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The Webby Awards Name Top Internet Moments of the Decade
The 2000s were an important decade for the Internet. It was a platform for endless amounts of innovation, a ton of new ideas and content, and it brought lots of change. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to whittle down all of the important things that have happened into a list of only 10.
E-Patients Explore Online Communities
Researching your health problems online can be a great way to educate yourself — or scare yourself silly. A whopping 97 percent of Fit readers 'fess up to doing some Internet sleuthing before heading to the doc. There's even a word for us: e-patients.
More Seniors Are Taking the Plunge Into Tech
I may have a game-loving gramps, but he doesn't really venture into the Internet without a little assistance. I'll cut him a break since he's in his eighties, but a recent study shows that more and more seniors are taking the plunge into Facebook, blogs, and tech in general than ever before. Stats show that the senior population (age 65 and over) that uses the Internet has tripled since 2005.
Forget Dinner: A Dating Website Just For Quickies
Forget Dinner is a website that caters to people in sexless marriages. The casual dating site is particularly popular in the UK and boasts the tag line: "Forget dinner and go straight to bed!" Subtle!
Surfing the Web Slows Down Dementia
Spending an hour or two a day online might not be so bad after all. A new study suggests that spending time on the Internet increases brain activity in areas of the brain related to memory and cognition.
The study followed 24 volunteers between the ages of 55 to 78.
Tweet! I Just Got Laid!
A new survey reveals that 36 percent of people under 35 admit to updating their status on Twitter or Facebook right after they have sex. I guess it was just a matter of time before the postcoital tweet replaced cancer-causing cigarettes. Hot.
Cats Respond to "A Day Without Cats"
Humor website Urlesque unilaterally declared today A Day Without Cats on the Internet. The “feline overlords,” as they described them, are kinda playing nice. They’ve agreed to lay low, courtesy of Stuff on My Cat.
Geek Tip: Make Money at Home With These Online Jobs
In today's world, technology rules the roost, and there's no reason why you can't work from home and still be able to provide for yourself and your family. Have laptop, will travel, that's what I say. So if you're stuck in a job rut, or are one of the millions still searching for a job, hop online and check out these interesting and unconventional ways you can make money at home with an Internet connection and a computer.
Bad For Women? Online Name-Calling and Lawsuits
This is one of the most childish stories I've read in a while.
Rosemary Port, who used to blog anonymously for "Skanks in NYC," riled up a fellow fashionista, model Liskula Cohen, by calling her an "old hag," a "ho," a "skank," and a "lying psychotic whore." (You can't say Port doesn't know how to hurl insults!)
Why is there bad blood between the women?
Do You Think You're Good at Media Multitasking?
If you do, that might mean you suck at it.
Although we hear all the time that women are better at multitasking than men, a new study says that regardless of gender, media multitaskers (those who simultaneously use their computers, watch TV or text on their phones, for example) aren't as good at doing several things at once as they think they are.
The study was initiated when researchers asked themselves what it was about "high multitaskers" that allowed them to do what they do so well.
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