Mobile

Why Lady Gaga Deploys A Sound Only Your Smartphone Can Hear

Audio tags are looking more and more like the new QR code — not only are they way less ugly than those jagged black-on-white squares, but you don’t need to take a picture of anything in order for them to work. (See also: Shazam and the Super Bowl.)


August 12, 2011
Science

iPod-Controlled Roaches Dance To Lady Gaga

The Cooper Union is a private college in Manhattan that offers an internship for students interested in science. This summer the teens studied neuroscience by experimenting with Central American cockroaches. Sounds like fun.


June 21, 2011
Entertainment

Weird Al’s About To Make You Feel All Weird

Since I was a young man, I’ve looked up to Weird Al Yankovic as a paragon of punny goofs. But today, with the release of his Lady Gaga parody video, I’m forced to see him in a different light. One with a lot of skin.


May 31, 2011
Entertainment

As If It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, The Tesla Coils Play Lady Gaga

You can use tesla coils to play pretty much any song, whether it’s the Mario Bros or Doctor Who themetunes. You can even play Poker Face, as this video demonstrates.


May 30, 2011
Cameras

The First Of Lady Gaga’s Polaroid Range

Club-goers and porn-pushers are still awaiting the glasses Lady Gaga modelled at CES (and supposedly designed), but one product from her Grey Label collaboration with Polaroid is available for pre-ordering, for $US170.


Entertainment

How To Lose $US3.2 Million And Still Win, By Amazon.com

When Amazon started selling Lady Gaga’s album for $US0.99 the other day, there was no doubt it would stand to lose millions. The total today, we now know, is about $US3.2 million. This was still a good move for Amazon.


May 26, 2011
Online

Amazon Goes Round Two With Lady Gaga’s Monstrous Little Deal

When Amazon tried to give the world Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters album for just a buck, what did it get in return? A giant customer service headache. But today, like Rocky Balboa before them, they’re climbing back into the ring.


March 23, 2011
Online

Lady Gaga Visits Google, Says She Always Wanted To Be Searchable

At an hour in length, this Lady Gaga sit-down with Google is hardly worktime viewing. But bookmark it for later, and you can see Google’s Marissa Mayer chatting to her about her rise in fame – and how Google’s helped.


March 4, 2011
News

Lady Gaga Suing Breast Milk Icecreamists Over ‘Baby Gaga’ Name

Turns out Lady Gaga has some modicum of taste, as she’s suing the London ice cream parlour for using her name and likeness when selling their “Baby Gaga” breast milk icecream.


January 27, 2011
Geek Out

The Inspiration For Lady Gaga’s New Perfume: Blood And Semen

We were trying to determine what Lady Gaga’s forthcoming fragrance should smell like, but rumour has it she’s decided. It will supposedly smell like blood and semen. Nasty, but I guess that’s exactly what a bad romance smells like.