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Hollywood's URL: Fake Movie Dot-Coms
Facebook getting a feature film about its origins got me thinking about how the Internet has been portrayed on film — particularly the dot-com business side and the fake websites that movies have to create to further their plot. Check out a few of my favorite fake URLs from the big screen!
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Use Social Whale to Quickly Shorten URLs
The uber helpful Tinyurl is great for sending shortened links to friends and posting on Twitter, but it sure does take a lot of steps to complete the task. First you have to copy the link, go to Tinyurl, paste, make your link tiny, then go back over to your Twitter page (or email draft, IM, whatever) and paste the shortened link. Sounds like a lot of steps, right?
6 Useful URL Shorteners
With Twitter capping our tweets at 140 characters, many of us have had to find creative ways to make sure we can say what we want to say, without going over the character limit. Want to include a long link in your tweet? Forget about it.
The Internet Really Screwed This Company Over
Financial consulting firm Dillon/Edwards Investments took too long to establish a website on the Internet, so when they finally got around to it, all the good URLs were taken. They didn't get their first-choice web address, but they compromised and got something that'll suffice. No big deal.
Geek Tip: Quickly Adding The .com in Firefox
Here's a helpful shortcut tip from tips4mac for all you
Firefox users. The next time you go to type in a URL in the address bar, stop typing before the ".com" part and hit "command-enter." This shortcut key sequence will instantly insert the ".com" part and direct you to a particular site.
Geek Tip: Quickly Emailing A URL Link
If you're looking for a quick and easy way to email co-workers, friends, or family members cool links from your MacBook, give this geek tip a whirl.
Press command-shift-I, which will open your email and automatically insert the URL from the website you were visiting into the body of your email. Just type in the recipient's name, give it a subject and click send, and in seconds your website will be shared with others.
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Geek Tip: Fix Misspelled URLs With URL Fixer
I love typing in www.google.con or yelp.lom to be told that the address cannot be found. I freak out, tell Firefox it's an idiot, and then head to downforeveryoneorjustme.con, at which point I develop an ulcer until I realize that it was just my butterfingers making me enter typos into the address bar.
URL Fixer is like my Zen-master — it keeps me calm by fixing my misspelled urls.
Robert and Kristen Share a Moment on Stage in Munich
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart only had eyes for each other on stage in front of fans during the HVB youth event at the Olympic Hall in Munich today. They were there with Taylor Lautner and Christopher Weitz, promoting New Moon, but it's hard to focus on anyone other than the famous duo. Kristen looked sexy in yet another hot little number, this time by Gucci, while Rob dressed down his suit by sticking with a chest-baring v-neck.
Robert, Kristen, and Taylor Greet Madrid, Hardwicke Talks Off-Screen Romance
Kristen Stewart traded in one cute dress for another today in Madrid, showing off a slightly see through — look at that back panel, sassy! — Balenciaga number paired with black booties at the fan event. What do you think of this dress — love it or leave it?
Robert and Kristen Stay Close With Taylor in Madrid
The three stars of New Moon were at it again today, this time in Madrid where Kristen Stewart stole the sexy show in her sky high heels and hot black Elizabeth and James dress at the photocall. What do you think of her dress — love it or leave it? Robert Pattinson kept his shirt untucked as usual showing off that controversial facial hair — ICYMI, learn about that and how he feels about love in our exclusive video interview!
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