16 Handles

Yes, it's the sweetest deal to speak of. 16 Handles, New York's first self-serve frozen yogurt franchise, has introduced a new machine at their East Village and new Greenwich Village shops that blends your perfect cup of yogurt. Still in trials, this machine mixes your favorite flavors and toppings into a 16 oz. cup and serves it to you all swirled and blended - just like a McFlurry - except it's a blend of all the things you chose and love. And the machine is called: 

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Anonymous

Break out the war drums! In apparent protest of the recent closure of file-sharing client MegaUpload, hacking collective Anonymous has announced its next target: Facebook. In a newly uploaded video titled "Anonymous Message On How YOU Can Be A Part Of #OpGlobalBlackout FAQ" (watch it after the click), plans for attacking the social media giant are discussed by a digitized narrator. "While it's true that Facebook has at least 60,000 servers, it is still possible to bring it down," the narrator says over a techno beat. "Anonymous needs the help of the people, the people who want to take a stand against the government, the people who want to make a difference. This is what we must do, but first you much ask yourself: Are you part of the Anonymous consciousness?"

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Internet dating

Are you a man whose gone through a break-up and are sad and devastated enough to go to extreme and pathetic lengths to make your ex jealous?  Then Cathy01 just might be the gal for you.  More than a digital rebound, more than just Internet dating, you can hire her to act like your new girlfriend on Facebook for just $5.

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Facebook Dislike

That’s right Facebook is suing Mark Zuckerberg.  Not the hoodie sporting, Adidas with socks-styled founder, but the guy who changed his name to mirror that of the tech titan and launched a store which ties into the site.  It's a far cry from the ivy adorned, rowing-fueled litigations of the Winklevoss twins.

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If you enjoy the kind of music that makes you go, "Hmm, is this supposed to be a joke? I think this is supposed to be a joke. Right? It's a joke, right? This is not real. Because it can't be. Why would this be real? These people get that they're jokes, right? Like, they're just pretending to be into this but after the end of the song they're definitely like, 'Ha ha ha, aren't we hilarious? Listen to this hilarious joke we just recorded, we are great at comedy,'" then you will probably love the debut single from Heart2Heart, the new boyband that boasts failed astronaut Lance Bass as its "mentor."

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Pandora is one of the many websites that either allow or require its users to sync their services to their website, but this poses a problem for those who are embarrassed about their guilty pleasures. One guy in Michigan even thinks it's a violation of privacy, which is why he's suing Pandora for letting his pals check out his music tastes.

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● Universal is using The Big Lebowski to launch their Social Theater on Facebook, an application with which allows viewers to stream movies for 30 Facebook credits or $3. The Dude of Facebook? 'Like.' [THR] ● Surely GOOP has touched at least a few lives, but we can't say we expected to hear that Gwyneth Paltrow is saving lives, too! In this particular case, a woman claims she was late to work on 9/11 after Gwyneth nearly ran her over in a large SUV. [People] ● The Weeknd's finally let go of his much anticipated second mixtape, Thursday, and it's as as dark, sleazy, wonderful as the last. and features Drake. It's available for free download from his site. [The Weeknd]

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Do you even know all of your Facebook friends? Most of them are casual acquaintances and friends-of-friends, right? Not really the kind of people whose faces you'd like to have permanently drawn on your body? Unless you're this woman in the Netherlands, who's never met a Facebook friend whose profile picture she didn't want to have tattooed on her arm. She's got 152 of them, each and every face drawn on her skin. Forever.

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If you're one of the The Youngs, it's quite likely that not only have you never used a travel agent, but you may not even know what a travel agent is. Or was, as the case may be. Still, larger travel agencies and services can still be quite valuable due to their scale and reach, and American Express Travel remains one of the biggest in the game. In a play to catch the attention of adventurous youth, AmexTrav last week launched Nextpedition, a social travel platform that takes you on a surprise trip defined by your "sign." Naturally enough, it's now on Facebook.

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Some strongly believe in the theory of six degrees of separation. Some say that with modern social networking three is the correct number of degrees. Some say the whole thing is a myth. This six-degree thing is sometimes referred to as the Human Web. It basically says that all of us are friends of a friend, and that after about six of those connections, we can reach anyone on the planet. Some Hungarian dude named Frigyes Karinthy came up with this in 1929. I never met a Frigyes, but it seems like a shady name to me -- but that’s because I’m feeling a bit distrustful.

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