Well, that’s one way to score a date
WHEN Stephanie Robesky scored a table at a hot new restaurant on the other side of the world, she had an unusual way of finding a hot date to go with her.
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Restaurant discovery service buys Urbanspoon
A $60 million dollar deal between food portal Zomato and Urbanspoon will benefit foodies across Australia.
IS hackers call Kim a ‘crying pig’
HACKERS backing IS jihadists took over a Facebook page promoting North Korea’s Air Koryo, calling Kim Jong-un a “crying pig”.
Cops crackdown on Tinder vigilantes
THE Tinder Experiment is over with police forcing a page set up to expose alleged paedophiles off Facebook. But what’s happening to the creeps caught on camera?
BlackBerry business blunder
That awkward moment when BlackBerry tweeted from their official Twitter account using an iPhone.
Better Call Saul extended trailer released
AFTER months of teaser trailers and still shots, AMC has released an extended trailer of the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul. To get a glimpse of the plot, view the video here.
IS babies invade social media
MEMBERS of the Islamic State have begun posting propaganda photos of young children in terrifying poses. See the pics.
Honest car ad: ‘Sorry for state of son’s car’
YOU’VE got to hand it to him, this seller has a heap of honesty. This dad shows how to get attention when selling a beat up car in a competitive market.
Sarkozy’s smooth moves caught out
IN PROOF nothing escapes eagle eyes of the internet, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been ridiculed for what he thought was a discreet move at the Paris march.
‘I have made a terrible error’
A US terrorism ‘expert’ has been lampooned on social media with hilarious results after describing the British city of Birmingham as “Muslim-only”.
Man photoshops face onto baby photos
EVER wondered what your adult face would look like on your baby photos. This guy did, and the results are hilarious.
Young boys refuse to hit girl
THE beautiful social experiment video that has young boys teaching men about violence against women.
Press freedom wins internet
SOCIAL media has erupted with support for journalists after the Charlie Hebdo massacre with the hashtag ‘Je Suis Charlie’ trending.
‘Think I just hit a cyclist. But I’m late for work’
HE said it was just a joke, but a stockbroker’s tweet about running over a cyclist has left him jobless and in trouble with the law.
Don’t fall for new Facebook hoax
FACEBOOK users are once again falling victim to a hoax claiming that the social media site is using their photos without consent.
The impossible pic you have to see
IT’S the real-life photo that could be straight out of an Escher impossible picture sketch.
Time lapse reveals the magic behind animation
IMAGINE your every movement, even the movement of a single finger, was methodically planned and created by another person. Welcome to 3D stop motion movie animation.
Police get frisky on Twitter
ACT police have been left red-cheeked after their Twitter account re-tweeted pornographic photos.
Twitter bug still causing chaos
TWITTER’S time warp bug is still causing chaos for some users despite Twitter saying it was fixed 18 hours ago.
This plastic surgery selfie takes the cake
WE GET it people like taking photos of food and themselves, we don’t judge. But when you take a photo of say yourself and food WHILE in surgery then we have questions.
John Oliver unleashes on NYE
WE ALL know it and think it, but Last Week Tonight host and all around awesome guy John Oliver has spoken about the annual disappointment that is New Year’s Eve.
Backlash after airline leaves dog on wet runway
UNITED Airlines has suffered a social media backlash after a passenger watched as a dog was allegedly left in the pouring rain on a runway.
Time warp bug causes tweet chaos
TWITTER users faced their own millennium bug-style crisis today that left users locked out of their accounts, and others’ new posts appeared to be 365 days old.
The best selfies of 2014
FROM elephants to royal photobombers to hanging out on a bench, here are the best selfies snapped this year.
Facebook ‘sorry’ for ’cruel’ app
SOCIAL media giant Facebook wasn’t thinking of everyone when it designed its Year In Review app, and a grieving father has let them know why.
Is this Facebook’s costly mistake?
FACEBOOK could be forced to pay users up to $12,000 each for violating their privacy if a new class-action lawsuit is successful.
This picture changed the world
IT WAS the split-second moment that marked a point of no return. This picture and 16 others are the defining images that changed Australia and the world this year.
Homeless man’s dog proves to be man’s best friend
A DEDICATED dog was filmed chasing an ambulance carrying its owner after the man reportedly suffered an epileptic fit in the streets of Brazil.
Can you guess this famous photo?
A CREATIVE Aussie has taken to telling the news with Lego, reporting some of the biggest stories of the year in the cutest way possible.
Girl slaps granny after Facebook snub
A WOMAN is facing assault charges after she allegedly slapped her 72-year-old grandma in the face. The reason? She wouldn’t accept her friend request.
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