Tag Archives: internet

SURVEY: Gay Sites & Blogs Top List Of Media Choices For LGBT Consumers

eMarketer reports: A Community Marketing Inc. (CMI) survey conducted in June 2013 found that a substantial proportion of gay males and lesbians in the US had engaged in a variety of media activities over the seven days prior to the survey. The most common activity among the men and women polled was visiting LGBT sites and blogs, at 67% of …

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Turkey Bans Grindr

Turkish LGBT rights group Kaos GL reports on its website: Dating app Grindr, used by gay, bisexual and curious men, has been censored in Turkey. The app cannot be accessed since yesterday evening. İstanbul Anatolia 14th Criminal Court of Peace blocked off Grindr as a “protection measure.” Kaos GL Association’s Lawyer Hayriye Kara said it is very likely that the …

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Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Entire Interwebs

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Spotify Sued Over User Playlists

Britain’s Ministry Of Sound label has sued the music streaming service Spotify, claiming that user playlists that mirror the track listings on their compilations constitute a copyright violation. Chief executive Lohan Presencer claims that his company has been asking Spotify to remove the playlists – some of which include “Ministry of Sound” in their titles – since 2012.  “It’s been …

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Open Thread Thursday

How much of your time on the internet is via mobile devices?

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Top Porn Search Terms By State

Gizmodo tells us: It’s everyone’s favorite time of year—the birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and PornHub has just released a big, ol’ sticky mess of data about the country’s porn habits. And the conclusion? The MILF is alive and well, Nevada is weirdly into adult film star Anita Queen, and anyone invested in the porn industry needn’t worry—America …

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Slate Launches “Gaysplaining” Section

Slate today announced the launch of Outward, a new section of the site that “won’t be just another one-note, mainstream ‘gay news’ blog.” Um, ouch? Being made of the same ornery stuff as the rest of Slate, Outward will be a haven for passionate expressions of underrepresented and controversial points of view that we hope will make you think, make …

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HuffPo Ends Anonymous Commenting

(Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

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How To Disappear From The Web

Wired explains a new website: Even if you’re not Edward Snowden, there are times when excising your social media presence is necessary. Companies usually don’t make it easy, though, often hiding the delete button inside myriad confusing menus and settings. Save some time and bookmark justdelete.me, a new page that collects direct links for killing various accounts dead and puts …

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Fake “Ex-Gay” Story Goes Viral

But thanks anyway to the hundred JMG readers who sent it to me. (Seriously – don’t stop sending me your tips.)

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Zuckerberg: Let’s Bring The World Online

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a project to bring internet access to the estimated five billion people who currently don’t have it. “Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect,” Zuckerberg said in a statement. “There are huge barriers in developing countries to connecting and joining the knowledge economy. Internet.org …

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Cyber Attack On NYT Website?

That’s what Fox Business is claiming: The corporate and media sites of The New York Times (NYT) were experiencing a major cyber attack on Wednesday afternoon, according to a source close to the matter. The source, who asked not to be named due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said the newspaper has been huddling with outside security professionals …

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Brazil’s New Journalists: The Midia Ninja

JMG reader Robert notes there’s lots of gay activism among Brazil’s rise in citizen journalists.  This clip is a great example.

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New App Delivers LGBT History

Via press release: A new mobile app called Quist is now available worldwide to engage the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community in their shared history and help isolated LGBT youth feel less alone. “Presenting LGBTQ history through this interactive medium is one of the most engaging ways these stories have been shared with the world,” says the …

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The Internet Galaxy

Via the Daily Mail: Imagine if the internet was mapped out like a solar system with the world’s biggest websites represented by individual planets. But instead of the map of just a handful of planets that we’re used to seeing when learning about space, The Internet Map, a website set up by a Russian data-visualisation designer, has in excess of …

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Google Launches Web Streaming Device

Google today began selling Chromecast, a dongle for streaming web videos directly to your television.  Forbes reports: Practically giving away the device (it’s only $35 and comes with $24 worth of Netflix, even for current Netflix customers) could turn out to be a brilliant move for Google if it results in a massive uptake in customers turning to the search …

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TENNESSEE: Man Sues Apple For Not Protecting Him From Pornography

A Tennessee lawyer is suing Apple for not stopping him from accessing the porn that he says destroyed his marriage. In his 50-page complaint, Chris Sevier is seeking to force Apple to sell all its products with installed porn blocking filters. If a buyer 18 years or older wishes to remove the filters, Apple should also provide them with a …

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Snowden: NSA Is Working With Germany

Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden yesterday accused Germany of working with the United States government in spying on private citizens. America’s National Security Agency works closely with Germany and other Western states on a ‘no questions asked’-basis, former NSA employee Edward Snowden said in comments that undermine Chancellor Angela Merkel’s indignant talk of “Cold War” tactics. “They are in bed …

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Yesterday’s Headlines In Teabagistan

These headlines refer to this.

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Hipster Heat Map II

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