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Gawker.TV posteda goofy public service announcement on Internet safety from the late ’90s today. The PSA was originally on a 6-minute tape, which one YouTube user bought at a Goodwill. It made me feel so awkward… I’m never letting my kids near the Internet after watching this! Gawker brings up a good point, did anyone ever use a chat client like that? That having been said, did you know there’s an entire industry of graphic design dedicated towards designing fake user interfaces?...

Here at The Next Web, we don’t pre-screen the ads we run from our partners atBuySellAds, which means that its sometimes a pleasant surprise to see what comes through. In this case we’ve even discovered something well worth sharing with you right from one of our own ads. TheIPEVO Cushiis an iPad stand built with comfort in mind. Whether you’re in a chair, in bed or sitting on the floor, this pillow has you covered....

This iPad stand fixed my shitty video call camera angles No more up-the-nostril views on Zoom dates, hurray Design The HoverBar Duo is designed to work with iPads of all sizes, even with thick cases attached; you can also fit phones larger than 5 inches in the clip. The articulating arm can extend to a length of 38.1 cm (15 inches). It also comes with a clamp so you can take the arm off the base, and fit it on your kitchen cupboards, workbenches or anything else that’s up to 3....

Sequels are often awful. I’m thinkingMen in Black 2,Jaws: The Revenge,Police Academy 7…you get the picture. That said, they’re not always bad – thinkGodfather 2,Back to the Future 2and, erm,Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. Films are one thing though…what about apps? Back in August we wrote about a pretty niche curated app which helps Londonersfind the best sandwichesin town. And today, creators Duane and Natalie Kinsey have announced their follow-up –Best Burgers London, and The Next Web has some invites to get the app for free....

One of the great things about covering nascent and emerging music technology these days is that you come across some amazing new concepts and tech on a regular basis. A recent and shining example of this was my visit to the office ofReality Jockeya few weeks back where I was introduced to some of their superb mobile apps and the concept of “reactive music”. The company was set up in 2008 by Michael Breidenbrücker, one of the founders of Last....