Los Angeles, CA – While tinkering around with the new MacBook Pro he got for Christmas, an amazed Hugh Hefner realized for the first time in his life that endless amounts of pornography are available from thousands of websites online — not just in printed adult publications like his Playboy Magazine as the millionaire publisher previously believed. After making the discovery, Hefner zipped through the Playboy Mansion on his Rascal scooter like a creepy old [...]
How do you know when you’re getting old? When you mistakenly invest $100 million in Bookface, a Cleveland-based book-sharing startup, instead of Facebook, the world-famous social-networking website based in Silicon Valley. Warren Buffett did just that, and while he’s bummed to have basically thrown away 100 mil, a couple college dropouts in Ohio are thrilled to have been handed a huge chunk of change with which to try to build their business. “We’re [...]
San Francisco, CA – Kevin Systrom, one of Instagram’s co-founders, took to the company’s blog again in an effort to squelch the uproar from Instagram’s proposed Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect on January 16, 2013. The controversy lies in the language of Instagram’s new policies, which suggests the company has the authority to begin generating advertising revenue by giving marketers the right to display profile pictures and other personal information [...]
Cupertino, CA – Less than two weeks after announcing plans to begin manufacturing a line of Mac computers in the U.S., Apple CEO Tim Cook went back on his comments, saying his words were “minced and misconstrued by the media, especially NBC, the producers of Rock Center, and that character assassin Brian Williams.” “I said [Apple is] going to build a computer here at home,” Cook explained. “A computer. Singular. Make a single [...]
Stamford, CT – “I had it. I swear I had it. It’s totally on the tip of my tongue… well, I’m sure it will come back to me, I’m sure I’ll remember it later,” says an exasperated Paul Teasdale, “I mean… I just have to. It was the best app idea ever I swear…” This contrite statement comes the morning following the big annual holiday party thrown for all employees of BriteCo, a web development [...]
London, England – Prince William and Kate Middleton announced today via their joint Twitter account that they are calling upon their Twitter followers to decide the name of their unborn child. Using the hashtags #royalbabyname and #boy or #girl, anyone with a Twitter account will be able to voice their suggestion and play a part in British history. The royal couple have said that they will end the competition on Christmas Day, at which time [...]
Pope Benedict shocked the Vatican and the world at large this morning by releasing his first tweet under his official Twitter handle @pontifex, a lewd photograph that has been positively identified as a close-up of his holiness’ groin. The photograph was tweeted in response to a question sent to #askpontifex by 20-year-old Shelley Foster, a college co-ed attending Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Foster tweeted: “#askpontifex What do you thank God for every day?” [...]
A fun Easter egg being discovered by Wii U users is the surprising ability to detect spiritual apparitions by accessing a hidden setting on the console’s GamePad controller. Senior Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that the ghost-detection mode is in fact a designed feature — officially called Specter Vision — not a bug as many gamers initially suspected. “We wanted our fans to discover Specter Vision on their own, as part of [...]
Long Beach, CA – In an attempt to cut into Facebook’s massive online market share, pop singer and Myspace co-owner Justin Timberlake told reporters yesterday that the social-networking website will be sending brand new Kawasaki Jet Skis to everyone who signs up for a new Myspace account before the end of February, 2013. Timberlake took a break from shredding waves himself in Long Beach to announce the new marketing initiative, which he says will be funded with [...]
New York, NY – During an invite-only press conference held yesterday at the Sunshine Theater on the Lower East Side, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong excitedly revealed his company’s plans to venture into the world of filmmaking in 2013. “I’m pleased and thrilled to announce today that AOL has begun production on its first feature-length film, Instant Messenger: The Movie,” Armstrong told the 25 reporters who had been granted access to the exclusive event. “This film [...]
