Friends

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Hey Anti-Lego Feminists, Lego For Girls Actually Kicks Ass

2:15AM January 4, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

The cool space fighter above was created with bricks from Lego Friends’ Butterfly Beauty Shop, Olivia’s Invention Workshop, Stephanie’s Cool Convertible, and Emma’s Fashion Design Studio. It proves one thing: feminists criticising the new Lego Friends sets just don’t get it. More »


Science

Big-Brained People Have More Facebook Friends

10:00AM October 19, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Scientists have found that the bigger your Facebook friend roster is, the larger your brain is. More »


Online

Facebook Users Have More IRL BFFs (And Less Loneliness!)

3:20AM June 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The research wizards at the Pew Internet & American Life project have some good news for American Facebook users (that might be you!): you have more close real friends, and are less “isolated”. I totally relate! Right guys? Guys? More »


Geek Out

Facebook Friends Tattoo Was A Hoax

9:57AM June 9, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

We have all been pwned by the lady with the Facebook friends tattoo. Turns out, Susyj87 did not get a real tattoo. It was a transfer tattoo that washes off in a couple of days. More »


Software

App Of The Day: Friends For iPhone

11:20AM December 16, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

You probably have more friends scattered across more social networks than you even care to think about. Friends wants to be one place where you can find them all – and see what they’re saying, wherever they’re saying it. More »


Are You Facebook Friends With Your Family?

10:40AM December 11, 2010 | Brian Barrett

We spent some time last night figuring out when you should go ahead and friend your parents on Facebook, but did you? And what about your brother, your sister, your aunt, your in-laws… where do you draw the line? More »


Online

Should You Friend Your Parents On Facebook?

2:40PM December 10, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Should you friend your parents? Or more realistically, should you let them friend you? I’m inclined to just give a flat-out “no,” but this handy flowchart gives it way more thought than I have. More »


Software

The Friends App Might Be The Only Contact List You Need

12:40AM November 13, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Cyberstalking: it’s exhausting! First you’ve gotta check Facebook statuses, then move over to Twitter updates, maybe give a quick call for a nice, heavy breathing moment. Thank goodness this Friends app collects all that info in one place. Time: saved. More »


Geek Out

On My Friend’s Hard Childhood And, So Very Tangentially, Gadgets

3:22PM February 26, 2010 | Brian Lam

Joel Johnson, who ran Gizmodo a while before he rejoined us, is my friend and fellow nerd. I love him. When he wrote this dark story about his childhood, I cried. And surprisingly, I thought about gadgets. More »


Software

Friend Book App: Shake Two iPhones Together to Share Contact Information

7:33AM July 10, 2008 | Sean Fallon

A company called Tapulous is planning on delivering an iPhone app called Friend Book for the Friday launch that promises to turn your boring old address book into a “super address book” with features like a “face dialer” that allows you to place a call through your contact images. But that functionality pales in comparison to their “Handshake” feature that allows two iPhone users running Friend Book to share their personal contact information by shaking their phones in close proximity to one another.

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