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Niel

Niel

I'm a twenty odd something dude who likes the Internet. Pretty much me right there. Oh yeah, I'm also a keen musician in my spare time.

Newest Groupon Deal: Groupon IPO shares (25% off)

Newest Groupon Deal: Groupon IPO shares (25% off)

By Niel on June 6, 2011

The web is abuzz with the ludicrousness of yet ANOTHER IPO. This time around it’s the group buying powerhouse Groupon. With their billion dollar valuation and winning (and often copied to infinity) strategy they want even more money in public stocks. Here at Social Smocial, we think the best thing for Groupon to do, to [...]

Posted in Web | Tagged Billion dollar Groupon, Bubble, Dotcom Bubble, Group buying, Groupon, Groupon deals, Groupon IPO | Leave a response

This man makes a lot of sense

By Niel on May 31, 2011

In an interesting twist of events, we at Social Smocial endorse the old man’s message. (via Reddit) People who looked at this item also looked at… Newest Groupon Deal: Groupon IPO shares (25% off) So Smoco moving up in Web 5 Sites that Allow You To Leech of Other People Related items Newest Groupon Deal: [...]

Posted in Web | Tagged Animal Noises, interview, Old man animal noise, Old man camera, Old man interrupts interview, Old man invades interview, Troll for life, Trolling | 2 Responses

Did Mark Zuckerberg eat MySpace in '06-'08?

Did Mark Zuckerberg eat MySpace in ’06-’08?

By Niel on May 30, 2011

It recently came to light that Mark Zuckerberg only eats what he kills. The extreme diet philosophy is alarming, however, one can’t blame him ’cause back in college everything you eat kills you. However, it begs an interesting question. Did Mark Zuckerberg eat MySpace back ’06-’08? He killed the biggest social network at the time. [...]

Posted in Web | Tagged facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg only eats what he kills, Myspace | Leave a response

Samsung asks Apple to see future

Samsung asks Apple to see future

By Niel on May 30, 2011

In a hallmark decision, Samsung has decided to go for Apple, instead of CERN and their Large Hadron Collider, to ask if they can see into the future. This is due to Apple accusing Samsung of creating products that look like iPhones. Thus, in a trademark get even move, Samsung wants revenge and asks to [...]

Posted in Tech | Tagged Apple, Future, iPad 3, iPhone 5, Lawsuit, Samsung | Leave a response

Angry Bird cameos with Goldfish

Angry Bird cameos with Goldfish

By Niel on May 29, 2011

Angry Bird continues his rise to gaming celebrity stardom, by appearing as a cameo bad guy in the highly rated and viral music video We Come Together. His place as a celeb among other retro gaming icons such as Sir Sonic the Hedgehog and Bomberman is being solidified as a future retro gaming star. Will [...]

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Angry Bird, Gaming, Goldfish, Retro gaming, We Come Together | 2 Responses

Social Smocial like a phoenix; revived by fan

Social Smocial like a phoenix; revived by fan

By Niel on May 29, 2011

For months, Social Smocial went into hibernation, even considering a pivot or an early exit. However, fan and technical audio blogger Milan Davidovic has gathered a pitchfork rally and Tweeted to revive Social Smocial. Like all revolutions these days, Twitter was the reason. Thanks altmilan. All it took was a Twitter revolution to believe in [...]

Posted in Social Media | Tagged altmilan, Milan Davidovic, Social Smocial revived, tech blogger | Leave a response

Will the Web become the Discman of our generation?

Will the Web become the Discman of our generation?

By Niel on August 18, 2010

Yeah, the title is a bit misleading. Discmen are a bit too discriminatory, you can also include tapes and records. Anyhoo. Some guy from some high profile mag/site proclaimed that the web is dead. What he says is partly true. More bandwidth and time is being used by other applications, other than our trusty browsers. People [...]

Posted in Web | Tagged web is dead, wired | Leave a response

6 and a 1/2 Websites that will Increase your Hipster Music Cred

6 and a 1/2 Websites that will Increase your Hipster Music Cred

By Niel on August 15, 2010

Are you into alt music? Or into some way out tunes that no-one has heard of? Need to impress your hipster friends? Or those super indie friends that never come outside and smokes to look cool? Then here is a list of 6 and 1/2 websites that will give the confidence to say you heard [...]

Posted in Features | Tagged bandcamp, beatport, hipster indie music, hipster music, hypem, hypemachine, indie music, last.fm, latest music, latest tunes, musicovery, musicroamer, tuneglue | 3 Responses

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