internet

Miles City is home to a gigantic baby.

When it comes to online trolls and cyber bullying, where does Montana rank compared to the other 49 states?

The answer might really surprise you. I definitely did not see this coming.

For most of my adult life there were only three TV channels and maybe half a dozen radio stations. There was no so called “talk radio.”

Thirty-three percent of small businesses use some form of mobile app according to a 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll

Bozeman residents are again the target of an internet scam, aimed at scoring your money because "you've been locked out of your computer". The emails look very official but don't be fooled. Details from BPD here:

Back in 1995, fifth grade students at Ray Bjork school in Helena, MT shot a PSA celebrating the many virtues of the internet, which was just starting to go mainstream at the time. These clever kids also talk about what they think the internet will be like by the time they get to college. "It will be like our telephone," one student accurately predicts.

Very few details are available as to WHY at this point but according to QWEST there is a "major outage in the Montana Central office".  They are doing everything they can to restore service to their customers but the outage may last until tomorrow (Monday 3/5/2012).

NetCoalition, a group of leading Internet and technology companies, launched a radio advertising campaign today in Montana which emphasizes the importance of the Internet as a job creator and what damage the impending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) will have on our economy. View the advertisements and get more info here.

Why did the average American go online? For no particular reason (Ba-dum-bum). Although this may not become the newest joke anytime soon, it’s actually a true statement. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 53 percent of 18- to 29-year-old Americans go online just for fun or to waste time. With 2,260 participating adults, it turns out that

Last month, Betty White lent her rapping skills to a remix of techno artist Luciana’s hit song ‘I’m Still Hot.” Now the video for the collaboration has been released, featuring both cheesecake (which White raps about baking) and beefcake to appeal to both sexes. (It’s hot, provided that you consider a bunch of buff male models fawning over an 88-year-old to be hot.)

Are you bewildered by Internet fads like LOL Cats, “Invisible Sandwich,” and Dog Fort? And are you a fan of the classic ’80s cartoon ‘Thundercats’? If so, you gotta check out the ‘ThunderLOLcats’ animated short from Cartoon Network’s ‘Mad.’