Lauren Rae Orsini
Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.
19 percent of female Internet users in a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey said they use Pinterest, while only 5 percent of men said they were on the site.
On Sep 18, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Under the patent Google+ users will still be required to register under real names, but their public identity can remain pseudonymous.
Etsy has expanded its team that polices the crafts site for factory-made goods. But is it enough?
Activist group Vote No On Question 3 is citing the low-brow humor of two spoof websites as a reason to oppose legalizing medical marijuana in Massachusetts.
On Sep 17, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
A mother has allegedly been run off of Twitter after threatening to spank her son for walking home with an openly gay friend.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has just issued a memo that allows officers involved in probes to register aliases online.
On Sep 14, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
This brown-and-white tabby appears to want nothing more than to sit and gaze at the sunset.
This week, pinners looked forward to the change in seasons with thoughts of pumpkins, candy apples, and new looks for fall.
The marketplace site joins Google and Facebook in offering rewards to hackers who point out security weaknesses.
On Sep 13, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Santiago Ortiz says 2,999 of the 3,000 articles analyzed were predominantly male-edited. The exception? Cloth menstrual pad.
Scammers are stealing Pinterest accounts and using them to post spam messages to users' linked Facebook and Twitter accounts.
On Sep 12, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
From how-to tutorials to meta-humor, these collections offer a comprehensive look at the world of Pinterest.
This informative and entertaining supercut reveals the original context of many memetic phrases.
On Sep 11, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
On the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, "truthers" ar bemoaning the tragedy on the Facebook page, World for 9/11 Truth.
Check out these pin boards collecting moving images from Sep. 11, 2011.
