Users Not Likely to Change Habits Because of Facebook’s Secret Experiments

Facebook has found itself in yet another sticky public relations situation. As a recent report from The Wall Street Journal highlights, the social media behemoth, hosting 1.3 billion active users, is said to have conducted social experiments on 700,000 unknowing users in 2012. The aim of the experiments? By manipulating the type of posts users see in their feeds, […]

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Lottery Winner Hits Jackpot on Friday the 13th

The odds of winning a million-dollar jackpot in the lottery are less than one in 18 million. To put things in perspective, you have a better chance of being struck by lightning (one in three million) than drawing winning numbers. However, Friday the 13th was one 7-Eleven customer’s lucky day. The suspense must have been nerve-wracking for the shopper when […]

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OK Go’s New Video Is a Visual Metaphor For the Meaning of the Band’s New Song

American Alternative rock band OK Go is well known for their visually tricky music videos, but their latest venture for their song, “The Writing on the Wall,” has absolutely outdone itself. In one single take, the four band members ran through a series of 28 optical illusions that stand as an extended metaphor of the lyrical meaning. […]

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The Eight Year Legal Battle Over Digital Billboards is Finally Over

A legal battle over digital billboards between the Federal Highway Association (FHWA) and Scenic America has finally ended with a loss for Scenic America, which is an anti-billboard advocacy group. The suit originally began almost eight years ago in 2007, when Scenic America challenged an internal FHWA memo, which stated that digital billboards were not banned […]

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New U.K. Chocolatier Makes a Splash with an Anatomically Correct Skull Made of Chocolate

A new chocolatier based out of the United Kingdom is making quite the splash with its first product. Black Chocolate Co., a chocolatier that is thus far only operating on the artisan maker service Etsy, is now offering anyone with a morbid sense of humor and an overwhelming love of chocolate the chance to eat […]

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