A former female software engineer is proposing a class-action lawsuit against Twitter, claiming the microblogging service uses a secretive promotion process geared toward men, according to CNET. Tina Huang claims Twitter alerts only certain people about job openings and promotion opportunities, frequently bypassing women, according to Reuters. Via CNET: Huang on Thursday filed her proposed class-action lawsuit […]
Iggy Azalea has been hiding under the social media rock for quite some time and apparently, it’s going to stay that way…forever. The “Fancy” rapper spoke briefly with The Associated Press recently about not missing social media at all. Iggy said: “Yeah, so nice not to be on social media so I’m kind of going […]
A teenager from Birmingham, Alabama was shot and killed during a fight that began on Facebook over the weekend, a CNN affiliate reports. Kierra’onna Rice, 14, was allegedly bullied by a group of girls on Facebook, according to the girl’s mother, Alicia. Rice and a group of girls decided to meet at a park on Friday to […]
The dress is blue and black. And here is the white and gold. Smh pic.twitter.com/SRUDyonA64 — Michael Vilceanu (@Curropted) February 27, 2015 There is always some sort of viral debate going down on Twitter, and today’s discussion has led to guessing the color of a dress. Yes, you read that right. On a Tumblr page, […]
UPDATE: 2:38 PM Zendaya has taken to her Instagram account to respond to Giuliana Rancic’s apology. —– The internet has been on fire ever since Sunday night’s Academy Awards, but it wasn’t the actual ceremony that stole the show. On a post-awards episode of Fashion Police, E! correspondent Giuliana Rancic made some offensive comments about Zendaya Coleman‘s look, more […]
Iggy Azalea has officially reached her social media breaking point. After being the butt of countless Internet and media jokes over the past year, Iggy Azalea has made the decision to quit Twitter. After returning from her Hawaiian vacation, the “Fancy” rapper fired off her very last tweets…for now. Just got back from a great […]
A high school football player has been arrested after he shot his classmate in the face and posted with the teen’s lifeless body on Snapchat. The shooting took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week, when Maxwell Marion Morton (above) shot 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in the Jeanette area. Mangan was found by his mother in their home on Friday. A […]
It’s going down in Phoenix, Arizona. Hooking up during Super Bowl weekend just got a lot easier thanks to that popular “dating” app Tinder. TMZ reports that horny football fans are drafting a lot of tight-ends for their team. “Sources” claim that since Wednesday, activity in the Phoenix area — where the game is being […]
Social media has played an integral part in the way we communicate and generally interact with each other. Time has allowed us to show the best and worst uses for social media, but what happens when someone uses it for murder? For some, the thrill of a wide-eyed audience on the other side of the […]
Ever since Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s wedding weekend, we haven’t really heard or seen much from Rob Kardashian. After gaining some weight, the only male sibling in the Kardashian crew has stayed very low key and out of the public eye. Well, it looks like that’s slowly, but surely, coming to an end. After […]
A Minnesota father took a stand against both bullying and racism when he took to YouTube to expose the students taunting his adopted African-American daughter. In the heartbreaking video above, Brad Knudson explains that his daughter’s friend came to the family to inform them that twins at her Prior Lake school were sending Dierdra racist Snapchat videos. […]
South Carolina teen Matthew Fischer is currently in police custody after fatally stabbing his classmate for sending Snapchats to his girlfriend. The 17-year-old was reportedly upset with Lucas Cavanaugh, 16, for sending a message to his girlfriend on the popular app on Sunday. With Snapchat messages lasting no longer than a few seconds, Fischer sent a message of his own […]
