Fallout 3, autographed by Matthew Perry, to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police smash DJ gear with sledgehammers in anti-rave video
Officers at the Norfolk Constabulary in England have resorted to scare tactics in the police force's fight against the city's rave culture, posting a video onto its YouTube page that showed two cops...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Hater: Save your $120,000—here's your social media degree
We love the Internet. Except when we hate it. Every week, Jordan Valinsky bottles the angst of his Millennial generation and finds something to despise about the Web. Poking, liking, and fingertagging...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After 4th suicide, teens call for shutdown of Ask.fm
Following the online-bullying-related suicides of Jessica Laney, Ciara Pugsley, and Erin and Shannon Gallagher, supporters of the girls are calling for the shutdown of Ask.fm. On Sunday, 16-year-old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Facebook page shares "missed connections" from college library
Before there was the Internet, newspaper classifieds, fliers on lamp posts, and messages pinned to bulletin boards were just some of the “old school” ways people tried to connect with that special...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The cutest compilation of babies trying to stay awake
Babies are kind of like the cats of the human race. They're moody, they're cute only sometimes, and they're generally a big hit on the Internet. Take this little clowder of nine people-kittens, for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Professor's Pornhub account pops up on projector in class
The professor-student relationship is all about sharing information. But there is such a thing as oversharing. One professor has learned that lesson the hard way, thanks to a new photo making the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ann Coulter's most outrageous Twitter trolling: A timeline
While the U.S. continues to grapple with the tragedy at a Connecticut elementary school where 27 people , including 20 children, were gunned down Friday, conservative author and pundit Ann Coulter has...
View Article