SYZYGY 20things 2012

Filesharing site Megaupload was shut down by the FBI on account of privacy violations.

Another big deal was made when Zynga snatched up OmgPop just 5 weeks after the launch of Draw Something.

Adventure game Double Fine Adventure broke several Kickstarter records and became the highest grossing project ever (at the time).

Korean music video/dance phenomenon/hit song Gangnam Style went viral. Ai Wei Wei and Amnesty made their own versions.

Mass Effect fans protested over ending of the third and final release of the game by sending 402 red, blue and green cupcakes to Bioware, the game studio.

Short film “Kony” released by the Charity Invisible Children is probably the most viral video ever.

Ridiculously Photogenic Guy. A chance snap shot at a 10K run in Charleston, South Carolina, turned Zeddie Little into an Internet meme.

Ikea Monkey.

“Push to add drama.” Campaign for launch of TV channel TNT in Belgium went viral.

Founder of Commodore Jack Tramiel dies at age 83.

Reddit users try to solve the mystery of a cryptic subway code.

2012 was the first time athletes really shared images & experiences from inside the Olympics. Many fell in love with the Gorilla sculpture in the Olympic Village.

In January some of the biggest websites went black in protest of the Sopa and Pipa bills. It was the largest online protest in Internet history.

Facebook acquired photo sharing app Instagram for $1 billion.

The affordable and not-for-profit computer, Raspberry Pi, was released for sale in February.

Tim Berners-Lee’s tweet “this is for everyone” was displayed across the Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony.

On Election Day, Twitter creative lead Doug Bowman posted this update: “RIP fail whale,” as Twitter coped with a record of 327,452 tweets per minute.