Fidel Martinez
Fidel Martinez is a web culture and politics reporter. His work for the Daily Dot focused on Reddit and YouTube.
16 hilarious Amazon reviews that are anything but helpful
‘591 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?’
On Dec 29, 2016 by Fidel Martinez
Reddit 50/50: The daring challenge suddenly taking over the internet
Are you feeling lucky?
On Dec 21, 2016 by Fidel Martinez, Austin Powell
YouTube star’s photo shoot with BMW goes terribly wrong
On Nov 30, 2016 by Fidel Martinez
The shock and aww of Reddit’s 50/50
Here’s the story behind r/fiftyfifty, Reddit’s version of ‘Would You Rather.’
On Aug 13, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
YouTube’s “Awkward Black Girl” to play Nina Simone in new movie
Issa Rae has made the rare jump from YouTube star to Hollywood actress.
On Jun 5, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Is Xbox One actually a “twisted” surveillance device?
Privacy advocates across the globe have expressed concern over the gaming console’s surveillance capabilities.
On May 28, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Family’s football freakouts turn into viral-video gold
Being a fan of a professional football team is a masochistic enterprise.
On Apr 5, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
This is how easy it is to game Amazon’s customer service
That replacement Kindle is on its way, whether you ordered it or not.
On Feb 14, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Twitter parody reduces BuzzFeed to its essence
“Remember the ’90s?” indeed.
On Jan 9, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Mich. bans employers from demanding social media passwords
Michigan becomes the latest state to pass a new law that prohibits employers and educational institutions from demanding that workers or students give up their social media passwords.
On Dec 31, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
Thingiverse takes down blueprints for printable guns
The movement to make 3-D-printed weapons suffered yet another setback last week.
On Dec 24, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
Apple kills successful Kickstarter campaign, forces refund
Unable to return the $139,170 it received from 1,000 backers through Kickstarter, design firm Edison Junior had to create its own solution to resolve the matter.
On Dec 21, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
Ann Curry inspires pay-it-forward movement with #26Acts
The NBC anchor thought it’d be a good idea for people to perform 20 acts of random kindness in honor of the 20 slain children in Connecticut.
Magic Johnson back on Twitter after Lakers win 3 in a row
Magic made good on a promise to abandon Twitter until his team rattled off a winning streak.
On Dec 20, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
FTC updates Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
After 14 years without revision, some of the terms in COPPA required updating.
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