Articles by Mashable from August 2012

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If you simply cannot wait until the next Apple release, reported to take place next month, you can get you hands on the latest iPhone now. Here's the stipulation: It wasn't made by Apple.Chinese compa...

Are you ready for the first day of school? Don't worry; you're not alone. Most students dread the thought of Labor Day because it means the last days of summer are here, and it's time to hit the books...

1. CalenGoo CalenGoo integrates with Google Calendar and displays events in the same colors youve chosen on Google Calendar. Plus, it recognizes visible and hidden calen...

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If you can't imagine what thousands of Walmarts look like on a map, here's a GIF showing the huge growth of the big box retailer.More About: GIF, WalMart, Watercooler, trending...

1. Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg Facebook's chief operating officer and only female board member posts both personal and work-related news updates to her public news...

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Starting a business is not for everyone. You need a strong constitution and the ability to face failure. Because if statistics are any guide, you will likely fail.But the web makes it easier for first...

Paralympic athletes don't receive anything resembling the global publicity or endorsement deals of their Olympic counterparts -- but their stories are arguably even more inspiring. That's thrown into ...

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In May 2012, Shane Bennett sent a message to Samsung via Facebook. The 26-year-old spiced up his inquiry with a drawing of a dragon in hopes of securing a free gadget hookup from the tech giant....

Did you know Blue Moons aren't actually blue? But they -- as the popular idiom suggests -- rare occurrences. The second full moon of the month will occur on Friday, Aug. 31, a phenomenon which only ha...

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Satellite U925t Tablet-Ultrabook Hybrid Toshiba has unveiled a series of new computer devices, including a tablet-ultrabook hydrid. The star of the announcement is a tab...

Good design starts somewhere -- either with nature, a physical object or another person's art form. Inspiration, especially online, can piggyback, with each creation building on the one before yet sti...

The secret's out. Apple's confidential employee training manual has been revealed to the masses.The latest Genius Training Student Workbook for Apple sales staff landed in the hands of Gizmodo, which ...

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Republican House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, an active social media user, dropped by Facebook and Twitter's co-working space at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday afternoon. Facebook's ...

1. Rotoworld Draft Guide Rotoworld.com has long been a must-read site for fantasy sports nuts. Its Draft Guide app will prime you to run circles around your league, come...

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Lenovo expanded its Ideatab line of tablets Thursday with the Ideatab S2110, A2107, and A2109. Running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the trio of tablets are both thinner and smarter than the company...

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Parallels for Mac Version 8 Parallels lets you run Windows on your Mac. The trick is you can run both OSes simultaneously, with your Windows apps showing up just like Ma...

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Are you having more trouble sleeping since you got your iPad or Samsung Galaxy S II? That comes as no surprise to researchers at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who'v...

Ann Romney, RNC 2012 Click here to view this gallery.In 1992, Barbara Bush addressed the nation on live televi...

HP Envy x2 Windows 8 Hybrid PC The Envy x2 aims to fulfill both your laptop and tablet needs. It's a full Windows 8 PC, powered by Intel's mobile "Clover Trail" processo...

Berry Mario Alberto Chavez Cardenas caught two different berries growing out of the same branch.Click here to view this gallery.More About: Mashable Photo Challenge, Pho...

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On August 28, a camera on board the International Space Station captured footage of Hurricane Isaac from 253 miles above Earth. The video was taken as the powerful storm swirled towards the southeast ...

10. The Rise And Fall Of Welfare Reform This ad focused on President Obama's dismantling of the welfare reform ...

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1. Star Trek vs Star Wars Click here to view this gallery.The mad dash to ask Barack Obama a question nearly brought down Reddit Wednesday afternoon during the presiden...

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1. He's Charitable Chan, shown with his two dogs, poses with some of the drawings sent from fans for his "Build School for a Dollar" project.Click here to view this gall...

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Samsung ATIV Windows RT Tablet Samsung unveiled its first Windows RT tablet on Wednesday during the 2012 IFA conference in Berlin. The 10.1-inch ATIV Tab features a 1.5 ...

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President Obama became the first Chief Executive to do a Reddit "AMA" -- short for "Ask Me Anything" -- around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Politics, US, barack obama, r...

China-born American Hanjuan Jin has been convicted of stealing Motorola secrets, and on Wednesday, she was sentenced to four years in prison.More About: Motorola, Trade Secrets, iDEN...

Samsung ATIV S The ATIV S is the first Windows Phone 8 smartphone. It packs a dual-core 1.5GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and can connect to HSPA+ 42 networks (such ...

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Think your smartphone can do it all? Maybe so. Especially now that you can use it to remotely control a robotic toy.Sphero is a robotic ball controlled by an iOS or Android device. Although the Sphero...

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Artist Sue Austin has been wheelchair-bound since 1996. Instead of allowing her circumstances to hinder her art, she uses it as a vehicle -- so to speak. Austin has created, with the support of diving...

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1. Baby Monitor & Alarm Sleep is rare for new moms and dads. Mid-day naps may be your only opportunity to rest. The Baby Monitor & Alarm app allows parents to momentaril...

Occupy RNC Click here to view this gallery.More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Watercooler, ows, pics, protests, rnc...

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Sony Xperia T The Sony Xperia T, which will be featured in the upcoming James Bond movie Skyfall, boasts a 4.6-inch HD screen as well as a 13-megapixel camera.Click here...

Samsung's "Mobile Unpacked" event is underway in Berlin. The company is streaming it live on its Facebook page, but you can watch it here, too.A few of the announcements -- such as the new Windows 8 h...

Sony Action Cam in Snow Click here to view this gallery.Sony wants to capture every second of your next big sky-diving, mountain climbing or surfing adventure. The comp...

If the action and gore in the summer flick The Expendables 2 was too much for a family night at the movies, leave it to Toy Story's Buzz and Woody to PG it up.Media company IGN Entertainment created ...

Samsung Series 7 and Series 5 Hybrid PCs for Windows 8 The Series 7 and Series 5 hybrid PCs from Samsung change from laptop to tablet by slipping them out of their keybo...

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1. @scottlinnen Click here to view this gallery.The mystery speaker set to take the stage at the Republican National Convention Thursday night has triggered a massive g...

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How do you get hundreds of fans to send you their photos? Find a shared interest that you have together and ask them to participate in it with you.For the lead-up to the new single "Thrift Shop," Mack...

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Click here to view this gallery.Google's "instant" results appear in the search box the moment you begin typing a search term. For every letter of the alphabet, Googl...

Logitech has unveiled an entire new line of Ultimate Ears-branded products -- a name that should signify quality audio devices in a portable format. Among the new devices are the new, top-of-the-line ...

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Google continues to flex its marketing muscle for its Nexus 7 Android tablet: first with a video commercial in July, then with a banner ad on its normally ad-free homepage, and now with a second video...

Sony Xperia Tablet S With the new Tablet S, Sony brings its Android tablets under the Xperia brand. The new tablet is lightweight and slim, with a tapered design that So...

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1. TurnItIn Four UC Berkeley graduate students designed a peer review application to use for their classes thus, TurnItIn was born. Eventually, that prototype developed...

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It's been 57 years since Walt Disney opened the first of several theme parks. How did these theme parks become known for their magic? Let's take a look back in time.Filmmaker Jeff Altman found his gr...

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1. Bedford Ave Subway Love Late night on the L train platform in Williamsburg, Brooklyn a sing-along moment of ...

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Art lovers have gazed amorously at the works of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh for the past century. Now, thanks to a tool developed by Japanese vision expert Kazunori Asada, we all might start lookin...

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Mars: a great place to visit if you like rocks, red sunsets, giant dormant volcanoes and 300-mile-an-hour winds. But if you're looking for a little music? Not so great. Not until Tuesday afternoon, wh...

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Funny or Die pits Mitt Romney against Barack Obama in a rap rumble more entertaining than actual presidential election coverage.A regular rhyme-tossing brawl would be dandy, but the dueling duo takes ...

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Old Spice is adding interactivity to its viral video repertoire with its latest spot for its new scent, "Danger Zone."In the "Muscle Music" ad, Old Spice Guy Terry Crews composes music by doing nothin...

Thanks to all the e-mails, tweets, streaming video and mobile Internet usage at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, both events are estimated to see an astonishing one terabyte (that's...

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If you are one of the 53.2 million people currently with an iPad, there's a good chance you've already developed habits related to how you best like to use your device.The team at Infographic Labs has...

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1. Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Apptivity Monkey This friendly monkey is compatible with iPhones and iPod touches.As well as an interactive, battery-powered plush toy, the...

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Researchers are close to achieving an addiction-proof painkiller. In the lab, scientists have successfully administered a pain-relieving drug to rodents. The test subjects have not shown the typical a...

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1. Waylon Smithers Click here to view this gallery.Happy National Bow Tie Day! Give your neck a fancy upgrade by accessorizing with a fetching double looped and knotted...

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President Obama is advising Gulf Coast residents to heed warnings about Isaac, which was upgraded to hurricane status just after noon Tuesday.We are dealing with a big storm, and there could be signif...

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This video has been posted all over the Internet recently, and it has members of Reddit, 4chan, and 9gag all scratching their heads.The video, a re-upload of a clip posted by YouTube user More About: ...

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After 11 hilarious weeks of joke writing, Klondike's Comedy Showcase has finally decided on its hilarious winner: Pauly Casillas (@PaulyPeligroso) of Tucson, Ariz.The summer series was hosted by comed...

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201-Carat Chopard Watch Price: $25,000,000Oh, how many diamonds did you say you needed? One pink, one blue, 352 D color flawless and 520 fancy intense yellows. Click he...

How's this for a jump through political history? C-SPAN's digital team sent Mashable this supercut of every presidential nominee since 1984 -- when the network began broadcasting conventions -- accept...

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Samsung S Launcher for Windows 8 On all Windows 8 machines, Samsung will include the S Launcher, which replicates many of the abilities of the old Windows Start menu (a ...

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1. Verified Because secretly we all want a blue check mark next to our name.Cost: $27.99Click here to view this gallery.More About: Social Media, Twitter, clothing, fash...

Samsung Series 7 All-in-One PC The Samsung Series 7 has a 27-inch screen with full HD (1,920 x 1,080) resolution. It has 10-finger touch capability and can also be contr...

Whether or not you're a fan of will.i.am's songs, his music will soon be out-of-this-world.NASA's Curiosity rover is set to broadcast a new song by the Black Eyed Peas singer live from the surface of ...

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1. Mitt Romney Wearing Jeans Politicians always look a little awkward out of suits. Mitt Romney Wearing Jeans collects photos of the GOP candidate in denim instead of Do...

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Darrell Issa House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) records a Google+ message for U.S. military veterans.Click here to view this gallery.More About...

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Yao Ming Plays With a Cute Baby Elephant Photo by Kristian Schmidt for WildAidClick here to view this gallery."I came face to face with a large black rhino," reads the m...

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New iPad The new iPad is one of many current-model Apple devices that feature Samsung parts. According to iFixIt.com -- which displays pictures of the interior of Apple ...

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After Shark Week and the Olympics, television finally had a chance to catch its breath. Social engagement numbers weren't as high as weeks past, but viewers nonetheless gravitated toward some of the o...

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Movie making seems to have advanced faster than light-speed in past decades, with the advent of 3D cinema and seamless stop-motion films, but it turns out frame rates have been stuck at a steady pace ...

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is many things: highly competitive, divisive among fans and very rich. Very, very rich, with a reported net worth of $2 billion. So why would one of the NFL's most hig...

Apple has identified the Samsung products it plans on trying to ban from sale in the United States. While Samsung was found guilty Friday of infringement with 28 different devices, many of those devic...

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Do your children spend time home alone? If you worry about them when you're not with them, there are gadgets that can make you feel more close by. Technology is obviously no substitute for proper chil...

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1. Hypnotising Chickens, 1934 A boy from Slaley, Northumberland demonstrates how to make a chicken stay in plac...

Originality is en vogue. We customize the tech we use each day, from screensavers to smartphone cases, choosing to reflect our personalities through visuals and express individuality. But for millenni...

A lion may be on the loose in Essex, England, if you believe several reports from citizens who claim they've spotted the big cat strolling around the city. The police took the reports seriously, and w...

1. "Tequila" Image courtesy of DKNG StudiosClick here to view this gallery.Paul Reubens, better known as the fictional character Pee-wee Herman, celebrates his 60th birt...

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50,000 Meetups. 45,000 cities. 10.8 million monthly visitors. 11.1 million members. 117,000 Meetup topics.When Scott Heiferman and his co-founder launched Meetup in the wake of 9/11, their mission was...

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Prepare for a moment of mind-blowing in the candy and gum aisle because you have been getting Tic Tacs out of the container incorrectly for years. Whether you shake the container over your open mouth ...

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1. The Chemical Touch This app's touch-sensitive periodic table will help make chemistry class much more interactive. Select different elements to learn more about thei...

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The entrepreneur's toolkit should help founders boost efficiency while dealing with myriad tasks at hand. These'll do the trick.More About: Bootstrapping Business Series, behance, entrepreneurship, fe...

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1. LifeProof Bike & Bar Mount for iPhone 4/4S Suitable for bikes and motorbikes, the LifeProof mount can be positioned in landscape or portrait position and offers a qui...

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Zombie Peeps Image courtesy of babelglyphClick here to view this gallery.More About: Food, Watercooler, trending, zombies...

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1. Golf Cart Fail This runaway vehicle wreaked minor on-field havoc following a high school football championsh...

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It's Sunday, and you're due for your weekly dose of viral videos. What a lively bunch we have for you this week!More About: Viral Video Recap, Watercooler, viral videos...

We've played every single Kinect game released since the accessory went on sale in the fall of 2010, and here are the ones that will literally make you jump in excitement.More About: Xbox 360, Xbox Ki...

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You cant control when someone is going to call you back, or if the person liked you, or what the economy is going to do, but you can control your attitude and how you conduct yourself throughout the p...

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This week on Top 10 Tech we bring you exquisite speakers, high-tech sneakers and conveyor-belt creepers, all of them flaunting the latest technology that just might make your jaw drop.More About: Audy...

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The news of Neil Armstrong's death plunged astronauts around the world into mourning, with some expressing their sadness on Twitter.More About: NASA, Neil Armstrong, space, trending...

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Not getting enough Facebook love? You're not alone, and Nitrozac and Ziggy of The Joy of Tech are here to help, putting things into perspective for us.More About: Facebook, Sunday Comics, The Joy of T...

November 20, 1956: Portrait of Armstrong while a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Image courtesy of NASAClick here to view this gallery.More About: NA...

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From the ultimate customizable DIY iPhone case to a massive homemade Oreo, these are the 10 Pinterest pins you won't want to miss. More About: pinterest, top 10 pinterest pins, trending...

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Facebook headquarters has hired world-renowned architect Frank Gehry to design its campus extension.More About: architecture, facebook headquarters, trending...

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Here are five free Google things we're pretty much all using.More About: Google, free, trending...

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It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But youre in luck -- we take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps.This week ...

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1. New Super Mario Brothers 2 Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. 2 this Sunday, along with their monstrously big 3DS XL. It has many of the great elements from the ...

YouTube is testing a new feature that lets users select videos based on their mood.More About: Google, Moodwall, YouTube, trending, videos...

YouTube is testing a new feature that lets users select videos based on their mood.More About: Google, Moodwall, YouTube, trending, videos...

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We always had a sneaking suspicion Batman was possessed by Cookie Monster. And now we've received confirmation. In this hilarious remake of a scene from Dark Knight trilogy, a cookie-obsessed Batman m...

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1. MyFitnessPal This app boasts the largest food database of any iPhone calorie counter, with over 1.5 million foods available offline. With exercise tracking, sharing c...

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Justin Beiber? If you're that excited over a new follower, we hope it's Justin Beiber. Click here to view this gallery.The term "breaking news" has become one of the mos...

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What was the last thing you shared on the web? There's a good chance it was either a photo or a video. And increasingly, that shareable content is originating from brands.Companies are quickly learnin...

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Siri has a sweet voice -- in a snooty robot kind of way -- but imagine the iPhone assistant with one of Hollywoods most epic voices. Thats right, Apple gadget fans, you could hear the smooth vocal sty...

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Have you ever wished someone would explain particle physics to you with help from the sweet sounds of Adele? Look no further. "Rolling in the Higgs," a parody of the Adele hit "Rolling in the Deep," i...

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Craigslist is like a virtual yard sale. Sometimes you find a real deal and other times youre left with a vintage chord organ that you swore youd learn how to play.More About: MashTags, Twitter, Water...

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1. Nyan Cat Image courtesy of B for BelClick here to view this gallery.While surfing the web to revamp your fall wardrobe, perhaps your biggest inspiration will be the ...

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Image courtesy of Tim TadderClick here to view this gallery.More About: Watercooler, humor, photography, trending...

1. Cristiano Ronaldo Followers: 12.6 millionFake: 40%Inactive: 39%Good: 21%Adjusted Follower Count: 2.6 millionPhoto courtesy @CristianoClick here to view this gallery.T...

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1. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare First-person melee combat often lacks that visceral, cinematic feel, even in the most polished modern games (Skyrim notwithstanding).Chival...

The Office of Mayor Bloomberg will make an official statement on the shooting at the Empire State Building that happened this morning. You can watch it live via YouTube here.More About: esbshooting, n...

Two people are dead, and nine others are injured after a gunman opened fire near the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan this morning.The Office of Mayor Bloomberg made an official statement li...

Two people are dead, and nine others are injured after a gunman opened fire near the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan this morning.The Office of Mayor Bloomberg made an official statement li...

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On August 26, 1912, a man in central Norway wrapped a mysterious package and wrote a note on the brown paper parcel that read: May be opened in 2012. The man, Johan Nygaard, was the first mayor of the...

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YouTube recently announced that its users upload 72 hours of video per minute. Although mind-blowing, such an astronomical number could potentially discourage YouTube fame-seekers.When you pair that n...

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Updated: 11:05 a.m. 8/24/2012 State Senator Malcolm Smith told WABC that two people are dead, including the shooter, and eight others have been wounded. He confirmed that it was a workplace dispute in...

Want to see the entire descent of Mars rover Curiosity in high definition video? Well, this is your lucky day. YouTube user Daniel Luke Fitch has assembled the video of the descent using photos taken ...

Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Available on the carrier for $199.99 with a new two-year contract, the phone is competing against the similarly-priced HTC EVO 4G LTE, and the S...

Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Available on the carrier for $199.99 with a new two-year contract, the phone is competing against the similarly-priced HTC EVO 4G LTE, and the S...

1. Carnegie Mellon Carnegie Mellon, the private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was originally founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carneg...

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Timeline Comes to iPad Facebook Timeline is finally on the iPad. The feature looks and acts exactly as you would expect. We're not sure why the team waited for the new a...

Timeline Comes to iPad Facebook Timeline is finally on the iPad. The feature looks and acts exactly as you would expect. We're not sure why the team waited for the new a...

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Mobile smash Doodle Jump received the biggest update on Thursday since the game was launched three years ago.Players will now be able to access a Doodle Jump store that gives them several ninja-themed...

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Betty White is breaking her own rules and doing a live chat on Facebook.For years, White's fans have tried to get the 90-year old actress and comedian to join the social network but she has always dem...

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Celebrity spotting is one of the perks of New York City, but for every Ryan Gosling, theres a hmm, whos that? He looks familiar. You know, the reality TV personality or random Joe that just looks famo...

Vote: Choose Your Candidate Click here to view this gallery.The race for the White House is, in a metaphorical sense, a battle between two men and their almost diametri...

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Video captured by Mars rover Curiosity contains four mysterious "objects." UFO-ologists identified the little specks in a video posted to YouTube last week. "What are these four objects? UFOs, Dust pa...

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Angry Macarons An Israeli cooking blog posted a recipe for turning the hogs from Angry Birds into macarons.Pic courtesy of The Cookie FairyClick here to view this galler...

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Twenty five years after the introduction of its last company logo, Microsoft decided it's time for a change. The new logo is not a radical departure from the current one. The colors from its previous,...

Twenty five years after the introduction of its last company logo, Microsoft decided it's time for a change. The new logo is not a radical departure from the current one. The colors from its previous,...

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The Republican and Democratic national conventions are just around the corner, but primetime television coverage will be scant. What are political aficiandos who want gavel-to-gavel convention coverag...

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How often do you use your smartphone to peruse a website? According to a recent survey, over the course of the past year visits to leading ecommerce websites from consumers' mobile devices have skyroc...

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Want to wear your political allegiance proudly on your Facebook profile this election season? You're in luck -- Facebook and CNN have released an app helping Facebook users easily share their stances ...

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Last week we asked our witty readers to caption this comic. After sorting through more than 100 submissions, we pulled out the ones that literally made us LOL. We had several runners-up (see below), b...

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YouTube launched the "YouTube Elections Hub" Wednesday, providing a one-stop spot for live footage and video news coverage of the 2012 presidential election.On the Elections Hub, YouTube users will be...

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Thanks to the continuing evolution of the iOS as a music-creation platform, guitarists have several choices for bringing digital effects and pedals on the go with them.A guitarist can literally plug...

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What comes to mind when you hear the word "Twilight"? Is it Rod Serling or Edward and Bella? Online e-textbook retailer, eCampus has teamed-up with Beloit College, a liberal arts school in Wisconsin, ...

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It's safe to guess that just as many moms have a smartphone in their purse as they do a half gallon of milk in the fridge. Which makes smartphones a smart place to post about missing children. Stephen...

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Using video technology initially designed for the military and aviation industry, rock band Matchbox Twenty's new music video for "She's So Mean" lets you switch your viewing angles throughout the ent...

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Over the past three weeks, we've shed light on America's 8.3 million women-owned businesses, spurred by American Express OPEN's recent report, The State of Women-Owned Businesses. In our Female Founde...

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As technology continues to advance, researchers continue to develop smarter and more complex robots. From a drone with insect-like capabilities to a four-fingered hand so precise it can drop a AA batt...

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Rumors swirling around the iPhone 5 have gadget watchers dizzy with anticipation. Bigger screen size, thinner display, Siri song-and-dance numbers -- when will the madness stop?!Stop wondering and sta...

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Todd Akin, the Republican Congressman from Missouri whose comments about rape over the weekend prompted calls for his resignation, is asking voters for forgiveness in a new ad.In the 30-second spot ab...

How would Jack Bauer bake cupcakes? If you've ever asked that question (and let's face it, who hasn't?), be sure to check out the latest Acer Ultrabook ad starring Kiefer Sutherland.In a spot ostensib...

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Norton appears to be branching out from standard security into reputation management. The company has introduced a new tool called Norton Top Search that lets you control the top search result for you...

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A gag reel for blockbuster film The Avengers surfaced online Monday. Based on a comic book, the movie follows a motley crew of superheroes that fights to defend the world from evil forces. While YouT...

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Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller, 95, died Monday, leaving behind a legacy within the comedy world. Diller was a pioneer for female comedians, starting her career in the 1950s. She was known for ma...

What has two dorsal fins, three rows of razor-sharp teeth and a nefarious sense of humor? This guy.With viewers in the 20 millions, Shark Week made serious social waves over the past week. Each summer...

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Legendary comedienne Phyllis Diller died Monday at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 95.While today's audiences may not be overly familiar with Diller, she paved the way for female comedians every...

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Dr. Egon warned us in Ghostbusters that crossing the streams might cause catastrophic events, resulting in your body exploding -- which might just be the case for this video and the Internet.SEE ALSO:...

CollegeHumor and Malaria No More have teamed up with more than 30 celebrities for one important cause: to end all malaria-related deaths in Africa by 2015.That's Malaria No More's main goal, and by ma...

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When Mark Zuckerberg makes an app endorsement on his Facebook Timeline, the people listen.When the Facebook CEO posted a message on his page Sunday night that he updated his grilling app iGrill --- wh...

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Actor/student/author/you-name-it James Franco has taken time out of his busy schedule to become the first spokesman for Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.Franco rattles off his impressive list of acco...

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The Internet reacted in delighted bewilderment last month with the release of Korean electronica dance hit Gangnam Style, and its equally perplexing music video. K-Pop artist PSY danced and faux horse...

Does somebody have a case of the Mondays? You'll feel better when you get caught up on last week's viral videos.Last week was all about cats and space -- wait, that's every week on the Internet. The L...

No, you're not seeing things. The evil pigs in the latest version of Angry Birds Friends really do look like band members of pop punk bank Green Day. The little creatures even tout mohawks, leather ja...

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Artist Chris Carlson attempts to answer the proverbial question Why not Zoidberg? with chalk art honoring the lobster-esque alien of Futurama fame.Watch the time-lapse video and the next time you find...

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It's not every day that the Internet is buzzing about tomato sauce company Ragu, but the latest TV spot in its new "Long Day of Childhood" series is certainly worth discussing.The commercial follows a...

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Stride Gum is the latest company to mimic Apple in its recent ad campaign for its just-launched Mintacular flavor. The brand released the above online video, featuring gold medal-winning snowboarder S...

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We've rounded up the most unique, popular and must-have gadgets on Amazon from the past week for you to drool over. Topping the list are cameras for expert photographers or the novice picture-taking e...

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Do you use more than one app to record and view your health and fitness stats? A new app wants to be the one-stop-shop of apps for storing all of your health and fitness data. You may not actually use...

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Women's purses are just like people -- they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. But one thing is for sure, that purse better be able to fit the never-ending list of things girls love to tote from pl...

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Internet memes have become so abundant and short-lived, it's hard to believe we were all gaga for Ridiculously Photogenic Guy just four months ago -- especially when McKayla Maroney recently charmed u...

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A dramatic full-length trailer for Dexter season 7 has arrived on the heels of Showtime unleashing the first two minutes of the season during Comic-Con last month. The revealing 120-second promo begin...

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Volvos new advertising plan for its line of trucks could give potential customers a case of sweaty palms before they ever get behind the wheel.The Swedish automaker hired Hollywood stunt director Pete...

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The intersection of politics and social media has become an integral part of the political process.Political campaigns no longer need to to rely on televised speeches and debates, or the endorsements ...

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Woke up, fell out of bed...checked my Twitter right away. Sound familiar? The microblogging network is core to many of our digital lives and content consumption habits. But what really goes on in the ...

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While online shopping is quickly dominating retail, there's no substitute for a visit to the Apple Store. From the distinct style to the bright-eyed employees with an encyclopedic knowledge of the bra...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Samsung's latest tablet brings has a big differentiator from the iPad: a stylus. And it's a stylus that's actually useful for certain tasks, lik...

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Understanding the investment process in Silicon Valley used to require membership to a very exclusive club of investors, plugged-in media and experienced entrepreneurs. Adeo Ressi wanted to change tha...

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Lady Gaga has dropped the official commercial for her new perfume 'Fame.' In the video, Gaga emerges from a vat of black goo, most likely representative of the perfume, which has been described as bla...

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Barack Obama called NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Monday morning to offer phoned in high-fives for the successful landing of the Mars Curiosity rover. After some initial chit-chat and congratulatio...

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All of the Fab Five -- Sporty, Posh, Baby, Ginger and Scary -- reunited to perform at the London Summer Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday. The Spice Girls, a wildly popular all-girl group from the l...

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1. Sunset on Mars "On May 19, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panorami...

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Usain Bolt Fist Bump Well that pretty much made that kid's day.Click here to view this gallery.More About: trending...

Mitt Romney made a bit of a slip-up Saturday morning when introducing Paul Ryan as his running mate: He called him the "next president," which is the job Romney's after. Watch:Some Twitter users jumpe...

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Apparently someone was staring at the Mitt Romney campaign logo for too long this morning while waiting for the presidential candidate to announce his VP pick on the deck of the USS Wisconsin. More Ab...

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Spread the word: Microsoft Excel isn't just for green eyeshade types. This stop-motion animation video from YouTube favorite MysteryGuitarMan shows the creative possibilities of what is normally chara...

While not attending to official space station duties, NASA astronaut Don Pettit practices his zero gravity yo-yo skills. Pettit demonstrated a few of his impressive yo-moves for the camera. Just anot...

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Rare footage filmed for a 1980s Apple commercial -- but never aired because it was deemed "too self-congratulatory" -- appeared on Google+ late Thursday night.Google staffer Andy Hertzfeld, who w...

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Who is Gary Connery? He's the skydiver who doubled for the Queen of England in the awesome stunt that kicked off the 2012 Olympic Games. But he's also the star of this video, shown gliding in a wingsu...

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To help promote its new iPhone app, The New Yorker turned to Jon Hamm, Lena Dunham and Alex Karpovsky to give it a comedic introduction.Styled like a late '80s late-night talk show (hosted by Hamm), t...

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Swimmer Ryan Lochte made a big yellow splash with fans when he admitted to peeing in the Olympic pool. Sure, everyone has probably done it, but something about doing it on the worlds biggest sporting ...

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For decades, scientists have found creative ways to test gear for use in space -- from simulating missions in the ocean to signing up volunteers in Hawaii to consume space food. But, the latest exper...

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Australian-Belgian singer Gotye debuted his latest music video on YouTube Wednesday. The song, "Save Me," from the album Making Mirrors has since attracted a little more than 58,000 views.Gotye's 2011...

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German weightlifter Matthias Steiner dropped a 432-lb. barbell on his neck. But he escaped serious injury.Click here to view this gallery.The 2012 Olympics have produced...

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Sixteen-year-old Matthew Walzer's heartfelt letter to Nike's CEO, Mark Parker, is quickly spreading across Twitter through the hashtag campaign #NikeLetter. Walzer posted the letter on his blog Tuesda...

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If you haven't been following the ongoing patent battle between Apple and Samsung, Conan O'Brien has spelled out the controversy in a hilarious spoof that proves Samsung has in no way stolen anything ...

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It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland's knockout horizontal bar routine. The gold medal-winning performance has us questioning whether Zonderland is part-man, part-Peter Pa...

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Apple, which discontinued its much-panned "genius" ads during the Olympics after their short run, is back with a more traditional approach, promoting its latest iPad.The ad above, which ran during Tue...

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This new political ad from Priorities USA Action, an Obama-affiliated Super PAC, may be the most brutal ad yet from the 2012 presidential election.Called "Understands," the ad features the story of Jo...

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Surprise, surprise! The Olympics nailed a perfect 10 on the broadcast social TV chart this week, and nearly dominated cable's top 10, too.The Olympics aren't just monopolizing television; they're also...

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The Cry Heard Around the World U.S. gymnast Jordyn Wieber breaks down after failing to qualify for the women's all-around finals on July 29.Click here to view this galle...

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1. MARS! Click here to view this gallery.The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory exploded with science geek glee early Monday as the Curiosity rover safely touched down on M...

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The 2,000-pound NASA Mars Rover Curiosity landed on Mars early Monday morning to begin exploring the red planet's surface, but there's a lighter, smaller model back on Earth creating buzz at NASA's Ke...

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Have you noticed that Apple's much-debated "Genius" ads have disappeared from the Olympics? Well, you're not imagining things. A rep for TBWA/Media/Arts Lab, Apple's ad agency, says the ads are not ru...

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The cost of continued education is soaring, and rate increases still loom on the horizon for many college students. Couple this with the fact that tuition costs are rising faster than inflation, and i...

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All eyes will be on the red planet Sunday night, as NASA's rover, Curiosity, lands on Mars.It's expected to touch down at 1:31 a.m. ET (10:31 p.m. PT). NASA launched the rover last November from Cape ...

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1. Microsoft Product + Free Xbox Students receive a free Xbox when they buy a new Windows 7 PC for $699 or more. Or grab the latest Windows 7 software by itself for...

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See what happens when a master magician plays a few magic tricks on two seven-month-old Maine Coon cats. The elegant prestidigitation is courtesy of our friend Simon Pierro, an ace magician who does a...

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1. Sports Shadows In the Olympic spirit, photographer Kelvin Murray created this series called "Sports Shadows."Click here to view this gallery.More About: art, features...

Feel like you missed out on all the viral video fun from last week? What, you were actually working during the week?Not to worry -- those of us who weren't (at least it didn't feel like work) found ou...

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1. Deep-Fried Kool-Aid Image courtesy of cuttlefishClick here to view this gallery.State Fair season means millions of people perusing prize-winning livestock and handic...

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Are you an Olympics expert? If you're like the 500 social media users who responded to Lab42's market research, you might be surprised how little Americans know about the Olympic Games.For instance, i...

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1. Happiness Overload Gizmo can only take so much!Click here to view this gallery.If there's one thing we're sure of, it's that the Internet loves the Olympics (and hate...

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1. @nomadicchick Followers: 8,800Jeannie Mark tweets for her blog Nomadic Chick, where she shares tips, photos and videos from the far corners of the globe. She tackles ...

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Its a hot summer in New York -- like melt your face off and have it licked up by thirsty subway rats hot. German artist Vincent Ullmann shows how the Statue of Liberty must be feeling in this steamy w...

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You could say domestic diva Martha Stewart is quite the rock star. Five thousand Mom, garden and food bloggers welcomed her as the keynote speaker at the annual BlogHer conference in New York City, ea...

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The world of dating has changed a lot in the past few years. It's been just over a decade since online dating hit the mainstream, and only the past five years for it to become part of our collective o...

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Emma was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), a rare disease that cripples joints and limbs. Because of this condition, the two-year-old girl couldn't play with blocks, bring food to he...

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The mobile gaming space is a crowded one, and it's hard to know what to download and play next.We used the mRank mobile gaming leaderboard to find the most-talked about games right now, then tested th...

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1. Mrs. Lochte: Wingwoman Extraordinaire Click here to view this gallery.The beach volleyball bikinis. The barely there diving Speedos. The Greco-Roman holds. Sex, sex,...

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Run, Hide, Fight: three words of advice given from the video above for anybody in the midst of a mass shooting.In the video, a lone gunman armed with a shotgun goes on a bloody and graphic rampage thr...

At the start of the semester, students haul more than books, clothes and furniture to campus. They bring a slew of bandwidth-sucking devices with them. The largest bandwidth-consuming devices used by ...

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Someone give Will Ferrell a box of tissues and pint of Ben & Jerrys because the funnyman needs help healing his broken heart. Ferrell sat down with Conan OBrien and let his emotions spill out as ...

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The 2008 thriller Taken, about an American girl kidnapped by human traffickers in Paris, raised anxiety levels for many worrywort parents. The film isnt based on a true story, but that didnt stop moms...

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People who sue technology companies over patents when they're really only trying to win big settlements have earned themselves a nickname: patent trolls. Thanks to the Saving High-Tech Innovators from...

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A cone-shaped add-on for the iPhone 4 and 4S will let you shoot 3D pictures and video from an easy to use app. 3DCone, the brainchild of Saturn3Designs, converts your iPhone into a a stereoscopic came...

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1. Pat the Bunny Inspired by the 1940s children's book, this app revamps the interactive reading experience for the next generation. While the iPad can't recreate the te...

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As of Thursday morning I own the Moscone Center. The Mashable office in San Francisco is also mine, as well as a a pretty popular bar across the street from my apartment. Tonight I have my sights set ...

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MVHV Swamp Creature Image via of Saline ProjectClick here to view this gallery.The 3D-ification of entertainment continues. But when it's in animated GIF form, at least ...

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Wedding Crashers duo Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson will play Google interns who are bossed around by managers half their age in The Internship, a comedy set to premiere in 2013.The movie won't be filme...

UPDATE: Major League baseball sent the following statement late Thursday afternoon: For a brief moment today, a few MLB Club Facebook accounts were hacked and inappropriate material was briefly on dis...

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Congratulations! Someone is interested in your product. Maybe they filled out a web form or mentioned your brand in a tweet. Regardless, if you're in sales, it's time to pounce.But how quickly? What d...

Meet Dr. William Bell, a 90-year-old fitness nut who holds a pole vault world record for his age group. Pfft, as if a bunch of buff 20-something Olympic swimmers prancing their six-packs around the po...

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Rumors and anticipation for the iPhone 5 -- or whatever the next-gen iPhone might be called -- are at an all-time high. Without a doubt, that phone is out there somewhere being tested on the streets o...

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Of all the Summer Olympic events, swimming runs throughout the entire Games. If you're a diehard fan, we've created something for you to do between practicing butterfly in the kiddie pool for Rio. (Do...

"Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," held on Wednesday, was set up by former Senator Rick Santorum and Governor Mike Huckabee as a nationwide rally to defend the company's president Dan Cathy after he spok...

1. @Agent_M If you're a fan of comics and superheroes, follow Ryan Penagos, the editorial director at Marvel Comics. He posts regular teasers of new Marvel media, along ...

Maybe its the rumble of the engine or the sound of the horn, but something has this train enthusiast yelling with excitement. The railfan -- yes, thats a real thing -- squeals behind the camera as a r...

Why is the iPad such a success for Apple? Marketing, company reputation and design are all factors, certainly, but there's also something about it that makes it rise above the now-massive competition ...

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Between a delayed broadcast schedule, online spoilers, awkward commentary and a cumbersome ad-filled online experience, NBC's coverage of the London 2012 Olympics has left many viewers frustrated. So...

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Things got really real at a Daytona, Fla., Cubs minor league baseball game Wednesday. After a disagreeable call by an umpire, "music guy" Derek Dye -- you know, one of the folks who play "Take Me Out ...

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Inspiration that will float like a butterfly, sting like a bee and knock you flat on your tailbone -- thats what you get in this Team U.S.A.-created tribute to Muhammad Ali. The man behind the video, ...

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Admit it: You've Googled yourself quite a few times. But were you happy with where your name appeared in your Google search results?Each day, one billion names are Googled. Unfortunately for many, hal...

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Want the absolute latest polling data for this year's major political elections delivered instantaneously to your iPhone? Then PollTracker, a new app from Talking Points Memo, is for you.PollTracker, ...

We love the Olympics, but an international social media showdown is a little more our speed. Ignite Social Media is back with the 2012 Social Network Analysis Report, breaking down demographic, geogra...

Fans of the BBC series Doctor Who have been waiting a long time to see the universe's last Time Lord return to TV. There haven't been...More About: BBC America, Doctor Who, bbc, trailers, videos...

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Kevin Rose's Biggest Regret About Digg Kevin Rose answered questions in an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit, res...

Google announced on Thursday that it has added Street View Imagery of NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida to its Google Maps platform, giving space fans an up-close look at sites such as the Space S...

When a baby hedgehog drifts off to dreamland, what images run through its tiny quill-covered head? Probably fantasies of strawberry and snail feasts or skipping through a grass field. Hedgehogs skip, ...

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We all know the process: take picture, upload picture to Facebook, create album, tag friends. It's a tedious process, but someone's gotta do it. Not for long for Flock users though. The new app makes ...

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If you've ever tried to have a conversation over Skype while doing anything else, you know that it can be difficult to stay within the frame. This may not be an issue for you, but it may be for the pe...

The Screen Becomes a Virtual Keyboard Click here to view this gallery.A patent application filed by Apple reveals an interesting possible development of iPad's Smart Co...

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Timelapse videos provide for some pretty amazing online viewing -- but what exactly are they?These fascinating videos are created by capturing motion with an intentionally lower frame rate than that o...

Timelapse videos provide for some pretty amazing online viewing -- but what exactly are they?These fascinating videos are created by capturing motion with an intentionally lower frame rate than that o...

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1. DC Shoes: Ken Block's Gymkhana Five: Ultimate Urban Playground, San Francisco The most-shared ad of July is ...

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For his birthday one year, Justin Stanislaw didn't get the gift he really wanted: a trip to an Orlando Magic game.But after adding up the cost of all the gifts and cards he received, Justin figured o...

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Google on Wednesday released a cloud-based version of its Google Wallet app that now supports credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. The latest app allows users ...

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"Thats definitely not a jellyfish, right? They told me there were no jellyfish in this pool." -- @L2012PoolCam Click here to view this gallery.You've seen the live stre...

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Paranormal Activity 4 Official Trailer Click here to view this gallery.After releasing three short trailer tea...

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1. The Robot That Wants to Be Human Film: A.I. Artificial IntelligenceIn A.I. Artificial Intelligence, David wants nothing more than to be accepted as a normal human bo...

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Twitter is getting in on the social analysis game. The micro-blog will publish a daily measurement of Twitter sentiment surrounding the 2012 presidential election called the Twitter Political Index, t...

1. @amelieanomaly Image courtesy of Jordyn WieberClick here to view this gallery.U.S. gymnast Jordyn Wieber is having a rollercoaster of a week. Wieber's performance on ...

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Boris Johnson earned the gold medal for awkward dangling Wednesday when the London mayor got stuck on a zip line in Victoria Park. Johnson swayed helplessly, Union Jacks still in hand, as he asked pho...

Thousands of people have expressed a desire to see Justin Bieber get punched in the face. Today, they get their wish. A bloodied Bieber flexes his acting chops in "As Long As You Love Me," his music v...

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If you're tired of working for the "man" and making boring video games, we want you!That's the message of this brilliant recruiting video created by Kixeye games. The San Francisco-based online gaming...

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1. Olympics The official Olympics Tumblr features gorgeous high resolution images of athletes.Click here to view this gallery.Looking for something to do while you wait ...

1. At School Image via Wikipedia CommonsClick here to view this gallery.What do you think the world will look like 100 years from now? Do you foresee underwater croquet...

Twitter Like You've Never Seen It A new way to look at Twitter, Thirst uses its own natural-language processor to filter and organize tweets in an easily digestible form...

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Want to build your own iPhone app? A new online course called Try iOS lets you do just that.The course, which combines screencasts, in-browser code challenges and gamification principles, is part of C...

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If you operate a website, you're currently tied to one of 22 different top-level domains. We're talking .com, .org and the ever-elusive .biz. In June, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and N...

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Unless you're on a safari right now, this is probably the closest you'll get to seeing a baby elephant: Watch a herd cross the road, and just when you think they've made it to safety, a baby elephant ...

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The latest video to illustrate the dangers of using your cellphone while walking is of a Philadelphia man falling onto a set of lowered train tracks while talking on his device. The incident occurred ...

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The retina-blinding pink stage has been set. Now it's time for the world's top gymnasts to flip and twirl on the path towards gold at the London Olympics. Add to the excitement of thrills and face-pla...

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Colonel Rob Kiebler returned home from a tour of duty in Afghanistan just in time for his son Danny's fifth birthday. Danny had recently seen and fallen in love with Star Wars, setting the perfect sta...

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Step 1: Switch to Outlook First log into Hotmail.com and upgrade to Outlook. You do that by selecting it from the "Options" drop-down menu in the top right. (It only say...

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This week, more than 5,000 female bloggers will descend on New York City's Midtown Hilton for the eighth annual BlogHer conference. And Lisa Stone, BlogHer's CEO, couldn't be prouder. She co-founded t...

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Although most of us are not world-class athletes, we might be the shape and size of an Olympic competitor. An app on the BBC website takes into account your height and weight and will determine which ...

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However many paper cuts Neta Cohen endured to create this stop-motion video, it was totally worth the band-aid budget. Cohen snipped together the incredibly clever Tap to Retry for her graduation proj...

A company called FreedomPop is selling an iPod cover that basically converts your device into an iPhone from which you can stream music, make calls via VoIP, connect with friends on FaceTime or do any...

Jerry OConnell has tackled roles in classic films like Piranha 3D, Joe's Apartment and Kangaroo Jack -- but his latest role could be his toughest yet. The actor adds a splash of silver to his bru...

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1964: First Image of the Moon, Taken by a U.S. Spacecraft Ranger 7 took this image on July 31, 1964 at 9:09 a.m. EDT, about 17 minutes before impacting the lunar surface...

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Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam warmed the Internet's hearts when he proposed to Audrey Ooi Feng Ling by holding poster-sized printed memes outside a restaurant in Malaysia.If you teared up when Ling said yes, ...

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1. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut First sentence: All this happened, more or less.Swimsuit: Kudeta Bikini, $45Click here to view this gallery.We're not sure what w...

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In the days of yore, teachers routinely wanted paper towels and art supplies for their classrooms. Now, in this era of trying to teach to digital natives, they just want more technology in the classro...

Hotmail Becomes Outlook This is the new Hotmail, which is now officially called Outlook (it had the label "NewMail" in the preview). Outlook changes the design and layou...

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1. Evernote Web Clipper Attach Evernote's Web Clipper extension to your Chrome, Safari, Firefox or IE browser to save important text, photos and links - from news articl...

Warsaw was the center of a Polish rebellion against Nazi occupation during the summer of 1944, late in World War II. The Warsaw Uprising, as it's known, was timed to weaken Nazi forces ahead of a sche...

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1. SLJ on Diving Click here to view this gallery.The U.S. Olympic Committee blundered the chance to have the countrys most badass cheerleader on the sidelines in London...

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It's a good week for James Bond fans: First Daniel Craig parachuted into the Olympic opening ceremony, and now a new trailer for the upcoming 007 film Skyfall has hit the web. Fans of the Bond franchi...

One of the most recognizable names in hip hop is no longer quite the same: After a revelatory experience in Jamaica, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. -- better known as Snoop Dogg -- decided to change his...

A cluster of cuteness swarmed YouTube last week and weve got the highlights. Think of it as an instant replay of delight, diversion and an escaped camel in Dubai.If you so much as stepped away from ...

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There is something admirable about knowing how to tie a bowtie. There is also something amazing about Bill Nye the Science Guy teaching you how to do it.Nye joined Chris Hardwick at Nerdist to give a ...

President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney have both launched new mobile apps for their respective presidential campaigns that were both made available for download Tuesday morning. Tho...

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1. /r/EarthPorn In the mood for some breathtaking vistas and glorious natural colors? Check out Earth Porn, a very safe-for-work image board. But it's certainly not the ...

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The Olympics are world champions when it comes to event television, so it's no surprise that the NBC broadcasts are dominating this week's social TV charts. Friday's opening ceremony garnered 8.9 mill...

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If you've been paying attention to the financial section of today's superhero news, you will have already noted the high cost of being Batman: $682 million. That's according to one estimate of the com...

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Want to work from anywhere? You're not alone. Some 63 million Americans will call somewhere other than the office their workplace by 2016, according to analysts. Now a new documentary in the works on ...

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Heath Ledgers performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight is legendary. So is Tom Waits. If these thoughts seem disconnected, you clearly need to watch this video.The 1979 Australian TV interview with...

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We'll always have Paris, especially now that the City of Light has been beautifully documented in this stop-motion video. If you can't spring for first class on Air France, this is the next best thing...

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Rumors of an upcoming iPhone 5 release have been running rampant in the blogosphere. Apple will reportedly debut the new iPhone, alongside the iPad mini and the new iPod nano, at a special event on Se...

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To protest the Dish Network's recent move to drop AMC and its popular The Walking Dead series, the network unleashed crew of Hollywood-caliber zombies onto the streets of New York, disguising themselv...

After teasing fans with daily screenshots of its new music video on Twitter, Matchbox Twenty has unleashed "She's So Mean" on YouTube. The video marks the band's return after not releasing an album si...

Experience the Olympics Commodore-64 style without figuring out how to stream video on 64 kB RAM. The 8-Bit Games from animated video production house Flikli kicks it old school with pixel-y versions ...

How do you reach white-collar professionals who routinely work 80-hour weeks? Ultimat Vodka offered one answer to that question, though it's not clear how scalable it is. The vodka brand dispatched a ...

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