If you're ever promoted an event - via social media or any other means - you've probably struggled with the classic worry: "What if I throw a party and nobody comes?" In the case of pro makeup company NYX Cosmetics, though, the opposite was true: They threw a big anniversary party sale and ...

What did you do this morning after your alarm went off - other than hit the snooze button? If you've got a smartphone, a new study says, there's about a one-in-three chance that you switched on your phone and loaded up an app. And if you're in that group, chances are also pretty good that you ...

Anyone who says the days of [Facebook Groups][1] are over might want to check their inbox - chances are, they'll find at least a few emails from the last day or two with a subject line of "Someone-or-other updated the group Blah Blah." So what's all that about? Right now, it looks like the ...

This early '90s AT&T concept video of an interactive "computer sous chef" has been making the viral rounds this week - but aside from being a giggle, there's actually a pretty interesting takeaway here. Namely: When was the last time you used a ...

*Update (April 27, 2011): Apple released today an [official statement][1] regarding what Twitter's been calling "Locationgate." Have a look for how they plan to address the issue.* Fresh on the heels of national coverage of location-based "stalker app" [Creepy][2], there's been a lot of buzz ...

Hey, Twitter users, here's a question for you: When's the last time you used a [hashtag][1] in a tweet? And, beyond that: Was it a "real" hashtag (in other words, something well recognized in Lawrence or even further afield, like [#ksstorms][2] or [#kubball][3]), or just a vaguely related ...