Bender cites August 6, 1991 as the date when the Internet became "about robbing people of their privacy." This is the date when Tim Berners-Lee announced the debut of the World Wide Web.
According to David X. Cohen, he knew instantly that Fry's line, "Shut up and take my money!" would take off and become an internet meme.
The naming of Leela's boil is a joke reference to Susan Boyle. She is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV program Britain's Got Talent (2007) on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables (2012).
People marching together turned into zombie is reference to 1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial.
The episode aired just a week after the release of Apple's iPhone 4. The "eyephone" is a central part of the episode's plot.