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'Bang with Friends' Won't Revolutionize the Way We Get Laid

Everyone has someone in their Facebook feed who they might want to get down with. And it's likely you've got a few Facebook friends who are little more than acquintances who you want to get to know better. My problem with the app is that what it boasts as being an upfront way to cut through the awkwardness of broaching sex is actually a furtive and exploitative kind of gawking. Full story

The Creators Project

Shapeways and the 3D Printing Revolution

Though it’s been used by industrial designers to create prototypes for decades, the process of rapid prototyping has only recently begun to benefit the masses, and Shapeways has been leading the way since 2007. Full story

Should the Internet Be Taxed?

The upside of establishing a new tax on data mining isn't immediately apparent, but it's there. Full story

Good Morning, Sinners... with Warren Ellis

Delete Everything Now

We give up our privacy, as they say, for candy bars. The problem is that the thing we give our information to today is not necessarily the thing that will have it tomorrow. Full story

Serious Syrian Memes

Like the rest of the internet, the Syrian memeverse is messy, argumentative, and prone to stupidity and hyperbole. Full story

Killer App

If Diaspora has shown us anything, it’s that people can care enough to have a say about privacy, when the time is right. Full story

The Horrors of Staying in Touch on Facebook

Instead of enjoying this new way to stay “connected,” we feel worse. More lonely, more disconnected, less sure of ourselves and who we are and if we’re doing OK with our lives. Just look at that job my eighth-grade lab partner got today, or the guy my dental hygienist married las… Full story

Thank God for Unbaby.me

Thank god for Unbaby.me. It takes all those pesky pictures of America's future and covers them up with images of what you really want to see. Clip art, inspirational photos of hot air balloons, and kittens. I'd prefer pics of Ol’ Dirty Bastard or Lindsay Lohan but the service is… Full story

Dislike

Everyone's quitting Facebook. Full story

Popping: The Social Media Bubble

Facebook is the final piece of the "Triangle of IPO Terror." Full story