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Why GoDaddy is in the Dog House with Their “Lost Puppy” Superbowl Commercial

GoDaddy’s 2015 Superbowl commercial featuring a lost puppy has been pulled from the Superbowl XLIX lineup over controversy and howls of outrage from animal lovers and animal rights activists. Here’s why.

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Amy Strickland – Every School Board’s Nightmare or Nah?

Last week Amy Strickland joined a growing number of people who have lost face, if not their jobs, owing to stupid tweeting. The Booker T. Washington assistant principal had tweeted “Every white father’s nightmare – Or Nah?” above an image of seven interracial couples – white high school girls with their African American prom dates.

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Man Thrown Off Southwest Plane for Tweeting that Gate Agent was Rude

A Southwest airlines (SWA) gate agent took exception to being called “the rudest gate agent”, and so flexed her tiny muscles by having a passenger and his children thrown off the flight for tweeting his displeasure, even after he had deleted the tweet, as gate agent Kimberly S. had demanded.

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The Truth Behind New York’s Ban on Tiger Selfies

You may have heard that New York is banning Tiger Selfies after a spate of them on dating app Tinder. What, you may be asking yourself, is a tiger selfie (and for that matter, what is Tinder), and why would NY pass a law to ban them? We explain, and clear up some misconceptions.

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Burgler Uses Victim’s Computer While in Home: You Won’t Believe What He Did Next!

Nicholas “Nick” Wig broke into James Wood’s home, and while there, he used Wood’s computer. To log into Facebook! And when he left Wood’s house, he left the computer logged in to his Facebook account!!

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ShutterFly Delivers Bundle of New Baby Spam

In the world of email marketing oopsies, Shutterfly.com just delivered a whopping, bouncing baby screw-up. Shutterfly has sent out a massive number of “congratulations on your new baby” emails – to people who have not had babies. “Congratulations on your bundle of joy” says the email, “There’s nothing more amazing than bringing a new life into the world.” Although this faux pas on Shutterfly’s part is right up there.

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OCR Software Doesn’t Know its Anus from an Arm

Romance novel expert Sarah Wendell was perusing some romance ebooks rendered by running old romance novels through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software, when she noticed something unusual. Lines such as “Mrs. Tipton went over to him and put her anus around his neck,” and “When she spotted me, she flung her anus high in the air.”

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Kelly Blazek’s Stinging Rejection to LinkedIn Request Shared Across Internet

An innocent LinkedIn invitation request to connect from Diana Mekota got her far more than she bargained for from Kelly Blazek. “We have never met. We have never worked together….your invite to connect is inappropriate..and tacky,” responded Blazek, head of the Cleveland Job Bank, and the IABC Communicator of the Year(!)

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Russian Official Tweets Racist Obama Tweet of Obamas and a Banana

Saying that perhaps she should have shown “better judgement”, Russian Olympian and official Irina Rodnina (@IRodnina) downplayed the response to her racist Obama tweet – a picture of the Obamas, with someone offering President Obama a banana in the foreground.

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Fugitive Arrested After Commenting on His Facebook Wanted Poster

Nicholas Emond – the heavily-tattooed fugitive who went by the Facebook name “Sin Demon” – was apprehended in Somersworth, New Hampshire following a lengthy exchange on Facebook, during which Nick Emond commented extensively on his WMUR “Most Wanted Wednesday” wanted poster (or, rather posting).

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Internet Censures Country’s Most Tasteless 9/11 Advertisement

If they are to be believed, Tumbledown Trails golf course was trying to do the right thing when they offered a special 9/11 discount to their golf course in Verona, Wisconsin. But, they clearly went about it in the wrong way, and the wrath they incurred has apparenty led to their taking their Facebook page down.

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Another Man Sentenced to Jail Time for Posting Threats on Facebook

Another person, this time Reece Elliot from England, has found themselves in jail over things they have said, and specifically threats they have made, on Facebook.

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Yahoo Announces that it Will Recycle Inactive Email Addresses and Yahoo IDs

In a move that has concerned as many as it has surprised, Yahoo has announced that come July 15th they will be recycling email addresses, meaning that previously dead, inactive or dormant email addresses will be up for grabs.

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How to Buy Postage on Stamps.com

Wouldn’t you think that a business that made money selling postage would make it really obvious how to purchase postage on their site? And yet, when we needed to reload postage on our Stamps.com account, it was so completely not obvious how to top off the postage in our account, that we felt moved to write a “how to add postage on Stamps.com” article. Here it is.

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Facebook Rallies to Save So-Called Gay Dog From Euthanasia

Facebook has proven to be a time again, but this time Facebook has risen to the occasion. Well, its users have. Facebook users banded together and have saved a gay dog from certain death, at least, a dog that was surrendered to animal control by his owners, on the basis that he is gay.