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Twitter Breaks News of Whitney Houston Death 27 Minutes Before PressTwenty-seven minutes before mainstream media broke the news of Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday night, the story was on Twitter, reported by a man who tweeted the news out to his 14 followers. A tweet — sent at 4:57 p.m. PT — from the Associated Press that confirmed Houstonâ... Grammys to Pay Tribute to Whitney HoustonAs the music community (and Internet as a whole) reacts to the untimely death of Whitney Houston, the Recording Academy is scrambling to arrange a tribute for Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. Executive producers have confirmed that Jennifer Hudson and Chaka Khan have been contacted about perf... YouTube Beauty: Top 10 Channels to FollowThere is a whole subculture on YouTube devoted to beauty tutorials with an increasing amount of subscribers. Rather than asking your mother or a girlfriend to teach you how to French braid your hair, you can look it up on YouTube — and there are hundreds of videos on that one hairstlye alone. ... Knicks’ Jeremy Lin Continues Domination of Social Media and NBAWelcome to the Linternet. After a 38-point outing to lead the New York Knicks over Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, point guard Jeremy Lin has tightened the stranglehold he’s had on the World Wide Web since his improbable surge to NBA stardom began just several days a... Pop Legend Whitney Houston Dies at 48 — Twitter ReactsWhitney Houston, pop music icon and the singer of such songs as “I Will Always Love You” and “The Greatest Love of All,” has died at the age of 48. Houston’s death, which comes on the eve of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, was first reported by the Associated Press. T... 15 Fascinating Twitter Employees You Should Follow1. Kris We're intrigued by the tweets of someone that labels themselves as being "unnecessarily coy" and knows that they will someday live in Paris once their days of working with the "Twitter dudes" are through.Click here to view this gallery.You may follow lots o... First Photos of Beyonce’s and Jay-Z’s Baby Emerge on Tumblr [PICS]Blue Ivy Carter on Tumblr More than a month after Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their first child to the world, pictures of the newborn, Blue Ivy Carter, have emerged. A Tumblr blog titled "HelloBlueIvyCarter" popped up on Friday night, displaying five photos of the b... Revealed: Google Wallet Security Flaw on Android Phones [VIDEO]Don’t give up your wallet and plastic cards just yet — at least, not until Google Wallet gets a security update. The Android-only service, which lets you pay with your smartphone, turns out to have a major security flaw. If someone gets hold of your phone, they can effectively ... Dad Addresses Viral Laptop Shooting After Daughter’s Facebook Post [QUOTES]The tech-savvy, gun-toting father who blasted nine hollow-point rounds into his daughter’s laptop after she wrote a disrespectful Facebook post is dealing with his newfound notoriety much the same way he handled the girl’s rant: publicly and proactively. If you haven’t seen the... Top 5 Best New Apps of the WeekAirbind for Android Airbind wirelessly syncs your iTunes library to your Android device. You just download a PC or Mac client and an Android app. There's no new media manager: You can just keep using iTunes. Free.Click here to view this gallery. With about 500,0... |