Technology

You may have strong political opinions, but new research finds that those hardcore rants you've been posting on Facebook lately just might be losing you some friends in your social media circle.

There are some things from the recent past that are so ridiculous that we almost don't believe they really existed. In 25 years, though, they'll seem even more unbelievable. Here's our list of 5 things we'd like to put in a time capsule, so we have proof that they were, in fact, real. ...

It was recently revealed that Facebook now has one billion users -- that's 15% of the world’s population. That’s a pretty impressive achievement for Mr. Zuckerburg, if you ask us. There’s no denying the top-notch social network has become integrated into our daily lives, and now there's a way to be physically rewarded by the site -- ‘Like-A-Hug.'

Well, what could possibly go wrong? If you get the Lockitron, you'd only be making it possible to unlock your door with your cell phone from anywhere in the world. At the same time, if you forgot something at home, a friend wouldn't have to pick up your keys to get it...

Remember back in 2005 when Myspace was cool? We blogged about our crush from middle school science class, took those "what would you do if..." surveys, and felt honored when we made it into someone's "top friends" box. Those were the days.

DMX has been on a roll lately. I'm starting to think I like him more out of jail, more than I like him IN jail. He is almost like a modern day rap version of Encino Man. After his hate-laden rant about Drake, DMX is featured in a new video where he tries to Google himself for the first time...

Ok, the iPhone 5 is out, and you are either one of three different people. Either you got one, you want one, or you couldn't give two squats about the iPhone 5. Regardless of which of the three you may be, everyone loves to see people break stuff, so check out this video of the guys from www.iFixYouri.com  and 9to5mac.com giving the iPhone 5 its first drop test.

A wave of tech-geek psychosis blanketed the earth early Friday morning, as all the iPhone fanatics of the world lined up to infiltrate Apple retail outlets in a desperate attempt to finally get their hands on the new iPhone 5. Many of these fiends had been waiting in line since as early as Monday, camping out on the sidewalk just to get a chance to drop a couple hundred bucks on what some believe

The new iPhone 5 looks great, but we did have concerns about "scroll fatigue" and not being able to take one of those snazzy panoramic shots with just one click. That's why these guys came up with a phone that is nearly 800% taller than the original iPhone...

People sure do love their iPhones, but they also can't seem to stop dropping them—good news for the booming iPhone-repair business. In fact, a recent accident survey by SquareTrade found that the American population has spent nearly $5.9 billion fixing their damaged phones since the first device hit the market in 2007.

The wonderful people at TechCrunch have put together a handy infographic with details on what you can expect when you update your OS. Items vary from product to product, but just check out whats in store for your iProduct with the latest OS.

Apple announced the released the latest and greatest in their iPhone line earlier this week. The iPhone 5 was set to hit stores on September 21, but if you didn't lock in your pre-order, you're out of luck. When pre-orders opened up Thursday at midnight (2AM our time), Apple sold out of the iPhone 5 in one hour.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, shielded from all news pertaining to pop culture and/or technology - you know that there is a new iPhone out there. The iPhone 5 was officially announced two days ago by Apple, and pre-orders started today. I'm ...

The beautiful thing about Apple, is that they are the best at making us think we need things that we really don't. What Apple is even BETTER at, is making us think that their new products are actually offering any real "new" features.

At a press conference this morning in San Francisco, Apple introduced the iPhone 5. The latest version of the best-selling smartphone has been highly anticipated ever since the somewhat disappointing release of the previous iteration, the iPhone 4s.

Walmart, the world’s largest retail chain, is currently testing a “scan and go” iPhone application that would allow customers to scan items as they shop and pay more quickly and conveniently at a self-checkout counter.

It took long enough, but Facebook has finally released an update for it's iPhone/iPad app, and it actually features improvements! In addition to the upgraded features, the update to Facebook's mobile platform adds noticeable speed - more than twice as fast as the previous version.

Recently, Facebook revealed that 83 million of its 955 million users were indeed fake. But what about Twitter? The social network hasn't given up any hard numbers on the fake accounts that are currently floating around in the Twitterverse, but a new website is on a mission to get down to the bottom of it on their own.

Maybe you thought your thumbs were fast, and you could pop out text messages at remarkable speeds. Well, perhaps you should think again. A 16-year-old New Yorker was just awarded the top prize for the second year in a row at the LG US National Texting Competition.

Facebook is addictive. So addictive, that according to KATC's Erin Steuber, two Lafayette Parish inmates have been secretly active on the social media site for close to a month, undetected - until now. Most of the time, I'm hesitant to buy into zany stories like these, but when I saw one of the inmate's default photos from INSIDE the jail (above), I was a believer.