Eric Mack

iPhone 7 sexy enough to pull iOS users away from porn

Watching Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 7 event on Wednesday meant thousands of people weren’t spending that time watching other things — and Pornhub has the data to prove it. It turns out new smartphones are sexy enough to compete with online porn, as the site reports it saw a 9.5 percent drop in global traffic …

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Survey says: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus impress, but not enough to order today

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7 packed with new features 1:48 The day is finally here and the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have been unveiled. The key question of the day is whether the new water- and dust-resistant design, dual camera on the 7 Plus and AirPod earbuds are enough to delight, or does the overall package disappoint? …

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R.I.P. Gene Wilder, who brought both chocolate and meme factories to life

Gene Wilder, a comedy icon who entertained a generation on the screen and later fueled an online meme machine, is dead at 83. His nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, said Wilder died Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. When Wilder was at the top of his game in the 1970s, he was one of the biggest-name comic actors around, starring in classics …

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Meet the candidate campaigning for Congress via Uber

If you ever request an Uber or Lyft in Denver and the app tells you Casper is on his way to pick you up in his Hyundai Sonata, know you’re about to enter a safe space for talking politics. In fact, driver Casper Stockham wants to hear what you think about the problems facing Colorado, and the rest of the …

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Slumping Trump poll numbers grow into a Twitter hashtag

Donald Trump has fueled his candidacy for US president with his nearly constant and often controversial stream of tweets, but now some hashtaggers are turning against him. “Trump 32%” is a trending topic and nascent meme on Twitter on Thursday, following new polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton 47 percent to 32 percent in New Hampshire and 41 percent …

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Harry Potter fanfic site ClintonKaine.com priced at $90,000

If you’ve got $90,000, you can own the site publishing some of the best Harry Potter/2016 US presidential election mashup fan fiction around. Just when it seems as if this election cycle couldn’t possibly get any more strange, leave it to domain squatters to inject a little extra serving of the absurd. Last Friday, Hillary Clinton announced her pick of …

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A Donald Trump Bluetooth speaker as bold as the man himself

Finally, you can get Donald Trump to say or sing whatever, whenever and wherever you want. Sound of Power is commemorating Trump’s official nomination for president by the Republican Party by adding a bust of The Donald to its line of high-end speakers in the shape of some of the world’s more controversial leaders. “It’s with pride we present the …

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Can a Trump Reddit AMA make the internet great again?

The first polls following Donald Trump’s week in the Republican National Convention spotlight show the GOP nominee for president tied with presumptive rival Hillary Clinton. This week Clinton and the Democrats will have their turn, but Trump may be taking to Reddit with an “Ask Me Anything” session that could take some of the internet’s attention away from the Democratic …

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Cleveland native takes you beyond the RNC in photos

Cinematographer Troy Paff grew up in Cleveland before heading west to make a name for himself working on (and earning Emmy nominations for) shows like “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe” and “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” This week he’s been my tour guide to the Cleveland of both past and present as his hometown hosts the Republican National Convention. Along …

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The Republican convention looks very different on Snapchat

You can follow the Republican convention in Cleveland this week old-school style via TV, radio or print outlets. For a little more color, there are the RNC memes trending on Twitter, unique Instagram insights and even “glogging.” But one of the most interesting ways to tell the stories of the convention this week is via Snapchat, the ephemeral-messaging app. Cleveland.com …

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