Top Celebrity Moments Of 2014, According To Instagram
If it wasn't posted to Instagram, did it even happen? Not if you're a celebrity. Good thing the people who tinker around behind the scenes at Instagram came up with a list of the top celebrity moments...
View ArticleHeather McDonald Sounds Off On Instagram's Nipple Ban
Comedian Heather McDonald doesn't blame Instagram for its highly-disputed ban on nipples. In a conversation with HuffPost Live, the host of the forthcoming TLC series "All About Sex" said Instagram has...
View ArticleIdeas for Increasing the Numbers of Women Tech Leaders
A recent piece on the New Yorker's financial page titled "Valley Boys" caught my eye. Its discussion focused on demographic reports released this year from big tech companies. To sum it up, the reports...
View ArticleApparently, The Holiday Season Is Also Cheating Season (INFOGRAPHIC)
'Tis the season for cuffing -- and for some people, that's true even if they're already in relationships. Mobile dating app Clover announced this week that there's been a 300 percent increase in...
View ArticleCarmike Cinemas Pulls Sony's 'The Interview' Amid Threats
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel its planned showings of "The Interview" in the wake of threats against theatergoers by the Sony hackers. Sony Pictures Entertainment told...
View ArticleSony Hacking Fallout Explodes As Theaters Cancel 'The Interview' Showings
NEW YORK (AP) — Threats of violence against movie theaters. The New York premiere of "The Interview" canceled. Leaks of thousands more private emails. Lawsuits by former employees that could cost tens...
View ArticleNapster Founder Sean Parker Pledges Millions For Allergy Cure
Sean Parker, the co-founder of the online music service Napster and the first president of Facebook, has pledged $24 million toward a campaign to develop a cure for allergies. Parker, 35, has been...
View ArticleThe Most Memorable, Most Hilarious Tweets By Midlifers In 2014
While Twitter may not be midlifers' first-choice for a social media platform, without question their presence is felt there. And who among us doesn't wish we had Pope Francis' Twitter following of...
View ArticleIn Tragedy, Empathy Still Dependent On Proximity
Today’s Pakistani Taliban attack on a Peshawar school has resulted in the deaths of at least 145, many of them children. In Sydney, meanwhile, Monday’s fraught café hold-up left two innocent people...
View ArticleResearch Shows The More You Use Your Phone, The Less Fun You'll Have
Your smartphone may seem like the portal to entertainment (where else are you going to play Angry Birds and scroll through Instagram?), but new research is suggesting otherwise. A Kent State University...
View ArticleTop 10 Social Activism Hashtags of 2014
This post was co-authored by Sarina Larson. Social media is an activism platform yielding more value each day. In 1989, during a lecture, Noam Chomsky stated, "Look, the peace movement in the Sixties...
View ArticleThe Most Important Lessons You Can Learn From the Sony Hack
Angelina Jolie may have been all thorns when she ran into Sony's Amy Pascal last week after the hacker group Guardians of Peace leaked the co-chair's email rant about the Maleficent star, but while the...
View Article5 Genius Tech Gifts Procrastinators Should Buy Now
If you haven’t done your holiday shopping yet, don’t worry. We're here to help. Introducing the second-annual tech gift guide for procrastinators, including presents that are sure to delight even the...
View Article12 Times Online Dating Made Us Question Humanity In 2014
Technology has made it easier than ever to be your truly worst self in the wild game of love. From outright trolls to completely oblivious weirdos, 2014 was a big year for online dating fails. Let's...
View ArticleCowardly Sony Pictures Caves: The Slippery Slope of Self-Censorship
Sony Pictures' act of utter cowardice and self-serving self-censorship in canceling the scheduled release of The Interview exposes Hollywood for what it is -- a fantasy world unable to cope with...
View ArticleThe Games of Our Lives
You are a customs official. It's the early 1980s. You are living in a grim East European country. Your job is to check the documents of visitors, immigrants, and returning citizens. You need the job...
View ArticleAaron Sorkin, Judd Apatow Call 'The Interview' Decision An Attack On Free Speech
As the cyber attack on Sony Pictures revealed a cache of stolen emails, including bits of news and gossip, both Aaron Sorkin and Judd Apatow were among the most critical toward the way members of the...
View ArticleUber Says It Plans To Improve Background Checks For Drivers
(Reuters) - Online taxi service Uber Technologies Inc, one of whose driver was accused of rape in New Delhi, said it would add new methods to verify drivers' credentials and make its service safer....
View ArticleMystery Of Ancient 'Racton Man' Skeleton And His Fancy Dagger Has Finally...
Scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery of "Racton Man" since 1989, when the Bronze Age skeleton was found clutching an ornate dagger in the hamlet of Racton in southeastern England. Now,...
View ArticleTwo Women Hilariously Remind Us What Feminists Really Want For Christmas
We just found the song of the holiday season -- and it's got the perfect mix of Christmas cheer and patriarchy-smashing. The Doubleclicks, described as a "nerd-pop-folk sister duo from Portland,...
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