History of the Graphic Adventure, The Meaning Behind Your Profile Pic

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.

Read:

The Anti-Social Network

By showcasing the most witty, joyful, bullet-pointed versions of people's lives, and inviting constant comparisons in which we tend to see ourselves as the losers, Facebook appears to exploit an Achilles' heel of human nature. And women-an especially unhappy bunch of late-may be especially vulnerable to keeping up with what they imagine is the happiness of the Joneses

A Bad Sign for Google

No offense to the Times, which did a great job reporting the story, but it shouldn't take a front page anecdote for Google to figure out that there were dishonest merchants gaming the system in that way. Google should be steps ahead of the merchants, let alone of the people writing about the merchants.

Watch:

• Exclusive Ride in Dalek
• Why Knot?

Know:

• A free, new update for Nook Color users brings pinch-to-zoom browsing to the Android-powered e-reader. [From: Engadget]
• Thought Catalog explores the many meanings behind the profile pic. [From: Thought Catalog]
• Ars Technica details the 25-year history of the graphic adventure game. [From: Ars Technica]

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