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Ask Giz: The 7 Steps Of The Online Break-Up

4:00PM February 15, 2010 | Dr. Debby Herbenick

Things didn’t go so well, huh, champ? We’ve talked a lot about love, but now it’s time for our resident love doctor to talk about what happens when romance goes south. Here are the steps to breaking up… online. More »


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8 Excellent Ways To Use Technology…To Break Up With Someone

12:00PM February 14, 2010 | Shane Snow

Planning on dumping your dame (or dude) anytime soon? Make every future Valentine’s Day extra special for your ex by giving them a breakup memory they’ll never forget! Here are a few high tech ways to get the message across. More »


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Ask Giz: How Do I Bring Up The Subject Of Video Sex?

10:00AM February 14, 2010 | Dr. Debby Herbenick

The old videophone sci-fi concept is now portable wireless reality, and it’s not just politicians and celebrities who are doing naughty things in front of cameras. Our resident love doctor explains if and when it’s OK to bring it up. More »


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In Defence Of The Letter

7:00AM February 14, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Analogue means more than digital. It’s real, for one thing. Something real is maimed in the process of recording. And it’s slow. Pulp doesn’t teleport, like bits. If you write somebody a letter, you mean it. More »


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Ask Giz: Is It OK To Ask Someone Out Via Text Message Or Video?

2:00AM February 14, 2010 | Dr. Debby Herbenick

Though we’ve talked a lot about dumping via text message, the burning question put to our resident love doctor is: Can you ask someone out via text message? And can you do it with video? More »


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Technology Enhanced Pick-Ups

1:20PM February 13, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Last Wednesday I married the love of my life. This is the short story of all the things I did before I met her, a guide on flirting using Twitter, Facebook, texting and sexting face-to-face, in the real world. More »


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How To Say “I Love You More Than My iPhone”

1:00PM February 13, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Apologies to all the other brilliant Valentine’s e-greetings at someecards, but this is really the only one you should need to truly prove your love. [someecards]


Gadgets

The Steam-Powered Vibrator And Other Early Sex Machines

10:00AM February 13, 2010 | Adam Frucci

As long as humans have had genitals, we’ve found artificial ways to stimulate them. But it took the repressed Victorian era to create the vibrator, a device aimed at curing a disease that doesn’t exist. More »


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F*ck You, Google

9:00AM February 13, 2010 | Harriet Jacobs

I use my private Gmail account to email my boyfriend and my mother. There’s a BIG drop-off between them and my other “most frequent” contacts. You know who my third most frequent contact is. My abusive ex-husband. More »


Pretend You’re Bathing With A Na’vi This Valentine’s Day

6:40AM February 13, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Slaves were creating mosaic objects thousands of years BC, but I bet they never dreamed of a bathtub covered in glittering photo-luminescent mosaic tiles. In fact, I bet they never even knew what a bathtub was. More »