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Facebook, Twitter, And Google+ Propaganda Posters!

Gizmodo AU

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…


July 29, 2011
Online

On Google+ And Traditional Aboriginal Names

Gizmodo AU

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’.


July 25, 2011
Entertainment

Ridley Scott’s YouTube-Sourced ‘Life In A Day’ Documentary Opens To 97% On Rotten Tomatoes

Gizmodo AU

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.


July 22, 2011
Online

Google+ Racks Up 20 Million Uniques In 3 Weeks

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.


July 18, 2011
Online

Anonymous Plans AnonPlus: A Facebook For Hackers, Non-Hackers Alike

Rather than rest on their keyboards after being kicked off Google+, the hacking group known as Anonymous has created a holding page for AnonPlus, a “new social network where there is no fear…of censorship…of blackout…nor of holding back.”


Online

Turns Out Plenty Of Girls Use Google+ After All

Fellow geeks, rejoice! What was once believed to be a cesspool of men and sausage is now teeming with female life! That’s right, lads—Google+ has a sizable female presence after all!


July 15, 2011
Online

Where Are All The Girls On Google+?

Ok ladies, ‘fess up. Why are you not joining Google+? It’s fun, it’s new and it really, really needs a feminine touch.


June 6, 2011
Online

‘Twitter’ And ‘Facebook’ Banned From French Airwaves

In the realm of laws that don’t make sense in the real world: France has officially banned Twitter and Facebook from being spoken by news anchors unless they’re part of a news story. Formspring must feel pretty lucky.


April 13, 2011
Online

Mark Zuckerberg Is A Backstabbing Little Shit In New Emails

New emails submitted as evidence by purported Facebook owner Paul Ceglia paint the social network’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg as a scheming little bastard. Now Ceglia’s new powerhouse law firm just has to prove the emails are real.


March 14, 2011
Online

Privacy Could Headline Google Circles Social Network Reveal Later Today

When the purported launch of your social network is co-hosted by the ACLU, there’s really no secret about what the cornerstone of said service might be. This is the case with Google Circles, rumoured to launch at SXSW this evening.