Where do LOL and OMG actually come from?
INTERNET slang has taken over but where do acronyms LOL, ROFL and WTF originate? Some have surprising beginnings.
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Teen ‘too fat for Instagram’
SAMM Newman, 19, was shocked to discover this image that she uploaded to Instagram was deleted. Hours later her account was deactivated.
Internet grants grieving dad’s heartbreaking wish
HE never took a photo of his baby daughter without the ghastly tubes and medical equipment that were keeping her alive. That’s when the internet stepped in.
Why Jason Segel quit Twitter
HE’S one of Hollywood’s best funny men, but Jason Segel has now left Twitter forever because of a dispute over a burrito. Yep, a burrito.
President Obama’s gay joke surprise
WHAT’S the gay joke that had the most powerful man in the world laughing and giving the prankster a fist bump?
Sorry Apple, but you’re not that hot
SOCIAL networking app rates tech employee attractiveness to find Apple staff sour in comparison to its rivals. Find out who’s the hottest.
Stuff Gumtree, this is how you sell a car
DAVID Johns just wanted to sell his old “unsellable” Barina. Instead of putting an ad on Gumtree, he went a whole level further. Watch and learn.
Pistorius’ strange Twitter outbursts
AS the end of his murder trial looms, Oscar Pistorius has tweeted for the first time since Valentine’s Day — with one a passage from a Holocaust survivor.
Popcorn and front row seats to war
CLEAR skies. Comfy couches. Popcorn. What more could you want when cheering-on your team’s missiles as they slam into the enemy?
Don’t read this. You might get fired
IF YOU’RE reading this at work right now, your job could be on the line. Aussie bosses are getting fed up with workers browsing away the work day.
Has Twitter answered one of sport’s biggest questions?
THE answer has been there all along. Hiding in plain site. Has Twitter finally worked out where LeBron James will take his superstar talent next season?
Awkward moment girl sent dad nude selfie
WHAT do you do when you accidentally send a nude selfie to your dad instead of your boyfriend? Share his subsequent meltdown on Twitter and Instagram of course.
German rout claims Twitter records
FIFA is claiming two Twitter records for Germany’s stunning 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semi-finals.
The CIA answers five questions
WHO let the CIA on Twitter? The secret spy agency has embraced social media and opened up about our most compelling questions.
Facebook police watch page shut down
UPDATE: A CONTROVERSIAL Facebook campaign to ‘Film a Cop in July’ has been shut down for “safety reasons’.
Parting is such tweet sorrow
WANT to save your marriage? Step one is to spend less time worrying about the 140 characters of a tweet and more time thinking about that one character you married.
Facebook admits emotions error
FACEBOOK has admitted it “communicated really badly” after the world discovered its controversial study where it secretly manipulated users’ feelings.
New York brat: My dad owns half of Manhattan
HERE’S the first lesson of the internet — what goes on stays there forever, and if you’re going to act like a drunken fool, this is what happens.
This is what the internet used to look like
EVER wondered what your favourite websites used to look like? Wonder no more. Here’s how you can see the internet of yesteryear.
Look, mum, no hands: pants man
COME on. You’re supposed to be clever. Isn’t it time you learned how to put your pants on without using your hands? Can’t be done? Watch and learn.
Can we still be friends with Facebook?
AMAZING science or unethical manipulation of its users? Facebook’s emotions experiment proves we can be toyed with in the virtual world. But did the company stretch the friendship too far?
Teen sues over nude Snapchat
A TEENAGE girl is suing a classmate after he allegedly spread her nude Snapchat selfie. She says the saga made her suicidal.
How Facebook toyed with our emotions
FACEBOOK deliberately manipulated the feeds of almost 700,000 users to see how negative or positive posts affected their moods.
‘Ration the selfies, don’t overshare’
IT’S called SMS: social media savvy. And experts say it needs to be taught from primary-school level.
One year on, how a tragedy is saving lives
WHEN Alex Sheen filmed a clip of a drunk driver confessing he’d killed a man, he had no idea how big that video would become. To make sure it never happened again he did this.
Top aide quits over penis tweet
A SENIOR political adviser has resigned after his porn star ex spitefully tweeted a picture of his penis. But did he really do anything wrong?
‘Please stop, I am not Luis Suarez‘
AN Argentinian man with the Twitter handle @Suarez has issued a desperate plea to be left alone after outraged World Cup fans mistook him for Uruguayan villain Luis Suarez.
Who is the most influential tweeter?
HE’S the most widely retweeted world leader in the Twitterverse – and it’s not Barack Obama. It seems prayer over politics wins out online.
Can Facebook predict mental health problems?
A WORLD-first program will monitor the Facebook pages of Melbourne bipolar patients to determine if their postings can identify when they are headed for a relapse.
Penis tweet ruins pollie aide’s career
THE career of a well-respected aide to a US politician is in ruins after an image of his penis was tweeted by a “disgruntled ex-girlfriend”.
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