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Morgan Freeman to analyse tragedies full time, say Facebook Chiefs

Recognising the runaway viral success of comments on the Newtown massacre attributed to him, Morgan Freeman has signed a two-year deal to provide simple, soothing explanations for all of life’s troubles, announced Facebook marketing executive, also Morgan Freeman.

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Posted: Dec 17th, 2012
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New Data Communications Bill to store everyone’s thoughts for a year

Government already knows that you know that they know that you don't want them to know what they already knowPlans to monitor the contents of everyone’s head came a step closer today with a proposed amendment to the government’s draft Data Communications Bill.

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Posted: Dec 3rd, 2012
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People who photograph their food must now also photograph their faeces

Middle-class foodies who insist on sharing via social media every carefully concocted plate of smugness they’ve ever cooked and eaten must now add a picture of the ‘evacuation’ that follows.

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Posted: Oct 12th, 2012
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Man so unpopular even Groupon refuses to email him

Tony Norris from Stockport has been unveiled as the UK’s most unpopular man following the decision by Groupon, and even global spam emailers, to refrain from attempting to contact him.

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Posted: Sep 28th, 2012
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Egyptian hieroglyphs ‘were early examples of Facebook status updates’

far more poking going on than was strictly necessary‘If a pharaoh wanted to let his friends know how he was, he’d just instant message them by carving a status update like ‘wavy line, owl, big eye, smiley face’ onto his wall.’

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Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012
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