Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Our Best Original Photo and Video Posts of 2014

How to be smart about Uber and Lyft's surge pricing

Uber and Lyft's universally-hated surge pricing model, which drives fares up depending on rider demand, will once again help ring in the New Year. And don't be surprised if that leads to plenty of social media kvetching. If you don't want to be that ...



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The Trillion Dollar F-35 Won't Even Be Able to Shoot Its Gun Until 2019

What Should Mark Zuckerberg's New Year's Resolution Be?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg's New Year's Resolution Be?


Every year, casual wear enthusiast and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg embarks upon a singular self-betterment goal. Past goals have included learning Mandarin and only eating animals he personally murdered. But for 2015? Zuckerberg doesn't have a goal set yet, and is crowdsourcing for suggestions.


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Kinja's 9 Most Popular Independent Posts of the Year

'The Interview' spreads to cable VOD, DirecTV, Vudu and more theaters

In the space of a few days, Sony Pictures' The Interview has gone from unreleased to impossible to avoid. Cable video on-demand operator inDemand has added the movie to its roster, so for $5.99, pretty much anyone with pay-TV service can rent it righ...



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Fox News creates New Year's hashtag, gets old, old problems

#OverIt2014 was the hashtag created by Fox News. It showed, yet again, the dangers of audience participation on Twitter.

















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