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People Who Park Like Jerks Will Now Pay the Price (VIDEO)

Posted by Julie Ryan Evans
on May 24, 2012 at 12:50 PM

Parking DoucheWe've all been there. You circle and circle a parking lot only to finally find a spot ... or what you think is a spot. But when you try to pull in, you realize only one-third of it is available because some douche decided he needed one and two-thirds spaces for his Prius. Or, even worse, you come out and find someone parked so close to your door that you have to crawl through the passenger side.

Douche parkers are some of the most inconsiderate, infuriating humans on earth, and beyond risking some serious vandalism charges or your physical well being, there's no effective way to stop their douchery. Until now.

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Baby Eye Roll

iPads for Babies Are a Great Idea if You Like to Throw Money Away

Posted by Jeanne Sager
on Apr 26, 2012 at 9:36 AM

iPadNeed more proof that today's parents have lost their minds? I've got four words for you. Babies are using iPads. And by babies, I mean kids who have not yet reached their first birthday. Infants!

This is the new start 'em young. And it's proof that parents will buy just about anything -- as long as it's being marketed as a way to make their kid smarter. Key word: marketed.

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Toddler Inspiring

Boy Reunites With Mom After 25 Years, Thanks to Google Earth (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Apr 17, 2012 at 2:35 PM

boy in calcuttaIt's one of those incredible stories that could only happen today: Google Earth helped a lost boy find his mother. Twenty five years ago, Saroo Brierly was just a 5-year-old boy working with his brother cleaning trains in India. He got separated from his brother, and then he ended up on a train bound for Calcutta -- a 14-hour journey away from the village whose name Saroo didn't even know. It was impossible for him to find his family. He took to begging on the streets of Calcutta until he was finally taken into an orphanage and then adopted by a couple in Australia.

Fast-forward to 2011: Saroo never forgot his birth family. So he figured out how far outside from Calcutta he must have started. And then he used Google Earth to scour the region for familiar landmarks.

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Technology Twisted

Boobstagram = Instagram for Breasts. Any Questions?

Posted by Emily Abbate
on Apr 13, 2012 at 11:19 AM

BoobstagramLove Instagram? Do you LOVE boobs? Well OH. Em. GEE. Friends do I have the PERFECT website for you! Meet Boobstagram. HA, I'm not even that surprised, it was only a matter of time.

The website, which is a compilation of NSFW photo after photo of cleavage from the popular Instagram site, or a straight man's dream way to kill time, is large, in-charge, and everyone everywhere is buzzing about it.

Wowza! Looks like everyone's really milkin' Instagram for all it's worth, eh?

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Technology Health Check

4 Great Techie Ways to Make Your Kids Eat Right

Posted by John Biggs
on Apr 3, 2012 at 5:04 PM


We've been thinking a lot about how to get our kids to eat more vegetables and, in the process, get more of what Michael Pollan calls "food" down our gullets in place of the cast-off chicken nuggets and pizza rinds we currently eat. Here are some changes we're going to be instituting around Gadget Dad central.

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Technology Eye Roll

Uproar Over Creepy 'Girls Around Me' App Is Completely Hypocritical

Posted by Maressa Brown
on Apr 3, 2012 at 1:24 PM

girls around me stalking app screenshotYou might not have caught it, but this past weekend, there was a ton of buzz about a freaky app recently pulled from the iOS App Store called Girls Around Me. Long story short, the app -- developed and later pulled by a Moscow-based company called i-Free -- mashed up publicly available Facebook and Foursquare data and displayed it on a map for users to track/research women checked in nearby. In other words, if you're kinda careless or lazy about your privacy settings on either Facebook or Foursquare, you could have very easily landed on some creeper's Girls Around Me map. They might have even been able to see your interests, college background, job, etc. aka whatever you share on your Facebook profile publicly.

Yeah, it sounds totally sketch, and on one hand, it's a huge relief that the app is no longer available for download. (i-Free pulled it themselves.) But on the other hand, I can't help but wonder ... Why are people so weirded out by this?

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Technology OMG

Angry Birds Movie & TV Show Will Get Your Kids Even More Obsessed (VIDEO)

Posted by Mary Fischer
on Apr 2, 2012 at 4:33 PM

angry birdsHave you gotten completely hooked on Angry Birds yet? Because it's kind of a big deal right now, just in case you hadn't noticed. I don't play the game myself, but my 6-year-old son? Yeah -- he's beyond addicted. He has been ever since the first version of the game came out. And I'm hoping you won't call me the worst mother in history for thinking of Angry Birds as one of the best babysitters I've ever had. (It really is.)

On that note, I'm trying to contain my excitement over the idea of Angry Birds expanding from being an app/game to being a weekly TV series -- and eventually a movie. It's in the works, you guys -- and I can't wait.

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Technology OMG

'Geometric Porn' Game Is Way Too Hot for Your Phone (VIDEO)

Posted by Linda Sharps
on Mar 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM

The question is this: can a bunch of simple shapes be considered pornographic? Apple apparently thinks so, because they rejected London-based visual artist Luciano Foglia's app on the basis that it contains "excessively objectionable or crude content."

You could argue, as Foglio does, that the app contains non-explicit representations of ideas. That it features interactive abstract art rather than overtly sexual images.

Of course, the name of the app itself is sort of a giveaway: Geometric Porn. As for how it looks … well, let's just say I never knew rectangles, triangles, diamonds, and circles could be SO INCREDIBLY DIRTY.

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Technology Tech Talk

Warning: You'll Get Hooked on 'Angry Birds Space' (VIDEO)

Posted by Emily Abbate
on Mar 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM

Angry Birds Space

I love Angry Birds just like every other iPhone/smartphone user. Hell, the game is super fun, SUPER addicting, and it was one helluva way to kill LOADS of time (and battery power) during my old commute to work.

So naturally, you can imagine my excitement now that there's some new blood on the scene. Yup, meet Angry Birds Space, the newest installment of touch and drag fun from Rovio complete with feathery creatures and pigs galore. The best part? NOW they're in space!

I'll refrain from asking how these cute little birdies breathe in an atmosphere with no oxygen. With 60 levels of challenging fun, who cares about the specifics anyway! The big question: Where can we get it?!

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Technology We Tried It

5 iPad Apps Moms Need to Get Their Hands On

Posted by John Biggs
on Mar 6, 2012 at 10:45 PM


With the much-anticipated launch of the iPad 3, I thought it would be fun to highlight a few cool apps for busy moms. Everyone has their own favorites, but these are a few that my wife and I particularly enjoy.

Most of these apps work on iPads (including the latest model) and all of them are free or relatively inexpensive. They're a high-tech way to help your wee ones feel and act better -- and some of these tools may replace cumbersome notebooks and guides.

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