Google launches immense online museum with 42 exhibits
With the Google Cultural Institute, the search giant is taking on the task of digitizing thousands of significant historical documents. Exhibits range from Asian emperors to South African apartheid.
On Oct 10, 2012 by Aja Romano
Cable TV is dead; long live cable TV
Also in today’s Reddit Digest: the great grilled cheese debate, the most tragic figures in history, and magic mushrooms.
On Oct 9, 2012 by Kevin Morris
History’s most evil people before Hitler
Also in today’s Reddit Digest: How it feels to cut from the NFL, the history of Reddit, and grammar nazis
On Sep 14, 2012 by Kevin Morris
The Internet gets its own Facebook Timeline
Peruse the origins of Internet technologies, companies, and memes at a glance on this new Timeline.
On Aug 28, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
Mr. GIF—bringing back the GIF with style and charisma
One year and more than 600 GIFs later, the Tumblr artist collective known as Mr. GIF has helped make the image format cool again.
On Aug 20, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
The “History of Wooing Women” in under 4 minutes
This four-minute medley offers a timeline of love songs that starts in 1955 and ends in 2010, to hilarious effect.
On Jul 25, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Dotted Lines: “The Evolution of PC Games”
Remix artists Reverse Enginears deliver a nostalgic trip through PC gaming history, using nothing but remixed audio and video from the games themselves.
On Jul 19, 2012 by Jay Hathaway
Dotted Lines: A brief history of rock
One guitarist, one video, and 100 instantly recognizable rock riffs.
On Jul 2, 2012 by Jay Hathaway
The best of LiveJournal’s Vintage Photographs
Unearth the mysteries of the past with this LiveJournal community.
On Jun 15, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Was history made on your birthday?
With only 365 days in a year and thousands of years of recorded history, there’s a good chance something important has happened on your birthday. Canvas users celebrated their birthday events with drawings.
On May 25, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
CISPA foes take their case directly to Reddit
Also in today’s Reddit Digest, butt-wiping through history (seriously) and how we smell in stereo.
On May 24, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Facebook IPO inspires Zuckerberg meme
That was predicatable.
On May 18, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Relive your sports memories one tweet at a time via “Sports Illustrated”
Andy Gray helps you recall your favorite moments in sports history—even if you weren’t alive yet.
On Apr 11, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
100 years later, Titanic tries again on Twitter
Twitter account gives you the chance to relive history in real time.
On Apr 2, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Don’t be a fool about April Fools’ Day
Find out why you just might fall victim to a prank Sunday.
On Mar 30, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
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