Articles by Mashable from November 2012

Today NASA released data confirming that Curiosity's soil samples do not contain the rumored "earth-shaking" discovery.More About: Curiosity, Mars, Mars rover, NASA, space...

Robots App's List of Highlighted Robots Click here to view this gallery.IEEE's Robots iPad app is well done, enriching and good fun. It's a must have app for every robo...

At long last, iTunes 11 is finally available for download.Apple was originally supposed to release iTunes 11 -- a total revamp of the longstanding music and apps manager in October. The launch was the...

The PopSLATE case gives your iPhone 5 another 4-inch display on the back. Its always-on E-Ink screen displays images and data while using minimal power.More About: e-ink, iPhone 5, iphone 5 cases, po...

The prototype phase of Research In Motion's release of BlackBerry 10 is now officially a trilogy. The company just announced the Dev Alpha C, the first BlackBerry 10 device with a QWERTY keyboard.In a...

"Is the reading level on these under age 70?" Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesClick here to view this gallery.Vice President Joe Biden brought a toothy grin's worth of holiday...

CNN has named Jeff Zucker, the former head of NBC Universal, as its new president.More About: cnn...

Should police be required to get a warrant before reading your emails? The Senate Judiciary Committee thinks so: it voted unanimously Thursday to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a bi...

Aakash2 The Aakash2 is available for $40.41 (2,263 rupees), but the government of India will subsidize half the cost for schoolchildren. The tablet is conceived as a too...

AT&T has been named the worst-rated major cellphone carrier in the U.S. for the second year in a row, while Verizon Wireless nabbed the top spot again.More About: T-Mobile, att, cellphone, sprint...

Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican representative who authored the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), was selected Wednesday as the Chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee for the upc...

These three anamorphic illusions of a rubik's cube, roll of tape and sneaker will make your head spin. More About: Watercooler, optical illusions, viral videos...

Sarah Robb O'Hagan describes her picks for Mashable's Innovation Index.More About: Equinox, Innovation Index, Sports, fitness, mashable...

The House will likely pass a bill allowing more foreign students who graduate from U.S. schools with advanced technical degrees to stay in the country.More About: House of Representatives, STEM, Scien...

When New York Police Department officer Larry DePrimo was cold wearing two pairs of wool socks and combat boots, he couldn't imagine how freezing a barefoot man asking for change in Times Square felt....

Think Internet Explorer sucks? You're not alone, and yes, Microsoft is painfully aware of its home-grown web browser's reputation, as this new ad makes clear.Simply titled "Do you know this guy?" the ...

The Internet became inaccessible in war-torn Syria early Thursday morning, according to sites that monitor global Internet traffic.None of Syria's 84 Internet Protocol (IP) address blocks were respons...

Full color, 3D printing is coming to a handful of European Staples stores in early 2013.More About: 3D printers, staples...

After getting a new job or promotion, you probably post an update to Facebook, Twitter and other social profiles to let everyone in on the good news. But when something more personal happens -- like g...

In another example of Twitter's growing contentious relationship with its partners, a judge ordered the company to continue providing its data directly to PeopleBrowsr.PeopleBrowsr has used Twitter's ...

Tony Fadell, the man considered to be the brains behind the iPod, told the BBC in a recent interview that Forstall "got what he deserved."More About: apple, ipod, scott forstall, trending...

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he's "very sorry" for the issues that greeted Wii U buyers on day one.Instead of enjoying their new gadget, Wii U owners were initially unable to use several servi...

Hacktober T-Shirt One of the t-shirt prizes awarded to Facebook members who reported cyber security attacks during Hacktober.Click here to view this gallery.When Faceboo...

Windows 8 may not be having the effect on sales that Microsoft had hoped. Sales are actually down 21% since the launch on Oct. 26, according to one researcher.The NPD Group reports that sales of Windo...

New discovery engine Qloo offers recommendations based on things you already enjoy for music, film, TV, dining, nightlife, fashion, books and travel.More About: Dining, Music, Qloo, TV, books, disco...

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.Appl...

Apple could launch the latest desktop version of iTunes as early as Thursday (Nov. 29), according to a report.The potential release date was revealed in a Wall Street Journal profile of Eddy Cue, Appl...

1. Slade Family, 2011 If you don't have a pool to swim in this Christmas, don't feel bad about it. And if you d...

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.8, the next iteration of the WP7 platform, is coming in early 2013, the company announced Wednesday. The news disproves a recent rumor that pegged the release for Nov. 28, ...

A new YouTube video sets out to answer the classic question: Do you prefer dogs or cats?But rather than feature the furry rivals in an animalistic showdown, the video has humans starring as our favori...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the most massive black hole ever known in a small galaxy about 250 million light-years from Earth, scientists say.More About: NASA, astronomy, space...

Instagram's tilt-shift effect is the finishing touch on a work of smartphone art. It can be a masterstroke or a muddy mess, depending on how you use it. Too often, we've seen tilt-shift overused, misa...

Phishing scams on social networks have shrunk considerably in October, and spam in general has decreased too, according to a report by Internet security giant Kaspersky Lab released last Friday.Compar...

Dropcam has recently launched a new iPad app that allows users to watch multiple streams on an Apple tablet. The app is designed to allow you to take a peek at what's going on in front of your Dropcam...

The manically paced new music video for Will.i.am and Britney Spearss Scream and Shout throws in cameos from several gadgets. Which ones do you spot? More About: Entertainment, Music, Tech, britney sp...

This exclusive video clip from 'The Dark Knight Rises' Blu-ray package gives a very cool glimpse at the Tumbler, the savage vehicle Batman uses in the Christopher Nolan trilogy. More About: Movies, Th...

Munchery offers fresh meals prepared daily by local, professional chefs that you can order and have delivered the same day for dinner.More About: Startups, The Launchpad...

Social media now accounts for 18% of time spent online, according to a new infographic.Since 2006, the amount of time that the average person spent on social-networking sites has more than doubled, fr...

Zynga launched its first-ever holiday philanthropy campaign Wednesday, turning the virtual goods in its addictive games into real-world charitable gifts.For as little as $1, customers can purchase an ...

A permanent password built into Samsung printers could give an attacker access to sensitive networks, information system configuration controls and any information the printer receives, a United State...

Manpacks, a subscription service for men's products (see gallery below), asserts that most men hate to shop, but whether you love it or hate it, finding time to buy all the little things you need in l...

LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, is reportedly preparing for major layoffs from its U.S. team.More About: daily deals, living social...

Variations in space weather have the potential to disrupt the electric power grid, telecommunications and Global Positioning Systems -- virtually all public infrastructure. To predict such disruptions...

After the re-launch of Gifts, Facebook seems extra motivated to get your credit card information and physical address, in what could be another attempt to gather more data about you and sell more targ...

The social media marketing backlash has begun. Blame the unlikely team of The Onion and IBM. The former dropped a pitch-perfect takedown of socmedia "experts" right before Thanksgiving. Then Big Blue ...

1. Ornamental by Fcoverphotos This design's great grungy tones give it a contemporary feel. Click here to view this gallery.You decorate your home, your workplace and so...

Criminals create an app that looks similar to Angry Birds to obtain identifiable information,commit fraud and wreak havoc on users devices.More About: android, angry birds star wars, security, spammer...

Texting can be difficult to master, especially for people who grew up communicating through snail mail and tin can phones. Yes, we're talking about elderly people. Sure, Grandma and Grandpa are trying...

Siri is somewhat less-than-helpful when it comes to picking great random numbers for the $550M Powerball drawing.More About: apple, iPhone 5, lottery, powerball, siri...

Apple's latest print ads for the iPad Mini cleverly show off what the reading experience is like on the device.More About: ipad mini...

Are entrepreneurs creative, confident, driven or just plain insane? Favorite Valley Girl Show guests weigh in.More About: entrepreneurs, small business tips, startup, valleygirltv...

A patent dispute between Nokia and RIM could ban BlackBerry sales.The dispute centers around a WLAN (wireless local area network) patent owned by Nokia which allows RIM devices to connect to Wi-Fi net...

Looking for a slice of the $550 million Powerball pie? Try checking your local radio station's Facebook page.Several radio stations across the country are posting pictures of their Powerball tickets t...

12. Photobombing Stingray Five years ago, three college girls on a Caribbean vacation got a serious case of the heebeejeebies when a stingray photobombed their say chees...

The Republic of Tajikistan, in central Asia, has ordered all the country's Internet providers to cut citizens from the website over 'slander' issues. More About: Facebook, ISP block, Newsy, videos...

If you think buying an ebook for your Nook is a one-time purchase, think again.A reader at The Consumerist said that when he tried to download an ebook he'd purchased months before through Barnes ...

Inspired by "Dumb Ways to Die" on YouTube, Cool Things to Find follows Curiosity rover as she drives on Mars, discovering random items Earth has lost.More About: Curiosity, Mars, Mars rover, NASA, car...

If you thought the end of the election meant the end of political hashtags on Twitter, think again. Barack Obama in a speech Wednesday rallied the public to tweet and email Congress with the hashtag #...

This holiday season, support small business and buy your gifts in their online shops. Here are three places to start.More About: holiday shopping, online shopping, small businesses...

The International Atomic Energy Agency, a United Nations group charged with overseeing nuclear energy and weapons, announced this week it was hacked by a group that posted a petition demanding the IAE...

Streaming live on Mashable, Behance founder Scott Belsky will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST) Thursday, Nov. 29. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Councils #StartupLab initia...

Electronic music artist Skrillex released his first foray into the gaming realm Wednesday, with the browser-based Skrillex Quest.Skrillex partnered with developer Jason Oda to create the 8-bit homage ...

You may choose to disagree, but we think that red is the most striking color on the spectrum. What other color is more versatile, more memorable, more popular in figures of speech? It's an almost over...

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' star Wil Wheaton is auctioning a signed card of his character for charity. Spoiler alert: may contain Shades of Justice.More About: Social Good, Star Trek, charity, eb...

General Electric has a new name for where it thinks its business is headed: the industrial Internet.More About: General Electric, internet...

Groupon isn't going anywhere, but Andrew Mason might be. That was the message given off by Mason, Groupon's co-founder and CEO,during an interview with Henry Blodget at Business Insider's Ingition con...

Robby the Robot (from Forbidden Planet) and KITT (from Knight Rider) are among the robots that make cameos in this ad for GE that celebrates robots, fictional and otherwise.The ad, the latest in the b...

Meteorologists look to social media to find the latest ground reports during severe weather. Here's how to get reporters to see your photos and updates.More About: Hurricane Sandy, Weather, abc, citiz...

Samsung Galaxy Camera The Samsung Galaxy Camera ($499) is a very successful merger of Android with a point-and-shoot camera. It takes great photos, which you can immedi...

"Two Kinds of People," featuring Kevin Costner (1983) Introducing the Lisa computer. Click here to view this ga...

There are plenty of ways to get around a city, to suit nearly every lifestyle: trains, cars, rollerblades and subways. But, the one you may not see on the streets of most urban cities is the electric ...

On Cyber Monday Paypal saw payments through mobilesas opposed to online in generalgo up by 190% as against the same day in 2011.More About: cyber monday, mobile payments, paypal...

In a bizarre publicity stunt turned online censorship debate, eBay on Wednesday morning took down conservative commentator Glenn Beck's auction of a Barack Obama bobblehead doused in beer serving as a...

Bing launched a new online campaign Wednesday attacking Google for what it refers to as their "unfair 'pay-to-rank' shopping practices."More About: Google, bing...

1. XBMC You don't need a separate piece of hardware just a computer that can talk to your TV. Download this remote for your Android phone and run all of your media thro...

Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.When your child isn't spending his time glued to a smartphone or tablet, L...

San Francisco-based robotics startup, Momentum Machines aims to revolutionize the fast food industry with an automated burger machine. While preparing for the launch of its new restaurant chain, the c...

1. Smoopa Chances are you overpaid for something on Black Friday. Luckily, theres a smart way to find out. Smoopa lets you scan just about anything at home to determine ...

It's beginning to look a lot like December, which means it's time for that annual chore: sitting with a mountain of envelopes, expensive cards and a post office worth of stamps. But what if you could ...

Our lives are full of gadgets, but their proliferation hasn't led to a well-spring of amazing and imaginative new devices. Instead, we have a lot of similar tablets, devices, phones, you name it. Ther...

Apple's shiniest new 7-inch tablet is in short supply due to overseas production issues that could make the device hard to come by until early next year.More About: apple, ipad mini...

North Korea may be preparing to attempt another rocket launch in the next few weeks, new satellite imagery suggests.The photo, which was taken Monday (Nov. 26), shows increased activity at North Korea...

One YouTube user has created a playlist of every single Apple TV commercial ever made -- 485 in total -- including what may be the company's first-ever ad.More About: apple, commercials...

By now, we've all heard the silly rumor that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. A few different causes are "threatening" to strip us of our mortal coils: the Mayans got lazy and stopped a...

Video-sharing platform Vimeo launched a new iPhone app with the ability to upload recorded videos faster and share them to social media sites.More About: App, Vimeo, iOS, iphone...

Google has enhanced its Google Play Store with the ability to pre-order upcoming books.The best way to find books that will be available soon is to check out Google's "New and Coming Soon" section on ...

1. "Checkmate" comes from the Persian "Shh Mt," which means "the king is helpless." As chess made its way from India to Persia as a staple of courtly education, its rule...

In her first interview as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer said it's all about "God, family and Yahoo -- in that order," but her strategy appeared to be mostly about mobile.Mayer, who joined Yahoo as chief...

An online service called iPet Companion allows you to remotely control kitty toys so you can keep otherwise bored cats entertained. A signal is relayed from the servers at iPet Companion to the contro...

Bungie, the game developer behind popular title Halo, has acknowledged the leaked concept art for its upcoming title 'Destiny' is real. The concept art, along with some advertising copy, was unearthed...

What's the difference between an elbow and a breast? For Facebook, not much. The social network recently removed a misleading photo of a woman in a bathtub because it mistook her elbow for a bare brea...

Samsung's budget-friendly smartphone, the Galaxy Axiom, is now available at U.S. Cellular.Similar in specifications to the Galaxy S III Mini, it sports a 4-inch, 800 x 480 pixel screen, a 1.2 GHz dual...

Spider-Man may be able to crawl on walls and spin webs, but he is just a comic-book character, after all. Instead, catch a glimpse of his real-life counterpart in a new YouTube video.Clad in the super...

Several days ago, Mashable posted an article entitled "Why Does Video Chat Still Suck?," by Rob Lammle. While Rob makes some great points, there is a whole world in which video chat doesnt suck take...

If you're feeling nostalgic for tactile keys, a conceptual iPhone case transforms your touchscreen into an old-school keypad. Designer Moon Myounghak has created a case that features a physical set of...

Fresh off a courtroom beatdown at the hands of Apple over patent infringement charges, Samsung is now being sued by Ericsson for similar alleged offenses. More About: Tech, ericsson, patent infringeme...

Hairspray might one day serve as the sign that aliens have reshaped distant worlds, researchers say. Such research to find signs of alien technology is now open to funding from the public.Science fict...

Everyone loves getting a letter during the holidays from someone they know. But you might want to consider the environmental costs before sending out holiday cards in the physical mailbox. In 2011 the...

Microsoft is reportedly working on an update for Windows Phone 8.According to The Verge, the update, codenamed Apollo Plus, will bring new features to the mobile operating system that were not present...

Do you ever find yourself thinking, Well, I could move to San Francisco, or New York, or China or Chile! And I could work in tech, or fashion, or marketing or something else! while another voice in yo...

Its tough being the Abominable Snowman, especially when it comes to making friends and finding someone to love.Luckily, Windows Phone is here to help. In a new YouTube video promoting Window Phone 8, ...

Two videos of Kenyan orphans reenacting famous sports moments have gone viral. The man behind the videos hopes viewers will donate cash to build the kids a field of their own. More About: Sports, phi...

If you needed a reason not to buy a ticket for Wednesday's $500 million-plus Powerball lottery, here are a few. In fact, here are 5,000 -- roughly, the number of people who have taken pictures of thei...

Retina implants are already being used to restore partial vision to patients who have lost their sight through outer retinal degeneration. While those implants do restore some sight, patients often st...

Every new parent has, at one point, stood over a sleeping baby and asked the same question; how do I make sure my baby is still breathing, even when I'm not with her? We have high tech monitors that l...

Every new parent has, at one point, stood over a sleeping baby and asked the same question; how do I make sure my baby is still breathing, even when I'm not with her? We have high tech monitors that l...

Attention, '90s kids. "Boy Meets World" stars Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel will reprise their roles as Cory and Topanga in a new series spin off. More About: 90s, Entertainment, TV, tumblr...

South Korea has about 0.7% of the world's population and is smaller than California, yet it was responsible for two instances of world domination in 2012.The first was Gangnam Style's Psy's frenetic j...

A pair of Clinton-era telecom regulators and card-carrying Democrats want to bring back some of the economic magic of the go-go 1990s with an ambitious plan to accelerate growth, shrink the national d...

The Spark Socket can do for the lights in your home what apps have done for smartphones, says Spark Socket founder Zach Supalla in a video on the project's Kickstarter page. Spark Socket is a small Wi...

Polar lets users quickly set up polls to get feedback on timely issues ranging from purchasing decisions to pressing personal debates.More About: apps, startup...

The western United States will be able to see the moon dip into Earth's shadow during a minor lunar eclipse on Nov. 28. Here's how to watch it online.More About: NASA, eclipse, moon, space...

A news blooper that went viral Tuesday features a woman making a odd -- and seemingly unintentional -- non sequitor about her and the vacuum cleaner man. More About: Watercooler, news bloopers, viral ...

AMC ordered two scripted drama pilots Tuesday, one of which will embellish the 1980s personal computing boom. Halt & Catch Fire will tell the tech story “through the eyes of a visionary, an...

Reports of slow Windows 8 sales may be unfounded. Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has sold more than 40 million licenses of Windows 8. On its Windows Blog, Microsoft writes that “Windows ...

@liz_fort7 Having lunch at #ussco's @habitat_org house in Lake Co. #smallworld #GivingTuesday #edelchigivesClick here to view this gallery.As founding partners of #Givin...

[View the story "#1reasonwhy - Women Talk About Their Game Industry Experiences" on Storify]Women who work in the game industry took to Twitter Tuesday to express their feelings on sexism in the gamin...

Bookworms Find a new home for books, other than collecting dust on a shelf.Via RedditClick here to view this gallery.Not a fan of the traditional red bows and white ligh...

Your (Facebook) friends may be stressing you out. And the more you have, the more stressed you may be.Per a new report from the University of Edinburgh Business School, the more friends you have on Fa...

Country staple Tim McGraw will give fans unprecedented access to the making of "One of Those Nights" in a live stream of the song's video shoot. The live stream from Ustream (watch above) begins Tuesd...

Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee and one of the most outspoken lawmakers on technology issues, posted to Reddit on Tuesday a draft bill proposing a halt new Internet...

We all send and receive a lot of email. In fact, a report earlier this year indicated that workers spend 28% of their time in their inbox. Yet only 14% of these emails are deemed "important." Then the...

When Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger sat down with NPR on Nov. 13, it was to discuss the rover's mission on Mars. But when the interview aired last week, it was just one quote on soil sample...

Citizens of Internetland: we are at war, and the enemy is a virus. Not the kind we're used to hearing about, one that spreads via suspicious emails and turns our machines into mindless zombies for mas...

Citizens of Internetland: we are at war, and the enemy is a virus. Not the kind we're used to hearing about, one that spreads via suspicious emails and turns our machines into mindless zombies for mas...

Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.BERO could be the perfect companion for either your Android or iOS device....

Step aside, Matt Damon. A Communist Party newspaper in China cited a satirical 'Onion' article that named Kim Jon-Un the 'Sexiest Man Alive.' More About: North Korea, Viral, china, satire, the onion...

For three days last month, at eight randomly chosen times a day, my phone buzzed and Google asked me: What did you want to know recently? The answers I provided were part of an experiment involving me...

Hey, naive Nancy and gullible Greg, stop posting copyright notices on Facebook that use fancy schmancy terms like communiqu, Berner Convention and action. You may think you're erecting an invisible wa...

The New York Times it is a-changin'. One sign? Executive Editor Jill Abramson no longer attends the paper's page one meetings, she disclosed on stage at Business Insider's Ignition conference in New...

The New York Times it is a-changin'. One sign? Executive Editor Jill Abramson no longer attends the paper's page one meetings, she disclosed on stage at Business Insider's Ignition conference in New...

Can an iPhone-loving Apple fangirl survive using Windows Phone 8 for 10 days? The answer is a resounding yes. Our Living With Lumia challenge has come to an end and I have some final thoughts about No...

Turkey Day television viewers treated themselves to floats and football and went online to talk about it, according to this week's Trendrr chart. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade scored sixth on thi...

Design studio M-I-E's newest stop motion video is about the audio cassette -- both its life and death. More About: Vimeo, stop motion, videos...

Lots of expecting couples get ultrasounds of their babies, and even take the grainy black-and-white pictures home. Now a clinic in Japan is offering models of the fetus, using 3D-printing technology.F...

Social networks are great ways to maintain connections with your friends and share relevant information, but how do you create a social network that helps you meet people?The ways we meet friends, bus...

Google announced Tuesday that it will be integrating Google Drive into Gmail, a move that will make it possible to send files up to a massive 10GB in size over email.A new button in the Gmail compose ...

Apple has reportedly fired the manager in charge of its mapping software after a barrage of complaints from users.More About: apple maps...

Of all the things that belong in the toilet, most would agree that cellphones definitely don't make the list. Then how do 19% of cellphones end up in that soggy bowl? If you believe that some things a...

Wii U on a Train No need for a TV set. If you plug the Wii U in, you can interact entirely with the GamePad. This is on a Japanese Shinkansen, a high-speed train.Click h...

Paul Ceglia, the 39-year-old western New York man who in 2010 sued Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for 84% of the company, has been indicted on federal charges of wire and mail fraud for allegedly fa...

When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins came back to Earth on July 24, 1969, they also brought home 22 kilograms of lunar rocks. President Nixon gave out many of those rocks as gifts, inc...

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and now we're here, #GivingTuesday, a new holiday focused on giving back. Mashable got involved in #GivingTuesday because we feel strongly that technology has the ability t...

1. 'Silent Night' Originally performed on Christmas Eve in 1818, in a sleepy, snow-covered Austrian town, this...

In its latest effort to bring attention to government action it considers threatening to the open web, Google is warning German citizens and lawmakers of the potential dangers posed by copyright chang...

American rocker Andrew WK's plans to "promote partying and positive power," as he says, in the Middle East as a cultural ambassador have dissipated after the U.S. State Department rescinded its invita...

Our 15 Innovation Index curators selected the top 5 innovations in every category from entertainment and fashion to gadgets and travel.More About: Innovation Index, features, mashable...

Tumblr is continuing to divide up its popular Fashion vertical, breaking out a new Spotlight section for Accessories on Tuesday.The new section is sponsored by Cole Haan (which, by the by, was acquire...

Apple is back on top of the smartphone market in the U.S., following the release of the latest iPhone, according to a new report.More About: android, iphone...

If you were worried about how Snoop Lion (nee Dogg) is doing this holiday season, this video should put those concerns to rest. This 4-minute video, on behalf of Adidas, tells the tale of Ebenezer Sno...

What does a day of operation look like for one of the world's largest transit systems? YouTube user STLTransit answers that question with a mesmerizing visualization of transit data provided by New Yo...

David Beck, head of social media at Univision Communications Inc., joins the Mashable Media Summit to discuss Hispanics' role in transforming the media landscape. Univision has created cross-platform ...

Most Searched Person Reality star Kim Kardashian beat out Justin Bieber as the top searched for person on Bing in 2012. Kardashian came in second last year behind the po...

These parents loved social media so much that they decided to honor their newborn baby girl with a trending name: Hashtag.More About: baby, hashtag, names...

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#GivingTuesday is finally here, your chance to channel the charitable spirit of the holidays after a delicious Thanksgiving meal, Black Friday at the mall and Cyber Monday snagging online deals. Masha...

Back in 2010, the Cassini Equinox mission took a colorful snapshot of one of Saturn's moons in the infrared, Mimas, looking for all the world like a fluorescent-hued Pac-Man. That was because of the u...

People often have dreams where they interact with celebrities -- but who do the stars dream of? For Neil Patrick Harris, it's puppets.The actor's web series Puppet Dreams debuts Tuesday on the Nerdist...

Amazon says it set a one-day record for Kindle sales on Cyber Monday as consumers flocked to a $129 offer on the Kindle Fire.The company also broke its Black Friday record for Kindle sales and Kindle ...

Cyber Monday sales increased by 30.3 percent from the year before, according to the latest data from IBM Smarter Commerce, which tracks online sales.More About: cyber monday, cyber monday sales...

Investors have taken a second look at RIM's prospects and have given the company a vote of confidence, sending the company's stock price up 55% in the past 30 days.The optimism, which includes a one-d...

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.A Ba...

Barnes & Noble has updated its Android and iOS Nook app and made it available for download in the UK, the company has announced. The new features on both platforms include support for British Eng...

U.S. and European officials seized 132 domain names that were illegally selling counterfeit products online to unsuspecting customers at the height of holiday-shopping season.In an operation called "P...

With proper training and carefully planned workouts, finishing a race can be easy. All it takes is getting off the couch, turning off the TV and finding the motivation to run that extra mile. Smartpho...

As seniors age, it becomes increasingly difficult for family members to care for them. Many opt to place their loved ones in a nursing home, but a new, more high-tech option is now available. Informal...

A new air conditioner is designed to repel mosquitoes while it cools -- specifically, in malaria-stricken regions of Africa. More About: LG, Newsy, africa, sustainable technology, technology, videos...

Its already been a good holiday season for PayPal.Speaking to a small group of reporters Monday afternoon, PayPal President David Marcus talked about Black Friday weekend, the company as a whole, and ...

The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. Its to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. These are the words that kicked off a blog post this month by Pau...

Do Google search results amount to content that the company "publishes" and is responsible for? One high court in Australia says yes -- and the decision, if unchanged on appeal, could have far-reachin...

Actors typically promote their television shows to the public, as a large viewership means high ratings -- not to mention continued employment. But Angus T. Jones, the 19-year-old star of sitcom Two a...

As smartphone use becomes more common, people are increasingly using their phones to take pictures, check their email or do online banking. That's what a new study reveals, hinting once again that ph...

Be thankful that with all that you're saving this Cyber Monday, you're not paying as much as the gifts given in "The 12 Days Of Christmas." The 364 items mentioned in the classic carol would put a $10...

Did you virtually shop 'til you dropped on Cyber Monday? More people are choosing to peruse their favorite stores from their desk computer rather than brave the crowds at brick-and-mortar stores. But ...

Noted Laker hater, outspoken tweeter and entrepreneurial icon owner Mark Cuban says there's one fan base you don't want to mess with on Twitter. More About: NBA, Sports...

If you find yourself spending a lot of time on your PC gaming but you're still using a regular keyboard, you may get frustrated. For those looking for a serious keyboard for their gaming lifestyle, Ra...

Now you can chat with your Facebook friends from directly within Firefox.With a new Firefox feature, Facebook Messenger shows up on the side of your browser window. The integration allows you to see ...

Belgian beer maker Stella Artois has released a Facebook app that lets you send actress Alice Eve and her band of carolers to your (virtual) doorstep.On Stella Artois' Facebook Page, you can create a ...

A new exploit being sold for $700 may put tens of millions of Yahoo Mail users at risk.Once victims click on a malicious email link, the exploit allows an attacker to steal and replace tracking cookie...

Looks like social media stayed at home this Black Friday. An IBM study found that shoppers referred from social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube generated only 0.34% of online sales on Bla...

Meet the Univision weather cat, setting a new standard for news blooper cuteness as it wanders on camera during a live barometric breakdown. More About: Media, Watercooler, news bloopers...

PureView The 8.7-megapixel camera in the Lumia 920 carries Nokias PureView label, a name the company first introduced in the 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView handset earl...

Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means that homes and storefronts across the nation have switched out their turkeys and pilgrims for mistletoe and Christmas trees. By some unwritten law, it also ...

Five months after her sexy pre-race warmup dance went viral online, Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke still struggles to comprehend her Internet fame. More About: Sports...

Five months after her sexy pre-race warmup dance went viral online, Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke still struggles to comprehend her Internet fame. More About: Sports...

David Kappos, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, will leave that office at the end of January, a spokesperson confirmed to Mashable.Kappos has been the USPTO director for more than thre...

1. "This Kindle Fire sale is purrrfect." Image courtesy of Flickr, deerwoodukClick here to view this gallery.Even kittens and turtles know that braving the mall during t...

One year and 352 million miles later, the Curiosity rover celebrated its birthday today with a TIME Person of the Year nomination.Safely tucked inside a Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, Curiosity l...

Ever wondered what would happen to your Samsung Galaxy S III if someone sat on it? Well, don't worry about it -- Samsung already thought of that and subjected the device to this and many more similarl...

Forget the red this Christmas season -- it's all about the green this year. CeeLo Green and the lovable (and more green) Kermit the Frog are taking over the holidays, along with the rest of the Muppet...

Zillow has acquired HotPads, a real estate listings site that focuses on rentals, for $16 million, the two companies announced Monday.More About: real estate, zillow...

On Black Friday, the plan was simple for a couple of pranksters -- go to Target dressed as employees and have a little fun with shoppers. The faux workers, sporting Target-red t-shirts, pointed custom...

Are you at work right now? If so, are you one of the sale-seeking consumers making this a great Cyber Monday for retailers?Cyber Monday came to be because so many people started to realize they could ...

To convert a physical book into a digital copy, you need to scan the pages. The BFS-Auto robot aims to make that time-consuming process easier without damaging the books. It can achieve high-speed and...

If you're tackling the lengthy A Song of Ice and Fire book series, which launched the popular HBO TV show Game of Thrones, you know it's hard to keep track of hundreds of characters, places and timeli...

Admit it: You've wandered into a store, looked around and then left empty-handed after you checked your phone and saw you could get a better deal online.If so, you are driving fear in the hearts of ma...

Holiday music is one of the great traditions of the season. From the secular to the sacred, the month following Thanksgiving is punctuated by familiar songs designed to bring people together. It seems...

Who would have thought a Twitter account could gain nearly 8,000 followers in 60 tweets over 3 days -- just by correcting one piece of poor grammar over and over?That's what happened to @yourinamerica...

Who would have thought a Twitter account could gain nearly 8,000 followers in 60 tweets over 3 days -- just by correcting one piece of poor grammar over and over?That's what happened to @yourinamerica...

Early Tuesday morning (Nov. 27), you'll be able to watch two planets that will pass each other in the dawn.The planets in question are Venus and Saturn. One planet will be slowly descending into event...

Facebook isn't a chair or a cake, as the company has suggested in recent ads, but rather a credit card with similar drawbacks and incentives for users.More About: Facebook...

The Florida police investigator responsible for analyzing the computer of Casey Anthony following the death of her 2-year-old daughter apparently missed a Google search for "fool-proof" suffocation me...

Nintendo's Wii U sold 400,000 units during its first week of sales, and Nintendo's president has said the console is "virtually sold out" at retailers.The Wii U, Nintendo's next-generation console tha...

1. Samsung 40-inch 3D Slim LED HDTV Cost: Was $1499.99, Now $747.99Click here to view this gallery.Amazon is so packed with deals today, it was hard to stop at 15. If yo...

Long lines may be normal for Black Friday deals and iPhone launches, but at a 99 cent store? Guerilla comedy troupe Improv Everywhere -- the same organization behind Black Tie Beach Day -- orchestrate...

First there was Black Friday, and shoppers rushed en masse to brick-and-mortar stores for early holiday deals. Then came Cyber Monday, allowing a simple point-and-click from your desk over a cup of co...

Its time to face the inevitability of a tablet in your life. Theyre no longer luxury items. These slab computers play a critical role in travel, leisure, second screen and productivity computing. More...

Apple has acquired a trademark to the term "Lightning" -- the name it uses for the new, smaller connector for its iOS devices -- from Harley-Davidson, according to online filings. The transfer, howeve...

Rutgers University's "The Beat" mashes up geolocated, hashtagged Instagram photos with the Google Street View locations from which they were posed. More About: google street view, instagram, rutgers...

1. Klipsch Image X10 Noise-Isolating Earphone If you're dissatisfied with your stock set, try these high-quality noise canceling earbuds from Klipsch. Currently availabl...

Tumblr is now one of the top 10 most-trafficked websites in the U.S. and has a worldwide audience of nearly 170 million people. Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp posted the news on the company's staff...

As Google continues to build its high-speed Google Fiber network in Kansas City, more startups are moving into the neighborhood.More About: Startups, google fiber...

Who says Cyber Monday is dead? Amazon has slashed the price of its 7-inch Kindle Fire to $129 for one day only.The Kindle Fire (not to be confused with the more powerful Kindle Fire HD) usually sells ...

Few countries have tighter restrictions on women's freedoms than Saudi Arabia: Saudi women are barred from traveling, working or attending school without permission from a father, husband or other mal...

The biggest pee-wee football kid absolutely steamrolls his pint-sized would-be tackler. All parents watch this before signing Junior up for Pop Warner. More About: Sports, Watercooler, nfl...

A forthcoming HBO documentary about pop star Beyonce Knowles will air in February and feature first-person footage she captured on her laptop, the network announced on Monday. The documentary will deb...

Want to download and save every last one of your witty, history-making, memory-storing tweets? So say we all -- or enough of us, apparently, that CEO Dick Costolo is hassling his engineers to make dow...

To show off its brand new LED lighting system, the Empire State Building will put on its first-ever light show on Monday night in New York City in synchronization with music performed by Alicia Keys.A...

1. Kindle Fire The original Kindle Fire tablet is discounted at $30 below list price on Amazon today if you use the code FIREDEAL at checkout. The Kindle Fire is an Andr...

1. Hamster Hand "Me and #pac on the road."- Justin BieberPhoto stats: 64,241 retweetsClick here to view this gallery.A family photo, various types of headphones and a ru...

Cyber Monday isn't even over yet, but it's shaping up to be a happy day for online retailers.IBM reports that online sales through noon Monday EST are up 24.1% compared to the same period in 2011. Mob...

If you've ever dreamed of pinning something on Pinterest IRL, head over to the Westfield UTC mall in La Jolla, Calif. To celebrate its recent $180 million renovation, the mall introduced what is belie...

If you've ever wanted to give someone an iTunes song or movie to a friend on Facebook, now you can do it with Facebook Gifts. Starting today, Facebook users can send their friends iTunes digital gifts...

'Tis the season for excessive family bonding time. When conversation runs dry and the It's a Wonderful Life DVD breaks, resort to pranking your loved ones for a little holiday entertainment.More About...

1. Curiosity Rover Curiosity was the undisputed robot superstar of 2012. Ever since she set down on the red pla...

Shoppers purchased 11 iPads per hour from one Apple store and zero Surface tablets from the Microsoft store across from it.More About: apple, microsoft store...

Shoppers purchased 11 iPads per hour from one Apple store and zero Surface tablets from the Microsoft store across from it.More About: apple, microsoft store...

Scientific R&D stands to lose 31,000 jobs and face reduced funding if politicians fail to halt the fiscal cliff's sequestration of federal funds.More About: Jobs, Science, economy...

Disney's AppMATes lets you turn the screen of your iPad into a 'Cars 2'-themed environment. More About: Gift of the Day, Mobile, apps, holidays 2012...

When the 3D version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey debuts in movie theaters on Dec. 14, the film will likely wow viewers with its special effects.But audiences at select theaters will get even m...

Too soon for Christmas music? Sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of the sleigh. Our old pal Nick McKaig has remastered and re-released his a capella YouTube cover of "You're a Mean One, Mr....

Reports that Google acquired Internet service provider ICOA Inc. for $400 million Monday morning appear to be unfounded: A Google spokesperson tells Mashable that it has not acquired the Internet serv...

A Twitter spat between singer/dancer/domestic abuser Chris Brown and comedy writer Jenny Johnson resulted in Brown deleting his account Sunday night.Johnson, who tweets from @JennyJohnshonHi5, amassed...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the second highest-grossing independent film ever, depended on an organic groundswell of praise in 2002 to become a sleeper box office hit. Lead actress Nia Vardalos believes...

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX, wants to help establish a Mars colony of up to 80,000 people by ferrying explorers to the Red Planet for perhaps $...

In a sign of the changing times, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is starting to turn to Twitter to track securities fraud.More About: Twitter, stocks...

When the world's best companies are looking to fill open positions, they post them on the Mashable Job Board. New jobs are added every day.More About: Jobs, Mashable Job Board, weekly jobs roundup...

Bravo on Monday night will debut Play Live, a social TV experience that allows people to express their opinions through onscreen polls and see via real-time results at the bottom of their televisions ...

Microsoft isn't the only one who thinks touch-screen laptops are a good idea, it appears. Google is reportedly planning a touch-enabled Chromebook for the end of 2012, and may even sell it under its o...

Nearly nine in 10 consumers who shopped online via a tablet during Black Friday used an iPad, a new study suggests.The IBM 2012 Holiday Benchmark report indicates the iPad brought 88% of traffic to th...

Nearly nine in 10 consumers who shopped online via a tablet during Black Friday used an iPad, a new study suggests.The IBM 2012 Holiday Benchmark report indicates the iPad brought 88% of traffic to th...

Facebook stock quickly rose above $25 in early trading Monday, the first time the stock has traded above $25 a share since the end of July.More About: Facebook, stocks...

Technology is a wonderful thing, and those who have access to it often take it for granted. We snap photos and share JPEGs with friends family, not caring how JPEGs work or what it stands for, so long...

Mashable doesnt want to miss out on the Cyber Monday madness, so were offering 50% discounts on two of our most popular products, today only.Mashable Job BoardIf youre an employer, you can post a job ...

Good news for those who believe social media advertising revenues will be crushed by mobile: A researcher is estimating that the category will double by 2016 to become a $9.2 billion business, in the ...

Furby, the must-have toy of 1998, is also the must-have toy of 2012.Hasbro's updated version of the Furby appears to have sold well over the Black Friday weekend. The toy is now out of stock at Walmar...

A 'privacy notice' that's been virally spreading on Facebook, supposedly protecting one's personal details and data from unauthorized copying, is fake.The notice started spreading a few days after Fac...

Microsoft will release the next iteration of its WP7 mobile platform, Windows Phone 7.8, next Wednesday or Nov. 28, WMPoweruser reports citing unnamed sources. The report doesn't offer many more detai...

Five million units of Samsung's Galaxy Note II have been sold worldwide, the company has announced. The milestone comes exactly two months after the device was launched globally, on September 26, 2012...

Justin Bieber is fighting back against critics who condemned his choice of attire when meeting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Clad in overalls and a backwards baseball cap, the pop idol met H...

A hybrid 3D-printer can create cartilage implants that may eventually help injured patients re-grow cartilage, according to a new study.Combining a traditional ink-jet printer and an "electrospinning ...

Seven years ago, Cyber Monday was established as the online counterpart to Black Friday, a day when Internet retailers would band together to lure holiday shoppers to web storefronts through steep dis...

It's happened to all of us. We're working on our computer and sipping coffee on a particularly tough Monday morning. Then the unthinkable happens: The mug somehow slips out of our hand and spills coff...

The Millennial workforce is the future. Some of the biggest companies today were founded by Millennials looking to innovate. Just look at social media giant, Facebook. Your company might not be locate...

On particularly stormy days, even the sturdiest umbrellas often fail to protect against howling winds and heavy rainfall, leaving you soaked and shivering. Shaped differently from your typical triangu...

1. McDonald's Promoted Trend Goes Wrong Back in January, McDonald's tried to promote its brand and engage with customers through two promoted trends: #meetthefarmers and...

The holiday shopping season is upon us and that means lots of hard-to-resist deals in stores and online. But really, you've probably already spent too much this year and should avoid the malls, store...

If ever there were a go-to place for, well, everything, Craigslist might just be it. Founded in 1995 as an email list of events happening in the San Francisco area,Craigslisthas grown to be one of the...

It would be much easier to bang out those text messages with a full-sized keyboard, but lugging a collapsable one around would just add too much weight to your ever-growing collection of tech.Brooksto...

Attention all parents: Disney, the company that wants to absorb all childhood happiness, both past and present, is planning to replace you with robots. Unsatisfied with the secondary love and attentio...

Magnetic Floating Sofa Cloud "Magnetic floating sofa cloud concept. Everyone should have one!"Pinned From: Ricktastic Mulvay, Walk your dog dailySource: DK & WeiClick he...

When Google launched their Nexus line earlier this month to much anticipation, it was met with certain excitement. But now, a growing number of users are experiencing a clicking or buzzing sound emitt...

Take a break from all the offline and online shopping you've been doing, grab some of that leftover Thanksgiving pie and settle into this week's Viral Video Recap.This week's roundup includes the cute...

Studies have shown again and again that mobile-phone networks help economies grow. And its not just because people need to be employed to build the networks and sell the phones. By increasing the flow...

Puzzles, mazes and spatial relations. Might sound bland, it's the theme of this week's top apps -- perfect for your kids to learn while having a blast. More About: Top Kids Apps, contributors, feature...

1. Beats Solo HD $179.99, down from $199.99Click here to view this gallery.The craziness of Black Friday has passed and it's time for Cyber Monday to begin with several ...

Apparently, there's no need to wait until Cyber Monday to snag great holiday shopping deals online. For the first time ever, Black Friday online sales topped $1 billion, proving that lining up outside...

Facebook urged its employees in August to switch from iOS devices to Android so that flaws in the company's mobile app could be addressed more rapidly. Now, photos have emerged of posters hung around ...

Antonio Lanzillo & Partners have created a kitchen concept that let's you control your appliances -- colored in Pantone hues -- with your smartphone.The innovative facades of the color appliances...

If you're staying home this Black Friday weekend, opting instead for online shopping, you're likely avoiding the mobs of shoppers and keeping yourself safe from flying elbows and possibly getting tra...

Parodies, remakes and covers of "Gangnam Style" continue to flood the social web as the holiday season rolls forward. Here's another great one to add to the canon -- an incredible "Gangnam Style" Chri...

Everyone has a knack for something. Reddit user CasinoRoy's talent is creeping out strangers on Facebook, and perfectly replicating their profile photos. The prankster searches for Facebook users with...

Imagine an alternate reality that blends Minecraft with the real world. Now, it's possible with a new iOS app that brings your best block creations to life.Entitled "Minecraft Reality," the app uses "...

Leading up to the second lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, both tech giants are adding to their respective lists of patent-infringing products from the other side.On Friday, Apple motioned to add six...

Here for iOS Nokia released Here Maps for iOS this week. The application provides local transit, driving and walking directions. Places you enjoy visiting (or want to vi...

We're quickly approaching the end of November, also known as the busiest shopping season of the year. Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, it's a good time for holiday shopp...

Its not easy being one of the most hated people on the internet, but Noel Biderman makes it look easy. The founder and CEO of AshleyMadison.com is often targeted because of the service his company off...

This year, shoppers avoided early-morning lines, customer stampedes at megastores and Black Friday-related deaths by browsing deals online. U.S. shoppers put aside their trypophan hangovers, and incre...

Korean singing sensation Psy has unseated pop idol Justin Bieber on the YouTube charts."Gangnam Style" officially became the most-viewed video in YouTube history Saturday, beating out previous record-...

1. Bird Feeds Dog Noodles This takes the "dogs eating pasta" concept a step further.Click here to view this gal...

Entrepreneurs and small business owners are used to wearing a lot of hats in their business -- everything from handling sales and accounting to replacing ink in the printer. However, trying to take ca...

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black is back with a new video for her moody single "In Your Words."The 15-year-old's new song is notably mellower; it omits high-pitched, auto-tuned vocals. Instead of cruis...

1. "Last Christmas" - Wham! What would a cheesy Christmas music video roundup be without George Michael -- and ...

Want better sound from your iPad? So do a lot of people. ORA, currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, adds eight high-powered speakers in a sleek case design to increase your iPad's sound up to five...

While Instagram users shared Thanksgiving-themed pictures at a rate of more than 200 photos per second, Twitter users also rung in Turkey Day with mentions of Thanksgiving food. The tweet-mapping comp...

While Instagram users shared Thanksgiving-themed pictures at a rate of more than 200 photos per second, Twitter users also rung in Turkey Day with mentions of Thanksgiving food. The tweet-mapping comp...

Google Maps is already the easiest way to map and plan out your trip to Grandma's. Many iPhone users learned that when the app disappeared from iOS 6 and they had to find new ways of getting from poin...

Black Friday shoppers scored some bargains this year with stores opening even earlier on Thanksgiving to allow for more shopping time. However, as shoppers descended onto stores, so did the chaos and ...

1. Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipe: Turkey Pot Pies This pot pie recipe uses not just the leftover turkey, but al...

1. Angry Birds King Pig Castle (Amazon Exclusive) Play Angry Birds in real life with this board game.$29.99, down from $49.99Click here to view this gallery.Beging at mi...

Can't contain your excitement and anticipation of The Hobbit premier in December? Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson of The Piano Guys have released their own YouTube cover of The Hobbit film score.S...

Can't contain your excitement and anticipation of The Hobbit premier in December? Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson of The Piano Guys have released their own YouTube cover of The Lord of The Rings t...

Amid pie-baking and setting the table, Instagram users paused to snap and share images to the mobile photo-sharing service, breaking usage records.In a blog post Friday morning, Instagram said that mo...

1. Blanket America Slogan: "Buy 1 Give 1"Blanket America sells quality blankets, comforters, sheet sets and other types of bedding, and in turn, the company makes a dona...

Now that the day of being thankful has passed, Black Friday is upon us and with it come monstrous savings and mayhem.SEE ALSOL: 10 Black Friday Disasters That Will Convince You to Stay HomeAt this Vic...

According to a news story in The Borneo Post last week, an unknown animal recently attacked two men working on a farm."An Indonesian plantation worker and a 75-year-old farmer got the shock of their l...

An ad that appeared on the official job site of the UK Government is looking for a secret agent that doesn't scoff at "removing" individuals which pose a threat to public safety. "From time to time th...

Contributor Rebecca Levey givers her top 10 lessons you can learn from your child's victual activity. More About: Feature, contributors, digital dilemmas, parenting, virtual world...

It's the little things in life.SEE ALSO: What to Do When Instagram Goes Down [COMIC]Josh Hara's tweet is illustrated by Twaggies. Be sure to check out more great Twaggies comics on Mashable, and let u...

Floating offshore oil drilling platforms, offshore wind farms and buoys are vulnerable to waves, especially those from storm swells. But a team of engineers has found a way to make those ocean-faring ...

1. Abraham Lincoln was a really good wrestler. We pity the fools who messed with this 1830s frontier grappler. "He can outrun, outlift, outwrestle and throw down any man...

Every year Apple has a special one-day shopping event on Black Friday, offering moderately lower prices for many of its gadgets, and this year is no exception. Apple's Black Friday sale is now live in...

If the next Michael Phelps is on your holiday shopping list, we've got the present for him or her. The Finis SwiMP3 player brings music underwater so all those human-fish hybrids can finally jam out ...

1. OMFG Dogs Sometimes, it's not the invention that wins but the innovation. An Australian developer remixed an old Swedish pop song with a GIF made by popular animator ...

With the biggest shopping weekend of the year upon us, consumers are faced with two options: Black Friday or Cyber Monday.While participation in either event isn't mutually exclusive, one infographic ...

With the biggest shopping weekend of the year upon us, consumers are faced with two options: Black Friday or Cyber Monday.While participation in either event isn't mutually exclusive, one infographic ...

Ringers with a taste for pork pies and coney stew may soon be able to transport themselves to the world of Frodo, Merry, Sam and Pippin with the help of a J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired cookbook.Entitled Med...

1. Sluggish Pug Image courtesy of Flickr, chriswaitsClick here to view this gallery.The tryptophan trance gobbles up unsuspecting turkey eaters every Thanksgiving. And ...

Amy Kirby Streger Crowd smurfin'.Click here to view this gallery.This Thanksgiving, we're thankful for your photo submissions of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.Many ...

The days of dialup are long gone. Most modern Internet users expect websites to load lickety-split. For e-commerce companies, having a fast website could be the difference between success and failure....

For those who like their holidays with a hefty serving of Apple, there's a new keyboard for your tablet-happy friends and family.Although the iPad is great for activities on the go, in coffee shops or...

Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, millions of Americans wake up before sunrise, make their way to the local mall and prepare themselves for the insanity that is Black Friday. As the unofficial...

The Blind Spot These physically fit shoppers will topple right over if you abandon their field of vision. Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty ImagesClick here to view this gallery...

As the co-founder of Ning, Gina Bianchini was a pioneer in social networking. As the current founder and CEO of MightyBell, she is continuing to help people use social software in a way that connects...

Laura Fitton knows a thing or two about the transformative power of social media. The author, lecturer, business consultant and entrepreneur was one of the first people to recognize the potential of ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Whether you've been planning this extravagant meal for weeks or just getting started, the big day of feasting, friends and family is finally here.SEE ALSO: This Grandmas Thanksgivi...

YouTube has launched a Nintendo Wii U app, enabling users to browse and view YouTube videos using the console. The app lets you view YouTube videos in HD (1080p) resolution and browse through your sub...

ShopSavvy Want to make sure youre getting the best price on a particular item? ShopSavvy lets you scan the barcode on a product youre interested in and instantly compare...

1998 Google's second ever Doodle (following the "Burning Man" Doodle that started it all) celebrated Thanksgiving. Note also that this early logo still boasts the exclam...

Steve Case -- who became a highly-esteemed entrepreneur as the co-founder of America Online -- is proof of the success of innovation. Case has been attending TED for almost two decades and feels very ...

As is customary in the past couple of years, Google has a Thanksgiving Doodle on its U.S. Search page today. This time, however, Google went a little bit further, posting a guide on how to take advant...

Planning a vacation should be as relaxing and eye-opening as the actual journey.The traditional way of planning vacations flipping through travel books and magazines is an exhausting time suck. Late...

If youre stuck working on a holiday, hopefully your tasks are at least somewhat cheery. Still, being in the office when everyone else is celebrating isnt ideal, so we've rounded up a few tips to make ...

1. Waffle Riot We've heard of Bread Riots, Pussy Riots and even Quiet Riots. But this, my friends, is a Waffle ...

Need a time-waster for the Thanksgiving holidays? We've got one for Tetris fans: Dream of Pixels is a game that takes the Tetris concept, turns it upside down and adorns it with some dreamy graphics. ...

Google announced today a month-long initiative to promote Arabic on the Internet. The program is called "Arabic Web Days" and aims to increase the amount of online content in Arabic, a language that i...

1. Mona Lisa Smile! Via thinking:made:violetClick here to view this gallery.Whether you're digesting Thanksgiving dinner in blissful boredom or need an end-of-week dive...

A new app called JustBecause helps you find gifts for friends any time of year -- but the holidays are the perfect time to give it a whirl. More About: Facebook, Gifts, Startups, The Launchpad...

Help usher in the first AIDS free generation by throwing a dance party with (RED) and Mashable for World AIDS Day 2012.More About: Red, meetup, world aids day...

iOS users may have reason to rejoice -- seamless photo syncing to Facebook is on its way. Facebook confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing apps to allow photos taken on an iOS device to be instantl...

NASCAR driver and GoDaddy covergirl Danica Patrick used Facebook to break news of her divorce, and the post has received an astounding number of likes and shares. More About: Sports...

Facebook will load more slowly than usual for North American users after the company begins to roll out HTTPS to users, a move which backtracks from the speed gained with HTTP service.While a more sec...

Mozilla has made a new prototype of its mobile operating system, Firefox OS, available to the public. An early (and still a little buggy) build, the release lets you run the operating system as a Fire...

A Kickstarter project is hoping to launch Phorce, a "smart bag" that stores and charges all your gadgets. More About: Newsy, kickstarter, videos...

At the official launch of its NoHo store, Makerbot introduced its own 3D printing photo booth where users will get a monochrome version of their head.While not as detailed as the one we recently profi...

It's hard to say which Thanksgiving tradition is more iconic: carving a turkey, catching a football game or watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. While we know that images of Thanksgiving dinne...

1. Hello Kitty Image courtesy of Anthony QuintanoClick here to view this gallery.The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are getting pumped up -- literally -- for th...

This couple is enjoying some down (or is it up?) time chillaxing on a portaledge attached to what looks to be a very steep cliff. A Redditor summed this picture up better than we ever could: "Even wit...

The Big Apple has gotten the Lego treatment before, but not like this. Motion designer and 3D artist J.R. Schmidt created this unthinkably detailed map of New York City. In Lego. To scale. J.R. took s...

What happened to Thanksgiving etiquette? The Joy of Tech found a forceful solution for boorish Thanksgiving behavior from none other than Martha Stewart.More About: Martha Stewart, Sunday Comics, The ...

Nate Silver's done it again. The data guru (or "witch" as some believe) has taken a break from correctly predicting the next U.S. president and brought his magic to Thanksgiving. Or so the president j...

Apples iMessage is now a registered trademark. The companys newest trademark officially became registered on Nov. 20. It was first submitted for review in September 2011, according to Patently Apple.L...

Nicole Westbrook went viral with her music video "It's Thanksgiving." Currently, the video has more than 10 million views on YouTube. Westbrook stopped by Mashable HQ in on Wednesday. She took to th...

1. GoSmart Stylus From Friday Nov 23 from 3:00 am to 11:59 pm PST you can buy two GoSmart styli and get the third free. Use the promo code WERSMART at the Amazon checkou...

From the minds that brought you "Boys Will Be Girls" comes a parody just in time for the holidays. "Hipster Thanksgiving" features a group of friends honoring time-honored Thanksgiving traditions like...

Sorry, democracy fans. The world's largest virtual nation, a billion citizens strong, just officially became an oligarchy.You probably weren't even aware of it, but until Wednesday, you had voting rig...

Jack Taylor shattered the NCAA hoops scoring record Tuesday with a surreal 138-point game. Here's all you need to know about the week's most viral story. More About: NBA, Sports, college sports...

Business is inevitably risky. How do large companies manage their financial, operating and even sometimes reputational risk? Shellye Archambeau, CEO of Metricstream and author of Marketing the Works t...

A Massachusetts woman has been placed on unpaid leave from her job after posting a prank photo to her Facebook page that stirred up controversy.The photo shows Lindsey Stone, an employee at LIFE (Livi...

The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday it will hold field hearings examining ways to keep communications systems up and running during natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy.Law...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire around the Gaza Strip, putting an end to eight days of fighting that have left 157 people dead. BBC reporter Jon Donnison tweeted a picture of the ceasefire...

Lacking in original ideas? Don't worry your empty little head because social media provides the perfect cover -- or at least in this parody it does.The Onion pokes fun at the throngs of social media e...

"Here come the balls, big orange balls..." Sound familiar? That's essentially the NBA's take on the classic holiday tune "Carol of the Bells," as seen in the creative ad embedded above. Featuring five...

Are you prepared for Black Friday? A new survey released by BFAds.net, a site that lists Black Friday deals in real-time, shows that 51.7% of shoppers said they research Black Friday sales online befo...

Can't wait for Apple's stodgy old iTunes 10 to be replaced with the sleek, next-generation iTunes 11? Neither can we. It's the new 'Waiting for Godot.'More About: apple, iTunes 11, itunes...

Unboxing the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Click here to view this gallery.Amazon expands its tablet sights with the bigger, more powerful Kindle Fire HD 8.9. Can it compete again...

Apparently, investors have checked in with Foursquare and don't like what they see.Foursquare is looking to raise another $50 million round of funding, but potential investors are hesitant to throw mo...

The Printicular app lets you send Instagram photos from your phone straight to a Walgreens store for pick up in about an hour.More About: Windows 8, instagram, iphone, photo app...

On Tuesday, we learned that the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into Hewlett-Packard's claim that accounting irregularities related to Autonomy, the UK software firm it bought in 2011. N...

Captain's log, stardate 55358.4. Our destination is planet Turkey Heaven. In 2011, William Shatner starred in a public service announcement created by State Farm Insurance to raise awareness of the da...

Americans will belly up to their dining rooms tables for the ultimate feast tomorrow. But in many households, Thanksgiving has a different meaning this year in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. As thousan...

Google stunned the technology industry this year when it revealed its plans to sell Google Glass, eyeglass frames that put a small computer display in a persons field of vision. But some less well-kno...

We're sure you've got one in your life -- that friend, cousin, roommate that just never sits down. Whether they are a runner, dancer, soccer player or a general gym rat, the Nike+ FuelBand is the...

There are plenty of reasons to keep some images on your mobile device private, reasons that have nothing to do with clandestine affairs and flirtatious sexts. Just because you want privacy doesn't mea...

Instagram just launched Instagram badges, a super-easy way to help users promote and share their Instagram profiles across the web.Instagram badges are similar to badges and buttons offered by Twitter...

Instagram just launched Instagram badges, a super-easy way to help users promote and share their Instagram profiles across the web.Instagram badges are similar to badges and buttons offered by Twitter...

1. Chow Thanksgiving Dinner Coach Chow is the best coach you'll ever have. It offers a full list of traditional Thanksgiving recipes and allows you to pick and choose wh...

Perhaps the strongest association most of us have with the holiday season is a sense of tradition. No matter where we come from or what holidays we celebrate, it is the traditions we share with our fr...

1. Samsung Laptop This 15.6" Samsung laptop has a 500GB hard drive and comes with a 6-cell lithium-ion battery. Save $225 off retail when you buy it during Best Buy's Bl...

It only took two months, but Apple appears to have almost caught up to the demand for the iPhone 5.More About: apple, iPhone 5...

After the re-escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last week, hackers across the world have declared virtual war on Israel, attacking and defacing websites and social media profiles. Tuesday ...

Turkey and all the trimmings are a staple for Americans on Thanksgiving, and that doesn't have to change for Americans in space.Astronaut food has come a long way from the early days of human spacefli...

Today's kids are growing up with connected devices in their hands, usually their parent's tablets. That's why each week we bring you the Top Kids Apps, along with other tablet-related news. Market res...

Perhaps Farmer Brown is just trying to butter up Thom Turkey.SEE ALSO: White House Asks Facebook Users to Pick a Turkey to 'Pardon' for ThanksgivingBonus: 10 Ugly Turkeys to Relieve Your Thanksgiving ...

Marlana Hughes' collection of Thanksgiving-themed table centerpieces is worth checking out. Click here to view this gallery.Where do you look for Thanksgiving-themed f...

Parents, get ready to hit up the Apple Store during the holidays if you want to keep your kids happy.Nearly half of kids between the ages of 6-12 are interested in getting an iPad in the next six mont...

Was it because he knew those turkeys would likely end up on a table for Thanksgiving dinner? Or was it fear of the odd-looking bird that brought this man to tears?Neither -- it was a simultaneous resp...

Fans might know Stefon as the astute nightlife correspondent on Saturday Night Live who can point you to New Yorks hottest club, but Bill Hader said theres a fully functioning brain behind his charact...

Urban regions enjoy density. It's what makes for serendipity -- running into someone you know in a crowd of strangers is all the more meaningful. It can also make certain infrastructures more efficien...

In the past year, augmented reality (AR) has moved beyond a sci-fi novelty to a credible marketing tool for brands and retailers. While part of a niche industry, AR applications are being championed ...

Image courtesy of Flickr, Carly & ArtClick here to view this gallery.Thanksgiving is a time for family, loosening the old belt and feeling guilty about all the innocen...

Angry Birds has permeated nearly every aspect of our lives. It's a game, an education tool, plush toy, a comic and a movie -- so why not turn it into art?This is exactly what artist Evan Roth has done...

Data visionary Hans Rosling has given nine TEDTalks over the years, focusing on global trends in health, economics and population growth. His favorite talks, naturally, keep an eye toward these global...

Brandon Boyd, lead singer of the band Incubus, is a big TED fan. He writes, Although I have yet to attend TED, the web database has offered me consistent inspiration for years now. I see it as a beaco...

As the founder of Change.org, Ben Rattray works tirelessly to give voice to the voiceless and build tools and platforms to help ordinary people change the world. Similarly, he is drawn to TEDTalks th...

Entrepreneur and investor David Cohen is used to picking his favorites. As the founder and CEO of startup accelerator TechStars, he has invested in over 150 companies, which have collectively raised ...

You post to Facebook and Twitter accounts, you blog regularly on Tumblr and you upload the occasional YouTube video. On the other hand, you don't own or operate your own website (partly because johnsm...

Apple has launched two new ads for the iPhone 5, showcasing two important new features -- the device's noise cancelling microphone and photo stream sharing. In the first ad, we see how easy it is to s...

The effective use of mobile technology is increasingly becoming a driver of selling success. In competitive industries, sales reps need anytime-access to account information, collateral and other mate...

Thanksgiving is a time for big appetites and hearty portion sizes, but the folks over at Epic Meal Time create a Turkey-Day dinner that will make any holiday feast look like a Happy Meal.SEE ALSO: Now...

Last weekend, more than ten days after superstorm Sandy, and after many days of darkness, most residents of Red Hook finally had power back. But power isn't everything anymore. In the immediate afterm...

Apples updated plans for its cutting-edge Apple Campus 2 design show four levels of offices, sprawling landscape, a cafeteria, corporate auditorium and a fitness cente...

Gobbler or Cobbler: Which turkey do you want pardoned? The White House is asking Facebook users to help decide the fate of two Thanksgiving birds.But fear not -- the duo won't be dinner. Rather, the w...

Between their Black Friday Best Buy expeditions and Cyber Monday mania on Amazon, many holiday shoppers plan to celebrate Small Business Saturday this weekend. Conceived in 2010, the "holiday" puts th...

Some may have rung the death knell for Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe, but a few spunky seniors (in the video above) likely disagree with that assessment.(Most were around before the Internet existe...

We're just one week away from #GivingTuesday, the new national celebration of giving, following the now-ritual post-Thanksgiving routine of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday will be celebr...

The NBA Development League will stream games on YouTube this season for the first time. Is this a hint at bigger things to come? More About: Sports, YouTube...

1. Nikon D5100 Digital SLR Camera In addition to saving $250 on this 16-megapixel DSLR, you can also save the same on select Nikon lenses.Cost: Was $696.95, Now $446.95C...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a so-called "bio-bot," a 3D printed, 7-mm long biological machine. Made with hydrogel and rat heart cells, it can walk on its own. The project ...

This comedic infomercial features big-name sports starts pitching "Tweet Discreet," which magically turns potential Twitter gaffes into innocuous posts. More About: Sports, Watercooler...

Facebook and sex are two things people seem to like a lot. In fact we get a lot of surveys here at Mashable about these two topics. Just this week, a new study by the University of Canterbury found t...

A nonprofit group released a report calling for a worldwide ban on all fully autonomous weapons, citing a potential "lack of human control." More About: Drones, Newsy, report, videos...

Champion racecar driver Brad Keselowski -- who became a social media legend in February -- talks all things Twitter and NASCAR in this Q-and-A. More About: NASCAR, Sports...

What would happen if the protagonists of "Breaking Bad," Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, cooked the Thanksgiving dinner instead of meth?In this hilarious parody, titled "Breaking Bread," you can find ...

Five weeks after the release of the original 3G-enabled iPad in April 2010, Apple and AT&T suffered a massive data breach, exposing the email addresses of hundreds of thousands of early adopters....

You know the scene. The family is gathered, the turkey is carved, the sweet potatoes are mere inches from your fork and have no idea of the fate that is is about to befall them. Then someone pipes up:...

According to cybersecurity guru Eugene Kaspersky, the Internet needs more regulation. And it needs more and better regulation especially on the use of government-sponsored cyberweapons like Stuxnet an...

For all the incredible things our phones and tablets do, everybody wants to spend at least a little time kicking back on the couch in front of a big screen. Some of us want to spend a lot of time doin...

The Curiosity rover has reportedly made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars. The problem is that we will have to wait a few weeks to find out what it is. Curiosity made the finding onboard its mobile c...

Norwegian group Radi-Aid thinks there's enough sob stories out their about the dire situation in Africa. That's why it launched a YouTube campaign on behalf of freezing children in Norway, one of the ...

The National Museum of Computing is welcoming a new, two-ton computer to its collection -- the world's oldest. Named "The Witch" for Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell, the...

Helen Philpot's a grandma with attitude. She posted this hilarious set of Thanksgiving rules on her blog -- salads, as you'll see, are not preferred. More About: Watercooler, thanksgiving, trending...

A scrappy family of mammals with unusual, mismatched features moved underground and, like living in a perpetual bomb shelter, managed to survive the mass extinction event 65 million years ago that wip...

Hewlett-Packard and Yahoo's paths seem to be cosmically intersecting. Very soon, Yahoo's market valuation may eclipse HP's as the two follow what in the short term looks like opposite trajectories. HP...

Microsoft's experimental Halo live-action miniseries received 26 million total views on YouTube since it launched in October, paving a future for long-form video content on the platform.Halo: Forward ...

Microsoft's experimental Halo live-action miniseries received 26 million total views on YouTube since it launched in October, paving a future for long-form video content on the platform.Halo: Forward ...

Nokia Here, the company's upgraded and re-branded location services, launched on iOS today. The launch follows the company's big unveiling of the service last week, which takes advantage of Nokias 3D...

Atlantis is currently wrapped in a protective plastic while construction crews finish building its exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando. More About: Newsy, atlantis space shuttle, videos...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made an important discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to find out what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports sugges...

When comedian and Seinfeld creator Larry David reminisces about Thanksgiving Day in Brooklyn, the animated results are pretttttty, prettttty, pretty funny.In a short animated special, David describes ...

Twitter is offering as much as $1 million in free ad credits in total to 10,000 businesses to support Small Business Saturday this weekend.More About: Twitter, black friday, small businesses...

Earlier this month the BBC alleged on a news program that a former Tory politician was a child molester. The report, which didnt actually name the man, was untrue. But a frenzy of speculation began on...

Apple is having its annual one-day sale this Friday, offering customers a rare opportunity to buy Apple products at a discount.Black Friday is traditionally the only day of the year that Apple offers ...

Hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree is typically an activity you do with your family -- but how about decorating a tree with people from around the globe? Now you can do that, on the interwebs, w...

So long, spuds. Catch ya later, yams. Go forth and multiply, green beans. The most popular side dish at Thanksgiving, as rated by the number of mentions on Twitter and Facebook in recent months, is a ...

I'm now seven days -- a full week! -- into using the Nokia Lumia 920 and Windows Phone 8 instead of the iPhone 5 in our Living With Lumia challenge.For this dispatch, I wanted to focus on some of my f...

littleBits has a full collection of snap-able electronics that let you create your own gadgets at home. Today, they released a special holiday kit. More About: holidays 2012, how-to guide, parenting...

As the looming fiscal cliff dominates the post-election news cycle, its hard to know what tax and financial moves make sense this time of year. Pundits are talking in circles, and experts dont posses...

Wouldn't it be great if we all took a day this season to give back? At Mashable, we believe that the digital community has the expertise, heart and innovative spirit needed to make the world a better ...

Sesame Street's Kevin Clash, the longtime puppeteer and voice actor of Elmo, resigned Tuesday amid sex allegations involving minors.Within the past week, two males have said they have had sexual relat...

An urban landscape can bring contradictions front and center. It can be both impressive and disappointing, inspiring and disheartening, both beautiful and ugly. F. Scott Fitzgerald, when describing Ne...

SeamlessWeb users were unable to log onto the website or mobile app for more than an hour midday Tuesday as the service experienced technical difficulties. This left many hungry office workers scrambl...

Most businesses focus on their Facebook page. More specifically, they want to know how to get more Likes/fans or engagement.These are all common questions from businesses looking to grow with Facebook...

How does an Apple fangirl survive the weekend after switching from an iPhone 5 to Nokia's Lumia 920 running Windows Phone? It turns out, surprisingly well.I had a few issues getting my videos up over ...

Guy Fieri was in the spotlight last week after a scathing New York Times review of his Times Square restaurant. So, we were surprised that Bobby Moynihan didn't revive his spot-on impression of the fr...

Since its public launch in mid-2011, Storify's multimedia timelines -- which let users tell stories using a combination of photos, tweets and other forms of content gathered across the web -- have app...

On Tuesday, Reuters reported an "imminent" ceasefire between Gaza and Israel, brokered by the Egyptian government to go into effect by midnight (GMT). Though Hamas officials are validating the claims ...

Five years ago, Amazon pushed reading into the digital age with the release of the Kindle. It certainly wasn't the first e-reader to hit the market, but thanks to the online retailer's huge online boo...

Privacy may be a big concern for online users, but it takes a backseat when it comes to shopping online.Nearly two-thirds of online shoppers say they would trade increased privacy for more personalize...

The Mashable Media Summit is a rare and unique opportunity to be in the company of leaders from all areas of the industry. On Nov. 30 at the TimesCenter in New York City, you'll hear from new media co...

Did you hear about the new restaurant on the moon? Great food, but no atmosphere.While that wisecrack has been floating about in space circles for decades, a NASA lunar orbiter will gather detailed in...

In case you haven't heard, the Twinkie is in trouble. Last week, Hostess announced it would close its doors 10 months after the company filed bankruptcy, but there is still a small strand of hope for ...

Nokia Here vs. Apple Maps Nokia Here (left) is the Finnish company's official maps app for iOS. While it has many useful features, you can see from this side-by-side com...

Facebooks Im Voting app was credited in a study with convincing 340,000 Americans to vote in 2010, and the social network brought it back for 2012s national elections. Although we dont yet know what e...

Activity Feed (iOS) The whole Highlight interface has gotten a bit of an overhaul with Tuesdays update, now offering a little more information about the people you encou...

The edge of technology is when it enables you to do something that you couldn't do before. It's one thing to put your imagination down onto a piece of paper, or into a computer program, but what if yo...

Color Labs is officially shutting down its video-sharing app at the end of this year, the company announced on its website Tuesday.More About: color...

Twitter has restored popular New York Times parody account @NYTOnIt after it was taken offline for about 12 hours beginning Tuesday night. The account was suspended after The Times filed a trademark c...

Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.Typing on the iPad presented a problem from the very beginning. When Apple...

If you're participating in Movember, maybe you can relate to David Merlin's problem. It's not that he's isn't approachable. He's got a decent job and he even started taking improv classes. But for som...

As we gear up for the holiday shopping season, it's important to remain mindful of online identity theft and cybersecurity.Whether you're part of the 41% to 45% of consumers concerned about online pri...

It's common for parents to be concerned about what their children do online -- what content they look at, who they're talking to and how the data they put on the web might be viewed as they enter coll...

Citing "serious accounting improprieties," Hewlett-Packard is taking an $8.8 billion charge on its 2011 acquisition of software firm Autonomy, the company announced on Tuesday.HP is extremely disappoi...

Mashable is hiring! Were recruiting candidates for full-time positions and internships based in our New York and San Francisco offices, as well as in London.Are you a part of the Connected Generation?...

Last week, Facebook introduced a "Share" button on its mobile site and apps.At long last, smartphone and tablet users can post links from their News Feed directly to their own pages with the touch of ...

Alexis Ohanian changed the shape of the Internet as a co-founder of Reddit. Naturally, this TED speaker is fascinated by talks about the global idea flow. Ohanian writes, Throughout history, there hav...

Philippe Starck, who gave the TEDTalk "On design and destiny," is not your ordinary designer. His work ranges from the luxe interiors of boutique hotels to reinventing ordinary objects like the toothb...

Jesse Draper likes to find out what makes successful people tick. As the host and creator of The Valley Girl Show (which you can watch right hereMore About: jesse draper, topted...

Daryl Hannah, actress and strong-willed activist, has gathered together the TEDTalks she's found most motivating over the years. Spanning the globe -- from the Black Hills Mountains of the United Stat...

The next time you shop, take a close look at the mannequins in the store. They may be taking a close look at you, too.So far, Benetton is one of the few places you'll see $5,000 bionic mannequins from...

Fugitives generally try to keep a low profile while running from the police, but murder suspect and tech entrepreneur John McAfee has done the opposite: He started a blog. McAfee, founder of the epony...

HTC is happy with its recent patent dispute settlement with Apple, and the media estimates the company is paying Apple $6 - $8 for every Android phone it sells are wrong, claims HTC CEO Peter Chou."I ...

A nanogenerator made from inexpensive materials harvests mechanical energy and produces enough power to charge personal electronics.More About: Science, charger, wireless charging...

Students may no longer enjoy the luxury of slacking off in privacy because of new electronic textbooks that report their study habits.Teachers can track the time spent reading e-textbooks and see the ...

While most of us consult Google Maps to get directions to the mall, one man used the app to trek 5,000 miles across Asia.Equipped with an Android phone running Maps, U.S. Marine Sgt. Winston Fiore set...

If you purchased a Windows Phone last year, then you might continue seeing updates to the handsets for a little bit longer.A leaked Nokia slide references Windows Phone 7.x, which is set to arrive af...

Gmail is now available in 57 languages, and one of them is Cherokee, the only Southern Iroquoian language that's still spoken.While very few people speak Cherokee today, the update helps preserve the ...

While a quick getaway to sunny Mexico may cure your winter blues, one company has devised a cheaper and longer-term alternative to escape shorter, darker days. Seqinetic "sun" glasses, which includes ...

Starting with Thanksgiving, the holiday season is set to arrive, often with big helpings of stress especially if you're still scrambling to get ready for Thursday. But there's no reason to face those...

GamePad The Wii U GamePad has 6.2-inch touch screen.Click here to view this gallery.Nintendo's newest console has only been available for one day, but that's still enoug...

Legendary hard rock band AC/DC has added a new way to deal the crunchy grooves you need: iTunes. More About: Entertainment, Music, iTunes Store...

The latest StoryCorps animated video tells the story of an Italian man, named Rocco, who loses his apartment after working in it for 18 years. More About: Video, Watercooler, storycorps, trending...

Three charts tell the story of Intel boss Paul Otellini, who will step down in May after eight years at the helm of the chip giant.More About: CEOs, charts, intel...

CBS Sports analyst Seth Davis is on the defensive after calling the UFC a "homoerotic" sport he doesn't want his son to watch on Twitter. More About: Sports, ufc...

Over the summer, Brian DeFrees drove from Chicago to L.A. on Route 66 and made a three-minute video-lapse of the entire journey. More About: Watercooler, time-lapse...

We recently wrote about how NBA fans are being introduced to budding star Damian Lillard through his YouTube documentary series, as well as how a similar Adidas project called "The Return of D.Rose" i...

The White House's online petition site We the People has been inundated since president Obama's reelection with more petitions than at any time since its 2011 launch.About 37% of those 187 new petitio...

The latest installment of the THNKR's Prodigies YouTube series highlights Sierra Leone teen Kelvin Doe, who is visiting the U.S. as a guest of MIT. The 15-year-old is a self-taught engineer, who has n...

Following the death of Bal Thackeray, leader and founder of the Shiv Sena political party, 21-year-old Shaheen Dhadha was arrested for a Facebook comment that didn't please many Indian citizens. Peopl...

If you're a weekend cyclist or maybe someone who bikes to work for exercise, there's a new gadget that's a real game-changer for bikers who are also iPhone owners. Company Wahoo Fitness develops iPh...

The reign of the big cats is almost at an end at Apple, and we don't know what will replace them. With the rumor mill now pointing to the name "Lynx" for Mac OS X 10.9, the company is almost running o...

In our Cybercrime Series, presented by Norton, Mashable explores some of the web's greatest security breaches. From celebrity hacks to mobile hacks to Facebook hacks -- these anecdotes will remind why...

972 Magazine (@972mag) Bio: Independent news and commentary from Israel and PalestineClick here to view this gallery.Twitter has been abuzz with news from Gaza and Israe...

Thanksgiving is only a few days away, which means your preparations are probably already well underway. Whether this means hours of grocery shopping or house cleaning, Thanksgiving isn't always the m...

A cute Labrador has a playful close encounter with a killer whale on Matheson Bay in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.More About: animals, cute animals, dogs...

Oprah Winfrey recently gave Microsoft's Surface her seal of approval when the gadget made her annual "Favorite Things" list. Oprah has been using Twitter and hashtag #FavoriteThings to endorse the Sur...

Opera lives on in Belarus. Not musical drama, but the fifth most popular web browser. Why is the former Soviet republic a ruby of web browsing rarity?More About: developing world, europe, opera, web b...

It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the social TV rankings that The X Factor has once again topped the chart this week. FOX's singing competition spurred more than 4.5 million mentions...

Talk about taking the bait. A sarcastic kiss by a handball player sends his foe into a frenzied freak-out that includes...well, you gotta see for yourself. More About: Sports, Watercooler...

Apple's stock may have finally hit its bottom, as the stock rebounded by more than 7% in trading Monday. More About: apple, stocks...

Once you've had your fill of reruns, Hulu has something new for you. The Internet streaming entertainment company has added a video game hub to its service that includes HD trailers, release dates and...

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Samsung pulled an ad that compared a laptop to a puppy because "it was clearly upsetting people," a rep from Samsung's ad agency says.The company introduced the ad called "Don't Give Up on Puppy Love!...

Artist Anthony Herrera has a sweet set of Star War paper snowflakes available for download on his website. More About: Holiday, How-To, Star Wars, gallery...

Over the last five years, much has been written about Adobe Flash and its role in web development and its viability on the desktop, on mobile and beyond. Just as interesting as Flash's future is looki...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has inspired its fair share of doomsday scenarios and rumors of pending Apocalypse, mostly centering on the exceedingly far-fetched possibility of creating mini...

Daily deals purveyor Gilt Groupe is giving shoppers a reason to stay in bed and rest off those tryptophan-induced hangovers. On Thanksgiving Day, the luxury-brands-for-less retailer is offering mobile...

Daily deals purveyor Gilt Groupe is giving shoppers a reason to stay in bed and rest off those tryptophan-induced hangovers. On Thanksgiving Day, the luxury-brands-for-less retailer is offering mobile...

Since 2007, video game developer Double Fine (Psychonauts, Brtal Legend) has dedicated two weeks a year to an "Amnesia Fortnight." The company breaks from its current project into small teams to devel...

Google Glasses? Passe. Voice-controlled intelligent agents? So over. Controlling the tempo of "Call Me Maybe" with your heartbeat? Please. The future of wearable computing is all about using your nogg...

Kobe Bryant, long the sports world's biggest social media holdout, turns to fans for help with a nearly existential dilemma: Instagram or Twitter? More About: NBA, Sports, kobe bryant...

Millions of 140-character quips pop up on Twitter each day, and whether users are talking about politics, food, the weather or their location, they always seem to have something to say.While some user...

What started as a pool of 1,400 has now been whittled down to one. Thanks to The Friskies, the world finally has an answer to the burning question: What's the greatest cat video of 2012?The Friskies, ...

It's the classic source of angst for a marketer: If only people could actually see how good this product is, then they'd understand.For Microsoft, it must be especially frustrating. The company feels ...

She counts calories on her iPhone. She tracks her runs on RunKeeper (or Nike+). She has even inversely correlated her weight against the number of hours she sleeps each night.If that sounds like ...

She counts calories on her iPhone. She tracks her runs on RunKeeper (or Nike+). She has even inversely correlated her weight against the number of hours she sleeps each night.If that sounds like ...

There are many user experience design lessons we take from pop culture. Here are five we've learned from Tom Hanks and his classic films.More About: Tom Hanks, UX, UX design, user experience, user exp...

Peanut butter puggy time! Peanut butter puggy time! See what we did there? (Hint: It's the "Peanut Butter Jelly" song with pugs. Carry on.)Sophie the pug laps up a dollop of peanut butter with her mon...

Flirty singles and couples are sexting their way to fiery intimacy in their relationships. How about you?In April, U.K.-based mobile news site Recombu polled 2,000 adults, who revealed many were sexti...

The sun unleashed a monster eruption of super-hot plasma on Nov. 16 in back-to-back solar storms captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft.The giant sun eruption, called a solar prominence, occurred at ...

With only one version of Mac OS X left to go, and a dwindling number of big cats to name it after, Apple has apparently decided which breed to honor. OS 10.9 will be called Lynx, according to one unco...

Windows 8 may not be off to a strong start. Sales aren't meeting Microsoft's own expectations, a longtime company observer says. At the same time, a major online PC retailer says sales of the new OS a...

1. Xbox 360 Holiday Bundles Microsoft has already started offering holiday bundle deals for the Xbox 360, including a 250GB console and Kinect with two games.The bundles...

Reports of airstrikes and explosions in a war zone can be conflicting, especially in a war that is being fought in the Social Media trenches as well as on the ground. In the wake of the assassination ...

George Takei's infiltration of your social web experience continues with the former Star Trek actor's foray into Tumblr. In case your Facebook newsfeed didn't have enough reshares from Takei's meme-f...

With less than two weeks 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. T...

With holiday shopping season in full swing, consumers are turning to online shopping to search for the best deals they can find. Stores like Walmart have already released their Black Friday specials a...

For 14 of Conde Nast's December issues of magazines including Wired, The New Yorker, Vogue and Glamour, the covers wont look anything like the standard ones. Instead, theyll look like Windows 8 Start ...

Don't be too surprised if you catch one of your relatives shopping on their smartphone during Thanksgiving dinner.Twenty-eight percent of those who own a smartphone or tablet plan to shop from their m...

Early builds of Apple's upcoming desktop operating system, OS X 10.9, have Siri and Apple Maps integration, 9to5Mac reports citing "reliable" sources. Both features are in early stages of testing, and...

1. Xtralogic Remote Desktop Client for Android Get to your laptop on your Android mobile device over any Internet connection with this app. Once you're linked, use the a...

In an unexpected move, Viggle Inc., a 2-year-old company that describes itself as a "popular television loyalty service," has acquired social TV check-in app GetGlue for a mix of cash and stock, both ...

In an unexpected move, Viggle Inc., a 2-year-old company that describes itself as a "popular television loyalty service," has acquired social TV check-in app GetGlue for a mix of cash and stock, both ...

Google's effort to install a blazingly fast, gigabit-per-second fiber Internet service in the two-state metropolis of Kansas City -- a speed 100 times faster than the national average -- is a radical ...

Is "Gangnam Style" too legit to quit? With more than 766 million views, MC Hammer seems to think so. The rapper joined Korean music sensation Psy on stage at the 2012 American Music Awards on Sunday n...

Intel's chief is riding over the Ivy Bridge into the sunset.Paul Otellini, who has served as company CEO since 2005, will step down after Intel's annual stockholder's meeting in May.Otellini, 62, has ...

Can a new hard drive make you change your mind about trashing your laptop? How about if your laptop looks like a puppy?Well, you have us there, Samsung. This ad makes the offbeat argument that your la...

In a rare direct photo of a world beyond Earth, astronomers have spotted a planet 13 times more massive than Jupiter, the largest planet in our own solar system.The planet orbits a star called Kappa A...

Apple's App Store has now received more than 1 million app submissions since launching in 2008, according to data from Appsfire....

In July, card issuers and banks reached a $7.25 billon settlement with merchants. As a result of the settlement, nearly seven million merchants in the U.S. will receive paid damages and lower processi...

When the world's best companies are looking to fill open positions, they post them on the Mashable Job Board. New jobs are added every day.More About: Jobs, Mashable Job Board, boombox, sonico, the on...

iPhones and iPads can perform wondrous feats with various media, but one thing they can't do is tune into live TV over the air. With the new EyeTV Mobile tuner, however, broadcast TV becomes just anot...

As founder and CEO of personal finance site LearnVest, Alexa von Tobel is teaching people new things everyday. She knows that the best TEDTalks are the ones that can deliver eye-opening information i...

Tim O'Reilly founded O'Reilly Media with the long-term vision of changing the world by spreading the knowledge of tech innovators. Its a mission that very much dovetails with TED. Below, O'Reilly pick...

An acclaimed author in both Turkey and the United States, Elif Shafak champions in her TEDTalk, The politics of fiction, the idea that stories can transcend identity politics. Transcendence appears to...

Damon Lindelof, co-creator of the series Lost, didnt need to go down the rabbit hole that is TED in order to pick his favorite talks. The co-writer of the movie Prometheus, which featured a TEDTalk fr...

Humans take their hands for granted. Were just as quick to make an obscene gesture with them as we are to paint the next Mona Lisa. For those building robots, however, dexterous hands are a never--en...

Where virtual bulletin board Pinterest is great for setting goals and daydreaming, SkinnyScoop wants to take these dreams and turn them into action. More About: SkinnyScoop, pinterest...

Name: Dear KateOne-Line Pitch: Leak-resistant underwear for women.Why Its Taking Off: Provides peace of mind for menstruating and pregnant women.Ladies, we've all been there. In the middle of class or...

Cisco has acquired cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash, the companies have announced. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second quar...

Feel like you missed out on all the viral video fun from last week? What, you were actually working during the week?More About: Video, Viral Video Recap, trending, viral videos...

While it may seem counterintuitive at first sight, Kohler's "Moxie" shower head pumps out sound while water flows through it.Integrated with a wireless speaker, the Moxie pairs with any Bluetooth-enab...

1. Turkey The pice de rsistance of Thanksgiving is the turkey. For a first-timer, the bird can seem intimidatin...

In todays world of serial applicants, recruiters are having trouble finding top talent.Most recruitment processes are costly and ineffective. Hiring managers are bogged down by unqualified applicants ...

Does this sound familiar? You're lying in bed, ostensibly ready for dreamland. But first, you grab your smartphone and set the requisite six alarms (all of them blaring the Star Wars theme). But while...

Imagine a child's building blocks. Now imagine them moving around, lighting up and even interacting with each other, while being controlled by your iPhone. That's the idea behind ATOMS, a Kickstarter ...

And the winner is ... Samsung's Galaxy Note II. The smartphone took center stage -- literally -- at the American Music Awards Sunday night, as presenters used it to announce winners, according to webs...

Call of Duty: Black Ops II delivered the "biggest entertainment launch of the year," after sales of the popular video game hit $500 million worldwide in 24 hours, according to publisher Activision."We...

Give the gift of noise this holiday season. HiddenRadio is a uniquely designed, portable wireless speaker that you can "unwrap" each time you use it. Rather than traditional button volume adjustment, ...

Apple users took to Twitter to vent their frustrations over iMessage and FaceTime service interruptions.iOS devices and Macs with OSX 10.6.6 or higher experienced a nearly five-hour outage, from 11:45...

In this day and age, learning a different language -- especially at a young age -- is essential. This week, take a look at an app that helps your kids learn Spanish; plus, a few others sure to get the...

Black Friday comes once a year and for most of us, once is enough. The sleep-sucking mega shopping day has morphed into a major shopping weekend. With the growing popularity of Cyber Monday, and brick...

The Drobo Mini is a backup system that's scarcely larger than your hand, and with its Thunderbolt ports, it can back up boatloads of data at blazing speed.More About: Drobo Mini, Hard Drives, Thunderb...

We are a visual society. We enjoy looking at beautiful and interesting things. A2012 study by ROI Researchconfirmed this. They found when users engage friends on social media sites, it's the pictures ...

Which do you prefer -- Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Is Black Friday as money-saving as it used to be? Find out what your fellow shoppers think.More About: black friday, retail, shopping...

This is what happens when you control the tempo of "Call Me Maybe" with your heartbeat.More About: Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen, Entertainment, viral videos...

Triforce Johnson spent almost a month outside the Nintendo World store to be first in line for the Wii U launch.More About: Gaming, Nintendo, Video, Wii U...

With Apple's stock going up and down like a roller coaster, investors are skittish. Is the company bipolar? Isn't there medicine for this?More About: Sunday Comics, apple, investors, trending...

One thing that distinguishes all NFL fans: they think they know more about the league than every other NFL fan in the country -- or at least that's what they think. Basically, every fan is an expert i...

MedBox, maker of vending machines for hospitals, pharmacies and "alternative medicine clinics," has seen its stock rise by 3,000% since the 2012 election. ...

A new study reveals that people prefer sex to Facebook, contrary to what other recent studies seemed to indicate.More About: Internet addiction, popular science, sex, trending...

For Nintendo fans, the big day has arrived. Nintendo's newest console, the Wii U, began selling at midnight on Sunday morning across the United States.More About: Gaming, Nintendo, Wii U, trending...

This cartoon aired on Saturday's SNL features a quartet of "cool drones" who kill terrorists while moonlighting as a world-famous boy band.More About: Drones, Entertainment, cartoons, saturday night l...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie showed up on Saturday Night Live, riding the wave of popularity after his widely praised response to Hurricane Sandy.More About: Entertainment, Sandy, political humo...

1. AudioNote Taking notes at a meeting, meet-up or conference? AudioNote lets you link audio recordings to the notes you keep along the way. Later, select a place in you...

The holidays are just around the corner, and for many, the next month-and-a-half will be the busiest and most stressful time of the year. Here at Mashable, we're not looking to add to your stress; ra...

A Kickstarter project is hoping to sync video editing software, like Final Cut Pro, to your iPad, iPod or iPhone -- replacing keyboards with touch screens.More About: Final Cut Pro, Newsy, adobe premi...

Photography experienced something of a renaissance when smartphones came along. Far from being dead, apps such as Instagram rejuvenated the artform.More About: photography...

Looking for last-minute Thanksgiving baking ideas? Try these cupcakes -- they're decorated like traditional dishes, like yams, potatoes and pumpkin pie. More About: How-To, recipes, thanksgiving...

With a growing selection of gadgets on the market, there's a noticeable trend towards universal accessories. IDAPT, which works with iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and other platforms, is no excep...

Ready for a mind-blowing trip? Google's got you covered with its "100,000 Stars" Chrome experiment, visualizing our stellar neighborhood in a way you've never seen.More About: 100000 stars, Google, in...

1. Apple iPad 2 16GB $399Click here to view this gallery.This year Walmart is starting Black Friday on Thursday, so you can get an early start on your holiday tech savi...

1. Apple iPad 2 16GB $399Click here to view this gallery.This year Walmart is starting Black Friday on Thursday, so you can get an early start on your holiday tech savi...

The New York Mayor's office released a -- somewhat frightening -- video highlighting the amount of carbon dioxide the city emits each year. More About: carbon emissions, climate change, new york city,...

Ingress Googles Niantic Labs released a new game this week called Ingress that turns your neighborhood into the game board. The free app encourages you to get outside to...

Are you one of the millions of Americans with diabetes? November is National Diabetes Month, a condition that is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Of the 25.8 million Americans ...

It was another exciting week in technology and gadgetry. Check out our gallery and read the full stories right here on Top 10 Tech.More About: Top 10 Tech, Top 10 Tech This Week, trending...

Humans are not the only ones who should be worried about their jobs being taken away by robots. Turns out, job-stealing 'bots are soon going to make dolphins the oceans' new unemployed.The U.S. Navy h...

Toys 'R' Us started contacting customers Friday, warning them that their Wii U shipments have been delayed.More About: Gaming, Toys R Us, Wii U...

1. When (Teen Heartthrob) Worlds Collide "Went to watch my boy @justinbieber tonight! Smashed it! Great job dude! See ya soon."- ...

Thanksgiving may only occur once a year, but that doesn't mean you have to break the bank to host the festivities. These apps and resources can help.More About: apps, deals, features, holidays 2012, t...

There's no shortage of stands for laptops, but we've never seen one as useful or beautiful as the HiRise for MacBook from Twelve South. The HiRise secures that gleaming laptop on the pedestal it deser...

Australia's Melbourne Metro released this disturbingly upbeat video about "dumb ways to die" -- part of its campaign to prevent train-related deaths. More About: Dumb Ways to Die, PSA, Watercooler, tr...

If you want to start your own online business, there are lots of ways to go without bothering with eBay. So why work with the online auctions giant? More About: ebay, entrepreneur, features, mashable,...

McKayla Maroney, the Olympian who spawned the legendary "not impressed" meme face, posed for a photo with President Obama during the team's visit to the White House. Obama was not Impressed.More About...

Introducing the New Mashable Mashable's redesign is something we're extremely proud of and very excited about. We've taken your feedback and used your suggestions to cre...

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, food banks are struggling to figure out how to keep up with the need for donations this time of year. In some areas of New York and New Jersey thousands of peo...

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, food banks are struggling to figure out how to keep up with the need for donations this time of year. In some areas of New York and New Jersey thousands of peo...

Zac Moffatt, digital director for Mitt Romneys failed presidential bid, is emerging as a leading scapegoat for the Republican loss.Conservative media voices such as Erick Erickson at Red State and Mik...

Video discovery app Vodio has rolled out a new iOS design which turns any Facebook Page or Twitter profile into a video channel.More About: Mobile, Tablet, Vodio, apps, iOS...

Traverie, a new site launched this week, wants to turn your friends' Facebook photos into your next vacation. The virtual travel magazine compiles photos from friends' albums to suggest places to visi...

England's Royal Family is getting a More About: Newsy, royal family, tablets, videos...

A beautiful new video from NASA shows how the Earth's atmosphere moves and changes as tiny particles swirl around the planet.More About: NASA, atmosphere, satellite imagery, space...

Twinkies? We're talking about Twinkies? Chris Christie wants no part of the social web's Hostess hysteria. More About: Chris Christie, Viral Vidoes, Watercooler...

Name: KaptureOne-Line Pitch: Kapture is an iPhone app that connects users with brands and businesses in New York City through photos.Why It's Taking Off: Users earn rewards instantly for taking photos...

The location-based app shows users a list of businesses nearby in entertainment, fashion, food, home, shopping and travel. More About: The Launchpad, kapture...

The world's most advanced Scrabble board comes complete with LEDs, RFID chips and software that transmits the game to the Internet in real time. It's also the world's most expensive.Worth $30,000, the...

Assassin's Creed III A version of the latest chapter in the Assassin's Creed saga, a week after it was released on other console.Click here to view this gallery.Nintendo...

It looks like a mini flying saucer and is about the size of a quarter, but new fitness-tracking gadget Shine is different from the competition in more ways that just its appearance. The Shine by Misf...

Students in India can now buy a fully-functional 7-inch tablet, the Aakash 2, for about $20 after a government subsidy, or about $45 retail. These are prices that could bring computing to hundreds of ...

Oh no, they're not dead yet. Yes, those catchy (read: will never get unstuck from your head) pop tunes of 2012 are back, but this time they've joined forces. Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, One Di...

1. Bacon Skyrim Mask Image courtesy of Reddit, LiktwoClick here to view this gallery.After the bacon shortage announcement in September, the Internet went crazy -- like ...

What happens when third-party Twitter developers hit the API limit for user tokens? The results aren't pretty.When Twitter announced its big API changes back in August, one of the most controversial c...

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings estimates that Amazon is spending up to $1 billion a year on streaming content for Amazon Prime. Hastings (pictured), who spoke with Dow Jones editors, said he was basing tha...

Meet YOLO Tom Crean, the coach who drops gum on the court but picks it back up and keeps chewing because opening a new one? Ain't nobody got time for that. More About: Sports, Watercooler...

Hundreds of millions of people in India lost power this summer, in part because of a delayed monsoon season. Rainfall may seem far removed from power plants, but the fate of water in a region often af...

Myspace is going musical, and they hope Justin Timberlake's vocal cords will put some sexy back in the social network. On Thursday, the pop-star revealed the new and improved site that now focuses on ...

Does Facebook drive sales? That's a question posed by many an online retailer active on the social network -- and one Facebook is looking to answer with a new conversion tracking tool for advertisers....

She posted a series of tweets mocking the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal before her team's NCAA Tournament game against Penn State on Friday. More About: Sports, college sports...

Apple is now the proud owner of the page turn.In a patent approved this week by the United States Patent Office Apple was awarded a design patent for Display screen or portion thereof with animated g...

A new technology called FingerSense adds a tiny acoustic sensor inside a smartphone to listen for and measure the vibrations of the object that touches it.More About: smartphone, touchscreen...

A Skype interview between CNN's Isha Sesay, Israeli citizen and Ashkelon resident Nissim Nahoom, and Mohammed Sulaiman, a Palestinian resident of Gaza, was suddenly interrupted by repeated bomb blasts...

Are we there yet? No, but your GPS-enabled device can tell you exactly when you're due to arrive. Here's how it works.More About: Did You Know, features, gps, mashable, navigation, traffic...

You know the drill. You touch down at the airport and claim your luggage; maybe grab some coffee, run to the restroom or make a quick phone call. But your trip's not over quite yet. You still need to ...

1. Superstorm Sandy Memes Tragedies should not be comically memed. Ever. Laughing at someone else's misfortune? Not cool, Internet. Image courtesy of @dmataconisClick he...

As of yesterday, there were only two ways to learn guitar music from the web: Googling a tablature file and emulating another guitarist on YouTube. While both are easier (and cheaper) than buying a bo...

While surfing the web, you're probably more concerned with the charge left on your laptop's battery. But how much power does it require to keep the Internet itself running?Powering worldwide data cent...

Warning: If you're using someone else's HBO GO password, the world is onto you. This new College Humor video exposes the hidden secret everyone knows -- everyone is mooching HBO GO passwords from frie...

I'm now in my fourth day of using the Lumia 920 and Windows Phone 8 in lieu of the iPhone 5 in our Living With Lumia challenge.So why is this post/video delayed? I'm glad you asked! Yesterday, we had ...

The days of traditional note-taking are over. Laptops, tablets and smartphones have revolutionized the way we record and store everyday data, making the paper note a secondary and often unnecessary to...

Snackcakepocalypse is nigh.With the sad news today that Hostess is closing came even more sad tidings: America's favorite golden-hued snack food -- the plastic-wrapped cylinder that has inspired every...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, meaning turkey, football and one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. To make sure your holiday stays focused on family, friends and food and less on ai...

The Great Gatsby Click here to view this gallery.Litographs offers unique posters featuring the text from entire books. Founded by Danny Fein, the company has launched ...

Now that the year is nearing a close, it's an appropriate time to reflect on the prodigious growth of digital culture in 2012. Social media is more popular than ever. Facebook has more than one billio...

Google is looking to cut out the middleman for its Android mobile devices and begin offering wireless service itself, according to a report.The search giant met with reps from Dish Network to partner ...

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 two weeks, you'll hear from new media companies like Facebook, T...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made an appearance on Parks & Recreation on Thursday night, and his cameo was all that we dreamed it would be and more.More About: TV...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made an appearance on Parks & Recreation on Thursday night, and his cameo was all that we dreamed it would be and more.More About: TV...

1. Shaq Comedy YOCT ranking: 84Shaquille ONeal isnt known for his comedy (just watch him at halftime for NBA ga...

In a press release regarding the Wii U launch Sunday, Nintendo dropped a very important piece of information: the connected TV application known as Nintendo TVii and its associated apps would not be a...

Sony's latest Xperia phones are good enough for James Bond, but not Sony itself, apparently. The company's own sales chief says Sony will soon debut a phone that can go toe-to-toe with the iPhone 5 an...

The Twinkies' spongey, beef fat-reinforced exterior may be able to survive a nuclear holocaust, but it looks like the iconic dessert can't survive a labor strike.Hostess Brands Inc. announced plans t...

We all have mixed feelings about gift cards: Sure, they're convenient and useful, but they're also impersonal -- the kind of thing you might expect from a work acquaintance or a distant relative, but ...

Hey, it worked two years ago. Why not try it again? Back in 2010, Axe's "Wash Your Balls" (see below) racked up a couple million views and got the most buzz of any viral ad that year thanks to a so-du...

1. Twinkies Craving the iconic Twinkies? With various types of flour, sugar and corn syrup -- shown in this vid...

When Clara Ma was in 6th grade, she won a NASA essay contest to name its Mars rover. The essay was not even 250 words, but it was enough to change her life.More About: Curiosity, Mars, Mars rover, NAS...

Photo sharing site 500px announced on Friday plans to roll out Creative Commons licensing on the service. While photos on the site will default to an all rights reserved setting, 500px users will now ...

Reverend Gary LaMoine of the Assumption Church in Barnesville, Minn., denied 17-year-old Lennon Cihak the Eucharist rite of Communion after seeing a picture on Facebook of the teen that went against t...

AT&T, Sprint and Verizon have announced they are now offering the LTE iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad in their retail stores. Unveiled on Oct. 23, the Wi-Fi version of the iPad mini hit ...

As the co-founder and COO of digital agency JESS3, Leslie Bradshaw helps huge companies like Nike and Intel perfect their social media strategies. A rising star in the tech and media world, Bradshaw ...

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister is world-renowned for his ability to translate joy into creativity. And he is no stranger to TED, having given four of his own TEDTalks on topics ranging from the Ha...

Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has fans all around the globe. Just as they would praise his compositions, Sakamoto gives immense credit to each of these 10 TED speakers. He says, "Each talk expresses a vis...

After breaking onto the literary scene with his book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers established the non-profit 826 Valencia to encourage kids to flex their writing muscles. In ...

I have always been fairly strict about monitoring my daughters screen time. Whether shes watching TV, playing video games or just texting with her friends on her iPhone, I try to make sure it all adds...

I have always been fairly strict about monitoring my daughters screen time. Whether shes watching TV, playing video games or just texting with her friends on her iPhone, I try to make sure it all adds...

Google is prepping Google Maps for the iPhone, offering a fix for customers dissatisfied with Apple's poorly received Maps app, according to a report.Citing "a person with direct knowledge of the matt...

Google has launched updated versions of its Blogger mobile apps for Android and iOS, bringing the version number on both platforms to 2.0.The biggest new feature in the iOS app is iPad support, and ot...

1. The "Chesapeake" (1887) The "Chesapeake," a USPS steamboat.Click here to view this gallery.The Internet is a great way to gather news and information instantly. But b...

Sony has sold more than 70 million PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, the company has announced. Sony also claims it has sold more than 15 million PlayStation Move motion controllers to date. The mileston...

Complicated itinerary planning just got a lot easier with the Anchornote app, which gives users to ability to make and organize location-based notes.Organizing trips can be an informational nightmare....

As a part of a greater push into e-commerce, Facebook announced a whole slew of retail partnerships Thursday night at a press event held at the iconic FAO Schwarz toy store in New York City.The social...

It's the 60th anniversary of Mr. Potato Head, and to celebrate, Hasbro has commissioned several "portraits" of 60-year-old icons as their Mr. Potato Head counterparts.The images, created by Nacho Tame...

It's the 60th anniversary of Mr. Potato Head, and to celebrate, Hasbro has commissioned several "portraits" of 60-year-old icons as their Mr. Potato Head counterparts.The images, created by Nacho Tame...

Looking for a way to prevent fumbling around with your smartphone while wearing gloves this winter? How about not touching it at all? BEARTek gloves, currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, are the ...

This accidental full-moon photobomb is probably one of the funniest social media gaffes in NFL history. More About: Sports, nfl...

Oh, the humanity!Those were the timeless words uttered by radio reporter Herbert Morrison when the last hydrogen airship ever to float above American soil -- the Hindenburg -- crashed and burned in a ...

Radiation levels at Martian surface appear to be similar to those experienced by astronauts in low-Earth orbit, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found.More About: Curiosity, Mars, Mars rover, NASA, ast...

Like many other things in the bricks-and-mortar world, window shopping has gone digital. This holiday season, more Americans will prepare wish lists of gifts for themselves and others by searching onl...

Consumers and businesses worldwide will make more than $1 trillion in purchases from mobile devices by 2017, as the technology enabling mobile payments becomes increasingly common, according to a new ...

McKayla Maroney, the Olympian who spawned the legendary "not impressed" meme face, looks pretty happy to meet President Obama. But an earlier Maroney tweet on Thursday indicates there may be be more t...

No one really wants to be on an airliner that loses cabin pressure, but if it happens to you, rest assured your iPad will continue to work.More About: Apple iPad, air travel, ipad...

While we're busy debating Apple versus Android, here's something everyone is onboard for: joy. Although Elluva has not yet launched its first product, the startup is already exploring other ways to sp...

Twitter updated its iOS and Android apps Thursday, adding new functionality particularly in the areas of Search and Discover.Now you can preview article summaries and photos in both Search and Discove...

Lytro garnered a lot of interest around its idea of light-field photography when it revealed the novel technology in 2011. The concept of taking photos, then refocusing them around any object in the p...

Ever wish you could feed your pet from afar? Meet Pintofeed, a device that lets you feed your pet using your smartphone.Once connected to the wireless network in your home, you can activate the feeder...

It might not be mind reading, but it sure is cool.In a YouTube game that asks how "predictable" you are, viewers are asked to place their finger on the screen and move it horizontally or vertically fr...

A new celestial wonder has stolen the title of most distant object ever seen in the universe, astronomers report.The new record holder is the galaxy MACS0647-JD, which is about 13.3 billion light-year...

Starting soon youll be able to share tweets via email, directly from Twitter's website. A feature already present in the mobile app, you'll be able to send a tweet to anyone directly from your Twitter...

Lytro made a name for itself with its shoot-first-focus-later photos, captured by a new kind of photography that captures an entire "light field" of a scene. Now, Lytro is going beyond just refocusing...

Now Nintendo Wii owners have a new way to access YouTube on their gaming consoles. YouTube announced Wednesday it's created a YouTube app that's now available for Nintendo Wii.More About: Wii, YouTube...

I always wondered what it would be like to take a military-grade, throwable robot on a tour of Mashable's office. Now I know. iRobot's 110 FirstLook, a five-pound surveillance robot that you can liter...

How long can you go without checking your email on your smartphone? For many smartphone owners, the ability to access email anywhere, anytime can disrupt their time spent away from the office -- and ...

Walking away from tobacco can be one of the hardest things to do in life -- Like Mark Twain once said, "Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it hundreds of times." In honor of Thursday's Great American...

Things have gotten a little too dirty for Al Gore's liking. The former vice president is currently in the midst of a 24 hour live streamed Internet event, Climate Reality, hoping to clean things up. H...

They say technology has made dating an easier, richer, more multi-faceted experience. While that's true, it's also created a lot of new arguments. Let's face it: relationships didn't really need any m...

While Mashable has already declared Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" dead, this flash mob by the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" is too amazing not to cover.All seems normal on set at first, but when ...

A "large number" of NASA employees may be at risk following the theft of an unencrypted agency laptop and several other documents from an employee vehicle. The theft has prompted the space agency to a...

Soccer players who commit major fouls at a pro soccer match in Mexico on Thursday night won't be flashed with the traditional red card referees use to mark major offenses. Instead, that ref will whip ...

A new study finds that animals in captivity experience boredom just like humans. We found 20 photos to prove it.More About: Watercooler, animals, cats, dogs...

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 ...

Googleannounced a $75 million equity stake in an Iowa wind farm on Thursday, bringing the company's total investment in renewable energy to "more than $990 million."The wind farm is located in Rippey,...

 Bloomberg released a major update to its flagship iPad app this week, transforming what was a basic news and portfolio tracker into a robust visual portal for tracking the indexes, currencies an...

Vermont became the 50th state in which some residents are seeking permission to secede from the union Thursday using the White Houses petition site We the People.The Vermont petition became visible on...

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for a friend or family member who wants to shed some pounds in the new year? The Striiv Play Smart Pedometer is just the tool to help her commit to healthy goals, ...

The intricate web of connections behind an object seemingly as simple as the ubiquitous No. 2 pencil is chronicled in "I, Pencil: The Movie."More About: Watercooler, viral videos...

Some users who tried to download apps from Apple's App Store Thursday found themselves unable to do so.Although users can still browse for apps, clicking on "download" or "update" buttons yields the m...

Some users who tried to download apps from Apple's App Store Thursday found themselves unable to do so.Although users can still browse for apps, clicking on "download" or "update" buttons yields the m...

Matt Mickiewicz co-founded 99designs, which has hosted more than 130,000 design contests and paid out more than $30 million to designers. Furthermore, Mickiewicz co-founded Flippa.com, which has helpe...

It's time to beef up your Windows Phone. You can do more with that slick design and luscious interface than play Angry Birds (although you can do that too). The Windows Phone Marketplace offers social...

Want to find out what switching from the iPhone to Windows Phone 8 is really like? Join our Google+ Hangout at 3:00 p.m. EST today and ask away!When I started the Living With Lumia challenge earl...

In the last couple of years, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have become almost ubiquitous. From military bots that do surveillance and targeted killings in Afghanistan and Yemen, to small, brain...

The annual Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak this week and may get a boost from a moonless weekend sky.The actual peak of the 2012 Leonid meteor shower is on Saturday (Nov. 17) at 3 a.m. EST, but,...

This is really weird. Maybe it can be an Olympic sport someday? Meet the world's fastest man on four limbs and watch him break his own record here. More About: Sports, Watercooler...

Ben & Jerry's is jumping on Instagram-mania with a promotion that challenges fans to take photos that capture "euphoria." The winning photos will be featured in B&J ads in that person's neig...

kitten livestream. Kitten Livestream. KITTEN LIVESTREAM.Scratch away a ho-hum day by tuning into a live video stream of adorable fuzzballs. The stream features the playful -- and sleepy -- antics of ...

Google's smartphone app team Niantic Labs has released a new multi-player gaming platform that turns your real-world location into a virtual world.Called Ingress -- which is available for free downloa...

First there was voguing, now there's smizing. Media maven Tyra Banks has coined what may be the newest modeling craze of the decade. Smizing -- to smile with one's eyes -- is a speciality of the super...

Facebook disputes charges by billionaire Mark Cuban and some others who claim that the social network is deliberately suppressing brands' posts to milk them for ad money. However, a third-party report...

The Internet has been creating celebrity for years -- from Justin Bieber to the "I Like Turtles" kid. But more people than ever flocked to online communities in 2012, and the opportunity for fame incr...

Flipboard is expanding its catalog of media offerings. In addition to news, magazine, audio and video content, the so-called "social magazine" for iOS devices now has a section for books -- specifica...

If you're looking to gauge brands' engagement with digital media, look no further than the automotive industry. Auto manufacturer campaigns can be used as a barometer for reading both online marketing...

We've just announced 14 curators in our Innovation Index -- you can be our 15th!More About: Innovation Index, mashable...

Our new program highlights the top innovations from 15 different verticals.More About: Innovation Index, features, mashable...

1. Condom Cutie Talk about impressionist.Price: $5.99Click here to view this gallery.If you've browsed Etsy for more than a few hours, you'll discover that sellers have ...

Our new program highlights the top innovations from 15 different verticals.More About: Innovation Index, features, mashable...

A new Kickstarter project called Projecteo gives Instagram a retro sharing makeover. It's a miniature projector for your favorite filtered pics.More About: instagram, kickstarter, photography, project...

Thursday marks the tenth anniversary of Xbox Live, Microsoft's online gaming platform for the Xbox and the Xbox 360.For the last decade, Xbox Live has offered both a marketplace and online play space ...

The U.S. military is launching a far-out neighborhood watch. But instead of warding off burglars, these amateur watchdogs are tracking orbital debris and possible satellite collisions in Earth orbit.T...

Aside from the linguistic synergy, there's little apparent reason why TiVo has chosen Tim Tebow to be its new spokesman.In a grainy black-and-white ad, the New York Jets star makes the case that TiVo ...

The cameras used to photograph news events, take family photos and snap pics of your adorable cat have changed over the years -- and from hobbyists to professionals, there's healthy market interest th...

Social discovery apps were widely hailed as the next big thing at SXSW earlier this year, with attendees honing in on a handful of startups like Highlight, Sonar, Glancee and Banjo, all of which used ...

On the days when your peepers can't quite perk up and your feet shuffle instead of step, a full body reboot feels like the ultimate refresh. Unfortunately, our bodies don't operate like a computer in ...

Skype plans to open up its voice and video calls to Facebook- and Google Plus-like "experiences" involving advertisers on Windows 8, the company announced on Thursday.While vague on specifics, the com...

As a band that's pretty much either recording or touring, Calexico's social media feeds play out like a musician's diary. Joey Burns and John Convertino have been making music and playing around the w...

Apple's market cap fell below $500 billion in early trading Thursday, a milestone the company first passed in late February.More About: apple, stocks...

The holiday gift-giving season is around the corner. It's a time to splurge on items for your family and friends, and we want to help.Luckily, you won't overpay for items or buy something without doin...

A California lawyer filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for allegedly misleading customers about the amount of available storage space on the Surface tablet.More About: microsoft, surface tablet...

Professionals Nearby A "Nearby" page lets you know when professionals are near you. People are categorized by locals or visitors, so you can see at a glance if someone i...

The Nature Conservancy has teamed up with several bands and artists for an ongoing YouTube campaign called "All Hands Music." On Thursday, Mashable is bringing you the series' latest video, which feat...

Amazon started shipping on Thursday its big-screen tablet, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9. The 4G LTE version of the same tablet will take another week to debut.The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 -- which, as the name im...

The proliferation of mobile has spawned a revolution in website design. Now people view content on screens of all sizes among a range of devices, a movement that requires adaptive new design. At the ...

Microsoft's Surface tablet might not be the last piece of hardware the company will build -- at least if you believe CEO Steve Ballmer. Speaking at a tech industry event in Santa Clara, Calif. on Wedn...

Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's now deposed head of all things Windows, is not going so quietly into that good night. The ex-Microsoftie took to a blog written by another former Microsoft exec to set the...

Cybersecurity expert Mikko Hypponen has spent his career fighting computer viruses. While most of the talks below seem very in-line with his work, one stands out. Hypponen explains, The talks I chose ...

LinkedIn surveyed 8,000 professionals globally and found that 8.9% work in their childhood dream job, though another 21% work in a related career.More About: Jobs, linkedin...

Even 25 years later, its hard to think of music video more thrilling than Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer. As his classic album So celebrates its silver anniversary, we asked Gabriel what TEDTalks he thin...

Barbra Streisand may be an eight-time Grammy winner and notable actress, but she is also an advocate for women's health who has lent her name to the Barbra Streisand Womens Heart Center. At TEDxWomen ...

Looking for a simple and meaningful gift? Or perhaps one-of-a-kind artwork for your home?A new app [iTunes link], Photos to Art, from Art.com turns Instagram shots from your iPhone into printable wor...

Facebook has introduced a "share" button to its mobile site.The feature, which shows up on newsfeed posts alongside "like" and "comment" buttons, lets users post a link or photo to their own profiles,...

Die-hard Star Trek fans, rejoice: Although the upcoming Star Trek movie, 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' will not be hitting theaters until May 2013, Paramount Pictures will release the first 9 minutes of ...

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.Leno...

The model home at Taylor Morrison's Ladera housing development in Bee Cave, Texas, looks like any other modern house when you approach it from the road. There's a large front door, five windows and a ...

A creative director of a branding agency knows there are three questions brands ask that keep the light on. They include: How do you launch a brand from scratch? And how do you turn a brand around tha...

A little more than a decade ago, as the world panicked over what would happen when 1999 turned into the year 2000, India threw down the gauntlet, proving it could write software and manage big tech pr...

Gmail has unveiled new ways to make searching for messages "faster and easier," the service announced Wednesday.Google's email client now lets users search by size, by exact match, with more flexible ...

It may not be long before flexible smartphones become commonplace on store shelves.Samsung is reportedly moving forward with plans to make displays out of flexible plastic rather than glass, a move th...

Losing your wallet is the ultimate inconvenience -- credit cards, I.D., money are all gone in an instant. The Wallet TrackR and accompanying iPhone app aim to prevent this problem through the power of...

Losing your wallet is the ultimate inconvenience -- credit cards, I.D., money are all gone in an instant. The Wallet TrackR and accompanying iPhone app aim to prevent this problem through the power of...

Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde has developed a way to create clouds indoors by carefully regulating the space's humidity, temperature and light. This intersection of science and art was recently named ...

Adobe is releasing Project Primetime to beta on Thursday. It's the company's effort to streamline the process of bringing broadcast television to IP and connected devices.The online TV industry is exp...

How would you like to work somewhere with unlimited vacation days? For most people, that answer is a resounding, "Yes!" If you're a job seeker, the number of days a company allots its employees can ma...

Name: PickieOne-Liner Pitch: Pickie is a tablet magazine that's created with the personal product recommendations from your social media feeds.Why It's Taking Off: The Flipboard-like app is one of the...

On my second full day with the Lumia 920 and Windows Phone 8, it's time to start talking about two of the most important parts of a smartphone: the web browser and the app catalog.Windows Phone 8 uses...

NBA rookie Royce White, who suffers from an anxiety disorder, has been using Twitter to blast the Rockets over their handling of his situation.More About: NBA, Sports...

In the latest example of sports trolls running amok on Twitter, Lakers "fans" brutally abused NBA star Pau Gasol after he missed a critical shot Tuesday.More About: NBA, Sports...

Rikku, a four-month-old Tamaskan Wolfdog, really doesn't want to go outside for a walk. He's quite happy lounging on the floor, thank you vey much. But really, can you blame him? When you're taking a ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the best goal in soccer history on Wednesday according to many on Twitter. Review the video evidence here and see if you agree. More About: Sports, Watercooler, soccer...

Ah, the news feed, Facebook's party central. Purveyor of addictive updates on friends and former acquaintances. And ground zero in the battle for what the social network was, is, and where it's going....

From Leia to Chewie, this collection of 'Star Wars' character business cards recently popped up on Etsy.More About: Star Wars, business card...

Is an electric car a vehicle you could live with? We drove a 2013 Chevy Volt for a week, and we have some answers for you.More About: Chevy Volt, Electric Car, green energy...

Regular ball ornaments get Tumblrified for a more jinglier experience that's worth reblogging. More About: Christmas, Watercooler, tumblr...

A San Diego-based startup is hoping mixing appetizers, drinks and dinner to the world of online dating will make for a low-pressure recipe for success. DinnerDate is for singles who love trying new fo...

This guy sucks at basketball. He's the worst. But the video's the best. All in all, it's possibly the best worst basketball lowlight in hoops history. More About: NBA, Sports, Watercooler...

The robots are coming! The robots are coming! No, really, they are. The fantasy of C-3PO-like or Rosie the Robot-like home helpers is finally starting to crystalize into a near-term reality. And a lar...

1. Pirates vs. Ninjas Images courtesy of Flickr, ryanrocketship and Jeyhun85Click here to view this gallery.If you're over the age of 12 and have a moderately stable Int...

When logging on to Pinterest Wednesday afternoon, some users were surprised to find that their personal boards had completely disappeared.Many of those who were affected took to Twitter to voice their...

As the holiday shopping season approaches, cybercriminals are readying their scam list and checking it twice. And this year, no platform is off limits.More About: McAfee, security...

If you think brands have exhausted all of Facebook's capabilities as a marketing medium, check out luxe goods brand Alfred Dunhill's Page.The brand has used 200 still photographs of last week's Nippon...

Companies have to be very careful to give proper disclaimers when they talk about their products, or else they can be held liable for situations outside of their control. This new commercial for the F...

On this episode of "The Valley Girl Show," Jesse Draper sits down with serial entrepreneur Jay Adelson, co-founder of Revision3, Digg and SimpleGeo. More About: entrepreneurs, jay adelson, startup, va...

Holy crap. This bruise MLB star Chipper Jones sustained after being hit by a line drive this season has to be seen to be believed. More About: Major League Baseball, Sports...

Do you hear that? That's the sound of winning. And in this case, that sound is the awfully quiet but damn powerful Tesla Model S, which was voted Motor Trend Car of the 2013. It's a major accomplishme...

Jessica Alba is a mom, an investor, actress and yes, a Windows Phone 8 user.Alba joins singer Gwen Stefani in a celeb-laden pitch for Windows Phone 8. The ads present the celebs as busy multitaskers w...

The ZAGGkeys FLEX Tablet Keyboard and Stand is the perfect gift for the gadget-lover in your life, no matter his favorite mobile operating system.The portable Bluetooth keyboard works with iPad and iP...

Have you ever wanted your own army of nightmarish strawberry monsters, ready and willing to carry out your terrible whims and crush any who would dare oppose you? Of course you have! Youre only human,...

Magic Johnson used Twitter to break his silence on the Lakers new coaching hire Wednesday -- and he certainly didn't have anything nice to say. More About: NBA, Sports...

When we think of massive multiplayer online role-playing games -- more frequently referred by their acronym, MMORPGs -- we think of the biggest: Real-time, beautifully rendered 3D games like World of ...

Almost as soon as Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone, forward-thinking inventors dreamed of adding pictures to the conversation. Despite early failed attempts to launch a successful video...

When sweeping cybersecurity legislation failed to advance in the Senate in August, it went down with a barrage of finger-pointing and posturing. And aides from both parties say that nothing really has...

CNN is quickly replacing E! as the go-to channel for reality television.More About: David Petraeus, comics, humor...

Is there any picture more cliche than a sprawling urban skyline? Maybe not, but there's a reason we keep snapping those images: when they are done right, they are breathtaking. A photograph of the cit...

Is there any picture more cliche than a sprawling urban skyline? Maybe not, but there's a reason we keep snapping those images: when they are done right, they are breathtaking. A photograph of the cit...

High-speed wireless data networks are vulnerable to a simple jamming technique that could block service across much of a city, according to research findings provided to a federal agency last week.The...

A generation gap is usually defined as the difference in values, attitude and behavior between one generation and the next. It seems every generation complains that somehow the previous one just doesn...

LFO may still be looking for the girl on TV, but Nerdist has its eyes set on a goddess from a different screen.Chris Hardwick and Michael Phirm -- a.k.a. comedy duo Hard 'n Phirm -- made this tribute ...

Streaming live on Mashable, 99designs founder Matt Mickiewicz will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST) tomorrow, Nov. 15. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Councils #StartupLab i...

A European satellite has captured video of the moon blocking the sun, as seen from space, during a total solar eclipse that wowed huge crowds of spectators who watched the event from Australia yesterd...

"Sports Illustrated" readers can vote via Facebook to pick the cover for its moment-of-the-year issue, plus 2012's top photo and most inspirational athlete. More About: Sports, Sports illustrated, med...

Israel chose Twitter to make the first official announcement of the airstrike that killed a leading Hamas official in Gaza. This could mark the first time that official news of a war operation has bee...

Tweets that use the word "humble" in conjunction with an incredible boast are top targets for one of Twitter's favorite hashtags: #humblebrag. Jack Dorsey's mobile payments company Square offered a pr...

Image courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsClick here to view this gallery.New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells packed a fork and his appetite for a trip to Flavor Town...

Brave, the latest animated film from Disney and Pixar is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. You know what that means: Hidden gems!Pixar is famous for sneaking easter eggs into its films. Whether it's p...

American businesses are in denial about the need to embrace social media. New research finds that 72% of businesses that use social media do not have a clear set of goals or a clear strategy for their...

Facebook launched a new Social Jobs application on Wednesday in partnership with the Department of Labor and several leading career websites.More About: Facebook, Jobs, facebook apps...

Just how thin is the new fourth-generation iPad? According to the company's own product page, impossibly so.The page describing the iPad's design says quite prominently that the new iPad is 0.37 milli...

You can improve your app with analytics -- but make sure you're analyzing the right data.More About: Mobile, Mobile App Trends Series, analytics, features, mashable...

BlackBerry Messenger users have a nice new perk headed their way: free voice calls over Wi-Fi.Research In Motion launched on Wednesday a beta version of BBM Voice, allowing customers to chat with cont...

Facebook may have unceremoniously deleted an old version of the News Feed, one that showed a wider variety of posts than the current versions, earlier this week. But that doesn't mean the social netwo...

The process of water purification usually requires a large amount of equipment and labor, as well as time and resources. Dutch designer Lukas Jager has developed a purification system that bypasses tr...

It's happened to pretty much everyone. You're concentrating on something else when someone sneaks up behind you, covers your eyes with their hands and ask you to guess their identity. While the situat...

Macy's Facebook and Twitter streams have been overrun with comments related to spokesman Donald Trump, following his criticism of the Obama administration. More About: Donald Trump, Marketing, macys...

From the woods of Connecticut to Google+ Hangouts, singer songwriter Daria Musk went global nearly overnight. Through live interactive concerts, an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for music ...

When Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast earlier this month and left many without power, those affected turned to their smartphones to access the mobile web and get information about when electricity wo...

Pinterest paved the way for greater business participation on Tuesday with the launch of a new set of resources designed just for them....

Rockstar Games released the second trailer to the much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto V Wednesday morning, revealing a more detailed glimpse into the game's sprawling world.Grand Theft Auto V is due to ...

Skype is the latest tech company with security problems. The popular video chat service said it's investigating an issue involving its password-reset function, which could allow hackers to overtake us...

Facebook's stock enjoyed an unexpected boost in early trading Wednesday, jumping by as much as 10% to more than $22 a share.More About: Facebook, facebook ipo, stocks...

Google is teaming up with the Big Apple Circus to bring laughs to America's veterans, in person, as well as live on both YouTube and Google+As a part of Veterans Week NYC, the Big Apple Circus wi...

1. What day is it? Click here to view this gallery.Remember back in the day when annoying pop-up boxes would offer advice on your Windows 95 PC? The notifications were ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has delivered the first Martian dirt sample to its onboard chemistry laboratory, testing out gear that forms the scientific heart of the $2.5 billion robot.Curiosity's huge...

Google has updated Google TV with several important features, including a voice search and a new TV guide called PrimeTime. The voice search option enables you to start watching TV shows, movies and Y...

We're excited to announce an all-new version of Mashable. Beginning today, you can request access to our beta version. Over the coming weeks, we'll invite readers to test the new site and provide feed...

Turntable.fm went from being one of the most hyped music startups of mid-2011 to a company labeled by some as just a summer fad.Now, the startup is hoping for an encore with the release of what it is ...

The American system of higher education has long been the envy of foreign onlookers -- that's why the governments of many countries are inviting U.S. universities to open satellite campuses in their c...

Major League Gaming, the largest streaming competitive gaming league, reported on Wednesday it had seen a tremendous spike in viewers over the past year, with numbers that rival television programming...

Don't hold your breath for Samsung and Apple to reach a settlement in their longstanding patent battle any time soon.More About: apple, htc, samsung...

1. Pandas Play on a Slide, Cuteness Ensues These sliding pandas went viral during Chengdu Panda Awareness Week...

A top newscaster in China, with Wang Lifens latest venture -- Umiwi -- shes calling on the youth of China to make their own media. Below, she picks her favorite quotes from five TEDTalks. Dan Gilbert:...

When Bono accepted the TED Prize in 2005, he offered this wish: that aid to Africa not be thought of as a celebrity cause but as a global necessity. Here, he picks nine talks that express equally powe...

Drivers may soon spend less time stuck in a traffic jam thanks to groundbreaking technology developed by IBM, the company announced Wednesday. Researchers at the tech giant teamed up with Lyon, France...

NASA engineer Bobak Ferdowsi captured our hearts during the landing of the Curiosity rover, thanks to his meme-worthy mohawk. A TEDYouth speaker, Ferdowsi writes, Im fascinated by the world around us ...

Designer Isaac Mizrahi gets inspiration from childrens books, from 50s pinups, even from random people on the streets of New York City, he revealed in his TEDTalk, On fashion and creativity. Below, Mi...

Android's overall smartphone market share has jumped to 72.4% in Q3 2012, up from 52.5% in the same period last year, Gartner's latest data shows. Most of that growth comes at the expense of RIM and S...

According to National Alliance to End Homelessness report The State of Homelessness in America 2012, the estimated number of homeless people in the United States was 636,017 at the end last year. Tha...

1. Triforce Lamp Know a Zelda fan in need of some power, wisdom and courage? This beautiful wood and acrylic lamp can be hung or shelved. The pixelated carvings on each ...

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.B�...

Internet activists are warning that next month's meeting of the International Telecommunications Union, a United Nations body charged with overseeing global communications, may have significant and po...

The clickwheel of the first iPod worked by measuring electric field disturbances in one dimension. The first iPhone touch screen functioned similarly, but in two dimensions.This week, Microchip Techno...

With 5,000 students at his Staten Island high school, Jordan Goldman said he didn't get much face-to-face time with one of the few college counselors on his campus. And it wasn't financially feasible...

Google Play Music unveiled the latest version of its Android app, adding gapless audio playback and automatic "instant mixes."More About: Google Play, android, apps...

There are always those people who are difficult to buy for. But two new studies might shed some light on who wants what. If you're buying a techie gadget for a kid, it's likely he or she will desire ...

In addition to selling their iPhone images for $10 each, users of Foap's moneymaking app can now make commission off their friends' photos.Starting next week, users who invite their friends to Foap ca...

In addition to selling their iPhone images for $10 each, users of Foap's moneymaking app can now make commission off of their friends' photos.Starting next week, users who invite their friends to Foap...

NASCAR thinks Brad Keselowski's Twitter addiction has gone a little too far. More About: NASCAR, Sports...

By the year 2020, 70% of the population will find themselves on the other side of 50. And despite the fact that many optimists call 70 the new 40," researchers agree that once you hit 40 -- "new" or "...

By the year 2020, 70% of the population will find themselves on the other side of 50. And despite the fact that many optimists call 70 the new 40," researchers agree that once you hit 40 -- "new" or "...

The iPad app SportsBoard brings "Moneyball"-style analytics and new evaluation capabilities to college sports. More About: Sports, college sports...

The black market for mobile phones stolen in the United States extends beyond its frontiers. Now the U.S. and Mexico will be cooperating on a plan to make sure that mobile devices purloined here arent...

About nine hours ago, I locked my iPhone 5 in my desk drawer. It will remain in that drawer for the next 10 days. In its place, I will be relying on Nokia's Lumia 920 running Windows Phone 8.Most of m...

1. Employers Can't Ask for Your Facebook Login A handful of states, including Illinois, California and Maryland, passed laws making it illegal for employers to ask for y...

Google released its sixth Transparency Report on Tuesday, showing what it believes is a clear trend: around the world, government requests for user data is on the upswing. "As you can see from the gra...

1. Rage Face Shoes CTRL-F shoelaces.Price: $35.00Click here to view this gallery.Dial up your wardrobe with Internet-inspired clothing and accessories that won't cause a...

Social gaming company Zynga announced several huge changes in its executive team Tuesday.CFO David Wehner is leaving Zynga for a senior finance position at Facebook, and will be replaced by Mark Vrane...

NBA fans who want to get their favorite player into this season's All-Star game can for the first time cast votes through Twitter and Facebook. More About: NBA, Sports...

YouTube recently announced which contracts for its funded premium channels -- featuring programming from chef personalities to The Wall Street Journal -- are up for renewal and which are not. The vide...

Microsoft shocked the tech world this week when it announced the immediate departure of Steven Sinofsky, the company's president of Windows, who oversaw the development and recent launch of Windows 8....

Ridley Scott's Alien prequel Prometheus was highly anticipated by sci-fi fans everywhere. To a certain extent, though, it ended up disappointing many. The most common qualms fans had with the movie ca...

A Norwegian technology company is bringing touchless gesture controls to Windows 8 devices. The company, Elliptic Labs, launched a series of tools to help electronics companies enable a hands-free con...

It's fair to say that neither General David Petraeus nor General John Allen will be delivering any lectures on email security any time soon.Both men have become ensnared in scandals that could easily ...

Dropbox, a cloud storage service, has hit 100 million users, the company's founder announced in a blog post Tuesday. More About: Dropbox...

For the latest Bond movie Skyfall, three 3D-printed Aston Martin replicas were made in order to keep the original one out of harms way.More About: 3D printers, 3d printing, James Bond, Skyfall...

While Gen. David Petraeus may be out at the CIA after resigning, he does appear in Call of Duty's newest title Black Ops II with a serious promotion. In Call of Duty's fiction, Petraeus is the Secreta...

Parents: prepare for your living rooms to be filled with loud shouts of "Expelliarmus" and "Lumos." Your kids aren't learning Latin; they're practicing spells from Sony's new Wonderbook: Book of Spel...

Following months of building a new infrastructure from the ground up, Google has officially started connecting homes in Kansas City to its new lightning-fast Google Fiber network.The first town to rec...

This year's only total solar eclipse happened today at 3:35 p.m. EST. While it was only visible from a small area in northern Australia, NASA set up its Slooh Space Camera near the city of Cairns and ...

Smiley Face Crater Bob Ross would approve of this happy little crater on Mercury. The Messenger Spacecraft snapped this image in October. The crater is 23 miles wide. Cl...

Smiley Face Crater Bob Ross would approve of this happy little crater on Mercury. The Messenger Spacecraft snapped this image in October. The crater is 23 miles wide. Cl...

Droid DNA for Verizon Click here to view this gallery.The brand-new HTC Droid DNA smartphone for Verizon, which was unveiled on Tuesday in New York City, has a laundry ...

Droid DNA for Verizon Click here to view this gallery.The brand-new HTC Droid DNA smartphone for Verizon, which was unveiled on Tuesday in New York City, has a laundry ...

In Translation KarineAnnaClick here to view this gallery.Last week, we asked for your best photos inspired by the prompt grid. As you can see, the submissions we receive...

The latest reports from Asia have resurrected a popular rumor: that Microsoft will launch its own Windows Phone smartphone and initially sell it in China.More About: china, microsoft, windows smartpho...

Nowadays small unmanned helicopter and planes, or drones, are already a reality. Some are piloted with special controllers, others can be maneuvered with a smartphone. Now, a Silicon Valley startup wa...

NARS Cosmetics developed a limited-edition product line for the holidays inspired by Andy Warhol. NARS Andy Warhol Collection includes a range of cosmetics products like an eyeshadow palette with Warh...

Google has rolled out a slew of new shopping features leading into the holiday buying season, the latest in a series of changes to its Google Shopping product, which switched from an organic search to...

Redditors are up in arms about Papa John's CEO's stance on Obamacare and are using their favorite medium -- memes -- to express their discontent.The backlash started on Sunday when Redditor goforReape...

You could be carrying a virus with you everywhere you go. This new strand doesn't target the immune system, but rather the operating system -- on your smartphone.Smartphone usage has skyrocketed over ...

Love The Lord of the Rings and balloons? Not as much as this guy does.This one true nerd to rule them all spent over 40 hours molding 2,600 balloons into Bag End, the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins i...

Few know the struggles veterans experience when transitioning into a civilian job better than fellow military members who have made the leap.As a way to ease the transition, the National Veteran-Owned...

Are traditional SMS text messages on the way out? They are if you believe a recent research report on the mobile industry by Chetan Sharma Consulting, the first to pinpoint a decline in texting. But t...

On stage at a maps event in San Francisco Tuesday, Nokia CEO Steven Elop announced a new name for its location services: Here.Over the past year Nokia has seen usage of its maps grow by a factor of 75...

If you have an Xbox 360 with Kinect and a Sesame Street fan in your house, the Kinect Sesame Street video game will have him literally jumping for joy. This is no ordinary video game, where kids sit o...

Yapp, a free tool that makes it easy to build mobile apps for events like weddings and birthdays, came out of private beta on Tuesday.More About: Yapp, apps...

Microsoft just lost its most interesting leader. With the sudden and unexpected departure of Windows lead Steve Sinofsky, Microsoft essentially is without its own "Steve Jobs."More About: Microsoft Su...

In light of Barack Obamas huge win and Democratic gains in the Senate, the future of American solar industry looks bright. In a campaign that only included whispers of green industry innovation, Obama...

The re-election of President Barack Obama has kept NASA on track to send human explorers to an asteroid, and that means work on a 21st-century spacecraft to fly astronauts to the target space rock and...

The December issue of Esquire hits newsstands Nov. 20, and the Hearst-owned title is calling it its most interactive print experience "ever."Using an iPhone app called Netpage, readers will be able t...

Chairman of AKQA Tom Bedecarr joins the Mashable Media Summit this Nov. 30 to speak about storytelling through software. Recently named Silicon Valleys Favorite Adman by Fortune Magazine, Bedecarr wil...

How would you like your eggs this morning? Smashed, stabbed or punched. Prepping breakfast never looked so deliciously violent until YouTube user popspot got a carton of eggs and filmed their demise i...

It's been around for less than a decade, but the smartphone is already incredibly common in the U.S. However, studies tell us that only 45% of adults in the U.S use a smartphone.Owning a smart device ...

Droid DNA for Verizon Click here to view this gallery.HTC launched during an event in New York City on Tuesday its new 5-inch smartphone, the Driod DNA -- just in time ...

Apple's retail stores makes more than $6,000 per square foot, more than twice that of the next most productive retailer.More About: Apple Store, apple...

Apple's retail stores makes more than $6,000 per square foot, more than twice that of the next most productive retailer.More About: Apple Store, apple...

Voting wasn't the only way millions of Americans participated in the 2012 presidential election. Coverage by major networks and cable channels garnered legions of social media mentions throughout elec...

It's like the exact opposite of the famous scene from Empire Strikes Back: A boy finds out that Darth Vader is his father, but instead of disbelief, it's all tears and hugs. The birthday boy in the vi...

More than 470,000 people have signed a petition for Macys to cut ties with Trump after he reportedly appeared in an upcoming commercial for the company.More About: Donald Trump, macys, online petition...

If you though the scandal surrounding former General and CIA Director David Petraeus couldn't get any weirder, think again: FBI agents have uncovered at least 20,000 documents, mostly emails, sent bet...

1. KONY 2012 Invisible Children, a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda, created the film Kony 2012. ...

Since Mashables inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the worlds coolest innovations. To that end, were delighted to announce that weve partnered with Discov...

Bloomberg will unveil a new portal that will allow its clients to buy third-party apps that they can access through the group's financial data terminals.More About: Bloomberg, app store, financial ser...

An update to the YouTube app for Android and Google TV gives you the option to automatically pair these devices, and watch videos from your phone or tablet on the TV. Once the devices are paired, you ...

The news of Windows President Steven Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft didn't go over well with investors. The stock declined by as much as 4% in early trading Tuesday to below $27 a share, shaving ...

The Jawbone Up debuted last year with big ambitions: A bracelet-like device that you'd wear all the time, tracking how much you move and how well you sleep. Paired with an app, the Up helps you recogn...

The Jawbone Up debuted last year with big ambitions: A bracelet-like device that you'd wear all the time, tracking how much you move and how well you sleep. Paired with an app, the Up helps you recogn...

Bank of America will launch a new mobile payments service early next month called Mobile Pay on Demand, which uses a dongle similar to Square's.More About: Square, bank of america, mobile payments...

Samsung will unveil an 85-inch, ultra high-definition TV at next year's Consumer Electronics Show, the company has announced. The 8-million pixel behemoth is the world's largest commercialized UHD LED...

Exactly a year ago, a video of a man chasing his dog and excitedly yelling the dog's name became one of the most unlikely viral videos of all time, racking up more than 7 million views. Now, perhaps i...

President Obama is reportedly considering appointing one of the biggest supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as his new Secretary of State.Howard Berman (D-Calif.), who represented the Holl...

Embarassed by your awkward in-between facial hair? Don't worry, Nick Offerman is here to reassure you "it gets fuller."The Parks and Rec star is back with some words of encouragement for anyone partic...

TEDTalk videos, the iconic 18-minute or less presentations from some of the worlds most remarkable people, have now been viewed more than one billion times. To celebrate the milestone, TED has teamed...

Ben Afflecks new movie Argo -- which he both directs and stars in -- is getting great reviews. The Los Angeles Times writes, Argo takes you back. Not just to the dark days of the 1979-81 Iranian hosta...

Actress Glenn Close has earned three Tony Awards, thee Emmys and six Oscar nominations during her chameleon-like career. But even she sometimes needs inspiration. Below, Close shares five TEDTalks tha...

To stress the importance of malaria research, Bill Gates famously unleashed mosquitos on the audience in the first of his three TEDTalks. So which talks jolted him into action? When we asked Gates to ...

Fender has struck a deal to sell its USB Squier Stratocaster guitar exclusively through Apple Store, starting Tuesday. The $199 guitar is designed to plug in to a Mac or iOS device so you can easily r...

It's the final stage of a 54-hour competition to create a startup from scratch. Nearly 300 lanyard-clad entrepreneurs squeeze together on rows of plastic chairs to watch fellow hopefuls pitch their wa...

SugarSync - Cloud From this main Cloud tab, which replaces the old SugarSync File Manager, you can drag and drop any folder from your computer to the blue space. Once th...

Google's new Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet are now available in the Google Play store in several countries, including Australia, UK, France, Germany and Spain. The 8GB variant of the Nexus 4 ...

Motorola released its first Razr handset - a flip phone -- in late 2004. Last year the company brought the name back with a new line of smartphones, the Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx. Much like the o...

Apple has launched an initiative called "Blue Sky," which encourages employees to devote some of their time to personal pet projects.Not much is known about the program except that it allows a "small ...

Bill Cosby does the darndest things, and now you can see them all on one GIF-filled website. Visit InstantCosby.com, and you're instantly greeted with a full-browser-window-sized image of the iconic c...

In a farewell email to Microsoft employees, former Windows president Steven Sinofsky details why he is leaving the company.Under the subject heading "RE: Windows Leadership Changes," Sinofsky says he ...

Oyster, a startup located in NYC, recently announced plans to launch a subscription-based book app, tailored specifically for smart phones. More About: Oyster, ebooks, smartphone...

A University of Washington sports policy limits reporters' live tweeting rights at games, raising an interesting set of questions for the social media age. More About: Media, Sports, Twitter...

Zapd, a free app for iPhone, lets people create mini-websites from their phones in about a minute.More About: iphone apps, website design...

Microsofts Halo 4 earned a whopping $220 million in opening day sales, smashing previous records set by the franchise.The largest launch in the history of the franchise, Halo 4 has earned a total of $...

One Microsoft Surface owner learned the hard way just how durable the tablet is. More About: Microsoft Surface, Windows, surface...

Microsoft has announced that Windows president Steven Sinofsky is leaving the company, effective immediately. No reason was given for the sudden resignation, which the company was presenting as a mutu...

In the clash of the world's supercomputing titans, a new U.S. supercomputer named "Titan" is king.The $100-million Titan seized the No. 1 supercomputer ranking on the Top500 List with a performance re...

How often do you wish you could see notifications on your phone but not hear them? At the movies, or in a quiet office or waiting room, the existing iOS "LED Flash for Alerts" feature is extremely use...

1. Victory Embrace "Four more years."- Barack ObamaPhoto stats: 621,437 retweetsClick here to view this gallery.What a week. U.S. President Barack Obama's "Four More Yea...

As those of us who spend our days on the social network (for research purposes, naturally) know, there are two ways to view your News Feed on Facebook: sorted by "top stories" and by "most recent." Yo...

As those of us who spend our days on the social network (for research purposes, naturally) know, there are two ways to view your News Feed on Facebook: sorted by "top stories" and by "most recent." Yo...

Going digital doesn't just save the environment -- it could save your business as well. This infographic reveals some fascinating stats. More About: Business, email, infographics...

Three technology executives are reportedly among a handful of top business executives headed to the White House for a meeting with Barack Obama on Wednesday.Tech execs on the list include Ginni Romett...

The members of the Baseball Writers Association of America just made the easiest decision they've ever made since deciding to watch sports as a career: They named Mike Trout as the 2012 American Leagu...

Musician slash comedian Reggie Watts is known for creating improvised, one-of-a kind performances. In his TEDTalk Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way, he bends sound and language ...

After 25 years of fighting for relevancy, the GIF has received the acknowledgement it deserves -- as Oxford American Dictionaries' official 2012 word of the year.Formally known as grapics interchange ...

Is it possible for a dyed-in-the-wool iPhone user to switch to another platform, say Windows Phone 8, full-time? I'm about to find out.Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, I will be making Nokia's Lumia ...

1. Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon in 1969. Armstrong began his NASA career in his home state of Ohio, first serving as a nav...

Facebook is testing a new comments format on brand and subscriber pages by placing the most engaging comments up higher on posts.More About: Facebook...

Researchers at Stanford University have created a synthetic material that's capable of healing itself after it's been punctured. The material is a polymer plastic mixed with pieces of nickel. It's com...

Mobile computing isn't that "mobile." About 70% of tablets aren't linked to a cellular data plan, and a recent study by AOL found that 68% of time spent on smartphones occurred in people's homes. If y...

While investigating a late-October cyberattack that forced Israel to take its police force offline, Norwegian security researchers found evidence of an extensive spy network aimed at both Israeli and ...

Earlier this month, Google rolled out its latest line of Nexus devices, including the Nexus 10 tablet and its latest smartphone, the Nexus 4.In the Android ecosystem, the Nexus line has carved out an ...

A fantasy football fail at the worst imaginable moment had Yahoo asking irate users' forgiveness on Monday. More About: Sports, Yahoo, fantasy sports...

Apple's recently unveiled store in Palo Alto, California has a mixed impact on the senses -- beautiful to the eyes, complete torture to the ears.That's right: according to The Guardian, the newest App...

Now, usually, I don't do this but uh... this week for Music Monday we're going to give you a little preview of the remix. The remix has seen a meteoric rise in the past few decades. We love the remix ...

Tricks for catching plagiarizers online are old hat. But now teachers have ways to monitor the time it takes a student to read a text.More About: Kindle, Nook Tablet, cheating, e-readers, plagarism, s...

Everyone loves a good bargain -- and when you have a long list of people to buy gifts for this holiday season, it'll feel even more rewarding to nab those amazing deals. When you're on-the-go and don...

It's been nearly a year since YouTube announced its plan to invest $100 million to launch 100 premium channels with the likes of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and The Wall Street Journal, and now many o...

Was the Wi-Fi connection on your last flight a little slow? That's about to change now that Gogo is upgrading its in-flight Wi-Fi service so it's three times as fast.The new technology is ATG-4, and i...

The Mashable Media Summit is a rare opportunity to be in the company of the biggest leaders in digital. This year's conference will be held on Nov. 30 at the TimesCenter in New York City. The day wi...

Traditionally, journalists have lived for the scoop: Get the story first, and let your competitors read about it on tomorrows front page.But to be successful at media innovation, journalists and media...

Google is under pressure to make a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to settle an antitrust investigation within the next few days or face a formal complaint, according to a report.Citing "two pe...

1. Metal Detecting Sandals Convinced that you walk on streets of gold? Manufacturer Hammacher Schlemmer was all about it, too. Its metal-detecting sandals scanned the ea...

In December, Apple will begin trial production of their seventh-generation iPhone. The so-called iPhone 5S, begins production with an initial run of 50,000 to 100,000 units, according to DigiTimes.Acc...

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy's destruction on the Caribbean and northeastern United States is long from over. With thousands still without power, clean water and other basic essentials, people acr...

John McAfee, the founder and namesake of the McAfee antivirus software company, is wanted for murder in Belize, Gizmodo reported Monday.According to Gizmodo, the antivirus pioneer is a prime suspect i...

Less than two weeks into Barack Obama's second term, it seems at least a few Americans want out: The White House's online petition platform is getting hit with dozens of requests to let entire states ...

The graphic above is a stunning image of India. However, in spite of the captions accompanying its many social shares today, it was not taken during Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. In fact, it's...

A photo shared on social media this weekend indicates Lance Armstrong has tremendous trolling potential. More About: Sports, lance armstrong...

How do they pour a perfect brew in commercials every time? It's always flawless and seems effortless. The same goes for caramel on walnuts. It's lathered on so smoothly, with perfect ripples -- that c...

Samsung Galaxy Camera The Samsung Galaxy Camera adds the power of Android and a wireless connection to a point-and-shoot camera. AT&T will start selling it on Nov. 16 fo...

The total solar eclipse on Nov. 13 may only be visible from slivers of northern Australia and a swathe of open ocean, but you don't have to make an epic journey see the dramatic celestial event.Severa...

Our devices play a huge role in our romantic endeavors. We flirt on Twitter, update our relationship status on Facebook and text our beaus throughout the day. But, what is the role of technology in en...

1. Walking through China Click here to view this gallery.Imagine watching yourself age. What would it be like ...

Humans of New York (HONY), a popular Tumblr by photographer Brandon Stanton, has raised nearly $85,000 in less than 24 hours for Hurricane Sandy relief."All of the blog's content will be dedicated to ...

If you work in the print media, you might want to sit down before reading this.During the first six months of 2012, Google generated more money in advertising revenue than all U.S. print publications ...

For the past 25 years, the Discovery Channel's Shark Week has gotten viewers excited about the creatures that rule the sea during its annual broadcast each summer. Now, non-profit media organization E...

The biggest trend in mobile vulnerability is related to apps. You've been warned.More About: Cybercrime Series, Mobile, Tablet, apps, hacks, mashable, security, smartphone...

New jobs are added to Mashable's Job Board each day. Employers know if they're going to find the person for the job, they'll find them reading Mashable. More About: Jobs, Mashable Job Board, weekly jo...

Both Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface have been on sale for more than two weeks, and the big question is: How are they doing? Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has already revealed the company sold ...

Both Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface have been on sale for more than two weeks, and the big question is: How are they doing? Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has already revealed the company sold ...

Why did Businessweek think it was a good idea to poll its users about which college campuses have the hottest female students? Easy: It has done it before and no one noticed.This year, however, coming...

Wonderful Pistachios has garnered a fair amount of attention with its long-running ad campaign featuring D-list celebs and Internet memes. Now, the brand is attempting to crack Twitter.A new ad from t...

Even Rube Goldberg himself would've likely been blown away by Red Bull's latest extreme stunt. Red Bull Kluge is an obstacle-course-like contraption run by some of the world's greatest athletes -- inc...

Finally, we can live like the Jetsons. While the LG Hom-Bot robot vacuum cleaner might not resemble Rosie the robot, it will clean your floors with minimal effort on your part.More About: Gift of the ...

HTC will pay Apple $6-$8 for each Android phone it sells, which could add up to as much as $280 million in 2013, as part of a patent settlement.More About: apple, htc, iphone, patents...

 Shop It To Me, which bills itself as a personal shopper for discounted clothing,is launching an online tool Monday designed to help you track sales, and find clothes and accessories in your budg...

JavaScript is the programming language that makes a website interactive. Slideshows, advertising pop-ups and Google's autocomplete feature are all examples of JavaScript at work. It was first created ...

RIM plans to launch the new version of its mobile platform, BlackBerry 10, on Jan. 30, the company has announced. During the launch event, which will be held simultaneously in "multiple countries arou...

Samsung is tapping into the viral, uh, appeal of Laina Walker, a.k.a. Overly Attached Girlfriend, in a new ad in which she personifies your Overly Attached Computer.Walker convincingly embodies the OA...

Are you a bit shy when it comes to asking your physician personal health questions? Or maybe you avoid the doctor because you worry certain medical services won't be covered by insurance? If so, you'r...

The iPad Mini is just like the iPad, got it? There's really no difference. OK, maybe except for the size. And the lack of a Retina screen. But that's it!That's the not-so-subtle message behind these t...

After being forced out of the Me.ga web domain by the Gabon authorities, Kim Dotcom has found a new home for the project: New Zealand.Dotcom has moved the project (which currently consists of little m...

UK company Datawind has launched its Aakash 2 tablet in India. It's an Android device which will be available to students at an extremely low price. The Aakash 2 can be bought for Rs 3,500 ($64) on th...

Microsoft's Skype for Windows 8, the new version of the popular VoIP/chat app tailored for use with the new OS, is now available for download as Preview. We've reviewed the beta version of the app in ...

Microsoft's Skype for Windows Phone 8 is now available for download as Preview. We've reviewed the beta version of the app in October, and found much to like -- in particular, the smart layout, call r...

Holiday shopping has become a bit of spectacle. Between the rise of Black Friday sales and the mass hysteria that can ensue over "it-gifts," it's not hard to see how you could get a sort of disturbing...

Last month, Rovio announced a major partnership with Lucasfilm to create Angry Birds Star Wars. The game, out this week, represents a hybrid of the two powerful brands, and provides enjoyable gameplay...

Whether it's with glee or horror, political observers can now watch Mitt Romney's fall from social-media grace in real-time.The former Republican presidential candidate has been bleeding likes since l...

1. Personalized Leather Kindle Cover by Little Red Designs This lovely leather cover comes in a range of colors, both for the lining and the outer parts.You can personal...

1. 'Shopping Memories Flex your Photoshop muscles to create an action shot that looks like something out of a Michael Bay movie.Image courtesy of Dustin DiazClick here t...

With an overwhelming amount of employment websites, how can job seekers be sure they are doing all within their means to completely immerse themselves in their job search? The answer: Search within yo...

It's a burning question from music aficionados: "Why doesn't MTV play music videos anymore?" Sketch comedy duo Brian Firenzi and Maria Carmen attempt to provide an answer in the above clip in which he...

Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.If you're stumped shopping for the smartphone-touting gamer in your life, ...

Apple has been reluctant to bring near field communication technology to the iPhone and iPad, but now one company hopes to beat Apple to it.More About: ipad, iphone, kickstarter, nfc...

The 2012 U.S. presidential election, fittingly dubbed the first meme election by some people, came to end this week when Americans re-elected Barack Obama. While his victory messages went viral across...

When you want to test a pedometer, who you gonna call? Nitrozac and Snaggy of "The Joy of Tech" used their braaaaains to find the ideal product tester.More About: Sunday Comics, zombies...

If you're getting in the mood for the holiday season, A Charlie Brown Christmas is one app that both kids and nostalgic parents are sure to enjoy. And while you're sharing, why not stretch your brain ...

Apple reportedly paid $21 million to license the clock icon for use on the iPad, after the company was accused of copying it from Swiss Federal Railways.More About: apple, iOS, trending...

There aren't 51 female senators out of 100 (accurately reflecting the U.S. population), but we've come a long way in a relatively short time.More About: Female Senators, Politics, U.S. Congress...

After weeks of exciting product launches, this week in tech it was time to take a deep look at those exciting new gadgets. This week we had full and in-depth reviews of the iPad Mini, the iPad 4, the ...

Katy Perry is a woman of many talents. She's a musician, an actress and she had one of her earliest singles, Hot and Cold, translated into "Simlish." How cool is that? Katy's most recent project with ...

"Mokiki does the Sloppy Swish. It makes his dance literally contagious!" Remember that. Saturday Night Live's latest digital introduces us to Mokiki, a medical lab test patient turned dance machine, w...

Whatever happened to Google's admirable motto, "don't be evil?" Maybe the prospect of proliferating profits got in the way -- and Google's not the only one.More About: Facebook, Google, Sunday Comics,...

MTV Europe Music Awards will infuse Microsofts Windows 8 operating system and colorful tiles interface during its Nov. 11 broadcast. Here's the digital low-down on the show. More About: Entertainmen...

Apple and HTC announced late Saturday night that they have resolved all of their patent disputes and are entering into a 10-year patent licensing agreement.More About: apple, htc, samsung, trending...

Rihanna transformed the Saturday Night Live stage -- typically designed as a train station -- into a green screen experience that looked like an ever-changing animated desktop screensaver. For Rihanna...

Researchers analyzed racist tweets by location, and came up with revealing results. Warning: This post contains harsh, vulgar and racist words.More About: 2012 Presidential Election, Twitter, racism...

Bond. James Bond. To most of the world, that name conjures up images of a fictional British spy from the popular 007 film franchise. To some people, though, the "James Bond" in their lives was never a...

"I still love you America, I do," Romney's character says on SNL while drowning his sorrows with milk, "but you've hurt my feelings very, very much."More About: Mitt Romney, saturday night live, trend...

A new online app aims to help deployed troops send wish lists to friends and family overseas.Grasket describes itself as a "modern-day care package creation tool."Targeted to deployed soldiers, sailor...

Replacing costly cable service with Internet TV seems like an easy way to reduce the family budget. But with more choices comes more confusion.More About: cable, internet tv, television...

Computer programming and fashion-forward sensibilities don't always go hand in hand. But Kickstarter Bright Eyes hopes to change that with a pair of glasses that take cool to a digital level. Though t...

We all remember the cliques that made up high school -- the jocks, the brains, the cheerleaders and the marching band. Each had their own interests and personalities that set them apart. So let's just...

1. Sesame Street: Mad Men "I don't see 'happy' here." Click here to view this gallery.On Nov. 10, 1969, the pop...

According to market research firm First Research, there are about 5,000 art dealers and galleries in the U.S. with combined annual revenue of about $6 billion, and Art Market Monitor estimates the siz...

Chances are, you didn't travel very far to pick up the latest iPhone 5 from your local Apple store. But did you know that the smartphone had a whole other life before you even met it?Mobile Madhouse t...

Multiple charging docks are a fact of life for tech lovers who must accommodate different ports for their many different gadgets.But now, there's "One Dock" to rule them all. An Australian company has...

Former Apple sales executive David Sobotta is publishing a book about the two decades he spent at the company, and it looks like Apple CEO Tim Cook won't like the reviews. In The Pomme Company, Sobott...

Earlier this week 22-year-old California woman Denise Helms made some disastrous social media choices after President Barack Obama won re-election. Helms wrote on Facebook: "Another 4 years of this [N...

A New York Times advice column that included a question from a man whose wife was having an affair with a "government executive" is not about Gen. David Petraeus. More About: David Petraeus, new york ...

Catch up on the latest digital media resources with our weekly features roundup.More About: Business, Features Week In Review, Lifestyles, Social Media, Tech...

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 smartphone app...

This bot from iRobot does one of fall's most unpleasant around-the-home tasks: cleaning the leaf-littered gutters. The Looj 330 is a one-pound bot that'll do all your dirty work.You'll still need a l...

Imagine a $120 box that sits between your cable modem and your wireless router and blocks every kind of ad that can be delivered over the Internet....

Ormr does what Photoshop can't by allowing users to go back and change every action done in the past.More About: developers, image editor, photo editing...

Recollect backs up all the posts you share on social networks and makes it easier to search through them at a later date.More About: Startups, The Launchpad, instagram...

Several HootSuite users received dozens of email reminders, as well as private information including the names and email addresses of other users.More About: hootsuite, online privacy, social media pr...

1. Peanut butter used to come in slices. Apparently in 2008, peanut butter was sold in slices, similar to Kraft singles.In the comments, Reddit users reminisced about pu...

After the Election, Time to Heal Your Facebook Divide Did the political views popping up on your Facebook newsfeed force you to unfriend some online acquaintances? You w...

These two kittens could definitely compete in some type of synchronized tennis/cuteness match.More About: cats, trending, viral videos...

Like James Bond does in the new hit film Skyfall, secret agents all over the world are now dealing with digital threats. Is this malware giving them a digital license to kill? More About: James Bond, ...

Investigative reporting just isn't what it used to be. Blame it on Twitter.More About: comics, humor, journalism, newspaper dead, newspapers, superman, trending...

Soon after Romney conceded the election, his social media followers began dropping quickly. Since 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, users have unliked the Massachusetts Governor at a rate of about 847 an hour.Mo...

Check out these simple ways to bring in extra money this winter, whether as a side gig or to hold you over as you continue your search for work.More About: Holiday, features, job search series, mashab...

Heard of Raspberry Pi, the $35 computer? Here's the Walmart version: Texas Instruments has created a computer on a single circuit board that costs just $13.Although Raspberry Pi can output HD video, t...

Star Trek's George Takei is well known in Facebook circles as a prolific sharer of clever content. However, Takei doesn't think his fans are well served by the way Facebook shares his status updates.T...

The neurosurgeons of tomorrow can hone some of the necessary skills on iPads thanks to a new training app called VCath.More About: ipad app, medical science, medical-students, neuroscience...

What if planting crops in FarmVille only happened when you burned calories in real life? Thats what Striiv, a fitness startup in Redwood City, Calif., is hoping to accomplish with its new app, launche...

Very large messages sent through Facebook's chat client can make applications and devices crash in a form of denial-of-service attack, a security researcher has discovered."It has been possible to dis...

One day after an strange and gory politically themed disturbance in the Twitter force, the company offers no clear word on what exactly happened or how. More About: Twitter, hacking...

Six years ago, brothers Hank and John Green took their relationship to a new level by ceasing all textual communication for one year.On Jan. 1, 2007, Hank posted the first video blog to the VlogBrothe...

Many Americans can expect to find a tablet under their tree this holiday season, new research shows.A study by TechBargains.com, the deal aggregation website for electronic products, found that more t...

The cover of ShortList, a weekly men's magazine in the UK, took on a uniquely interactive quality this week thanks to Blippar.Using Blippar's augmented reality app for iPhone or Android devices, reade...

In a populous place like New York City, there are plenty of random outlets at coffee shops, bookstores and local Apple Stores to energize your dying smartphone. There are even charging stations at Jay...

Image courtesy of Cats That Look Like Pin Up GirlsClick here to view this gallery.Kibble and Naughty Bits. Fancy Feast for the Eyes. Meow Chicks. Tumblr page Cats That...

Twitter is the latest large-scale company investigating the possibility of a password hack. Here's how to protect your account.More About: LastPass, Twitter, security...

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyGeneral David Petraeus resigned from his position as director of the CIA earlier today, citing an extramarital affair. Now NB...

Hurricane Sandy may have passed through the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States last week, but for many people, Sandy is still here. The destruction and displacement the storm caused in ...

From the destruction and havoc of Superstorm Sandy came an idea for an app that could help people affected by the storm. A group of advertising students thought it up after being cooped up inside for ...

1. Southern Cooking Bible Paula DeenClick here to view this gallery.Unlike dust-jacket summaries, book titles are often vague and sometimes cryptic. How much of the stor...

Google Maps' satellite view offers an easy way to virtually visit hard-to-reach spots around the world, from tropical islands to Antarctica. Now, a freelance designer is using the service to take view...

Gen. David Petraeus resigned from his position as director of the CIA Friday, citing an extramarital affair. As soon as the news broke, Twitter was immediately filled with discussions including links ...

Are zombies past their prime yet? By the look of the official trailer for the zombie-apocalypse epic World War Z, not even close.The trailer (available at 1080p resolution on iTunes) includes the stan...

1. Brad Pitt In a crazy alternate universe, Brad Pitt is a personal assistant to a sulky Sumo wrestler. Click...

With threats against the son of an NBA coach the latest in a line of ugly incidents involving sports trolls, it's become an appropriate questions to ask. More About: Sports, Twitter...

Instead of shooting what's directly infront of you, a Kickstarter project lets you make more use out of your iPhone camera. HiLO Lens is the first lens that turns your iPhone or iPad into a right angl...

Craigslist is known as a place to swap hook-up stories, but one New Yorker is using it for something just as essential to share: license plates.In a message posted to the "Items wanted" category on th...

1. Wedding Planning Pinterest is the perfect place to plan your wedding, whether you're wearing a ring or not. Secret boards are a great way to narrow down venues, bouqu...

Microsoft's retail stores have had more than 15 million customers visit to date, the company revealed in a blog post this week.More About: apple, microsoft store...

Facebook isn't just testing a sound-alert function on the site -- it's also experimenting with a reply option for comments posted to Timeline.More About: Facebook...

Twitter was crawling this afternoon and then, for many, stopped delivering Tweets altogether. Twitter has now confirmed the issue.In a brief post on its Twitter Status page, Twitter said some users mi...

The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions against five Iranian government and private organizations and against four individuals for their treatment of bloggers and journalists.Different types...

Since his mathematical model called the election correctly in all 50 states -- and even nailed the popular vote to within half a percentage point -- Nate Silver has been the focus of adulation from ne...

A Halloween tweet from Progressive Insurance had an engagement rate of 29.6% on the social network, making it the most-engaging tweet to ever be part of a Promoted Trend, according to a source.Twitter...

Update: A Twitter rep disputes the claim that the tweet had the highest engagement ever, even for one that's part of a Promoted Trend.A Halloween tweet from Progressive Insurance had an engagement rat...

1. Ermahgerd! Image courtesy of The SteochClick here to view this gallery.Unless you're a retailer, you're probably not quite ready for the holidays yet. We know, let's ...

Speech recognition, as it relates to software, isnt what one might call a perfect science. There are still bugs and glitches, even in the best transcription software out there. Its difficult to accura...

It's hard to describe a city in complete darkness. The towering structures that are part of your city-life moorings turn dark and ominous. It's hard to say what that feels like but, in the above video...

How much time do you spend on the web each day? If you live in North America, a new report says, probably a lot.Canadian company Sandvine, in their Global Internet Phenomena Report, confirmed that onl...

You hear that? It's the sound of Facebook's next feature experiment, and it looks like it's already starting to annoy the test user group. More About: Facebook...

Internet users in China are reportedly having difficulty using Google on Friday, a service interruption that's impacting everything from Google Search to Gmail.Frustrated Chinese Internet users were s...

Internet users in China are reportedly having difficulty using Google on Friday, a service interruption that's impacting everything from Google Search to Gmail.Frustrated Chinese Internet users were s...

Internet users in China are reportedly having difficulty using Google on Friday, a service interruption that's impacting everything from Google Search to Gmail.Frustrated Chinese Internet users were s...

Whether you're excited about Star Wars: Episode VII or not, nearly all would agree that the upcoming director -- whomever that might be -- has some very high expectations to meet.Who do you picture th...

During the holiday season, finding the perfect cards for your favorite co-worker, best friend and grandparents can take hours of browsing. That is, until Shutterfly's Tiny Prints debuted its new colle...

During the holiday season, finding the perfect cards for your favorite co-worker, best friend and grandparents can take hours of browsing. That is, until Shutterfly's Tiny Prints debuted its new colle...

Twitter has posted a how-to video with tips on how to best dress up your page with header, profile and background pictures....

Meet Jacob Hughes, an 11-year-old boy from Tennessee who loves Scooby-Doo, running and jumping. Oh, and he's also the kid that will restore your faith in our future generations.During the post-Sandy b...

Since 2007, UK retailer John Lewis' new Christmas ad has been a seasonal event, but last year's ad was particularly hard to top. That commercial (see below), featured a boy who just couldn't wait for ...

A new Apple patent turns headphones inside out so they function as speakers when placed on a surface. More About: apple, earbuds, patently apple, patents, speakers...

The battle for home-brewed coffee heats up and it looks as if there's a cappuccino/latte war a'brewin'.After reviewing the Verismo coffee and espresso machine from Starbucks, we were excited to hear a...

Apple ranked as the most innovative company in the world, despite spending significantly less on R&D than most of its competitors.More About: Google, amazon, apple...

Apple ranked as the most innovative company in the world, despite spending significantly less on R&D than most of its competitors.More About: Google, amazon, apple...

In the days following an election, both sides take a look back and assess what went right and what went wrong. Mitt Romney's campaign is doing more of the latter -- and it turns out a major technology...

Nearly 6,000 runners and supporters have gathered on Facebook to help Staten Island recover in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy.The group's next mission will take place at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday. Hundreds...

Black Friday is less than two weeks away. What began as a single shopping day following Thanksgiving Thursday, has turned into a shopping marathon that can begin shortly after the traditional feast en...

If you've ever felt that Twitter would be better with a soundtrack, then Evian's Melotweet app is for you.The iPad and Android tablet app shows your incoming stream of tweets as droplets (get it?) whi...

Apple has donated $2.5 million to the American Red Cross to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief, 9to5Mac reports citing an internal company memo. "For the past week, our thoughts have been with those affec...

Touchscreen technology is no longer a Bourne Identity kind of future -- it's nearly a staple feature in mobile devices.The late 2000s often attribute Apple as responsible for the touchscreen, after sh...

The Mashable Media Summit is a rare and unique opportunity to be in the company of leaders from all areas of the industry. On Nov. 30 at The TimesCenter in New York City, you'll hear from new media co...

The mission controllers overseeing NASA's Mars rover Curiosity are finally switching back to working on Earth time after three months of operating in sync with the Red Planet, where the Martian days l...

The Parrot Zik headphones fulfill every requirement you might expect -- great audio, noise-cancelation and Bluetooth-enabled. But the high-tech gadgetry built in makes for some pretty cool extras. The...

Here's reason number 560,893,242 why you should never film yourself doing any sort of criminal act. Four Walmart employees in Pikeville, Ky. recorded themselves purposefully throwing and damaging new ...

Apple's Fourth-Generation iPad The iPad 4 looks almost exactly the same as its predecessor, the iPad 3. Apart from the Lightning connector, they appear identical, but th...

Groupon's stock passed another milestone on Friday -- and not the good kind.Shares of Groupon fell below $3 a share for the first time in early trading Friday following the company's disappointing ear...

The Minerva Project aims to create a high-status online university. Instead, it may be the sign of a venture-capital bubble in online education.More About: harvard university, higher education, online...

As a west coast resident, my heart goes out to all the people who lost power and property during Hurricane Sandy. I can only imagine what it must have been like waiting, as the temperature dropped eac...

Google will start offering Google Play music and movies to Google TV owners in the UK, Germany and France starting November 13, the company has announced. Google previously announced the service will ...

Its easy to celebrate the benefits of technology, particularly the access to information and connectivity provided to us by our mobile devices. However, there is at least one major drawback to living ...

Is 'Thanksgiving' the new 'Friday?' Campy child singer Nicole Westbrook aims to be Rebecca Black 2.0. More About: Music, Rebecca Black, YouTube, music videos...

On November 9 2004, eight years ago today, the Mozilla foundation has launched the first version of Firefox. This anniversary may be confusing for some, as we've recently compiled a timeline of Firefo...

The Hot-Pot BBQ not only allows users to grow herbs, but you can also use it to cook your next meal. The terracotta pot is divided into two layers, where the top half that houses the plants can be lif...

Listening to music from your phone is tough. Without headphones, and with the volume turned all the way up, you still need to connect to a speaker to really enjoy what song is playing. But what if y...

It's difficult to keep your hands toasty in cold weather, even when you're wearing Thinsulate-lined everything. We take gloves on-and-off, making it more challenging to keep our hands warm on cold d...

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have shown that their lung-on-a-chip technology can mimic a life-threatening lung condition. They also rep...

When it comes to buying tablets, do the eyes have it?A recent study by EyeTrackShop placed the top 7-inch tablets in front of participants and tracked their eye movements in a study to determine which...

If you were asked to name the most important innovation in transportation over the last 200 years, you might say the combustion engine, air travel, Henry Fords Model-T production line or even the bicy...

This is the Barack Obama you don't see on TV: quiet, candid, emotional and deeply grateful to his campaign staff for helping him secure a second term. More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Politics,...

There's a page for just about anything you can imagine on Facebook -- including every friendship. Whether you knew they existed or not, friendship pages have been there since October 2010, displaying...

Here's something you don't see everyday: a man attempting to steal a plane from the airport and using reverse thrust -- typically deployed to slow a plane down after landing -- to drive the plane back...

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com has given its Jetpack plugin a big update.Think of Jetpack as a bridge that brings functionality from the hosted WordPress.com service to self-hosted WordP...

Rihanna just unleashed her music video for "Diamonds," a song that topped singles charts on iTunes in 27 countries when it debuted in October. "Diamonds" is Rihanna's 23rd top 10 single on the Billboa...

Amazon is getting into the wine business for the second time after shuttering its efforts in that area three years ago.The online retailer took the wraps off of amazon.com/wine Thursday morning. Curre...

Amazon is getting into the wine business for the second time after shuttering its efforts in that area three years ago.The online retailer took the wraps off of amazon.com/wine Thursday morning. Curre...

Sounds like embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick has put his brother in check after young Marcus went on an epic Twitter rant on Monday night.. More About: Sports, an inconvenient tweet, nfl...

For those hoping Apple will come out with a smart iWatch design to compete with the Pebble, this concept will make you long for that day even more.More About: apple, siri...

1. One Direction Teaser Photo for New Pepsi Ad Photos given to Mashable from PepsiClick here to view this gallery.An alternate ending to Pepsi's popular commercial featu...

In the annals of geeky space experiments, it's going to be hard to top this one. NASA and the European Space Agency announced Thursday that it had successfully tested a new kind of communications prot...

1. Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" (Death Metal) Click here to view this gallery.Imagine if the Beatles were ...

While many people were displeased when Apple announced it wouldnt produce an official dock for the iPhone 5, the company apparently isnt done with the dock altogether.According to Patently Apple, a re...

Prepare to see dinosaurs like you've never seen them before -- which shouldn't be difficult. It has been almost 20 years since Steven Spielberg first amazed audiences with authentic looking Brontosaur...

Here's how to how to keep your Windows 7 installation and have the option of booting into Windows 8 on the same machine.More About: Dual Boot, How-To, Windows 7, Windows 8, features...

Quick, look at your smartphone and count how many of your apps are health-related. A new survey on Mobile Health from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds 19% of smartphone users have a...

It was a hot June night in San Luis Obispo, Calif. At about 1 a.m., after a marathon session of The Settlers of Catan, two friends decided to solve a problem that has plagued players since the game's ...

1. I Think This is quite an alternative to the story of the birds and the bees.Click here to view this gallery.Remember those magnets that had random words and phrases w...

Meet Xenoceratops foremostensis, a brand-new species of ceratopsid, or horned dinosaur. The species was discovered in the plentiful fossil beds of Canada. Weighing in at 2 tons and about 20 feet long,...

 Groupon's stock tanked in after hours trading following the company's disappointing third-quarter earnings results. Shares dropped more than 15% to a new low of $3.30 in after-hours trading.Grou...

Priceline is acquiring Kayak for $1.8 billion in cash and equity, the two companies announced Thursday after the stock market closed.Priceline, an online travel booking service, will pay $500 million ...

Facebook users in the United States mentioned Election Day-related topics 71.7 million times earlier this week, propelling the event past the Super Bowl and World Series for most-talked-about-topic in...

Skyfall opens Friday in the United States, but with UK premieres last week and early screenings stateside, reviews have surfaced on Twitter and generated more buzz for the 23rd installment in the Jame...

The filmmaker behind "Innocence of Muslims," a shoddily-made YouTube film that incited occasionally violent protests across the world, was sentenced late Wednesday to one year of jail for violating pa...

Pope Benedict XVI may have sent his first tweet last year from a Vatican Twitter account, but the pontiff is now gearing up to get his own personal handle.More About: Mobile, Social Media, Twitter, ip...

AT&T will offer Apple's FaceTime iPhone video chat service over LTE networks to mobile customers with tiered data plans, the company announced in a course reversal Wednesday. Previously, only cus...

A year after Google began letting brands create profiles on Google+, the top 100 brands have an aggregate of 23.2 million fans, according to one researcher.That's a big jump over just 1.1 million...

On this episode of the Valley Girl Show, Gilt Groupe Co-Founder Alexis Maybank dishes on how she runs a family and a $1 billion company.More About: gilt groupe, valleygirltv, women in technology...

Amazon has reduced the price of its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in Japan just two weeks after the device went on sale in the country. The first round of orders has not even shipped yet; the device is s...

Rihanna, who has racked up a Facebook audience larger than anyone else's, will sit down with Bravo's Andy Cohen in a Facebook live chat Monday. The 24-year-old plans to talk about having more than 62 ...

Facebook, the Internet's social engine that never seems to cough, experiences a few short minutes of downtime on Thursday, starting just before 2 p.m. EST.More About: Facebook, bugs...

For those that want to play music with friends across the country, Google is testing a new interactive web app that lets you rock out with others in real time.More About: Google, HTML5, apps, chrome...

As a result of Hurricane Sandy, the Mashable Media Summit has been rescheduled to to Nov. 30. We continue to keep in our thoughts those affected by the storm.The Mashable Media Summit is a one-day c...

As part of a larger effort to help victims of superstorm Sandy, Verizon has announced that it won't charge them for phone calls or texts. The wireless company will remove voice and text activity incur...

Note: The YEC originally scheduled co-founder of KISSmetrics Neil Patel for this live chat; however, Patel was unable to attend. His business partner Shah will take his place. Apologies for any confus...

After more than 50 years of 50 stars and stripes, the American flag may need a slight design change.Amidst all the political hubbub Tuesday, Puerto Rico voted for the first time in its history to give...

10. The Epic Supermoon On a clear weekend in May, the full moon got the closest to Earth that it will reach all year, resulting in what astronomers called the "supermoon...

You didn't know it at the time, but when you logged into Facebook on Election Day, you became a subject in a mass social experiment. You went about your day, clicked around Facebook, and you may have ...

For brands, having more followers on Twitter doesn't necessarily mean having more users talking about your company -- in fact, just the opposite seems to be true.Sling Digital, a Twitter advertising o...

When did we start naming winter storms? That was the question on everyone's minds as a Noreaster named Athena recently whipped through the Northeast.More About: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter, Weathe...

Running outdated software on your smartphone can make you an easy target for malware and viruses. The latest report by Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab reveals that 28% af all Android phones infect...

James Bond, the fictional British spy who celebrates the 50th anniversary of his film franchise this year, has done quite a lot of sleuthing in space as well as on Earth.The latest Bond movie, Skyfall...

Barnes & Noble's new holiday ad plays up a key feature in its Nook HD -- Profiles.The spot, created by ad agency Mullen, shows a Nook HD being passed from one family member to the next even thoug...

President Barack Obama didnt just win the election. He also won over Tumblr.Obama collected more than 75,000 mentions Tuesday compared to Mitt Romneys 35,000, according to exclusive statistics provide...

Tiny Porter Mayberry's dunks will blow your mind. This is his amazing journey from a warehouse job to viral YouTube fame to a LeBron James ad and beyond. More About: NBA, Sports, viral videos...

Tiny Porter Maberry's dunks will blow your mind. This is his amazing journey from a warehouse job to viral YouTube fame to a LeBron James ad and beyond. More About: NBA, Sports, trending, viral videos...

Bradley Manning, the American soldier accused of providing classified information to WikiLeaks, is offering to plead guilty to some offenses in exchange for having the most serious charges against him...

Nokia Lumia 920 The Nokia Lumia 920 is the flagship smartphone on Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 platform. It's a bit on the bulky side, but it runs like a dream and has on...

No longer leading California as governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has found time to re-assume his action star status on the big screen. His starring role in The Last Stand, which hits theaters Jan. 18, ...

South Park's election episode, which aired Wednesday evening, had a detail that is nothing short of astounding. While most of the episode was (obviously) parody and a farce, this screengrab, captured ...

Front Perspective of Design Apple has won a patent for its iPad design concept, which includes a rectangular shape with rounded corners.Click here to view this gallery.A...

NASA just made it easier to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station the largest manmade structure in space as it soars across the night sky. The best part: no telescope required.The space...

The New York Times has made an ad buy on Twitter for the phrase "Nate Silver" -- and everything that comes with it.On Thursday, several Twitter users pointed out that a promoted tweet for the Times wa...

The Economist didn't have to look too far to find this week's cover. In fact, it chose an image that may be the most retweeted of all time.The picture, which went up on Twitter early Wednesday morning...

Ever want to pin something on Pinterest, but don't want the entire world to see what's catching your eye? Now you can with its new "secret boards" feature.More About: pinterest...

Just as homeowners struggle to keep up with their home payments during tough economic circumstances, students are having a hard time repaying their loans for college, though a host of online tools can...

Tumblr has launched a new version of its iOS app, bringing the version number to 3.2. The app is now completely native, Tumblr claims, and it comes with a redesigned dashboard, bigger photos and faste...

If the presentation above is to be believed, The Onion has some hot fall programming up its sleeve. (I can't wait for Pretend Truckers.)However, the real purpose of this video is to promote the Dodge ...

Chatty cellphone users yapping away in public are often frustrating. They're in movie theaters, stores, public transportation, sporting events and many other areas where plenty of people can hear only...

Election Day set all kinds of new social media records on Facebook and Twitter -- but it turns out it was a pretty big night for Instagram, too.Immediately following Barack Obama's victory, Instagram ...

Email has a long and colorful history. While some have opined that email is dead -- we're looking at you, Zuckerberg -- the communication tool is alive and well, even after 41 years. In fact, it's thr...

If you get a message from Twitter saying you have to change your password, don't ignore it as a phishing attempt. It may be real. Mashable has received dozens of reports of Twitter asking users, upon ...

If you get a message from Twitter saying you have to change your password, don't ignore it as a phishing attempt. It may be real. Mashable has received dozens of reports of Twitter asking users, upon ...

1. Obama's "Four More Years" Is the Most Re-Tweeted Ever When Ohio turned blue and news networks called the race for Obama, the president tweeted "four more years" with ...

Samsung may have lost big to Apple in the courtroom, but it's just scored a victory in the marketplace. The Samsung Galaxy S III has stolen the title of the world's most popular smartphone from the iP...

Starbucks is now accepting payments through Square's mobile app at about 7,000 locations across the United States, the two companies announced Thursday.More About: Square, mobile payments, starbucks...

Hikers in Utah had an unpleasant surprise while camping near Provo Canyon recently. While trying to film deer, they may have captured footage of Big Foot instead.The video above shows a shadowy outlin...

It's a question many end-users don't usually ask before deciding on a new laptop or tablet -- will it be easy to use when I'm drunk? But the folks at Three Sheets Market Research sought the answer and...

Since Mitt Romney's loss to Barack Obama, his website remains mostly the same as it was before the election -- save a new "Thank You" message from the governor to his supporters. Had Romney been victo...

The latest installment of the Angry Birds game franchise, Angry Birds Star Wars, is now available for purchase. The new game marries the bird-flinging action from the original game with a Star Wars th...

MasterCard is billing a new credit card it's issuing in Singapore as the "next generation of payment cards." With security in mind, the Display Card has an LCD screen and touch-sensitive buttons both ...

Macy's is adding a new feature to its iPhone app that provides indoor turn-by-turn directions for its flagship location in New York City's Herald Square.More About: macys, meridian...

Despite nearly 8% unemployment, a tepid economy and millions of dollars in negative advertising, President Obama managed to pull off a sizable Electoral College win on Tuesday. While Obama's 2008 camp...

About 113 smartphones are stolen or lost each minute in the U.S., but there's one city in which they are swept away more than any other.More About: Mobile, cellphone, iphone, smartphone...

Parents are using their children's attachment to social media to their advantage, making it a powerful incentive -- and punishment -- in the age-old struggle to raise kids right.Parents are tightening...

Halloween may be over, but Thursday's Google Doodle wouldn't be out of place on Oct. 31.The creepy drawing honors famed author Bram Stoker, who would have turned 165 this year. Born on Nov. 8, 1847, S...

Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.When indie game sensation Minecraft started picking up steam in 2010, it w...

LG will launch the world's first LCD monitor with a 21:9 aspect ratio, the 29-inch EA93, in Korea later this month. If you've been following the LCD monitor scene, you'll know that not much has been h...

LG will launch the world's first LCD monitor with a 21:9 aspect ratio, the 29-inch EA93, in Korea later this month. If you've been following the LCD monitor scene, you'll know that not much has been h...

If Francisco Aguilar and Dave Young get their way, police officers and firefighters will someday carry baseball-shaped, throwable cameras along with the rest of their equipment.As the founders of Boun...

One of the biggest issues with robotic planes or helicopters, also known as drones, is that they are not very good at avoiding obstacles on their own. In other words, they need a human pilot on the gr...

Have any casting predictions for the seventh Star Wars film?While many are saying that Harrison Ford may reprise his role of Han Solo, Screen Junkies has another idea in mind. Apparently, they think D...

Standard tips typically range from 15 to 20% of the bill, but one campaign hopes to push those numbers way up in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath.The #EatDownTipUp initiative aims to help restaurants in Lo...

As a nor'easter makes its way along the U.S. East Coast, many in the storm's path will be turning to Twitter for updates, as they did during the recent superstorm, Sandy. Twitter often reports events ...

Rockaway, a peninsula in Queens, New York City, was one of the many regions affected by -- and still recuperating from -- superstorm Sandy. The area's been without power since last week, and it doesn'...

Pogoseat lets fans upgrade to better seats while at the game, and lets teams recoup some of the money lost on good tickets that go unsold.More About: App, Sports, Startups, apps...

Along with the nightly news, NBC anchor Brian Williams delivered an Election Day diss to one Donald Trump, on air.While covering the U.S. election Tuesday night, Williams reluctantly reported on Trump...

Need to cross a couple names off your holiday shopping list? Apple's EarPods are some of the most popular headphones on the planet. A recent upgrade to Apple's earbuds improved their comfort and sound...

The eccentric world of an Internet startup takes center stage this fall when Bravo debuts LOLwork on Nov. 7. The comedic documentary series follows the employees of I Can Has Cheezburger, the nearly 6...

Autodesk released 123D Design, a free 3D-modeling tool, on Thursday. It helps users quickly and easily create 3D models that they can then print.Unlike other more complex design apps, 123D Design uses...

President Barack Obama celebrated his historic reelection victory across social media Tuesday night, right? Not quite. On Twitter, Obama posted several post-election tweets, including his 'four more y...

Nate Silver's being hailed as a Big Data hero after correctly predicting an overwhelming majority of states in Tuesday's presidential election. But how did social media sentiment fair as a barometer o...

UCLA football coach Jim Mora says the person who impersonated a Bruins player on Twitter is a "scumbag" who "ought to go to jail."More About: Sports, college sports...

Theres no denying that were a much more mobile nation than we were four years ago. That switch to mobile is affecting not only how we communicate with each other, but also how we engage politically.As...

The iPhone 5 is a C-average student. At least, that's the grade InsuranceQuotes awarded the smartphone, based on its effect on public health, the environment and the U.S. economy. In the video above, ...

Election Day served up a double scoop of memorable moments, but if by hour six of CNN's touchscreen-filled coverage you started feeling queasy, we're here to help. Think of it as Pepto Bismol for your...

New Yorkers didn't have to bother with cable news pundits to track the presidential election returns on Tuesday -- the results lit up the night sky. The iconic Empire State Building kept a running tal...

Famous game designer Jordan Mechner released a re-imagining of Karateka Wednesday. The rhythmic beat-em-up was originally released in 1984 for the Apple II and has received a significant update for it...

Airbnbis leveraging its network of accommodations to provide some relief to Hurricane Sandy victims.The program, which was announced on Twitter by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office, pairs thos...

Call it the new 47%. That's the percentage of you who have unfriended someone on Facebook because of this election, according to our poll from a few hours back (which has 1,500 respondents and counti...

You might remember Air New Zealand's latest Hobbit-themed video, featuring a special cameo from director Peter Jackson.If you were wondering how a horse got on the plane, or what it's like to film wit...

TweetDeck for web, Chrome and PC was updated Wednesday to version 2.1, bringing with it a number of new features.Feature additions in the updated TweetDeck include support for expanded tweets, the int...

Election night is like no other for on-air journalists. It's what Christmas is like to Santa Claus, Flag Day is for Betsy Ross, Super Bowl for football players. It's a non-stop night of filler coverag...

Bob Dylan took to his Facebook page for the first time ever to say he was right about his prediction that President Barack Obama would be re-elected.More About: Facebook, Social Media...

A jaw-dropping picture of the planet Saturn was recently released by NASA's Cassini probe orbiting the ringed giant.The black-and-white photo shows the gas giant tilted, with its iconic rings draping ...

When you connect to the Internet at home, you're almost certainly using a form of broadband. Broadband is defined by various standards as being capable of transmitting data at 1.5 or 2 Megabits (Mbits...

Traveling abroad is the new road trip. Twenty-somethings are crossing foreign borders, now more than ever, through study abroad programs, summer vacations and backpacking trips -- the world is huge, a...

Anthony Weiner, the politician whose social media screw-up led to his resignation from Congress, has made a return to Twitter Wednesday. The former congressman sent a tweet Wednesday morning simply li...

More than 300,000 tweets were sent each minute last night during the 2012 Presidential Election, but Twitter handled the massive influx of traffic without a hitch.More About: 2012 Presidential Electio...

Earlier this year, Facebook reported that 83 million accounts on its massive social site are fake. And 23 million of those accounts are non-human entities, such as animals.While one out of 10 pets has...

Designed by electrical engineering student Jay Kickliter for a job fair at his school, this capacitive-touch business card stands out from the standard issue. The card features a ring of LEDs that lig...

At this year's Mashable Media Summit, we'll bring together some of the most influential leaders in the digital media space to discuss the hottest trends, from fashion's role in publishing to drone jou...

The iPad Mini Feels Good in Your Hands Click here to view this gallery.Imagine an alternate universe where its the summer of 2011 and Apple has introduced a $199 iPad m...

Apple's stock dropped by more than 3% in early trading Wednesday, hovering just above $560 a share, its lowest price in five months.More About: apple, iphone, stocks...

Streaming live on Mashable, Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics founder Neil Patel will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST) Thursday, Nov. 8. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Councils #St...

The iPad mini hasnt been on store shelves for a week yet, but rumors about its replacement have already started to hit the web.One of the biggest complaints about Apples recently-released iPad mini is...

Send us your best photos of a "grid" for the chance to win a Panasonic LUMIX.More About: Mashable Photo Challenge Series, Panasonic, Photos...

In elections past, you may not have known where your high school friends stood on the political spectrum. But now, thanks to the power of social media, you learn quite a bit about about where your old...

David Tennant will join the Star Wars universe. Although several other actors from sci-fi stardom have been on the show, the Doctor Who actor is the first Doctor to appear on Clone Wars, according to ...

Early next year, Budweiser is planning to launch a new golden amber lager developed through a crowdsourcing competition between the Brewmasters at its 12 breweries. For Project 12, the company worked ...

President Barack Obama's re-election Tuesday night means NASA will likely continue along its current path, working to get astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 among other goals.A change of course for the...

Getting on a scale is probably not among the top ten things you love to do most in life. In fact, some people don't even believe what their scale tells them. "Can't be, scale must be off," I've heard ...

1. The Zildjian cymbal company is nearly 400 years old. A 17th century Armenian alchemist named Avedis stumbled upon a musical alloy in his quest to turn tin, copper and...

Bloomberg Businessweek, which garnered a lot of attention with its "It's Global Warming, Stupid" cover last week, has created another sure-to-be-discussed cover.This one imagines Barack Obama four yea...

There are countless garage-to-Fortune 500 success stories. Jeff Bezos first ran Amazon.com out of his garage in Bellevue, Wash. As Stanford University graduate students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin la...

If Google wants to boost engagement on Google+, it might want to start by encouraging its own employees to be more active in posting to the social network, according to one new tracking tool.Near...

Tuesday night was a night for political decision-making, but it was also a night for political news-making. News sites experienced one of those increasingly rare things: a moment when the eyes of a na...

According to many Twitter users, Elizabeth Warren was projected by NBC News to win her bid for Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat at approximately 9 p.m. ET Tuesday night, but that wasn't true. Warren d...

If you thought the $1 billion courtroom victory over Samsung satisfied Apple's appetite for patent lawsuits against the South Korean electronics giant, think again. Apple has asked a judge to add one ...

 Private boards may soon be coming to Pinterest.When pinning an image to Mashable's Pinterest account Wednesday morning, we noticed a mention of "secret boards" (see screenshot above). We were un...

The Gregory Brothers have struck again -- this time, creating a musical version of what Mitt Romney may have really been thinking during his concession speech on election night.This version of the Rep...

Critics and fans alike knew all about Colleen Lachowicz's prowess at World of Warcraft. Now she's shown them she's a champion at politics, too.The Democratic candidate for the Maine State Senate won h...

Barack Obama's victory for his second term as U.S. President sparked substantial social media reaction Tuesday night. Among conservative users of Twitter, the news of Mitt Romney's defeat launched a g...

NBC Universal and American Express have partnered for a program that lets viewers use their mobile devices to buy stuff they see on TV.The deal relies on Zeebox, an iOS and Android app which NBC hopes...

AT&T plans to expand its 4G LTE network coverage to 300 million people by the end of 2014, the company has announced. To support the expansion of its LTE network, AT&T says it has acquired s...

From legislative information to reporting potholes, bus arrivals to health violations, mobile and web apps are improving city living. Check out these innovative apps.More About: Global Innovation Seri...

Viddy, the social video-sharing platform known for its 15-second time cap, has a slogan on its website: Capture Life in the Moment. Countless brands are seizing this opportunity, capturing aspects of ...

After winning his second term as U.S. President, Barack Obama shared a photo on his Facebook page that quickly became the most Liked photo ever on the social network. The picture shows the president e...

Foxconn, Apple's chief manufacturing partner, is still struggling to keep up with demand for the iPhone 5.More About: apple, iphone...

Now that's a smear campaign that we can all get behind.More About: 2012 presidential campaign, comics, commercials, humor, television...

1. Rusty Wired Series Avalanche With a faux fur hood, the "Avalanche" will keep you really warm.Cost: $74.50Click here to view this gallery.Do you love music? Do you exe...

While television networks were busy reporting the results of the presidential election last night, Conan O'Brien felt a little left out. So, in typical Team Coco fashion, he and co-host Andy Richter ...

History was made by voters in several states Tuesday, as Maine and Maryland became the first two states to legalize gay marriage by popular vote and Colorado and Washington state legalized recreationa...

Pixar has named a building after Steve Jobs, an acknowledgement of the Apple co-founder's role in that company's success.The studio, now a unit of Walt Disney Pictures, put Jobs' name above the main e...

Barack Obama has been elected for a second term as president of the United States. What does that mean for the technology community?Internet FreedomObama believes the United States ought to preserve t...

Kim Dotcom's announced online file sharing service Mega will not be available at the web address me.ga, Stuff.co.nz reports. The .ga top level domain belongs to Gabon and, as it turns out, its governm...

Good news San Franciscans -- we have (another) reason to go to happy hour -- an app called Coaster makes the mob scene at the bar a thing of the past. The app is currently available in 14 bars and c...

The wonder of the cosmos.The beauty of the heavens. Such phrases come easily to mind when contemplating space, which is just such a photogenic place.Looking up at the night sky has inspired humanity f...

As natural disasters like hurricane Sandy become more frequent due to climate change, scientists have started working on solutions to prevent them, some of them very original. Stephen Salter, an emeri...

Twitter introduced Cards this summer, enabling media publishers to include quick synopses and article photos in tweets, and allowing the rest of us to view linked pictures and videos without leaving T...

Google has redesigned its search results pages, shifting its toolbar from the side to the top of the screen.The bar lets users search under different categories, including "Web," "Images," "Maps," "Ne...

Four more years. twitter.com/BarackObama/st— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012President Barack Obama's celebratory tweet after winning the U.S. election surpassed 500,000 retweets, ma...

If you bought an iPad Mini, you might have noticed that it came with the same 5-watt charger that Apple ships with the iPhone. The iPad 3, 2 and 1 comes with a 10-watt charger, while the iPad 4 has a ...

Apple's ever-growing reach means you're sure to encounter iDevices anywhere and everywhere. But despite shared affection for the Mac maker, there's a downside to seeing fellow fanatics: cord confusion...

Joe American: "Hey, did you hear Barack Obama's victory speech?"Bob American: "Wha? Nope. I couldn't take my eyes off of that woman sitting behind him with a flag in her hair. U-S-A! U-S-A!"Televisio...

Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech at approximately 1:40 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, shortly after Mitt Romney delivered his concession speech.During the speech, Obama thanked his supporters, w...

Barack Obama may have comfortably won re-election in the electoral college, and squeaked a victory in the popular vote. But here is the absolute, undoubted winner of this election: Nate Silver and big...

Political pundit Karl Rove seemed to have a hard time accepting the election results, as the video, above, shows.While other news networks began calling the election based on President Barack Obama ta...

Gov. Mitt Romney gave his concession speech at 12:55 p.m. ET Wednesday morning, following his loss to President Barack Obama. In the speech, which clocked in at approximately five minutes, Romney wish...

Chicago Via andrewjenksClick here to view this gallery.Americans and viewers all over the world reacted to President Barack Obama's win in the 2012 election.Many shared ...

Politicians and pundits can't help saying they were right -- or rather, we can't resist hearing them say they were wrong. Throughout the evening, they took to the Twitterverse to make predictions, pro...

Always wanted to be a race car driver? Nissan makes it easy for anyone to be the fastest driver on earth with the new game Voice Driver Cup. Created to promote the new Fairlady 370Z, the 2013 version ...

Barack Obama's celebratory messages on Twitter and Facebook rapidly went viral Tuesday evening, garnering hundreds of thousands of likes, shares and retweets in short order.One of Obama's three tweets...

Shortly after President Barack Obama was announced the winner of the 2012 election, Donald Trump had what some might call a melodramatic freak out on Twitter. He condemned America's democratic process...

Barack Obama probably just wants to snooze it up in the Lincoln Bedroom after winning a hard-fought election, so we'll let GIFs celebrate the victory for him.Take a nap, Mr. President -- the GIFs will...

Barack Obama has won the 2012 presidential election, announcing his win on Twitter at 11:14 p.m. ET Tuesday evening:This happened because of you. Thank you.— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November...

More than 20 million tweets have already been sent about the election Tuesday night, Twitter's government team revealed. That makes it by far the most tweeted political event in U.S. history. The numb...

Although Apple's iPad mini retails for $329, a teardown of the tiny tablet shows that it actually costs $188 to build.A base model with Wi-Fi and 16 GB of NAND flash memory has a "bill of materials" o...

A college professor and his student developed a CSS jack that applies an 8-bit treatment to NPRs Election Night Scorecard. According to creator Jeremy Gilbert, NPR supported the NES-style project that...

If watching the blue and red map on TV for hours is making you feel like the nation is cracking apart, try following the presidential election on Twitter -- it'll have you cracking up. Twitter comedia...

If watching the blue and red map on TV for hours is making you feel like the nation is cracking apart, try following the presidential election on Twitter -- it'll have you cracking up. Twitter comedia...

A rumor that NBC News projected Elizabeth Warren as the winner of the race for Massachusetts' open Senate seat went viral on Twitter Tuesday evening, duping some news sites into publishing stories abo...

A rumor that NBC News projected Elizabeth Warren as the winner of the race for Massachusetts' open Senate seat went viral on Twitter Tuesday evening, duping some news sites into publishing stories abo...

Companies that discourage political talk at work may want to rethink their position. New research has found that political give-and-take in the office can strengthen job satisfaction and commitment to...

Via allisonwashkoClick here to view this gallery.Election Day is almost over. Are you tired of all the electoral votes and percentage points yet? OK, remove your serio...

1. Obama HQ: Food Court Photo by @johanneswbergClick here to view this gallery.As polls on the East Coast close, results start trickling in, and the Obama and Romney cam...

No one likes having the flu -- body aches, fever, laying in bed all day, but not everyone does something to prevent it. The Centers for Disease Control recommend people over the age of six receive a ...

Tablet manufacturers have tried to compete with the iPad by pricing their devices at a lower rate, even if it meant sacrificing profit margins. But a new report shows Microsoft is taking a very differ...

When 3D-printing enthusiast Mike Hellers received his iPhone Elevation Dock, it was rendered useless the next day. After supporting the Kickstarter project, which earned about $1.4 million, the produc...

The little girl in this video looks about seven years old and is dwarfed by her helmets and pads -- but she plays football like a Hall of Fame running back. More About: Sports, Watercooler, nfl, viral...

SInce the advent of television campaign ads in 1952, video has been a significant tool in the democratic process. This year's presidential election was no exception -- the explosion of viral content o...

A team of NASA scientists has captured amazing radar images of a huge, mile-wide asteroid as it drifted silently millions of miles from Earth its closest approach to our planet for the next 200 years...

Want that retro arcade feel when playing Space Invaders or Donkey Kong? A new Kickstarter project offers a DIY game box for your desktop to bring that arcade feeling to your desk or home office.From t...

@craig_jaffe Way to call a bluff. You must be a good poker player. Click here to view this gallery.Immigration may be a popular pre-election topic, but after the electio...

Facebook has launched the first change to Instagram since it purchased the social photo-sharing site earlier this year. In a matter of days, Instagram profiles including all the photos a user has pos...

Big Bird showed up to Flock the Vote in Austin, Texas on Election Day. Austin Statesman reporter and resident jokester John Kelso flew the coop (or the oversized nest?) and landed at a polling statio...

Richmond, Va. Voters submit their ballots for the 2012 election. Click here to view this gallery.A swing state is supposed to be a place where no single candidate has ov...

Pop star Beyonce Knowles joined Instagram on Election Day, using her first photo upload to make a political statement. "Texans FOR OBAMA," reads the shirt she wears in the Instagram snap from @BADDIEB...

If you use Google Chrome and don't want your online behavior tracked by marketers, today's your lucky day. Chrome, currently the world's most popular browser, just got an update with the much-requeste...

Minutes before the polls close in some parts of the country, Barack Obama posted an Election Day reminder on Reddit."I want to thank you all again for the reception you gave me in August for my AMA. G...

We love the most recent ad for Apple's iPad mini. The big piano/little piano motif gets across exactly the point the product without using any words at all.But we may love this parody ad for Microsoft...

Gerald Ford's Fall At least he brushed off the incident by insisting on a handshake with the Austrian president...

Michael Vick said he was unaware of, then apologized for, an epic Twitter rant by his brother during the Eagles' 28-13 Monday Night Football loss this week. More About: Sports, nfl...

As Election Day comes closer to an end, Twitter sentiment in swing states is split between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.Barack Obama's leading Mitt Romney on the Twitter Political Index in Michigan, P...

Considering buying an iPhone 5? Maybe you should just settle for a $186,511 piece of cardboard shaped like the gadget. There's no display, no camera, no video recording. It doesn't need wires to funct...

Different Ratios The iPad mini has a 4:3 aspect ration, while the Nexus 7 has a 16:9.Click here to view this gallery.For me, Googles Nexus 7 was love at first sight. At...

Starting today, Windows Live Messenger users can talk to their contacts using Skype.This integration comes just a day after reports that Microsoft is retiring Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype ...

Halo 4 had the unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on your perspective) timing of coming out on Election Day, but it doesn't mean the development team behind the game wants fans to spend all day sitt...

Last week, we announced the Mashable Photo Challenge presented by Panasonic LUMIX. We received hundreds of submissions for our first prompt: silhouettes. The submissions captured people, animals, sky...

The outcome of today's presidential election is unlikely to have a profound impact on the future direction of American spaceflight and exploration, experts say.While Republican candidate Mitt Romney h...

Amazon has discounted some of the most popular Angry Birds titles in anticipation of Thursday's release of Angry Birds Star Wars.From now until midnight on Nov. 8, you can purchase Kindle Fire version...

1. Beyonce for Obama (Tumblr) Click here to view this gallery.On Election Day, countless celebrities are encouraging their fans on social media sites to vote -- regardl...

This year's presidential and vice presidential debates were a hit on Twitter with the first debate becoming the most-tweeted event in U.S. political history. More About: debates 2012, presidential ele...

1. iA Writer iA Writer for iOS delivers a clean interface with zero distractions. Not only does the app instantly enter full-screen mode, but it also fades surrounding t...

If you check mainstream news on a regular basis, you surely know theres a presidential election today, and youve doubtless heard about the nasty hurricane that slammed the East Coast last week.But you...

New Jersey, where the elections process has in some places been severely disrupted by Hurricane Sandy, made headlines late last week when it was announced some citizens could cast their ballot via ema...

As a result of Hurricane Sandy's impact on the East Coast and New York City, this year's Mashable Media Summit has been rescheduled to Nov. 30. Our thoughts go to those affected by this devastating s...

If you've been anxiously hitting the refresh button on Nate Silver's election statistics blog, fivethirtyeight.com, you're not alone. Fivethirtyeight, owned by the New York Times since 2010, collects ...

More than one in five registered voters have broadcast their picks to the world via social media, according a Pew Research Center study released Tuesday. More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Politi...

Do instant pictures have a place in today's world? Polaroid cornered the market on capturing moments on film as soon as they happen with its tremendously popular instant camera, the SX-70, which debut...

It's Election Day, and it seems Americans are figuring out who is running for president just in the nick of time. Google search trends show that searches for "who is running for President" have steadi...

Happy Election Day, America! It's one of the most important moments in the U.S., and it only happens every four years, so you should know what to expect before stepping out to the polls.By now, you've...

1. Daddy's Stolen Sticker Click here to view this gallery.There's no better way to show democratic commitment than by fulfilling your civic duty and voting, and no bett...

Perfect hair cannon! Fundraiser recharge! Giant flag pin!It's election day in the United States, and by the end of the night -- hopefully -- we will know if the incumbent, Barack Obama, has won a seco...

Just two weeks after its launch, Microsoft's Surface RT tablet is already set to play a small part in determining whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins the U.S. presidential election.GeekWire repor...

By tomorrow, one of the presidential candidates will be celebrating their victory and the other will see their name featured in a new advertising campaign from Roku.More About: election 2012, roku...

Facebook has rescheduled its Facebook Gifts event in New York City. The event was originally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, but was canceled in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.On Monday, Facebook updated...

Although Google has yet to make an official announcement, evidence is mounting in favor of a Google Wallet Card, a physical card companion for Google Wallet.Last week, a series of screenshots emerged,...

The above video, allegedly showing e-voting machine fraud in Pennsylvania, caught the attention of the social web Tuesday morning. It's already received nearly 3,000 comments on YouTube and more than ...

By Instagram's count, I have 314 photos. It's a number that represents, while not an obsession, a clear devotion to the image sharing platform Ive been using since early 2011. There are, by parent c...

Those hoping for some closure on Election Day will find none in this latest Blendtec video, which pits Apple's iPad Mini, Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD against each other in a blend-off...

Those hoping for some closure on Election Day will find none in this latest Blendtec video, which pits Apple's iPad Mini, Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD against each other in a blend-off...

2008: Barack Obama vs. John McCain Election Night 2008 from NBC news.Click here to view this gallery.Before CNN...

New Yorkers will be able to see incoming state and electoral vote results by looking up at the Empire State Building on Tuesday night, which will be illuminated with LED lights to keep a running tally...

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...

In the presidential election of 1840, candidates didn't have television, radio or social media to spread the word. Instead, they had to hit the streets with eye-catching campaign posters in order to c...

343 Industries had a big job. It had to take Microsoft's flagship Xbox franchise, which has sold 43 million copies across all games, and put its own stamp on it. Their developers had to keep fans happ...

There's a scene in 2002's 007 epic Die Another Day where James Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan, is escaping a terrorist in his signature, decked-out-to-the-max Aston Martin "Vanquish." With the click o...

Everyone and their mother has an app these days, so there's a good chance it will go unnoticed. Here's how to make it stand out in a crowded marketplace.More About: Marketing, apps...

Want a live look at voting patterns across the United States this Election Day? Facebook and Foursquare both have real-time maps of polling place check-ins across the country, broken down by state.Fac...

The Nest Learning Thermostat, created by Apple iPod designer Anthony Fadell, makes for futuristic heating and cooling. You'll never have to fidget with the thermostat before running out the door again...

The European Commission is expected to come to an agreement with Apple and four book publishers, ending a year-long investigation into whether they have been fixing e-book prices, according to a repor...

If you're thinking about adding a photo of your ballot to Instagram, (or Twitter or Facebook), you might want to think again. Some states expressly forbid recording of any kind inside polling places.M...

1. Bernal Spheres exterior view Image courtesy of NASA Ames Research CenterClick here to view this gallery.In the 1970s the NASA Ames Research Center commissioned artist...

'Tis the season for brick-and-mortar retailers to freak out. Target is rolling out QR codes so shoppers can scan and buy toys on their cellphones. Walmart is dabbling with same-day service while Toys ...

1. Sinjimoru Sync-Stand With Apple-esque good looks, Sync-Stand's gorgeous base functions in both portrait and landscape modes.Cost: $24.99Click here to view this galler...

Microsoft has filed a patent for a technology that would let Kinect detect how many people are consuming content at a given time -- a tool that may protect digital content rights at the risk of aliena...

Brin took to his Google+ page Tuesday morning to urge both presidential candidates to distance themselves from their parties and govern as independents....

Amazon has bulked up the video streaming selection on its Amazon Prime subscription service in recent years to take on companies like Netflix and Hulu, but even with the improved selection, the pricin...

Facebook users with the updated iOS app can now add Instagram-style filters to pictures uploaded via their mobile device.More About: Facebook, Mobile, Twitter, instagram, ipad, iphone...

Ford's in-vehicle connectivity system Sync has made its way to 5 million vehicles, the company has announced. With more than 1 billion smartphones now in service around the world, we expect mobile con...

Today, we want you to take a moment out of election day to share a photo of your election spirit. More About: 2012 election, voting...

What's the secret to making a video go viral? It's a question that bedevils all ad agencies these days as clients demand to be the next Old Spice or Evian.While others attempt to devise an organic rou...

Utility, not whimsey is at the heart of Google's U.S. Election Day Doodle, which leads readers to local polling places.The Doodle, which shows the Google name spelled out in paper ballots (odd for a t...

Election Maps Live online maps are the name of the game this Election Day: Google, Politico, ABC, The Daily Beast, NBC News, Reuters, WNYC and a host of other news sites...

Ketan Banjaras living room isnt cluttered with remote controls. To shush the music, he simply holds a finger up to his lips. And when he gets up from the couch and leaves the room, his TV screen pause...

A group of organizers called "Occupy Sandy" have registered for a wedding on Amazon -- except no one's getting married.The group of Brooklyn residents have registered for a wide array of supplies to b...

The Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior Concept is brimming with digital hyperbole. Lets get down to brass tacks. Built into this car (which, despite its concept label, will be a made-to-order version...

Previously available only in Europe, Apple's Lightning to Micro USB adapter is now available in the U.S. as well. The adapter, which costs $19 in the U.S. Apple Store (as opposed to 15 in the UK and 1...

Awakening: The Art of Halo 4 Click here to view this gallery.For all the fangirls and boys who have yet to snap up Halo 4 since its Tuesday launch, here's something to ...

Apple may drop Intel chips from Mac computers, in favor of chips similar to the ones used in the iPad and iPhone, sources say.According to a Bloomberg report, Apple's engineers think its own chips wil...

Apple may drop Intel chips from Mac computers, in favor of chips similar to the ones used in the iPad and iPhone, sources say.According to a Bloomberg report, Apple's engineers think its own chips wil...

In the state that is likely to decide the leader of the free world Tuesday, an 11th hour "experimental software patch" is causing consternation, confusion and a lawsuit.Ohio, regarded as the "tipping ...

A tiny, immersive sanctuary lets users step away from the daily grind by offering an "optimized" environment for power naps.CalmSpace is a "power-nap microspace" for work that helps drowsy employees t...

Internet fame often blossoms out of seemingly mundane moments. For the duo behind the web phenomenon Shit Girls Say, that moment happened while watching television on the couch. We were watching The ...

Fitted with a "thought-controlled bionic leg," amputee Zac Vawter climbed 103 floors of Chicago's Willis Tower -- accomplishing a task that would intimidate even seasoned athletes. But the 31-year-old...

Looking for a way to rock out while rocking the baby to sleep? We've got the chair for you.Meet iRock, a rocking chair with a built-in iPad dock and speakers for listening to tunes and surfing the web...

A group of students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has created a wearable communication jacket for first responders in emergency situations.Firefighters and Emergency Med...

YouTube dethroned Facebook as the hottest tech brand in the social media world last week, according to data aggregator Starcount.Another tech giant, Google, ranked third; its high placement is due to ...

Many political campaigns in this current election have a nifty "donate now!" button on their websites. While they're convenient for the candidates, it's not clear if these buttons are secure for the d...

Yumani reverses the traditional model for an online marketplace by asking sellers to compete to offer the best price to consumers.More About: Startups, The Launchpad, yumani...

Now that Princess Leia is a Disney Character, she's going to need a little training.While not an official princess -- yet -- it seems that's simply semantics to these Princesses.SEE ALSO: Star Wars Ju...

Burned fingertips and singed hands are no fun, but sometimes incurring those minor injuries are unavoidable when we're lighting candles or barbecue grills -- especially with small lighters or matches....

This infographic runs down the world's fastest electric vehicles -- and you'll be surprised who's number one. More About: electric cars, electric vehicles, infographics...

Yes, the question of who is going to occupy the White House for the next four years is vital to our nation and our planet. But just as important, for those watching on election night, is this: When ca...

NowThisNews -- the new news-focused startup from Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer -- just launched its iOS app and, with it, a brand new way to watch and share the news.The startup's goal is to di...

Facebook updated its iOS app Monday, adding the ability to send real-world gifts to your friends directly from your iPhone.Facebook launched Gifts on the web in September. The product of its acquisiti...

From Obama to Eisenhower, this expertly edited montage takes material from 1952 through 2012 to provide a captivating perspective on campaign ads. More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Advertising, ...

Broadcasting live Monday in a Google+ Hangout, members of punk rock band Bad Religion revealed the name and release date of their 16th studio album, True North, and unleashed a series of F-bombs ...

Tumblr, the microblog known as a GIF artist haven and a home to memes like Texts From Hillary Clinton, is one of the top 20 most visited websites in the U.S.In an announcement made today, Tumblr CEO a...

The election is finally here -- after tomorrow, the candidates' online ads that have chased you around the Internet will disappear. In review of the months spent campaigning and advertising, an infogr...

Instagram Profile The Instaram Profile is a smart mixture between the Instagram mobile app and Facebook's Timeline.Click here to view this gallery.Earlier today, Instagr...

A partisan 2012 election tweet came from an obviously fake Tim Tebow account on Monday, yet many on Twitter took it as real. More About: 2012 presidential campaign, Sports...

Tomorrow, Americans will head to the polls to select their next president. Some have already voted, while others have found their usual plans altered in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. And even if you do...

When reading an opinion or editorial you either agree with its stand or not. But are you basing your judgements off of the subject matter, or is it the font? Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

Facebook is hoping their site can guide people in the United States to the polls this Election Day. The social network has built a polling place locator tool, so on Tuesday, users can easily figure ou...

A street art movement asks a basic question that gets to the heart of the 2012 Election: "Who sucks the most?" As a way to gauge who voters will throw their support behind for this election, Gum Elect...

Social TV viewers saw a return to the norm this week, after last week's Major League Baseball World Series. The X Factor once again topped the broadcast listings after a one-week absence, and AMC's Th...

Are you a victim of cyberbullying in your workplace? We hear about cyberbullying usually in relation to kids and schools, but a new study is taking a look at what's going on at work. The results of a ...

Are you a victim of cyberbullying in your workplace? We hear about cyberbullying usually in relation to kids and schools, but a new study is taking a look at what's going on at work. The results of a ...

A few positives have come from Hurricane Sandy's destructive wake: the generosity of volunteers, a collective resilient spirit -- and Cory Booker's tweets. More About: Hurricane Sandy, cory booker...

The on-demand private driving service Uber is hoping to make Election Day easier for voters by offering "Freedom Rides" to and from polling stations. The Uber app teamed up with Rock the Vote to give ...

A prominent astrophysicist has pinned down a real location for Superman's fictional home planet of Krypton.Krypton is found 27.1 light-years from Earth, in the southern constellation Corvus (The Crow)...

Who knew Halo's Master Chief could boogie? A new Halo 4 parody gives the game series' protagonist a new weapon in his heavy arsenal: choreographed dance moves.Parodying English-Irish boy band The Want...

Two of the nation's top newspapers announced Monday that they will take down their paywalls for the election on Tuesday.The New York Times will give all users unlimited access to its content online an...

America is down to the final hours before hitting the polls to decide the winner of the 2012 presidential election. By now, you likely know who you're voting for, but this little guy is hoping to sway...

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency. It differs from traditional, government-backed currencies in that there is no central issuer, and there are no middlemen involved for various ...

 Photo uploading just got a whole lot easier for users of Facebook's app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Facebook released version 5.1 of its iOS app on Monday, which lets users upload ...

A Wisconsin judge has dismissed a lawsuit that Apple filed against Motorola Mobility, now owned by Google. The judge dismissed the suit, first filed in March 2011, with prejudice only a few hours befo...

After a campaign of unprecedented expense and duration, the third presidential contest in the past four to divide America almost exactly in half is now almost in the hands of the voters. With polls sh...

Your kids like their privacy, but as a parent, they understand your goal is to protect them. This may come as a surprise, but according to a recent survey, 58% of respondents between ages 13 to 17 sai...

Wall Off the Earth, the quintet whose cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" went viral this year and earned them a record deal, are fiddling with time in their new video for "Red Hands." Sho...

1. Fake Hurricane Sandy Pictures While everyone waited the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, social media users shared completely fake storm images, including this one, which ...

All you need is a smartphone and an eye for injustice to help protect democracy. Video the Vote is collaborating with Ustream in a nationwide project aiming to get video documentation of any examples ...

Twitter has made a key change to how it handles copyright requests.Rather than outright removing tweets at the heart of copyright takedown requests, Twitter is instead “withholding” them a...

The National Mall in Washington, D.C. has seen its fair share of marches and demonstrations over the years. But marches led by puppets? Now that's a little out of the ordinary. A protest group called...

Are you excited for Halo 4 and the grand return of Master Chief to the Xbox? We're giving away a copy of the game and a brand new Xbox 360 to celebrate.How do you snag this sweet prize? In honor of th...

A speech by NFL coach Chuck Pagano, who is battling leukemia, reminded us why we love sports for much, much more than the games themselves.More About: Sports, nfl...

Whether you're following the candidates on Twitter or unfriending outspoken advocates on Facebook, the 2012 election has infiltrated our digital lives.Social media has not only revolutionized campaign...

Two years after it arrived on the iPhone, Instagram launched a web companion for users of its photo-sharing and filtering app Monday.The most striking thing about the new web profiles, which are being...

No Doubt is not Looking Hot on YouTube.Gwen Stefanis reunited band decided to pull their latest video from the video-sharing site on Saturday after some complained that it was offensive to Native Amer...

Tuesday, Nov. 6, is Election Day in the United States, which means the end of the 2012 election season is nearly upon us. The races, both national and local, have been incredibly heated. Whether it wa...

For most online daters, it's hard to resist conducting some preliminary research about an upcoming or potential date using Google, Twitter or Facebook before meeting the person for coffee or drinks. A...

Obama's campaign took over the front page of YouTube with an interactive banner ad that helps voters locate nearby polling stations. At least in theory.More About: 2012 election, Advertising, YouTube,...

More than 2,600 episodes of CBS programming, which typically streams only on CBS.com, will start appearing on Hulu in 2013.Hulu Plus users -- who pay $7.99 each month for Hulu's subscription service -...

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many New York and New Jersey residents are unsure about where to cast their ballot on Election Day. The web's got plenty of resources to help, but what if you're among ...

The holiday season is almost upon us and, since the economy hasn't fully recovered, consumers remain careful and thoughtful about how they're spending money. There are a lot of great deals out there, ...

Is the presidential election giving you an upset tummy? There's a Tumblr page that makes the race for the White House easily digestible.In response to Romney's "binders full of women" gaffe, Binders F...

Turns out all that talk about Hurricane Sandy being a watershed moment for Instagram wasn't just hot air. Users snapped 800,000 pics tagged with #Sandy, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom said Monday. (The a...

If youre interested in ordering an iPhone 5 through Apple in the U.S., youre stuck getting a phone thats tied to service from one of Apples carrier partners. Is Apple ever going to start selling unloc...

Matthew Van Dyke always intended to fight in Libya. In February 2011, Van Dyke -- then a 31-year aspiring filmmaker -- journeyed to the North African nation in the early throes of revolution. He had t...

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 ...

Many New Yorkers remained without power over the weekend, but one street performance in Queens wowed spectators (and the web) with an electrifying stunt.Two performers stood atop Tesla coils, dressed ...

Maybe your office (or your home) has been out of power, your flight was cancelled or maybe youve just been sick in bed with the flu. If youve been away from your work for a few days, and youre returni...

After some social media teasing over the weekend and the earlier discovery of clues encoded in a recent patch, Bethesda Softworks released a trailer Monday for the forthcoming expansion of The Elder S...

 In a preemptive measure, Wine.com opened an online marketplace on Monday for third-party sellers to sell and distribute their wines amid reports that Amazon is planning to launch a similar busin...

Fans of the upcoming Angry Birds Star Wars joint venture have even more to be excited about after Rovio released another gameplay trailer for its new mashup title.The newest trailer for Angry Birds St...

Microsoft will retire its Windows Live Messenger chat service, shifting its focus instead to similar functionality in Skype, a new report says. The changeover could happen as early as this week.Citing...

Barack Obama and Democratic campaigns announced on Monday it will be using a mobile app for poll watchers and Get Out the Vote across the country. The news comes just days after details of a similar R...

Samsung announced Monday that it has sold 30 million Galaxy S III smartphones worldwide since it went on sale in May.More About: samsung, samsung galaxy SIII...

"Look at this photograph." It's a very simple command, one used commonly in the age of online sharing. Yet, most of us can't help but hear Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger's throaty ballad in the back...

The Surface tablet represents a new era for Microsoft, both for Windows on portable devices, but also for the company entering into competition with its hardware partners. One of the more critical par...

Cybersecurity is a rising concern globally -- for individuals, businesses and nations. Unfortunately, many either don't take the threat seriously or aren't doing enough to protect themselves from cybe...

We all have that friend. The one who didn't dress as Iron Man for Halloween, but as the Iron Man from 2020. The person who never runs out of things to say about the last episode of The Walking Dead. T...

Just hearing the James Bond theme song might bring back memories of classic films in the franchise -- or get you excited for future ones, like Skyfall.While it might not be Adele, this a cappella them...

A decade and a half into the web revolution, we do much of our banking and shopping online. So why can't we vote over the Internet? The answer is that voting presents specific kinds of very hard probl...

The websites of PayPal, Symantec and several other companies have been hacked. The Anonymous hacker collective has claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks, claiming on Twitter the hacks are part o...

1. Devin McCourty Tweets While Playing in the Super Bowl (Sort of) As New England Patriot Devin McCourty took on the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, his followers we...

Apple announced Monday that it sold three million iPad Minis and fourth-generation iPads in the first three days that the two new iPads were available. More About: apple, ipad, ipad mini...

We've seen some pretty creative projects from parents featuring their kids, but this parody kicks all of the others' butts.Director Patrick Boivin created the Kill Bill-inspired short film Dragon Baby...

Microsoft plans to do more marketing and advertising for its Windows 8, Surface tablet and Windows Phone 8 group of products, than any other product in the company's history, said Microsoft CEO Steve ...

After grudgingly posting a notice stating that Samsung did not copy the iPad on its UK website, Apple was reprimanded by the UK court, which claimed the notice was "untrue" and "incorrect". Now, Apple...

Apple's tablet market share has dropped to 50.4% in Q3 2012, down from 59.7% in the same period last year, IDC's latest report reveals. Samsung, on the other hand, has experienced huge growth, jumping...

Apple's tablet market share has dropped to 50.4% in Q3 2012, down from 59.7% in the same period last year, IDC's latest report reveals. Samsung, on the other hand, has experienced huge growth, jumping...

More than 100,000 Android applications in Google Play are considered "suspicious" or "questionable," according to new research.Out of 412,000 apps in the store, this 25% pose a security risk to mobile...

For aspiring Hemingways, right now is a particularly appropriate time to shake off the writer's block and glue yourself to a keyboard, because November is National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo. (N...

1. Eternal Eden Author: Nicole WilliamsGenre: Young Adult/FantasyPrice: FreeAvailablility: NOOK, KindleDescription: The first book in a four-part series begins with Bryn...

1. LEGO Colosseum by Ryan McNaught, aka "The Brickman" Ryan McNaught created the Colosseum. Half of it is in ruin, while the other half depicts the structure as it was i...

During this year's U.S. election, candidates channeled the power of apps and text messaging to appeal to voters, promote their party platform and fundraise. CallerSmart analyzed how much telephones --...

There's something a little unusual about the Nov. 12 cover of Time magazine: It was shot using iPhone photography app Hipstamatic. The cover, "Lessons from the Storm," was shot by photojournalist Ben ...

Name: Bow and DrapeQuick Pitch: Customizable women's clothing manufactured in classic silhouettes in the U.S.Genius Idea: A "fit kit" helps shoppers overcome sizing concerns.Over the past few years, s...

Name: Bow & DrapeQuick Pitch: Customizable women's clothing manufactured in classic silhouettes in the U.S.Genius Idea: A "fit kit" helps shoppers overcome sizing concerns.Over the past few years...

With technology advancing at a break-neck speed, many gadgets once considered the latest and greatest are now outdated and obsolete. SEE ALSO: Windows Evolved: 20 Years of PC ProgressFor this reason, ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie harnessed the power of Twitter -- and the Biebs -- to promote Sandy relief efforts.Christie tweeted at super-celeb Justin Bieber to help spread the word about the Hurric...

Double Rainbow Shines in NYC After Superstorm Sandy After Sandy brought rain, wind, toppled trees and flooded subways, this beautiful rainbow over New York City was a si...

Now that Lucasfilm is in the hands of Disney, George Lucas must be figuring out ways to help Disney enjoy the kind of spectacu