Articles by Mashable from October 2012

REDMOND -- Some big names have just announced apps for Windows 8, including ESPN, Dropbox and Lego. ESPN's senior VP of mobile, Michael Bayle, appeared at Microsoft's Build developer conference to deb...

If you've installed either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney's mobile apps, you've also given either campaign permission to take a wealth of personal information from your device.Both apps can collect your ...

Ever wanted to test out a cellphone protector before you bought it? Sure, you can see what they look like from pictures online, but can they stand the abuse you might put it through by accident or oth...

Did you hear the one about Hurricane Sandy and the Gangnam Style rain dance? Chances are you came across this joke sometime Monday and odds are that it was from this tweet:What if Gangnam Style was ac...

Via Mima28412Click here to view this gallery.No one enjoys bad news. When you or someone you know are going through a hard time, sometimes it's difficult to say anythi...

ARM on Tuesday announced that it will be bringing 64-bit chips to market in 2014.ARM's Cortex-A50 series of processors are based on the ARMv8 architecture and take what ARM describes as "a fresh appro...

How many ways could there be to smash a pumpkin? Apparently more than just one.The destruction masters over at the Trash Lab demonstrate 10 ways to go about smashing your pumpkins -- if you own a samu...

As then-Hurricane Sandy made it's way up the East Coast overnight, worried friends and relatives all over the world texted and posted their concerns to social media sites as a way to communicate. This...

1. @NBA The NBA is arguably the world's most engaging sports league on social media. Follow its official Twitter account for news, highlights and promotions.Click here t...

BIll Clinton was the first president to send an email while in office. He wasn't exactly hooked on e-mail though -- he sent a grand total of two during his eight-year term.Although one would think his...

In a meeting with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in Paris on Monday, France's President Francois Hollande threatened to put through legislation that would force Google to pay publishers for in...

REDMOND -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said today the company would give away a Surface tablet to all attendees of its annual developer conference, Build. He also threw in 100GB of free SkyDrive stora...

For anyone who's spent time with Windows 8 or its doppelganger, the ARM chip-friendly Windows RT, this will come as welcome news: Twitter has a native Windows 8 client in the works.Twitter's mobile ac...

1. Not Megan Fox Image courtesy of robby-life-musicClick here to view this gallery.Halloween isn't just for candy and costumes.As moviegoers crowd theaters to get their ...

The Logitech Cube may be a slightly niche product, but for the right recipient, we bet it will be one of the best holiday presents he or she gets.This unusually-shaped wireless mouse for both Windows ...

Microsoft's aggressive overhaul of its world-dominating operating system, Windows 8, is apparently off to a strong start with, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, 4 million Windows users upgradi...

Google started testing a new compose and reply experience in Gmail, making it easier to reference other emails without having to close a draft. More About: Google, gmail...

On the fence about Windows 8, or Microsoft's Surface Tablet, or the new batch of Windows phones? Wondering whether to develop for them, or purchase one? The CEO of Microsoft would like a word with yo...

This may be one of the craziest videos from Superstorm Sandy yet.YouTube user imasharky posted a video, filmed from his front window, of three trees falling onto cars and a fire burning down the stree...

Remember that video this summer of the guy who interviews his 12-year-old self?Well, you're not the only one.The idea seems to have caught on with Kia's ad agency, David & Goliath, as well. The ca...

Barnes & Noble announced on Tuesday it will start shipping its new Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets later this week.Customers who already pre-ordered the devices online or in stores will be the ...

HootSuite just took another big step towards becoming the one dashboard you need to manage your social news feeds.More About: hootsuite, reddit, stumbleupon...

UK mobile provider EE brought the country's first 4G service to 11 cities: London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow and Southampton.The company...

David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon sent home live audiences as Hurricane Sandy started to whip through New York City, but that didn't stop them from taping.More About: Hurricane Sandy...

And after the storm, a rainbow. A double rainbow, actually.Kurt Wilberding, a fashion and street photographer, snapped this Instagram photo in lower Manhattan, after Superstorm Sandy made its way thro...

Android may dominate the smartphone market in the U.S., but a new report suggests that Apple is catching up thanks in part to the release of the iPhone 5.More About: android, apple, iPhone 5...

Superstorm Sandy, the storm that continues to wreck havoc across the American northeast on Tuesday, caused intense flooding and wind damage across the tri-state area, leaving several people dead. Amon...

Via Dominic ButchelloClick here to view this gallery.Superstorm Sandy blew through the east coast Monday, leaving millions without power and a huge mess to be cleaned....

In the months and weeks leading up to Facebook's IPO, investors and analysts questioned the strength of Facebook's ad-based business model -- in particular, how the company would continue to grow ad r...

Barnes and Noble Nook HD Click here to view this gallery.The 7-inch HD tablet market is bursting at the seams, but for most users, the buying decision comes down to whi...

Apple asked Scott Forstall to leave the company because Forstall refused to sign his name on a letter apologizing for Apple's Maps app, according to a report.Citing "people familiar with the matter," ...

EverySignal lets users set up e-mail alerts for important updates shared by their connections on Facebook and LinkedIn.More About: Facebook, Startups, linkedin...

Can your Jack O'Lantern do this? A man named Nathan Pryor rigged up a large pumpkin with 128 LEDs for the display so you can play Tetris on it. Using the stem as a controller, you can actually play a ...

Readers looking for the latest updates on Hurricane Sandy Tuesday morning were disappointed to find some of the top news sites, including The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Gawker and its affiliated si...

Oh, iPad mini, will there ever be an end to the jokes pointed at your direction? Seemingly not, as Conan O'Brien has released another spoof video for the iPad mini, this time joking about the device's...

Microsoft has launched a new ad for Windows Phone 8, and it features none other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Narrated by Ballmer, the ad focuses on the platform's personalization capabilities, an...

An American Apparel ad for a "Hurricane Sandy Sale" has sparked backlash from the Twittersphere.The retailer sent out an email blast Monday night, offering 20% off to customers for the next 36 hours "...

Google is now ready to go toe-to-toe with Apple and Amazon in MP3s sales.The company announced Monday that Warner Music Group agreed to begin selling its catalog of songs through Google Play. All four...

Google is gearing up to go toe-to-toe with Apple and Amazon in MP3 sales.The company announced Monday that Warner Music Group agreed to begin selling its catalog of songs through Google Play. All four...

Gamers in the Northeastern United States can't get their hands on Assassins's Creed 3 yet, as GameStop canceled all midnight launches in the area due to post-tropical cyclone Sandy. The game was sched...

Sandy is flooding New York's streets, as the post-tropical cyclone bears down on the Big Apple. A deluge of rainfall is soaking NYC since the former hurricane arrived in town on Monday.From Queens to ...

Via Alana NewhouseClick here to view this gallery.The city that's known for its bright lights went dark Monday night, leaving the Manhattan skyline an eerie shadow.Ele...

An online marketplace that lets users pay to find solutions to any query or shopping need they might have -- no matter how peculiar it may be.More About: Startups, The Launchpad...

Electric company Con Edison experienced a plant explosion on Monday evening due to former hurricane (now superstorm) Sandy.The explosion, which happened on East 14th Street and FDR Drive, is suspected...

Superstorm Sandy is tearing through New York City, with one building in particular experiencing the brunt of her wrath.In a YouTube video posted Monday, an unidentified building has its entire front e...

Williamsburg, Brooklyn: 10 a.m. "Bracing for Sandy in Williamsburg." Submitted by Jenna.Click here to view this gallery.As Hurricane Sandy continues to surge, the Mashab...

Williamsburg, Brooklyn: 10 a.m. "Bracing for Sandy in Williamsburg." Submitted by Jenna.Click here to view this gallery.As Hurricane Sandy continues to surge, the Mashab...

People on the East Coast, as well as their family and friends dispersed throughout the globe, are worried about Hurricane SandyNaturally, they are airing those concerns to social media.According to Fa...

Have you ever sent a photo to a friend you later wished you could erase? Maybe you had your eyes closed, or you noticed a stray nose hair upon second glance. Snapchat, an iPhone photo-messaging app, l...

The Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in four games and, according to this infographic, the battle in the Twittersphere was nearly as one-sided.More About: Major League Baseball, Mashable Infographics, ...

There's a new entrant in the fledgling category of "best Craigslist ad ever." Ryan Bannon, partner at PlaygroundInc, a Toronto-based ad agency, is claiming credit for this long-form ad for a Galaxy No...

Apple CEO Tim Cook may have had some choice words about the Microsoft Surface tablet during a call with investors last week, slamming the iPad rival as "compromised and confusing." Microsoft CEO Steve...

The button. It's so simple, so underrated and so under-appreciated. But all of that is changing now. Shapeways has revolutionized buttons. Instead of just keep your shirt from flying open, it now doub...

John Browett, Apple's senior vice president of retail, is leaving the company after just 8 months on the job, Apple announced Monday.More About: apple, iOS, tim cook...

John Browett, Apple's senior vice president of retail, is leaving the company after just 9 months on the job, Apple announced Monday.More About: apple, iOS, tim cook...

1. Scared Statue of Liberty Image courtesy of @jgpmolloyClick here to view this gallery.A wave of Hurricane Sandy photos flooded the Internet Monday as the powerful stor...

Unlike in Hollywood Sci-Fi thrillers, humans and robots have only really battled in games like chess and Jeopardy. Now the struggle moves to the Ping-Pong table. Researchers have taught a robot how to...

What's the best way to avoid a homework assignment? A little boy named Kevin might be able to help answer that question.Redditor ErrantTexan shared the image above with the comment "One of my Kinder s...

As Hurricane Sandy batters the Eastern Seaboard, Twitter is offering free promoted crisis tweets to the Red Cross, FEMA, the New York City's Mayor's Office and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency...

You've read all about the perils of sexting and the etiquette of whether and when you should change your relationship status on Facebook. But really, what are the rules? With all the new terminology, ...

You've read all about the perils of sexting and the etiquette of whether and when you should change your relationship status on Facebook. But really, what are the rules? With all the new terminology, ...

With trading halted on the New York Stock Exchange during the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, there couldn't have been a better time for any public company to announce the departure of major executives ...

With trading halted on the New York Stock Exchange during the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, there couldn't have been a better time for any public company to announce the departure of major executives ...

With only a little over a week left until Election Day, the Google Analytics team looked into their data to find out if President Obama or Mitt Romney has the edge with voters before the big day. They...

Could Hurricane Sandy be the event that propels Instagram's reputation beyond brunch photos and arts-fartsy attempts at whimsy? The photo-sharing network has certainly become a central landing destina...

Pandora updated its mobile app Monday, adding new features and completely overhauling its mobile music listening experience.More About: App, android, iOS, pandora...

Skype, which just got a top-to-bottom refresh for Windows 8, now gets the same treatment for Windows Phone 8. The new app brings the same always-on functionality as the desktop version -- a feature th...

Google announced on Monday its brand new 10-inch Nexus 10 tablet, which is being touted as "the worlds highest resolution tablet display." Although it may beat competitors such as the Surface, iPad 4 ...

As Hurricane Sandy makes its way up the Eastern Seaboard, many are without electricity. Without power you could lose your access to Internet via Wi-Fi and, potentially, access to mobile networks. If t...

In 2008, UK-based Criterion Games started work on Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, a revitalization of the popular driving series. Executive producer Matt Webster says the team began to examine how online...

Zombies are scary -- especially when they sneak up on you.In the spirit of Halloween, notorious YouTube prankster Ed Bassmaster dresses up as a zombie, pulls up to unsuspecting drive-thru attendees an...

1. Rattlebox Purrfect Halloween Kitten You can't get much cuter than a Halloween kitten video clip.Click here to view this gallery.It may be too late to send Halloween c...

With New York City residents hunkering down in their homes to escape from Hurricane Sandy, the streets of Manhattan can seem pretty desolate.Not, however, this desolate. After two other successful str...

Of all the major social networks having an impact on this year's presidential election, Pinterest is the newest. And while some of the once-red-hot buzz around the image-sharing network has died down,...

The new Nexus devices Google announced on Monday will all ship running Android 4.2, a new flavor of Jelly Bean.Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was released at Google I/O back in June and has slowly, but surely...

Fake Hurricane Sandy photos flew around Twitter and Facebook on Monday, as users shared jaw-dropping images. Unfortunately, the race to post the most striking pics has most folks skipping the all-impo...

Fake Hurricane Sandy photos flew around Twitter and Facebook on Monday, as users shared jaw-dropping images. Unfortunately, the race to post the most striking pics has most folks skipping the all-impo...

Fake Hurricane Sandy photos flew around Twitter and Facebook on Monday, as users shared jaw-dropping images. Unfortunately, the race to post the most striking pics has most folks skipping the all-impo...

Hurricane Sandy has damaged a construction crane on 57th street in New York City, leaving it dangling precariously high above the city streets. The crane is visible across New York City:A crane on top...

Google unveiled its new lineup of Nexus devices Monday, as well as the first video spot promoting them. The lineup includes a Nexus 4 smartphone, a 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet and a 10-inch Nexus 10 tablet....

1. Pocket PC The granddaddy of Microsofts mobile UI, the Pocket PC first appeared in 2000. It was powered by the Windows CE OS. In the early days, there were two differe...

Hurricane Sandy (a.k.a. Frankenstorm) has upended routines across the East Coast. The world outside us has ground to a halt, as dangerously fast winds speed through the streets and huge swells stir up...

High school seniors are pretty busy this time of year. They're doing school work, filling out those tedious college applications, perhaps volunteering or working a part time job. Then there's the all-...

In 2009, the European Union convinced 10 of the top cellphone manufacturers to abandon proprietary connections for charging cellphone batteries. A universal connection would ensure that the chargers ...

Inspired by a Live Tile HTC has said that the 8X was inspired by the Windows Phone Start Screen, and is designed to look like a live tile if a tile was a physical thing....

The photo on the left is a screenshot of Hurricane Irene, taken from the Weather Channel's iPad app. The photo on the right side shows the same app screen of Hurricane Sandy, taken today at 1:20 p.m.L...

While the East Coast is bogged down by Hurricane Sandy, the rest of the nation is biding their time in other ways. Now that the summer heat has gone and we're left in the thick of autumn waiting for w...

Much of the East Coast is shut down in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane that has already wreaked damage through the Caribbean and up the Atlantic seaboard. Schools and bridges a...

Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show, Anderson Live, which ditched the pre-taped format this season and added a barrage of social media elements, will cease production after season two ends in summer 2...

In the hours leading up to the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 event in Seattle, Verizon Wireless announced it will be adding the new Nokia Lumia 822 smartphone to its product lineup.The device -- a variant...

The word 'Frankenstorm' took the weather news by force late last week as Hurricane Sandy approached the East Coast. The Internet also zoned in on the monster term with memes and parody Twitter account...

If you spent any time at all on Twitter this morning, chances are high you came across an amazing, moving photo of three infantrymen in full-dress uniforms standing guard at the Tomb of the Unknown So...

If you're stressing over how to prepare for Hurricane Sandy as it looms toward the East Coast this evening, you can relax a little bit: Sesame Street's here to help. The beloved children's show releas...

PayPal laid off 325 employees on Monday, or a little more than 2% of its staff, in an effort to streamline operations at the company.More About: ebay, paypal, restr, restructuring...

Each year the Mashable Media Summit sells out, and this year is no exception. With only three days left until the one-day conference, make sure to buy your tickets today. The summit celebrates the b...

The economy hasn't fully recovered, and consumers are careful and thoughtful about how they spend their money. There are a lot of great deals out there, but we know you don't have the time to sift thr...

The U.S. government keeps reminding us that a "cyber Pearl Harbor" could be closer than we imagine. With that in mind, a group of technology companies is teaming up with defense giants to research and...

Google just unveiled its new Nexus 4 smartphone from LG -- its first collaboration with the manufacturer on a Nexus device.The smartphone, which runs on Google's Android 4.2 mobile operating system (J...

Google just unveiled its new Nexus 4 smartphone from LG -- its first collaboration with the manufacturer on a Nexus device. The company also announced the Nexus 10 and updated Nexus 7.The smartphone, ...

Google may have had to cancel its planned Android event in New York City today, but that doesn't mean the company didn't announce its new slate of Nexus devices.The company unveiled three new members ...

President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the nation about Hurricane Sandy Monday at 12:45 p.m. EST. You can watch live on Mashable via the above stream.The Obama campaign has already asked suppo...

From webcams at landmarks such as the Empire State Building to interactive tracking maps, here's how to stay on top of the latest Hurricane Sandy news.More About: Facebook, Hurricane Sandy, Twitter, a...

A computer mouse might not sound like the most exciting present this holiday season, but the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse isn't just any peripheral -- it's a seriously stylish input device. Perfect for a...

The Weather Channel is currently hosting its live cable coverage of Hurricane Sandy on its YouTube channel. So whether you're prepping for the storm on the East Coast, or trying to access information ...

Roku on Monday rolled out a new update to its devices, Roku Search, that makes it easier for users to find movies and TV shows on the company's line of streaming devices.Roku Search replicates one of ...

If you follow any of the Barack Obama campaign's Twitter accounts and you've recently received a direct message from them, you're not alone: Obama's social media team is sending DMs to followers askin...

Similar to Klout, Bravo wants to measure your online social influence with Silicon Valley Status, a digital experience created for its new show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley. The experience measures each ...

Apple's customary5-minute videos explaining how each new device is a revolution are a big fat target for satirists, so it's no surprise that the iPad Mini video is getting the treatment.Here, would-be...

Random House and Penguin will combine their book publishing operations in a merger to better position themselves for the era of digital publishing.More About: amazon, books, publishing, random house...

A shirtless jogger wearing a horse head mask trotted his way into the hearts of TV watchers during Hurricane Sandy coverage in Washington D.C. Twitter user @hyyoon snapped a screen grab of the pranci...

What will Web 3.0 look like? Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, insists it will be the Semantic Web - a personalized web of information resting upon a smart sea of st...

The folks at iFixit have torn yet another gadget to bits -- this time, it's Microsoft's recently launched tablet Surface. The device scored just 4 out of 10 on iFixit's repairability scale, due to the...

Joss Whedon, creator of such beloved shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, is urging voters to pick Mitt Romney over Barack Obama -- if they want to unleash the zombie apocalypse, that is."Yo...

Mashable's mission is to inform the connected generation; but we can help you put that knowledge to work, too.Since 2005, Mashable has been committed to bringing the top digital, social and tech news ...

Livestream is set to update its Android app with live video broadcasting capabilities on Tuesday, Mashable has learned exclusively.Called Livestream for Producers, the app's latest version includes a ...

Facebook is the world's largest social network, reaching 1 billion active users at the beginning of October. People across the globe use Facebook to connect with old friends, share news about their li...

Images of a completely empty New York City subway system can usually only be seen in movies, but this time they're for real. New York City's subways and train stations were closed in preparation for H...

Apple has sold out of its initial inventory of all iPad Mini models just three days after the new device became available for pre-order online.More About: apple, ipad mini...

Nook Simple Touch Glowlight (the "with" is omitted from the device's UK name) is now available in the UK, Barnes & Noble has announced. The regular Nook Simple Touch (sans Glowlight) costs 79 (ab...

U.S. stock trading was shut down on Monday as the New York City area braced for Hurricane Sandy. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had canceled all equity trading on all markets...

Those on the East Coast of the United States who are expecting more than a few "fluffy little clouds" to come their way thanks to Hurricane Sandy may not be aware that the originator of that phrase, p...

As Hurricane Sandy moves near the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast, Google is helping those affected prepare for the storm with a dedicated crisis map. The map tracks Sandy's path, letting users choose between...

1. A Dog Sleeping With His Kittens This dog has his paws full with three kitties to love. Click here to view t...

In case you hadn't heard the hype, there is a dedicated community of iPhone photographers around the globe. Well, Mashable discovered Android users can definitely hold their own with a camera phone.Fl...

When you think of Apple, you think of iPhones or iPods, or perhaps a MacBook, but you probably don't think about home automation. That may change starting Tuesday, when Philips starts selling its Hue ...

Visit Amazon's homepage, and you'll see the iPad mini featured prominently in an ad -- but it's not what you think.The ecommerce retailer takes a jab at Apple's tiny tablet, comparing it with the Kind...

The new Wi-Fi-enabled Livescribe smartpen with cloud integration almost makes you want to be a student again.More About: LiveScribe, apps, evernote...

The Mashable Media Summit is a rare and unique opportunity to be in the company of leaders from all areas of the industry. In less than one week, you'll hear from new media companies like Facebook, Tu...

Emirates topped this week's chart for airline brands with the highest social media engagement.The Dubai-based airline celebrated its 27th anniversary this week by launching an official Google+ ac...

While Hurricane Sandy isn't expected to hit south of Washington directly, the streets along the east coast of Virginia are already flooding. Schools have closed, and young kids are showing signs of bo...

Flat out of holiday gift ideas for the thrill-seeker in your life? Perhaps a helmet camera will let you live vicariously through their adventures -- from a safe distance, of course. It's also a totall...

The New York Times suspended the paywall on its site and apps Sunday afternoon, as people turn to online news outlets to get more information about Hurricane Sandy. The storm is scheduled to make land...

Cauldrons? Check. Pumpkins? Check. Candy, ghosts and goblins? Check, check, check. Oct. 31 isn't only about tricks and treats -- it's about stimulating the economy. With 170 million Americans particip...

It's back to basics for this week's kids apps. We've got some great suggestions for apps for young readers. There are animals to play with and puzzles to be solved. One app helps budding fashion desig...

Hurricane Sandy might take out power for the server farms for Amazon, Apple and Google, perhaps even taking the Internet with it. More About: Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Frankenstorm, Hu...

As Apple fanatics scoffed at Microsoft's fancy touchscreen Surface tablets, "The Joy of Tech" notes a twinge of envy on the part of some Apple acolytes.More About: Microsoft Surface, Sunday Comics, Th...

IBM has successfully created a processor powered by 10,000 carbon nanotubes instead of silicon transistors.More About: IBM, microprocessors, moore's law, trending...

The workplace is quickly being infiltrated by a new breed of mobile superhero -- workers who rely on and use mobile apps to increase productivity. More About: infographics, mobile phones, trending...

1. Griffy This is Griffy, who's formal name is Gryffindor, named after one of the four houses at Hogwarts. We adopted him when he was two, and he's become the sweetest, ...

Only 36 hours after pre-orders began, four out of six of the available iPad mini SKUs are sold out on the Apple online store. More About: apple, ipad mini...

Donald Trump's offer to the President and Stephen Colbert's witty response, plus large cats and pumpkins ruled the viral video charts this week. More About: Viral Video Recap, cats, trending...

Steve Jobs' yacht was unveiled in a Dutch shipyard on Sunday, where the unusual boat designed by Jobs and famed minimalist designer Philippe Starck was christened "Venus." More About: Starck, steve jo...

Kayla Arnold, Want Board Giant, Inflatable TwisterOriginally from Hammacher.comClick here to view this gallery.From cool gadgets to delicious treats, this week's Top 10 ...

Beyond listing your qualifications, LinkedIn is a place to network, share ideas and make connections that will help you find your next project. More About: Jobs, features, job search series, linkedin,...

While Windows 8 rolled out to great fanfare Thursday, it still has to fight fellow Microsoft operating system Windows XP for users.The 11-year-old program has nearly 30% "usage share" worldwide, repor...

Tinkering in his kitchen, electrical engineer Nathaniel Baldwin created the first set of headphones more than a century ago and sold them to the U.S. Navy. Since that time headphones have evolved from...

It's one of the more unconventional Missed Connections ads we've seen: Boy sees girl. Boy accuses girl of farting in grocery store. Girl storms off.Still, it seems there was a love connection -- for t...

1. Oakley Airwave Oakley's Airwave ski goggles use the latest heads-up display technology from Recon Instruments.Click here to view this gallery.A sweet heads-up display...

Apple Surprises With iPad 4 45% of iPad owners were not pleased with the release of the iPad 4 this week, and one of them was our own Christina Warren. Her editorial att...

Know a Disney fan or a wannabe artist? The Disney Creativity Studio app makes a great gift. Through the app, a real Disney artist teaches you how to draw Mickey and other beloved characters with step-...

With less than one week until the Mashable Media Summit, tickets are selling out fast. Now's your chance to purchase your ticket to learn about the hottest trends from the biggest leaders in media. Th...

Granted, it might be easier to accept a physical, paper business card, but you still have to enter that person's email address and phone number into your contact book. Instead, import or share busines...

Sometimes it seems that a job search is a race against the clock: How soon can you get hired? Everyones search is different, but no matter what your situation is, there are certain techniques that are...

Google Maps has gotten a fresh new look, adding some "visual improvements" to its design.More About: Google, Google Maps...

An employee of one of the world's biggest tech companies loses a hotly anticipated new smartphone in a bar, only for it to be found, photographed and posted on the Internet -- sound familiar?In a case...

This is what happens when master carver Ray Villafane is turned loose on three of biggest pumpkins grown in the U.S.: a zombie pumpkin extravaganza.More About: Halloween, Watercooler, trending, viral ...

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- here's our app roundup.More About: App, android, apps, iOS, weekly app roundup...

This week in tech was dominated by tech behemoths Apple and Microsoft. Check out our gallery and read the full stories, right here on Top 10 Tech.More About: Top 10 Tech, trending...

"Typing Karaoke," an addictive new Flash game, is quickly becoming a viral hit -- find out why.More About: Entertainment, games...

Hurricane Sandy is approaching. Download these five emergency apps to help you stay safe.More About: Hurricane Sandy, Mobile, apps, trending...

While this week marked the beginning of baseball's World Series, there was another world series of sorts going on -- in the tech world. The giants of the computing industry, Microsoft and Apple, compe...

1. Witch Fingers Via Emily Vanicek, original: gandcjohnsonClick here to view this gallery.If you've outgrown the trick-or-treating age, it can be difficult to find an ex...

Google's event, rumored to revolve around the launch of Android 4.2 "Key Lime Pie" and a 10-inch "Nexus 10" tablet, will have to wait for Hurricane Sandy.More About: Google, Hurricane Sandy, android, ...

How did Apple become such an 800-pound tech gorilla? Did it create all the ideas folded into its shiny gadgets, or did it beg, borrow and steal them?More About: apple, infographics, trending...

1. #believetour "I LOVE U... #believetour." Justin BieberPhoto stats: 60,413 retweets. Click here to view this gallery.Check out a gallery of the most re-tweeted and sh...

1. Dog Loves a Bath We're not entirely sure if this is a dog or a polar bear.Click here to view this gallery.Wh...

Nostalgic for the days of getting home from school or work, firing up the PlayStation 2 and popping Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in the tray? Then get your smartphone ready: Rockstar Games on Friday of...

Hurricane Sandy is crawling her way up the eastern seaboard of the United States. We have video.More About: Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy, Science, Video, Weather, hurricane, trending...

Hurricane Sandy is crawling her way up the eastern seaboard of the United States. We have video.More About: Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy, Science, Video, Weather, hurricane, trending...

James Bond always has the sweetest rides. This infographic gives the details about each one and the films in which they appeared. More About: Movies, infographics, trending...

Remember when you'd get home from school on Friday afternoon, switch on your favorite video game and the next thing you know it's Sunday night? Oh, to be young again. Well, a group of seven "adults" i...

that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Name: LookcraftOne-Liner Pitch: An e-commerce site...

As election day approaches, you might be getting sick of the political bickering in your News Feed. You can try to fight it, but political participation on social media is contagious. Since 2004, poli...

Microsoft launched both Windows 8 and its own Surface tablet in the U.S. early Friday morning at 12:01 a.m. ET with the opening of the Microsoft Store in New York City's Times Square. People waited f...

The San Francisco Giants aren't just winning the World Series two games to none -- they're also killing it so hard on social media they've tied President Obama with a near-maximum Klout score of 99. M...

In the mood to point your iPhone at someone, press a button and blast that person to smithereens? There's an app for that.It's called Nerf Lazer Tag, and the app works best when you pair it with the L...

Microsoft officially launched on Friday its Windows 8 operating system nearly four months after the company first announced the news.More About: Windows, Windows 8, microsoft...

Hurricane Sandy is in full swing, possibly delaying flights and making travel more difficult. While you may have to deal with some unpleasant travel setbacks, there are a number of websites and apps,...

Ne-Yo, Natasha Bedingfield and other well known artists have come together to move this country forward. The singers have produced a song and video in support of re-electing President Obama. Though th...

More details have surfaced regarding Googles Nexus 10 tablet. The bigger brother to the Nexus 7, released earlier this year, the Nexus 10 Is expected to be announced on Monday at a Google event in Ne...

Psy Lookalike at HallowMEME Click here to view this gallery.Psy look-alikes were aplenty at the 2012 HallowMEME costume party on Thursday night -- but only one could be...

Psy Lookalike at HallowMEME Click here to view this gallery.Psy look-alikes were aplenty at the 2012 HallowMEME costume party on Thursday night -- but only one could be...

This week saw a launch of epic proportions, where a product created by geniuses was finally released after many years of tinkering to a grateful public.The iPad Mini? No, we speak of the Onion Book of...

With less than two weeks until Election Day, both presidential candidates are making last ditch efforts to mobilize their constituencies -- to get on Facebook. Both President Obama and GOP contender M...

The Mashable Media Summit is going to sell out, so get your ticket today. On Nov. 2, the one-day Media Summit conference will explore the latest innovations in the space and the future of journalism....

We know what Twitter is, but where are all the tweets coming from? For answers, look no further than the one million tweet map.Powered through Maptimize, the Twitter map updates every time a tweet is ...

A Twitter hoax suggesting Justin Bieber has cancer taught teenage girls everywhere a valuable lesson this week: You should fact check before you shave your head. Or, maybe it's all just an elaborate s...

A Twitter hoax suggesting Justin Bieber has cancer taught teenage girls everywhere a valuable lesson this week: You should fact check before you shave your head. Or, maybe it's all just an elaborate s...

We love a good spooky story, especially this time of year. With Halloween just around the corner, we've got ghouls and goblins on the brain.Many people make time to revisit their favorite scary movies...

1. Windows 1.0 You'll never see Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer more excited about a clock than in this Windows 1.0...

The Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) new pre-screening system "pre-check," may have a security flaw which allows passengers to know in advance whether they will be subject to the standard...

Who says sports don't matter? This touching YouTube video of friends giving their beloved coworker a World Series ticket will put a lump in your throat. More About: Sports, viral videos...

A Twitter stunt of next-level trash talk by cornerback Richard Sherman has set up possibly the most epic matchup in NFL history. More About: Sports, nfl...

1. "Favorite" Files for Offline Reading If you "favorite" images or text documents on your mobile device using the Dropbox app, you can access those files later, even if...

Got Windows 8? Find yourself missing your Google functionality with all that Bing on board? The search giant is fighting back. It launched a Google Search app as well as a Chrome app for Windows 8 Fri...

If you need a better reminder to check your breasts for lumps, there's an app that will keep that thought lingering in your mind for a lot longer than those paper brochures at the doctor's office. T...

Classical music isn't always considered the coolest thing to for kids to listen to these days. So, how do you get children to enjoy it? This video attempts the feat by mashing up classics with pop son...

In what looks like a robot scene pulled from "The Terminator," a government agency has released a video of a robot that can climb stairs and cross passages.More About: Robot, robotics...

Apple's stock fell below $600 in intraday trading on Friday for the first time since July, following a disappointing earnings report on Thursday and lower-than-expected projections for the company's p...

Microsoft's Windows 8 release may not be the savior of the PC business that some had hoped -- at least not in the short term -- according to a couple of Microsoft's PC partners.In particular, Acer say...

Have you ever dreamed of traveling through space? Alas, you might never be able to do it for real. But luckily, there's an app for that.Solar Walk, an app for the iPad, let's you explore the solar sys...

Paul Ceglia, a New York man who claimed he owned 84% of Facebook, has been arrested for trying to defraud the company and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.More About: Facebook, crime, mark zuckerberg, paul-ceglia...

Keep your pumpkins in your costume. That's the message busted out by rap duo EmotiStyle for women considering showing off extra treats this Halloween.October 31st once marked the celebration of a ghou...

The scariest thing you'll see this Halloween, at least if you live along the East Coast of the U.S., may not be an adult dressed in a "Honey Boo Boo" costume. Rather, it's likely to be the effects of ...

Even though the cloud has only just recently hit its stride and began to expand the field for data mining and collecting, the concept of computing via a universal database is decades old.In the 1950s,...

Nothing says sexy time like loading an app and connecting to Bluetooth technology. But for long distance couples or those who travel a lot for work, a new app called Vibease allows men to control a wo...

Market researchers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. A new app called Perch, by developers Closely, lets small businesses monitor and track the online activity of their competitors -- essential...

You might not recognize the latest ad in Obama's presidential campaign as politically charged on first listen. The video features Girls star Lena Dunham comparing her first time voting to losing her v...

Google's Vic Gundotra is having a nice time trying out some new hardware during his beach vacation. At least that's the view from his profile on Google+, where he posted two pictures taken with s...

Aliza Licht, SVP of global communications at Donna Karan International will join the stellar lineup of speakers at this year's Mashable Media Summit. Tickets are almost sold out, so make sure to buy y...

 Samsung trounced Apple in smartphone sales last quarter, flooding the market with twice as many smartphones as its rival, according to one researcher.Samsung, which reported record third-quarter...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, people were already obsessing over the idea of voice command. The technology has a proud history of infiltration into nerd culture and pop culture alike. Whe...

Tumblr has been down for about an hour Friday morning. The company is experiencing "slow loading or intermittent errors" and you're probably experiencing GIF withdrawal!While you wait for the site to ...

Bulgarian blogger Bogomil Shopov wrote Tuesday that he had purchased a spreadsheet containing 1.1 million Facebook user IDs and email addresses for $5. The data was allegedly scraped by third-party ap...

Usually, Apple products have a product lifecycle of one year. After the release of the iPad 4, that is no longer the case for your old iPad 3.The iDevice trade-in site Gazelle saw a 450% increase afte...

Less than two weeks until Election Day, Microsoft Bing has introduced Bing Elections, designed as a one-stop-shop for everything a voter needs before he or she casts a ballot.Bing Elections includes t...

One in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 are friends with their bosses on Facebook, a new study suggests.More About: Facebook, Social Media...

Tumblr has been experiencing service disruptions all morning and has been down for the better part of an hour.More About: tumblr...

Tumblr has been experiencing service disruptions all morning and has been down for the better part of an hour.More About: tumblr...

Every year I go through the same Halloween ups and downs with my daughters.First, way back in September, theres the hand wringing and endless debates over what their Halloween costumes will be. Once ...

Hours after the iPad mini became available for pre-order, the white version of the Wi-Fi-only device is now slated for shipping "in two weeks," unlike the black model, which still ships Nov. 2. Though...

As directed by a UK court, Apple has published a notice on its UK website, stating that the court has ruled that Samsung did not copy the iPad while designing its Galaxy tablet. "On 9th July 2012 the ...

RHA SA 950i Headphones They are so light, I could hardly tell I was holding them in my hands. And they're unusually small, too.Click here to view this gallery.The RHA S...

Customers can now pre-order the iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad from Apple.com. The delivery date for Wi-Fi only versions is set at Nov 2., while the cellular models will be available mid-Nov...

Honey Boo Boo Click here to view this gallery.Ermahgerd, HallowMEME! Internet meme aficionados made a dash out of the 'webs for an evening of costumed revelry in Brookl...

Portland Trailblazers rookie Damian Lillard wasn't a highly touted high school player coming up in Oakland, Calif., and he didn't attend a powerhouse NBA-feeder college program like Duke or Kentucky. ...

Though iPhones may be beautiful just the way they are, you'll still need a case to protect them. But how minimalist can an iPhone case get?Enter Slimline. Stanley Prato and Gaetan Policard are Miami-b...

1. Windows 3.x The first Blue Screen of Death, native to the Windows 3.x series of the early '90s, justifies its user's failure with technical language most casual PC us...

NBA player Delonte West, who has been diagnosed as bipolar, went on an alternately bizarre, bitter and heartbreaking Twitter rant Thursday after being suspended by the Dallas Mavericks. West was suspe...

Who wouldn't love the gift of flight this holiday season? A cutting-edge take on the remote-controlled helicopter, the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is a smartphone-controlled (or tablet-controlled) quadricopte...

Timeline posts, direct messages and retweets on Facebook and Twitter are directly shaping the social development of today's teens -- giving them a sense of belonging and identity. That's according to ...

Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister was hit square in the head with a line drive off the bat of San Francisco Giant Gregor Blanco in the second inning of Thursday night's World Series matchup. He did n...

Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister was hit square in the head with a line drive off the bat of San Francisco Giant Gregor Blanco in the second inning of Thursday night's World Series matchup. He did n...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is denying that an alleged Facebook post is "hard evidence" for who was responsible for last month's attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. Emai...

There is nothing scarier than the Great Pit of Carkoon and its terrifying inhabitant, the Sarlacc, from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. At least not to Jennifer Landa, a contributor to the O...

For the past few years, Apple has benefited mightily for having the second most-valuable brand on the planet by charging a premium on its products. Apple products have been more expensive than others ...

If Windows 8 is a shape, it's a rectangle. The iconography and design of the new user interface (what used to be called Metro) emphasizes right angles and shapes that line up edge to edge. Even the Su...

"Let me be clear: We would not make one of the 7-inch tablets," Cook said. "We do not think they are good products. We would never make one."More About: apple, ipad mini...

After many months of development, previews and demonstrations, Microsoft finally pushed Windows 8 and Windows RT out the door and into the marketplace as part of a lengthy, bifurcated and relatively c...

Pinterest is rolling out a feature called website verification to profile pages, making it easier for users to find out more about who they are following.More About: Social Media, pinterest...

Apple's CEO Tim Cook took a dig at Microsoft's soon-to-be released Surface tablet during Apple's earnings call on Thursday, referring to it as a "fairly compromised, confusing product.""I haven't pers...

Apple's CEO Tim Cook took a dig at Microsoft's soon-to-be released Surface tablet during Apple's earnings call on Thursday, referring to it as a "fairly compromised, confusing product.""I haven't pers...

Online shoppers can buy cars, clothes and millions of other things with the click of a button and figurative swipe of a credit card. In fact, U.S. consumers spend $1,200-$1,300 per year online, but th...

Microsoft is said to be planning a "billion-dollar" global ad campaign for Windows 8, so you can expect to see lots and lots of ads for the OS over the next few months. Since the first ad broke on Oct...

Groupon's stock price isn't the only sign that the daily deals bubble has burst: In its third-quarter earnings report, Amazon took a writedown of $169 million, or $0.37 per share, for its stake in dai...

Your browser does not support iframes.Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols. Those three baseball legends were the only men in history to wallop three home runs in one World Series Game. Until W...

Some 35 million more people are playing games on Facebook today compared to a year ago, the social network has revealed. In September 2012, 251 million people played games on Facebook, up from 226 mil...

The United States Secret Service, the federal law enforcement agency which protects the president and other public officials, is asking Twitter users to report tweets "that concern you."To report a tw...

The United States Secret Service, the federal law enforcement agency which protects the president and other public officials, is asking Twitter users to report tweets "that concern you."To report a tw...

Apple sold 26.9 million iPhones in the fourth quarter ending Sept. 30, beatingWall Street estimates of just more than 25 million, the company revealed in earnings report on Thursday.Analysts expected ...

Whether you're looking to make industry contacts or learn the latest trends in advertising, technology and media, Mashable's Events Board has something for you. We picked four of the latest events to ...

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, said Thursday he won't think about leaving the Ecuadorian embassy in London until the United States puts an end to its investigation of WikiLeaks."I think we need...

As consumers nationwide continue to engage with smartphones and tablets while watching TV to check everything from email to social networking sites, about 40% are surfing the mobile web to find out mo...

Apple is on course to launch a Pandora-style customizable streaming radio service early next year, if a report from Bloomberg is accurate.The report, which cites several sources who asked for anonymit...

Ah, ye olde dick joke -- the timeless comedy genre that appeals to the 12-year-old in all of us (well, at least some of us). You can now apparently count NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and sponsors...

1. Windows 3.1 While Windows 1 and 2 were just graphical shells for the MS-DOS operating system designed to be used with keyboard controls, with Windows 3.x, Microsoft ...

Fifteen-year-old Adora Svitak knows students nowadays "live, work and play" social media. "We're used to the characteristics of social media: participation, connection, instant gratification," she tel...

Whenever Apple makes a product announcement, Conan O'Brien isn't far behind with a video to make fun of it.More About: conan, conan o'brien, ipad mini...

While many traditional media companies continue to struggle, business is booming for the social media industry. With millions of users updating statuses, posting photos and sharing articles, these net...

The Windows Store made its official debut on Thursday, opening in 231 markets worldwide in 109 languages.More About: Windows 8, Windows Store, microsoft...

Biyani is a technology enthusiast and entrepreneur. He co-founded and worked as president of Udemy, a marketplace for online education. There, Biyani led investor relations, finance, business developm...

In 2007, CBS 5 San Francisco investigated "an incredibly strange thing" called Twitter. Viewers learned the meaning of "a Twitter" from experts like Robert Scoble, who boasted an impressive 2,000 foll...

Tired of campaign ads. Image courtesy of Flickr, White HouseClick here to view this gallery.Hey, undecided voters, Election Day arrives in 11 short days so put on that t...

Microsoft officially launched Windows 8 Thursday at an event in New York City. Available at 12:01 a.m. local time Friday, the operating system is a complete reimagining of the Windows OS and sports an...

Fred Goldring, the executive producer behind the song "Yes We Can" that helped propel Barack Obama into the White House, is back with a sequel featuring R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo.Like "Yes We C...

Microsoft officially announced Windows 8 Thursday at a massive event in New York City.Windows 8 will be available in 140 markets and in 37 languages on Friday. Users can start downloading Windows 8 at...

Everything is better together, especially video games. What if we could turn one of the most nostalgia-inducing single-player experiences into a two-player adventure?A hack released Wednesday allows t...

A Chicago-based product and branding firm created a new line of plastic wristwatches called 1:Face Watch hoping to relieve world hunger, breast cancer and aids, while bringing water to rural communiti...

Yahoo has acquired the company behind 1-year-old mobile recommendations app Stamped, its first since ex-Google exec Marissa Mayer became CEO of the company in July, Mashable has learned.The acquisitio...

If you thought The Exorcist couldn't get any more disturbing, you were wrong.Imagine the classic horror film, but give it a lighthearted theme song, laugh track and cheery introduction. Sounds confusi...

Among its many uses and benefits, the Internet has transformed and simplified how people communicate with each other around the globe. In addition to email, instant messaging has played a large role i...

There's something about New York City that is simultaneously frightening and calming. What if the tranquility of an early morning commute across the Williamsburg Bridge and the bustling nightlife of t...

There's something about New York City that is simultaneously frightening and calming. What if the tranquility of an early morning commute across the Williamsburg Bridge and the bustling nightlife of t...

Democrats who have donated to a presidential campaign this election are more likely than Republicans to have done so on the Internet, according to a new study.Nearly 57% of Democrats who contributed t...

An evolutionary pharmacologist and Princeton University research fellow Ethan O. Perlstein is asking for online support to fund a scientific 'meth lab' in order to take a deep dive into how amphetamin...

Emma "He started it."Click here to view this gallery.The rules of physics are pretty insane. Last week, we saw a single human accelerate through 23 miles of atmosphere: ...

What if funding a project for your university interest group was as simple as asking school alumni who benefited from the group while they were in school?Thats the idea behind Schoolyard, a startup th...

Quilted Cover This quilted cover, by Belkin, includes an adjustable stand, protective corners and magnetic tab closure to help ensure the screen stays covered. $39.99. A...

To some, Halloween truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Rich Ferguson is one of those people. A magician by trade, Ferguson views Halloween as the prime time for pranks and street magic. He p...

The Mashable Media Summit, celebrates trends in technology and media, and explores the evolution of social media. Research shows that today more than 66% of adults are connected to at least one socia...

The New York Times Co.'s digital subscriptions business continues to grow at a steady pace, but it's not enough to offset bigger declines in advertising revenue at The New York Times, The Boston Glob...

You can do all kinds of things with Samsung's Galaxy S III phone, even keep your husband entertained on a business trip.That's the pitch in this cute ad showing a father heading off in a cab. To ease ...

Besides Apple the tech company, there's another famous company with an apple-shaped logo: Apple Corps, a UK-based multimedia corporation founded by members of the Beatles. Now, the Canadian IP Office ...

Have you ever gotten so enraged by the use of marketing buzzwords that you just want to slap someone? Well, Adobe is attempting to tap into that rage with a $10 million campaign for its social media m...

The Ending Spending Action Fund, a conservative-leaning Super PAC advocating for the reduction of the federal debt, wants to cast a new star for its latest Facebook video advertisement: you.Called "Th...

Singer-songwriter and mother Alicia Keys, inspired by her relationship with her grandmother and desire to help children express themselves, just released an animated storytelling app full of gaming el...

There is only one number that really matters this time around for Apple's earnings report: iPhone sales....

Space never ceases to amaze. With advanced technology, we continue to discover more unknown territory, revealing the tininess of our world. We've seen everything from the Hubble Telescope's amazing vi...

As Microsoft officially launched Windows 8 Thursday, online storage service Box announced the availability of Box for Windows 8.Available now as a free download from the Windows Store, the all-new app...

It only takes six characters to cause an online stir. When Ann Coulter clicked the blue tweet button on her computer screen during Monday nights presidential debate, she instantly generated a waterfal...

Googlereleased a short video this week featuring several of the company's employees speaking out in favor of marriage equality.The video, titled "Googlers Supporting Marriage Equality," was made to an...

Microsoft will officially launch Windows 8 to the public today at a major event in New York City. The general release of the company's next-generation operating system has been planned for a while, wi...

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world. Today, were looking at three particularly interesting stories.New ...

T-Mobile is ramping up protection against malware and viruses by preloading select Android devices with a free security app.Most of its smartphones and tablets are slated to come with Automatic App Se...

The beauty of watching a movie in your home is that you can pause it at any time -- to make a trip to the bathroom, maybe have a snack, or take a phone call. A free app will make your movie theater ex...

Skype has released a new version of its desktop VoIP client, Skype 6.0, for Mac and Windows. The latest version includes integration with Facebook and Microsoft accounts, which means users can now log...

New York City is the city that never sleeps, home to every kind of grease truck imaginable, Times Square and, of course, Broadway. But there's one thing that hasn't been so prominently displayed -- hi...

Tractor beams, devices that use energy to move objects, are no longer the stuff of Trekkie dreams.Two New York University professors developed a technique for harnessing "Bessel beams" to attract a pa...

Tractor beams, devices that use energy to move objects, are no longer the stuff of Trekkie dreams.Two New York University professors developed a technique for harnessing "Bessel beams" to attract a pa...

Washington State football coach Mike Leach has banned his Cougars from tweeting. And not only that, he's soliciting enforcement help from fans and media. Twitters now banned around here, so dont expec...

Take your mind off the Washington D.C.-ified version of Joe Biden for a moment, and think back to a time when Joey B. cruised the streets of Scranton in a bitchin' TransAm. The crisp Pennsylvania air ...

Those suffering from the blues can now get a quick pick-me-up, thanks to EmergencyCompliment.com, a website that generates praise with the click of a button.Visitors to the the bare-bones site are gre...

What happens when you bring game journalism talent from big sites like Joystiq, Kotaku and The Escapist together to launch something completely new?You get Polygon, a gaming website from Vox Media, th...

Microsoft will officially release Windows 8 to the public on Friday, and although company executives would never say so, they must be at least a little bit nervous about it. After all, the user interf...

Catherine Wong is a 17-year-old student (with a perfect SAT score) and the inventor of the first cellphone-compatible electrocardiogram (ECG) test. The New Jersey Morristown High School student's cell...

Sports talk host Scott Torgerson is gone from Columbus, Ohio, ESPN radio affiliate 97.1 The Fan two weeks after tweeting a death wish about former University of Michigan star and current college footb...

It came as little surprise that Facebook was the social network of choice in a recent survey of 7,700 teens across the U.S. But now that the study's authors have revealed its numbers, we can see just ...

Facebook is paying well under the $1 billion price tag originally agreed upon for Instagram back when it acquired the mobile photo sharing app in April. The final price tag -- $715 million -- was reve...

Technology has made things a whole lot easier for child predators and pornography sites. It turns out they're getting much of their material straight from the kids online accounts. A new study found t...

Behold the Sector 5 First Edition by Element, a lightweight and intricately engineered aluminum iPhone 5 case that's sophisticated enough for 007 to carry.More About: Element Case, iphone 5 cases, rev...

The sky's the limit for 3D printing. Two students at the University of Virginia 3D-printed and assembled a plane. When it successfully took off, their unmanned plane became just the third 3D-printed d...

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars posted his first Instagram photo Wednesday, using the photo-sharing service to debut the cover art for his forthcoming Unorthodox Jukebox album. The cover, of course, quic...

About 45% of iPad owners are not happy about the timing of Apple's new iPad 4 launch, which comes just seven months after the debut of the iPad 3.More About: Mobile, Tablet, apple, iPad 4, ipad 3, ipa...

This presidential election just started to unravel. Voters in Jefferson County, Wash. have eagerly been casting their ballot for the president and vice president of the Untied States of America -- a c...

Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert isn't just an NBA All Star -- he's an Internet All Star too. The seven-foot two-inch baller gets digital culture and social media as well as any pro athlete. For proo...

Microsoft Surface is now a known quantity. Its sold out on pre-order and has been tested to the hilt by tech pundits across the U.S (including this one). The Surface is an exceptional Windows tablet t...

There's a lot of pressure that comes with throwing the perfect party. Even the undead don't want a shindig that will bore them back to life, which is why Pinterest is used so heavily to plan an event....

Animal-inspired winter hats are easy to come by, but how often can you look like a silver coyote and listen to music via built-in speakers at the same time? More About: Gift of the Day, MP3 player, Mo...

Zynga beat analysts' estimates and announced a $200 million share buyback plan, a combination of events that prompted a 15% jump in the company's stock price in after hours trading.The gaming companyp...

If you can't wait for YouTube to roll-out their latest redesign, there's a hack to get the new version now. OMG!Chrome! found a Google extension that can be installed in your browser in under 30 secon...

Changes in voter identification laws are happening in states across the country this election season, sewing widespread confusion among would-be ballot-casters. If you're not sure about what you'll ne...

The security of Google's Android operating system has been under scrutiny in the last few months. Now, a study by German security researchers reveals that some apps in the Google Play market are vulne...

Apple's smart cover for the iPad was one of the most innovative tablet accessories out there -- until Microsoft revealed its Touch Cover with built-in keyboard for the Surface tablet, that is.Still, ...

Were closer to seeing a widespread updated version of Facebook Messages.In August Facebook announced that it would be giving Facebook Messages a whole new look, but didnt announce when it would be bri...

Taxes and bailouts and sanctions, oh my! We've spent the past few months listening to President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney hit all their talking points during stump speeches and debates. With l...

Nicholas Ivie, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, was killed earlier this month while on duty, leaving behind a wife and two daughters. Billy Sanders, Ivie's classmate at the Border Patrol Academy and collea...

Streaming live onMashable, Udemyfounder Gagan Biyaniwill answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, Oct. 25. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Councils #StartupLab initiative, a...

Size matters. Just ask Apple. Apple employed the talents of Rick Moranis to shrink its tablet line. (Well, the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids star wasnt technically involved, but looking at the new iPad Mi...

As Election Day looms near, all eyes are shifting towards Ohio and its 18 electoral votes. Many poll watchers, including the New York Times' Nate Silver, are saying it's increasingly likely that Ohio ...

The NHL wants hockey fans to "keep calm and pin on" while the labor dispute that's already cost the league more than two hundred games continues to drag on. But a Wednesday morning Instagram post (see...

When Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road in four fevered days, he typed it on one long scroll of paper so he wouldn't have to slow the writing process. He probably never suspected that someday we'd read ou...

You may have already heard the term "slacktivism". Perhaps in reference to movements like the KONY 2012 campaign or the SOPA protests -- any form of digital activism you can partake in from home by pr...

Web sensation Psy showed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon how to do the popular horse-riding dance move from "Gangnam Style" during his United Nations visit to discuss international issues.SEE ALSO: I...

1. Microsoft Windows 3.1 Startup Sound Back in 1992, 3.1's startup sound was jarring and unpopular. This prompt...

Forget the six o'clock news, Glocal wants to be your all-in-one distribution channel for local and national news videos online. More About: Media, News, ONLINE VIDEO, Startups, Video, hulu, journalism...

Taylor Swift, has debuted an artsy music video for "Begin Again" -- the second single from her fourth album Red, which rolled out Monday and immediately topped the iTunes Top Albums chart. The clip wi...

Donald Trump offered Barack Obama a $5 million check to any charity of choice in exchange for the public release of his college records and passport application.Trump's big announcement has been runni...

The Mashable Media Summit is a one-day conference that will explore the latest innovations in the space and the future of journalism. Held on Nov. 2 at the TimesCenter in New York City, the day will b...

Many musicians have mimicked the 1967 music video "Subterranean Homesick Blues," in which Bob Dylan holds cue cards emblazoned with his song's lyrics. To pay homage to the memorable video, Sony Music ...

Ross Ching continues his Empty America YouTube series by tackling the busy streets of Seattle. The video shows Seattle in all its overcast...More About: Empty America, seattle, time-lapse...

Not many 66-year-old dudes know how to tweet. Moreover, very few rock and roll legends have used Twitter for a midweek Q&A session. But let's face it -- as he has proved time and again throughout...

Loren Brichter, the brains behind Tweetie and a former Apple employee, unveiled his first new application Wednesday since developing the beloved Twitter client in 2008 and its follow-up Tweetie 2 in 2...

Congratulations! All that time youve spent coaxing your HTML to transform your blank, white and Times New Roman font-filled web page to something that vaguely represents a design-worthy website is abo...

The 2012 presidential election will likely come down to six battleground states: Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Both candidates are investing heavily in each state, t...

Superman anticipates digital's ultimate media takeover. We only wish he fought a little harder. Comic written by Larry Lambert, illustrated by Jerry King.More About: comic, humor...

A viral video LG is using to promote its monitors is prompting conspiracy theories about whether it's a fake.Chief among the complaints about the video is the switch in perspective. As one commenter p...

What happens when you put a news reporter, rock musician and comedian in charge of three young girls? You get the classic '90s sitcom Full House. Duh.Have mercy on those of us old enough to remember K...

Microsoft is celebrating the launch of Windows 8 in an unusual way: By creating a miniature replica of New York City.Well, not that mini. "Microtropolis" as it is known, will stand at 160 feet. The go...

Does the person who speaks loudest have all the answers? Probably not.Introverts reluctantly get some time in the spotlight with a lecture from author Susan Cain. The RSA animated a talk from Cain, au...

Barnes & Noble said on Wednesday it has detected tampering with PIN pad devices in 63 of its retail location.More About: barnes & noble, nook, security...

1. Refrigerator Magnet ThinkGeek offers a magnetized mount to hang your iPad on the fridge. Suddenly, recipes and kitchen entertainment just got a lot more convenient.Pr...

It looks as though investors really liked what Facebook had to say in its earnings report and call on Tuesday.More About: Facebook, stocks...

A Google team is currently taking pictures for Google Maps where no car or snowmobile has gone before: the rocky, rugged trekking paths of the Grand Canyon.More About: Google, Google Maps, street view...

After outspoken and often controversial conservative commentator Ann Coulter called Barack Obama a "retard" via Twitter Monday evening, she invited a barrage of instant criticism from across the polit...

Square announced Wednesday that its mobile payments service is now available to anyone in Canada, which marks the company's first expansion beyond the U.S.More About: Square, jack dorsey, mobile payme...

Is there anyone more qualified to kick off the manliest month of the year than trained woodsman, Nick Offerman, a.k.a. Ron Swanson? Perhaps, but it's a pretty perfect match.In the ad above, Offerman a...

Digitally connecting one person with another is powerful in itself, but connecting entire communities in the United States and around the world is truly transformative. Broadband, specifically, has th...

Facebook reported its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday and to the surprise and delight of Wall Street, the results were not terrible. In fact, there's reason to be optimistic that the company is adap...

Samsung Galaxy Note II The successor to the first Galaxy Note smartphone, the Galaxy Note II has a huge 5.6-inch screen and comes with a stylus that lets you do things l...

Dragon, a line of speech-recognition software products, debuted its beta app for Android Wednesday.Developed by Nuance Communications, who also works with Apple on voice control, Dragon Mobile Assista...

Rather than downloading various apps and software to accommodate their needs, the visually impaired are getting an Android smartphone developed specifically for them. Telecom-product manufacturer Qual...

If your kid spends too much time staring at a TV or another electronic device at night, he's more likely to be obese and suffer from other health issues.In what might be the first study that connects ...

One of Facebook's top overseas employees announced she'll be leaving the company in January to serve as head of a UK technology investment organization.Joanna Shields, who has worked as Facebook's man...

Peruvian artist Guillermo Fajardo brilliantly remagines breakfast mascots Cap'n Crunch and Count Chocula as ghouls.More About: Marketing, cereal, pics...

LinkedIn is rolling out global video advertising, the professional social network announced Tuesday.Business owners can now promote their brands using video ads through LinkedIn Ads, the site's self-s...

LinkedIn is rolling out global video advertising, the professional social network announced Tuesday.More About: linkedin, online video advertising...

Good news: Your teenage sons and daughters have doubled their productivity over the last year.No, they're not doing twice as much homework or eating double servings of vegetables. Young teenagers are,...

"Call Me Maybe" Click here to view this gallery.Limited to crowded neighborhoods and noise ordinance policies,...

When the iPad first debuted in 2010, it very quickly made it's way into schools as an educational tool. It was less expensive than a traditional laptop and turned out to be a powerful learning device....

Who did you love? What did you love? When? Where? Why?This tear-jerking short film by Wong Fu Productions shows a man, played by Glee's Harry Shum Jr., attempt to answer his girlfriend's simple questi...

There are now more than one billion smartphones in circulation worldwide, according to figures released by the Wireless Smartphone Strategies service. As of the third quarter of 2012, one in seven peo...

Apple is wasting no time to create demand for the iPad Mini. Launched Tuesday, the product appears in a newly released ad, above.Developed by agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the spot features no narration...

Sometimes it's good to be like everyone else -- but when it comes to choosing a password, we should all strive to be as unique as possible. More people choose "password" than any other word or phrase ...

"I'm the bus driver. I take everyone to school.""If you had my game, you'd still have your girl.""My game and your Mom...they're both PHAT."If you were an impressionable, hoops-crazed young man (or wo...

You won't be able to get your hands on one until Nov. 2, but if you're considering the iPad Mini, here's a quick, candid hands-on video we took at the launch event to whet your appetite. The 7.9-inch ...

The final debate of the 2012 presidential election season has been auto-tuned.The Gregory Brothers, the duo behind "Songify the News" and "Bed Intruder Song," has been setting every debate of the pres...

You may be able to download your sneakers before too long, but to really get in on the fun you'll probably want to have a 3D printer at home. Enter the Form 1, a Kickstarter project billed as "an affo...

Microsoft Surface Powered Up This is the Surface tablet with Touch Cover in place.Click here to view this gallery.Surface is not a tablet. Its a PC in tablets clothing. ...

Late in the first half of Monday night's NFL game, Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh chased down Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler from behind and dropped him with a brutal body slam. As...

If you are a robot lover who hopes to have a mechanical friend that could save your life someday, we've got great news. On the other hand, if you are afraid of a hostile robot takeover, the news for y...

You know the post-Thanksgiving drill: Black Friday then Cyber Monday. But this year, be sure to mark Tuesday, Nov. 27 on your calendar as a day to remember -- a day less about buying gifts and more ab...

Sure, your third-generation iPad is great and all, but after Tuesday's announcement of Apple's iPad mini and iPad 4, perhaps you wish you could trade-up. Or maybe you feel like you don't have a choic...

President Obama was the victor of the third and final presidential debate, according to a Google Consumer Survey. Forty-five percent of survey responders thought the incumbent did a better job arguing...

Mobile may be the future, but right now mobile ad units still command a lower price point on average than print and web advertisements.More About: Advertising, Business, Mobile, features...

After Tuesday's unveiling of the iPad Mini and the surprise of the 4th generation iPad, Apple's new iMac almost went unnoticed -- judging by where the crowds went at the hands-on area after the launc...

Who says Facebook can't monetize on mobile? Mobile ads now account for 14% of total ad revenue, and according to Zuckerberg, "We're just getting started."More About: Facebook, facebook mobile...

Zynga is closing multiple offices and laying off 5% of its full-time workforce, Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus said in a note sent to employees on Tuesday.The gaming company is closing its Boston s...

Lots of young people are engaged in the national discussion, but a few might need a little prodding.More About: Politics, comics, humor...

One more reason to dance like crazy to "Gangnam Style"? The environment. A company called Sustainable Dance Club created a series of floor tiles that converts the kinetic energy from dancers to elect...

I didn't think Apple would do it. When rumors of a new iPad 4 started to spread around the Internet, I ignored them. Try as I might, I just couldn't see Apple replacing a flagship product with another...

Can't find a pair of headphones you like? Don't worry -- every little thing is going to be alright. House of Marley, a product organization inspired by the late musician Bob Marley, has released a new...

Newsstand Cover Click here to view this gallery.The first issue of The Walking Dead, The Official Magazine came out globally Tuesday on iPad Nook and Kindle Fire, while...

So you bought a new iPad. Are you feeling burned by the fact that Apple unexpectedly announced a fourth-generation tablet six months after the third generation, making its predecessor obsolete in reco...

Netflix's stock slipped 15% after the video streaming and DVD subscription service said in its third-quarter earnings statement that it did not expect to add 7 million domestic subscribers this year, ...

Netflix's stock slipped 15% after the video streaming and DVD subscription service said in its third-quarter earnings statement that it did not expect to add 7 million domestic subscribers this year, ...

Apple announced on Tuesday at its big press event a slew of new products, including its smallest tablet to date: the 7.85-inch iPad mini.But it wasn't the only product launched. Perhaps the most surpr...

When Apple first introduced iPads equipped with LTE connectivity earlier this year, Sprint didn't get invited to the party. That was before the wireless carrier had a nationwide LTE network, however, ...

Gather around, Android users. You can't hide -- we can see you and your giant screens lurking around the Google Play Store. Stop customizing your widgets and unplugging your micro USD cable. You can d...

As much as I love my new iPad -- and it is the device I gravitate towards during non-work hours -- there's always been one nagging problem. Whether reading iBooks at a cafe or watching videos on the c...

Asus Vivo Tab RT Asus has an answer to the Microsoft Surface: the Vivo Tab RT. Running Windows RT, the Vivo Tab is also a "productivity" tablet, and comes with a removab...

Tuesday Apple took the wraps off the iPad mini, a new miniature version of its popular tablet.Not just a shrunken down iPad, the tablet has an updated design, 7.2mm aluminum shell, and a 7.9-inch disp...

Facebook narrowly beat analysts' estimates for its third quarter, posting $1.26 billion in revenues for the quarter verses a consensus estimate of $1.23 billionAdjusted earnings per share for the comp...

Amid all the sexy profiles and innovation found in Apple's unveiling of the new iPad Mini, iMac and, especially, iPad Fourth Generation unveiling was a whole lot of revisionist history.First of all Ap...

Apple's CEO Tim Cook may have just subtly revealed that the company missed its iPad sales estimates for the quarter.While speaking at Apple's iPad Mini press event on Tuesday, Cook noted that the comp...

Apple hoodwinked us all.No one expected a brand new full-size iPad to be released at Tuesday's Apple keynote. Rumors about the newly released iPad Mini, a revamped Mac Mini and iMac and the 13 inch Ma...

Critics may assume that Apple merely shrunk its iPad down to create the iPad Mini, but according to Apple SVP of Design Jony Ive, the Mini is a completely new product and a "concentration" rather than...

It's unclear whether Brad Pitt's $7 million ad for Chanel No. 5 is moving a lot of perfume, but it has definitely inspired some wicked satires.The original ad, which features Pitt making incoherent ye...

Zynga has laid off more than 100 employees in its Austin office Tuesday, a source claims.According to Justin Maxwell, a designer and former employee of Smule and Mint.com, employees were given two hou...

UPDATE: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has confirmed the company will be reducing its staff by 5%, but did not detail the number of layoffs at its Austin office.Zynga has laid off more than 100 employees in it...

Apple announced on Tuesday the iPad mini the highly anticipated pint-sized version of its popular tablet. The device has a 7.9-inch display with a 1024 x 768 resolution, Apple A5 processor, and a 5-me...

1. Buy Me Pie Lite Version, FreeFull Version, 2.99Don't let the app's name fool you. The Buy Me Pie app might be the healthiest thing you download. The first step to eat...

Thanks to technology, businesses can conduct meetings just about anywhere by using conference calls, video chat, the cloud -- or they could just borrow floorspace at a retailer like Staples to host th...

Apple reinforced its aim to impact the education market on Tuesday with the unveiling of its updated iBooks Author app. More About: Mobile, Tablet, apple, iBook Author, iBooks 3, ipad, ipad mini...

Even though it's only October, holiday shopping has already begun, and Black Friday is around the corner. Everyone knows that Black Friday is the busiest (and craziest) shopping day of the year. If yo...

After being stripped of cycling wins by the sport's governing body following a devastating report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) earlier this month, embattled legend Lance Armstrong may have...

And they say there are no surprises at Apple events! Apple just released a new fourth generation iPad. That's right. Six months after the iPad 3, there's a new iPad.The new iPad features a new A6X chi...

Apple just took the wraps off its latest gadget: the iPad Mini. As the name suggests, it's a smaller version of the company's popular iPad tablet, with a screen that measures 7.9 inches diagonally.The...

Apple just took the wraps off its latest gadget: the iPad mini. As the name suggests, it's a smaller version of the company's popular iPad tablet, with a screen that measures 7.9 inches diagonally.The...

Apple has sold 100 million iPads since the device was introduced in early 2010 and it now accounts for 91% of tablet traffic, the company announced Tuesday.Apple CEO Tim Cook told a crowd gathered in ...

A YouTube channel that pokes fun at Reddit successfully pulled a viral prank using a quote and Neil deGrasse Tyson as bait. The idea was to test the skepticism of Internet users, and the results might...

Apple updated its Mac mini computer Tuesday, upgrading the desktop computer with new features and more under the hood.The updated Mac mini has dual or quad-core i5 or i7 processor, with up to 16GB of ...

Apple customers have downloaded 35 billion apps from the App Store to date, the company revealed during its press event Tuesday. More About: apple, apps...

It's not just the iPad mini and 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, Apple also updated its iMac configuration.The iMac's form factor was last updated in 2009 with its unibody 21.5-inch and 27-inch displays. T...

Apple launched on Tuesday the latest version of iBooks at its press event.iBooks 3 -- which is available for download starting today and supports 40 languages -- features continuous scrolling and an u...

It's not just about the iPad Mini, Apple also unveiled a new Retina MacBook Pro at Tuesday's event in Cupertino.Back in June, Apple introduced the 15" Retina MacBook Pro. Today's version comes is a mo...

Apple revealed during its press event Tuesday that there are now 200 million devices running iOS 6, the latest operating system introduced one month ago.More About: apple, iOS 6, ipad...

Producers of the social media-driven education web series and documentary Undroppable will embark on a nationwide tour starting Wednesday to help inform U.S. high school students about political topic...

NSFW Warning: Crude language, slightly blurred image of a man's rearIf you have followed Apple announcements over the years, you know that Apple never livestreams their events.This time, however, they...

The political landscape continues to embrace digital, as it dictates how we learn about candidates and policies. Throughout the 2012 U.S. presidential election, Mashable has kept you updated on the m...

The iPad Mini is expected to have a huge impact on the market for smaller tablets.More About: ipad mini, tablets...

It looks like Apple may be adding a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro to its laptop lineup. Leaked specs show three different options for the computer:2.5 GHz, 128GB of Flash storage, 8GB of RAM2.5 GHz, 256 ...

New York City's cutest costumed pets gathered at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village last weekend to kick off the countdown to Halloween. A golden retriever decked out in Big Bird feathers mingle...

1. Hipmunk Since its birth in 2010, Hipmunk has been praised for its unique search interface, an atypical departure from most other travel search platforms. Type in an o...

Getting your emails read can be a science. For you business people and students, it is often necessary to cold email someone you have never met. Getting a response from that person may be crucial, whe...

Ann Coulter, conservative political commentator and author who's known for making incendiary remarks, called Barack Obama a "retard" on Twitter after Monday night's presidential debate. I highly appro...

It sounds like something a computer science student might come up with in his dorm room: a keyboard made out of beer cans.In reality, it's a sly marketing campaign for Staropramen, a beer from the Cze...

Samsung denies a recent report that it plans to stop supplying LCD panels to Apple next year.More About: apple, samsung...

Social media has proven successful in giving Iceland's citizens a key to the government: For the past year, the country has used Twitter, Facebook and other sites to crowdsource provisions to its new ...

Zach Anner's Reddit-powered cross-country road trip is complete, and finally premiering on YouTube.The series, Riding Shotgun With Zach Anner, is a travel show that evolved from Anner's former show on...

Not a fan of Twitter's "Favorite" button? It looks like the platform is testing alternatives. More About: Twitter, design...

Not a fan of Twitter's "Favorite" button? It looks like the platform is testing alternatives. More About: Twitter, design...

There have been so many Apple events over the past few years that the nonstop unveilings of shiny new iDevices has gotten, if not routine, at least formulaic: Rumors start, amplify, and then reach a c...

Many companies would be thrilled with a 29% jump in year-over-year sales, but for Facebook such an increase is likely to be viewed as proof that the company's business is suffering.The figure -- the c...

Twitter on Friday removed a surge of anti-Semitic and racist tweets in France.The tweets, labeled with the #UnBonJuif (#AGoodJew) hashtag, contained anti-Semitic jokes and pictures from the Holocaust....

Greetings from the California Theatre in downtown San Jose, where Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the stage Tuesday -- and where it's all but certain we'll see Apple's first new product line since the or...

Holiday shopping is about to kick into high gear, and retailers are ramping up efforts to capture sales at multiple touchpoints -- not just their stores. Google's retail team, in fact, is calling this...

In a surprise reversal of a longstanding policy on livestreaming, Apple has announced it will let you watch Tuesday's iPad Mini launch event from San Jose -- so long as you already have an Apple devic...

Just like clockwork, Apple's online store went down Tuesday morning ahead of the iPad Mini event scheduled for later in the day.More About: ipad mini...

Many apps come with what's called an "onboarding process." Sometimes the onboarding is comprised of slides you scroll through to learn what the app is and what it can do for you. Other times, you actu...

The final debate between President Obama and Governor Romney was billed as a foreign policy discussion, though the candidates meandered back to domestic issues on occasion. Moderator Bob Schieffer aim...

The snarky, devil-may-care Tony Stark of Iron Man 1 and 2 is nowhere to be found in the eagerly anticipated Iron Man 3 trailer which dropped on iTunes and YouTube this morning. It will reportedly also...

Nokia has launched the most affordable phone in its Lumia lineup, the Lumia 510. The device brings a 4-inch, 480x800 pixel screen, an 800MHz Qualcomm processor, a 5-megapixel camera, 256 MB of RAM and...

Breathe it in, ladies. That's the smell of confidence -- the smell of someone who's not afraid to breeze past traditional aromas like cocoa, lavender or "ocean breeze" (whatever that is) and venture i...

Monday night's showdown in Boca Raton, Fla. was the least-tweeted presidential debate of this election.The third and final face-off between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential cand...

Get ready for some homemade gifts this holiday season. Pinterest, and copycat sites, are bringing out the crafter and DIY-er in users. Pinterest tells Mashable it's been popular among crafters and "...

The updated versions of Office Web Apps, available on preview since July, are now available for SkyDrive and Outlook.com users. The apps, which currently work with the final version of Internet Explor...

1. Jack Skellington Our favorite character from The Nightmare Before Christmas who embodies both spooky and festive behavior.Image courtsey of teeshajamieClick here to v...

A new startup called LifeSwap aims to ease the stresses of networking during the job search by coordinating career shadowing opportunities throughout the Bay Area. More About: LifeSwap, startup...

In a week defined by the second 2012 presidential debate, FOX's The X Factor once again took the top spot on our social TV chart.The vocal competition, now in its sixth straight week atop the broadcas...

If you're about to make someone's year, why not scare them a little bit first to add to the drama?The head coach of the University of Massachusetts Minutemen, Charley Molnar, awarded two of his studen...

A dandelion-shaped ball aims to protect people from undetonated landmines -- just by blowing in the wind. More About: landmines...

James Kuhn likes to paint his face in ways that trick the eyes on put smiles on faces. So when the visual artist from Michigan was approached by the band Young Revival to collaborate on their latest m...

With Xbox SmartGlass, Microsoft wants to revolutionize the second screen.Microsoft is committed to extending the appeal of the Xbox brand beyond gaming and beyond the console. This was clear with last...

Another night, another POTUS hopeful face-off. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met for the third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election season Monday night. With the serious topic of foreign ...

If you have an ereader, chances are it's helped you plow through the pages of book after book -- and even with all that content, you probably still visit the library. According to a study by the Pew ...

If you have an e-reader, chances are it's helped you plow through the pages of book after book -- and even with all that content, you probably still visit the library. According to a study by the Pew...

Xbox Video and Xbox Games are coming to Windows 8; this means that starting on Oct. 26 -- when Microsoft's latest OS launches -- users will be able to purchase and rent content from the Xbox Video sto...

Just in time for Halloween, LG has introduced this video of people getting a big scare thanks to the company's high-res monitors.To show off just how life-like the picture on its monitors can be, the ...

Sportscaster Erin Andrews has become a global celebrity over the past few years. The easy-on-the-eyes hostess and sideline reporter shot up the ladder at ESPN and augmented her recognizability with ap...

Name: Top Hat MonocleQuick Pitch: Transform tablets and smartphones from classroom distractions into teaching tools.Genius Idea: Top Hat Monocle lets college students use smartphones, tablets and lapt...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent interview if he hadn't struck gold with Facebook, he would've liked to work at Microsoft.Zuckerberg spoke at Stanford University disspelling rumors about ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent interview that if he hadn't struck gold with the social network giant, he would've liked to work at Microsoft.Zuckerberg spoke at Stanford University diss...

Patrick Curran is a college student at Boston University, set to graduate in 2015. He is in a fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He has 395 Twitter followers.He's just another guy -- and a perfect examp...

Horses and bayonets. Yes, you heard that correctly during Monday's night third and final presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. And, no, you didn't fall into a time machine and end ...

More than 527 million YouTube views later, you may be sick of "Gangnam Style," the bizarre and baroque Korean music video that's become a viral grand slam. But if you think the song and dance are dead...

When Apple announced last week it would be holding its latest launch event at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose (pictured above) this Tuesday, there was a fair amount of head-scratching in t...

"They are like 5-year-olds fighting over a toy -- and the toy is America."Such are the words of 13-year-old Bryson, upon watching footage of the presidential debates.In the latest installment of the K...

RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race's premieres Oct. 22 with a barrage of social media initiatives aimed at giving fans live video experiences with the show's talent, web-only content and crowdsourced contes...

President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney's third and final debate at Lynn University University in Boca Raton, Fla. is slated for Monday at 9 p.m. ET. Mashable readers can watch the presidential de...

Sometimes, less is more. In the tech world, smaller is almost always better. In two decades we've gone from massive desktop computers to ultra-thin laptops and tablets. We keep on demanding "less" fro...

Marissa Mayer outlined her plans for Yahoo's future in her first earnings call as CEO of the beleaguered digital media enterprise. The company's third-quarter earnings were better than expected: Earni...

If you've ever had to email, upload or download several large files or programs, you've most likely encountered ZIP files. Also known as compressed or archived files, ZIP files condense multiple files...

Here's some bad news for Android users: Various apps are leaking sensitive data, from credit card information to passwords, new research suggests.More About: Android 4.0, Mobile, android, apps, securi...

Every once in a while, a gadget comes along that solves a problem that was just starting to get annoying. The Plantronics Blackwire 700 Series USB Headset is that gadget.Like many people, I work in an...

As we've seen for the past few weeks, presidential debates often have a handful of short moments destined to go viral: Joe Biden's smile, Mitt Romney's binders full of women. Wouldn't it be great if a...

Pure Evil Image courtesy of WikipediaClick here to view this gallery.Typically, Halloween has been a holiday to celebrate the dead, filled with scary ghouls, zombies and...

Is there room for another social network? A new startup, Pheed, certainly hopes so.Pheed is trying to court users of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest. And it's got some powerful friends. Celebr...

Yahoo beat forecasts for third quarter performance, reporting earnings-per-share of 35 cents on revenue of $1.09 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of 26 cents per share on revenue of $1.08 bil...

The U.S. presidential election is only two weeks away and talk about the importance of certain demographics and how they can influence the outcome is at its peak. But what about smartphone users? Wher...

It's hard to remember back to our childhood, but we're pretty sure Mario and Luigi didn't save the Mushroom Kingdom in outfits that looked more suited for a night on the town.Ghoul-loving gamers might...

On the morning of the third and final presidential debate, Mitt Romney's campaign has launched a new Facebook app which asks users to message friends on behalf of the campaign.Called "Commit to Mitt,"...

Superman has called it quits -- on print, at least.In the upcoming issue of Superman, Clark Kent, Superman's photojournalist alter-ego, quits his job at his newspaper, "The Daily Planet".According to ...

Mashable Mashable will be doing our own liveblog with a panel of experts and viral content hunters, combining the brightest minds with the best memes of the night. Follo...

Amid the online messages congratulating Adele on her newborn boy, Twitter users are sending the Grammy-winning singer hateful tweets. Adele and boyfriend Simon Konecki confirmed the birth Sunday after...

Security, or lack thereof, has dogged Microsoft Windows since the mid 1990s. This was bad news for consumers who were fond of risky practices like sharing 3.5-inch floppies and downloading unknown fil...

Square will relocate its corporate headquarters to 1455 Market Street in downtown San Francisco by mid-2013. Take a tour of the new space.More About: Square...

Square will relocate its corporate headquarters to 1455 Market Street in downtown San Francisco by mid-2013. Take a tour of the new space.More About: Square...

The "best damn band in the land" has done it again.As a follow up to their hit video game inspired half-time show, the Ohio State University Marching Band performed a cosmically awesome space and time...

Apple may launch iTunes 11 and the third-generation of its e-book app iBooks at its big press event for what's expected to be the iPad Mini.More About: Mobile, apple, ebooks, iBooks, iTunes 11, ipad m...

English singer James Blunt's comments about wanting to take time away from songwriting sparked several "James Blunt Quits Music Industry" headlines -- to many Twitter users' delight. "Quit" may be an ...

Reddit, Airbnb and Imgur were down Monday afternoon, thanks to an issue with Amazon Web Services.Downtime is a a fairly rare occurrence for the Reddit, which receives some 35 million visitors per mont...

On the Internet, it's our own responsibility to keep our personal lives private. Whether it be remaining vigilant towards Internet scammers or recovering from flaws in the platform itself, we must pra...

In case you missed it, a new study on flirting is rippling through the media. The UC Berkeley Haas School of Business found that women who use their feminine charms achieved better results in busines...

What would happen if Taylor Swift brought her special brand of catchy heartbreak to the methed-out streets of Albuquerque? Trouble for Jake Gyllenhaal. Or "We Are Never Ever Gonna Cook Together," a Br...

Don't delay, get your tickets to the Mashable Media Summit now. The biggest leaders in the industry will share the hottest trends in digital media, from mobile's effect on media to an inside look at ...

Montreal-based footwear brand Aldo staged a charming out-of-home campaign in Israel, inviting passersby to snap a photo of their shoes, upload the photo to Instagram with their shoe size and the hasht...

We've seen a lot of crazy things in New York City over the years, but two guys in wetsuits taking the streets on motorized surfboards is definitely a first.More About: Viral, Watercooler, YouTube...

If you think Google has a commanding lead in the traditional search advertising market, you should check out how the company's doing in mobile search.Last year, 91% of the global market for mobile sea...

Preacher Phil Snider stood before the Springfield, Mo. city council last August to deliver a fiery condemnation of gay rights. The speech has gained attention in recent days as it spread around the In...

So you think you can dance? Let this Coke vending machine decide.Coca-Cola, which has been experimenting with technology for its vending machines, recently rolled one out in South Korea that challenge...

The economy hasn't fully recovered, and consumers are careful and thoughtful about how they spend their money. There are a lot of great deals out there, but we know you don't have the time to sift thr...

Ever wonder the best way to pick up a girl at the gym? Should you flex your muscles or sexily wipe sweat off from the elliptical machine? This guy, while pretty intense on the topic, seems to be quite...

Education-focused startup Clever announced Monday that it is now being used in more than 2,000 K-12 schools.A platform for bringing technology into education centers, Clever partners with online learn...

NASA has released a stunning simulation video that shows how a single disk galaxy such as the Milky Way develops over a span of 13.5 billion years, beginning with the Big Bang and leading up to today....

PayPal announced Monday that it is partnering with MoneyGram, a money transfer company, to give PayPal users the option to deposit and withdraw funds from their accounts from many of MoneyGram's 284,0...

We're learning more and more about Surface, Microsoft's head-first dive into the tablet wars. Last week we got the price, availability, model options and even some details about what it's like to touc...

While guest hosting What's Trending, viral sensation Rebecca Black teased her new single, "In Your Words." The 15-year-old singer shot into web stardom in 2011 when her catchy "Friday" spawned countle...

Here's how to create a DIY amplifying phone speaker out of a Pringles can and common household items.More About: Lifestyle DIY...

There has been plenty of speculation about which companies Marissa Mayer might acquire with the cash Yahoo received from closing the Alibaba deal. Now, it looks like OpenTable, the online restaurant r...

Bill Gates wants you to get jazzed about Windows 8. In a video Microsoft posted this morning, the company's chairman and former CEO preached about the new operating system and how important it is to M...

Mashable's mission is to inform the connected generation; but we can help you put that knowledge to work, too.Since 2005, Mashable has been committed to bringing the top digital, social and tech news ...

Apple and Samsung's epic global patent battle took another turn over the weekend as a Tokyo court rejected Samsung's attempt to block sales of the iPhone in Japan.The Tokyo District Court rejected two...

Taylor Swift, whose fourth album Red came out Monday and was quickly catapulted to number one on the iTunes Top Albums chart, has chosen several of her social media followers to follow her in real lif...

Skype for Windows 8 Microsoft has given Skype a makeover for Windows 8. The new app has a beautiful full-screen interface that combines messaging, group chat and video c...

Genealogy company Ancestry.com has been acquired by an investor group led by European private equity firm Permira for about $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports citing sources familiar with t...

Most companies don't plan to switch to Windows 8 immediately after its release, and some may never make the switch, Reuters reports. The new operating system from Microsoft, which hits the market on O...

Just when you thought it was over, another "Gangnam Style" parody has surfaced online -- this time using Minecraft blocks.Uploaded to YouTube on Sunday, "Minecraft Style" imitates Psy's original music...

Musician Peter Gabriel wants people to recreate scenes from Sledgehammer, his popular 1986 stop-motion music video, via an interactive Facebook tab.More About: Entertainment, Music, Peter Gabriel, Soc...

Lexus has unveiled a new eco-friendly hybrid concept car that looks like it was just pulled out of a James Bond movie.More About: Lexus, cars, hybrid...

Errrrr Via Flickr, gaudiramoneClick here to view this gallery.Once a year, seemingly regular looking people transform into vampires, zombies and other hair-raising creat...

Dodging speeding tickets just got a little easier with noPhoto, a smart license frame that prevents traffic enforcement cameras from taking photos of your license plate.How does it work? The Cincinatt...

1) ... A Pigeon? Yep. Apparently, when a pop star takes a photo of a pigeon, it gets shared on Twitter, like, 44,000 times."Quiteliked (sic) this pigeon."- Liam from One...

This year's Mashable Media Summit is set for Nov. 2, 2012 at The TimesCenter in New York City. Youll hear directly from the people who are reshaping media today and redefining it for the future. Ther...

A U.S. Census report released this month shows that the number of people who work from has soared by 41% in the past decade. These findings demonstrate that there is hope for moms (and dads!) who pref...

A teaser trailer for Iron Man 3 surfaced online Sunday, whipping fanboys and girls into a frenzy.Uploaded to Marvel Comics' YouTube channel, the mere 17-second video shows brief clips of Tony Stark (a...

1. Giraffe Dog Image courtesy of Etsy, hatz4bratsClick here to view this gallery.Whether your pet is suffering from an identity crisis or just practicing for the witness...

Dish Network's 14 million TV subscribers, who were no longer receiving AMC shows because of a legal battle, can stop groaning as loudly as zombies now. AMC Networks and Cablevision settled their dispu...

Do Apple lovers really "think different" because of the company's reality distortion field? Serious research gets to the bottom of this.More About: apple, infographics, reality distortion field, tren...

If it's been a busy week and you may have missed one of this week's hottest viral videos, fear not. We're here to help.More About: Newsy, Video, Viral, YouTube, trending...

Wisconsin experienced another mass shooting on Sunday, this time at the Brookfield Square Mall just outside Milwaukee. According to local TV stations, the assailant is still at large.Early reports say...

Update: Now police say three people have died as a result of this mass shooting in Milwaukee today.Wisconsin experienced another mass shooting on Sunday, this time at the Brookfield Square Mall just o...

The other day I got a text on my iPhone while I was sitting in a meeting at work. Not an unusual occurrence for me, but the recipient was. It was from my car. Thanks, SmartStart.More About: Gadget, au...

Our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech have detected distinct ways tech corporations treat their customers.More About: Facebook, Google, RIM, The Joy of Tech, Twitter, apple, microsoft...

Google will unveil several new devices and a software update at its scheduled Oct. 29 press event, according to a company video filmed from a meeting. More About: Android 4.2, Google, Mobile, android...

1. Emily from The Corpse Bride Make sure you walk around with your eyes closed, or this costume will become eve...

Microsoft added a new Internet Explorer 9 app to its Xbox 360 interface earlier this week but killed off its Facebook and Twitter apps in the process.More About: Facebook, Twitter, Xbox 360, apps, int...

Apple is expected to unveil a smaller-screen iPad on Tuesday. Here's what the so-called iPad Mini will probably look like. More About: apple, ipad, ipad mini, trending...

This week, we highlight apps that let your kids take a journey through the solar system and the pyramids of Egypt -- plus, some other great learning tools. More About: Top Kids Apps, contributors, fea...

Airtime, Sean Parker's social video network, is suffering from a stagnant user base.Despite $33 million in funding and celebrity endorsements from the likes of Jimmy Fallon and Julia Louis Dreyfus, Ai...

Twitter has been credited with -- and blamed for -- a lot of things. Supporters claim it fueled the Green Revolution in Iran and helped the Arab Spring, critics argue it's hurting our ability to write...

The live-action trailer for Halo 4 gives us glimpses into super soldier Master Chief's past and how he was kidnapped from his bed and replaced with a clone. The space marine's backstory has never reve...

Do your OMGs and LOLs have you sometimes srsly forgetting how to write in proper English? If so, you may not be alone. Texting is on the rise, and changing the ways people interact with language. For ...

Red Bull topped this week's chart for soft drink brands with the highest social media engagement -- and you can probably guess why.More About: Social Media, Starcount, brands, chart...

James Bond might want to trade in his Aston Martin for the "Quadski" -- that is, a jet ski and all-terrain quad bike combo.The two-in-one Gibbs Quadski is equipped for both land and water, retracting ...

If you can't stop yourself from buying accessories, clothes, handbags, apartment decor and recipe ingredients after seeing them all in pins, you're not alone.A recent survey of 7,431 online shippers, ...

While many Facebook job apps are trying to give LinkedIn a run for its money, none of the job search and recruitment apps available today are true competition for everyones main professional network, ...

Did you know that just 14% of releases posted on major wire services have been optimized for search? Or that press releases including an image or a video get shared three times more than text-only rel...

Hunching over a desk all day at work may make you yearn for the great outdoors. Artist Robbie Tilton aims to remedy that by creating a computer keyboard made from organic materials.Laser cut from an A...

Leaked photos of the 13-inch MacBook Retina Pro from Chinese blog WeiPhone reveal two much-anticipated additions that Apple is expected to unveil at its Oct. 23 event in San Jose, Calif.Like its 15-in...

Looking for new apps? Check out some of our favorite iOS and Android apps from the week.More About: App, android, iOS, iphone, trending, weekly app roundup...

When a blogger was wasting too much time on Facebook, YouTube and Reddit, he hired someone to slap him every time strayed from his work.More About: Social Media, craigslist, productivity...

You don't want to miss out on this year's Mashable Media Summit. You'll learn about the hottest trends and hear the stories that matter, from mobile's effect on media to data-driven journalism -- all...

Spiderman Spidey sense.via jio9Click here to view this gallery.With less than two weeks until Halloween, it's the perfect time to start thinking about carving that pumpk...

Office warfare has ascended to new heights.The weapon of choice: the iStrike Shuttle, a heli-bomber that lets you drop ammo (read: ping-pong balls) on coworkers. Wirelessly controlled by an app that ...

1. It'll Have a 7.85-Inch Screen. At 7.85 inches, the iPad Mini's screen will be about 2 inches smaller than its big brother's, but still a bit bigger than most small-sc...

From a supersonic free fall to the Long Island town hall brawl, this past week was intense. Now that it's over and you have time to decompress, this is a perfect opportunity to add a few digital tools...

The full-sized Apple iPad may be getting a makeover. Apple is rumored to announce new changes to the new iPad, in addition to unveiling the iPad Mini, at its invite-only event on October 23. More Abou...

Borderlands 2, Captain Scarlett and her Pirates Booty If you are still playing Borderlands 2, or if you've put it down in favor of a new game during this busy season, th...

This week in tech was filled with news of astounding gizmos sprinkled with an amazing sports car. Oh, and then there was that guy jumping from the edge of space to become the fastest man ever.The worl...

Pre-orders for the Microsoft Surface Tablet have sold out in the U.S. The Windows tablet is backordered up to three weeks. More About: Mobile, microsoft, surface tablet...

Facebook Experiments With Profile Completion Meters Facebook's evolution in the face of financial demands continues to fascinate us. This week, the social networking sit...

The Space Shuttle Xing sign made for a great photo-op as Endeavour paraded through the streets of Los Angeles on its way to the California Science Center last week. And now, dear space geek, you can p...

A new iPhone app in Japan gives users the opportunity to send smells via text messages. The product called Chat Perf is an iPhone attachment, made of an atomizer and smell tank that fit into the iPhon...

1. Sofia the Lion Tamer at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand This lion ain't playing patty-cake.Click here to view th...

If you've ever had the sneaking suspicion that liberals might be more active on social media than conservatives, you might be right: A recent study by the Pew Research Centers Internet & American...

Backscatter X-ray body scanners are now a thing of the past at many major airports, replaced by less revealing, smarter and allegedly safer millimeter wave scanners.More About: Airport Security, Airpo...

With Polar's H7 heart rate monitor and free app, you can extract every little tidbit of your health stats to learn how to become a fitter you. The Polar H7 Bluetooth chest strap monitor can be worn f...

Parents, if you haven't heard of the movement by now, prepare for a ton of excitement about the Skylanders. In just one short year, Activision's game series went from an unknown newcomer with little-t...

It's hardly the most gut-bustingly funny routine a candidate ever came up with. But President Obama's claim that his opponent suffers from "Romnesia" appears to be going viral Friday.The odd term -- a...

1. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all prohibit interest loans. Most modern economies are fueled by money lending -- usury, in biblical terms. Most people couldn't own a...

1. Will & Grace We'd choose wine over an Almond Joy any Halloween.Image courtesy of npineClick here to view this gallery.While chowing down candy and carving pumpkins ar...

You don't have to be a celebrity or elite flyer to skip long airport security lines. Clear is a New York City-based company that's putting U.S. travelers in the flight express lane with smart cards.Cl...

1. Halloween CandyShell BatLit Bats flit in front of a full moon on this CandyShell case. For: iPhone 5, Cost: $34.95Click here to view this gallery.Here at Mashable, we...

Googles third-quarter earnings report leaked four hours early Thursday afternoon. The earnings, which missed Wall Street's expectations, sent the stock down more than 8% before trading was halted. Goo...

If you're a content-starved, social media-savvy soccer fan in America, chances are high that Grant Wahl's among your most essential Twitter follows. The Sports Illustrated senior writer and Fox Soccer...

Conan O'Brien and '70s heartthrob Leif Garrett memorably rip Brad Pitt's confounding ad for Chanel No. 5 with a visual re-imagining of the ad that will make it hard to view the original the same way.M...

Coke Zero is at it again, teaming up with the James Bond franchise to tease the film series' next movie. This time, they've orchestrated an elaborate stunt for unsuspecting train passengers to win exc...

After upgrading to the new iPad back in March, I was left with the problem of what to do with a perfectly functional iPad 2. Solution: Since my mother had never owned a tablet, I would load it up with...

1. Cooper the Puppy Cat Does the Roll Over Trick Cooper + chopsticks = awesome. Click here to view this g...

Legendary adventure game designers Lori and Corey Cole have officially launched the Kickstarter campaign for their new project, Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption. Best known for creating the beloved Quest f...

Depression is just one of the many side effects that an undecided voter experiences. More About: 2012 presidential campaign, comics, humor, political campaigns, political humor...

With its iCloud growing bigger and bigger every day, Apple needs to ramp up its data capacity. That's why the Cupertino company is opening a new data center in Prineville, Ore., the Oregonian reports....

Wave goodbye to the days of inaccessible, high-priced video editing tools -- they're long gone. Anyone with a smartphone and a free YouTube account can create a video that could reach millions. For co...

Earlier this NFL season, kicker David Akers of the San Francisco 49ers kicked a 63-yard field goal to tie the league record. People thought that was a pretty big deal, and it was. But the NFL record b...

Diem Brown has ovarian cancer -- again. This time, she is sharing her story with the world. The first time Brown faced cancer, she was only 23. Now 30, she is once again dealing with chemotherapy and ...

The Wii U, Nintendo's upcoming console release, features an innovative tablet controller. But Nintendo is also introducing its own "Pro" controller, for gamers who want more command than a tablet or W...

Season four of Community was supposed to debut Oct. 19, but NBC delayed the premiere until an unknown date. Today, the show's actors are mocking the situation in a new YouTube clip and on Twitter, whe...

The Kepler Motion hybrid electric supercar has blossomed way beyond the concept stage, seen now in full-throated prototype form as its makers showed it roaring through the hills of California.More Abo...

The Amboseli Trust for Elephants played hero to a calf and his mother by rescuing the young elephant from a well in Kenya. Three employees from the nonprofit conservation organization coordinated the ...

Need some help making sure your friends and family vote this Election Day? Never fear -- Vote With Friends, a new Facebook app, is here to help.Vote With Friends, from Internet advocacy organization F...

This Saturday, while many will be out enjoying the weekend, hundreds of gamers are going to play a full day of gaming. This probably isn't a new scenario, but this week they're doing it for a good cau...

Instagram rolled out an update Thursday that will make life a little more seamless for those of you with different Twitter and Instagram handles.Now, when someone @mention you on Instagram and shares ...

Jodi DiPiazza, an adorable 11-year-old girl living with autism, uses music to connect with the world. At Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars, DiPiazza had the chance to show off his talents in a ...

Brazil's major newspapers have collectively opted out of Google News after the search giant refused publishers' demands to pay for indexing their article headlines and excerpts.All 154 members of the ...

YouTube released Campaigns on Friday, its newest tool for non-profits looking to effectively communicate on the online video platform. Drawing on the convention of the giant paper thermometer measurin...

Rumors continue to fly about Apple introducing a new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro on Oct. 23, and now further details have emerged, with base pricing said to be significantly higher than its predecessor...

GIFs have flashed across many a webpage, flickered within millions of MySpace profiles and glittered among innumerable Tumblrs. You've spotted them in animated advertising, email signatures, web forum...

Apple is set to drop the iPad 2 from its product lineup when the so-called iPad Mini launches, a financial analyst suspects. Eliminating the iPad 2 may also give a hint about how Apple intends to pric...

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney loosened up their collars a bit for a night of wisecracks and laughter at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner, held Thursday in New York City.The dinner is an annual fundr...

Actor Tom Hanks appeared on ABC's Good Morning America on Friday to discuss his upcoming fantasy drama film Cloud Atlas, but during the segment he had a verbal slip-up, uttering the f-word on live tel...

Is your social media behavior cringe-worthy? Will you look back on your 140 characters today with remorse tomorrow? Theres no one arbiter of good taste on social media. In fact, 'experts' have been do...

A car bomb detonated in the streets of Beirut, Lebanon on Friday, leaving at least eight dead and many more injured, according to reports from the scene. Immediately following the attack, Beirut citiz...

This year's Mashable Media Summit will feature the brightest minds in media and the most influential leaders in digital. Held on Nov. 2 at the TimesCenter in New York City, this one-day conference wil...

Cranberry bogs aren't exactly synonymous with urban landscapes, but for the eighth year in a row, Ocean Spray has set up a temporary farming crop in the middle of New York City. This year, however, th...

Prepare yourself for a spin on the roller coaster of emotions while watching a potpourri of viral videos set to music. You'll giggle, you'll tear up, you will have to explain to your coworkers why you...

Sony Xperia phones released in 2012 will get an update to Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean in 2013, Sony Mobile has announced. The latest models, Xperia T, Xperia TX and the yet to be released Xperia V will ...

Which presidential candidate would be better for promoting technological innovation? The entrepreneurs and innovators in this new ad argue it would be Barack Obama.The ad features a slew of technologi...

We're not sure if it's because of the Apple Maps debacle, or if it's just business as usual, but Google has lately been releasing updates to Google Maps like there's no tomorrow. The latest update bri...

Losing your cellphone or laptop can be as bad as losing your wallet. In some cases, it's worse.If someone has your cellphone they can access your apps, which may hold your bank account information, ...

The debate was heated: a room full of 4th grade parents in a PTA online safety meeting was equally divided on the issue of whether monitoring interfered with a childs right to privacy. On the one side...

Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Skype, AIM, the list of messaging platforms you probably use includes at least a few of those. Message service imo does more than let you text for free from all of those se...

Nicholas Allegra, better known as Comex or the hacker who released several versions of the iPhone jailbreaking tool JailbreakMe, is no longer working at Apple. Comex was quite unexpectedly hired by Ap...

1. Guanajay IRBM Launch Site 1 (Then) Photograph of the first Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch site found under construction in Guanajay. (October 17,...

1. Guanajay IRBM Launch Site 1 (Then) Photograph of the first Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch site found under construction in Guanajay. (October 17,...

With Election Day right around the corner, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and other politicians are blitzing the web and social media with advertisements. But are online ads worth the money for politicians...

Online dating takes guts and gumption. It's not easy to put yourself out there and meet strangers for blind dates. San Francisco-based startup Tandem has recently launched a meetup platform that's cha...

People around the world were thrilled by Felix Baumgartner's space jump this week. We watched in awe as he set a new record for skydiving, launching himself from the stratosphere and landing safely in...

Name: VenngageQuick Pitch: Easy-to-use online data visualization tools for creating infographics.Genius Idea:Venngage provides a cheap and intuitive platform to help businesses create quality infograp...

A huge benefit of hiring a personal trainer, fitness coach or clinical nutritionist is knowing they are there to keep you accountable. By talking about day-to-day progress and goals, clients are more ...

A woman who identified herself only as Donna called up a local Fargo radio station to complain about the location of deer crossing signs. Donna the Deer Lady, as she's now known, demanded to know why ...

A British man hunted down his wife's alleged rapist on Facebook then beat him up before convincing her to report the alleged crime, according to the Telegraph. The man apparently used Facebook to spea...

People do weird things to get attention on YouTube. You know, like putting a condom over your head and filling it up with the help of a garden hose until it explodes in an epic splash of latex and wat...

Felix Baumgartner's Oct. 14 jump from the middle of the earth's stratosphere, sponsored by Red Bull, made social media and space history. The almost 23-mile free fall jump set records, stunning and am...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey may live in San Francisco, the tech hub where he started Twitter and Square, but he's an avowed St. Louis Cardinals fan. The Cardinals are currently squaring off with th...

You've probably never felt pressure to fill out your About Me section on Facebook - that may change. Recently some users began noticing a percentage meter that encouraged them to complete their profil...

Will Ferrell is one offbeat dude -- we've known that for some time. But these Swedish television ads for Old Milwaukee beer only burnish his bizarre legend. Funny Or Die shared the ad embedded above o...

Facebook sent an invitation to members of the press late Thursday for an event scheduled in New York City to "come see what's new with Facebook Gifts." The invitation -- which also includes the words ...

British soccer star Ashley Cole was fined 90,000 -- or, for American readers, $145,000 -- by the sport's governing body in England on Thursday for an obscene Twitter post he directed at the organizati...

A new video game will let you be president for the day and wage war as you see fit. "Tell Me How It Ends," created by The Truman National Security Project and being released Friday, puts players in th...

1. Gmail and iOS Don't Get Along It probably goes without saying that Google's services tend to function better on Android devices -- Gmail can get more than a little sc...

Nikon CoolPix S800c Android-Powered Camera The Nikon S800c is the world's first camera to run Android the same way it works on a smartphone. The $349.95 point-and-shoot ...

Microsoft announced its quarterly results on Thursday: $16.01 billion in revenue, with $5.31 billion of that profit. Thats down from the companys reported $7.2 billion in profit at the same time last ...

In our fast-paced world, sometimes there just isn't enough time to pick up toothpaste, razors or soap between work, school and social events. Here's where snail mail can actually save you time and hel...

 It appears that Gilt Groupe is look to sellJetsetter, a flash sales site for high-end vacation packages.Gilt has been shopping the division to private equity firms and other online travel compan...

 It appears that Gilt Groupe is look to sellJetsetter, a flash sales site for high-end vacation packages.A source close to the situation tells Mashable that Gilt is seeking between $30 million to...

Servers at YouTube failed Thursday afternoon, making the website and its videos across the web temporarily unavailable. The downtime sent people into a panic between 4 p.m. ET and 4:30 p.m. ET. The si...

Only two of America's political parties are represented in this year's "official" presidential debates: the Democratic and Republican parties. That leaves the dozens of alternative candidates out of t...

Becoming a parent changes everything -- this group of manly men singing mermaid Ariel's famous ballad is all the proof you need. Cops, firefighters, construction workers, barbers and Marines belt out ...

Ever wish Facebook was called something else? Or beg and plea that everyone used the British spelling of the word color (colour)? Maybe you just hate the word hula-hoop and never want to see it again....

Email may seem old-school when compared to this year's digital election forerunners of Twitter and Facebook. But nonetheless, the inbox has still proved a crucial tool for this year's presidential can...

1. Rickroll'd Click here to view this gallery.Google lifted the curtain on its data centers this week, revealing the extensive array of tubes, cables and other techie t...

Until recently, only the most hardcore NBA fans knew the name Jeremy Evans. That all changed Thursday morning, however, when a YouTube clip of the Utah Jazz forward's ridiculous block-and-dunk sequenc...

Harthorne is the founder and CEO of MassChallenge, a startup accelerator and competition designed to foster a startup renaissance by connecting high-impact startups from around the world with the reso...

 Google's third-quarter earnings leaked four hours early Thursday afternoon, sending the stock down more than 8% before trading was halted. Google says R.R. Donnelley, its filing agent, is to bla...

This morning on a crowded commuter train into work in New York City, I witnessed the most incredible experience. A mother was able to soothe and quiet her screaming toddler without the use of technolo...

Google announced on Thursday a new budget Samsung Chromebook laptop, dubbed as "the computer for everyone."The 11.6-inch Samsung Chromebook -- priced at $249 and available for pre-order now from Amazo...

Bazinga Via AmazonClick here to view this gallery.In the market for a binder full of women? Amazon reviewers are looking out for you. The review section for an "Avery Du...

"Pending Larry" became a mini-meme after Google jumped the gun on its 3Q earnings release. Now "Pending Larry" has a Twitter account.More About: Google, larry page, memes...

Disney's first Latina princess, Sofia, will make her TV debut Nov. 18. Although we've known about the movie for a while, Disney has recently confirmed her ethnicity. The revelation has sparked some po...

A new online campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness month is upping the ante on traditional methods of advocacy, by encouraging women everywhere to ditch the ribbons and touch themselves, instead. It's ...

A new online campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness month is upping the ante on traditional methods of advocacy, by encouraging women everywhere to ditch the ribbons and touch themselves, instead. It's ...

The watch and jewelry industry continues to lag behind others in its adoption of e-commerce, mobile and social media, a study released Thursday indicates.In a survey of 100 leading watch and jewelry b...

Google's stock dropped by more than 8% after the company's earnings report leaked several hours early and revealed several troubling stats. More About: Google, stocks...

FarmVille and other social, browser-based games are more commonly associated with female players, but they may actually be opening a wider world of gaming up to women.That's according to Jeannette Wei...

Comic Sans. It's the Internet Explorer of fonts. It's not often that a typeface prompts a movement, but since 1999, there has been a mobilization to "Ban Comic Sans." Since then, the font has been sco...

1. Binary Jack o' Lantern This card says "Happy Halloween" -- in binary code. Cost: $4Click here to view this gallery.If you have far-away friends and family who love Ha...

It's been a chilling year so far for web and mobile security. Cybercriminals continue to think of clever and sneaky ways to strip millions of consumers of credit card information and personal data, th...

Twitter has banned an account in a single country on the request of local law enforcement for the first time. The micro-blog has had the ability to do so since January, but has not used its capability...

Twitter has banned a neo-Nazi account in Germany on the request of local law enforcement. It's the first time Twitter's ever done so: The micro-blog has had the ability to block accounts in single cou...

What if Korean pop phenom Psy and his ubiquitous Gangnam Style reached a galaxy far, far away? In this giggle-worthy clip, Luke Skywalker runs into something much scarier than Bobba Fett and imperial ...

Whether you're looking to make industry contacts or learn the latest trends in advertising, technology and media, Mashable's Events Board has something for you. We picked four of the latest events to ...

In an effort to crack down on fake reviews, Yelp is introducing a new consumer alert label that will appear on the pages of businesses who are caught buying reviews.Starting Thursday, whenever Yelp ca...

The Force is strong with this orchestrated impromptu performance. The WDR Symphony Orchestra organized a flash mob fit for nerds at the Wallraf Square in Cologne, Germany. The performance starts with...

From the author of parody children's book Goodnight iPad comes a charming new love story about a man who falls for Siri, the woman inside his iPhone.Siri & Me: A Modern Love Story (Blue Rider Pre...

After 79 years in print, Newsweek will go digital-only in 2013. The newsweekly, which merged with The Daily Beast two years ago, will publish its last print edition in the U.S. on Dec. 31.Layoffs, bot...

Consumers are the driving force behind so many businesses. Each day we hear about brand innovation in the name of new business, from social media campaigns to space jumps. Players in the fashion ind...

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man in the United States on a student visa and now charged with plotting a bomb attack on the Federal Reserve building in New York City, ...

Wheres Waldo? Thats the question Mashable needs you to answer. While searching for the best travel apps, world-famous globetrotter Waldo has gotten lost among the pages of Mashable! With his browser h...

Second-screen apps are all the rage among sports-minded entrepreneurs these days, but the startup TOK.tv thinks it's set itself apart with an offering that focuses on voice, not text. Its first produc...

Attention software engineers: If you're searching for the best payday, tryGoogle.Glassdoor, a career website, culled data from 3 million salary reports, company reviews and interviews from employees a...

Verizon reported activating 3.1 million iPhones in the third quarter, 21% of which were the newest model, for a grand total of 651,000 iPhone 5 devices.More About: apple, iphone, trending, verizon...

Apple lost its appeal of a UK courts ruling that Samsung did not copy the iPad with its Galaxy tablet, Reuters reports.In July, Britain's High Court ruled in favor of Samsung, explaining that Samsungs...

There's more to a successful Facebook page than just the total number of likes.More About: Facebook, facebook fan pages, trending...

Google, which typically toasts scientific types with its Google Doodles, gave a shout out to English Lit majors and lit lovers in general with a tribute to the 161st anniversary of the publication of ...

When the personalized tablet news aggregator Zite was acquired by CNN in August of 2011, it seemed like every startup's dream come true: a nice payday and more resources to continue building its innov...

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world. Today, were looking at three particularly interesting stories.Noki...

Perhaps certain audience members at this year's second presidential debate would've been energized by the not-so-dulcet tones of auto tune.If you're struggling to conjure up images of a T-Painified Ob...

Inundated with too many speakers? Tired of loose wires? Struggle when it comes to pairing devices? No more, says a Finnish company that wants to make it easier and more enjoyable to use sound systems....

Android users should see an update to Google Play, as the online store rolls out its latest version, number 3.9.16.Among its new features is the Wishlist, which lets users save a list of apps and othe...

Apple is about to acquire Color Labs, the company behind failed photo and video-sharing app Color, reports suggest.More About: Color Labs, apple, color, startup...

Foodspotting, a service that helps you find delicious dishes near you, launched a redesigned version of its website Wednesday.Often called the "Pandora of food," this marks the first redesign of the s...

It'll be easier to get students and teachers on the same page with Wednesday's launch of Whispercast for Kindle. The online tool allows administrators and teachers to distribute e-books and school co...

Ever wonder where all that spam you receive in your inbox comes from? Apparently, most of it comes from India. One in six spam messages come from India, with Italy and the United States coming in seco...

Doctor Who Tumblr user krisocalypse is a major Doctor Who fan -- so much that she married her significant other, Tom, in a very Whovian-themed wedding.Image courtesy of ...

How will social media users vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election? To find out, market research firm Lab42 surveyed 500 U.S. social media users.More About: Lab42, Politics, election 2012, in...

An online game has taken the Mitt Romney binders full of women meme to a literal level.More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, U.S. presidential election, online debate, presidential deba...

You know how rock bands tour around in those huge, tricked-out buses? Imagine that same bus plastered with the logos of 26 tech startups, driving around the country from university to university looki...

Your cat leads a secret life. And that secret life get hairball-flying exciting on Halloween. And, FYI, your cat has been planning for the ghoul-tastic evening since early August (the things you learn...

Darth Vader knows all about your embarrassing Internet searches. How, you ask? The former Anakin Skywalker has a spy at Google.The web giant opened the doors to its vast data centers and in doing so,...

Running and Rolling Two adorable opposites from C Merry.Click here to view this gallery.They say that opposites attract. Any kid who plays with magnets knows this is the...

Google sent invitations to the press Wednesday for an Android event in New York on Oct. 29. The invitations didn't disclose what exactly would take place, though the tagline, "The playground is open,"...

Forget decreased attention spans, neglected studies and pasty complexions. Parents of teenagers can add a new talking point to their anti-gaming rhetoric: meeting co-conspirators to runaway from home ...

A TV commercial for Dance Central 3 on Xbox Kinect took advantage of current events, roping in Usher to play a moderator for a fictitious -- yet groovy -- political debate. Stumped for words during a ...

Reddit hosted an "ask me almost anything" session with the Microsoft Surface team on Tuesday, revealing details about Surface we hadn't heard before. More About: Microsoft Surface, reddit, tablets...

Space shuttle Endeavour settled into its new home at the California Science Center last week. But it made one epic journey through the streets of Los Angeles to get there.A Toyota Tundra pulled the 15...

A clean bill of health from your dentist isn't the only reward you'll get with this Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush. Keeping track of your good brushing habits through the toothbrush's app can earn you ...

Late in Tuesday night's presidential debate, the candidates made Apple the focal point of the discussion on Chinese labor and outsourced jobs when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were asked, how, if it a...

The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election is shaping up to be the most digital election in the history of the country, as Mashable has documented. The infographic below underlines how much social and digita...

A German fellow in tight swim trunks didn't make quite the splash he was hoping for when an attempted cannonball ended with a painful thud. The amateur diver's friends shared the entire frozen pool fi...

A new trailer for Jack Reacher gives us an extended look at director Christopher McQuarrie's cinematic adaptation of Lee Child's 2005 mystery novel One Shot. Tom Cruise plays the title character, whos...

Never one to miss out on a pop culture trend, Spirit Airlines has coopted Binder-mania with a "Binders Full of Sales" promotion.The deal, which the airline announced on its website Wednesday, is a ref...

Politics can get messy, argumentative and a little dull sometimes. Fortunately, a little bit of autotune will cure boredom and make sparring presidents look like the leads of a motown band.The Gregory...

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is many things, victory-obsessed yachting enthusiast among them. His Oracle Team USA is hosting next year's America's Cup yacht race in the San Francisco Bay, and on Tuesday a...

Facebooktested a new mobile ad unit earlier this year that was designed to let app developers promote themselves. Now, Facebook is making it available to all developers.The company firstintroduced the...

TCP/IP is a set of communications protocols that allow computers to communicate on the Internet.Its name refers to the two most important protocols in the suite -- the Transmission Control Protocol (T...

As TVs get slimmer, consumers often purchase soundbars to enhance the sound quality, especially when they don't want wires hanging around and there's no extra space for speakers. But now, electronics ...

In the wake of the highly publicized outing of a Reddit troll, the site's CEO says it won't ban distasteful-but-legal content posted by users. "We stand for free speech ... We are not going to ban dis...

Trends ebb and flow each year in the world of media, but the rise of data-driven journalism hasn't yet slowed. Now more than ever, data influences how content is created and distributed across a mult...

Streaming live onMashable, founder of MassChallenge John Harthorne will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, Oct. 18. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Councils #StartupLa...

Veronica De Souza was supposed to attend a concert during the presidential debate at Hofstra University on Tuesday night. She changed her mind last minute, figuring she had watched the first two debat...

GIFs might have finally broken the old-school stigma that came with its clunky '90s predecessors. Tumblr is taking the animated images offline as part of a large-scale open call and exhibition, which ...

We're constantly being told to get off our laptops and phones and head outside to get some exercise, but why not get the best of both worlds -- channel your body power for mobile power. The nPower PEG...

San Francisco-based RocketSpace has only been around since 2011, but it has already built an impressive roster of all-star startups. More About: coworking, incubator, tech scene, valleygirltv...

1. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip/Caramel Apple Cheese Ball You can add or subtract ingredients in both of these easy...

R. Kelly's hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet" will officially return in November with 20 new chapters. Ahead of the TV premiere of the series' chapter 23, though, IFC has debuted that flashback-induci...

The Onion presents an idea (probably not) worth spreading with a TED parody titled "Compost-Fueled Cars: Wouldn't That Be Great?"Hotshot media professional in a blazer Cameron Hughes delivers a rousin...

Twilio added support for 20 new countries on Wednesday, making the communications API platform available on a total of six continents.Twilio is a cloud communications company that allows its customers...

In the run-up to the release of Angry Birds Star Wars, Rovio is teasing us with another trailer using original Star Wars footage.More About: Gaming, angry birds, angry birds star wars, rovio...

Color, the much-hyped startup that raised a whopping $41 million in funding, is shutting down its flagship video sharing app just a year after it launched.More About: apps, color, trending...

File-sharing website The Pirate Bay has always sailed through stormy seas. Accused by the entertainment industry of facilitating access to copyrighted content, it has sustained several denial of servi...

This ad for Chanel No. 5 has racked up more than 2.7 million views in three days because: a) It features Brad Pitt (duh) or b) People are watching it again and again trying to figure out what he's tal...

Klout announced several enhancements to its Perks program Wednesday, including an update to its iPhone app as well as a new Passbook card.Perks on the site, which range from free products to early acc...

In one sense, LinkedIn has revolutionized job recruiting, but in another sense it hasn't. After all, the social network is just a giant database of potential employees. To actually recruit, you still ...

Allow the beauty of space to hypnotize you for 223 seconds with a dazzling video staring a cosmic light show of star trails.Photographer and videographer Christopher Malin drew inspiration from the 19...

While the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney set a new politics record on Twitter, the second only saw a fraction of the tweets sent during the first: 7.2 million for Tuesd...

An executive at Foxconn, Apple's manufacturing partner, says the iPhone 5 is "the most difficult device" it has ever had to make.More About: apple, iphone, trending...

Halo 4 is coming out in less than a month, and Microsoft and 343 Industries were at New York Comic Con last weekend to promote the game launch. It's been five years since gamers have seen Master Chief...

Lynx, the Unilever body spray known for its over-the-top, mook-centered marketing, has outdone itself with a Facebook post in Hong Kong.The brand is claiming -- in a tongue-in-cheek way -- that those ...

U.S. owners of Samsung's flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, will receive an update to Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean in the "coming months," the company has announced. Unfortunately, Samsung di...

Tuesday's town hall-style presidential debate at Hofstra University was a slug fest. President Obama and Governor Romney escaped the podiums of the previous round and danced all over the stage, tradin...

CfA's civic accelerator is about to graduate its first class -- and they just might transform how your government operates.More About: Global Innovation Series, code for america, features, mashable, u...

Google CEO Larry Page, whorankled investors with his disappearance over the past few months from the company's public events because of a vague medical condition affecting his voice, re-emerged Tuesda...

In some obscure and slightly amusing corner of the Internet, dead presidents sit hunched over laptops and smartphones -- on Twitter. Though the operators of these faux accounts spout off tweets rangin...

GoPro cameras are known for their durability and wearability, broadening the filmmaker's perspective. The company released its latest camera Wednesday, along with an action-packed video that shows ext...

As the world's biggest search engine and provider of countless other online services, Google pushes a lot of data. To do that, it has some of the most advanced and largest data centers in the world, a...

Apple has acquired Particle, a web app design startup that counts Justin Timberlake as a lead investor, for an undisclosed sum.More About: Startups, acquisitions, apple...

Almost one in five new Facebook fans came from mobile devices in August, an increase of 280% in four months, according to a new research report.PageLever looked at more than 500 Facebook Pages with 10...

When Shopkick released its first mobile application, its creators built features based on what they thought users would like, co-founder and CEO Cyriac Roeding recalls. Two years, four million registe...

Lightt's prompts you to capture short 10-second video snippets, which get stitched together into one long digital reel that tells the story of your life.More About: apps, photography...

When it comes to weddings, there's a lot of stuff to plan. You have to check out locations for the big day, meet with caterers, taste their food, look at flowers and dresses and hotels and so much mor...

When it comes to weddings, there's a lot of stuff to plan. You have to check out locations for the big day, meet with caterers, taste their food, look at flowers and dresses and hotels and so much mor...

HTC has launched a new flagship Android smartphone with a 5-inch, 1080p display, called the HTC J Butterfly. There's a catch, however: It's a Japan-only model, available exclusively with Japan's mobil...

We all lead busy and crazy lives. Whether we're stuck in traffic on the way to work or stuck in an endless board meeting, there never seems to be enough time in the day -- when can you check shopping ...

We all lead busy and crazy lives. Whether we're stuck in traffic on the way to work or stuck in an endless board meeting, there never seems to be enough time in the day -- when can you check shopping ...

You know the feeling: It's hole one, and you're chosen to tee off first. You step up, tee your ball and stretch out your arms. All eyes are on you. "Doesn't matter," you tell yourself, "I'm going to ...

Netizens were abuzz with talk of binders after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's reference to "binders full of women" during Tuesday night's presidential debate.The phrase became Google'...

A new video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a solar flare that took the shape of a light bulb on Oct. 14. The glowing "light bulb" plasma display stretches 100,000 miles long. Located on ...

When designing its upcoming Surface tablet, Microsoft was determined to make it extra durable. Now, the company's head of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, has proven that the device is tough enough to be tur...

Despite what retro sci-fi films show us, robots aren't always large, clunky machines with clamps for hands. Enter Romo, a pint-sized personal bot that combines the brain power of a smartphone and the ...

Sing along to music in the shower with the iShower portable music player.For $99.99, the iShower is a water-resistant and Bluetooth-enabled device that can be mounted to your shower wall. It can als...

For women undergoing breast-cancer treatment, receiving support from family and friends is important for the recovery process. But there is one source of support that is often overlooked: fellow brea...

If you're part of the 86% who drive to work every day, you can devise ways to lower your gas costs, save time and improve your health by telecommuting.The current workforce totals more than 128 milli...

U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney faced off in the second presidential debate of the 2012 election season Tuesday night. The town-hall style showdown at New York's Hofs...

U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney faced off in the second presidential debate of the 2012 election season Tuesday night. The town-hall style showdown at New York's Hofs...

A new dating site helps you find the Kirk to your Spock, matchmaking Trekkies worldwide (unfortunately, galaxy-wide connections are not yet available).Called TrekkieDating.com, the site hooks up Star ...

A new dating site helps you find the Kirk to your Spock, matchmaking Trekkies worldwide (unfortunately, galaxy-wide connections are not yet available).Called TrekkieDating.com, the site hooks up Star ...

Slim Jim's not taking Red Bull's challenge lying down.Well, actually it sort of is, but the brand attempted to counter the Red Bull-sponsored Felix Baumgartner space jump over the weekend with this st...

Can the next president get Apple to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States from China? The question was posed to U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney during Tue...

The second of three presidential debates was held Tuesday night at Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y. This event got so heated, it seemed at times as if someone was going to throw a punch. Neithe...

Mitt Romney triggered a wave of Trapper Keeper nostalgia at Tuesday night's presidential debate when he made a comment about "binders full of women" in reference to women entering the workforce. Watch...

Opening an anti-trust case against Google would be a huge mistake, and Congress might take action to stop it. That's what Rep. Jared Polis stated in a leaked letter addressed to the Federal Trade Comm...

Birth certificates. Then tax returns. Now with less than one month until Election Day, comedy engine College Humor is tackling the latest unreleased-document controversy: Mitt Romney's Spotify playlis...

When thousands of journalists from across the world descend on campus for a presidential debate, what's a scrappy student startup to do if it wants to stand out?Long Island Report is a two-year old st...

Here's a race that will put even Vin Diesel to shame. R/C racing has never looked so cool.By adding sound effects and careful video editing, YouTube filmmakers freddiew created a high-octane illegal s...

Good for you! via instagram, sammie_dreamClick here to view this gallery.Where there are debates, there are protests. Where there are protests, there are signs.And when ...

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's debate rematch at Hofstra University on Long Island, N.Y. is slated for Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. Mashable readers can watch the presidential debate live stream right here, ...

Microsoft unveiled on Tuesday details about pricing and availability for its new 10.6-inch Windows 8 tablet, the Surface.As more tablets hit the market, consumers are faced with the task of weeding th...

Apple has the iPad, Amazon has the Kindle Fire HD and Barnes & Noble has the Nook HD+. Clearly feeling left out, Best Buy is going to enter the tablet fray with its own device, the Insignia F...

Mashable Mashable will be doing our own liveblog with a panel of experts and viral content hunters, combining the brightest minds with the best memes of the night. Follo...

Aiming to give webmasters a tool to disassociate their sites from unwanted links, Google on Tuesday introduced a feature for webmasters called "Disavow Links."Using the new feature, announced at the P...

What would you do for a car ride?This adorable cat sacrificed himself to both a lawn mower and cement truck, stuck himself in a railing, and quite literally threw himself to the dogs in order to hitch...

Americans' eyes will be on President Obama and Mitt Romney tonight, watching the second of their three presidential debates.Ahead of their new face-off, Google Politics & Elections has released se...

Pop star Beyonce Knowles posted a photo on her Tumblr blog to confirm she'll be performing during the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show on Feb. 3, 2013.The new image on iam.beyonce.com -- a site that lau...

Apple mailed out invitations Tuesday for a press event on October 23 where the company is widely expected to finally unveil the iPad Mini. While the company still has yet to formally acknowledge the e...

The third debate of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, a town hall style meeting between incumbent Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, begins tonight at 9 p.m. EST. The debate will have the can...

1. Case of Identity Paw Puppy This adorable dog offering his paw made us smile. For: iPhone 4/4SCost: Approx. $15.65Click here to view this gallery.There's no doubt in ...

Ever since Taylor Swift hit the scene, it's never been easier to break up with someone. Just hit the play button on any of her recent tracks and your significant other will know that you are never eve...

It looks certain: The long-rumored iPad Mini -- the smaller-screen variant of Apple's category-defining iPad -- will be unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Apple sent out invitations to the press earlier to...

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor used Facebook on Tuesday to confirm his involvement with Beats Electronics and its top executives Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Luke Wood. Reznor describes his Beats ...

Each year Mashable hosts the Media Summit to celebrate and discuss the biggest trends in media. We consume media in different forms every day, from online to print, and we're gathering the best minds ...

LinkedIn currently has more than 175 million members, with 50 million of those members joining the service in just the past year alone. To put that growth in perspective, in 2009, LinkedIn had just 32...

It has been a busy week for the tablet industry -- and it's just Tuesday.Apple sent out an invitation to a press event where the iPad mini is believed to be released, casting a shadow on Microsoft's S...

Thousands of shoppers headed to Target to shop last holiday season. Some made purchases at Target; others pulled out their smartphones, scanned product barcodes and made purchases online instead.To pr...

Thomson Airlines is asking you to help decide where its new Dreamliner 787 plane should travel for its first flight. The company released an interactive infographic, called the "Dreamliner Dash," whic...

1. Marissa Mayer & Zack Bogue Marissa Mayer recently became CEO of Yahoo, taking on the ominous task (or opportunity) of turning around the struggling company. She rose ...

With Windows 8, Microsoft is getting rid of the Start button, which among other things changes how you power your computer off. Is it a big deal? SweetLabs hit the streets with blogger Chris Pirillo t...

Over the summer, LinkedIn rolled out a new look for the social network that was a radical departure from its past design.The company is offering a live tour of the new site on Tuesday and has promised...

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its web and mobile security efforts to help users ward off malicious URLs, threats and scams not only on the social network but across the Internet.S...

Microsoft just launched its Xbox Music service, which aims to combine all the major services in digital music: limited free streaming, unlimited streaming for a monthly fee, and selling songs la cart...

1. National Presto Pizzazz Pizza Maker With the ability to cook pizza in half the time as an oven, this rotating gizmo deserves space on your kitchen countertop. Cost: $...

President Obama has reproached Mitt Romney for not providing details on his alleged "$5 trillion tax cut plan" and how he'd pay for it. Now the Democratic National Committee has launched an interactiv...

Following months of speculation and rumors, Apple released on Tuesday press invitations for its next big launch: the iPad Mini.The event will be held in on Tuesday, Oct. 23 in San Jose, Calif. The inv...

Samsung and Apple have been going head-to-head with claims on the Galaxy SIII and the iPhone 5, respectively. But until now, neither has been able to answer one question: Will it blend?In this stress ...

A new restaurant in New York City has implemented what it's calling an Instagram menu, directing patrons to pictures of food posted on the popular photo-sharing site to help them decide what to order....

Lisa Frank has colored our worlds with rainbows, hearts and teddy bears since 1979, but rarely do we hear much about the woman behind the magic.But the woman really exists, and her office is just as a...

After a comedic rant on Bodyform Maxi Pads' Facebook page went viral on Oct. 8, the sanitary napkins company has responded with a YouTube video.The company created a fictional CEO who apologized to t...

When Windows 7 gets replaced with Windows 8 later this month it will take the Start button along with it.A long-time staple in Windows computers, the operating systems new Metro interface will change ...

Surface Click here to view this gallery.The Microsoft Surface Tablet picture has abruptly come into focus. Tuesday morning this Redmond giant filled in the blanks on th...

Surface Click here to view this gallery.The Microsoft Surface Tablet picture has abruptly come into focus. Tuesday morning this Redmond giant filled in the blanks on th...

Michael Angiulo, a VP at Microsoft who oversees product planning for Windows, Windows Live and Windows IE, was caught on tape rapping some colorful lyrics.More About: microsoft...

Any great hackathon requires plenty of coffee, energy drinks and lots of sugar, but for a purely distributed event, competitors need more than just a few jolts of caffeine. As hackathons grow in popul...

To promote its latest soft drink, Pepsi Next, PepsiCo has partnered with TaskRabbit to help consumers with their chores.TaskRabbit is a startup service that lets users outsource their errands -- from ...

To promote its latest soft drink, Pepsi Next, PepsiCo has partnered with TaskRabbit to help consumers with their chores.TaskRabbit is a startup service that lets users outsource their errands -- from ...

Notice anything unusual in your Facebook feed lately? If you're seeing a proliferation of smiley faces and hearts in your friends' comments, it's not that you haven't noticed them before. Facebook qui...

Boxee announced its newest set-top box Tuesday, Boxee TV. Boxee TV is a new device that combines live broadcast TV, a cloud-based DVR system and Internet apps such as Netflix all in one device.The box...

Chances are if you have a smartphone and are health conscious, you have some sort of calorie counting app. Maybe you have more than one.If that's the case, here's some good news: MyFitnessPal, a calo...

China's Foxconn, the company that manufactures electronic components for Apple, HP and others, has admitted to hiring underage interns. Foxconn performed an internal investigation at its Yantai facili...

1. Shapeways Whether you know what you want to print or not, Shapeways provides consumers with a couple options. If you don't find the cool gadget you're looking for in ...

Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr, the two British lads who became a viral sensation in 2007, are back recalling the incident for a Ragu ad.As Harry recalls five years on, the bite really hurt and instead...

Game recaps. Blog posts. Longform profiles. With the sheer volume of content flooding the web these days, it can be tough for sports fans to figure out what to read without being overwhelmed. But the ...

We know there's water on the moon. That's been established a few years now, but nobody knew exactly how to explain it. According to a new study, it may have come from the sun. Researchers from Univers...

Interscope Records overhauled its website this week, turning it into a Pinterest-style experience that relies on the social media use of its artists and their digital teams.Twitter, Facebook, YouTube ...

Open Table wants to give the thousands of restaurants it partners with their own mobile-friendly website -- on the house.More About: open table, restaurants...

If you've ever dropped your iPhone in the toilet, cracked the screen after a kitchen table slip or thrown your phone in the washing machine, you're part of the 51% of Apple owners who are accident-pro...

Microsoft debuted the first television ad for its Surface tablet on Monday, ahead of the company's Oct. 26 launch. Entitled "The Surface Movement," it focuses on the device's magnetic, easily attachab...

In the midst of a mass employee exodus, Zynga is suing the former head of its CityVille game for stealing its ideas.The embattled online company filed a complaint in a San Francisco Court last Friday,...

When a dangerous disease outbreak hits social media, the connected generation trusts some governmental agencies more than others, and Twitter users tend not to panic. These are the main takeaways of a...

The Internet Crime Complaint Center is warning smartphone users of malware that targets Android operating systems. "Loozon" and "FinFisher" are the latest known versions of this type of malware, accor...

Remember the Asus PadFone -- the tablet that hides a smartphone inside? Well, this concept just got upgraded with the faster and lighter PadFone 2, unveiled by Asus Tuesday in Taiwan, before its offic...

Your iPhone can do just about everything -- it can tell you the weather outside, give you the latest sports updates and even store your most personal information. What your iPhone can't do, is hold yo...

Samsung is serious about being a contender in the PC market. The company officially unveiled its line of Windows 8 PCs in the U.S. Monday evening, including tablets as well as touch-enabled laptops an...

Click here to view this gallery.Trot and sparkle, trot and sparkle -- such is the life of My Little Pony. The fancy fillies and snazzy stallions revel in a pretty pos...

Is this the newest Nexus phone? Photos of a smartphone, purported to be Sony's contribution to Google's Nexus line of devices, emerged online Sunday.More About: Nexus, smartphone, sony...

Did you know that Ada Lovelace, a computer scientist from England, is considered to be the first computer programmer? With her code-like language, she created a model for Charles Babbage's analytical ...

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who anchored Saturday Night Light's "Weekend Update" together from 2004 to 2006, are teaming up again -- but this time as co-hosts of the 70th Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 13....

The college basketball season officially got underway this weekend with the start of fall practice, and University of Florida opponents should be very, very, afraid. The reason? Six-foot-nine, 249-lb....

If the past few weeks haven't sufficiently indicated that Americans love The X Factor, then this week confirms it -- the show topped our social TV chart yet again.With more than 2.5 million social imp...

Twitter was having a rough night on Monday. The service was working intermittently, causing the term "Twitter is Over Capacity" to trend nationally on the microblogging service. Twitter addressed the ...

Albert Einstein first published his theory of special relativity back in 1905. Although the physics are complex, the theory has one simple rule: the speed of light cannot be broken. And, since then, i...

1. Bert and Ernie Image courtesy of Flickr, chattingjasonClick here to view this gallery.Translating Muppets to humans is a challenging equation undertaken each Hallowee...

Cellphones are banned from many schools -- at least from the classroom -- because students play games, text friends and do other activities that distract them from learning. But mobile technology for...

Red Bull's not the only brand to benefit from Felix Baumgartner-mania. Shortly before Baumgartner's stunt, Kit Kat sent one of its chocolate bars into space to give him a "fun break," according to JWT...

Marissa Mayer just made her biggest hire yet.Yahoo has poachedHenrique de Castro, a top executive from Google (Mayer's previous company), to serve as its new chief operating officer, the company annou...

Twitter is seeking to fill a vacancy on its board of directors -- and the spot is reportedly reserved for a woman.Citing "sources close to the situation," AllThingsD claims that Twitter has placed "to...

Remember Surface, Microsoft's foray into the tablet market? Well, Surface is back stirring up the tech world again this weekend with the launch of Twitter and Facebook accounts. Surface is set to laun...

You're lifted by a hot air balloon, floating 128,120 feet above Roswell, New Mexico. You're wearing a space suit designed to keep you warm at a deadly altitude. You've already been set back in previo...

The popular children's book series, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" is coming to Kindle for the first time at the end of October. The series by Jeff Kinney is the best-selling children's series this year. Sta...

Now that The Walking Dead is back, what could possibly bring you more joy in life? A musical version, of course. But not everyone's so happy, especially the zombies.When they're not eating brains and ...

Now that Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from the edge of space has entered the record books, it's time for the realists to step in and remind us that what we saw wasn't really all that big a ...

Apple has tapped William Stasior, an executive at Amazon with years of experience with search technology, to take over the Siri department.More About: amazon, apple, siri...

1. The White Queen Marvel's Emma Frost gets the hairy treatment from this dude we saw just outside the Javits Center.Click here to view this gallery.There are just some ...

Fans who like to keep their ticket stubs to memorialize an event or momentous occasion at a big game may need to start buying T-shirts. More and more sports fans are using electronic tickets, giving t...

We live in a beautiful world, and Reid Gower wants to make sure we know it.Gower spent six months creating this beautiful time-lapse video, shot in five U.S. states and seven other countries, includin...

This is probably one of the most expensive ways to keep your food cold. An Italian company called Meneghini developed this armoire-like fridge called "La Cambusa." The 8.2 foot-wide fridge can blend ...

The economy hasn't fully recovered, and consumers are careful and thoughtful about how they spend their money. There are a lot of great deals out there, but we know you don't have the time to sift thr...

"Empty America," a new YouTube series by Ross Ching of Thrash Labs, shows what some of the United States' most populous cities would look like without people. The first installment, released today, sh...

There's no question that the proliferation of HTML5, powerful smart devices and ubiquitous mobile bandwidth have significantly impacted the world of technology and media. That's why at this year's Mas...

Award-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin, has partnered with MEDL Mobile for the release of Marlee Signs, an app that teaches users the fundamentals of American Sign language."I wanted to create a sim...

Pakistani blogger, education activist and peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai drew the world's attention last week, when she was shot by Taliban militants on her trip home from school. Now an online p...

U mad bro? No, really: r u? That's what Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman wanted to know of Tom Brady, according a photo he tweeted after making an interception of the all-everything quarter...

A new report suggests that Amazon is in advanced talks to buy Texas Instruments' mobile chip business.Texas Instruments makes the OMAP processor used by the Kindle Fire HD. Last month, Texas Instrumen...

Adventure Time A young Finn with his mom as Princess Bubblegum.Click here to view this gallery.New York Comic Con has come and gone, bringing thousands of superheroes an...

PayPal is is launching its first-ever national advertising campaign to change the impression that it's just a mobile payments company.More About: paypal...

Stuntman Felix Baumgartner gave 8 million viewers the chills Sunday when he jumped 128,00 feet from the edge of space.Now you can see the breathtaking view Baumgartner experienced, without ever lifti...

Human intelligence has a long and illustrious history. From Greek philosophers to geek programmers, being called a "smart" person is, and always has been, a weighty commendation. With such high inhere...

Microsoft just pulled the wraps off its new music service,Xbox Music. It aims to deliver everything you could want in a music service, including music streaming, downloading and even radio. But will p...

Amid the swords, spears and spandex of the 2012 New York Comic-Con strides Stan Lee, the legendary co-creator of some of the greatest superheroes to ever grace a panel, including Spider-Man, the X-Men...

PlayAPI is an evolving self-service platform that enables brands to add gaming and other engagement mechanics to apps.More About: Gaming, Marketing, bizspark, fashion, gamification, playapi...

What happens when you ask comic book junkies and cosplayers at New York City's Comic Con to impersonate Bane from The Dark Knight Rises?Amazing things happen. Amazing.SEE MORE: How Much Would It Cost ...

Mitt Romney's website loads more than two seconds faster on average than Barack Obama's homepage, according to a new analysis.Apica, a load testing and performance monitoring firm, pinged both website...

Data breaches happen on a near daily basis, and often they have a profoundly negative impact on the attacked business. But in some cases, they can change the security industry and influence legislatio...

A San Francisco-based developer posted screenshots on his blog late last night that are allegedly from the Google Maps app for iOS 6, which is rumored to be in the works.The developer, Ben Guild, does...

It looks like Amazon is quietly discontinuing the Kindle DX, the large-format version of its classic Kindle eInk e-reader.Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle DX from $379 to $299 last week, apparen...

1. Tributary of the Rio Negro, Amazon River, Brazil In August 2011, members of Google's Brazil and U.S. Street View teams captured ground-level images of the Rio Negro R...

Microsoft will roll out Xbox Music tomorrow with an update to Xbox 360, and then launch it as a built-in feature with Windows phones and tablets on Oct. 26.More About: microsoft, trending, windows pho...

IBM has about 433,000 employees. To put things in perspective, that's more than four times the amount of Microsoft's workforce and 400,000 more than Google's. It's also about 427,000 more than The New...

Mashable's mission is to inform the connected generation; but we can help you put that knowledge to work, too.Since 2005, Mashable has been committed to bringing the top digital, social and tech news ...

Scientists from the Chiba Institute of Technology have built a robotic wheelchair that can climb steps and overcome various other obstacles. The wheelchair, which is currently only a prototype, can li...

Pick up any health magazine, and you'll likely come across a guide to "great tasting, low-calorie foods." Now, there's something similar in app form. Called "FoodSmart," the free iOS and Android app ...

Acer Aspire 7600U Acer's new all-in-one PCs have a beautiful design that's very slim and features both a transparent base and a minimalist stand that lets the PC lay alm...

 Paperless Post is paperless no more: The online stationary startup announced Monday that it is releasing a line of paper stationary later this month, dubbed "Paper by Paperless Post."Now, you ca...

 Paperless Post is paperless no more: The online stationery startup announced Monday that it is releasing a line of paper stationery later this month, dubbed "Paper by Paperless Post."Now, you ca...

Out there beyond the towns and cities, beyond the reach of 3G and Wifi, are the places where map apps on your smartphone are most needed. It's also where most of them run into problems. Try calling up...

Today's interactive Google Doodle commemorates Little Nemo, the main character in the comics strips of Winsor McCay, published in the New York Herald and the New York American from 1905 to 1914. The s...

It's handy to have a mobile keyboard for your tablet, but wouldn't it be great if your phone could share the love? With Logitech's K810, it can -- the Bluetooth keyboard can pair with up to three devi...

At its iPad mini event, rumored to be held Oct. 23, Apple will also unveil a 13-inch MacBook Pro with a high-resolution Retina display, 9to5Mac reports citing a "reliable source."Details about the dev...

It's official: Felix Baumgartner's jump from the edge of space broke a record for the "live stream with the most concurrent views ever on YouTube," according to the video-sharing website.At peak, ther...

1. Cygnett Holster The dual material Holster boasts a clip on the back to attach to clothing. Cost: $19.99Click here to view this gallery.Apple's 7th-generation iPod nan...

The biggest leaders and influencers in digital will be at this year's Mashable Media Summit on Nov. 2. Will you be there, too? A limited number of tickets are still available. We have some great spea...

Japanese telecom and Internet provider Softbank has reached an agreement to purchase a 70% stake of Sprint for $20 billion, according to multiple reports.Citing "people close to the situation," CNBC s...

Japanese telecom and Internet provider Softbank has reached an agreement to purchase a 70% stake of Sprint for $20 billion, it was announced Monday.Softbank says it has agreed to purchase $8 billion i...

Watch out, Iron Man. While it may not have the superpowers of Tony Stark's armor, NASA has built a robot exoskeleton called "X1" that can keep astronauts healthy in space, and help paraplegics walk on...

Watch out, Iron Man. While it may not have the superpowers of Tony Stark's armor, NASA has built a robot exoskeleton called X1 that helps astronauts exercise in space, and paraplegics walk on earth, a...

Watch out, Iron Man. While it may not have the superpowers of Tony Stark's armor, NASA has built a robot exoskeleton called X1 that helps astronauts exercise in space, and paraplegics walk on earth, a...

For many, the video job interview is an intimidating proposition -- and for good reason. You're familiar with chatting with friends or a significant other online, and bringing your professional game t...

Leading up to the official launch on Oct. 26, Windows 8 released its debut television ad campaign Sunday.Entitled "Windows 8 is Coming Soon," the 31-second video opens with a countdown that starts fro...

The New York Times is expanding its digital reach with the launch of an online, Portuguese-language edition in 2013, the newspaper announced Sunday.The forthcoming edition will target readers in Brazi...

Dishonored If you are looking for a game that adapts to whatever play style you throw at it, Dishonored is for you. This stealth-action game is set in the fictional worl...

Comedian Al Madrigal, a regular correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, thinks it's "an amazing time" to be a young filmmaker. Why? They have video-sharing websites."Now, it's a generation o...

It's hard to stay on top of all the trending videos spiraling around the Internet. That's why we created this handy cheat sheet, the viral video recap.More About: Viral Video Recap, Watercooler, cats...

Popular GIF blog #HollywoodAssistants will become a TV comedy after its creator sold a script to CBS this week. The show will be titled "20-Nothings."More About: Entertainment, TV, cbs, mashable video...

Has China, birthplace of most of our gadgetry, slipped in secret backdoor tech to snoop on us? Our friends at The Joy of Tech think so, and it gets worse.More About: Facebook, Google, Sunday Comics, T...

The social web had record-setting responses to the Red Bull Stratos space jump Sunday. To start with, more than 8 million viewers tuned into YouTube's live video stream of Felix Baumgartner's leap. A ...

Scream Via f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-sClick here to view this gallery.While you're relaxing this weekend, take a look at our weekly serving of GIFs. It won't make time go by slo...

After Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped 127,900 feet from space and landed on his feet on Earth, a closing montage on Red Bull's live stream used Scottish band Twin Atlantic's song "Free" to end t...

After Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped 127,900 feet from space and landed on his feet on Earth, a closing montage on Red Bull's live stream used Scottish band Twin Atlantic's song "Free" to end t...

Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped from 127,900 feet Sunday -- breaking the record for the highest altitude skydive in the process. But what would an epic jump be without an epic GIF? Thus, we brin...

Felix Baumgartner jumped from a capsule dangling from a balloon at 127,900 feet today, breaking the record for the highest altitude skydive in history.Even though he detected a problem with a heater t...

Felix Baumgartner survived a space jump from 128,120 feet Sunday, breaking the record for the highest altitude skydive in history.More About: Felix Baumgartner, red bull, space jump, trending...

Felix Baumgartner survived a space jump from 128,120 feet Sunday, breaking the record for the highest altitude skydive in history.More About: Felix Baumgartner, red bull, space jump, trending...

On top of the world record for longest freefall jump, Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos space jump has already broken an Internet record. More than 5.3 million people are tuning in to watch the liv...

We can't keep our eyes off the live video of Felix Baumgarten's fall from space, but this LEGO creation is well worth a two-minute distraction. In this whimsical short, you can watch the Red Bull Str...

Last week we introduced you to several apps that were perfect for the spooky holiday season. This week we focus more on the lighter side of things and embrace the fall season. And there's a haunted h...

Watch Felix Baumgartner make his second attempt at the world-record breaking 22-mile supersonic freefall from the edge of space Sunday morning at 11:15 ET.More About: Felix Baumgartner, freefall, red ...

Watch Felix Baumgartner make his second attempt at the world-record breaking 22-mile supersonic freefall from the edge of space Sunday morning at 11:15 ET.More About: Felix Baumgartner, freefall, red ...

Can Facebook help or hurt your job search?Most employers are looking you up online -- and most job seekers are aware of this. According to a CareerBuilder survey, 37% of employers are looking up candi...

In what was one of Saturday Night Live's funniest parody sketches in awhile, the show took a shot at the iPhone 5 and the tech industry's response to some of its much-discussed setbacks, including Goo...

Amazon Kindle customers are now entitled to credit for some of their past e-book purchases, as a result of settlements between major publishers and a coalition of Attorneys General, the ecommerce reta...

Over the past six months, mobile payments skyrocketed from an industry conversation to mainstream news, fueled by myriad new entrants to the market. Historically, the majority of technological innovat...

Long-time Windows users can walk down memory lane with an exclusive infographic, below, that shows the operating system evolve over time.Starting from 1985, Windows' OS appears in its various incarnat...

Klash, a social rewards network, is the digital intersection of truth or dare and foursquare. Launched two weeks ago, Klash allows users to log in via Facebook or Twitter and begin challenging friends...

Klash, a social rewards network, is the digital intersection of truth or dare and foursquare. Launched two weeks ago, Klash allows users to log in via Facebook or Twitter and begin challenging friends...

After a more than two-year love affair, Hacktivist collective Anonymous is distancing itself from Wikileaks.In a tweet sent from one of the many accounts controlled by Anonymous, the group said goodby...

Rovio Entertainment has teamed up with CERN, which runs the world's biggest particle-physics lab, to bestow quantum physics knowledge upon young children in an effort dubbed "Angry Birds Playground.""...

Want to give your next party a classic rock-and-roll vibe?The Ion Jukebox Dock iPad Speaker is a speaker dock with an authentic tabletop jukebox look and feel. The miniature jukebox is 12 x 8 x 1.2-i...

One Million Fans on Facebook! A huge thank you to our community in the form of this infographic, which tells some of the amazing Facebook stories from members of the Mas...

By the time you read this, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo likely will have passed 50 million Likes on Facebook. That's five percent of Facebook's total population. Impressive, right? Ronaldo leads the ...

Gmail is set to release long-awaited updates to its Android app, including pinch-to-zoom and swipe-to-delete.More About: android, apps, gmail...

Fifteen-year-old Amanda Todd posted a YouTube video last month that detailed her brushes with online and offline bullying, and this week she was found dead in her home in Canada as a result of a suspe...

Looking for the best apps? Here's our weekend roundup of our favorite new and updated apps for iOS, BlackBerry and Android.More About: App, android, iphone, trending, weekly app roundup...

This easy-to-create do-it-yourself (DIY) laptop stand will add some extra height to your screen, improve your computing posture and save you money. Building your own cardboard stand is simple. Downlo...

Let's get our priorities straight here.More About: Twaggies, Twitter, comics, humor, trending...

The weekend has arrived at last. Here are a few things you might have done this week: watched baseball, tweeted about the vice presidential debate, won a Nobel Prize. If you didn't win a Nobel Prize, ...

This week in tech gave us the perfect balance between exciting new gizmos and thrilling space news. In this exciting week, the tech we found even surpassed the great stuff we showed you last week. We ...

Dish Network subscribers, who no longer get AMC shows after the two companies battled over programming fees, will be able to watch the season 3 premiere of "The Walking Dead" online.More About: DISH, ...

The new iPod nano is yet another full redesign of Apple's tiny music player, but it's a welcome move away from the smaller form factor of its predecessor. More About: MP3 players, apple, ipod nano, tr...

Wondering who you should support in the upcoming presidential election? ISideWith.com has a sophisticated tool for you to state your opinions on specific issues, and then you'll find out which candida...

You may never have to click a pause button again with PredictGaze, facial recognition and gesture tracking software that senses when it's time to pause the video playing on your TV. More About: Predic...

NASAHQphoto "Space Shuttle Endeavour traveling through the greater Los Angeles area!"Click here to view this gallery.Space shuttle Endeavour's journey to retirement come...

1) Thumbs Up "So I guess zayn is taking this one home lol."-Liam from One Direction.Photo stats: 78,216 retweets. Click here to view this gallery.It's that time again. S...

This year's Mashable Media Summit is set for Nov. 2, 2012 at The TimesCenter in New York City. Youll hear directly from the people who are reshaping media today and redefining it for the future. Ther...

Does it feel like your day is moving in slow motion? These dogs agree. These ball-chasing, pool-diving pooches were shot at 1,000 to 2,500 frames per second with a Fastcam and a Phantom camera with an...

1. Rokshield v3 Available in six different colors, the Rokshield is a one of a kind protective case for your iPhone 5. The Rokshield offers non-slip grip and a rubber pr...

Maybe you're not keen to share details of your internet activity with advertisers. A Chrome extension called PrivacyFix will walk you through your privacy settings and let you make changes so advert...

Apparently the bacon shortage was hogwash, but that doesn't make a difference to Ron Swanson -- he's prepared. Very prepared.According to the much-beloved Parks and Recreation character, the best way ...

Big layoffs are said to be in the works for chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). CNET is reporting the computer processor company could let go 20 percent to 30 percent of its employees within the n...

The average student finishes college thousands of dollars in debt and graduates into a world where even the most qualified candidates struggle to land a decent job. Most young adults give little thoug...

Ever think you would see Snoop Dogg, DeStorm Power, Andy Milonakis and the WWE's Brodus Clay collaborate on an ode to Hot Pockets?We didn't either. But, lo and behold, it exists.SEE MORE: Snoop Dogg D...

If you added up all the updates you've posted to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and other social networks, would it tell a complete and compelling story of your life? Jonathan Gheller bets the answer to th...

Prepare to lose your weekend: Sega has released a pitch-perfect port of Crazy Taxi for the iPhone and iPad. As the lyrics in the game say, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"For the uninitiated, Crazy Tax...

1. Costa Rica Photo by @photoblw, via @surfer_magazineClick here to view this gallery.Ah, Instagram. The photo sharing that can't be stopped. Its gauzy filters have move...

A Windows 8-styled version of Netflix is now available in Microsoft's Windows Store.The app takes advantage of Microsoft's Windows 8 design style (don't you dare call it Metro) and is designed to work...

 This weekend, One Kings Lanewill join the roster of young e-commerce startups testing out the effectiveness of TV advertising.The site, which specializes in limited-time sales on designer and vi...

Oh, Sons of Anarchy? Yeah that's based off of me and my bros. Image courtesy of Flickr, Through a lens, darklyClick here to view this gallery.The next time Kathie Lee Gi...

1. Poe Money, Poe Problems Image courtesy of Put a Poe On ItClick here to view this gallery.If you like it, then you better put a Poe on it -- Edgar Allan Poe, that is. ...

Apple 5th-Gen iPod touch in Its Clear Case Click here to view this gallery.Apple's fifth-generation iPod touch is nearly everything the iPhone 5 is, with the notable ex...

Thursday's vice presidential debate between VP Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan has just undergone the auto-tuned treatment at the hands of the people who gave you "Songify the News" and "Bed Intru...

Marketers Get Memetastic Marketers have found that playing off memes is an effective way to insert themselves in popular online conversations -- and pick up a little pre...

Ellen DeGeneres likes dancing, cute animals and frightening the crap out of people. The talk show host kept the screams rolling this Halloween season by sending staff writer Amy and her friend Jeannie...

Will next Tuesday's town-hall style presidential debate feature questions submitted by Internet users? Probably not, despite a suggestion from Google hinting otherwise.Google Moderator, part of the Co...

1 Click here to view this gallery.This giant Bat Cave made entirely out of LEGO was created by Wayne Hussey and Carlyle Livingston, each spending 400 hours building thi...

Most people dread going to the dentist. Most appointments end with unsuspected cavity announcements, followed quickly by painful tooth operations that force you to find a "mental happy place" just to ...

Big data is changing business. Retailers can now compile and analyze massive, detailed datasets that standard software never could. But big data isn't just big -- it's young. A poll of marketing, reta...

Billboard has shaken up the country, rap, rock, Latin and R&B/hip-hop music charts. The rankings now infuse Nielsen SoundScan's digital download sales numbers as well as streaming data from Spoti...

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will make his third attempt on Sunday to break the world record for highest-altitude freefall. Baumgartner, 43, was originally scheduled to jump from a helium ballo...

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will make his third attempt on Sunday to break the world record for highest-altitude freefall. Baumgartner, 43, was originally scheduled to jump from a helium ballo...

Flying Monster The Guardians, Journey's main monsters, can be seen circling the page in this augmented reality feature. It's a demonstration of how the creatures fly in ...

A softball-size eyeball washed ashore on Pompano Beach, Fla. this week and it has experts perplexed. Is a colossal squid lurking in the ocean's depths with an eye patch or did a whale's Halloween gag...

It didn't take long for the media to latch on to the news that an alleged thief stole Justin Bieber's laptop and camera backstage at a recent concert, but it turns out the whole thing was a marketing ...

1. Case Zero 5 At just 0.5 mm, the Zero 5 is seriously slim. Made of durable "TR90" material, it comes in a clear matte, clear gloss or a range of colors. For: iPhone 4/...

A total of 3.5 million tweets were sent during Thursday night's vice presidential debate, according to Twitter. That's about a third of the 10.3-million mark the first presidential debate of the 2012 ...

Windows 8 Pro Packaging Microsoft is offering up Windows 8 Pro in five differently themed packages (click through the gallery to see them all). You can pre-order your DV...

At just 22 years old, Jozy Altidore is one of the United States' most prominent soccer stars despite not yet having entered his prime. He has more than half a million Twitter followers and is a true m...

Best Buy is gearing up to go head-to-head with Amazon on prices this holiday season.The Wall Street Journal reports that Best Buy is planning to match prices on many items offered by Amazon and other ...

Bonita C. Stewart, Vice President, Americas Partner Business Solutions at Google, joins the stellar lineup of speakers at this year's Mashable Media Summit. Stewart will join a discussion alongside R...

Be curious. Eat properly. Chase lasers. Who needs a life coach when cats provide all the wisdom you could ever need? SEE ALSO: Somber French Cat Discusses Political Opinion [VIDEO]Breton the cat dishe...

It was one of those defining moments as a parent where I was pushed to the limit and came back smiling. One of my sons was tired after a long day at school and didn't want to do his homework, even tho...

Oh, baby, baby, it's a mobile world. The number of active cellphone subscriptions worldwide is more than six billion, according to data from the International Telecommunications Union. The cost of mob...

Shortly after Apple released iOS 6 last month, Switzerland's Federal Railways service accused Apple of copying its iconic clock design and said it would push for "a legal, as well as a financial solut...

When it comes to cybersecurity, the U.S. is now in a "pre-9/11 moment," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.In his first ever speech on cyberpolicy, given to the Business Executives for Natio...

Amazon doesn't make a dime in profit from sales of its Kindle e-readers and tablets, according to the company's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos."We sell the hardware at cost," Bezos told the BBC in an inte...

Last night's vice presidential debate stood in sharp contrast to the presidential candidates' tussle in Denver. Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan were off the chain, duking it out on ...

Last night's vice presidential debate stood in sharp contrast to the presidential candidates' tussle in Denver. Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan were off the chain, duking it out on ...

A birthday party was spoiled when a Sealy, Texas, family received a stack of notepads from Walmart instead of the iPad they purchased, Kens5 reports. Bobbi Linden had bought the iPad as a gift for her...

Quick, how many MPEG Audio Layer III files are on your computer? If you're not sure what that is, I'll give you a hint: the clue is in the headline of this article. You probably have thousands, and li...

Three new Dell PCs with Windows 8 will be available for pre-order, starting Friday.The computer maker is offering up the XPS 12 convertible laptop, the XPS One 27 All-in-One and the Inspiron One 23 Al...

Although the iPad Mini -- Apple's unconfirmed cheaper and smaller version of the iPad tablet -- was widely rumored to be revealed Oct. 17, with invitations supposedly coming Oct. 10, the invites never...

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world. Today, were looking at three particularly interesting stories.Kind...

Microsoft Office 2013 has reached the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) milestone, meaning it is ready to be shipped to manufacturers and business partners. While that means the Office 2013 is essentiall...

Scientists have finally found out how long DNA lasts in fossils. Alas, their discovery puts dreams of real life Jurassic Parks to rest for good.As it turns out, DNA has a half-life of 521 years, accor...

Social media addiction: a disease likely affecting millions, but one that's hard to track because it comes in many forms. The afflicted may reveal themselves as serial likers. They may have push notif...

Joe Biden and Paul Ryan met for the first and only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election season on Thursday night. The debate was heated, and the candidates' body language and facial expressi...

The sports highlight is extremely predictable by now: an amazing play, sequence or moment is replayed from one or more angles, while a news anchor or announcer recaps what happened. Sometimes the vide...

In a quip destined to be one of the most memorable of Thursday night's vice presidential debate, Joe Biden jabbed Paul Ryan for seemingly comparing his political chops to those of the late President J...

Sony Vaio Duo 11 The Sony Vaio Duo 11 has a folding design that puts the screen at a fixed angle in laptop mode. It's a strangely limiting choice, which also leaves no r...

During the vice presidential debate Thursday evening, Republican Paul Ryan cited the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya as evidence that foreign policy is unraveling. Joe Biden's rebuttal...

Give the Obama Administration points for quick thinking: The campaign bought the trending Twitter term #malarkey during the vice presidential debates on Thursday after Vice President Joe Biden used th...

Paul Ryan attacked Joe Biden early in Thursday night's vice presidential debate for the Obama administration having initially blamed a deadly attack on a United States consolate in Benghazi, Libya on ...

Joe Biden's white, pearly teeth. That's what the Internet was fixated with during the vice presidential debate on Thursday night.Sure, what's coming out of the vice president's mouth is far more impo...

Joe Biden's white, pearly teeth. That's what the Internet was fixated with during the vice presidential debate on Thursday night.Sure, what's coming out of the vice president's mouth is far more impo...

In preparation for Thursday's vice presidential debate, fact checkers had their history books out, Martha Raddatz prepped hard-hitting questions and Twitter started the #joebidenmovies hashtag. One o...

The tenth and final contestant on The Next Iron Chef's season five, which premieres Nov. 4 on TV, will be revealed at the conclusion of a web-only "Road to Redemption" tournament.Mashable exclusively ...

Sony Tap 20 The Tap 20 is simultaneously a gigantic tablet and a (semi-)portable all-in-one PC. The 20-inch screen weighs 11.5 pounds and has a battery that lasts 3 hour...

Looks like Sesame Streets resident therapist is going to have a great Christmas.More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Big Bird, Mitt Romney, comics, humor...

Apple can continue selling mobile devices while the company remains mired by lawsuits with its main competitor Samsung, a Seoul court ruled Thursday.An August ruling found both companies infringing on...

After analyzing the Twitter profiles of 36 million users who have generated more than 28 billion tweets (that's 794 tweets per person in three years on average), Beevolve's social analytics research r...

1. "Obama, upon learning that Biden had spent the first two years of the administration thinking the head in the background was the real president." Caption: Conor Lasto...

PBS executive editor and debate moderator Jim Lehrer has taken a lot of criticism for his performance during last week's first presidential debate. The consensus was that Lehrer allowed the candidates...

Joe Biden and Paul Ryan will meet one another in Danville, Ky., Thursday at 9 p.m. ET for the first and only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election. Mashable readers will be able to watch the e...

With 432 million views since its July 15 release, "Gangnam Style" has catapulted well into YouTube's list of 30 most-viewed videos. Psy's Korean electronica dance hit cracked the top 10 this week at n...

Shutterstock, an online marketplace for stock photos, went public on Thursday and enjoyed a strong first day of trading.The company filed for IPO at $17 a share and saw its stock rise more than 30% in...

Good color is commonplace in a computer monitor, but the 27-inch Samsung Series 9 monitor aims higher than that. Just how great is it?More About: Computer Monitors, Samsung Series 9, reviews...

Viral content holds the Internet together -- that much is clear. But exactly how that content spreads isn't so cut and dry. Facebook teamed up with design firm Stamen and actor-turned-social-media-sta...

Images courtesy of Nightmares Fear FactoryClick here to view this gallery.One of the best parts of Halloween is willingly putting yourself through sheer terror by goin...

1. Steve Jobs Click here to view this gallery.With the rise of the Internet, people started creating avatars -- fictional alter egos that allowed people to hide their r...

Sometimes it can seem impossible to reconcile opposites. In the United States, the presidential election is rapidly approaching, and the two candidates are doing their best to define the opposition. B...

You know this isn't how the football coach from Ravenna High School in Ohio drew up his team's game-winning play against nearby Field High. But, hey, you can't quibble with the results. In fact, our d...

Breathtaking vacation photos are no longer limited to travel-and-leisure magazines, leather-bound albums and matte museum walls. Instagram has become a mobile repository for personal travel pictures. ...

Whether you're looking to make industry contacts or learn the latest trends in advertising, technology and media, Mashable's Events Board has something for you. We picked four of the latest events to ...

1. Land Rover If you thought a Land Rover was beautiful in person, wait until you see photos of the luxury vehicle in beautiful scenery as shown in the company's blog.Cl...

This year's election cycle might be the most digital and social media-dominated one in the history of presidential elections. But when we want to follow debates, we still rely on the good old box in t...

The Rolling Stones, who played their first gig 50 years ago, have returned after a seven-year hiatus. The English rockers debuted a new single, "Doom and Gloom," Thursday on BBC Radio 2.A mopey lyric ...

Tech companies -- and particularly software companies -- dominate LinkedIn's list of the 100 most sought after businesses by employees.More About: Jobs, linkedin...

Motorolas Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD will hit Verizon store shelves on Oct. 18th for $199 and $299, respectively.The next-generation of Motorola's iconic Razr line of handsets, the phones ar...

Mashable Mashable will be doing our own liveblog with a panel of experts and viral content hunters, combining the brightest minds with the best memes of the night. Follo...

The iPod has been overshadowed by the iPhone and iPad in recent years, but the line of portable music players still play a significant role for the company.More About: apple, ipod nano, ipod touch 4g,...

How often are you lounging in a hot tub and wish an exercise bike would appear in the middle? It's one of those things you never think about, but makes you wonder how something so quirky and brilliant...

Goldstein is the co-founder and CEO of Hipmunk, the travel search site. Prior to establishing Hipmunk in 2010, Goldstein co-founded BookTour with Wireds Chris Anderson. He graduated from MIT in 2010 w...

The launch of the iPhone 5 was certainly one of the most hyped and anticipated ones in tech history. And with rising expectations, it's hard to make everybody happy. In fact, it's very easy to disappo...

Amazon Prime subscribers in the the UK, Germany and France will soon be able to borrow e-books through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, the online retailer announced Thursday.Beginning later this m...

Over the years, we've seen everything from Angry Birds-inspired plush dolls to fruit snacks. Now, parent company Rovio is rolling out its first interactive cookbook for the iPad -- loaded not only wit...

Let's say you're a college coach desperate to land that superstar, program-changing recruit. Let's say you want to send said recruit a Twitter DM with a photo of your school's cutting-edge practice fa...

Let's say you're a college coach desperate to land that superstar, program-changing recruit. Let's say you want to send said recruit a Twitter DM with a photo of your school's cutting-edge practice fa...

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ralph Lauren is donating $1 (up to $25,000) to its Pink Pony Fund for every like and reblog it receives on one of its Tumblr posts.The post features...

A new trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained will make you wish the release date wasn't so far off. Set to come out Dec. 25, the action-packed flick is a take on the 1966 Italian spaghetti W...

The DirecTV Genie rolled out Thursday, an HD digital video recorder (DVR) for its satellite network subscribers that can record five shows at once.More About: DVR, DirecTV Genie, Genie, directv, home ...

"The middle class has been buried the last four years." Click here to view this gallery.Last week's first pres...

Internet advertising is having its best year ever, with online ad revenues climbed to an astonishing $17 billion in the first half of 2012.More About: online advertising...

Going on vacation is fun, but planning for that vacation often isnt.A new startup launching Thursday called Peek is looking to simplify how you plan trips, offering a curated, handpicked list of thing...

If there was ever an incentive to double-check your phone bills, this would be it: A woman in France was just slammed with a quadrillion dollar phone bill. Yes, really. A woman named Solenne San Jose ...

Micro-blogging site Tumblr has rolled out a new iOS app and photo-sharing platform called Photoset, which allows users to create new ways to play with picture layouts.The company launched Photoset.com...

They may be prepping for tonight's vice presidential debate, but Paul Ryan is already beating Joe Biden on one stage: Google.Search interest for Ryan has grown since early September, according to Goog...

Steve Rubel, EVP of Global Strategy & Insights at Edelman joins the dynamic lineup of speakers at this year's Mashable Media Summit. Coming from the world's largest PR firm, Rubel will share his...

Tonight's Debate In One Photo via Jen ChungClick here to view this gallery.Talk about the right to bear arms.Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president, was no...

1. The Botfly in My Head Try to watch this video and refrain from scratching your head for the rest of the day....

We all have weird hobbies. Some of us collect pins or stamps or maybe we like to post fake signs on the subway or do parkour. How about slashing water bottles with katana swords, axes and knives? That...

Groupon, whose stock price and public image have been crushed over the past few months, is looking to rebuild both with a new campaign, according to a report.Geri Robinson, Groupon's head of consumer ...

Two dogs stranded in a canoe floating down the river were rescued by their heroic four-legged friend. Though the event appears to be staged, as you can hear the trainer coaxing the dog to "rescue," th...

From dusk till dawn, this breathtaking time-lapse video lets viewers watch as a city wakes up.Entitled "City Rising," the four-minute video showcases different views of Toronto, including the Canadian...

The ReadyCase is being touted as a MacGyver-like gadget. It does more than simply protect your phone from dings and scratches. The ReadyCase has a headphone clip so wires don't get tangled, a USB th...

Lenovo has unseated Hewlett-Packard as the world's top PC maker, a position the company has held for six years, according to Gartner.The researcher's stats showed that 15.7% of global PC shipments in ...

Jason Goldberg has already remade his company Fab.com once -- turning it from a social network for gay men into the design-focused deal site we know today. Now, Goldberg, Fab's founder and CEO, is in ...

If you're planning to dress up like a giant robot this Halloween, you need to know about the Mega Stomp Panic. About the size of an old-school portable cassette player, the Panic clips to your belt an...

Whether it's the newest Apple gadget, Wii or simply a Black Friday sale, camping in line for hours to snatch up the latest product is something of a commercialized tradition. But retail experts have f...

May the birds be with you!Rovio has released the first trailer promoting Angry Birds Star Wars, its tie-in game with Lucas Film announced Monday.The trailer actually uses original footage from Star Wa...

Robots are becoming more sophisticated every day, making seemingly far-fetched sci-fi novels look more likely than ever.The problem with robots, though, is that they're only good at the specific task ...

Sprint -- the third largest carrier in the U.S. mobile phone market -- is in talks to sell a majority of the company to Japanese telecom giant Softbank, it was reported Thursday.Japan's TV network NHK...

Mozilla has temporarily stopped delivering the latest version of Firefox 16.0, due to a security vulnerability. Version 15.0.1 is considered "up to date" while Mozilla resolves the problem. The vulner...

A visualization of Nike+ running data confirms runners are some of the most hardcore metropolitan residents. For example, in New York, some athletes run from borough to borough, several circles a...

Sean Penn and Kid Rock team up to break down political stereotypes in an epic 11-minute-long public service announcement.Called Americans, the mini, NSFW film was written, directed and edited by James...

Google has rolled out its biggest Street View update so far, updating over 250,000 miles of roads around the world and doubling the number of its special collections. The update increases Street View ...

Charging your phone is not an exciting task. A new device, however, makes it a little more interesting -- breaking the basic laws of gravity while charging your device in midair. The Bobine is a fle...

Google has rolled out a new version of its Google+ app for both Android and iOS, bringing the current version number to 3.2.The new version brings support for Google+ pages, enabling page ow...

Google debuted a new look for its mobile homepage Wednesday, unveiling a hidden sidebar.Now, when users tap the three-line menu button in the upper-left corner, a sidebar with popular Google products ...

1. Hitcase Pro Coming in mid-December, the Hitcase can withstand everything other than a .50 cal. With a wide-angle attachment lens, you can film the end of the world wh...

eBay is re-inventing itself, borrowing elements of Pinterest to emulate a store-window experience for its users. At the same time, it still has to deal with the same old buyer and seller disagreements...

Some 70% of the BET Hip Hop Awards viewers, who used Twitter during the broadcast, preferred to tweet from their mobile devices rather than web browsers (30%). TV audiences' Twitter use on mobile for ...

RockMelt, the social web browser, released its first app for the iPad on Thursday, which blends web search functions into a news reader application.More About: RockMelt, ipad, ipad apps, web browsers...

Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and other politicians across the country are constantly asking followers to pitch in money to their campaign -- but do those pitches actually work?According to Twitter, absol...

Geometric Windows Albert called this shot "Looking out through the geometric windows."Click here to view this gallery.What makes patterns so captivating? Maybe because i...

The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite e-reader is a great deal at $119, but take a look at the Txtr Beagle Read|Only, undercutting it by more than a C-note.More About: Txtr Beagle, e-ink, e-readers...

Apple did something Wednesday night that it hadn't done in a while: It dropped a new iPod ad.The spot above, called "Bounce" features the track "Yeah Yeah" by Willie Moon, a singer from New Zealand. T...

A new mobile app helps the visually impaired count dollar bills with the help of a smartphone camera. IDEAL Currency Identifier can ID three generations of U.S. bills starting in 1993. Just hold the...

If the college football season ended today -- and if Facebook buzz, not wins and losses, was the measure of a team's worth -- Florida and Georgia would meet in the BCS National Championship Game. Alab...

Election Day is less than four weeks away, and with the debate season in full-swing, voters' minds are focused on Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and the most important issues facing the nation. Google Poli...

1. Lady Gaga You can't read my Zombie Face.Image used with permission, Rob SacchettoClick here to view this gallery.Celebrity-packed eateries like Nobu, The Ivy and wher...

Groupon is taking on Square with the launch of a new iPad-based mobile payment service called Breadcrumb.The result of the Groupon's acquisition of a company by the same name, Breadcrumb is a point-of...

This is a first, at least from Apple. A portion of the new Fifth-Generation iPod Touch and Seventh Generation iPod Nano's packaging is biodegradable. Just add water and the EarPod holder dissolves.App...

Mitt Romney may have labled electric carmaker Tesla Motors a loser during the first U.S. presidential debate, but it certainly is a winner in this instance.Automobile Magazine put the speed of the Tes...

Have you ever heard a politician make a claim you just couldn't believe, so you turned to Google or Wikipedia for the truth? You're far from alone -- 64% of "persuadable voters" use the Internet to fa...

As iPhone 5 users wonder if they should be concerned about that "purple haze" in their photos, Fotodiox jumps in with a solution, the camHoodie Lens Hood case.More About: Purple Haze, apple, canHoodie...

Voice commands can activate many features on our smartphones with the press of a button. They can launch apps, dial contacts or event send tweets. But what if we could do that without having to touch ...

Sling Media announced a long-needed refresh to its Slingbox line of devices Wednesday with the Slingbox 350 and the Slingbox 500.If you need a refresher, a Slingbox is a device that that connects to y...

Gangnam Style is a worldwide sensation at this point, with more than 300 million views and a world record-breaking number of likes on YouTube . The song by South Korean rapper Psy has reached all cor...

A new skateboarding video puts the power in your hands, letting you decide which tricks popular boarders Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez and Torey Pudwill should perform next. So will it be the noseblun...

While Mitt Romney's Twitter following is growing daily and recently crossed the one million mark, Barack Obama has a more influential following, according to a new report.Obama -- who has 20.3 million...

If you're hungry, you better smile: Researchers at the University of Toyko have developed a smile-activated refrigerator, which requires users to flash a grin before entering.The system, which is call...

Lance Armstrong's former Tour de France teammate George Hincapie used a tweet and post to his official website Wednesday to admit for the first time that he took performance enhancing drugs and had na...

When we have a bad day, sometimes it feels like the color has been taken out of our lives. We feel like a black and white world surrounds us. Maybe YouTube user Eran Amir wanted to see if he could rec...

Private space exploration has kicked into high gear, and here's another example: Polaris, a robot that could land near the moon's northern pole. Its mission will be to find water by drilling 3 feet in...

eBay has a new look that serves its master plan: to go beyond being the place buyers go when they already know what they want and become a destination to browse.The site's Pinterest-inspired redesign,...

Penn Station Waiting Area Click here to view this gallery.Rick Springfield, the Australian singer-songwriter b...

As we keep buying more smartphones and tablets, it opens up the door that much further for cybercriminals to push through malware, phishing scams and other malicious traps.Security-testing company Ver...

Big sisters will impart their wisdom whether it's warranted or not, and two-year-old Gabriel doesn't seem to be too happy about his own sister's advice.More About: Watercooler, YouTube, advice, cute k...

Now you can learn about 42 important historical events from the last century on your home computer through the Google Cultural Institute.The product of a partnership between Google and a number of mus...

NoHomophobes, a website aimed at exposing the use of "casual" homophobic language, tracks the number of times Twitter users type theses words and phrases in their tweets: faggot, so gay, no homo and d...

On the episode of the Valley Girl Show, Jesse Draper sits down with the founders of ParkMe, the real-time parking app that is sweeping the nation.More About: iphone apps, parking, valleygirltv...

Christopher Walken has graced screens in more than 100 movies and TV shows, but his most peculiar role to date might be that of "Mama" from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.Hal Rudnick of Screen Junkies asked...

Studies show tablet and smartphone use before bed can keep you awake at night. Generation Z seems to be most guilty of using tech right up until bedtime.More About: Gadgets, generation z, sleep...

Are you a technologist, an entrepreneur or an all-around tech geek? Then Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both want your vote -- and they've made some of their clearest statements yet on technology policy...

Streaming live onMashable, Hipmunkfounder AdamGoldstein will answer reader questions at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) tomorrow, Oct. 11. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council's program called YEC #Startu...

The President of the United States needs to earn the majority of 538 electoral votes to secure his position as America's head honcho. But, wait -- math-types might look at that number and exclaim in h...

Special agent James Bond relies on high-tech gadgets, as much as his vodka martinis, to save the world. But because he's a Secret Intelligence Service agent on behalf of the Queen of England's governm...

Looking for Mitt Romney photos? You could just search the presidential candidate's name in Google Images, or now you could instead type "completely wrong" to see his face over and over again.The searc...

If Tumblr ever becomes a movie, this is what the trailer might look like.This coming attraction is filled with everything the most devout Tumblr addict could hope for -- "Love, pain tragedy, and all t...

NFL linebacker Brian Cushing took to Facebook Wednesday morning to break his silence after a controversial hit ended his season with a major knee injury. Cushing, who plays for the Houston Texans, tor...

Fans of Google Doodles are in for a treat with the launch of a new iOS app, highlighting every illustration ever featured on the search giant's homepage.The free Google Doodle app -- which launched on...

Sure, apps make our life easier, streamlining our calendars and grocery lists, offering entertainment while we're stuck in line, making it easy to collaborate with your co-workers. But while apps may ...

Apple Sticks With Clear Plastic Cases No big changes in Apple's overall packaging scheme with the new iPod touch (now in its fifth generation) and the iPod nano (seventh...

Pinterest may have revolutionized the way the world finds and shares ideas on all things fashion, but the site has yet to refine the way people actually buy those items they pin. Zappos is trying to b...

Alex Bogusky -- partner at Crispin Porter + Bogusky -- famously left the industry two years ago to find a "more genuine version" of himself. Apparently he has fulfilled that mission.The iconic ex...

Your browser does not support iframes.Hey, non-sports fans: meet Coco Crisp. He doesn't just possess one of the sweetest names in sports -- he's also capable of completing, dare we say, really crispy ...

Pink's intense new music video for "Try" left her mother speechless and "uncomfortable," the pop-rock singer revealed on Twitter. In the video, Pink gets aggressive with dancer Colt Prattes as they ph...

Alex Bogusky -- partner at Crispin Porter + Bogusky -- famously left the industry two years ago to find a "more genuine version" of himself. Apparently he has fulfilled that mission.The iconic ex...

The United States government launched a free new mobile app Wednesday that lets anybody with a smartphone view a handful of the president's documents. The Presidential Documents App, developed by the ...

By now, we've all heard that Apple's Maps app is a major dud and the company's decision to jettison Google Maps caused about as much turmoil among upscale, tech-savvy, entitled folks as Netflix's Grea...

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You know the old saying "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again?" Unfortunately, this wasn't the case with a determined pup named Kai.SEE ALSO: Cabbage-Stealing Dog Wont Give Up [VIDEO]Kai spot...

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How highly would you say you prioritize your Facebook-ing? A report by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business found that the desire to check social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter a...

The next time you find yourself needing to hit the pavement in hunt of a new job, leave the resume sprucing to the CV Maker. The web tool is an easy-to-use system that lets users input job experience,...

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As a former New York Giants football player and NFL on Fox anchor, Michael Strahan was used to appearing in the sports-world spotlight. But his life drastically changed a few months ago, when he took ...

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With the launch of Windows 8 just a couple of weeks away, it appears some are chomping at the bit to get the word out. First, HSN started (briefly) selling some Win 8 PCs ahead of schedule and now an ...

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Old Navy is jumping on the celebrate-a-Facebook-milestone-in-an-over-the-top-way craze with a 30% off coupon feting its 5 millionth Facebook fan.The coupon is a bit unusual, though. As the video above...

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The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which was launched into space Sunday night, is berthing with the ISS today.In the first mission of scheduled 12 resupply flights, the Dragon is carrying half a ton of eq...

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Speakers and water typically don't mix. Bring them near a swimming pool, in a boat or by the lake and you'll likely regret it.More About: Ecoxbt, Ecoxgear, bluetooth, speakers, waterproof...

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Could you imagine the possibilities of a flying camera? No longer would friends need to take photos at parties when a robotic friend could hover about and snap photos throughout the event. The possibi...

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Missed the first U.S. presidential debate last week? YouTube's Bad Lip Reading channel has released video of the face-off between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romn...

Missed the first U.S. presidential debate last week? YouTube's Bad Lip Reading channel has released video of the face-off between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romn...

Walking around major cities can seem almost like a video game -- dodge the picture takers, weave through groups, avoid the giant umbrellas for extra points. Even if they are a total first-world proble...

Walking around major cities can seem almost like a video game -- dodge the picture takers, weave through groups, avoid the giant umbrellas for extra points. Even if they are a total first-world proble...

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Few words in tech have had more buzz over the past couple years than the omnipresent "cloud." Cloud computing has ushered in a new era of technology, changed the way many companies do business and fac...

We are very excited to share the latest Mashable community milestone: We've surpassed 1 million Facebook fans!Our Facebook community is an important part of Mashable. Since launching our fan page in ...

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Kids' retailer Toys R Us has launched online video streaming service called ToysRUsMovies.com.As of Thursday, parents and children can stream family-friendly films and television shows online. The ser...

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At first glance, the Martian series of watches look like most any other watch. Pair them together with your smartphone, however, and youre in for a Bond-like experience you wont find on any other watc...

The presidential election is just four weeks away and, as usual, voting ads asking people to do their civic duty are popping up all over the place. But what if those ads actually told you the truth? J...

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Sex columnist and It Gets Better Project co-founder Dan Savage will host his second 60-minute MTV special, featuring stories of LGBT youth who've come out to their family. Savage tells Mashable that M...

The Story of Pines ebook Click here to view this gallery.Singer-songwriter Alison Sudol, best known as A Fine Frenzy, unleashed an interactive ebook and animated short...

Comedian and Nerdist founder Chris Hardwick could teach a thing or two about public relations. Hardwick just snagged actor Tom Hanks as guest on his podcast, using a vintage typewriter as bait.Hardwic...

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 Able to swivel its screen a full 360 degrees, the IdeaPad Yoga 13 leads Lenovo's "convertibles" line of Windows 8 devices. It'll be available Oct....

If 2008's presidential race was the social media election, then this year's is certainly the mobile election. EngineYard.com created an infographic that breaks down how the U.S. has used mobile apps...

A new celebrity-filled public service announcement released on Tuesday by the Center for Reproductive Rights is campaigning for people around the country to fight against attacks made on a womans fund...

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The iPad mini: It's like an iPhone, but exactly the same."We've taken everything you love about the iPad, and re-envisioned it as a go-anywhere device that will fit in your pocket," the narrators of t...

OKCupid has been helping people find their soulmates for eight years. Now, it wants to help people find the ideal roommate too.Sam Yagan, co-founder and CEO of the popular online dating site, told Soc...

OKCupid has been helping people find their soulmates for eight years. Now, it wants to help people find the ideal roommate too.Sam Yagan, co-founder and CEO of the popular online dating site, told Soc...

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AT-AT Walkers In case your dog is a Star Wars nerd too.Via Bones Mello, the AT-AT DogClick here to view this gallery.Halloween is right around the corner -- which you've...

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After setting up free networking profiles on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, an Internet user can instantly access the largest repository of information mankind has ever compiled at no cost -- through...

The advent of technologies that allow for easy pairing of devices with a TV is changing how apps are consumed -- and created.More About: Apple TV, airplay, apps, contributor, developers, dual-screen a...

Sometimes the best thing to do is to go off the beaten path, especially if you're going to do it with a bike. That's the idea behind this awesome ad for the Pinarello Dogma 2, the bike that won the 20...

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1. Kitten vs. Two Scary Things Someone needs to tell this kitten apples aren't harbingers of doom. Then again,...

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Curiosity's Keys to the ISS Original key image courtesy of Flickr, BohmanClick here to view this gallery.The Curiosity rover spotted a shiny object on the surface of Mar...

Curiosity's Keys to the ISS Original key image courtesy of Flickr, BohmanClick here to view this gallery.The Curiosity rover spotted a shiny object on the surface of Mar...

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Autumn is the perfect season for zombies. The weather change means less sweaty humans to pin down and brains chilled to tasty delight in the crisp weather, but not frozen like grey matter popsicles. N...

Facebook reintroduced its Gift Shop in September, and it now has a Twitter imitator: Gwitr. Gwitr is a Twitter app that lets you send free virtual gifts to other users. You can chose a variety of vect...

Do you Like Bones on Facebook? Do you live-tweet Dexter every week? Turns out, social media users want to be involved with the real-life fight against crime, as well.Approximately 92% of citizens from...

What do you do when your dog rolls around with pickles and steals pretzels from a goat? Dog shame him, of course.Dogshaming, or photographing a dog with a sign that describes his bad behavior, has bee...

Today, Felix Baumgartner will try to do something no other human has done before: He will jump from a height of 22 miles, breaking the world record for highest altitude free fall. Baumgartners suit a...

Bang & Olufsen has upheld a standard of polished quality since its birth in 1925 in Struer, Denmark.More About: Gadgets, Leaders in Design Series, Music, Tech, features, mashable...

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Porsche 911 Carerra Bluetooth Based RC Car Click here to view this gallery.Last night, I was cruising around with my Porsche 911 Carerra when I made too sharp a turn an...

So far, it looks like the iPhone 5 has been more of a curse than a blessing for Apple, at least as far as Wall Street is concerned.More About: apple, iphone, stocks...

So far, it looks like the iPhone 5 has been more of a curse than a blessing for Apple, at least as far as Wall Street is concerned.More About: apple, iphone, stocks...

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Looks like it's game over for Jerry Lambert, the guy who played Sony PlayStation executive Kevin Butler in that brand's ads over the past few years. Sony is suing Lambert, Bridgestone and production c...

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1. Turntable.fm When Turntable.fm launched in mid-2011, the social music website was widely hailed as one of the most exciting music startups of the year. Turntable hit ...

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What's scarier: a pod of angry hippos or the idea of more childhood board games coming to the big screen? We'll let you watch this conceptual trailer for the Hungry Hungry Hippos film first before mak...

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Vending machine technology is slowly adapting to the social media age. The latest innovation is a new machine from PepsiCo that lets consumers gift drinks to friends. As the video above outlines, you ...

Lytro, the maker of the rectangular camera that takes photos you can re-focus later, recently held its first photo contest on Facebook. It has now declared a winner, making the photo officially the be...

Mike Davidson announced his new role at Twitter using Echofon, one of the third-party Twitter apps that the company is starting to crack down on.More About: Twitter, echofon, twitter apps...

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Big Bird has been the center of attention since the October 3rd debate, when GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney confirmed that he loves Big Bird, but would cut subsidies for PBS. The Internet made...

Today, Felix Baumgartner will try to do something no other human has done before: He will jump from a height of 22 miles, breaking the world record for highest altitude free fall. Baumgartners suit a...

Can mobile technology and big data help build a smarter city? Some of the world's brightest tech minds say "yes," especially when that city happens to be home to so many of them: San Francisco.The abo...

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A Lexus 2013 ES changes colors, turns on its headlights and exposes its interior as throbbing music plays in this highly interactive print ad in the Oct. 15 Sports Illustrated. How is this possible, y...

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Acer Iconia W510 Starting at $500 (without the keyboard dock), the Acer Iconia W510 is a Windows 8 tablet that's impressively light and thin: just 1.27 pounds and 0.35 i...

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Google has new inspiration for their software -- the human brain. For months, the tech company has been developing "neural networking," a technique that collects data and uses that data towards other ...

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"Ouch, Char-lie!"Back in 2007, a video of a one-year-old English boy biting his older brother's finger went viral. You've probably seen it. Now, the two boys, Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr, will star ...

Wednesday's first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney dominated social media this week, but failed to unseat The X Factor from its four-week reign atop the broadcast chart. The mu...

For Kim Chow, a trip to Lima, Peru, proved to be a concerning one. Chow found that the people of the 30,000 Cerro Verde slum were storing water in 55-gallon drums on the street, making the town more s...

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It's been well over 30 years since a ghostly image of Carrie Fisher first told Obi-Wan Kenobi he was her only hope, but the technology to create full-motion holograms has remained stubbornly out of re...

Billionaire Richard Branson can send satellites and himself into space -- is there anything he can't do? Apparently Branson can't DJ. That is, until Saturday at the 2012 Virgin Mobile Freefest, where ...

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Steve Martin has come a long way as a comedian. Before becoming a big screen star known all around the world, he started small (as most comedians do) and was known for smaller parts. Luckily for us, h...

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Is it a #FirstWorldProblem that I'm concerned to share this video, when there are real world problems much bigger than the golden ratio of chips and dip? Yes, of course, it is.By now you're probably f...

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Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner, 42, will attempt to break the world record on Tuesday for highest altitude human free fall when he dives from 22 miles high -- close to the edge of...

Nobody knows if Apple is really going to announce the iPad mini in the next few days, but there's already a website that sells a screen protector for the alleged 7-inch tablet. Zagg.com, an online sel...

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Less than a week after Facebook's big announcement about hitting 1 billion users, all anyone can remember are the chairs. Facebook celebrated hitting the milestone with its first ad campaign, an inspi...

This week marks the anniversary of 50 years of Bond, James Bond. Along with an iconic cocktail preference, a lineage of beautiful women and an arsenal of amazing gadgets, the James Bond films have als...

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Invisible Children, the non-profit behind "Kony 2012," has released a candid 30-minute documentary looking at the rise and fall of the most viral video the Internet has ever seen.The film feels famili...

The best highlight from America's college football weekend doesn't involve a quarterback, running back or wide receiver. Instead, it comes courtesy of Sergeant First Class Scott Faile and his overjoye...

The music video for Coldplay's "Hurts Like Heaven," the sixth single from Mylo Xyloto, hit YouTube Monday. A vibrantly colored comic book's pages are turned throughout the three-and-a-half minute vide...

An exploit in World of Warcraft allowed hackers to kill thousands of characters in the game's major cities over the weekend.YouTube videos and screenshots surfaced of thousands of players and non-play...

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What's a good way to ensure a movie trailer breaks the internet? Replace the actors with cats, of course.This remake of the Seven Psychopaths trailer, released on YouTube by CBS Films, keeps the voice...

Some things are worth paying for, but they don't have to break the bank.More About: Steals of the Week, bargains, features, mashable...

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It's always the case. You reach into your bag for a single charger only to pull out a tangled set of cords. Your earbuds merged with your phone's charger that also wrapped around your computer charger...

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Quarterback Matt Cassel has gotten off to a rough start this season as his Kansas City Chiefs have struggled to a 1-4 record and he's thrown nearly twice as many interceptions as touchdowns. When a vi...

Angry Birds Line Rovio promised to unveil its Angry Birds/Star Wars mashup merchandise at the Times Square Toys R Us. This was the line to get in.Click here to view this...

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Sprint is now offering customers the option to purchase a personalized name to use in addition to their traditional 10-digit phone number.More About: cellphones, sprint...

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1. Turbulence Click here to view this gallery.Londoners are very creative people. At least, that's the conclusion one gets after seeing some of these fake prank signs t...

Approximately 18% of the top 1,000 blogs on Tumblr are fashion-related, but on YouTube, less than 1% of the top 1,000 shows are about fashion.That's according to Tumblr CEO David Karp and OpenSlate St...

Fans may still be waiting for new Will.i.am songs, but they can't blame him for not staying busy. Although the release of his forthcoming album #willpower has been pushed back from Oct. 15, he continu...

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Apple stock fell below $640 in early trading Monday, pushing the company's market cap below $600 billion for the first time in nearly two months.More About: apple, stocks...

Political Kombat '12: Obama Vs. Trump Click here to view this gallery.How much fun would presidential debates ...

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There's a good reason why a video of the Ohio State University marching band's halftime show has managed nearly 1 million views in just 24 hours: It might just be the most impressive marching band ren...

There's a good reason why a video of the Ohio State University marching band's halftime show has managed nearly 1 million views in just 24 hours: It might just be the most impressive marching band ren...

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Everybody loves zombies. Or maybe they hate them. Either way, everybody loves watching stuff with zombies: TV shows, movies, video games, you name it. Considering Halloween is just around the corner, ...

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Google will start rolling out credit cards specifically for AdWords to small businesses in the U.K. and offer more credit cards to U.S. small businesses.More About: Google, credit cards, small busines...

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YouTube has expanded its roster of original channels with new, global channels from France, Germany, the UK and the US. The new channels will cover a variety of topics, including sports, music, comedy...

SpaceX has successfully launched a Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station Sunday night. The Dragon is carrying half a ton of equipment and supplies, and if all goes well, it should arri...

For those who tire of dragging a heavy piece of luggage through the airport, a new hands-free suitcase will do all the work for you.Hop is a suitcase that follows close behind the user, as he or she m...

For those who tire of dragging a heavy piece of luggage through the airport, a new hands-free suitcase will do all the work for you.Hop is a suitcase that follows close behind the user, as he or she m...

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1. Pekingese Fred Dog Hiccups Hiccups make Fred sad. Click here to view this gallery.If you think laughing at ...

1. 8GB USB Memory Necklace Hanging next to an 8GB chrome flash drive is a dainty antiqued silver key charm. Cost: $33.59 Click here to view this gallery.USB drives are o...

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Everyday Health's online video series Recipe Rehab has transformed into a Saturday morning televised competition show on ABC. It's the first series from a YouTube original channel to make it to broadc...

We know it's nearly impossible to keep up with all the amusing videos that pop up on YouTube throughout the week without losing sleep, your family and probably your job. That's why Mashableputs out a ...

As the popularity of photography apps continues to rise on mobile platforms, people are finding creative new ways to share special moments with their friends. Cinemagram, a free iOS app that creates a...

1. Hank The son of a single mother who also spent time on death row -- does that not scream politician sob story?Hank the cat scratched his way into the Virginia senate ...

When it comes to daily deals, nothing is as attractive as an offer for half-off at Starbucks.More About: Slice, daily deals, infographics...

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Does Facebook really have a billion active users? Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech have their doubts, illustrated in this week's Sunday Comic.More About: Facebook, Sunday Comics, The Joy of Tech...

Sunday's Google Doodle celebrates the 127th birthday of Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who revolutionized our understanding of the structure of atoms.More About: Google, google doodle...

After a three-day silence, Big Bird appeared on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" to comment about his newfound fame and his tweeting habit.More About: Big Bird, debate, saturday night live, snl,...

Feeling nostalgic for the old-school sound of a twin-bell alarm clock?If you're tired of waking up with ringtones, the iBell lets users rise to the "metallic sound of bells," according to the accessor...

Facebook's declining stock value hasn't just been bad for investors, it has also had a significant impact on the fortunes of Facebook's employees.More About: Facebook, facebook ipo, stocks, trending...

When SpaceX launches a Dragon capsule full of supplies toward the International Space Station Sunday night, it will be the beginning of a new era for space exploration. It will be the first privately ...

Apple has publicly acknowledged the iPhone 5's purple flare issue with a response posted to its support page online.More About: apple, iphone, iphone camera, trending...

1. Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster, couldn't play guitar. Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing made the first mass-produced electric guitar i...

In the pre-technology days of the Wild West, voters had to use their nose to follow their party's candidate. More About: 2012 presidential campaign, comics, humor...

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Want to experience rain without the inconvenience of getting wet?RainRoom, an installation at London-based Barbican Art Gallery, lets visitors enter a space that recreates rainfall, but keeps them dry...

British singer Ellie Goulding, who performed at Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding reception, will conduct what's being dubbed the world's "first digital album signing" in a Google&plus...

Social networks and mobile technology have transformed the way people communicate. This week, Facebook announced there are 1 billion active users, who have created 140.3 billion Facebook connections o...

Social networks and mobile technology have transformed the way people communicate. This week, Facebook announced there are 1 billion active users, who have created 140.3 billion Facebook connections o...

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Rihanna has knocked Eminem off the top spot as most-liked celeb on Facebook.At press time, the Barbadian singer has 61,564,736 fans, while the rapper stands at 61,217,673, according to Starcount, a da...

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The Best Word in the English Language "She saying "YES" has been my nerve racking triumph!" -- Via Jonathan NafarreteClick here to view this gallery.Today Instagram cele...

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

The season two premiere of Dance Showdown, a web series that pits popular YouTube acts against each other in a rhythmic showdown for $100,000, boogied its way online Friday. Judges on board this seaso...

The presidential candidates aren't the only ones debating lately -- now Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly are getting into the act, facing off Saturday night in a live 90-minute debate branded as "...an e...

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Sunita Williams Captain Williams is a NASA astronaut who recently completed the first triathlon in space.Click here to view this gallery.Can't get enough photos from the...

This week in tech was filled with shiny and exciting gadgets, and we got our hands on the best of them. Check out our gallery and the read the full stories, right here on Top 10 Tech.More About: Top 1...

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CPR makes you undead -- that's the message behind this brilliant PSA from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.The video was created to raise awareness about the basics of CPR. A horde of zombies...

Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and her management previously told Mashable they're crazy in love with the countless Call Me Maybe parodies, but on Saturday during a Facebook Live chat, she will re...

Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will take part in a Facebook Live chat Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the viral success of "Call Me Maybe" and also her new album, "Kiss."More About: Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae...

The Facebook Commercial Is All Kinds of Wrong Reader Sandeep Gill had an insightful critique of Facebook's new ad.Click here to view this gallery.This week, Facebook lau...

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The Facebook Commercial Is All Kinds of Wrong Reader Sandeep Gill had an insightful critique of Facebook's new ad.Click here to view this gallery.This week, Facebook lau...

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One year ago, Google ventured to the midwest with plans to put small startups and businesses on the map. Google enabled Kansas City, Mo. with their fiber-optic network and then waited -- and it seems ...

Did you ever think you could own a 3D printer? The team behind the Kickstarter project PandaBot wants to make that a reality.Two days in to its campaign PandaBot has raised more than $18,000 of its $...

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The Thermite, built by Howe & Howe Technologies, is the first firefighting robot that any ladder company can buy. It travels on treads, fits through most doors and can douse fires with 600 gallon...

Aston Martin DB5 (Goldfinger, 1964) The classic Bond spy car, the Aston Martin appeared in five films total. Its original incarnation included bulletproof panels, oil sl...

Here's a fitting tribute to the late Steve Jobs on the one-year anniversary of his death: a working iPod Classic that runs in your browser. More About: HTML5, iPod classic, steve jobs...

Jay-Z may have 99 problems, but streaming his concerts through YouTube sure ain't one.The rapper will live-stream the finale of his eight-performance concert series at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,...

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Bananas Via Are Like FacebookClick here to view this gallery.Facebook boasts its similarities to chairs and other inanimate objects -- doorbells, airplanes, bridges, dan...

Sometimes video calling just isn't enough. That's where Helios comes in handy -- it's the Kickstarter project that will turn your iPhone into a robot that can interact with another person. The dock wo...

Joining other brands this year that have made public their support of gay rights, Expedia this week released a poignant video depicting a father's journey his daughter's wedding to another woman.The v...

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A special edition of the MacBook Pro with Retina display is up for auction, and it features the silhouette of Steve Jobs on its backlit Apple logo. More About: Macbook Pro, apple, charity, steve jobs...

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Paul and David Bettner, the brothers behind the hugely popular mobile game Words With Friends game, are leaving Zynga. More About: Zynga, words with friends...

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Apple has come a long way since Steve Jobs introduced the first Mac nearly thirty years ago. The company's products have evolved by inventing new devices and reinventing its old ones.This comprehensiv...

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What do Mitt Romney and the Little Mermaid have in common? More than you'd think, at least according to a new YouTube video in which a Romney look-alike sings a parody version of "Part of Your World."...

Sequestered in a freezer in Sweden is a potential cancer-busting virus. The therapy, if tested and developed further, could prolong the lives of those suffering with a neuroendocrine tumor -- the type...

Sequestered in a freezer in Sweden is a potential cancer-busting virus. The therapy, if tested and developed further, could prolong the lives of those suffering with a neuroendocrine tumor -- the type...

Your phone charger won't reach your bed, your house is too big for just one wireless router, leaving your clothes in the washer too long. All qualify as #FirstWorldProblems, the hashtag and meme joke ...

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No, there's nothing wrong with your YouTube connection. The video above is just critiquing Internet Explorer 9 in the most devastating way possible: By demonstrating a clunky experience with the brows...

Microsoft takes a daring leap into new content Friday when it releases a live-action version of Halo onto YouTube to promote the upcoming release of Halo 4.Halo: Forward Unto Dawn is a 90-minute live-...

Microsoft takes a daring leap into new content Friday when it releases a live-action version of Halo onto YouTube to promote the upcoming release of Halo 4.Halo: Forward Unto Dawn is a 90-minute live-...

Woah, dude, this catnip is blowing my mind. The cat poop scooping aficionados at Litter Genie aim to sell you their product with a trippy music video that feels like a tumble down Hunter S. Thompson's...

Ready to make your home movie night a little more like going to the theater? Streaming media player company Roku announced on Thursday that it is teaming up with 3M to launch a projector that can recr...

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1. Bacon, Bacon, Bacon Bacon is good for any diet especially the one where you look at the cartoons, accessories and recipes dedicated to it.Click here to view this gal...

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Spotify reportedly generated an impressive $244 million in revenue in 2011, but the company posted a net loss of $59 million for the year.More About: pandora, spotify, streaming music...

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There was a time when musician Jake Shimabukuro was mostly known for performing a magnificent cover that was uploaded by a stranger to YouTube in its early days. When he played his ukulele version of ...

There was a time when musician Jake Shimabukuro was mostly known for performing a magnificent cover that was uploaded by a stranger to YouTube in its early days. When he played his ukulele version of ...

Oh, Gangnam Style. Will you ever stop inspiring...well, practically everyone on the planet to make their own version? Apparently, not yet, as Jay Leno has succumbed to the trend, creating yet another ...

Oh, Gangnam Style. Will you ever stop inspiring...well, practically everyone on the planet to make their own version? Apparently, not yet, as Jay Leno has succumbed to the trend, creating yet another ...

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If you're looking for a succinct explanation of the court battles between Apple and Samsung, you've come to the right place. More About: apple, apple vs samsung, iphone, lawsuits, samsung, trending...

If you're a fan of time travel, exploring cities, history or virtual reality experiences, you're going to love the latest project from Dassault Systmes. With the help of historians and archeologists, ...

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Because of the increasing use of surveillance cameras, modern day UK is turning into Orwell's 1984 UK, said the british first ever Surveillance Commissioner.In an interview with the newspaper The Inde...

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The anonymity of online shopping will soon be available in real time. Starting Oct. 14, Target will tag the top 20 toys of the season in its stores with QR Codes. Perfect, the company says, for secre...

The anonymity of online shopping will soon be available in real time. Starting Oct. 14, Target will tag the top 20 toys of the season in its stores with QR Codes. Perfect, the company says, for secre...

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What would happen if voters treated presidential debates more like The Voice?This video pretty much sums it up. Obama has a "great voice", and Mitt Romney has "badass hair".SEE MORE: Carson Daly Tells...

Craigslist introduced a new mapping feature on Wednesday that will allow its users to see what apartments are available in a particular area in a map view. As of now, it's still in its "rolling out" p...

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PBS could teach other brands a thing or two about how to turn a meme into a marketing opportunity. More About: Twitter, pbs...

Tobii Gaze is an experimental interface that uses what its maker calls the "most advanced and compact eye tracker in the world."More About: Tobii Gaze, Windows 8, tablets, user interface...

1. Ben LaBolt Ben LaBolt is the national press secretary of Obama for America. One of his Twitter strengths is tweeting informative press pieces about the POTUS.Click he...

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It's the best of times, it's the worst of times -- it's wedding time.Every bride and groom wants to have the perfect wedding, but sometimes things don't work out according to plan. In this blooper ree...

Healthcare is a hot-button issue in America right now - partly because its election season and partly because our healthcare system faces some legitimately major problems. On this episode of The Vall...

Bazaart is an iPad app that lets Pinterest users create colorful and clickable editorials out of their pins. If you've ever dreamed of being a fashion blogger or magazine editor, this iPad app puts yo...

Delicious, the once popular social bookmarking site, is about to go through yet another redesign to improve the service's functionality.More About: delicious, delicious 2.0, zeen...

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You want explosions? You got 'em. Just watch the teaser trailer for A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment in the action-packed Die Hard series. After the explosions, Bruce Willis channels his ...

Technology is all starting to look the same. The materials used to make computers, tablets and smartphones are not eco-friendly and are designed for obsolescence. What if instead of aluminum casings, ...

In the near future, when Wi-Fi becomes ubiquitous and we enjoy Internet access everywhere we go, it won't matter what kind of computer you own or how big your hard drive is. All of your documents, mus...

During the first presidential debate Wednesday night, Mitt Romney vowed to cut federal subsidies for public network PBS."I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS," Romney said to Jim Lehre...

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The new version of EA's SimCity is significantly more sophisticated than its predecessor, as you can see in this first detailed look at the new game that will be released for Mac and PC in February, 2...

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Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay A9 Priced at $2,699, the BeoPlay A9 sports a distinctive and unusual design for a speaker: a circle. It has touch controls and connects to your ph...

You've probably already seen the new Facebook commercial that likens the world's biggest social network to uh, chairs.Mashable editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff previously pointed out what he thinks is wr...

Got a question for Jason? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live! Docstoc provides a wide selection of quality documents to start, grow and manage your small business and professional life...

A new full-length trailer for Steven Spielberg's Lincoln begins with a montage of moments that have forever changed the United States and other countries, including images of the World Trade Center's ...

Have you ever wished in your real, away-from-screen life that you could measure things in pixels? Well, now you can, with a stainless steel ruler that instead of inches or centimeters, is marked in pi...

It was like stealing candy from a baby -- if you consider $400 smartphones candy.Thieves target iPhone owners. It's a sad fact of life. Robbery is never a good thing, but this particular one might see...

Did you think the presidential debate yesterday was slightly boring? Do you think it would have been so much better if there was some music in the background? Or, you know, if instead of talking Barac...

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Comedian Rob Riggle plays an amiable jerk in this spot promoting Chipotle's "boorito" Halloween promo. For the uninitiated, the chain offers $2 burritos on Halloween for those who come in dressed in a...

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1. Bin Laden Raid Click here to view this gallery.Ever wondered what famous pictures would look like if the women in them were replaced by IKEA furniture? It's your luc...

1. IsBarackObamaThePresident.com and IsMittRomneyThePresident.com The Guardian joined forces with Real Clear Politics to collect and illustrate polling data to reflect t...

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Dallas is the top city in the U.S. with the largest pool of tech job candidates, and the mobile app developers there make more money than anywhere else in the country, according to new data.An infogra...

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Apparently Google has decided that cutting 20% of Motorola Mobility's workforce isn't' enough.More About: Google, google-motorola, motorola mobility...

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Izumo, Japan Taro Matsumura captured this image of a holy site in Japan.Click here to view this gallery.As far as symbolism goes, the horizon is both a source of inspira...

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Were you on the edge of your seat during last night's first presidential debate? Yeah, neither were we.While tax policy and health care don't make fireworks on screen, the American people got exactly ...

During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Google served as a go-to resource for people who wanted to know more about what the candidates were saying. What were the hot searches of the night?Here a...

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Facebook is celebrating hitting the 1 billion monthly user mark with the company's first ad campaign.The social network hired ad agency Wieden + Kennedy -- best known for its Nike work -- to cre...

What happens when you take Mitt Romney and add a dash of "Gangnam Style?" Why, "Mitt Romney Style," of course.A College Humor parody music video features a Romney impersonator rap-singing and invisibl...

Acer Iconia W700 Tablet The Acer Iconia W700 comes with a cradle and keyboard, turning the Windows 8 tablet into more of a traditional PC. Of course, you can always slip...

3D printing has been hailed as the future of manufacturing as everything from chocolate goodies to jawbones have been created with the newish technology. Add one more item to that list: Guns.Amateur g...

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Griffin - Otis James Dapper Sleeve Available in several color and pattern options. All sleeves are handmade in Tennessee. $75Click here to view this gallery.Want to add ...

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About More Than a Map More Than Maps, a new series, highlights the work of developers around the world using th...

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In case you missed the first round of presidential debates Wednesday night, here is a basic recap of what happened in GIF form -- minus the audio, of course. Some of this narrative was actually exagge...

Ricky Gervais has a new endorser for his voice on social media app Just Sayin'. It's not a Hollywood celebrity or a sports star. It's a talking guinea pig named Rory.In a hilarious ad posted to YouTub...

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An insensitive tweet poking fun at President Barack Obama's late grandmother -- posted on Kitchen Aid's official U.S. account -- caught the eye of many Twitter users Wednesday night during the preside...

An insensitive tweet poking fun at President Barack Obama's late grandmother -- posted on KitchenAid's official U.S. account -- caught the eye of many Twitter users Wednesday night during the presiden...

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