This video is for anyone that has ever gotten a truly horrible gift they absolutely did not want and had to fake being happy about it. This grandmother's reaction to her gift is your revenge. Bask in its warming glow. » 12/28/14 9:30pm 12/28/14 9:30pm

Need a job? How about getting paid to wait in line? Meet Robert Samuel, a professional line-sitter who takes PayPal, Chase QuickPay and Venmo. » 10/07/14 12:45pm 10/07/14 12:45pm

Snapchat, the app geared towards sexting teens turned social media phenomenon, has become the go-to carrier of all burn-after-reading messages for The Youth of Today. Hell, people's grandmas are even snapchatting XXX shots of their casseroles. (That's not even a euphemism for anything sexually explicit — I've… » 6/24/13 5:10pm 6/24/13 5:10pm

Buzzfeed Shift found a disturbing free app — available for wannabe domestic abusers with both iPhones and Androids — that allows you to hit, slap, and strangle your lover when he, say, drops a shirt or glass or checks out sexy passerby. » 1/29/13 6:00pm 1/29/13 6:00pm

Snapchat, a new iPhone app that's obviously for teens, judging by the photos on their website — differentiates itself from the Instagrams of the world by utilizing time-sensitive technology. You can choose how long you want your Snapchat to last once it reaches your recipient before it self-destructs. Buzzfeed's… » 11/20/12 6:50pm 11/20/12 6:50pm

The ol' Photo Booth portrait phase is a well-documented phenomenon for those of us who were in college within the last five years or so. Regrettably, in some cases, Duckface Was Made. And once in awhile, in awe of the sheer novelty (Sepia! Pop art! So many effects!) we even posted them to Facebook. » 10/13/12 1:30pm 10/13/12 1:30pm

After Foursquare cut off access on Saturday to the charming "Girls Around Me" app that made it possible to view the location of women on a map and their publicly available Facebook data and pictures, app's Russian developer, i-Free Innovations, issued a statement defending its right to streamline predatory stalking.… » 4/01/12 12:00pm 4/01/12 12:00pm

Part of the challenge of birdwatching is that you have to wait patiently for the birds to show up. But some British birders are cheating by using an iPhone app that mimics the songs of invading enemy birds. This makes the real birds mad, and they leave their nests to fight off the intruders, leaving their poor… » 5/12/11 3:50pm 5/12/11 3:50pm

The New York City Health Department has unveiled a new condom-locator app for iPhones and Android devices, Consumerist reports. The owners of pricy phones may not seem like the population most in need of free condoms, but a department rep explains, "The younger generation uses their iPhone and we want to make it… » 2/14/11 11:30pm 2/14/11 11:30pm

As if to prove The Social Network's thesis that much of innovation comes down to dudes trying to score, here is a Foursquare app that zeroes in on critical masses of ladies. Cute or creepy? » 10/05/10 4:57pm 10/05/10 4:57pm

Michelle May O'Neil, a Dallas lawyer, has created two divorce iphone apps: Cost & Prep, which helps you plan for divorce expenses, and Estate Divider, which inventories assets and liabilities and calculates how to divide them. [Above The Law] » 6/14/10 1:20pm 6/14/10 1:20pm

Would you rather text someone than talk to them face to face? Then you might have technology overload, which means you engage in addictive behavior towards technological devices According to John O'Neill, the director of addictions services at the Menninger Clinic, "I think [technology overload] shares some of the… » 1/24/08 2:30pm 1/24/08 2:30pm