Taco Bell, the paragon of haute Mexican cuisine known for such gourmet offerings as the Doritos Locos Taco, is testing a new $1 category, described on a conference call as their low-end menu. That’s right, if you’ve ever walked into a Taco Bell and thought “I wish there were something available for less refined palates,” [...]

The sheer ridiculousness of using a natural disaster that left people homeless, hungry and cold as the theme for a photoshoot under the guise of awareness is just as silly for an A-list magazine as it is for a D-list media chaser.

Vogue is a brand that has plenty of experience with insensitivity: American Vogue published a puff piece on the Syrian first couple just as uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East were heating up, French Vogue published a blackface editorial and a piece with children dressed and made up as adults (the latter may have been behind Carine Roitfeld’s departure), but we’ve always held out a bit more hope for Vogue Italia.

In a move somewhere on par with rearranging the deck chairs as the Titanic sinks, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has floated the idea of banning people suspected of organizing or participating in the London riots from social media. Since having more police than rioters is an idea that didn’t occur to anyone until four days of disorder and destruction had passed, and it’s easier to blame BlackBerry.

While we’re fairly certain that Google+ will have a better fate than the acquired and abandoned Boutiques.com fashion social network, but it’s obvious that the search giant is still finding its footing when it comes to social media. Case in point: Google recently killed profiles for brands as diverse as Ford and Sesame Street, with no plans for business profiles for a “few months.” {Search Engine Land}

According to a post by Christian Oestlien, whose profile lists him as The Google+ Project Ads Guy (ironic), it never occurred to any of the brilliant minds in the Googleplex that brands, businesses, groups or other organizations that are larger than one person would want to participate.

It’s almost a given that professional models are thin, but Topshop recently came under fire for a photo on their website of model Codie Young, who many people considered to be too thin. Young recently took to her blog to defend herself against accusations of being anorexic, but we’ve got a whole host of problems with Topshop, critics and Young beyond her size.

Considering that Prince William and (the former) Kate Middleton’s wedding was one of the biggest media events in recent memory, how do you take advantage of lingering royal interest? If you’re Newsweek, you raise the dead – in this case, Princess Diana, mother of the groom.

You know what they say, it’s never too early to be insecure about your appearance. Well, we actually haven’t heard many people say that, but judging by the latest offerings for little girls it seems to be the message. From the UK we have a salon offering spray tans for children as young as one-year-old and a mother who gifted her 7-year-old daughter a voucher for her first boob job; and courtesy of Hollywood royalty, a 5-year-old with a shoe collection that’s worth more than some houses. Feeling awkward yet?

And we were weirded out by the jewelry that looks like little human bones. If gold and silver vertebrae don’t satisfy your fascination with kinda creepy accessories, you can now sink your teeth into a piece of jewelry with real bite. We’re not kidding – it’s a ring made of actual human teeth. Or, a necklace with human hair thrown in if you’re not sure about rings, but absolutely want in on some toothy adornments.