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The Real Story Behind ‘These Links From Our Partners’ 27 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
A few years ago, I got an unusual request from Google. The search giant was working on an experimental program that encouraged retailers to feature links to products from other retailers on their webs...
Former Journalist Decides Teaching Dogs How to Use iPads Is More Stable Work 27 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Sorry but it's not gonna happen. (Photo: Disney) A couple of weeks ago, in the doldrums of August, the Wall Street Journal revealed that there are people (Manhattanites, obviously) who are actually w...
Japan Wants to Treat Internet-Addicted Kids With Offline ‘Fasting Camps’ 27 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
Have fun at camp, nerd! (Photo: Deep Roots at Home) We here at Betabeat will be the first ones to admit that we're addicted to the Internet. Nothing induces more fear into our brittle bones than bein...
Here, Watch Julian Assange Lip Sync About the Australian Election in a Mullet 27 Aug 2013 | 02:48 am
Oh, sure. (Screengrab: YouTube) Please divert your musical attention span from Miley Cyrus's tongue to the latest clip from would-be reggaeton superstar Julian Assange. In it, he makes a cameo appea...
The Jig Is Up: Study Reveals It’s Your Anxious Attachment Style That Compels You to Facebook Stalk 27 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
LOL. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Do you find yourself obsessing over every interaction on your significant other's Facebook page? A new study (uncovered by Slate's XX Factor) suggests tha...
Go Ahead and Trash that Router You Taped to a Roomba Because Tiny WiFi-Conducting Robots Exist Now 27 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
(Screengrab: YouTube) If a wireless router that just chills under the TV set in the living room is too boring and predictable for you, you're in luck: a PhD student at Michigan State University is de...
GIFHell Proves Twitter’s ID Is Dominated Largely By One Direction 27 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
Hmm. Good news: There's now a way to see inside the fluttering heart of Twitter. Bad news: You'll find mostly barely legal hunks, randomness, and the occasional spot of porn. Over the weekend, AllTh...
Zuck Denies Internet.Org is a User Acquisition Scheme By Pointing Out It’d Add Poor People 26 Aug 2013 | 11:12 pm
"Wat?" (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Last week, Mark Zuckerberg loudly debuted his plan for Internet.org, an amusingly named scheme to get billions more people online by reducing mobile d...
Even Siri Is Now Throwing Shade at Glassholes 26 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Oh, snap. (Photo: Twitter.com/leongreen) We'd imagine using Google Glass can be fun, but it definitely isn't as fun as mocking the people who walk around in public with computers strapped to their fa...
It’s (Not) Complicated: Nearly Half of Adults Use Social Media to Solidify Breakups 26 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Research has officially confirmed what we all subconsciously knew to be true: that we rely on Facebook to confirm our break-ups because we're too cripplingly insecure to br...
