Duncan Riley

The Inquisitr is for sale

This one of the hardest, if not worst posts I’ve ever written here at The Inquisitr, but here it comes. The Inquisitr is for sale on Flippa.com. Details here. I founded this site on 3 May 2008, some 3 years ago after leaving TechCrunch. Due to personal issues I need a break, and when I […]

13y ago

The Royal Wedding Live Blog

Welcome to the live blog of the Royal Wedding of H.R.H Prince William and Kate Middleton. We’ll be doing this in chronological order, so older updates get pushed down with latest at the top. Updates will be in local (London time +1 GMT). Take -5 for US East, -8 for US West, and +9 for […]

13y ago

The Royal Wedding: Order of Events

We’re now hours away from the wedding of H.R.H. Prince William and Kate Middleton, and like all good Royal events, there’s an order to things. All times are local (London) time which is +1 GMT. Take -5 for US East, -8 for US West, and +9 for Australia East Coast. Between 8.15am and 10am: General […]

13y ago

Watch The Royal Wedding Live Online

The Wedding of H.R.H. Prince William and Kate Middleton is today and you can watch the Royal Wedding live online. Given generous broadcasting rights, watching the Royal Wedding live online isn’t really a matter of finding a stream, but picking which stream you want to watch. Coverage of the Royal Wedding live online generally starts […]

13y ago

Good News, Everyone! Futurama Renewed For Two More Seasons

Good news for Futurama fans today with news that the animated series will live on for another two seasons. According to reports, Comedy Central has picked up an additional two cycles of 13 episodes, and that’s on top of this years season which is due back to TV in June, taking the show out to […]

13y ago

Cheezburger Network Snaps Up Know Your Meme For Low 7 Figures

The Cheezburger Network has acquired the site Know Your Meme from Rocketboom for a figure believed to be in the low seven figures. Founded in 2007 as a spin-off from Rocketboom, Know Your Meme chronicles web memes in an encyclopedic form and offers viewers a regular video series based on the latest in memes. Know […]

13y ago

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Madonna’s Plans to Build Malawi School ‘Discontinued’

Madonna’s plans to build a school for girls in Malawi have been “discontinued”. The ‘Celebration’ singer pledged to build an academy in the African country following her adoption of now five-year-old son David in 2006, but the $3.8 million she has put into the project through her charitable foundation Raising Malawi has so far not […]

13y ago

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South Australia Strikes Again: Attempts To Censor Online Journalism

The South Australian Government has proposed a law that will ban the uploading of footage of assaults or “harassment” where those subjected to that activity do not consent, as part of its ongoing jihad against online publishing and commentary. The proposed law, that is claimed by the Government to be aimed at preventing people planning […]

13y ago

Even Jewish Prayer Rituals can get you Mistaken as a Terrorist

Three Jewish Mexican passengers caused a security scare on March 13 after their Jewish prayer ritual was confused by flight attendants as a possible Muslim suicide chant. The Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles was locked down before being met upon landing by fire crews, TSA, Police and FBI officials. The men […]

13y ago

Can Video Screens Be Hacked in Times Square?

A video has appeared on YouTube alleging to show hacking of video screens in Times Square using nothing more than an iPhone and a video transmitter. According to the blurb for the video: “the way it works is pretty simple: plug in my transmitter into the iphone 4 and play back any video clip. you […]

13y ago

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Avril Lavigne Gets Safety Pin Tattoo

Avril Lavigne has got a new tattoo following a “girl’s night out”. The Canadian singer made the spontaneous decision to visit the Shamrock Social Club tattoo parlour, in Hollywood, on Saturday, March 12, to get a safety pin etched onto her neck following a day with her friends. She wrote on her twitter page earlier […]

13y ago

Japan

Devastation In Japan

Post the 8.9 earth quake in Japan, reports coming in suggest that there is serious amount of damage across multiple islands. From what we know at this point is that there has been a serious inundation across north Hokkaido, including serious damage to farm land north of Tokyo. As I write this post there is […]

13y ago

Japan

Japan Tsunami Kills Possibly Hundreds

A Tsunami that followed the 8.9 earthquake in Japan earlier today has killed possibly hundreds of people. Footage of the tsunami shows water flooding across massive areas of rural Japan, as well as some metropolitan areas. The wave was at times 3-4 meters high, and swept across rural buildings with little warning. At the time […]

13y ago

Japan

Massive 8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan

A massive 8.9 earthquake hit Japan Friday afternoon (local time) causing widespread flooding and damage across the Japanese islands, including Tokyo. The quake hit at 2:46pm local time (5:46 UTC) and resulted in tsunamis that inundated large parts of the east coast of Japan. According to reports, a tsunami as high as 10m hit parts […]

13y ago

New Design Sees Gawker Media Sites Bleed Traffic

Gawker Media’s roll out of a new design at the beginning of February 2011 has cost the new media giant dearly, with online tracking tools showing that many of its sites have bled traffic in the past 5 weeks. Top of the list is gadget blog Gizmodo, which according to Alexa has dropped a whopping […]

13y ago

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Charlie Sheen’s Winning Recipes

Charlie Sheen may be stark raving nuts, but you have to give him some credit: he still has the ability to take the piss out of himself, as he’s done here for Funny or Die with Charlie Sheen’s winning recipes. Charlie Sheen’s Winning Recipes from Charlie Sheen

13y ago

Calling Your Horse ARRRRR Delivers Epic Win

Calling a horse racing can be challenging at times, but if you’re calling a race where one of the horses is called ARRRRR then it gets even more interesting ? (via Mashable)

13y ago

Beyonce Knowles Donated Colonel Gaddafi’s Cash to Charity

Beyonce Knowles donated the money she earned performing for Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi to charity. The singer-and-actress gave a private performance for members of the dictator’s family on New Year’s Eve 2009, but instead of keeping the cash for herself she gave it all away to Haiti, following the devastating earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean nation […]

13y ago

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The Charlie Sheen Is Winning Motivational Mashup

I’d bet there will be a whole pile more of these coming out in the next couple of weeks.

13y ago

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Rumor Claims Jim Carrey Died In Snowboard Accident

The fake celebrity death circuit has been quiet this year, but after a winter lull it’s back with a vengeance with a rumor doing the rounds that Jim Carrey has died in a snowboarding accident. One (rather dubious) news site wrote “Actor Jim Carrey is reported to have died shortly after a snowboard accident earlier […]

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