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Did this millionaire mom and her daughter scam Kickstarter?
All 9-year-old Mackenzie Wilson needed was $829 so she could learn how to build her own role-playing game. But thanks to a Kickstarter campaign filled with cute kid talk, a tweet from a well-known...
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Brother of Trayvon Martin shooter tweets racist photo
George Zimmerman is currently awaiting trial for the second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager he shot and killed in what he claims was self-defense. His brother, Robert Zimmerman,...
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Shirtless Man is all the insanity of Florida Man, minus a shirt
If you thought Florida Man was responsible for the world’s most insane news headlines, wait until you meet Shirtless Man.Shirtless Man pounces on the trend of half-nude people doing ridiculous things...
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Yes, Phil Jackson's first tweet was intentionally that bad
Rejoice not with schadenfreude: Phil Jackson's first tweet, mangled so badly that it appeared to be the keyboard-mashing of a stroke victim, was not some embarrassing accident. The legendary NBA...
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Saudi Arabia to track Twitter, ban Skype
Saudi Arabia, one of Reporters Without Borders’ “Enemies of the Internet,” has plans to track and monitor Twitter users and block Skype, according to a report from Reuters. The microblogging service...
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How to spot a white supremacist on Twitter
For as long as the Internet has been commonplace, law enforcement agents have found it helpful in catching criminals (and not just the stupid ones who post video evidence of their crimes on YouTube,...
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Michigan representative distances himself from the pack online
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash was called “the new Ron Paul” this week by Politico, and on social media the similarities between the two are striking. Amash, 32, was elected in 2010 and has a clear...
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If these countries don't own their Twitter handles, who does?
The Twitter gold rush is long over. The short, snappy, memorable handles were snapped up eons ago, and you'll be lucky to find a good name that doesn't require adding a number to it. But just like I...
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10 things Brits do instead of Facebook and Twitter
The British may not have conquered the world lately, but they have conquered the Internet—or at least Internet addiction, according to a new survey suggesting that most Brits only spend an hour a day...
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No one at Nintendo can explain this sexist tweet
What does it take for Nintendo to call in cybercrime investigators? A rep from the video game company's South Korea branch claimed that a sexist tweet appeared on its Twitter account, and it possibly...
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Is Facebook turning into Twitter—or is it the other way around?
Let's try something. Close your eyes and imagine what Facebook looked like when you first joined. Now try to go back and imagine what Twitter used to look like. Assuming both these memories are pulled...
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The Tweekender: Emmy Rossum takes over the Knicks' Twitter
With hundreds of millions of tweets per day, it’s impossible to follow everything happening on Twitter. Every Friday, the Daily Dot rounds up notable Twitter news and stories from the past week—in 140...
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Twitter teams up with Fuse for trending #music TV show
Twitter is teaming up with Fuse to track the most buzzed-about songs and music stories in a new show, Trending 10.Sponsored by Trident Gum, the show will air weekdays at 7.30pm ET. Here's how it...
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The real Bill Clinton is on Twitter
Stephen Colbert might be feeling pretty disappointed with Bill Clinton right now. The former U.S. president has joined Twitter, though opted not to adopt the handle Colbert picked out for him two...
View ArticleTeen girls plead guilty to threatening rape victim online
Two teenage girls in Ohio have been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to threatening a rape victim on social media. Attorney Sara Gasser told the Associated Press that the girls, both 16,...
View ArticleUCLA applicant Twitter-spams his way to an acceptance letter
A high school student impatient to hear whether he'd been accepted to University of California, Los Angeles, started bugging the school on Twitter. Bernie Zak, 18, found out last month he was on the...
View ArticleOut of the top 100 Vines, these are the ones worth watching
Vine users are already sharing five clips to Twitter every second. That's just one of the stats to emerge from a study by video technology firm Unruly, which looked at tweets about almost 11 million...
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The Tweekender: Robin Williams burns Kim Kardashian
With hundreds of millions of tweets per day, it’s impossible to follow everything happening on Twitter. Every Friday, the Daily Dot rounds up notable Twitter news and stories from the past week—in 140...
View Article11 things you can learn to do in 6 seconds or less
The easiest way to learn how to do something is often by seeing how it's done. But what can you really teach someone in just six seconds? Plenty.Vine, the rising video-sharing network, is full of...
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Tyler, the Creator doesn't appreciate being banned from Instagram
Rapper Tyler, the Creator delivered this fantastic Twitter rant after claiming he was temporarily banned from Instagram Tuesday. As you might expect, he didn't hold back, lashing out at Instagram, his...
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