The hashtag games keep coming on Twitter. The latest craze: #LessNoteworthyMovies. The game, which was gaining steam Wednesday, challenges Twitter users to switch around or replace words in a famous movie title to change the film’s premise to something much less interesting. There are a few flops to be sure, but there’s a lot of …

Checking out Twitter this morning during my commute I was once again struck by people’s creativity. Another hashtag game started with a premise that made me wonder why it became popular. But the tweets that it spawned took on a life of their own. I now don’t feel as bad about the contents of my refrigerator because it seems a …

One of the more popular subreddits at Reddit.com is PhotoshopBattles; a place where someone will submit a photo and users then manipulate the image to tell a different story. There are tons of new battles everyday, but rather than it being a serious competition, Reddit users compliment people’s work and try to come up with new ways to use the …

Google said Wednesday that some new features are coming to Allo, the company’s recently released chat app. The biggest new change to Allo is a feature Google calls Smart Smiley, which predicts the most relevant emojis and stickers you might need based on the words you type. For example, if you type out cheeseburger, Allo will present you with the …

I was browsing Twitter earlier and came across a tweet from James Martin, one of our CNET photographers. He was sharing a piece called 12 drone photographers changing the way we see the world from the Feature Shoot website. There are definitely some amazing shots; you should check it out. It got me to thinking that there must be a …

It’s hard to believe it has already been 20 years since Michael Jordan teamed up on the basketball court with Bugs Bunny and the other Looney Toons to take on the Monstars. Yes, today is the 20-year anniversary of “Space Jam” and people are flocking to Twitter to remember and reminisce about what is arguably the most successful use of …

It’s already been 15 years since Microsoft debuted the Xbox. Bill Gates came on stage at the Game Developers Conference on March 10, 2000 to unveil the original Xbox, which was released in the US on November 15, 2001. It’s also worthy of note that Halo: Combat Evolved was launched at the same time and was crucial to the game …

You know what Twitter is good for? Tweets from bears. Making you laugh. Telling it like it is. Twitter, Reddit, Instagram — these social networks are overlooked goldmines of our collective social psyche. I, Jason Parker, have made it my mission to bring you the best and the worst of social networks, simply and purely for your enjoyment. We’ll publish …

From serious news to running jokes, Twitter has made people express themselves in just 140 characters in the most creative ways possible to get their point across. But another cool thing that happens on Twitter is when people start a hashtag game that revolves around a person, TV show or movie. Hashtag games can generate thousands of Tweets as people …

Last night and this morning we witnessed a phenomenon known as a supermoon. It’s when the moon passes closest to Earth in its orbit. This particular supermoon is the closest full moon we’ve seen in 70 years and as such, it has given rise to some great photos from around the world on Instagram with the hashtag #supermoon2016. In keeping …