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Why It’s Dumb To Abandon Tumblr Today
Since it became clear that Yahoo was going to buy Tumblr, WordPress saw the number of blog imports from Tumblr rise from about 400 an hour to more than 72,000. That’s a ridiculous jump — and also a stupid one. Here’s why you shouldn’t leave Tumblr just because it’s under new management.
Star Trek Into Darkness Writer Admits That The Nudity Was Gratuitous
Before you all explode with complaints: this post has no Star Trek Into Darkness spoilers. Anyway, if you’ve seen the trailer for the new Star Trek movie, you know that there’s a weird shot of Alice Eve in her underwear. It’s just as weird in the movie, and almost looks like they had to throw some nudity in the film to keep people paying attention to the blah-blah. Well now Damon Lindelof, the writer of Star Trek Into Darkness, has come out and said that the scene was out of place in the film. Quite right.
Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr And Lost The Internet
In the wake of Yahoo’s $US1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught — and gutted — another big fish. Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order of magnitude larger than Flickr was when Yahoo bought it. There are differences.
Flickr’s Massive Redesign: Full-Res Photos, Free 1TB Storage
Sure, Yahoo just about killed Flickr, but today it’s trying to restore its former glory. Just after the company this morning announced its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, it showed off a completely redesigned version of Flickr with giant photos and more storage than you probably even need. Updated with video walkthrough.
China Is Hacking The US Again
Just three months after hacks by China’s People’s Liberation Army came to an abrupt halt, the country is once again attacking US targets, according to the New York Times. Hacks on organisations like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times ceased three months back when it came to light that the perpetrators had stolen data from American companies and government agencies.
A Mum Tried To Sell Her Three-Year-Old Son On Craigslist
A bicycle. An old jailbroken iPhone. Maybe used furniture. Some free dirt. Those are the type of things you expect to buy off Craigslist. You definitely don’t expect a mum to offer up her three-year-old son on the seedy but useful classifieds website. But that’s just what Stephanie Redus did. She used Craiglist to get her son adopted by a new family.
Best Streaming Radio: Bestmodo Showdown
Turning an online music service into a powerful automated DJ isn’t easy. You can give an algorithm millions of songs and millions of data points, but it’s still not going to have any style. So of all your options — including Google’s new All Access — which streaming radio service is most worth your time? We found out.
What Do You Want From Lyrics Sites?
Seriously, what is the deal with all those janky lyrics sites? You google the lyrics for Random Access Memories and you’re suddenly transported to the early 2000s. It’s sort of surreal. I’m not the first person to mention this by far, and yet the lyrics world just seems to stagnate.
