Man Installs Magnets In His Arm To Hold Up iPod Nano *VIDEO*

Dave Hurban wanted to use his iPod Nano as a watch, apparently he didn’t realize that they sold wrist bands attachment for his device. Hurban decided to show his creative side by implanting four magnets in his arm to hold his iPod Nano up without any straps. After what I would think to be a [...]

Swiss Daredevil, Yves Rossy, Flies Rio De Janeiro Using Jetpack *VIDEO*

Swiss daredevil, Yves Rossy, keep pushing the boundaries as he went on a thrill ride flying though the beautiful skylines of Rio De Janeiro. Rossy who was a former fighter pilot embarked on an 11 minute and 35 second journey as he flew through the skies with a jetpack attached to him. He was dropped [...]

Student Create The Coolest Automated Dorm Room EVER! *VIDEO*

Derek, a fresh man at Berkeley, decided that his dorm room was a little plain. Being an engineer major he decided to create Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm (also known as BRAD). With a few hundred dollars, 3 months and lots of skills, Derk was able to hook his room up with  automated lighting, drapes, music, [...]

Marijuana Vending Machines Will Make Pot Purchase Easier

A company based in California claims their Marijuana vending machine concept will make medical pot easier to obtain (duh) and control.  Dispense labs presented their Autospense Medical Marijuana vending machine Friday.  Clear your mind of those images of bleary eyed 13 year old’s popping quarters in this baby and walking away with a bong full [...]

The Creation of Android Apps *INFOGRAPHIC*

Ever wonder who created that hand dandy app you use everyday? Believe it or not app developers do more than just sit behind a computer. Their job may be to develop the most popular apps but they surprisingly prefer pop music and to spend their time outdoors. I know right? This infographic presented by Startapp [...]

Bring Facebook Back to College

If Facebook was a bar, it would be the college bar on the corner. You know, the one that doesn’t card and will let you in if you just tell them you’re in some accredited classes online. It is the kind of bar the is prone to fights and gets too rowdy, but most of [...]

Meet Jesper Bruun, The Worlds Most Downloaded Man

Jesper Bruun, is the worlds most downloaded man. You may not recognize his face or his name but you have seen him everywhere. Bruun has been a happy tourist in Australia, a rock star in France, a family man in Bolivia and worked in a German bank, he has been seen more places than the [...]

Friday App Review: PlayUp, Now On Android

If you’re one of those people who enjoy being connected while watching the game, then PlayUp may be for you. This social sports network has it all when it comes to making sure you’re plugged into your favorite sport with friends and fans. The Experience I was able to connect both my Twitter and Facebook [...]

College Basketball Player Posts Sex Tapes To Facebook

File this under probably not a good idea. A basketball player from the University Of Rhode Island was arrested yesterday morning for allegedly posting two sex videos on Facebook. The official charges against the freshman student, Jonathan Holton was two counts of video voyeurism. Campus police arrested him after two students said he made videos [...]

Fan Junkies: A New Social Media Site For Sports Fans

There’s a new Social Media platform out there that will help you consolidate all those sports news links you post on Facebook. It’s called Fan Junkies. According to Fan Junkies Founder Jonathan Ragus, the site will serve dual purposes.  “The appeal of Fan Junkies is the interaction between die-hard sports fan on a social networking [...]

Facebook Saves Digg From Extinction

Wow. Is there anything Facebook can’t do? It reunites long-lost friends. It inspires Oscar-winning movies. It foments revolutions. Now it’s also propping up other social media websites. So it just goes to show you: don’t underestimate Zuckerberg and company. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the sudden resuscitation of the nearly dead social [...]

Turns Out, Popular 'Oink' App Was Just An 'Experiment'

A few months back Kevin Rose, founder of social news site Digg, launched a new project called Oink. Now, Oink is gone. According to Rose, the whole thing was “just an experiment.” In a nutshell, Oink was a food and drink review app, only, instead of reviewing an entire restaurant, you would review single items. [...]

Despite Reports, Pinterest Isn't Just For Girls

Pinterest is one the fastest growing websites in the history of the internet. The social media site du jour now has a reported 13 million users, and it hit the 10 million user mark faster than both Facebook and Twitter—in just 11 months. Of course, it did so with the help of Facebook and Twitter, [...]

Twitter Buys Posterous To Get Closer To Apple

Yesterday it was announced that Twitter bought social media site Posterous. The question is, why? Were they trying to buy up a company they thought could be a serious competitor and threat in the social media marketplace? Not really. Posterous had already marketed itself as a kind of companion to Twitter, a site that could [...]

Review: Comcast's Streampix Misses The Social Media Boat

Dubbed a ‘Netflix killer,’ Comcast’s Streampix service went live as part of the Xfinity package and as a $5 add on to non-bundled subscribers.  The service hasn’t been live long enough to produce any statistics relative to Netflix customers jumping ship, but after playing with the service for a couple of weeks I, for one, [...]