When Facebook was founded in 2004, it began with a seemingly innocuous mission: to connect friends. Some seven years and 800 million users later, the social network has taken over most aspects of our personal and professional lives, and is fast becoming the dominant communication platform of the future. More »
Last year Damian O’Keefe, a computer tech at The Good Guys, posted on Facebook that he “wonders how the f**k work can be so f**king useless and mess up my pay again. C**ts are going down tomorrow.” Management took it as a threat, fired him, and Fair Work Australia has just upheld the rights of his bosses to do so. More »
No secret that we’re a quite partial to fun propaganda posters (thanks for playing North Korea), so these gorgeous social media war renderings definitely caught our eye… More »
So how’s your Google+ account going? I hope it wasn’t suspended for not using a real name like ours was (though you can now follow Aussie Gizmodo stories via my G+ account). Google’s official rule is “use your full first and last name in a single language” — but what happens if you only have one legal name? Like those with traditional Aboriginal ‘skin names’. More »
One year ago today, producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin McDonald (The Last King of Scotland) asked the world to submit a slice of their life via YouTube. Over 80,000 videos from 140 different nations later, the final 94-minute cut is an inspiring, deeply personal look at humanity. After hitting the festival circuit, Life In A Day opened in US cinemas today to wide acclaim. Here’s the trailer. More »
Google+ is hot, hot, hot. According to ComScore, the social network has pulled in 20 million unique visitors in a mere three weeks. Leading the way is the US with 5 million and India with 2.8 million uniques. More »
