Finding love can be tough no matter who you are, but the folks at Match.com think it’s particularly tricky for those of us who are smarter than the rest of the world. The site recently announced its new partnership with Mensa. Only users who fall in the 98th percentile on an IQ test can [Read More]
Ever promised to let your family know you made it somewhere in one piece, only to forget to check in by the time you’ve arrived? Spare your loved ones the worry (and yourself the guilt) with Kitestring, a free—and totally genius—personal-safety service that alerts your [Read More]
The world of technology is advancing at a frightening pace. It is estimated that over 2 billion people around the world are connected to the internet whereas approximately 1.5 billion own both a smartphone and a PC. At the turn of the 21st century Google was just a search engine, helping you to stalk [Read More]
Depending on your budget, stamina and opinion of Tex-Mex cuisine, the thought of spending a whole week in Austin for the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) Film, Interactive and Music Festival may trigger varying levels of anxiety. Factor in this year’s dose of inclement weather, followed by a senseless tragedy that, for many, hit close to home, and [Read More]
Seventy-two hours in Austin yielded more than a few Pedi cab selfies and kimchi fries. This year’s discussions felt significant, moving past our obsession with technology and grappling instead with its role in our world. Below were three trends that I couldn’t ignore.
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Four months ago I was on a plane flying home to San Francisco from LA. I just spent $6 to access internet for what was a less than an hour flight. Normally I use my flight time as an exercise in unplugging so I can catch up on the books that I don’t usually have time to [Read More]
While we try to keep things positive and upbeat here at Dot Complicated, we also strive to keep you in-the-know on trends that may be keeping parents across the nation up at night. Around the world, teens and young adults have found a new way to coerce each other into drinking large quantities of alcohol– [Read More]
Unfortunately, NBC anchor Bob Costas came down with an eye infection last night in Sochi, and is taking the night off tonight (Matt Lauer will fill in). But not before Twitter was able to capitalize on the ample entertainment provided by a case of pink eye. Here are some of the best memes tweeted:
Update: The creator of Flappy Bird shocked fans and developers alike when he decided to pull the game from the App Store, though he was making $50,000 a day from in-app purchases. Here’s why.
First, it was Angry Birds; then came Candy Crush – and now, casual gamers are buzzing about [Read More]
Journalists covering the Sochi Olympics arrived to find less-than-glamorous hotel accommodations awaiting them. Unfinished rooms, bad plumbing, and knob-less doors were the least of their problems. Little did they know, their first coverage of the Olympics would be live tweets of hilarious and gross hotel disasters. Here are a few of our favorites:
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