Genius hacks dating site to find wife
AN AMERICAN math genius hacked dating site OkCupid after being fed up with its suggestions and eventually found his wife.
AN AMERICAN math genius hacked dating site OkCupid after being fed up with its suggestions and eventually found his wife.
WE know it’s addictive. But is Facebook a disease? A new study says yes – and that’s not good news for the leading social media site. It’s killing off its customers.
THE Superbowl and Sochi Olympics are tipped to be behind record breaking days of Twitter use.
FORMER England footballer Stan Collymore says Twitter was failing to do enough to clamp down on internet trolls.
MOBILE music is making serious noise this year with the launch of streaming services all gunning for a slice of the action.
ANTHONY Lescowitch shared a wanted photo of himself on Facebook taunting police for not being able to find him. Then he fell into an obvious trap.
THEY’RE kept like prisoners. Shut off from computers and the online world that has become their reality. This is the extreme way China is tackling a very deadly addiction.
POLICE are not always praised for using force in arrests, but these officers won global support from as far as Australia as this video went viral.
DEATH, infidelity, corruption and suspicion. How an Indian politician’s wife took Twitter’s 140 characters and created a tragic social media storm.
STUDENTS from Hawaii are out to turn your vanity into charity by using the “Selfie Police” to get you to donate for each selfie you take.
THIS woman, known only as ‘Amanda’, documented her last three months of life before she died. What she learned can be a lesson for all of us.
THESE proud gay dads posted a photo of them with their daughters on Instagram, before the photos went viral and the couple came under a barrage of abuse and hate.
IS ZACH King a magician, or just really clever? Check out these amazing tricks – including the moment he pulls a live cat out of his computer screen.
DON’T go all googly-eyed on us ladies (or gentlemen), but we’ve gathered the best of Shane Warne’s selfies and put them all in one place. And what an outstandingly photogenic man he is.
THEY were once involved in a fairytale internet romance. Now, he’s accused of raping her while she slept but his Twitter followers are in full support.
ALRIGHT, so you might not be as bad as Warnie or Kim K, but do you take way too many selfies? Take our test and find out.
WATCH: Bad boys, what y’a gunna do when court duty comes for you? In the case of these Canadian cops, run – and make a movie trailer of it.
IN A move that echoes Twitter, Facebook will add trending topics to its website to let users know what other users are posting about at the moment.
LOOTING. Chaos. Shortage of food. How would you be able to cope if an apocalypse hit? Calculate your survival chances to see whether you’d make it out alive.
CLICKING on a web page only to be given the dreaded 404 “page not found” message can be frustrating. Thankfully, these sites have made it fun.
YOU never realise how stupid some of your Google questions actually sound until you put them to a real person.
INDICTED internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is launching a political party in his adopted home of New Zealand to contest the general election.
OH the irony. An internet-hating pensioner from Sweden calls for the web to be shut down, but becomes an online sensation as a result.
EVER been curious to know how each European language says your favourite words? This interactive translator tells all… even the naughty ones.
REPLY to all is more than annoying, it could be harming your health. Scientists reveal the seven common email actions that could be deadly.
THIS isn’t a cock up. Woman “draws” a giant penis and vagina on field using a running app and the internet absolutely loves it.
TWITTER’S co-founder has launched this smartphone app inviting people to crowdsource information and answers.
A SELF-DESCRIBED Satanist nurse who posted pictures of herself posing with dead patients doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about.
IF you’re reading this you’re tired, overworked and seeking distraction. These are symptoms of email stress – so how is your inbox slowly killing you?
PASS it on. Facebook observes the remarkable parallels between how information evolves in a social network and human genes.
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