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more about #modernandawkward more comments → phlox✔: Well, "Shitty Margins" usually equates to a more affordable product! Way to go Garmin! Socialislamofascists. FWIW, having a GPS (Garmin, in my case)... more » registered: Do we know he's an analyst or could he be a short? #modernandawkward more » Titania: I would just like to say thank you for making me remember "fingering" (!!!) which caused endless hilarity at the Seven Sisters women's college I atten... more » stew: The victim is so lucky she only got poked. Someone THREW A SHEEP at me. I'm still in therapy about it. more » raincoaster: Why would you get a restraining order against someone and still be Facebook Friends? ARE THERE NO STANDARDS ANYMORE??? more » alexandraklittle: There was a judge's order of no communication. A poke is communication. If I there was a protection order keeping someone from communicating with me... more » A Message To Rudy: "What Ridiculous Internet-Generated Crime Are You?" more » drewB: Can you retweet someone who has a restraining order against you? more » 92BuickLeSabre: Not to get all boring, but... A court order isn't an agreement between the two women, like a contract or a stipulation. It's an order from the judg... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I was once arrested for a Facebook* poke just because it was the middle of the night. *minus "book" more » Our Lady of the Massacre: Can't stalking victims just learn to, you know, not attract their stalker's attention in any way, shape or form? more » SanjivaniChrysippus: Perfectly reasonable. All forms of communication are forbidden under such rulings. It is not the responsibility of the pokee to take steps to prevent ... more » pureblarney: What about confused people? I lived with a homophobe who avoided gheys socially even though he loved to hook up with them. "My only love sprung from m... more » Trulymadlyme: In other news, unfriendly black hotties are sitting together in cafeterias across the country. more » JacobMarx: "You simply need access to his friends list, which is made public by default on Facebook." and if you change the settings to private? more » -
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'Holy Shit' Indeed: Analyst Curse-Out Like a Bracing Cold Shower for Garmin
Here's a nice, sharp break from the cheerleading and punch-pulling for which Wall Street analysts are notorious: A financier on Garmin's last quarterly call, cussing out company for shitty margins on a product. More » -
#crime
Arrest Over Facebook 'Poke' Makes Meaningless Gesture Risque
When the internet was young and innocent, it was acceptable to "finger" college classmates. These days, a simple Facebook "poke" can land you in jail, in Tennessee, and CNN has say "alleged" poking, because, hey, libel. More » -
#socialnetworks
Facebook Gaydar Emerges From Breakthrough MIT Project
Are you quietly stalking someone and too dense to figure out their sexual orientation from Google searches, Flickr party photos and real-life gossip? Well, a couple of MIT geniuses invented just the tool for you.
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#modernandawkward
Right to Trash Boss on Facebook Defended by Aussie Heroes
Sure, Americans preen about their commitment to freedom, but who's out there standing up for our God-given right to curse the boss on internet social networks? Australian prison guards, that's who. More » -
#modernandawkward
Web Geek Creates World's Most Confusing Fundraising Scheme
When the beloved geek comic xkcd finally signed a book deal, it involved no profits and no bookstores. Now its author is taking a similarly unconventional approach to philanthropy. Sorry, poor children of Laos! More » -
#niceandboring
Why Is Everyone on Twitter So Maddeningly Positive?
It's so hard to start a good fight on Twitter. Praise someone effusively, it gets "re-tweeted" endlessly, while nice juicy feuds get smothered in the crib. Every Twitter user is president of his own fraternity. How stale! More » -
#niceandboring
The Sinister March of Net Niceness
Wikipedia, once an internet free-for-all, has announced it will now screen changes to certain articles. The New York Times' ethics columnist, meanwhile, is joining the eternal backlash against anonymous blogging. Two steps toward a nice, peaceful, boring and neutered internet.
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#modernandawkward
Michael Cera's Arrested Development
Paper Heart comes out in limited release today, with Michael Cera playing — surprise! — an awkward teenager in a twee comedy. Satirists have already mocked Cera's typecasting; are they overstating things? Here's a side-by-side comparison of the actor's work. More » -
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Associated Press vs. British Bureaucrats: Who's More Uptight about Twitter?
A British bureaucrat has published a guide to Twitter etiquette and strategy, intended for use throughout the government. The stiff, formal document about a casual microblogging service is generating worldwide headlines, but it's hardly the first of its kind. More » -
#facebook
Facebook Your Party, Start a Street War
Facebook is quite powerful at lubricating relationships between acquaintances. Too powerful, sometimes: the social network turned an English garden party into a riot requiring a small police army to put down. More » -
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Yahoo's Cuddly Flack Sends Adorable Email
There's some kind of sick good cop/bad cop deal going down at Yahoo. CEO Carol Bartz swears, smacks down reporters and threatens "dropkicks." Her enforcer, meanwhile, has a Pomeranian named Clio and loves David Sedaris and peach cobbler ice cream. More » -
#holidaze
Celebrity Emails Exposed In Holiday Greeting Screw Up
Marie Claire just wanted to wish everyone a "sparkling, joyful and warm holiday," but the magazine's flack forgot to Bcc, exposing precious celebrity email addresses to 582 people. Christmas is ruined! More »
