Trivia: In 2005, Google changed its birthday from September 7th to September 27th to make it coincide with the milestone of indexing a record number of 3 billion webpages.

Thirty years ago today, computer scientist Scott Fahlman proposed ":-)" as a way to indicate humor online. Now, with emoji and horizontally-read smilies, there are thousands of ways to depict your feelings via text.

Arr me mateys! Today is the annual "Talk Like a Party Day", a mock holiday conceived by John Baur and Mark Summers in which people attempt to speak like a stereotypical pirate.

Occupy the Internet: In commemorating the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, take a moment to revisit the pro-99% Anonymous operation that never was.

Occupy the Internet: Hundreds of demonstrators reunite in downtown Manhattan to celebrate the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street protests that began in the Zuccotti Park one year ago today.