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News Minute: Top Stories for January 19 2012 (VIDEO)
Here are your top stories for this Friday, January 19, 2012: - Oil pipeline rejected by White House - Lawyer for cruise ship captain says client is shaken by accident - Snowstorm brings headaches in...
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VICTORY: SOPA and PIPA Postponed Indefinitely
Never underestimate the power of angry people in large numbers. Today, it is finally safe for the internet to declare victory. The House of Representative and the U.S. Senate have scuttled both the...
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The Day the Internet Stood Still (INFOGRAPHIC)
Now that SOPA and PIPA have been shelved, it’s easy to forget how close we came to having a government-controlled internet…and ACTA is still out there! The January 18th blackout was the largest...
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How Reddit Saved Bear Silber’s Life (VIDEO)
“Stop wasting so much time on the internet,” your friends probably tell you. Well, as it turns out, spending time online might just save your life. The internet, or more specifically, Reddit, saved...
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Social Media Demographics (INFOGRAPHIC)
Over 66 percent of all adult internet users are connected to one or more social media platforms. Use of these platforms and tools has been increasing steadily over the last 10 years, for both personal...
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Arizona Trolling Bill: Online Harassment Could Get You 25 Years in Jail
Do you like being a jerk online? You should probably stay away from the state of Arizona. An update to the state’s telecommunications harassment bill could make your angry tirade a Class 1 misdemeanor...
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Zeddie Little: Ridiculously Photogenic Guy Goes Viral (PHOTO)
Usually when people do a 10K run, you see them struggling, looking as though they’re walking on hot coals with every step, hoping they don’t collapse. Not Zeddie Little. Little, 25, was participating...
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Rage Comics in Real Life: Part 1 and 2 (VIDEO)
Here at Blippitt, we’ve become pretty big fans of “rage comics.” We’ve even started mixing them into some of our posts here and there. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon, just head over to F7U12...
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Fried Roach: Disgusting Surprise Found in McDonald’s Hash Brown
You want flies with that? How about a fried roach? That’s what a Reddit user claims to have found fried into the bottom of one of his McDonald’s hash browns. Going by the Reddit username “LinkBoyJT,”...
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$114,000 Debt Paid in Cash: Canadian Man Finally Pays Off Student Loan
Alex Kenjeev has finally managed to pay off his student loans. In fact, the last portion of it – totaling about $114,000 – he paid in cash. Last week, Kenjeev posted a photo of his massive payment to...
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Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian Wants to Create ‘Bat-Signal For The Internet’
January’s web-wide protests of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) were effective. They were so effective, in fact, that the alarming piece of legislation fell apart and died in its tracks. The threat...
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George Dennehy: The Amazing Armless Guitar Player (VIDEO)
The video below is truly remarkable. George Dennehy was born without any arms, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing his dream of playing the guitar. In the video below, Dennehy amazingly plays and...
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Teacher Barred from Classroom after Posting Photos of Students on ‘CreepShot’...
A substitute teacher in Atlanta, Georgia stands accused of snapping pics of unsuspecting students and posting them on a well known “Creeper” website. Authorities have launched an investigation after...
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Stingray Photobomb WIN
We’ve seen all kinds of photobombs here at Blippitt, but you’ve never seen anything like this. The photo below, which was posted to Reddit last week, shows a group of vacationing women getting...
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How to Pick Up a Girl at the Gym (VIDEO)
Comedian Jarrett Sleeper is here to reveal that most sacred of all tactics – how to properly pick up a girl at the gym. This video went viral almost instantly after making the front page over on Reddit...
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Drunk Airport Fight Breaks Out in New Orleans (VIDEO)
If you’re hoping to see blood and guts, sorry to disappoint. This is one of the lamest fight videos you’ll see online, but it does have at least some entertainment value, even though we never actually...
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Inside a Vault Full of Gold (VIDEO)
What’s it like to be inside a vault full of gold? This reporter from Periodic Videos got the rare opportunity to film the inside a one of London’s largest vaults. The entire complex is worth an...
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Black Iceberg Photo: Viral Alert (PHOTO)
A rare black iceberg photo has achieved viral status after being posted to popular online community Reddit. The black iceberg photo was posted by user Rundboll yesterday (Friday). So far, the post has...
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The Complete ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in Meme-Ragecomic Form
Friends, this wins the internet for today…and maybe for the year. Redditor Mitchell Steiman has created a meme/ragecomic version of Queen‘s classic hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” that just has to be seen to...
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Ship Launch Fail (VIDEO)
In case you were wondering how NOT to film the launching of a ship – here you go. As Yahoo’s Trending Now explains: In (the video below)t, the NOAA ship Reuben Lasker, at Marinette shipyard in...
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