Articles by Mashable from March 2013

What does the next-generation condom look like? The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is offering an initial $100,000 of funding (with up to $1 million of possible continued funding) to whoever can ...

It has been another busy week as March comes to an end, and everyone preps their April Fools' jokes for Monday. If you've been too preoccupied planning for the Easter holiday to check out the news, do...

Die-hard Whovians have been looking forward to the season 7 part 2 premiere of Doctor Who since DecemberBut let's assume that you've never heard of a time-traveling alien in a blue telephone booth and...

Engineers at Virginia Tech have created a five-and-a-half-foot jellyfish robot that could one day be used for ocean surveillanceDubbed "Cyro," the robot has eight robotic arms, and its skeleton is wra...

A new patent application from Apple hints at an iPhone with a flexible, wraparound display.While the design looks similar to the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod nano, the filing says the content cou...

If you have any fear of being lost at sea, I beseech you, steer clear of the movie Open Water. On the other hand, if you do find yourself struggling to stay afloat on the high seas, know that a rescue...

There are all kinds of rabbits that are symbolic around Easter time. Children wait for the Easter bunny, and maybe even sing the old 1950 Easter song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail." Cadbury works magic...

"Anonymous Korea" claimed to take down several North Korean state websites Saturday, just hours after North Korea said it has entered into a "state of war" with South Korea.North Korea's main off...

Google's trend charts of the phrase "Harlem Shake" are seismic. Almost no one looked for the words until Feb. 7, then searches surged faster than any term Google ever had, except for "Whitney Houston"...

Chelsea P. Gladden is the Director of Marketing & PR for FlexJobs, an award-winning service that helps job seekers find professional opportunities that also offer work flexibility, such as telecom...

Kirsten Zastrow was nearly killed by her smartphone.On the evening of March 19, Zastrow had plugged in her Nexus S phone for the night and laid it down on her end table, the alarm set, before turning ...

"Anonymous Korea" claimed to take down several North Korean state websites Saturday, just hours after North Korea said it has entered into a "state of war" with South Korea.North Korea's main off...

If you have any fear of being lost at sea, I beseech you, steer clear of the movie Open Water. On the other hand, if you do find yourself struggling to stay afloat on the high seas, know that a rescue...

Everyone has seen inspirational quotes pop up in their Facebook newsfeed or Twitter stream — sometimes accompanied by a photo of a sunset or cute kitten. Those words of wisdom can trigger a flas...

Kirsten Zastrow was nearly killed by her smartphone.On the evening of March 19, Zastrow had plugged in her Nexus S phone for the night and laid it down on her end table, the alarm set, before turning ...

The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Name: PayTangoOne-Line P...

According to recent reports, Google will manufacture its newest gadget, Glass, in Silicon ValleyThe "Made in America" label has drawn new focus recently as the U.S. seeks to regain some of its lost ma...

Robot swarms can mimic how ant colonies navigate complex mazes relatively mindlessly, researchers have found — knowledge that could help to improve designs for manmade transportation networks.Sc...

Drying bras is more complicated than you think. Pop them in the dryer and ruin the delicate pieces. Hang them on a line and you'll have to wait for hours. Luckily, one man has found the solution to ou...

Tumblr was experiencing "network issues" that prompted a system-wide outage Friday nightThe company, which recently announced that more than 100 million blogs were using its platform, provided an upda...

Update: The issue appears to have been resolved:Network issues that affected certain Tumblr users have been resolved. Thanks for your patience.— Tumblr (@tumblr) March 30, 2013Tumblr was experie...

Easter has had a strong hold as a kid-friendly holiday. Sure, it's well advertised with its bunnies and chocolate and pastel colors, but in its truest form the holiday is quite dangerous to childrenJu...

Apps have become an important part of many kids' lives. There are educational apps that lend a hand in teaching math and history skills, apps for staying in touch with parents, and apps that just read...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology is looking to further personalize and improve cancer care by tapping into data from millions of patients around the nationThe organization completed the proto...

Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys may be the first folks to create art out of a Google Street View taping.Unless they're lying to you. In which case they'd be just another band in the back of a pickup tru...

When it comes to digitally-inclined children, a parent's biggest concern is safety. Kids' constant connection makes it difficult to keep track of how much time they're spending online or what content ...

Marissa Mayer was originally planning a six-month maternity leave, but shortened that to two weeks after she got the CEO job at Yahoo, she revealed in a blog post on Friday.Mayer's contribution, on Sh...

NEW YORK — The 2013 New York International Auto Show brought the shiniest new car models to the Big Apple this week, but none are as much fun as the Justice League-inspired vehicles from Kia Mot...

Robot swarms can mimic how ant colonies navigate complex mazes relatively mindlessly, researchers have found — knowledge that could help to improve designs for manmade transportation networks.Sc...

Tension across the Korean peninsula is rising: bellicose rhetoric coming from the North has gotten increasingly menacing and South Korea, along with the United States, hasn't backed downThe American m...

If you thought you were seeing all your Facebook friends swap their photos to red equality signs Tuesday, you were right. Facebook reported a 120% increase in profile picture swaps, as compared to an ...

Update: The issue appears to have been resolved:Network issues that affected certain Tumblr users have been resolved. Thanks for your patience.— Tumblr (@tumblr) March 30, 2013Tumblr was experie...

The most popular file in the FBI Vault has been viewed nearly a million times over the past two years. Yet, it is only a single page, relaying an unconfirmed report that the FBI never even followed up...

Add break dancing to Nick Offerman's list of many talentsThe Parks and Recreation actor got jiggy with it on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, after recalling his childhood days on the soybean fields. Tur...

The first line of troubleshooting for any Internet issue is always to restart the modem and router - annoying, but usually effectiveBut did you know that there's actually a precise optimal sequence fo...

While some people prepare for Easter inside of the grocery store, one man makes use of the space right outside of it.A man in Richmond, Va. was practicing some Kung Fu moves in a Food Lion parking lot...

Hey, you. Yes, we're talking to you. The person who is getting scammed by their cable companyYou're probably paying $300 a month for "high-speed cyber hyper double turbo speed extra secure Internet an...

Vine, with its easy way to create short GIF-like looping videos, has been a hit for Twitter, but its fans long for more features and functionality. Vine is answering that call a little bit today by ad...

Youth representatives and young leaders in social media gathered Wednesday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss what the future holds for young innovatorsThe U.N. Economic and Soc...

Much like the millions of people who are eagerly anticipating the March 31 return of Game of Thrones, the folks at travel service Kayak.com can't wait for the Season 3 premiereTo hold fans over until ...

At this time of year it's traditional to partake in a little bout of spring cleaning. Here at Mashable, we think that annual ritual should be extended to your gadgetry.We have found 10 products that w...

Solar impulse, an ultra-lightweight plane powered completely by the sun is set to fly coast-to-coast this spring, researchers announced on March 28 at Moffett Air Field at NASA Ames Research Center in...

Plotting April Fool's Day success doesn't require going all out. Sometimes, keeping the plans simple provides the biggest prank punch.YouTube channel HouseholdHacker details seven easy-to-execute pran...

Facebook is holding an Android-related press event next week and already the Internet is in a tizzy. Could this be the rumored, mythical, magical Facebook phone?The truth is, I don't know. For nearly ...

NEW YORK — The 2013 New York International Auto Show brought the shiniest new car models to the Big Apple this week, but none are as much fun as the Justice League-inspired vehicles from Kia Mot...

Human trafficking victims and concerned citizens across the United States can now send quick and discreet text messages for help, thanks to a new joint initiative to end modern slavery.Polaris Project...

The government of China launched a smear campaign against Apple in order to curb its popularity in favor of state-run companies. However, the Chinese people aren't biting, mocking these strategies on ...

The Human Rights Campaign's Director of Marketing Anastasia Khoo didn't decide to change the organization's equality sign logo from blue to red on a whimThe team at the HRC, the largest lobby organiza...

The most popular file in the FBI Vault has been viewed nearly a million times over the past two years. Yet, it is only a single page, relaying an unconfirmed report that the FBI never even followed up...

A Russian Soyuz capsule arrived in record time at the International Space Station on Thursday, shaving the standard two-day flight down to less than six hours.The shortcut required some very precisely...

Tension across the Korean peninsula is rising: bellicose rhetoric coming from the North has gotten increasingly menacing and South Korea, along with the United States, hasn't backed downThe American m...

For years, Patrick Star helped hold down Bikini Bottom while SpongeBob was flippin' burgers at The Krusty Krab. But now it's time for Patrick to come out from under that rock and take a seat upon his ...

Google's Chrome browser wants to double check your grammar and spelling.The company announced this week it is bringing improved spell checking to Chrome with its "Ask Google for suggestions" featureCh...

The first line of troubleshooting for any Internet issue is always to restart the modem and router - annoying, but usually effectiveBut did you know that there's actually a precise optimal sequence fo...

Wisdom teeth extraction can be a traumatizing experience for the patient. Now imagine how the teeth feel — ripped from their cushy, gummy home and tossed out with the floss.YouTube user abbiekri...

Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old American and Army veteran, was charged Thursday with “conspiring to use a destructive device outside the United States" after he allegedly spent several months fighti...

Response to Gmail's new compose feature has been less than celebratory. Many users are confused by the minimalist design and hidden tools, preferring instead to interact with the typical icons and opt...

While some people prepare for Easter inside of the grocery store, one man makes use of the space right outside of it.A man in Richmond, Va. was practicing some Kung Fu moves in a Food Lion parking lot...

Scientists may have discovered the first meteorite from Mercury.The green rock found in Morocco last year may be the first known visitor from the solar system's innermost planet, according to meteorit...

Facebook is testing a new button on the top of its homepage that allows users to post directly to Timeline regardless of what page they're on.The button was first spotted by Mashable reporter Alex Fit...

Youth representatives and young leaders in social media gathered Wednesday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss what the future holds for young innovatorsThe U.N. Economic and Soc...

Much like the millions of people who are eagerly anticipating the March 31 return of Game of Thrones, the folks at travel service Kayak.com can't wait for the Season 3 premiereTo hold fans over until ...

Artists Andreas Bhend and Samuel Bernier teamed up to take do-it-yourself to another levelHaving some previous success using a 3D printer to create replacement lamp shades for an IKEA lamp, they recei...

The meteoric surge of independent game development was on full display at this year's PAX East in BostonThe gigantic show floor was dotted with indie games, and a giant conglomerate of developers join...

Traditionally food is always a big part of any Easter celebration. If you're looking to get creative in the kitchen this year, we have some video recipes that will helpWe have found 10 classic Easter ...

Biz Stone, one of Twitter's three co-founders, is planning to launch another startup soon called Jelly, according to a new report.Kara Swisher at AllThingsD reports hearing from multiple people that S...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world.Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories....

The government of China launched a smear campaign against Apple in order to curb its popularity in favor of state-run companies. However, the Chinese people aren't biting, mocking these strategies on ...

If there's one undisputed truth in this world, it's that everyone loves music. And as technology advances, it's tough to imagine listening to music without Spotify, YouTube and other services that hel...

Dan Tynan is a contributing editor for Family Circle, where he writes about the intersection of parenting and technology. Follow him on Twitter @tynanwrites or at his blog Hopeless Dork.Anyone who's e...

The Human Rights Campaign's Director of Marketing Anastasia Khoo didn't decide to change the organization's equality sign logo from blue to red on a whimThe team at the HRC, the largest lobby organiza...

Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old American and Army veteran, was charged Thursday with “conspiring to use a destructive device outside the United States" after he allegedly spent several months fighti...

Response to Gmail's new compose feature has been less than celebratory. Many users are confused by the minimalist design and hidden tools, preferring instead to interact with the typical icons and opt...

At this time of year it's traditional to partake in a little bout of spring cleaning. Here at Mashable, we think that annual ritual should be extended to your gadgetry.We have found 10 products that w...

Just as promised, the Kickstarter-funded, Android-based gaming console Ouya has started shipping March 28Users will be happy to know there are already 104 published games for the console, and all are ...

The meteoric surge of independent game development was on full display at this year's PAX East in BostonThe gigantic show floor was dotted with indie games, and a giant conglomerate of developers join...

Chinese computer maker Lenovo is in talks to buy NEC's mobile business, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matterJapan's NEC is also talking with potential domestic buyers, the source sa...

The Bitcoin — the first decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency — was introduced on the web in 2009, but interest is bubbling up once again.Building on the idea that money is essentia...

Think of it as an American Idol in which the contestants aren't fighting for record deals but rather a pathway to joining the next generation of American offensive and defensive cybersecurity experts....

Chinese computer maker Lenovo is in talks to buy NEC's mobile business, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matterJapan's NEC is also talking with potential domestic buyers, the source sa...

If biologists could put computational controls inside living cells, they could program them to sense and report on the presence of cancer, create drugs on site as they’re needed, or dynamically ...

If you didn't catch Pikachu and pals 14 years ago when they busted onto the scene, here's your chance. All those Poke Balls have evolved into a feature filmJust kidding — sorry to tease. These l...

Facebook users weren't the only people affected by the Supreme Court's two gay marriage cases Tuesday and WednesdayTwitter was full of conversations about marriage equality, Prop 8 and the Defense of ...

Technology lecturer Dylan Menzies doesn’t play the violin in the traditional sense. Instead he uses software and lasers to translate the positioning, speed and motion of a traditional wooden bow...

What if you could tell whether or not a friend were paying attention to you based on the position of his ears?That’s the idea behind Necomimi, a pair of cat-like ears that track your brain waves...

Adorning your living room mantel with a petri dish full of germs normally wouldn’t sound appealing. But once you take a look at Zachary Copfer’s unique creations, you might be intrigued &#...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.IFTTT (an acronym for "If...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, it turns out that adults are worse than teenagers when it comes to texting while drivingThat's according to the results of a survey conducted by AT&T and published...

Facebook sent out invitations to press Thursday for an Android event to be held at its Menlo Park campus next week.The event invitation simply invited press to “Come See Our New Home on Android,...

Bejeweled is on its way to Windows 8.Modeled after Bejeweled 3, which is available on some other platforms, Bejeweled Live is an adaptation of the popular game designed specifically for the Windows 8 ...

If biologists could put computational controls inside living cells, they could program them to sense and report on the presence of cancer, create drugs on site as they’re needed, or dynamically ...

Facebook users weren't the only people affected by the Supreme Court's two gay marriage cases Tuesday and WednesdayTwitter was full of conversations about marriage equality, Prop 8 and the Defense of ...

In addition to features that appeal to the connected generation, like Smart Start and Honda Link, the cloud-based infotainment system, Honda has introduced an idea that really sucks. The company showe...

Think of it as an American Idol in which the contestants aren't fighting for record deals but rather a pathway to joining the next generation of American offensive and defensive cybersecurity experts....

Sound the alarm, the Internet has a new meme that's about to take off. Internet, meet hadouken. Hadouken, welcome, we hope you stay awhile — 'cuz you are uh-mazingThe meme's spark was kindled in...

What if you could tell whether or not a friend were paying attention to you based on the position of his ears?That’s the idea behind Necomimi, a pair of cat-like ears that track your brain waves...

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone will be available for pre-sale via AT&T starting Tuesday, April 16. It will be priced at $249.99 with a two-year commitment with the carrier.The new flagship devi...

Technology lecturer Dylan Menzies doesn’t play the violin in the traditional sense. Instead he uses software and lasers to translate the positioning, speed and motion of a traditional wooden bow...

People flock to Pinterest to collect and keep track of inspirations, whether they're recipes to cook, destinations to visit or clothes to wear. But there's a promising new social network with a simila...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.IFTTT (an acronym for "If...

With the release of BioShock: Infinite and its impressive reviews, there's never been a better time to rustle up odds and ends from the franchise. Case in point: A ridiculously rare functional BioShoc...

The modern family is more connected than ever, with each member toting a smartphone or mobile device to every appointment, event or play date. Sharing your newborn's first moments or checking in with ...

Amazon announced Thursday that it will acquire Goodreads, the popular social network for books, for an undisclosed sumGoodreads launched in 2007 and currently has more than 16 million members. The ser...

When the robot uprising occurs — and preparations for this eventuality are already underway — perhaps our metallic overlords will be persuaded to spare our lives thanks to the kindness onc...

Facebook sent out invitations to press Thursday for an Android event to be held at its Menlo Park campus next week.The event invitation simply invited press to “Come See Our New Home on Android,...

Feeling low lately? Down in the dumps? Feel like the world has nothing to offer you and you might as well curl up with your cat and wait for the zombie apocalypse to come? (Alright, alright, no need t...

Bejeweled is on its way to Windows 8.Modeled after Bejeweled 3, which is available on some other platforms, Bejeweled Live is an adaptation of the popular game designed specifically for the Windows 8 ...

A new online petition asks the White House to repeal budget cuts that have spurred NASA to suspend many of its education and public-outreach efforts.The petition was created on Friday (March 22), the ...

Pianist Sonya Belosouva channels her inner Rick Grimes, the lead character from AMC's The Walking Dead, as she bravely plays a rendition of the television drama's theme song while surrounded by zombie...

On Tuesday, Flipboard released version 2.0 of its iOS app, allowing its more than 50 million registered users to create their own magazines for the first time. In the first 24 hours after launch, more...

In addition to features that appeal to the connected generation, like Smart Start and Honda Link, the cloud-based infotainment system, Honda has introduced an idea that really sucks. The company showe...

Coming to the Minnesota State Fair in 2016*A new Tumblr collection, called Deep-Fried Gadgets, takes a look at what some of our favorite digital accessories — tablets, laptops and earbuds —...

Think of it as an American Idol in which the contestants aren't fighting for record deals but rather a pathway to joining the next generation of American offensive and defensive cybersecurity experts....

Got a question for Daniel? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live.Daniel Ha is the CEO and cofounder of Disqus. Daniel studied computer science engineering at UC Davis and interned at big...

Amidst Thursday's news that BlackBerry sold 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones last quarter, the company also announced that co-founder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has retired from the company's...

Sound the alarm, the Internet has a new meme that's about to take off. Internet, meet hadouken. Hadouken, welcome, we hope you stay awhile — 'cuz you are uh-mazingThe meme's spark was kindled in...

Activision showed off the state of the art of real-time graphics on Wednesday, releasing this mind-boggling character demo. The character's skin, facial expressions and eyes look so real, it's uncanny...

The biggest cyberattack ever, triggered by a dispute between Spamhaus and Cyberbunker, was done using a distrubuted denial of service (DDoS) attack. But relatively high-tech techniques are not the onl...

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone will be available for pre-sale via AT&T starting Tuesday, April 16. It will be priced at $249.99 with a two-year commitment with the carrier.The new flagship devi...

Facebook turned red on Tuesday, as the Supreme Court began hearing two marriage equality cases. Many users changed their profile pictures to red images featuring LGBT lobby group the HRC's red equalit...

People flock to Pinterest to collect and keep track of inspirations, whether they're recipes to cook, destinations to visit or clothes to wear. But there's a promising new social network with a simila...

Sound the alarm, the Internet has a new meme that's about to take off. Internet, meet hadouken. Hadouken, welcome, we hope you stay awhile — 'cuz you are uh-mazingThe meme's spark was kindled in...

Google took a stand of sorts against patent-lawsuit theater Thursday with its new Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) PledgeAs explained by Google's Duane Valz, under the OPN Pledge, Google promises "not ...

If you didn't catch Pikachu and pals 14 years ago when they busted onto the scene, here's your chance. All those Poke Balls have evolved into a feature filmJust kidding — sorry to tease. These l...

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone will be available for pre-sale via AT&T starting Tuesday, April 16. It will be priced at $249.99 with a two-year commitment with the carrier.The new flagship devi...

The modern family is more connected than ever, with each member toting a smartphone or mobile device to every appointment, event or play date. Sharing your newborn's first moments or checking in with ...

Storify, a platform that lets users aggregate and display photos, tweets and other social content sourced across the web, stepped up its game Thursday by announcing a new premium service for media org...

Should a video be considered an ad just because there's some product placement?Biting Elbows, an indie band from Russia, posted an insane "music video" earlier this month that has all the gore of a Ta...

In this day and age, everyone is a photographer. Whether you're using a smartphone camera to share life moments on social media or testing new tricks with high-tech editing software, picture creation ...

New York City-based street artist Jason "Jay Shells" Shelowitz has been creating art since he could grasp a crayon. Recently, he's begun posting wittily crafted signs — about street behavior and...

For the past week, I've poured over notes, images and memories collected at TEDxRVA — the first independent conference to take place in my hometown Richmond, Va. The theme was "CREATE," a tribut...

With the release of BioShock: Infinite and its impressive reviews, there's never been a better time to rustle up odds and ends from the franchise. Case in point: A ridiculously rare functional BioShoc...

Feeling low lately? Down in the dumps? Feel like the world has nothing to offer you and you might as well curl up with your cat and wait for the zombie apocalypse to come? (Alright, alright, no need t...

UCreate3D, a day-old project on Indiegogo, looks to be a winner with a rainbow of rigid cases for smartphones and tablets that can be quickly personalized using 3D printing technologySo far, the two D...

Stop the presses! Apple’s inventing a Smart Pen. It’s coming to stores near you in a magical future known as “Never.” Yes, Apple did just secure a reissue for a fascinating-loo...

Two years after the devastating nuclear meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, it's now possible to explore one of the country's radiation-soaked towns via Google Street View.Google's Stre...

Think of it as an American Idol in which the contestants aren't fighting for record deals but rather a pathway to joining the next generation of American offensive and defensive cybersecurity experts....

Now your Instagram photos will play a role in your Klout score. Klout has allowed users to connect their Instagram account to Klout for some time, however, those photos did not play a role in a person...

After being pushed out of the company he founded, Steve Jobs returned to Apple in December 1996 with the promise of breathing new life into the then-struggling brand.New images have been posted to pho...

Science is awesome. You don't need to wear a lab coat and lug around a beaker to know that.The awesomeness of science in action is proven once again with a video showing the incredible power of attrac...

Security cameras in Shenzhen, China captured this dramatic footage Wednesday showing a security guard falling into a four-floor-deep sinkhole that suddenly opened beneath him. The 25-year-old guard wa...

On Tuesday, Flipboard released version 2.0 of its iOS app, allowing its more than 50 million registered users to create their own magazines for the first time. In the first 24 hours after launch, more...

It's April Fool's time again and for marketers that means one thing: Bacon.The food, which has been fetishized on the Internet like no other, is now finding its way into — of all things — ...

Coming to the Minnesota State Fair in 2016*A new Tumblr collection, called Deep-Fried Gadgets, takes a look at what some of our favorite digital accessories — tablets, laptops and earbuds —...

Did Google actually read the ideas people submitted for its Project Glass contest? From two of the applications that Google has now disqualified, it doesn't look like it.Google decided to rescind some...

Now that 3D printing — the process of making three-dimensional solid objects from digital designs — is available and affordable to individual consumers, it's piqued a lot of interest acros...

Confused about where your favorite brands stand on the marriage equality debate? The Brand Equality Tumblr is here to helpDozens of bands including Harley-Davidson, Axe and Oreo are featured on the si...

Got a question for Daniel? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live.Daniel Ha is the CEO and cofounder of Disqus. Daniel studied computer science engineering at UC Davis and interned at big...

Amidst Thursday's news that BlackBerry sold 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones last quarter, the company also announced that co-founder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has retired from the company's...

Buick has put a social-network spin on its 2013 Encore luxury car by designing its interiors and exteriors based on a Pinterest board.Following a call from nine influential design, fashion and food bl...

Pianist Sonya Belosouva channels her inner Rick Grimes, the lead character from AMC's The Walking Dead, as she bravely plays a rendition of the television drama's theme song while surrounded by zombie...

The biggest cyberattack ever, triggered by a dispute between Spamhaus and Cyberbunker, was done using a distrubuted denial of service (DDoS) attack. But relatively high-tech techniques are not the onl...

Look out Amazon: Google is finally getting into the same-day delivery business.Google launched a new service Thursday called Google Shopping Express that will let consumers in the San Francisco area o...

While there has been lots of buzz over a potential Apple smartwatch, a new patent shows the company is also thinking about other kinds of portable computers. It reveals a computer embedded within a st...

Facebook turned red on Tuesday, as the Supreme Court began hearing two marriage equality cases. Many users changed their profile pictures to red images featuring LGBT lobby group the HRC's red equalit...

BlackBerry's Q4 and year-end results for fiscal 2013 are in, with the company reporting $2.7 billion in revenue.Income in Q4 was $94 million, a solid increase compared to $14 million in income in the ...

BlackBerry's Q4 and year-end results for fiscal 2013 are in, with the company reporting $2.7 billion in revenue.Income in Q4 was $94 million, a solid increase compared to $14 million in income in the ...

Time has used the Supreme Court's deliberations over marriage equality as an opportunity for another envelope-pushing cover.The fold-out cover features a gay male couple and (separately) a lesbian cou...

If you didn't catch Pikachu and pals 14 years ago when they busted onto the scene, here's your chance. All those Poke Balls have evolved into a feature filmJust kidding — sorry to tease. These l...

New York City-based street artist Jason "Jay Shells" Shelowitz has been creating art since he could grasp a crayon. Recently, he's begun posting wittily crafted signs — about street behavior and...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. ...

Director Wes Anderson's next film, titled The Grand Budapest Hotel, won't be out until next year. In the meantime, fans can tide themselves over with this short film/advertisement for Prada Candy L'Ea...

Storify, a platform that lets users aggregate and display photos, tweets and other social content sourced across the web, stepped up its game Thursday by announcing a new premium service for media org...

New York magazine took its time readying an optimized edition for the iPad, the Apple tablet device that first arrived in U.S. stores three years ago, but it may well have been worth the wait.After re...

Mashable's Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether that's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five ...

For the past week, I've poured over notes, images and memories collected at TEDxRVA — the first independent conference to take place in my hometown Richmond, Va. The theme was "CREATE," a tribut...

UCreate3D, a day-old project on Indiegogo, looks to be a winner with a rainbow of rigid cases for smartphones and tablets that can be quickly personalized using 3D printing technologySo far, the two D...

Now your Instagram photos will play a role in your Klout score. Klout has allowed users to connect their Instagram account to Klout for some time, however, those photos did not play a role in a person...

Amidst Thursday's news that BlackBerry sold 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones last quarter, the company also announced that co-founder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has retired from the company's...

The biggest cyberattack ever, triggered by a dispute between Spamhaus and Cyberbunker, was done using a distrubuted denial of service (DDoS) attack. But relatively high-tech techniques are not the onl...

Science is awesome. You don't need to wear a lab coat and lug around a beaker to know that.The awesomeness of science in action is proven once again with a video showing the incredible power of attrac...

Look out Amazon: Google is finally getting into the same-day delivery business.Google launched a new service Thursday called Google Shopping Express that will let consumers in the San Francisco area o...

While there has been lots of buzz over a potential Apple smartwatch, a new patent shows the company is also thinking about other kinds of portable computers. It reveals a computer embedded within a st...

Google Glass will be manufactured in Silicon Valley, the Financial Times reports citing people familiar with Google's plansThe much-hyped gadget will be produced by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry...

Time has used the Supreme Court's deliberations over marriage equality as an opportunity for another envelope-pushing cover.The fold-out cover features a gay male couple and (separately) a lesbian cou...

Even the best of us have dealt with dating woes — who hasn't gone out for drinks with the girls/boys to complain about an object of unrequited love? But while relationships generally start post-...

Mashable's Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether that's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five ...

We've already seen Pepsi punk a car dealer in a test drive scenario. Now it's time to turn the tables.In this ad for Renault, created by Unruly, a couple of guys take a Renault Clio for a spin. After ...

Google Play movies are now available for rent in India and Mexico, Google has announcedUsers in those countries can watch movies on the web or through the Google Play Movies & TV Android appGoogle...

Technology has made a lot of things obsolete — including cashAnd since most of us aren't walking around with quarters and dollar bills overflowing from our wallets, the homeless have had to adop...

In terms of market share, Windows Phone-based products trail far behind the iPhone, with Microsoft's mobile OS languishing around 3%. Indeed, even Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates labelled...

The Google Play Movies and TV app is debuting a new feature that gives greater insight into your favorite actors, films and shows — thanks to the search giant's Knowledge Graph.If you've ever fo...

We've already seen Pepsi punk a car dealer in a test drive scenario. Now it's time to turn the tables.In this ad for Renault, created by Unruly and Scorch London, a couple of guys take a Renault Clio ...

Astronomers have discovered a new kind of supernova, a star explosion so weak that scientists dubbed it a miniature stellar blast.Supernovas represent the deaths of stars, which collapse in powerful e...

Rugrats and Trapper Keepers and Fresh Prince, oh my! It's the '90s! It was your childhood, when Lisa Frank, MTV's golden age and Nickelodeon cartoons had a place before Disney stars became a thing. It...

Technology has made a lot of things obsolete — including cashAnd since most of us aren't walking around with quarters and dollar bills overflowing from our wallets, the homeless have had to adop...

You might scoff at someone shooting video with an iPad, but what if it were an iPad mini, wearing this sleek double-handled iOgrapher mount? It accommodates different lenses, makes it easier to hold y...

Heisman Trophy winner and college-football megastar Johnny Manziel says he needs to give Twitter a break after a few digital dustups"I've kind of just shut it all off," Manziel told ESPN.com on Tuesda...

The tech industry is in constant flux. There's always a new laptop, smartphone or tablet (or, dare we say, "phablet") to make you and your devices feel ancient.But did you know you use technologies ev...

You voted for these men (or maybe not) and they led your country and are forever chiseled into U.S. history, but what do you really know about the Presidents of the United States? Sure you might know ...

Ford is taking what may be the first step in creating a new, cohesive, multi-screen, contextually aware experience between smartphones and cars. The automaker announced this week at the New York Inter...

A cyberattack originally targeting a single company is now being described by experts as one of the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Internet history. The assault, which recentl...

The Internet can be a scary and confusing place filled with error pages, pop-up ads and nervous-looking cats. Navigating the world wide web without a map (or a helmet) can lead you to weird places.Yo...

It wasn't too long ago that we didn't need to worry about our cellphones dying at inopportune moments. In fact, the batteries could last us for days without needing a charge.But now that our smartphon...

A cyberattack originally targeting a single company is now being described by experts as one of the biggest attacks in Internet history. The assault, which recently began impacting elements of the Int...

The Google Play Movies and TV app is debuting a new feature that gives greater insight into your favorite actors, films and shows — thanks to the search giant's Knowledge Graph.If you've ever fo...

T-Mobile wants to kill the wireless contract. I think I speak for everyone in America when I say, "Have at 'em, cowboy." The company's plan to change the way the U.S. wireless industry does business i...

Hall of Fame NBA coach Phil Jackson is known equally for his 11 championship rings and incredible ability to play mind games that manipulate foes and allies alike into doing his biddingNicknamed "The ...

Think you use your phone to look at Facebook a lot? Unless you're doing it at least 14 times a day, you're actually below average.That's just one of the surprising revelations in a research report by ...

Chew on this: A terrifying new Tumblr page took the disturbing liberty of removing the teeth from famous actresses and musicians — in photos, not in real lifeStill, it's just something you need ...

HBO is drumming up more online buzz for Game of Thrones season three with a tool that lets you build your own family arms — sigil, house name and motto included.Available in two dozen languages,...

Ready for the Sweet 16? March Madness's second weekend begins Thursday afternoon, and by Sunday night we'll be down to a Final FourThe first two rounds last weekend were marked by surprising upsets (t...

Learning to navigate a new home or location can be a challenge for the visually impaired, but a new project may help the processResearchers in the Department of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and ...

In honor of the songstress' 43rd birthday, here's a mashup full of rainbows, ice cream and Mariah Carey.SEE ALSO: Listen to Mariah Carey's Brand New Song From 'Oz'Image via Getty Images...

Good news, New York City-based commuters: Google Maps added Wednesday real-time subway departure times for the seven lines that have such data available. These include the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Times ...

What if a baseball coach could truly determine what a player must do to hit the ball out of the park? New technology is underway that fuses physics and real-time data to help develop the perfect swing...

In a recent interview with Forbes, actor Robin Williams dished out a handful of tidbits about his most famous roles throughout his 30-plus-year careerWorking with Al Pacino in 2002's Insomnia, he sai...

Peter Dinklage's character returns on Sunday with the season three premier of Game of Thrones. This mashup of his nine best lines should tide you over until then.SEE ALSO: Prepare Yourselves: The Game...

Streaming live on Mashable, Disqus founder Daniel Ha will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, March 28. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab init...

Last month, Google asked tech enthusiasts to submit ideas for what they would do with Google Glass with the hashtag #ifihadglass as part of a contest to pick out the first group of non-developers who ...

Click and Grow, the Smart Garden that uses sensors to help you grow plants, is turning to Kickstarter for seed money for version 2.0. If funded, the new Smart Herb Garden will let you grow three plant...

Complete with battling robots, challenging arenas and a little bit of friendly competition, Kuato Studio's new game seeks to both entertain and educate as it teaches children how to codeHakitzu: Code ...

It wasn't too long ago that we didn't need to worry about our cellphones dying at inopportune moments. In fact, the batteries could last us for days without needing a charge.But now that our smartphon...

Heisman Trophy winner and college-football megastar Johnny Manziel says he needs to give Twitter a break after a few digital dustups"I've kind of just shut it all off," Manziel told ESPN.com on Tuesda...

It's the number one rule of animal kingdom hair care: shake it off for that fluffy, shiny coat. No hairdryers neededAnd while we've all seen how dogs can go from wet 'n' wild to bone dry in a few seco...

A cyberattack originally targeting a single company is now being described by experts as one of the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Internet history. The assault, which recentl...

The Boxee TV cloud DVR box and Internet app player just got a firmware update, giving it new tricks and hopefully fixing many of its various flawsThe set-top box was rolled out last October, and so f...

T-Mobile wants to kill the wireless contract. I think I speak for everyone in America when I say, "Have at 'em, cowboy." The company's plan to change the way the U.S. wireless industry does business i...

Think the men's March Madness tournament is the only place you can see high-flying college hoops dunks this month? Think again — and meet Brittney GrinerGriner is a superstar post for the Baylor...

Though smartphones can do many amazing things these days, we can all admit they honestly turn into useless paperweights when the battery dies. So a Provo, Utah-based technology company has developed a...

Hall of Fame NBA coach Phil Jackson is known equally for his 11 championship rings and incredible ability to play mind games that manipulate foes and allies alike into doing his biddingNicknamed "The ...

The #Thicke hashtag isn't the only thing Robin Thicke's new music video flashes. The not-safe-for-work clip for "Blurred Lines" featuring T.I. and Pharrell also flaunts topless models. "You're going ...

King, the company behind popular Facebook games Candy Crush Saga and Bubble Witch Saga is bringing two new games to the social network: Papa Pear Saga, and Farm Heroes Saga.A huge player in the online...

As if there weren't enough anti-Apple ads from companies like Samsung and Google, now Carlsberg is getting in on the game too.The beer company released its first UK ad this week for Somersby cider, wh...

The updated iPhone 5 model Apple is creating for T-Mobile might help some smaller wireless carrier's sell more iPhone units.As we explained Tuesday, in order to make the iPhone 5 compatible with T-Mob...

According to the YouTube video above and news reports from earlier this week, you're looking at Matt Poursoltani, a senior at Pilot Point High in Texas. He's a high school football player and just set...

Under existing law, police can access your older emails and chat records without a warrant and younger stored messages with one, but what about monitoring your real-time conversations via Google Chat ...

People judge each other on what they drive, what they wear and where they live, so it's not a surprise that people may also judge each other on what electronics they whip out to use in public."Identit...

Identity theft has always been a concern, but with more and more details of our private lives openly accessible on the Internet, it's easier than ever for cybercriminals to steal somebody's identity &...

In honor of the songstress' 43rd birthday, here's a mashup full of rainbows, ice cream and Mariah Carey.SEE ALSO: Listen to Mariah Carey's Brand New Song From 'Oz'Image via Getty Images...

Andy and Lana Wachowski of The Matrix fame are working on a new TV series called Sense8, and it's coming exclusively to Netflix in 2014The 10-episode first season is produced by the Wachowskis and wri...

The Internet can be a scary and confusing place filled with error pages, pop-up ads and nervous-looking cats. Navigating the world wide web without a map (or a helmet) can lead you to weird places.Yo...

Temple Run is on its way to Windows Phone. Microsoft announced several incoming games to the platform Wednesday in conjunction with the Game Developer’s Conference currently going on in San Fran...

A new propaganda video posted to YouTube depicts North Korea invading the United States.The video was one of dozens of clips posted by the North Korean government this week and is another example of ...

Think you use your phone to look at Facebook a lot? Unless you're doing it at least 14 times a day, you're actually below average.That's just one of the surprising revelations in a research report by ...

What if a baseball coach could truly determine what a player must do to hit the ball out of the park? New technology is underway that fuses physics and real-time data to help develop the perfect swing...

It happens to the best of us: After a long vacation or a tiring day at work, you forget where you parked. Fifth floor? Lot C? Spot number 7Z? West garage? East?You're certainly not alone if you get lo...

Facebook on Wednesday rolled out a new feature that lets brands target users for status updates that don't appear on their brand Pages.The intent is to let brands target a subset of customers without ...

Streaming live on Mashable, Disqus founder Daniel Ha will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, March 28. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab init...

After releasing a six-second teaser of The Wolverine on Vine and a 20-second teaser on MTV, 20th Century Fox and Marvel unleashed the movie's first full trailer on WednesdayHugh Jackman plays the disg...

Last month, Google asked tech enthusiasts to submit ideas for what they would do with Google Glass with the hashtag #ifihadglass as part of a contest to pick out the first group of non-developers who ...

As frequent Internet denizens, we need access to all kinds of GIFs. How else would you expect us to respond to emails and IMs? The GIF has birthed a new way to communicate online, but sometimes the bi...

Elle is closing the gap between inspiration and purchase, bringing to its site more than 1,200 products from luxury e-tailer Net-a-Porter as part of an advertising agreement between the two companies....

Today, video games are more popular than either music or film, but just 30 years ago, they nearly ceased to exist.Rapid console releases (like the Atari 7800 only two years after the maligned Atari 52...

Think you use your phone to look at Facebook a lot? Unless you're doing it at least 14 times a day, you're actually below average.That's just one of the surprising revelations in a research report by ...

A massive and relatively new form of cyberattack aimed at a sole company is dragging large swaths of the global Internet down with it, interrupting services and causing traffic slowdowns across the wo...

Game of Thrones gallops back onto television screens Sunday. The return to Westeros and Essos has fans on freak out mode — like a Daenerys Targaryen meltdown when someone tries to get handsy wit...

Twitter's global ad revenue is expected to hit nearly $1 billion in 2014, according to a new estimate from eMarketer.The researcher upped its estimates for Twitter's ad revenue this year and next base...

The Boxee TV cloud DVR box and Internet app player just got a firmware update, giving it new tricks and hopefully fixing many of its various flawsThe set-top box was rolled out last October, and so f...

The game world of Grand Theft Auto V will feature weather, beautiful sunsets and extreme environments, according to screenshots released by Rockstar Games Wednesday morningGrand Theft Auto V's screens...

A receipt from a customer at Olive Garden showing that a sympathetic manager had comped a meal went viral on Reddit and then prompted further discussion when a putative ad exec denounced it as fakeEar...

Ever since Windows 8 was released last fall, we've heard growing whispers about "Windows Blue," supposedly the next step in Microsoft's core software, but whether that step amounts to a set of Service...

The updated iPhone 5 model Apple is creating for T-Mobile might help some smaller wireless carrier's sell more iPhone units.As we explained Tuesday, in order to make the iPhone 5 compatible with T-Mob...

Click and Grow, the Smart Garden that uses sensors to help you grow plants, is turning to Kickstarter for seed money for version 2.0. If funded, the new Smart Herb Garden will let you grow three plant...

A keepsake from NASA's nearly disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission of 1970 nabbed top spot in an auction Monday (March 25) of more than 300 artifacts from the early years of the U.S. space program.The sp...

What if a baseball coach could truly determine what a player must do to hit the ball out of the park? New technology is underway that fuses physics and real-time data to help develop the perfect swing...

Despite their earlier stated support for same-sex marriage, brands like Amazon, Google, Apple and Oreo have been conspicuously silent about the current Supreme Court debate on the issue.However, the f...

Identity theft has always been a concern, but with more and more details of our private lives openly accessible on the Internet, it's easier than ever for cybercriminals to steal somebody's identity &...

Streaming live on Mashable, Disqus founder Daniel Ha will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, March 28. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab init...

Star Wars takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but we still have a few things in common with the films' beloved characters.SEE ALSO: More Comics on MashableIn this comic, Scott Johns...

According to the YouTube video above and news reports from earlier this week, you're looking at Matt Poursoltani, a senior at Pilot Point High in Texas. He's a high school football player and just set...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesT-...

As frequent Internet denizens, we need access to all kinds of GIFs. How else would you expect us to respond to emails and IMs? The GIF has birthed a new way to communicate online, but sometimes the bi...

As if there weren't enough anti-Apple ads from companies like Samsung and Google, now Carlsberg is getting in on the game too.The beer company released its first UK ad this week for Somersby cider, wh...

Shortly after announcing tourists visiting the country would be able to get 3G-ready prepaid SIM cards, North Korea has had a change of heart, and 3G is no longer available to touristsThe news comes f...

A 17-minute trailer for Battlefield 4 was officially released Tuesday, after it leaked online ahead of schedule.Entitled "Fishing in Baku," the gameplay reveal was posted on Battlefield's official web...

How's your bracket doing so far? Still worth the paper it's printed on? Maybe you're a bit bummed about losing out in your office pool. It might help put things in perspective to consider the sums of ...

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has become one of the most hated laws in technology — and a discussion draft of CFAA amendments circulating Monday does not appear to be bridging the chas...

Now that Google Keep is officially out in the wild, how does Google's note-taking and syncing service compare with longtime favorite Evernote?From the moment Google Keep was accidentally leaked, it lo...

Sergio Garcia is going above and beyond to get the perfect golf shot — 12 feet above, that isAt Sunday's Arnold Palmer Invitational, the golfer was faced with quite the conundrum when he found h...

Google gives three solid reasons for using Chrome and one nonsensical one in this new batch of ads for its Chrome browser.As Business Insider speculates, this may be the first campaign from 72andSunny...

RebelMouse, a social publishing service, has received plenty of buzz for helping users create a dedicated page for all of the content they share on social networks. Now, the company is launching a pai...

If you're planning a trip to the Big Apple, you've probably heard the usual advice: snap a picture in Times Square, grab a sandwich at Katz's and remember to fold your pizza when you eat it. Oh, and w...

Tilda Swinton’s literal snoozefest at the Museum of Modern Art inspired us to sleep pose like the acclaimed actress. Say hello to #Tildaing, Internet.SEE ALSO: Ermahgerd! The 12 Best Memes of 20...

Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator, and a PR strategist for brands and writers. He gives monthly book recommendations at RyanHoliday...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly forming a political advocacy organization along with other businesses leaders that will make economic and business arguments in favor of immigration reformRe...

It's the age-old, universal question, forever debated in homes every day: What's for dinner? Developers across the U.S. found answers in Campbell's "Hack the Kitchen," a contest to create web or mobil...

Facebook announced on Monday it is rolling out a new feature so users can reply directly to comments left on their pageFinally.Followings months of testing, the social network aims to make navigating ...

There are plenty of good parts of March: St. Patrick's Day, the first day of spring, spring break, the planning of April Fools' Day jokes. But then there's March MadnessIt's a month filled with endles...

This public service announcement from the Vancouver-based Children of the Street Society offers a memorable illustration of the dangers of textingThe campaign, which also included outdoor media and po...

The term "fair use" gets thrown around a lot in copyright cases, and it refers to an exception to copyright law that allows for the publication of portions or derivations of a copyrighted work —...

The web is on the edge of its seat as the Game of Thrones season three premiere approaches. HBO has released a series of trailers on YouTube, promising viewers even more battles, dragons and shocking ...

Lantos Technologies has introduced the first FDA-approved 3D ear canal scanner, which will enable audiologists to measure their patients' ears for better-fitting hearing aids. The 3D ear scanning syst...

MTV's Video Music Awards is saying goodbye to Los Angeles and hello to New York City borough Brooklyn for this year's ceremony, MTV just revealed on Instagram.The VMAs will air live from Barclays Cent...

Google has pushed out a new update to its iOS and Android apps, with photo editing and filters, as well as a beautiful new design that looks similar to its desktop layout.The company has ushered in a ...

A Nike Facebook and Twitter post featuring Tiger Woods and the caption "Winning takes care of everything" has drawn criticism for perceived insensitivity about Woods' divorceWoods became the world's N...

FreedomPop, a company offering free and reduced-price wireless broadband Internet connections and equipment, has announced a new partnership with non-profit Connect2Compete to offer up to 1GB of free ...

There's no doubt about it — the Internet has crowned Grumpy Cat the queen of memes, the mother of all kitty videos, the viral star to end all viral starsBut kids don't really care what the Inter...

Researchers in the field of materials science are using a new technique to create paint-on plastic electronics that can be used to make popular gadgets less expensive and better for the environment.Sc...

Spotify is launching its first-ever advertising campaign in an effort to broaden its reach in the U.S.The first spot, which you can watch below, will debut Monday night during NBC's "The Voice" and sh...

If you're a Comcast subscriber who is seasons behind on shows such as Game of Thrones, Dexter, Downton Abbey and Girls — and without access to premium channels such as HBO and Showtime — i...

The Architectural Digest Home Design Show is a great place to go, if you're dreaming of winning the Powerball jackpot. The show, which wrapped up this past weekend in New York City, provided an up-clo...

Like the keepsakes Don Draper stowed in a locked desk drawer, much of the Mad Men character's feelings are hidden from the world, fueling his semblance of seclusionAMC highlights Draper's lone demeano...

We've all been there — a Sunday afternoon marathoning Lost or some other show that's been aired for years, yet we never got around to watching itNow think about when a new show premieres. Most o...

Microsoft is updating the built-in Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 8, boosting functionality and adding some convenience features based on user feedback. The changes apply to both Windows RT and Wi...

Charles Barkley plays basketball and stars in Taco Bell commercialsSir Charles Barkley plays with chew toys and racks up orange hearts on Instagram.It should probably be noted that the latter Barkley ...

Although 45% of American adults own smartphones, only about 11% of mobile devices are recycled, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest data. When you think about big tech compa...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly forming a political advocacy organization along with other businesses leaders that will make economic and business arguments in favor of comprehensive immigr...

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which recently overhauled its search, LinkedIn on Monday announced a revamped search with auto-complete, suggested searches and other enhancements.The search is...

Google Glass fans excited about the prospect of using the technology while cruising about in their car might have a roadblock ahead: An extension of texting-while-driving laws to cover the yet-unrelea...

The end is near for humans in horror flick World War Z. After a zombie outbreak threatens to wipe out the human race, United Nations worker Gerry Lane (played by Brad Pitt) leaves his family at sea to...

Evernote updated the Android version of its app Monday to version 5, bringing an enhanced look to the app as well as a number of new features including support for Evernote’s Smart Notebook.One ...

On Monday, Yahoo announced it has acquired mobile news aggregator Summly, the latest in a string of acquisitions for mobile product talent.Summly is an iPhone app designed to allow users to quickly fi...

Michael Dell may be in danger of losing control of the company he founded.Dell announced Monday that it has received "two alternative acquisition proposals" in response to a proposal last month from D...

Ford and its ad agency have apologized for an ad in India showing the Kardashians in bondage gear and another featuring former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi driving three scantily clad wome...

Ford and its ad agency have apologized for an ad in India showing the Kardashians in bondage gear and another featuring former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi driving three scantily clad wome...

Whether you're unemployed, underemployed or just looking for something a bit more interesting, the Mashable Job Board is full of listings to take your career to the next level.Since 2005, Mashable has...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. ...

Who needs coffee when you can jumpstart your Monday with a humorous dose of viral videos?Watch cats duelling through a box, a man owning up to picking his nose on national television and Kid President...

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which recently overhauled its search, LinkedIn on Monday announced a revamped search with auto-complete, suggested searches and other enhancements.The search is...

Google Glass fans excited about the prospect of using the technology while cruising about in their car might have a roadblock ahead: An extension of texting-while-driving laws to cover the yet-unrelea...

Evernote updated the Android version of its app Monday to version 5, bringing an enhanced look to the app as well as a number of new features including support for Evernote’s Smart Notebook.One ...

As the hype for the upcoming movie "Star Trek Into Darkness" grows, Paramount Pictures decided to heat things up even more by displaying a huge, glowing Star Trek logo over LondonDisplayed during Eart...

With portable sound, you usually get what you pay for. Is that true for the G-Boom, a ruggedized Bluetooth boombox that sells for a mere $100? Let's give it a listen.If you like to take your tunes wit...

This week there were many photo-worthy moments. From Perez Hilton introducing the world his one-month-old son, Mario Lavandeira III a.k.a. Sweet Pea or Perez Jr., to President Obama making his first o...

If you've ever been the victim of an unfollow on Twitter, you just may fit the profile of an obnoxious tweeter.The following infographic, created by Israel-based company Conduit, details 11 of the tec...

Forget hoverboards. A group of college students are looking to lift off with a human-powered helicopterWhile it doesn't fly yet, Kenneth Huff and his fellow classmates at Middle Georgia State College ...

Take a deep breath. Maybe sip a soothing cup of chamomile tea, because the terrifying shenanigans of "Mustang Wanted" will make your heart race.The Ukrainian Spider-Man and amateur stuntman scales hig...

Let's face it: The real world is toughMundane tasks like opening doors and putting on pants aren't just irritating — they're downright difficult. For every new cardigan, it seems, there's a stub...

It was an especially exciting week in tech, with lots of big news coming from all fronts. So who dominated the Top 10 Tech world this week? Google, a week after announcing the demise of the beloved Go...

Does your PC's desktop bear a resemblance to a second grader's? A disorganized desktop filing system can slow you down. Maybe you just take an extra moment to scroll through an endless list of documen...

Forget hoverboards. A group of college students are looking to lift off with a human-powered helicopterWhile it doesn't fly yet, Kenneth Huff and his fellow classmates at Middle Georgia State College ...

Here's a test: Think about all the stuff you have at home. Now write it all down. Every. Single. Item. Impossible, right?Unless you're like Monica Geller from Friends, you might not prioritize hyper-o...

Chris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology toys and video games.Encouragin...

BlackBerry's new Z10 smartphone is an exciting option for fans of the company formerly known as RIM. Already released in some countries, the Z10's U.S. launch is just days away.If you're getting ready...

Chris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology toys and video games.Encouragin...

We all know that kids say the darndest things — even their explanations of everyday events can be incredibly amusingWe have scoured YouTube for children's points of view on everything from bacon...

Douglas Rushkoff, a media theorist, author, and documentarian. The ideas in this piece are built on the arguments of his new book, Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now.We've seen digital technol...

We all throw around the phrase "Doomsday" in a joking manner, but if push came to shove, could you survive such dire times?To kick off tonight's new episode of Doomsday Preppers on National Geographic...

We all know that kids say the darndest things — even their explanations of everyday events can be incredibly amusingWe have scoured YouTube for children's points of view on everything from bacon...

With portable sound, you usually get what you pay for. Is that true for the G-Boom, a ruggedized Bluetooth boombox that sells for a mere $100? Let's give it a listen.If you like to take your tunes wit...

"That's what she said" before the 20th century? Apparently soFind out just what that means (plus more) in this week's collection of Reddit FactsStumble across any fun factoids on the Internet this wee...

This week brought with it quite a few new and interesting apps.Google released Google Keep, an application to help you keep up with notes and reminders throughout the dayPinterest released an update t...

Google may have just launched Google Keep, the company's new note-taking app that bears a strong resemblance to Evernote, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten about Reader's impending demise.In fact,...

A New York auction house is set to sell more than 300 space artifacts on Monday (March 25), including original documents that were flown to the moon and used to carry out the first manned lunar landin...

Are people so busy fiddling with their electronic devices that they can no longer resolve disputes face to face?It certainly seems that way lately. The insane tale of Adria Richards' dismissal from Se...

A new mini-trailer for Iron Man 3, set to hit theaters in early May, premiered during last night's Kids' Choice Awards. Contrary to the dark trailers that were previously released, this clip advertise...

Chris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology toys and video games.Encouragin...

It was an especially exciting week in tech, with lots of big news coming from all fronts. So who dominated the Top 10 Tech world this week? Google, a week after announcing the demise of the beloved Go...

Like humans, dogs can face health obstacles. Sometimes man's best four-legged friend needs a little help making all four limbs properly function.Whether it's from injury or disease, dogs with physical...

As a part of a larger effort to improve and grow its mapping services, Apple has acquired mobile location startup WifiSLAM.According to the Wall Street Journal, sources familiar with the deal say the ...

For any airline passenger who has been annoyed during takeoff and landing when told to power down electronics, here's some great news: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may only require you to...

Guys, are you contemplating a switch to an electric razor for a variety of grooming needs? Norelco had you in mind when it created its Click & Style Shave Toolkit, a versatile electric razor with ...

As a part of a larger effort to improve and grow its mapping services, Apple has acquired mobile location startup WifiSLAM.According to the Wall Street Journal, sources familiar with the deal say the ...

Everybody wants gorgeous, free-flowing hair, right? Not men — at least, according to a new Dove commercial in BrazilThe commercial shows an average male cubicle worker showing up to the office w...

March Madness is underway, and that means online brackets, hilarious tweets and general buzz on the web for the basketball championship. If you go to a live game, though, be sure to actually direct yo...

We all throw around the phrase "Doomsday" in a joking manner, but if push came to shove, could you survive such dire times?To kick off tonight's new episode of Doomsday Preppers on National Geographic...

Everyone — and I mean everyone — is working on a book. For some, it's just a spark of an idea that hasn't quite made it to paper; for others, it's thousands of words socked away in a drawe...

The next version of Windows 8 operating system, said to be called Windows Blue and rumored to make it easier for users to multitask on screen, has just leaked onlineAccording to screenshots posted to ...

It's close to midnight — and something awesome is lurking in the darkYouTube user Inhyeok Yeo uploaded an a cappella version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The coolest part? He covers every in...

"That's what she said" before the 20th century? Apparently soFind out just what that means (plus more) in this week's collection of Reddit FactsStumble across any fun factoids on the Internet this wee...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 turn-based strategy game where you save Earth from alien invaders, is coming to iOS devices sometime this summer.Firaxis Games announced its critically acclaimed reboot o...

With portable sound, you usually get what you pay for. Is that true for the G-Boom, a ruggedized Bluetooth boombox that sells for a mere $100? Let's give it a listen.If you like to take your tunes wit...

Google may have just launched Google Keep, the company's new note-taking app that bears a strong resemblance to Evernote, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten about Reader's impending demise.In fact,...

Like humans, dogs can face health obstacles. Sometimes man's best four-legged friend needs a little help making all four limbs properly function.Whether it's from injury or disease, dogs with physical...

Josh Tolan is the CEO of Spark Hire, a video-powered hiring network that connects job seekers and employers through video resumes and online interviews. Connect with him and Spark Hire on Facebook and...

Like humans, dogs can face health obstacles. Sometimes man's best four-legged friend needs a little help making all four limbs properly function.Whether it's from injury or disease, dogs with physical...

"That's what she said" before the 20th century? Apparently soFind out just what that means (plus more) in this week's collection of Reddit FactsStumble across any fun factoids on the Internet this wee...

Everybody wants gorgeous, free-flowing hair, right? Not men — at least, according to a new Dove commercial in BrazilThe commercial shows an average male cubicle worker showing up to the office w...

Guys, are you contemplating a switch to an electric razor for a variety of grooming needs? Norelco had you in mind when it created its Click & Style Shave Toolkit, a versatile electric razor with ...

The next version of Windows 8 operating system, said to be called Windows Blue and rumored to make it easier for users to multitask on screen, has just leaked onlineAccording to screenshots posted to ...

For any airline passenger who has been annoyed during takeoff and landing when told to power down electronics, here's some great news: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may only require you to...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 turn-based strategy game where you save Earth from alien invaders, is coming to iOS devices sometime this summer.Firaxis Games announced its critically acclaimed reboot o...

Condoms are recognized and used by an estimated 750 million people across the world and reduce both unwanted pregnancy and the spread of sexually-transmitted infections. However, unlike most other tec...

There's no shortage of iPhone cases, but here's one that will really make you stand out at the disco: The iEqualizer iPhone 5 case from Strapya World shows off a set of lovely blinking lights on the b...

In this week's top comments, the dust began to settle from Google's decision to kill Google Reader, we went back to talking about Google Glass, Facebook and Apple were top of mind, and much more.Masha...

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck — Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated ap...

Have you been searching for a way to rid your smartphone video footage of the ever-dreaded "shakycam" look? Your quest might be nearing an end.The MoJoFloCam is a prototype balance-based stabilizer ac...

All writers are susceptible to the debilitating condition known as writer's block. Journalist, novelist, poet or copywriter, you'll try anything — long walks, drinking (it worked for Hemingway, ...

This was a relatively quiet, contemplative week at Mashable, as we took you behind the scenes of both Newark Mayor Cory Booker's Reddit AMA and the new Pope's social media teamThe week was flush with ...

Prepare yourselves for the silliest and most absurd video of the week: "The Beach Boys Shred 'I Get Around.'" If you recall the group's classic hit, you'll have to agree that the soundtrack to this vi...

Condoms are recognized and used by an estimated 750 million people across the world and reduce both unwanted pregnancy and the spread of sexually-transmitted infections. However, unlike most other tec...

Hey, Star Trek fans: Got an itching to watch Captain Kirk go hand-to-hand with a Gorn? Or see Captain Picard's crew deal with the meddlesome, godlike Q? Or even catch the U.S.S Voyager's battles with ...

Happy National Puppy Day!Man's best friend enters the world as a roly-poly bundle of clumsy cuteness. Tiny paws, fresh dog smell, soft ears — the irresistibility factor of puppies is impossible ...

Eric C. Anderson has had a variety of tech and entrepreneurial identities, and The Atlantic's James Fallows spoke with him in his role as chairman and co-founder of Space Adventures. That company has ...

In this week's top comments, the dust began to settle from Google's decision to kill Google Reader, we went back to talking about Google Glass, Facebook and Apple were top of mind, and much more.Masha...

Google Alerts isn't working. Updates from Google's service, which pledges to notify users every time new search results appear for any keyword they might like to track, have trickled to a halt in rece...

In this week's top comments, the dust began to settle from Google's decision to kill Google Reader, we went back to talking about Google Glass, Facebook and Apple were top of mind, and much more.Masha...

Using Bitcoin to launder all the cash from your illegal dealings just got a little harder. The United States Treasury Department just enacted new rules to regulate Bitcoin and other virtual currencies...

Have you been searching for a way to rid your smartphone video footage of the ever-dreaded "shakycam" look? Your quest might be nearing an end.The MoJoFloCam is a prototype balance-based stabilizer ac...

All writers are susceptible to the debilitating condition known as writer's block. Journalist, novelist, poet or copywriter, you'll try anything — long walks, drinking (it worked for Hemingway, ...

There's a common quandary for the first-time job seeker, whether a 16-year-old looking for summer work or a college graduate who focused on studies rather than internships. "We want someone with exper...

Well, this is awkward. We're just not sure for who; the two dogs who got caught on live television gettin' jiggy with it, or the newscaster who had to report through the footage of it allThe segment w...

Weather apps, shmeather apps: leave the smartphone in your pocket. You're going to have watch envy when you see what's being claimed as the world's first mechanical wristwatch that can measure pr...

Prepare yourselves for the silliest and most absurd video of the week: "The Beach Boys Shred 'I Get Around.'" If you recall the group's classic hit, you'll have to agree that the soundtrack to this vi...

The bright light streaking across the sky Friday night spotted by many observers along the East Coast was probably a meteor, according to a NASA scientist.The flash was probably a "single meteor event...

Prepare yourselves for the silliest and most absurd video of the week: "The Beach Boys Shred 'I Get Around.'" If you recall the group's classic hit, you'll have to agree that the soundtrack to this vi...

The bright light streaking across the sky Friday night spotted by many observers along the East Coast was probably a meteor, according to a NASA scientist.The flash was probably a "single meteor event...

Well, this is awkward. We're just not sure for who; the two dogs who got caught on live television gettin' jiggy with it, or the newscaster who had to report through the footage of it allThe segment w...

Weather apps, shmeather apps: leave the smartphone in your pocket. You're going to have watch envy when you see what's being claimed as the world's first mechanical wristwatch that can measure pr...

The East Coast meteor that lit up the sky Friday night moved a bit too fast for most amateur photographers.And while we might night have handy dashboard cams like our Russian friends to catch the spac...

I think it was a meteor twitter.com/Jbobor/status/…— Bobby(@Jbobor) March 23, 2013Space is collapsing down from the sky — everybody freak out!That was the basic sentiment on the East...

Twitter exploded Friday night with posts about a meteor falling to Earth over the skies of New York City, producing a spectacular light trail.Several people posted or retweeted photos of what they cla...

People are annoying on Facebook — that's no secret. Between uninformed political rants and unnecessary gaming updates, we've all been tempted to do some major unfriending for a better social exp...

The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is now officially available on AT&T.The struggling manufacturer — which is hopeful its new flagship device will ignite a company resurgence — announced on...

Finally, some good news concerning females in technology.In the same week that people lost their minds over the Donglegate and upon learning that a woman is behind the popular Facebook page "I F*ckin...

The reigning queens of the Disney Channel — Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens — stripped down to their bikinis and headed to a very adult (and James Franco filled) spring break in their lat...

It's no doubt the housing market is tough. So, like most things these days, a man wants to add a technical spin to it — by selling his house for digital currencyTaylor More, of Alberta, Canada, ...

It's that special time of year again: bracket time! But no, we don't mean college basketball's annual extravaganza of a post-season tournament. We speak, of course, about the deluge of non-hoops, Marc...

Weather apps, shmeather apps: leave the smartphone in your pocket. You're going to have watch envy when you see what's being claimed as the world's first mechanical wristwatch that can measure pr...

The East Coast meteor that lit up the sky Friday night moved a bit too fast for most amateur photographers.And while we might night have handy dashboard cams like our Russian friends to catch the spac...

This week, 89 African elephants in southern Chad were slaughtered for their ivory tusks, the worst such incident since the killing of 300 elephants a year ago in Cameroon.To stop the massacre of these...

Well, this is awkward. We're just not sure for who; the two dogs who got caught on live television gettin' jiggy with it, or the newscaster who had to report through the footage of it allThe segment w...

I think it was a meteor twitter.com/Jbobor/status/…— Bobby(@Jbobor) March 23, 2013Space is collapsing down from the sky — everybody freak out!That was the basic sentiment on the East...

Weather apps, shmeather apps: leave the smartphone in your pocket. You're going to have watch envy when you see what's being claimed as the world's first mechanical wristwatch that can measure pr...

How can you get LeBron James to follow you on Twitter? Storm the court during one of his NBA games, it seemsKing James has more than 7.7 million followers on the microblogging network, while following...

Listen, dudes. Rocky the kitten has some relationship advice that will take your game out of the toilet — err, litterbox.The cuddly feline breaks down the 12 steps to achieving love utopia with ...

Twitter exploded Friday night with posts about a meteor falling to Earth over the skies of New York City, producing a spectacular light trail.Several people posted or retweeted photos of what they cla...

Every year people celebrate World Water Day on March 22 to bring awareness to water issues across the worldClean water may seem like an issue that's very far away from home, but think about this stati...

Yikes! This is not how it's supposed to work. A great white shark breaks into a diver's cage in this scary video that's all over the social web. According to YouTube uploader Bryan Plumber, it comes f...

Short for "If This Then That," IFTTT "recipes" build efficient notifications and triggers that optimize our everyday activities. For example, you can create the following recipe: "If a shipping status...

The infamous iPad hacker will get another day in court, and this time, he'll have a dream team of lawyers to defend him.Andrew Auernheimer, also known as Weev, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on ...

Barnes & Noble is now offering a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader with the purchase of its Nook HD+ color tablet, a sign that sales of one or both devices aren't so hot right now.The Nook HD&p...

UPDATE: Apple's two-step verification system currently appears to be down.An Apple account exploit allows anyone with your email address and date of birth to reset your Apple ID and iCloud account pas...

This week, 89 African elephants in southern Chad were slaughtered for their ivory tusks, the worst such incident since the killing of 300 elephants a year ago in Cameroon.To stop the massacre of these...

Finally, some good news concerning females in technology.In the same week that people lost their minds over the Donglegate and upon learning that a woman is behind the popular Facebook page "I F*ckin...

"In West County Shelter, born and raised, in the kennel is where I lived with most of the strays." Looks like Will Smith has some competition — pitbull Fido has some serious '90s rapping skills....

If you're watching March Madness and wish you were actually at the games, you could fork over some serious cash for a more lifelike television experience in the future — 40 grand that is.Sa...

The user experience of websites has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, but there are still sites out there that may leave you asking, “What were they thinking?!” From a design pe...

It's that special time of year again: bracket time! But no, we don't mean college basketball's annual extravaganza of a post-season tournament. We speak, of course, about the deluge of non-hoops, Marc...

Your next smartphone screen may be made out of sapphire. Sapphire, which is currently used as armor on some military vehicles, would make phone displays that would be both scratch and crack-resistant,...

This week, 89 African elephants in southern Chad were slaughtered for their ivory tusks, the worst such incident since the killing of 300 elephants a year ago in Cameroon.To stop the massacre of these...

What's more terrifying than a mob of angry cloned dinosaurs chasing you through a theme park? A horde of angry cloned dinosaurs with Jedi powers chasing you through a galaxy far, far awaySlackstory ha...

It's no doubt the housing market is tough. So, like most things these days, a man wants to add a technical spin to it — by selling his house for digital currencyTaylor More, of Alberta, Canada, ...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.According to research by ...

It's been quite a week for iPhone abuse. First, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins dismissed the device as out-of-date, then a video surfaced of Apple's new VP of technology Kevin Lynch running over the iP...

We've already learned that drones aren't just good at spying and shooting missiles in Afghanistan or Yemen. Their civilian counterparts know how to dance the Harlem Shake, play catch, and autonomously...

Julius Genachowski is out as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Capping off a four-year stint as the country’s top telecom regulator, Genachowski was responsible for pushing netw...

World, meet Marshall Henderson. The goon college basketball fans love to hate hit the big-time on Friday morning when his Ole Miss Rebels tipped off against the Wisconsin Badgers in March Madness acti...

If you're feeling down in the dumps and looking for a pick me up, you may want to check your Facebook profile.That advice follows from new research showing that Facebook profiles help reassure people'...

BlackBerry next week will attempt to convince iOS and Android users to jump ship by offering them a simulated experience of the BlackBerry 10 with a mobile ad that takes over their screens.The ad, whi...

Believe it or not, there’s more to the mobile gaming world than Cut The Rope. In fact, independent game studios develop some amazingly beautiful, startlingly deep and just plain fun games that m...

Every year people celebrate World Water Day on March 22 to bring awareness to water issues across the worldClean water may seem like an issue that's very far away from home, but think about this stati...

The revolution won't be televised, but your wedding might be. According to a recent report conducted by David's Bridal, 49% of study participants would entertain the notion of Skype-ing their impendin...

Short for "If This Then That," IFTTT "recipes" build efficient notifications and triggers that optimize our everyday activities. For example, you can create the following recipe: "If a shipping status...

The infamous iPad hacker will get another day in court, and this time, he'll have a dream team of lawyers to defend him.Andrew Auernheimer, also known as Weev, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on ...

There are some things on the Internet that you just don't understand, but somehow you become completely mesmerized with what unfolds before your eyes.In today's installment of bizarre and entertaining...

Since crowdfunding website and service Kickstarter launched in 2009, a staggering $108.52 million has been pledged to games projects, both video and tabletop. Of that, $90.83 million went towards succ...

Your next smartphone screen may be made out of sapphire. Sapphire, which is currently used as armor on some military vehicles, would make phone displays that would be both scratch and crack-resistant,...

In the wake of Google's killing of Google Reader, power users now have a new fear: Are Google Alerts next? Google Alerts is a service that allows users to receive email notifications of updated Google...

Just in time for the new season of A Game of Thrones, fans of the book series are getting a new Android app to help readers keep track of the countless characters, places and timelines described withi...

UPDATE: Apple's password-reset system currently appears to be down.An Apple account exploit allows anyone with your email address and date of birth to reset your Apple ID and iCloud account password.F...

It might not feel warm outside yet, but spring has arrived and you owe it to yourself to get excited. Oddly enough, one way to do that is by staying indoors and streaming lifestyle vlogs. What’s...

Flip through any TV channel and you're likely to come across a reality program. The focus of most — whether it's a Louisiana family's hunting business or the drunken antics of twenty-somethings ...

Yikes! This is not how it's supposed to work. A great white shark breaks into a diver's cage in this scary video that's all over the social web. According to YouTube uploader Bryan Plumber, it comes f...

Laura Ellen may not be the most-followed or influential user on Twitter, but her brand loyalty is still worth fighting for. Referencing her love of chocolate, the Manchester, UK resident tweeted that ...

The Powerball Jackpot has reached a whopping $320 million and will be drawn on March 23, 2013. There is one sure way to win this prize: You can buy 175,233,510 — one ticket for every, single num...

We're all aware technology has penetrated into far corners of the globe. But here's one stat that's difficult to digest: There are now more people who have mobile phones than access to clean toilets.T...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.According to research by ...

The user experience of websites has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, but there are still sites out there that may leave you asking, “What were they thinking?!” From a design pe...

The Anti-Defamation League is going viral with an inspiring video that asks viewers to imagine a world where hate-driven violence does not existThe 80-second clip, released Wednesday, features fake he...

The infamous iPad hacker will get another day in court, and this time, he'll have a dream team of lawyers to defend him.Andrew Auernheimer, also known as Weev, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on ...

After Apple, Samsung and Google, another company is now rumored to be building a smart watch: South Korea's electronics giant LGAccording to Korea Times, citing a source familiar with the matter, LG i...

The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is now officially available on AT&T.The struggling manufacturer — which is hopeful its new flagship device will ignite a company resurgence — announced on...

We've already learned that drones aren't just good at spying and shooting missiles in Afghanistan or Yemen. Their civilian counterparts know how to dance the Harlem Shake, play catch, and autonomously...

In an age when research is easier than ever and entire sentences can be copied and pasted without second thought, even the most venerable nonfiction writers can find themselves accused of plagiarism.T...

Julius Genachowski is out as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Capping off a four-year stint as the country’s top telecom regulator, Genachowski was responsible for pushing netw...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Google Chrome commercials...

World, meet Marshall Henderson. The goon college basketball fans love to hate hit the big-time on Friday morning when his Ole Miss Rebels tipped off against the Wisconsin Badgers in March Madness acti...

The first audio message to be relayed from outer space will be preserved as part of the National Recording Registry alongside Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon," Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of...

If you're feeling down in the dumps and looking for a pick me up, you may want to check your Facebook profile.That advice follows from new research showing that Facebook profiles help reassure people'...

BlackBerry next week will attempt to convince iOS and Android users to jump ship by offering them a simulated experience of the BlackBerry 10 with a mobile ad that takes over their screens.The ad, whi...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesGo...

Just in time for the new season of A Game of Thrones, fans of the book series are getting a new Android app to help readers keep track of the countless characters, places and timelines described withi...

It might not feel warm outside yet, but spring has arrived and you owe it to yourself to get excited. Oddly enough, one way to do that is by staying indoors and streaming lifestyle vlogs. What’s...

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There's no doubt that Google remains the world's most popular search engine, but are you using it to its full potential?SEE ALSO: More Comics on MashableBelow are three comics by Drew at Toothpaste Fo...

What’s the fastest way to annoy someone who works in national security? Just say "cyberwarfare" on repeat and watch them combustThe term is meaningless in the worst way—it puts the imagina...

The Powerball Jackpot has reached a whopping $320 million and will be drawn on March 23, 2013. There is one sure way to win this prize: You can buy one ticket for every, single number combination. Or ...

We're all aware technology has penetrated into far corners of the globe. But here's one stat that's difficult to digest: There are now more people who have mobile phones than access to clean toilets.T...

After Apple, Samsung and Google, another company is now rumored to be building a smart watch: South Korea's electronics giant LGAccording to Korea Times, citing a source familiar with the matter, LG i...

In an age when research is easier than ever and entire sentences can be copied and pasted without second thought, even the most venerable nonfiction writers can find themselves accused of plagiarism.T...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Google Chrome commercials...

HBO's CEO is considering making the company's HBO Go online streaming service available to consumers who don't have cable, according to a report."Right now we have the right model," HBO chief executiv...

Wondering what Sony's Xperia Tablet Z looks like on the inside? Worry not, cause the folks from Sony have disassembled it completely and recorded the entire process on videoFrom what we can see in the...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Google Chrome commercials...

Rebecca Levey is a co-founder of KidzVuz.com, a video review site by and for tweens. She writes about technology and education at Beccarama and is a White House Champion of Change for Education. Follo...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesGo...

When you’re first getting your startup off the ground, finding and reeling in awesome team members can be one of your biggest challenges. Once you’ve found the right employees, how do you ...

It's great to be George R.R. Martin. The author of the 'Song of Ice and Fire' Series — the basis for HBO's Game of Thrones — could be found at the show's West Coast premieres this week hol...

The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Name: LoveFlutterOne-Lin...

"Now here's the story of a wealthy family who lost everything ..." If those mere words put a giant grin of anticipation on your face, you're probably going to want to put some money in this particular...

We've all done it — asked random passersby to snap a couple pics of you and your friends goofing off in front of famous monuments (or, perhaps, goofing off in front of a Wal-Mart or something). ...

Researchers have helped create apps and online platforms to assist children with autism. But one team at Vanderbilt University is introducing something which may have a leg up on capturing kids' atten...

Researchers have helped create apps and online platforms to assist children with autism. But one team at Vanderbilt University is introducing something which may have a leg up on capturing kids' atten...

Ringtones are undeniably the most irritating concoction the tech world dreamed up since T9 textingThose little jingles are solely responsible for the world's heightened noise pollution and the reason ...

No one is safe in the social media age — not even NBA head coaches in charge of basketball savant twenty-somethingsNew York Knicks head man Mike Woodson, no stranger to bold fashion choices, pro...

UK retailer Tesco is using Google Street View for a promotion that rewards users for finding virtual Easter eggs.Call it an Easter egg hunt for real Easter eggs.If you live in the UK you can claim a c...

Technology can be pretty great. It can also wreck our posture and turn us into hunched-over Richard IIIs if we aren’t careful. The 21st century has not been kind to backs and necks.Gesture is a ...

There's a good reason why the Canon Rebel T5i looks a lot like the Canon T4i: Their specifications are almost identical. Besides a slightly different finish and few grams of extra weight, this is the ...

In the annals of no-brainers, the concept of an entire Disney theme park devoted to Star Wars ranks pretty highly. So much so that plans were underway even before the Mouse House pounced on Lucasfilm ...

A Google Chrome Experiment turns your favorite webpage into a smartphone-controlled maze.Appropriately called World Wide Maze, playing the game simply requires you to have Chrome installed on both you...

Thursday marks the first day of March Madness — and, completely coincidental, the least productive day of the yearHowever, if you've been groveling over a basketball bracket, you probably alread...

Nellie Akalp is a passionate entrepreneur, small business advocate and mother of four. As CEO of CorpNet.com, a legal document filing service, Nellie helps entrepreneurs start a business, incorporate,...

About 75% of Apple offices worldwide, including its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., are now powered by renewable energy — more than double the amount of green buildings the company had in the...

Star NFL running back Matt Forte took to Twitter on Wednesday to rail against a new NFL rule aimed at increasing player safetyThe league's owners voted to make it illegal for running backs to lead wit...

Sportscaster Verne Lundquist has been in the game for decades on decades on decades. He's seen college hoops change a lot, and, it seems here, not for the better. This moment comes from March Madness'...

Pinterest updated its iOS app Thursday, adding the ability to edit your profile from your phone, and a new close-up view of pins on the iPad.The iOS version of the app also includes a new way to disco...

Musician John Lennon's bloodstained glasses — the ones the 40-year-old was wearing when he was fatally shot in the back four times in New York City in 1980 — reemerged this week in four an...

Did your computer let out a little exasperated whimper in the past 24 hours? That was just the Internet reacting to news that Ryan Gosling plans to take a break from acting.Basically, Tumblr was all: ...

Apple has added a new level of security to iCloud and Apple ID users: two-step verification. Much like the two-step verification process for other services, two-step-verification will require you to v...

Google Fiber, Google's ultrafast broadband Internet service, is coming to your city — if you happen to live in Olathe, Kansas.Google announced the expansion plans in a blog post Tuesday evening ...

In partnership with the Control Group, the New York City MTA has decided to go even more digital with the installation of 47-inch interactive touchscreens in subway stations around the cityThe touchsc...

When my husband and I were packing for our winter vacation, I marveled at all the tech devices that were lined up, waiting to be packed. This was supposed to be a "disconnected" vacation, in a country...

The maiden launch of a new private rocket that eventually aims to loft cargo toward the International Space Station is slated for the middle of April.The Antares rocket, which is being developed by ae...

Should law enforcement need probable cause and a search warrant before tracking you via GPS? At least three lawmakers think so: Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Kirk (R-Ill.) along with Rep. Jason...

Got a question for Michael? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live.Michael Seiman is the CEO and Chairman of CPX Interactive, a global digital advertising media company he co-founded whil...

Scott Steinberg, a top-ranked international event speaker on the lecture circuit, is a bestselling expert on leadership and innovation, and the head of strategic consultancy TechSavvy Global. His webs...

There once was a Dark Age for young college basketball fans — a time when students dying to watch the hoops orgy known as March Madness's opening day had to face a set of hard choices. Go to sch...

In the annals of no-brainers, the concept of an entire Disney theme park devoted to Star Wars ranks pretty highly. So much so that plans were underway even before the Mouse House pounced on Lucasfilm ...

Google Glass is arguably the most exciting innovation in mobile technology since the iPhone — and not just because Google hyped it with a spectacular skydiving stunt. Certainly, the field of wea...

SendGrid, an email delivery firm, has fired its developer evangelist, Adria Richards, after she tweeted a photo of a developer at PyCon last weekend that resulted in that developer losing his job.The ...

A new startup is turning Facebook into a showcase of personal expressionSelfless Portraits, created by Jeff Greenspan and Ivan Cash, gives strangers the opportunity to artistically recreate each other...

A Google Chrome Experiment turns your favorite webpage into a smartphone-controlled maze.Appropriately called World Wide Maze, playing the game simply requires you to have Chrome installed on both you...

"Hey, man, this cardboard box is producing some pretty sick bass sound!" — said nobody, ever. At least until nowA new Kickstarter project, called Yaba, is raising funds for a portable device tha...

In the annals of no-brainers, the concept of an entire Disney theme park devoted to Star Wars ranks pretty highly. So much so that plans were underway even before the Mouse House pounced on Lucasfilm ...

A new Apple invention could make iPhone cases a thing of the past. The “Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device” identifies when a phone is falling and adjusts its center of mass to ...

Thursday marks the first day of March Madness — and, completely coincidental, the least productive day of the yearHowever, if you've been groveling over a basketball bracket, you probably alread...

Canon unveiled on Thursday what it says is the smallest and lightest DSLR camera ever made, the EOS Rebel SL1. Its footprint is significantly smaller than the company's lightweight T4i DSLR, although ...

In the Internet's "blog to riches" category, Ben Huh dominates. He purchased I Can Has Cheezburger from bloggers he met online in 2007. The turned the user-generated content site, most notably of cat ...

Facebook's strategic partnerships manager Libby Leffler works to ensure non-profits and causes on Facebook understand how to use the platform to best reach their communities and make the strongest imp...

Nick Mastodon is a Minnesota native who found success in a Teletubbies costume and old Disney movies.The 27-year-old recently left his computer tech position of five years to pursue more creative fiel...

Microsoft finally joined the ranks of tech companies that publish data on government and police requests, often referred to as transparency reports. On Thursday, the tech giant announced it was releas...

Music is a part of any athlete's routine leading up to a big game — in the locker room, on the bus, at the gym and so on. It's a natural fit then that University of Notre Dame wants fans to get ...

Cats don't come with a Kitty 101 handbook, so deciphering their emotions can prove to be a challenge. Sure, Fluffy might seem indifferent to everything other than cardboard boxes, but she has real fee...

In partnership with the Control Group, the New York City MTA has decided to go even more digital with the installation of 47-inch interactive touchscreens in subway stations around the cityThe touchsc...

Mashable's Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether that's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five ...

Twitter is full of weird stuff none of us ever notice because it mostly just looks like spam or nonsense. But if you look closely, as some have, you'll find spies using Twitter to communicate with eac...

Comedic powerhouse Tina Fey coughed, took a swig of water, and just like that, began reviving her viral impression of 2008 U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.During Inside the Actors Studio ...

Bill Gates is the co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He also posts updated information and videos about the future of food on Gates Notes.The...

Is your living room missing a certain dash of decorating pizazz? Consider adding a fuzzy (and gruesome) touch with a cat skin rugA New Zealand man pulled an abrupt U-turn when he spotted a dead cat on...

Dan Fletcher, Facebook's managing editor, has announced that he is planning to leave the company next month.Speaking to a gathering of students at faculty at Washington State University Wednesday even...

Dan Fletcher, Facebook's managing editor, has announced that he is planning to leave the company next month.Speaking to a gathering of students at faculty at Washington State University Wednesday even...

HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou is so invested in the company's HTC One phone launch that he told executives that he'd step down if the phone fails, accordig to a report.Chou made the claim during a me...

You've see them in print and on your iPad. Now you can talk to Esquire columnists — and they'll talk back.Esquire has released an app for iPhone and iPad devices that allows you to have an inter...

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the pro-government Syrian Electronic Army took credit Thursday for hijacking a BBC Twitter account with more than 57,000 followers.The account, @BBCweather, went...

Before you dismiss SnapChat as a racy NSFW danger zone, consider interacting with a different group of people — because there are works of art being made on this app.Not everyone is using SnapCh...

Google chairman Eric Schmidt told reporters in India on Thursday that it will not merge its Android and Chrome Operating systems anytime soon.According to a Reuters report, the executive said the plat...

One day after the the massive cyberattack on South Korea, the biggest question everybody is asking is: who did it?The answer, as usual in these cases, is uncertain. For lack of evidence, the most secu...

What would happen if you decided to live entirely on your smartphone? No, we're not talking about some kind of weird virtual world situation. Rather, how much space in your home could your smartphone ...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesGo...

A new Apple invention could make iPhone cases a thing of the past. The “Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device” identifies when a phone is falling and adjusts its center of mass to ...

One of the great joys — and frustrations — of March Madness is how many of the games take place during the day. You can either spend hours on end in hoops nirvana, or be foiled by producti...

Musician John Lennon's bloodstained glasses — the ones the 40-year-old was wearing when he was fatally shot in the back four times in New York City in 1980 — reemerged this week in four an...

Seventy percent of consumers trust brand recommendations from friends, but only 10% trust advertising, according to a new report from Forrester Research.The study, based on responses from 58,000 respo...

Canon unveiled on Thursday what it says is the smallest and lightest DSLR camera ever made, the EOS Rebel SL1. Its footprint is significantly smaller than the company's lightweight T4i DSLR, although ...

When my husband and I were packing for our winter vacation, I marveled at all the tech devices that were lined up, waiting to be packed. This was supposed to be a "disconnected" vacation, in a country...

Pandora is now officially available for Windows Phone.Announced during Microsoft’s launch for Windows Phone 8, the launch is not only a slam dunk for Microsoft, who is working to build its reper...

Music is a part of any athlete's routine leading up to a big game — in the locker room, on the bus, at the gym and so on. It's a natural fit then that Notre Dame University wants fans to get in ...

Star Trek fans, take notice: A third trailer for the upcoming "Star Trek Into Darkness" movie has been released, and it's the longest one yetWhile the first two trailers for the movie have been about ...

U.S. clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters released a new video ad Wednesday that has gone viral for its daring take on the derriere.The 30-second spot, above, advertises American Eagle's suppos...

Google chairman Eric Schmidt told reporters in India on Thursday that it will not merge its Android and Chrome Operating systems anytime soon.According to a Reuters report, the executive said the plat...

As part of its "Windows Phone Challenge," Microsoft compares the camera capabilities of Nokia's Lumia 920 and Samsung's Galaxy S III in a new video ad.Naturally, the Lumia — a Windows Phone R...

Twitter is celebrating its 7th birthday with a video showing a short history of the service, from its humble beginnings and co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet, to the present day, when it boasts 200...

Nick Mastodon is a Minnesota native who found success in a Teletubbies costume and old Disney movies.The 27-year-old recently left his computer tech position of five years to pursue more creative fiel...

We all know YouTube is the biggest video sharing site around, but how big is it, exactly, when compared to sites such as Facebook or Twitter? Here's a hint: YouTube has just hit one billion monthly un...

Mashable's Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether that's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five ...

A new study reveals that more Twitter chatter correlates to higher television ratings.By analyzing tweets about live TV, Nielsen and SocialGuide found that Twitter is one of three "statistically signi...

A new kind of three-dimensional display developed at HP Labs plays hologram-like videos without the need for any moving parts or glasses. Videos displayed on the HP system hover above the screen, and ...

Feeling a little groggy? Droopy? Dopey? Sleepy? Another 'Seven Dwarfs' syndrome? It may not be because you didn't get enough sleep, but perhaps because you opted for a few extra minutes of itASAP Scie...

U.S. clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters released a new video ad Wednesday that has gone viral for its daring take on the derriere.The 30-second spot, above, advertises American Eagle's suppos...

Swiss researchers say they've come up with a tiny implant that can analyze blood from within our bodies and send test results directly to a doctor.The device would be implanted just below the skin and...

As Apple works on improving its built-in Maps app, the Cupertino, Calif. company has left room for several mapping apps to win a place in iPhone owner’s hearts.One mobile GPS app called Scout re...

A new kind of three-dimensional display developed at HP Labs plays hologram-like videos without the need for any moving parts or glasses. Videos displayed on the HP system hover above the screen, and ...

Angry Birds started out as a simple mobile game and has evolved into an entire bird-filled universe. The birds and pigs of Angry Birds have also sparked fan creativity — from fan art to stop m...

Back when Polaroids and disposable cameras were popular, we didn't have the luxury of deleting dozens of pictures to make space for more. We simply had to make 24 exposures or 10 squares of instant fi...

How do you top a game that ends with you killing the King of the Gods?That's the query that faced Santa Monica Studios as it built the next console adventure of Spartan warrior Kratos, a longtime Play...

If you register for next month's Conscious Capitalism conference in San Francisco as a blogger, be prepared to dole out a few posts on the topic, or you'll have to pay a fine.That's the message Consci...

With BlackBerry about to launch the Z10 at the end of this week — the flagship of its BlackBerry 10 line — this isn't the best time for one of the company's largest customers to bow out. E...

After President Obama’s historic campaign stop on Reddit, the Daily Dot claimed the social news site is “becoming the world’s largest image forum, where famous people occasionally co...

Did you know Facebook offers an entire range of keyboard shortcuts, designed for keyboard-only users?You can easily navigate the social network like a ninja once you've learned a few simple commandsSE...

There's no denying you can squeeze a lot creativity into a six-second Vine, Twitter's new video-recording app. Now, the Tribeca Film Festival is challenging budding filmmakers to come up with their be...

When you think of a ruling Queen Bee, two people might come to mind: Don Draper and Regina George. Both command a crew of sexy minions and intimidate the pants off their enemiesAnd while Mad Men and M...

Days after the product's early leak, Google officially rolled out its new Evernote-like service, Google Keep.On its blog, Google describes Google Keep as a way to "quickly jot ideas down when you thin...

It might sound hard to believe, but only 26 out of the 64 college basketball teams in this year's NCAA "March Madness" competition have both a Facebook and Twitter presenceBut round a of applause goes...

Facebook's modus operandi is that it tests all kinds of things all the time just to see what sticks. So, don't be too alarmed about this notification feature which Bijan Sabet, a general partner at Sp...

How do you top a game that ends with you killing the King of the Gods?That's the query that faced Santa Monica Studios as it built the next console adventure of Spartan warrior Kratos, a longtime Play...

A new study suggests that Voyager 1 has left our solar system, but NASA denied this claim today, saying the far-flung spacecraft has not yet reached interstellar space.After the report spread througho...

I think it's obvious what you are Harry..vine.co/v/bpj7Km0T3d5— Jackson Holland (@_jacsun_) March 20, 2013Hogwarts has a strict policy against Vining on campus, but one wayward wizard has found ...

Just in time for the round-of-64's start on Thursday morning, this infographic straight from Facebook shows who March Madness's winners and losers would be if buzz on the world's biggest social networ...

If you're a trekkie that can't wait to plunge "into darkness" alongside Captain Kirk and Spock this May, let this Lego stop-motion trailer be your saviorThe trailer is a shot-by-shot recreation of the...

Nobody likes running out of smartphone or laptop power while traveling or commuting to work. That's why a Southern California company designed a backpack charger that keeps your mobile devices juiced ...

At long last, Klout is making the data it has collected through its social-scoring service available to businesses.The company announced on Wednesday it would be launching Klout for Business, allowing...

President Obama recently made his annual March Madness picks, but the hoops-crazed head of state's predictions aren't nearly as important as what another respected leader thinksWe speak, of course, ab...

Image courtesy of Bradley HartArtist Bradley Hart doesn't draw or paint — he injectsHart uses syringes to inject acrylic paints into bubble wrap to create beautifully pixelated portraits. One of...

There's no denying you can squeeze a lot creativity into a six-second Vine, Twitter's new video-recording app. Now, the Tribeca Film Festival is challenging budding filmmakers to come up with their be...

Streaming live on Mashable, CPX Interactive founder Michael Seiman will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, March 21. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #S...

Back when Polaroids and disposable cameras were popular, we didn't have the luxury of deleting dozens of pictures to make space for more. We simply had to make 24 exposures or 10 squares of instant fi...

Kate Upton says she's starting to feel pressure to make a decision about a prom invitation that went viral earlier this week.The YouTube video called "Kate Upton, Will You Go To Prom With Me?" by high...

Yahoo has acquired Jybe, a mobile-first startup that, for the last two years, has focused on helping users discover things to do and places to eat via personalized recommendations. In doing so, Yahoo ...

While the prom — that final dance before baby-stepping into adulthood — is important, perhaps nothing is more carefully scrutinized than how you ask someone to the big dance. The more dram...

Found an interesting article online but didn't have time to read it? Don't sweat it — just send it to your Kindle for laterAmazon announced in a blog post yesterday a new button that any website...

It might sound hard to believe, but only 26 out of the 64 college basketball teams in this year's NCAA "March Madness" competition have both a Facebook and Twitter presenceBut round a of applause goes...

On a fateful day in 1969, five F-1 engines gave Apollo 11 the 1.5 million pounds of thrust it needed to leave Earth's atmosphere and head to the moon. Just minutes after liftoff, those engines plunged...

Pinterest had the good fortune of surging in popularity relatively soon after launching its beta in 2010. However, after registering millions of users, the social network still had a lot of work to do...

News anchor Jillian Pavlica of WZDX in Huntsville, Ala., got a romantic surprise during her broadcast.SEE ALSO: News Anchor Covering Swimming Cat Can't Keep It TogetherHomepage image courtesy of NowTh...

I think it's obvious what you are Harry..vine.co/v/bpj7Km0T3d5— Jackson Holland (@_jacsun_) March 20, 2013Hogwarts has a strict policy against Vining on campus, but one wayward wizard has found ...

Facebook is now able to connect the dots between users on its network and their purchasing habits, and is using that data to pitch advertisers.To be sure, Facebook is not identifying users by name to ...

The controversial Central Intelligence Agency drone program might have an expiration dateThe Obama administration is going strip the CIA of its lethal drone power and hand it over to the Pentagon, re...

Following our look at the official line up of accessories that Samsung is making for the new Galaxy S 4, we thought we'd see what cases third-party manufacturers have coming soonSEE ALSO: 11 Samsung G...

There's only one man for Selena Gomez — and it's definitely not Justin Bieber. It's Mario (of Mario and Luigi), who else? Tuesday night, the Spring Breakers star donned a fake mustache and a Pri...

Distractions has the ability to appeal to readers of all ages. A graphic novel about a former bodyguard who is forced to face the prospect of parenthood, younger readers may be compelled by its action...

There's no denying you can squeeze a lot creativity into a six-second Vine, Twitter's new video-recording app. Now, the Tribeca Film Festival is challenging budding filmmakers to come up with their be...

You can't imagine ever getting scammed. Besides being a diligent Internet user who knows the ins and outs of web terrain, you have an email account that siphons all harmful messages into a neat little...

The Republican Party this week admitted something many commentators have already acknowledged: When it comes to using data effectively, Democrats have often beat Republicans hand-over-fist.The right's...

President Obama recently made his annual March Madness picks, but the hoops-crazed head of state's predictions aren't nearly as important as what another respected leader thinksWe speak, of course, ab...

When we were kids, my brother I constructed cars out of LEGO blocks and ramped them off jumps made from matboard and pillows. The sound of the cars exploding into dozens of pieces as they crashed was ...

Samsung wants to make it easier for viewers to search and discover new content on TV. The company will begin shipping TVs with a completely rethought user interface called the Smart Hub experience in ...

Image courtesy of Bradley HartArtist Bradley Hart doesn't draw or paint — he injectsHart uses syringes to inject acrylic paints into bubble wrap to create beautifully pixelated portraits. One of...

Google has launched a Realtime API for Google Drive, enabling developers to create apps that can tap into Drive's real-time editing capabilitiesThe API provides developers with collaborative versions ...

Withings' new Smart Body Analyzer is an Internet-connected scale that tracks your weight, body fat, heart rate, and even the temperature of your room.The scale, which sells for $149, is the biggest up...

After 13 years of selling high-end clothing and accessories, online retailer Net-a-Porter is expanding into the beauty category for the first time.The e-tailer is starting small. Only 11 brands —...

Apple has hired a new vice president of technology, and while that's not entirely unusual, the choice person is: Kevin Lynch was Adobe's CTO and one of the most vociferous defenders of Flash, which Ap...

South Korean banks and television broadcasters were hit by a massive cyberattack Wednesday, with suspicion falling on North Korea as the source.The attack hit at 2 p.m. local time, temporarily crippli...

Kate Upton says she's starting to feel pressure to make a decision about a prom invitation that went viral earlier this week.The YouTube video called "Kate Upton, Will You Go To Prom With Me?" by high...

Yahoo has acquired Jybe, a mobile-first startup that, for the last two years, has focused on helping users discover things to do and places to eat via personalized recommendations. In doing so, Yahoo ...

I think it's obvious what you are Harry..vine.co/v/bpj7Km0T3d5— Jackson Holland (@_jacsun_) March 20, 2013Hogwarts has a strict policy against Vining on campus, but one wayward wizard has found ...

The NCAA tournament is upon us and — besides three weeks of glorious games — there's just one important thing to figure out: How to watch March Madness online.With so many games happening ...

While the prom — that final dance before baby-stepping into adulthood — is important, perhaps nothing is more carefully scrutinized than how you ask someone to the big dance. The more dram...

Between hackable gaming console OUYA and the Double Fine adventure game project, gaming ventures see a lot of success on Kickstarter.SEE ALSO: More Comics on MashableIn this comic, Scott Johnson of Ex...

Found an interesting article online but didn't have time to read it? Don't sweat it — just send it to your Kindle for laterAmazon announced in a blog post yesterday a new button that any website...

Ever since I dropped a beautiful, pristine BlackBerry Z10 on a sidewalk and rendered it useless, I’ve wondered why the Z10 failed where other smartphones survived.As you may recall, I performed ...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesAp...

Nobody likes running out of smartphone or laptop power while traveling or commuting to work. That's why a Southern California company designed a backpack charger that keeps your mobile devices juiced ...

Facebook is now able to connect the dots between users on its network and their purchasing habits, and is using that data to pitch advertisers.To be sure, Facebook is not identifying users by name to ...

Within three years, the Pentagon’s Cyber Command will deploy more than 100 teams focused predominantly on defending military networks rather than attacking adversaries’ systems, according ...

There's only one man for Selena Gomez — and it's definitely not Justin Bieber. It's Mario (of Mario and Luigi), who else? Tuesday night, the Spring Breakers star donned a fake mustache and a Pri...

You can't imagine ever getting scammed. Besides being a diligent Internet user who knows the ins and outs of web terrain, you have an email account that siphons all harmful messages into a neat little...

Every day mobile devices improve the way we shop online. As the market grows — 45% of American adults own smartphones — it becomes even more important for businesses to adapt to mobile pay...

Samsung wants to make it easier for viewers to search and discover new content on TV. The company will begin shipping TVs with a completely rethought user interface called the Smart Hub experience in ...

If you're a gym regular, you've probably seen a few videos showing you how to do an exercise properly, keep proper posture and make sure you don't hurt yourself while lifting weightsThis video is noth...

Withings' new Smart Body Analyzer is an Internet-connected scale that tracks your weight, body fat, heart rate, and even the temperature of your room.The scale, which sells for $149, is the biggest up...

Apple has hired a new vice president of technology, and while that's not entirely unusual, the choice person is: Kevin Lynch was Adobe's CTO and one of the most vociferous defenders of Flash, which Ap...

An annoying drawback of wearing earbuds is getting them tangled up. One company aims to address this problem by removing the lower two-thirds of the cord, and replacing it instead with a Bluetooth uni...

News anchor Jillian Pavlica of WZDX in Huntsville, Ala., got a romantic surprise during her broadcast.SEE ALSO: News Anchor Covering Swimming Cat Can't Keep It TogetherHomepage image courtesy of NowTh...

Twitter has been granted a patent which describes the basic principles of the service itself.Originally filed in July 2008 and granted to Jack Dorsey and Christopher Isaac Stone, the patent describes ...

If you're a gym regular, you've probably seen a few videos showing you how to do an exercise properly, keep proper posture and make sure you don't hurt yourself while lifting weightsThis video is noth...

Tired of idiots? If you can't beat them, join them using the MinusIQ pill, which permanently lowers your intelligence quotientOkay, so the product isn't actually real, but the concept behind it may be...

Since I am sitting as I type this, I regret to be reminded: Sitting all day reduces life expectancy. Sitting is associated with an increased risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Sitting is the ...

The high-pitched yellow minions from Despicable Me are back.Three years after the original animated film made its debut, Despicable Me 2 continues the tale of lovable villain Gru (Steve Carell) and hi...

The Jawbone UP has a lot going for it as a fitness bracelet — it's durable, comfortable and simple — but until now it's been limited to iPhone users. That just changed with the introductio...

What's a good party without a photo booth? Nineteen-year-old Alexander Morris, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, designed a makeshift photo machine inspired by Instagram. The get-up is built entir...

What's a good party without a photo booth? Nineteen-year-old Alexander Morris, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, designed a makeshift photo machine inspired by Instagram. The get-up is built entir...

And now, we present to you the latest in billionaire Twitter warsMark Cuban and Donald Trump have been going back and forth for a little while now. Points of contention have included their respective ...

If you're gonna beat down your buddies, what better way than with lightsabers, wands, Wolverine claws and Thor's hammer? The Sneaky Zebra bros are redefining backyard brawls by substituting their fist...

By now, you've noticed the app Snapchat has caught some major attentionWell-known for its promiscuous reputation, the app lets users send quick, SMS-like messages, which can include candid photos or v...

Considering that they’ve never explicitly asked us about our preferences, it’s a minor miracle of big data that web advertising companies know anything about us at all. But at least half o...

Fluent in Star Wars, but lost when it comes to March Madness? This brilliant video will get you up to speed in no time. Fresh from the YouTube channel Satire, it breaks down college hoops' annual tour...

Fluent in Star Wars, but lost when it comes to March Madness? This brilliant video will get you up to speed in no time. Fresh from the YouTube channel Satire, it breaks down college hoops' annual tour...

Well, it was nice while it lastedFor months, the Twitter account @Nets_PR — an official outlet for the NBA's new Brooklyn Nets franchise — kept hoops fans and Twitter fiends alike entertai...

Every day mobile devices improve the way we shop online. As the market grows — 45% of American adults own smartphones — it becomes even more important for businesses to adapt to mobile pay...

Diaries are so passé. If you really want to pour your heart out, Facebook seems to be the popular place to do it. Instead of disclosing intimate details through journaling, students are taking to...

It's like six degrees of separation — but minus Kevin Bacon and plus C3POGraphic Designer — and hardcore Star Wars fan — Joe Stone has traced the genealogy of the Empire and Alliance...

If you're gonna beat down your buddies, what better way than with lightsabers, wands, Wolverine claws and Thor's hammer? The Sneaky Zebra bros are redefining backyard brawls by substituting their fist...

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch is leaving the company to take a job at Apple. The news was leaked in an SEC filing and confirmed by Adobe.Lynch joined Adobe in 2005 as part of its acquisition of Macromedia. At...

You've got your flat screen. You've got your chips and beer. You've planned to come down with a nasty work-preventing illness Thursday and Friday. In short, you're all set for March Madness, except fo...

With every iteration of each smartphone model comes a slew of new features. Better display! Faster! Thinner! Lighter! But with the notable exception of Swype on smartphones, serious innovation wi...

Technology has always been a real estate battle. First it was the battle for your desktop with dueling PCs, then it moved to the living room with game consoles and smart TVs. There’s a battle fo...

Following March Madness on Twitter just got betterThis year, instead of simply scanning for scores, reactions and other updates while still in your cubicle and on the clock, you'll also be able to wat...

One thing's for darn sure about the Internet: anything Nicolas Cage-related is an instant hit. This time, the National Treasure actor is getting a Nintendo 64 makeover (#throwback).YouTube user Criken...

In the wake of last month's meteor strike in Russia and a close asteroid flyby on the same day, members of Congress asked NASA, White House and Air Force officials what they're doing to combat the thr...

By now, you've noticed the app Snapchat has caught some major attentionWell-known for its promiscuous reputation, the app lets users send quick, SMS-like messages, which can include candid photos or v...

Microsoft has become the latest tech advertiser to give a shout-out to same-sex marriage with an ad for Outlook that shows two women getting married.The ad comes after Amazon released an ad last month...

The same day that Google is asking Congress to strengthen privacy protections for Americans' emails, the cops are arguing that U.S. law should require cellphone providers to store text messages logs i...

What's a good party without a photo booth? Nineteen-year-old Alexander Morris, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, designed a makeshift photo machine inspired by Instagram. The get-up is built entir...

Click here to view this galleryWhat with the Higgs boson making headlines all the time, everyone's heard of this so-called Standard Model in physics, but how many people really know what it is? With a...

What with the Higgs boson making headlines all the time, everyone's heard of this so-called Standard Model in physics, but how many people really know what it is? Now anyone with an iPad or Windows 8 ...

Google announced a new Hangouts Capture app Tuesday, a new way for Google Hangouts users to capture photos of a Hangout in progress so they can relive the magic of the event later on.“Google&plu...

Hulu has rolled out a brand new Hulu Plus interface for Apple TV.On its blog, Hulu says that it has redesigned the Apple TV Hulu Plus experience "from the ground up," with a focus on finding current T...

Apple was awarded on Tuesday a patent for an augmented reality system that combines the real world with computer-generated imageryAccording to the patent filing — which was first filed in Januar...

The NCAA March Madness tournament starts today, but the real action is in public radio feuds. Radio station 89.3 KPCC has 32 NPR shows going head-to-head in an NCAA-style tournament bracket. The smart...

It's become common practice for the Internet to express its feelings through animated GIFs, however it's not always easy to locate the perfect situation-worthy GIFGoogle is easing the woes of GIF addi...

Facebook on Tuesday offered advertisers another tool to target consumers on the platform with Lookalike Audiences, a feature that lets them reach users similar to those in their Custom Audience databa...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced a bill Tuesday that would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before getting access to citize...

Having a rough day? Scratch that, a rough life? Take comfort, this elephant is here to cuddle your pains away. He really won't accept no as an answer, so just lie there and imagine being smothered wit...

The Bible might be ancient, but that doesn't mean it has to be old fashioned. A free, digital platform has launched the Christian text into the 21st centuryThe Digital Bible Platform is a free service...

Click here to view this galleryListen up, canines: Your owners might insist that you spend all day cuddling with them under that Snuggie, but it's time to set things straight. Your bod needs some good...

Reddit, Craigslist and more than 30,000 other websites are flying the flag of opposition to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, a controversial cybersecurity bill that was rec...

Technology has always been a real estate battle. First it was the battle for your desktop with dueling PCs, then it moved to the living room with game consoles and smart TVs. There’s a battle fo...

Cable TV users understand the desire for à la carte TV pricing; the notion of paying only for what you watch on TV. Now, Verizon wants to start paying content providers only for the channels view...

Apple released iOS 6.1.3 Tuesday, a software update that makes improvements to Maps in China and, more importantly, fixes a bug in iOS that allowed someone to bypass the lock screen on an iPhone and a...

Imagine a library. Every night, the library locks its doors. But one night, a burglar manages to get in. All the books and manuscripts are gone, right? Not in this library. You see, in this library, m...

The winner of this year’s Intel Science Talent Search is 17-year-old Sara Volz, who built a biofuel lab under the lofted bed in her room to explore the potential for algae to become an economica...

A new appellate case could further clarify just when the government is required to get a warrant before tracking suspects with GPS technology.It's been more than a year since a Supreme Court decision ...

Click here to view this gallerySan Francisco is a city flush with history. Among its steep hills and Victorian-style row houses is something often overlooked for its historic value: fire hydrantsOld, ...

Click here to view this galleryA new blog is helping the world see that "real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude." Thumbs and Ammo, the Internet's most up-and-comin...

Ever had a great idea but not known where to start to bring it to reality? Or you've had a great idea and went through hell to bring it to fruition? Ben Kaufman experienced the latter — he found...

Click here to view this galleryDoes your iPhone's "home" button look a little plain? Could your iPad do with a mini-makeover? Then we have the perfect solution: a home button sticker to spruce it upSE...

The upcoming iPhone 5S and so-called "iPhone mini" are rumored to arrive in multiple colors. Now, Martin Hajek has published some pretty amazing concept designs showing what adding a little color woul...

Reddit is testing the waters for a video brand extension with "Explain Like I'm Five," a series on YouTube based on a popular subreddit on the network.Launched Monday, the series has so far tackled th...

Google has a message for lawmakers on Capitol Hill: It's time to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), a decades-old law that governs email privacy.Richard Salgado, Google's Legal D...

Living a healthy lifestyle isn't just about counting calories. The creators of calorie-intake app MyFitnessPal know the importance of a well-rounded regimen and want to bring the experience to its use...

It looks like the rivalry between Samsung and LG is about to get even more heatedAccording to a report by Yonhap News, LG has called out its fellow Korean competitor for possible patent infringement o...

Students in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — start school with hopes of someday creating groundbreaking projects. But many of these students aren't wait...

The spectacular Comet Pan-STARRS emerged in the western sunset sky, last week, and could be seen with the naked eye in parts of the Northern Hemisphere.Before dipping inside Mercury's orbit, the comet...

Having a rough day? Scratch that, a rough life? Take comfort, this elephant is here to cuddle your pains away. He really won't accept no as an answer, so just lie there and imagine being smothered wit...

Google will soon unify all its disparate chat services under a single banner called Babble, a new report says. The new service will be integrated throughout all of Google's communication products, mos...

Google has announced the availability of Flight Search in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. The web-based tool, introduced in 2011, lets users find and book flights to various destinat...

You're a gold-medal champion of long-distance running ... in Temple Run 2Maybe your thumbs get a better daily workout dancing across your smartphone screen than the rest of your body does in a whole w...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesSa...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.People are drawn to the e...

Google has a new ad for its Nexus 10 tablet, and it focuses on a somewhat unlikely subject — pregnancyIn the ad, we see a couple that's expecting a baby. They use the Nexus 10 to plan childbirth...

Living a healthy lifestyle isn't just about counting calories. The creators of calorie-intake app MyFitnessPal know the importance of a well-rounded regimen and want to bring the experience to its use...

Rumors around an Apple wristwatch have been making rounds on the internet lately, but there's another major player who'd like to get in on the smartwatch craze — Samsung“We are working ver...

When you think of the world five years from now, do you picture the masses wearing smart eyewear or Dick Tracy-style smart watches? There's a chance that neither will catch on, but there's also the po...

A five-year effort to recover nearly 50-year-old images of the moon is seeking public support to keep the project going.Since 2008, Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) has been reprocessing d...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.People are drawn to the e...

Google has a new ad for its Nexus 10 tablet, and it focuses on a somewhat unlikely subject — pregnancyIn the ad, we see a couple that's expecting a baby. They use the Nexus 10 to plan childbirth...

Google's Chromebooks from HP, Acer and Samsung will become available in six new countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands, Google has announcedThe rollout, which will ...

By now, most of us have seen and fallen in love with Paperman, the Oscar-winning Disney short that captured our hearts after going viral.The story is classic: Boy meets girl; boy loses girl; boy reuni...

Gmail unveiled an update to its Android app Monday, enabling users to reply, archive and search messages more efficiently.Those who own a device running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up, can now reply ...

Tired of using Instagram to spruce up your smartphone photos? Meet Repix, a free iOS app that lets you remix your snapshots by "painting" on them using different preset brushes.The app comes with a nu...

When it comes to your personal finance, turns our there are some pretty awesome experts out there, specializing in everything from investing advice to living on a budget. If you’re looking for a...

Google's Chromebooks from HP, Acer and Samsung will become available in six new countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands, Google has announcedThe rollout, which will ...

Ten teams of middle and high school students across the United States won Verizon's National Innovative App Challenge on Monday, each receiving the opportunity to develop their own mobile apps and a $...

Gmail unveiled an update to its Android app Monday, enabling users to reply, archive and search messages more efficiently.Those who own a device running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up, can now reply ...

You may have noticed the Google Glass backlash is well underway. Once we were thrilled by the promise of the eye-level connected screen and camera technology; once we poked satirical fun at it. But no...

Actor Justin Long, who starred in those well-known "Get a Mac" commercials, will now play Steve Jobs in comedy website Funny or Die's upcoming movie poking fun at biopics about the late Apple founder....

If you were waiting for a sequel to BlackBerry's in-house band's rendition of "Keep on Loving You," this is your lucky dayThe pretend band is back together for this rendition of Etta James' "At Last."...

A networked team of creatives in New York launched a new service that meets the demand for rapid turnaround advertisingUsing Twitter as a medium, the World's Fastest Agency will respond from brieʂ...

Click here to view this galleryMarch Madness is upon us and it's time to get down to one of life's true pleasures: three straight weekends of non-stop college basketball actionBut you're going to want...

If you've ever had your bicycle stolen, you're probably familiar with the frustration of  losing your two-wheeled mode of transport. A Chicago-based startup is addressing that pain point with a g...

Facebook released version 5.6 of its iOS app Monday, giving users the ability to update their profile cover photo on the go.Users can now update their cover photo on the iPhone with a tap of their fin...

Twelve-year-old Daniel Martinez-Leffew is hoping a similarity between his family and the family of Chief Justice John Roberts will help bring support to LGBT rightsWhen Daniel discovered the chief jus...

The Strokes are now streaming their newest album, Comedown Machine, on their website — a week ahead of its scheduled release date of March 25The group teased fans with the album's first single, ...

Mashable had an amazing South by Southwest this year. Lines wrapped around the block for Mashable House and a diverse crowd from the interactive community partied together at MashBash.We loved in...

Mashable had an amazing South by Southwest this year. Lines wrapped around the block for Mashable House and a diverse crowd from the interactive community partied together at MashBash.We loved in...

In today's ultra-connected world where the Internet is your bestest (and only) real friend, it makes sense to party it down with your favorite social media sitesWhile a roaring shindig with Pinterest,...

It looks like a new version of Draw Something is on the way. Ryan Seacrest tweeted an image of the game Monday morning along with the message, “I somehow convinced them to give me #DrawSomething...

You may have noticed the Google Glass backlash is well underway. Once we were thrilled by the promise of the eye-level connected screen and camera technology; once we poked satirical fun at it. But no...

Sam Slaughter is the VP of Content at Contently, and writes frequently about the intersection of advertising and journalism. He enjoys long walks on the beach, basketball and nachos, and is the owner ...

Electronic Art's Chief Executive Officer John Riccitiello will step down at the end of the month, according to a release EA sent to investors Monday afternoon.Riccitiello will also leave his post on t...

T-Mobile sent invitations to the press Monday for an "exclusive" event to be held next week. Although it didn't elaborate on details, it appears to be about the company's future after the wireless pro...

T-Mobile sent invitations to the press Monday for an "exclusive" event to be held next week. Although it didn't elaborate on details, it appears to be about the company's future after the wireless pro...

If you were waiting for a sequel to BlackBerry's in-house band's rendition of "Keep on Loving You," this is your lucky dayThe pretend band is back together for this rendition of Etta James' "At Last."...

Many federal agencies are still failing to give government scientists adequate freedom to communicate their research and findings with the public, according to a new report by a scientific advocacy gr...

This was a week of upsets in social TV, as a few programs generated unusually high buzz that placed them at the top of the rankings. This week's Bruins-Penguins matchup made the NHL the most popular b...

Jammie Thomas-Rasset won't have her day in court at the highest judicial authority in the United States. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of the famous music pirate who was sente...

After Google unceremoniously announced it would be killing Reader later this year, much of the outraged response focused on its use in the U.SBut there's a whole other aspect to the service: for thous...

A soccer player who was banned for life from the Greek national team after celebrating a goal with a Nazi salute gained widespread notoriety online over the weekend. But perhaps we should have been pa...

Small cat, big screenInternet-famous kitty Lil Bub is about to go mainstream with her first film roleLil Bub & Friendz, a documentary from VICE, explores the web's purrculiar cat fixation through ...

Suntech, a Wuxi, China-based company that as recently as 2011 was the world’s largest producer of solar panels, is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. It’s running low on cash, owes bond ...

Following the success of the New York Times' metered paywall (among others), the Washington Post announced Monday that it will begin charging for full digital access to its website and mobile apps. Co...

Gears of War: Judgment has plenty riding on it. This is the first game in the groundbreaking third-person shooter’s franchise that is missing developer Epic Games' magnanimous former design...

Andrew Auernheimer, a 27-year-old computer programmer and Internet troll also known as “Weev,” was sentenced Monday to three years and five months of jail under the Computer Fraud and Abus...

While we lament that Facebook is devolving into a wasteland of content spam, there are still a few pages doing it right.A page called "I fucking love science" has no doubt appeared in your feed at som...

Facebook released version 5.6 of its iOS app Monday, giving users the ability to update their profile cover photo on the go.Users can now update their cover photo on the iPhone with a tap of their fin...

Beyonce Knowles is using her Tumblr page to give fans a taste of her newest albumKnowles dropped the song "Bow Down/I Been On" Sunday, along with a picture of her as a child wearing a floor-length, t...

Marshall Henderson is a star basketball player for the University of Mississippi and known as something of a ruffian among college basketball fans. He taunts student sections, loves to talk smack and ...

Joe Chernov is the VP of marketing for Kinvey, a mobile back-end as a service startup in Cambridge, Mass. Joe joined Kinvey from Eloqua, where he served as VP of content marketing. The Content Marketi...

It's not official until it's on Facebook, as the old social media maxim goesWell, things look pretty official now between golf legend Tiger Woods and ski star Lindsey VonnWoods announced the pair's lo...

Mashable had an amazing South by Southwest this year. Lines wrapped around the block for Mashable House and a diverse crowd from the interactive community partied together at MashBash.We loved in...

For those who activated SimCity and then spent a lot of time battling its server problems, EA has announced you'll be able to get one game on them for your trouble.Players can pick between eight title...

Claire Danes finally has something legitimate to cry about — all the terrorists have turned into zombiesBarely Political imagines a world where Homeland and The Walking Dead come together, so th...

If you were waiting for a sequel to BlackBerry's in-house band's rendition of "Keep on Loving You," this is your lucky dayThe pretend band is back together for this rendition of Etta James' "At Last."...

Click here to view this gallerySpring is just around the corner, so it's the perfect time to get working on your spring cleaning. Clearing out your basement, garage or attic can help you start the sea...

Companies are getting smarter about protecting themselves from cyberattacks. New research has found that the number of companies purchasing cyberinsurance increased 33 percentage points over the past ...

As goal celebrations go, Giorgos Katidis certainly made a poor choiceThe Greek soccer player scored for AEK Athens this weekend, then ran to a corner of the field, ripped off his jersey and greeted th...

Google said it has restored service to its online document storage platform Google Drive, which has been experiencing issues Monday morning. Many users have been unable to access their stored files in...

T-Mobile sent invitations to the press Monday for an "exclusive" event to be held next week. Although it didn't elaborate on details, it appears to be about the company's future after the wireless pro...

It looks like Google is planning to establish a section in its Google Play Store for newspapers and other subscription-based news providers, à la Apple's Newsstand.The blog Android Police uncover...

Many federal agencies are still failing to give government scientists adequate freedom to communicate their research and findings with the public, according to a new report by a scientific advocacy gr...

Infamous iPad and AT&T data hacker Andrew Auernheimer, better known as "Weev," is going to jail. He will spend three years and five months in prison for accessing an AT&T public web server and...

Jammie Thomas-Rasset won't have her day in court at the highest judicial authority in the United States. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of the famous music pirate who was sente...

Whether you're an exceptional singer or a budding stand-up comic, now you have the chance to be the next big YouTube star, with the help of celebrity singing-competition judge Simon CowellYouTube is p...

In 1982, the Internet was a safe place where everyone trusted each other. The community was so small that every email address on the web could fit into one skinny "phone book" written in big font. If ...

Small cat, big screenInternet-famous kitty Lil Bub is about to go mainstream with her first film roleLil Bub & Friendz, a documentary from VICE, explores the web's purrculiar cat fixation through ...

Pope Francis sent his first tweet from the resurrected @Pontifex Twitter account Sunday, only four days after being elected as Benedict XVI's successor:Dear friends, I thank you from my heart and I as...

Microsoft has revealed the product support life-cycle for Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 will end in the second half of 2014. Specifically, Microsoft plans to support Windows Phone 8 until July...

Newark's Cory Booker, America's most social mayor, took part in his second Reddit "Ask Me Anything" Sunday evening; and Mashable was given exclusive behind-the-scenes access as Booker took questions f...

Andrew Auernheimer, a 27-year-old computer programmer and Internet troll also known as “Weev,” was sentenced Monday to three years and five months of jail under the Computer Fraud and Abus...

On the heels of Google's annual spring cleaning to get rid of arguably unnecessary products, the search giant may be taking another dive into note-taking apps.According to an Android Police report, a ...

When you're in third place, it's hard not to talk about the guys in first and second, so it makes sense that BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins needs to answer questions about Apple and the iPhone as he co...

Beyonce Knowles is using her Tumblr page to give fans a taste of her newest albumKnowles dropped the song "Bow Down/I Been On" Sunday, along with a picture of her as a child wearing a floor-length, t...

As the mobile market continues to grow, demand for responsive website design intensifies. This has introduced a new set of tools, 10 of which we've listed below, to help lay out, design, code and plan...

Don't ask this antelope any questions. It has no answers.The bewildered creature does do a mean Tim Allen impression though. (See evidence in the video below.)If you spend seven seconds watching an an...

A private experimental rocket that could lay the foundation for a fully reusable launch system has passed its most ambitious test yet, flying 24 stories high and then sticking its landing.SpaceX's Gra...

After launching imprints for lower brow (and frequently, better-selling) genres like fantasy and sci-fi, mysteries and thrillers, and romance, Amazon's Publishing Group is establishing a seventh impri...

It's not official until it's on Facebook, as the old social media maxim goesWell, things look pretty official now between golf legend Tiger Woods and ski star Lindsey VonnWoods announced the pair's lo...

Click here to view this galleryWant to see what it's like to climb to the top of the tallest mountain peaks in the world, without the risk of avalanches, rock slides and ... you know, falling?Google M...

After a three-month test period with select members, Pinterest announced Monday that it will begin rolling out a new site design to the rest of its 48 million+ usersThe design changes are relativ...

Flatulence is a fairly taboo subject for U.S. advertising. Not so in Canada, apparently. This public service announcement from that country's Ministry of Health likens social smoking to passing gas in...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesGo...

Whether you're unemployed, underemployed or just looking for something a bit more interesting, the Mashable Job Board is full of listings to take your career to the next level.Since 2005, Mashable has...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey revealed in a 60 Minutes profile Sunday night that he would like to be mayor of New York — someday.Dorsey didn't expand much on the thought and it doesn't appear t...

It's not official until it's on Facebook, as the old social media maxim goesWell, things look pretty official now between golf legend Tiger Woods and ski star Lindsey VonnWoods announced the pair's lo...

When you're in third place, it's hard not to talk about the guys in first and second, so it makes sense that BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins needs to answer questions about Apple and the iPhone as he co...

Sony has launched two new Android smartphones — the Xperia SP and Xperia L.The company's flagship phone for 2013, the Xperia Z, has been revealed in January, so what do these two devices bring t...

After launching imprints for lower brow (and frequently, better-selling) genres like fantasy and sci-fi, mysteries and thrillers, and romance, Amazon's Publishing Group is establishing a seventh impri...

After a three-month test period with select members, Pinterest announced Monday that it will begin rolling out a new site design to the rest of its 48 million+ usersThe design changes are relativ...

Flatulence is a fairly taboo subject for U.S. advertising. Not so in Canada, apparently. This public service announcement from that country's Ministry of Health likens social smoking to passing gas in...

Feedly, a news aggregator which promised to make the migration from Google Reader — which is being shut down on July 1 — seamless, has already seen an influx of over 500,000 million Reader...

A CNN segment on the Steubenville rape trial verdict sparked online backlash Sunday, including accusations that one of its reporters is a "rape apologist." The outrage centered on an exchange between ...

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You want to start off your morning well-fed and inspired, and what better way to do that than with a daily surprise in your food?The Image Toaster brin...

The tone of the Pew Research Center's latest annual State of the Media report, released Monday, is grim. The study found that U.S. newsrooms have cut their staff by about 30% since highs reached in 20...

Days after Pixar released a new trailer for its hotly anticipated flick Monsters University, fans are accusing the animation studio of overlooking a glaring plot inconsistency.The computer-animated fi...

Days after Pixar released a new trailer for its hotly anticipated flick Monsters University, fans are accusing the animation studio of overlooking a glaring plot inconsistency.The computer-animated fi...

Defense Distributed, a project for open-sourced 3D-printable guns, obtained a federal license to manufacture and sell firearms. The organization made the announcement on its Facebook page Saturday wit...

UPDATE: When reached via email on Monday, CNN declined to comment on the matter.A CNN segment on the Steubenville rape trial verdict sparked online backlash Sunday, including accusations that one of i...

Flickr released an update to its iOS app on Saturday, adding hashtag support to the photo-sharing service's mobile platformWhile Flickr has long used a tagging system to categorize pictures on the web...

An array of 15 GoPro cameras helped one amateur filmmaker slow life down with cool bullet-time effects.Marc Donahue of Permagrin Films showed off his half-circle grouping of GoPro cameras that can sim...

Click here to view this galleryLooking to boost your STEM knowledge? If you're not interested, can't afford, or don't have the budget to go back to school, you're in luck.There's a flourishing educati...

Unlike the latest gadget, wine is not launched in intervals, with updates from 5 to 5S, or PS3 to PS4. It's not the latest iteration, but rather, the old wine that is better. Instead of coming from he...

Selection Sunday is done and the 2013 March Madness bracket is set. Here come three weeks of legendary performances, fantastic finishes — and the alternating agony and ecstacy of predictions gon...

AUSTIN — In the 1997 superhero action movie Steel, Shaquille O'Neal played the armor-clad title character who along with his arsenal of weapons tries to obliterate criminals. But what if instead...

Click here to view this galleryChris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology ...

In poverty-stricken areas, residents with limited resources often have to wait years for electricity to reach their area. One organization aims to address the real-world issue with Soccket, a soccer b...

Flickr released an update to its iOS app on Saturday, adding hashtag support to the photo-sharing service's mobile platformWhile Flickr has long used a tagging system to categorize pictures on the web...

Click here to view this galleryAl Gore and Elon Musk couldn't compete with the SXSWi buzz generated by Grumpy Cat. Not that the grouchy feline cares.Grumpy Cat didn't raise a whisker when you waited t...

What would happen if Princess Zelda was the one to save Hyrule, and adventurer Link was trapped in one room waiting to be rescued?That's the question a fan hack of a Legend of Zelda ROM asks. Professi...

With exactly two weeks to go until the third season of HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones premieres, fans are being tantalized with another minute-long trailer.The newest Game of Thrones trailer, ent...

Social media can be a risky thing for magical creatures. Look out for "End of the Rainbow" check-ins in your Foursquare feed this St. Patrick's Day.SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsComic written and illust...

Click here to view this galleryDogs are dogs. They pee up things, sniff butts, chase squirrels, bury bones and bark, right? That's how things should be, but we have uncovered some disturbing footage o...

Your laptop has a life expectancy. Like it or not, sooner or later that stylish piece of machinery will age into a wheezing, old fossilSEE ALSO: 5 Ways to be More Productive With Your SmartphoneIf you...

Who else would win the Internet this week aside from cats? Our favorite felines will have you glued to the screen in a compilation of "Best Cats of 2013," but they're not to be outdone by the web's la...

Tech rivals Google and Apple both have exciting projects making headlinesProject Glass, Google's effort to create augmented reality glasses, should be available by the end of this year, while the iWat...

The news that Google is shutting down Google Reader on July 1 of this year shook the Internet to its core this week. For many, it is the go-to feed aggregator that made looking deep into the heart of ...

High-end Klipsch took its time getting into the crowded wireless headphone market. It's there now with its on-ear set of Image One Bluetooth Headphones ($250). But was it worth the wait? Let's find ou...

Click here to view this galleryWhen Google announced it would discontinue its Google Reader at the beginning of July, the web feed's loyal fan base was stunned. Reactions to the announcement were hear...

Justin Timberlake reunited with his late-night BFF, Jimmy Fallon, for five nights of music and comic mayhem in "Timberweek." Following his fifth return to Saturday Night Live, Timberlake appeared on L...

Justin Timberlake reunited with his late-night BFF, Jimmy Fallon, for five nights of music and comic mayhem in "Timberweek." Following his fifth return to Saturday Night Live, Timberlake appeared on L...

Late last month, Rovio announced it would be launching Angry Birds Toons, a new animated series based on the company's hugely popular Angry Birds franchise. Then just last week, it announced the serie...

Click here to view this galleryDogs are dogs. They pee up things, sniff butts, chase squirrels, bury bones and bark, right? That's how things should be, but we have uncovered some disturbing footage o...

It's St. Patrick's Day, which means thousands of people will celebrate the patron saint of IrelandHow does one celebrate the man who brought Catholicism to the Emerald Isle? A 24-hour drinking fest, w...

Your laptop has a life expectancy. Like it or not, sooner or later that stylish piece of machinery will age into a wheezing, old fossilSEE ALSO: 5 Ways to be More Productive With Your SmartphoneIf you...

Top o' the morning to everyone, and for those doing any Googling this St. Patrick's Day, there's an adorable Google Doodle waiting for you.This year, an animated Google Doodle features six cute childr...

YouTube statistics show that 72 hours of video are uploaded to the platform every minute. At that rate, who has time for anything else?SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsEmbrace your destiny of watching cat ...

The news that Google is shutting down Google Reader on July 1 of this year shook the Internet to its core this week. For many, it is the go-to feed aggregator that made looking deep into the heart of ...

Chelsea P. Gladden is the Director of Marketing & PR for FlexJobs, an award-winning service that helps job-seekers find professional opportunities that also offer work flexibility, such as telecom...

Click here to view this galleryWhen Google announced it would discontinue its Google Reader at the beginning of July, the web feed's loyal fan base was stunned. Reactions to the announcement were hear...

High-end Klipsch took its time getting into the crowded wireless headphone market. It's there now with its on-ear set of Image One Bluetooth Headphones ($250). But was it worth the wait? Let's find ou...

Justin Timberlake reunited with his late-night BFF, Jimmy Fallon, for five nights of music and comic mayhem in "Timberweek." Following his fifth return to Saturday Night Live, Timberlake appeared on L...

Late last month, Rovio announced it would be launching Angry Birds Toons, a new animated series based on the company's hugely popular Angry Birds franchise. Then just last week, it announced the serie...

Top o' the morning to everyone, and for those doing any Googling this St. Patrick's Day, there's an adorable Google Doodle waiting for you.This year, an animated Google Doodle features six cute childr...

Chelsea P. Gladden is the Director of Marketing & PR for FlexJobs, an award-winning service that helps job-seekers find professional opportunities that also offer work flexibility, such as telecom...

We know Justin Bieber is the most-followed celeb on Twitter, and Rihanna is well-liked on Facebook, but who's popular on Chinese social media?It's a question that few people in the west likely ask, bu...

This Sunday marks a momentous day for everyone. It's the holiday created solely for the purpose of bad choices, shamrock headbands and acceptable alcoholism: It's St. Patrick's DayIt's the one day whe...

Click here to view this galleryThe green beer, the Irish smooching — St. Patrick's Day brings out the o'weird in lasses and lads.No matter how much green vomit and creepy leprechauns fill your S...

You've seen the specs: a 5-inch screen with 441 pixels per inch, 1080p display, a quad-core 1.9GHz processor and a 13-megapixel camera. Feature for feature, Samsung's next-generation Galaxy S4 has the...

Click here to view this galleryIt was another exciting week in tech, with lots of news coming out SXSW as well as the world of tech in general. The two biggest Top 10 Tech stories of the week came fro...

The Interactive portion of SXSW 2013 is now history, and it featuredproved to be a launching space for lots of new apps. The rollouts included new apps for making you smarter while you're at work, as ...

UPDATE: MessageMe co-founder Arjun Sethi told Mashable that the company will have more updates on Tuesday morning."We're currently working to make sure our users don't encounter any errors in the appl...

You fed it, put it to bed and picked up after the pixelated poops. You were inconsolable after it died, but it returned after a simple resetRemember your first Tamagotchi? Bandai, the same company tha...

You've seen the specs: a 5-inch screen with 441 pixels per inch, 1080p display, a quad-core 1.9GHz processor and a 13-megapixel camera. Feature for feature, Samsung's next-generation Galaxy S4 has the...

Developers will soon be able to get their hands on a proof-of-concept software developer's kit (SDK) for the immensely popular Pebble watch. The company announced Saturday it will publish the watchfac...

Feels like just yesterday it was Monday. So many things happened this week that we should remember.The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church was appointed, Pope Francis I. China also got a new leade...

Pokemon fans, Nintendo is giving you the chance to feel the Poke-love. The company announced that it will release a limited-edition Nintendo 3DS XL game system later this month, built with Pokemon fan...

With LEGO, robotics and paper airplanes, this contraption couldn't get much cooler. YouTube user Hknssn built a LEGO robot that folds and launches paper planes. It's as impressive to see in action as ...

How does one learn the art of scaring the bejeebus out of menfolk? Let's consult the Internet's foremost expert in relationship clinginess, Overly Attached Girlfriend.SEE ALSO: Memes Invade Art Master...

This week started amid the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive conference and concluded with big news in the mobile world as Samsung revealed its Galaxy S4As the ice thaws and spring begins, Mashable...

The Interactive portion of SXSW 2013 is now history, and it featuredproved to be a launching space for lots of new apps. The rollouts included new apps for making you smarter while you're at work, as ...

Click here to view this galleryIt was another exciting week in tech, with lots of news coming out SXSW as well as the world of tech in general. The two biggest Top 10 Tech stories of the week came fro...

Click here to view this galleryCrapware (a.k.a. bloatware, nagware, foistware) is like the school bully that trips you on your way to the front of the class for a book report. He isn’t in the ha...

Just when we thought Game of Thrones had released its last trailer before the season 3 premiere on March 31 on HBO, along comes this commercial-length tease that reveals new scenes and dialogThe quick...

Just when we thought Game of Thrones had released its last trailer before the season 3 premiere on March 31 on HBO, along comes this commercial-length tease that reveals new scenes and dialogThe quick...

We're all a little obsessed with gaining new Twitter followers, but the number really isn't as important as the quality of your tweets. If you tweet it, they will come.Some Twitter users aren't as com...

UPDATE: MessageMe co-founder Arjun Sethi told Mashable that the company will have more updates on Tuesday morning."We're currently working to make sure our users don't encounter any errors in the appl...

Click here to view this galleryDrinking beer on St. Patrick's Day is a custom that dates back centuries and is celebrated throughout the world. But it's high time to add some technology to the tr...

You fed it, put it to bed and picked up after the pixelated poops. You were inconsolable after it died, but it returned after a simple resetRemember your first Tamagotchi? Bandai, the same company tha...

In case you've never noticed all the parallels between Game of Thrones and The Princess Bride, this video, released ahead of the third season of HBO's hit show, will do it for youAnd it will remind yo...

Feels like just yesterday it was Monday. So many things happened this week that we should remember.The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church was appointed, Pope Francis I. China also got a new leade...

The much-rumored iPad mini with Retina display could be launched in the second half of 2013. That's according to DisplaySearch analyst Paul Semenza, who based his prediction on supply chain data.Semen...

You fed it, put it to bed and picked up after the pixelated poops. You were inconsolable after it died, but it returned after a simple resetRemember your first Tamagotchi? Bandai, the same company tha...

The announcement this week that Mars definitely could have supported some form of life in the ancient past is an unmistakable reminder that future missions to the Red Planet should focus on bringing M...

Feels like just yesterday it was Monday. So many things happened this week that we should remember.The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church was appointed, Pope Francis I. China also got a new leade...

Click here to view this gallerySome people say a heated game of Monopoly is enough to destroy a friendship. While that may be true, a mean-spirited prank can go just as far. Especially if it involves ...

Click here to view this gallerySome people say a heated game of Monopoly is enough to destroy a friendship. While that may be true, a mean-spirited prank can go just as far. Especially if it involves ...

How does one learn the art of scaring the bejeebus out of menfolk? Let's consult the Internet's foremost expert in relationship clinginess, Overly Attached Girlfriend.SEE ALSO: Ermahgerd! Memes Invade...

Heather R. Huhman is the founder and president of Come Recommended, a content marketing and digital PR consultancy for job search and human resources technologies. You can connect with Heather and Com...

This week started amid the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive conference and concluded with big news in the mobile world as Samsung revealed its Galaxy S4As the ice thaws and spring begins, Mashable...

We're all a little obsessed with gaining new Twitter followers, but the number really isn't as important as the quality of your tweets. If you tweet it, they will come.Some Twitter users aren't as com...

Pokemon fans, Nintendo is giving you the chance to feel the Poke-love. The company announced that it will release a limited-edition Nintendo 3DS XL game system later this month, built with Pokemon fan...

In case you've never noticed all the parallels between Game of Thrones and The Princess Bride, this video, released ahead of the third season of HBO's hit show, will do it for youAnd it will remind yo...

We're all a little obsessed with gaining new Twitter followers, but the number really isn't as important as the quality of your tweets. If you tweet it, they will come.Some Twitter users aren't as com...

The announcement this week that Mars definitely could have supported some form of life in the ancient past is an unmistakable reminder that future missions to the Red Planet should focus on bringing M...

Heather R. Huhman is the founder and president of Come Recommended, a content marketing and digital PR consultancy for job search and human resources technologies. You can connect with Heather and Com...

If you're looking for a weekend project, and you're especially computer savvy, how about building an Arduino-powered LED clock?A person with a creative mind, identified only as "Tobias," developed a o...

This viral video by Barley Political is about to provide all of us green-wearing, leprechaun-loving folk some serious mental stimulation before we kill our brain cells via green beer this St. Patrick'...

Rapper Lil Wayne suffered a seizure, that much we know. The rest, is still getting figured out — mostly on Twitter.TMZ reported earlier the artist was in a medically-induced coma and last rites ...

This viral video by Barley Political is about to provide all of us green-wearing, leprechaun-loving folk some serious mental stimulation before we kill our brain cells via green beer this St. Patrick'...

Robert Scott is a big fan of beer. For the past six years or so, he's mastered eight of his own home-brewed recipes in Denver — a "great city for craft beers," he saidRecently, he started a Kick...

If you were gearing up for the April release of the Steve Jobs biopic — you'll have to wait a little longerReports say the film's release has been delayed, with no new release date set.jOBS, sta...

Please stop asking me if the Samsung Galaxy S4 is better than the iPhone 5, and stop calling every new smart phone a potential iPhone killer. Any new phone could be a killer if you consider a thousand...

SXSW 2013 was an opportunity for attendees to put their Vine skills to the test. We asked you to shoot your most memorable moments from Austin and share it with hashtag #MashSXSW.SEE ALSO: The Best S...

The entire Internet forgot it was grandpa's birthdaySymbolics.com — the first domain name ever registered — turned 28 today, and just about no one had anything nice to say.The site was fir...

If you're looking for a weekend project, and you're especially computer savvy, how about building an Arduino-powered LED clock?A person with a creative mind, identified only as "Tobias," developed a o...

Here we present to you, dear reader, a man highly skilled in the dark arts of video bombing. America learned this the unexpected way during Thursday night's national TNT broadcast of the Knicks-Trailb...

Rapper Lil Wayne suffered a seizure, that much we know. The rest, is still getting figured out — mostly on Twitter.TMZ reported earlier the artist was in a medically-induced coma and last rites ...

How do you save a game franchise from dying? The developers at Los Angeles-based Lab Zero Games determined the only way to keep its game growing was to harness the power of fans.In the face of brutal ...

Most systems designed to stop texting while driving — such as TXTBlocker and cellCONTROL — do so by blocking text message signals when the phone is in a car. However, a new product called ...

What happens at SXSW stays at SXSW ... unless it ends up on YouTube. Here we have a video that ostensibly comes from the Austin festival's after-hours nightlife. A drunk-looking bully — see him ...

The latest incarnation of SimCity was never meant to be an offline experience, the game's general manager said Friday afternoon."In many ways, we built an MMO [Massively Multiplayer Online game]," Luc...

Image courtesy of Facebook, FCKH8.com.When a dad overheard his son on the phone with a friend discussing his struggles to confront his parents about his sexuality, the dad left his son this truly touc...

A day after a federal indictment accused him of helping hacktivist group Anonymous deface news websites, Matthew Keys has been suspended by Reuters, the company announced Friday.Keys, the deputy edito...

Robert Scott is a big fan of beer. For the past six years or so, he's mastered eight of his own home-brewed recipes in Denver — a "great city for craft beers," he saidRecently, he started a Kick...

Tens of thousands of fans rallied around Kickstarter this week to fully fund a project to take cult-hit TV show Veronica Mars to the silver screen.Not only did the Kickstarter campaign reach its $2 mi...

This viral video by Barley Political is about to provide all of us green-wearing, leprechaun-loving folk some serious mental stimulation before we kill our brain cells via green beer this St. Patrick'...

The towering Mount Sharp is the star of the latest photo from NASA's Curiosity roverRising more than three miles above the Gale Crater's floor, Mount Sharp stands taller than any mountain in the 48 co...

Facebook has not completely dropped its support for the controversial and recently reintroduced Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), but the company is approaching the bill cautiousl...

Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S 4 on Thursday and in advance of the big event, we got some hands-on time with the device.On the surface, the Galaxy S 4 doesn't look very different from the Galaxy S III....

Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S 4 on Thursday and in advance of the big event, we got some hands-on time with the device.On the surface, the Galaxy S 4 doesn't look very different from the Galaxy S III....

Robert Scott is a big fan of beer. For the past six years or so, he's mastered eight of his own home-brewed recipes in Denver — a "great city for craft beers," he saidRecently, he started a Kick...

If you take one message away from this story, it's to leave street performers alone. Be especially careful around the ones dressed as cowboys, because —as the dude in this video recently learned...

If you were gearing up for the April release of the Steve Jobs biopic — you'll have to wait a little longerReports say the film's release has been delayed, with no new release date set.jOBS, sta...

SXSW 2013 was an opportunity for attendees to put their Vine skills to the test. We asked you to shoot your most memorable moments from Austin and share it with hashtag #MashSXSW.SEE ALSO: The Best S...

Click here to view this gallerySt. Patrick's Day is on Sunday, so don't forget to wear green to avoid those annoying pinchersWhile the holiday is mostly celebrated by humans, that doesn't mean our fou...

@MichaelSurtees is the product designer at Dataminr in New York City. He has been blogging since 2005.When it comes to discovering and consuming content online, I divide people into two groups: those ...

An Australian startup called Sharetapes Rick Rolled its way to fame with a Vine that Mashable and NowThisNews deemed the best for any startup at South by Southwest this year.The Vine, below, tersely o...

Please stop asking me if the Samsung Galaxy S4 is better than the iPhone 5, and stop calling every new smart phone a potential iPhone killer. Any new phone could be a killer if you consider a thousand...

Image courtesy of Imgur.You know you're beginning to get a rep when even Jeopardy gets in on the joke actionRedditor StripRip pointed out that a recent episode of the game show featured a pretty snark...

Click here to view this galleryIf you've celebrated St. Patrick's Day before — annual day of Irish pride and general bacchanalia for the masses — you know it can get pretty crazy. Bars are...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, your favorite cartoon leprechaun gets a modern-day update in this auto-tune remix from YouTube user Melodysheep"Machinima approached me about the opportunity to rem...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, your favorite cartoon leprechaun gets a modern-day update in this auto-tune remix from YouTube user Melodysheep"Machinima approached me about the opportunity to rem...

You know the type — those webizens who define themselves as social media "gurus," "mavens" or "experts." But what qualifies someone to have such a title?SEE ALSO: More Comics on MashableIn this ...

SXSW 2013 was an opportunity for attendees to put their Vine skills to the test. We asked you to shoot your most memorable moments from Austin and share it with hashtag #MashSXSW.SEE ALSO: The Best S...

The wireless family is on the rise. With the plethora of gadgets released each year, you'll be hard-pressed to find a family member without a mobile device. Children receive their first cellphones at ...

Who's to blame for cyberattacks against official North Korean websites? South Korea and the United States, if you ask North Korea.Internet users in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang were complaini...

By the time South by Southwest Interactive wrapped up earlier this week, it had reached worldwide party status.More than 1 million tweets in 19 languages flooded the Internet over the course of the fi...

Most systems designed to stop texting while driving — such as TXTBlocker and cellCONTROL — do so by blocking text message signals when the phone is in a car. However, a new product called ...

Here we present to you, dear reader, a man highly skilled in the dark arts of video bombing. America learned this the unexpected way during Thursday night's national TNT broadcast of the Knicks-Trailb...

The latest incarnation of SimCity was never meant to be an offline experience, the game's general manager said Friday afternoon."In many ways, we built an MMO [Massively Multiplayer Online game]," Luc...

Click here to view this galleryAfter the launch of the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S 4, we thought we'd take a look at the official accessories Samsung will offer to compliment the new Android phoneFr...

Mad Men and March Madness are indisputably two of the greatest creations in modern Western Civilization. But they're completely different things — there's no way they could ever be combined into...

A day after a federal indictment accused him of helping hacktivist group Anonymous deface news websites, Matthew Keys has been suspended by Reuters, the company announced Friday.Keys, the deputy edito...

A hack by two Serbian computer science students, though arguably harmless and fun, could have easily ended in severe punishment. Surprisingly, it didn't.To underscore a lack of security, the students ...

Dropbox, the cloud storage synchronization firm, on Friday announced that it has purchased Mailbox, a hot new email app.Under the deal, all 13 employees of Orchestra, the company that makes the app, h...

Dave Kerpen is the CEO of Likeable Local, a social media software startup for small businesses, the chairman and former CEO of Likeable Media, and the New York Times bestselling author of Likeable Soc...

A new report claims Microsoft has now sold almost 1.5 million Surface tablets, with Surface Pro sales jumping up to 400,000 in just one monthCiting three people “with knowledge of the company...

Thousands of ambitious social media users are experimenting with creative video on Vine. Stop-motion animation and illustration, for example, play huge roles on the new social platformHowever, comedy ...

Here we present to you, dear reader, a man highly skilled in the dark arts of video bombing. America learned this the unexpected way during Thursday night's national TNT broadcast of the Knicks-Trailb...

Click here to view this galleryDo you love the sleek good looks of your Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display? Then you probably don't want to want smother it with an ugly caseWe have found seven supe...

RSS readers may be the iPod of the web — still viable but past their heyday. For Google, though, the analogy breaks down when you consider profits. Apple still makes a bundle on iPods, but Googl...

This is former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, aka Pope Francis, the new leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Here’s a little bit about the man beneath the Pope hat.SE...

Click here to view this gallerySt. Patrick's Day is on Sunday, so don't forget to wear green to avoid those annoying pinchersWhile the holiday is mostly celebrated by humans, that doesn't mean our fou...

@MichaelSurtees is the product designer at Dataminr in New York City. He has been blogging since 2005.When it comes to discovering and consuming content online, I divide people into two groups: those ...

Who's to blame for cyberattacks against official North Korean websites? South Korea and the United States, if you ask North Korea.Internet users in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang were complaini...

It seems that Hulu has been unable to find a permanent chief executive in the two-and-a-half months since CEO Jason Kilar announced his plans to leave the video-streaming company. Andy Forssell, Hulu'...

Image courtesy of Imgur.You know you're beginning to get a rep when even Jeopardy gets in on the joke actionRedditor StripRip pointed out that a recent episode of the game show featured a pretty snark...

A new video from a NASA spacecraft studying the sun has captured an unexpected sight: a wandering comet posing with the planets Earth and Mercury.The cosmic view comes from one of NASA's twin Stereo s...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.When Jon Goldman would ge...

The wireless family is on the rise. With the plethora of gadgets released each year, you'll be hard-pressed to find a family member without a mobile device. Children receive their first cellphones at ...

Toilet paper has been used to print your tweets and as a vehicle for ads and coupons, so why not HIV education? Italian HIV awareness charity Sieropositivo is giving the idea a spin with a campaign in...

GOP strategist Grover Norquist talks social media at the Conservation Political Action Conference (CPAC). "Is Grumpy Cat political at all?" Norquist asks. "No, he hates everyone," the interviewer repl...

Facebook has not completely dropped its support for the controversial and recently reintroduced Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), but the company is approaching the bill cautiousl...

The wireless family is on the rise. With the plethora of gadgets released each year, you'll be hard-pressed to find a family member without a mobile device. Children receive their first cellphones at ...

When it comes to mobile platforms, we like to think it's a topic the CEO of one of the world's largest smartphone makers knows a thing or two about. And, unfortunately for Microsoft, in a recent inter...

It's not hard to see why Olive the French Bulldog, with her squished face and alluring snort, can be a heartbreakerBeefy the Skateboarding Bulldog learned this lesson in doggie love the hard way. Beef...

A hack by two Serbian computer science students, though arguably harmless and fun, could have easily ended in severe punishment. Surprisingly, it didn't.To underscore a lack of security, the students ...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesSa...

Outsiders may question Mark Zuckerberg's leadership from time to time, but it seems that inside of Facebook, he can do no wrong.The 28-year-old Facebook CEO topped Glassdoor's list of the highest-rate...

Google announced its "second spring of cleaning" campaign on Wednesday, in which the company will start implementing changes and focus its energy on more important products.SEE ALSO: More Comics on Ma...

A new report claims Microsoft has now sold almost 1.5 million Surface tablets, with Surface Pro sales jumping up to 400,000 in just one monthCiting three people “with knowledge of the company...

Monica Vila is co-founder of TheOnlineMom.com, an organization that provides technology education to families and helps moms connect with brands they can trust.Is it possible that Facebook is getting ...

Dropbox, the cloud storage synchronization firm, on Friday announced that it has purchased Mailbox, a hot new email app.Under the deal, all 13 employees of Orchestra, the company that makes the app, h...

Click here to view this galleryDo you love the sleek good looks of your Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display? Then you probably don't want to want smother it with an ugly caseWe have found seven supe...

RSS readers may be the iPod of the web — still viable but past their heyday. For Google, though, the analogy breaks down when you consider profits. Apple still makes a bundle on iPods, but Googl...

This is former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, aka Pope Francis, the new leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Here’s a little bit about the man beneath the Pope hat.SE...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.When Jon Goldman would ge...

Philips has launched a new line of TVs called DesignLine, and they're definitely very different from most other TVs on the marketAiming to create an "object of desire" rather than just another TV, Phi...

GOP strategist Grover Norquist talks social media at the Conservation Political Action Conference (CPAC). "Is Grumpy Cat political at all?" Norquist asks. "No, he hates everyone," the interviewer repl...

Having traveled to other worlds in his game creations such as Ultima, Richard Garriott de Cayeux is now doing the real thing. He flew to the International Space Station in 2008 (on a reported $30 mill...

It's not hard to see why Olive the French Bulldog, with her squished face and alluring snort, can be a heartbreakerBeefy the Skateboarding Bulldog learned this lesson in doggie love the hard way. Beef...

Monica Vila is co-founder of TheOnlineMom.com, an organization that provides technology education to families and helps moms connect with brands they can trust.Is it possible that Facebook is getting ...

Besides the Galaxy S 4 announcement yesterday, Samsung also announced a big change in leadership, adding two new CEOs to the companyPresidents Boo-keun Yoon and JK Shin will join current CEO Oh-Hyun K...

The new Samsung Galaxy S 4, which was unveiled in New York City on Thursday night, will be coming in AprilThe company announced during a very theatrical event held at Radio City Music Hall the latest ...

Monica Vila is co-founder of TheOnlineMom.com, an organization that provides technology education to families and helps moms connect with brands they can trust.Is it possible that Facebook is getting ...

There is nothing more frustrating than a perfectly good username gone to waste.There is a large amount of brands, celebrities and other potentially valuable accounts being taken advantage of on Twitte...

For the first time, NSA chief and head of the U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Keith Alexander admitted America is ready to attack in cyberspace. Never before has a U.S. official acknowledged that the U.S. gov...

Samsung's new feature-packed Galaxy S 4 smartphone may actually be good for your health. The new flagship phone, introduced at an event at Radio City Music Hall in New York, has a built-in pedometer ...

Besides the Galaxy S 4 announcement yesterday, Samsung also announced a big change in leadership, adding two new CEOs to the companyPresidents Boo-keun Yoon and JK Shin will join current CEO Oh-Hyun K...

Click here to view this galleryAt a packed event in New York’s Radio City Music Hall Thursday, Samsung revealed its newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4. Following in the footsteps of the ...

There is nothing more frustrating than a perfectly good username gone to waste.There is a large amount of brands, celebrities and other potentially valuable accounts being taken advantage of on Twitte...

As advances in genomics, molecular analysis, and data processing have propelled disease research forward, scientists and drug developers still face a formidable challenge: recruiting patients for thei...

It's pretty hard to one-up Justin Timberlake, but Tori Kelly may just have done it.Her acoustic guitar cover of the pop star's latest single, "Suit & Tie," has a natural and smooth flavor that we'...

The New York Times is overhauling its article pages as part of its first major website redesign since 2006. The Times released an animated preview on Tuesday, and we stopped by their offices on Wednes...

Click here to view this galleryDid Samsung just put on a Broadway play instead of a traditional tech press conference? Why yes, we believe it did.Following weeks of marketing hype in the form of tease...

All we know about Doctor Who's real name is that there's only one reason why he would reveal it and there is only one time he could. Vague enough, Doctor?SEE ALSO: More Comics on MashableSo, what's th...

Love the idea of March Madness — the betting and the brackets — but have no idea how to pick a NCAA team? Ever wish you could participate in something like March Madness, but with a little...

NBA player Larry Sanders earned two technical fouls during his Milwaukee Bucks' Wednesday night game against the Washington Wizards. The second technical led to an automatic ejection, which Sanders ha...

The new Samsung Galaxy S 4, which was unveiled in New York City on Thursday night, comes with a slew of new features, as well as stunning camera capabilitiesAlong with a 13-megapixel rear camera, the ...

For the first time, NSA chief and head of the U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Keith Alexander admitted America is ready to attack in cyberspace. Never before has a U.S. official acknowledged that the U.S. gov...

This video is about to change your life. Not just because it is funny, informative, quirky and quick, but also because you're about to realize your entire life is a lieAll those fun facts, little gems...

The new Samsung Galaxy S 4, which was unveiled in New York City on Thursday night, will be coming in AprilThe company announced during a very theatrical event held at Radio City Music Hall the latest ...

International travelers can put away the pocket bilingual dictionaries. Packaged along with Thursday's glitz announcing Samsung's new Galaxy S 4 smartphone was an instant translator function...

Samsung announced the Galaxy S 4 Thursday, the next generation of its popular Android handset. Group Play is one of the many new features introduced with the phone, and gives Galaxy S 4 users the abil...

As the Samsung Galaxy S 4 rolls out, you'd probably like to know how it compares with its major competitors. So we put together this chart, showing you all the most important specifications of the Sam...

As the Samsung Galaxy S 4 rolls out, you'd probably like to know how it compares with the iPhone 5, HTC One and Nokia Lumia 920. We offer you a stack of specs in this handy chart.SEE ALSO: Samsung Unv...

Fifteen-second video network Tout had a colossal presence at South by Southwest as former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal attended to represent the startupShaq, who is on Tout's advisory board, launc...

The new Samsung Galaxy S 4, which was unveiled in New York City on Thursday night, comes with a slew of new features, as well as stunning camera capabilitiesAlong with a 13-megapixel rear camera, the ...

Following weeks of rumors that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone would come with a few high-tech eye-sensitive features, the company announced on Thursday Smart Scroll and Smart Pause, which aim to ta...

NEW YORK — Samsung has just introduced its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4 to the world.The Galaxy S 4 follows the spectacularly successful Galaxy S III, which sold over 100 million d...

They are brothers from another mother. Or, the Romeo and Juliet of the animal kingdomIt's the story of a dog named Honey and a white lion cub named Kwanza who met at the zoo and instantly fell in love...

If you love spending time soaking up the sun, a new Kickstarter project can protect you from the harmful effects of ultraviolet raysUVeBand, a slap bracelet, monitors your exposure to the sun and vibr...

It's pretty hard to one-up Justin Timberlake, but Tori Kelly may just have done it.Her acoustic guitar cover of the pop star's latest single, "Suit & Tie," has a natural and smooth flavor that we'...

It's the first stop on her first-ever book tour, and Sheryl Sandberg is beaming. In conversation with her friend Chelsea Clinton, the Facebook COO discusses the "ambition gap" women face in the workpl...

AUSTIN — At its core, SXSW 2013 is all about creativity and pushing the boundaries of tech, music and film. There was evidence of this all over the show, but maybe nowhere more so than the Creat...

The Mashable team is on site at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the highly-anticipated launch of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphoneIf leaked pictures and videos are any indication, we're exp...

ESPN has suspended superstar columnist Bill Simmons from Twitter after he criticized the network's controversial First Take show, according to a Deadspin reportOn First Take last week, NFL player Rich...

The world of social media journalism was in shock Thursday after Matthew Keys — deputy social media editor for Reuters — received a federal indictment alleging that he helped Anonymous hac...

Fitness apps are certainly the rage these days, providing high-tech feedback on your workout routine. But if you'd rather not always have your smartphone by your side at the gym, a new workout shirt g...

Snapchat, the self-deleting photo app, is a huge hit among teenagers. Kids who have grown up tweeting, liking and sharing just about everything they do on the Internet, love the way Snapchat makes it ...

Click here to view this galleryAt a packed event in New York’s Radio City Music Hall Thursday, Samsung revealed its newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4. Following in the footsteps of the ...

The late activist and coder Aaron Swartz will be posthumously honored Friday, when his family will receive the Freedom of Information award in a ceremony at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Cente...

Kobe Bryant has quickly become a Twitter master since joining the microblogging network in early January. Wednesday and Thursday, however, he used it in a new way: to vent about an ankle injury caused...

All we know about Doctor Who's real name is that there's only one reason why he would reveal it and there is only one time he could. Vague enough, Doctor?SEE ALSO: More Comics on MashableSo, what's th...

By now, the shock that Google Reader is shutting down this summer has probably sunk in. Once you get past the outrage, it's time to figure out how to export your RSS feeds from your beloved reader bef...

Facebook is reportedly working on incorporating the hashtag into the social networkA Twitter staple, the Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook has plans to bring the hashtag to its service, offeri...

Click here to view this galleryOn top of his new role as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis is also a typography aficionado, apparently.If you already follow Pope Francis (formerly know...

YouTube Capture is now available for iPad and iPad mini. The app, which originally launched for iPhone in December of last year, lets you record videos and instantly upload them to YouTube.If your vid...

Rejoice math nerds and pie enthusiasts, today you can come together in solidarity to promote both numbers and fruit-filled, doughy pieces of goodness. Because as any calendar knows, today is 3.14 R...

Fresh off the news that Google will be shuttering Reader at the beginning of July, Digg announced Thursday that it will release its own Google Reader alternative.“We’ve heard people say th...

A little over a year ago, 38-year-old entrepreneur Liang Liwan wasn’t making smartphones at all. This year, he expects to build 10 million of them.Liang’s company, Xunrui Communications, b...

Fifteen-second video network Tout had a colossal presence at South by Southwest as former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal attended to represent the startupShaq, who is on Tout's advisory board, launc...

Following weeks of rumors that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone would come with a few high-tech eye-sensitive features, the company announced on Thursday Smart Scroll and Smart Pause, which aim to ta...

It's only March and there are already enough cats on the Interwebs to keep you giggling till the summer solsticeAppropriately titled YouTuber CatsBeFunny has done the world a true service by developin...

Students at one New Jersey high school could face child pornography charges if found in possession of nude photos of classmatesExplicit images sent via Snapchat prompted a police investigation after t...

On Monday, we brought you the story of how an English boxer threatened to impose a bit of street justice on a cheeky Twitter troll for one of the all-time instances of athlete-on-fan retribution. On T...

Happy Pi Day!March 14 is more than just a celebration of Einstein's birthday or everyone's favorite transcendental number — it's also a reason to talk about pie (with an e).To keep you up to its...

They are brothers from another mother. Or, the Romeo and Juliet of the animal kingdomIt's the story of a dog named Honey and a white lion cub named Kwanza who met at the zoo and instantly fell in love...

Got a question for Eric Koester? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live.Eric Koester is a serial entrepreneur and most recently the founder of Zaarly, a leading online marketplace to disc...

Samsung announced the Galaxy S 4 Thursday, the next generation of its popular Android handset. Group Play is one of the many new features introduced with the phone, and gives Galaxy S 4 users the abil...

Bono says virtually eliminating extreme poverty is possible by 2030 in his Feb. 26 TED Talk, which was put online Thursday. In the talk, Bono flips his sunglasses upside down and invites everyone to b...

If you love spending time soaking up the sun, a new Kickstarter project can protect you from the harmful effects of ultraviolet raysUVeBand, a slap bracelet, monitors your exposure to the sun and vibr...

Listen up, folks: Joe Biden has his own podcast. No, really.The White House rolled out "Being Biden" on Thursday, an audio series in which the vice president will share the story behind a particular p...

It's the first stop on her first-ever book tour, and Sheryl Sandberg is beaming. In conversation with her friend Chelsea Clinton, the Facebook COO discusses the "ambition gap" women face in the workpl...

Three astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth March 14 after 141 days on board the International Space Station.NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin's...

AUSTIN — At its core, SXSW 2013 is all about creativity and pushing the boundaries of tech, music and film. There was evidence of this all over the show, but maybe nowhere more so than the Creat...

Click here to view this galleryAs we await the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S IV, we thought it would be an interesting exercise to take a look back at the Galaxy S series since its debut in 2010A ...

ESPN has suspended superstar columnist Bill Simmons from Twitter after he criticized the network's controversial First Take show, according to a Deadspin reportOn First Take last week, NFL player Rich...

Love the idea of March Madness — the betting and the brackets — but have no idea how to pick a NCAA team? Ever wish you could participate in something like March Madness, but with a little...

The world of social media journalism was in shock Thursday after Matthew Keys — deputy social media editor for Reuters — received a federal indictment alleging that he helped Anonymous hac...

A new patent application submitted by Apple describes an interesting way of charging the iPad — through a wireless charger built into the device's Smart CoverThe application, filed back in Septe...

So close ... and yet so far. A Greek soccer player hits one post twice, the crossbar once and the other post once in an all-time agonizing missSEE ALSO: Boxer Hunts Down Cowardly Twitter Troll for Dig...

Snapchat, the self-deleting photo app, is a huge hit among teenagers. Kids who have grown up tweeting, liking and sharing just about everything they do on the Internet, love the way Snapchat makes it ...

AUSTIN — "Stevey baby, it's Shaqy, can I get one of those iPhones?" Shaquille O'Neal remembers asking then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs during several phone calls in 2007 after Apple announced the origi...

This video is about to change your life. Not just because it is funny, informative, quirky and quick, but also because you're about to realize your entire life is a lieAll those fun facts, little gems...

The late activist and coder Aaron Swartz will be posthumously honored Friday, when his family will receive the Freedom of Information award in a ceremony at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Cente...

Timelapses have been a particularly popular trend as of late, and New York City has always been a hot spot because of its' edgy beauty — but Samuel Orr is taking the entire concept to a new leve...

In the hours leading up to the launch of the next-generation Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, online retailer Amazon is having a limited-time sale for its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S III, as...

By now, the shock that Google Reader is shutting down this summer has probably sunk in. Once you get past the outrage, it's time to figure out how to export your RSS feeds from your beloved reader bef...

Nintendo owes a former Sony employee a $30.2 million paycheck for violating his 3D display technology patent with its 3DS handheld gaming system, a jury decided late Wednesday.Seijiro Tomita filed sui...

Samsung announced the Galaxy S 4 Thursday, the next generation of its popular Android handset. Group Play is one of the many new features introduced with the phone, and gives Galaxy S 4 users the abil...

As the Samsung Galaxy S 4 rolls out, you'd probably like to know how it compares with its major competitors. So we put together this chart, showing you all the most important specifications of the Sam...

Facebook is reportedly working on incorporating the hashtag into the social networkA Twitter staple, the Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook has plans to bring the hashtag to its service, offeri...

Few startups are more brazen, and few entrepreneurs are more irreverent than Cindy Gallop, perhaps most known for her brief yet epic 2009 TED talkGallop, a former BBH branding exec who dates men in th...

Jeff Huber, the man in charge of Google Maps, is moving on to a new role at the company amid a larger restructuring, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.Google is reportedly dividing up M...

On Monday, the financial information of a handful of celebrities were exposed by a mysterious website titled "The Secret Files." The stripped-down website, which looks a lot like a site made in 1997, ...

YouTube Capture is now available for iPad and iPad mini. The app, which originally launched for iPhone in December of last year, lets you record videos and instantly upload them to YouTube.If your vid...

Rejoice math nerds and pie enthusiasts, today you can come together in solidarity to promote both numbers and fruit-filled, doughy pieces of goodness. Because as any calendar knows, today is 3.14 R...

They are brothers from another mother. Or, the Romeo and Juliet of the animal kingdomIt's the story of a dog named Honey and a white lion cub named Kwanza who met at the zoo and instantly fell in love...

It's a special formula for Disney: Boy meets girl, boy saves girl, boy and girl live happily ever after. Roll the creditsBut what about after the two dance off into the sunset? Life after all isn't al...

For the first time in history, a Canadian has taken charge of a space missionChris Hadfield, an astronaut since 1992 with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), took command of the International Space Stati...

A little over a year ago, 38-year-old entrepreneur Liang Liwan wasn’t making smartphones at all. This year, he expects to build 10 million of them.Liang’s company, Xunrui Communications, b...

56k. Nope, not your older brother's salary. Nor the number of spare buttons in your grandma's closet. It's the bitrate of one of history's most commercial modemsYou might recognize this era of modem t...

Add Hitler to the list of people frustrated by Google's decision to shut down Google Reader.In the latest addition to the Hitler Reacts meme, Hitler fumes over the news that his favorite RSS reader is...

It's only March and there are already enough cats on the Interwebs to keep you giggling till the summer solsticeAppropriately titled YouTuber CatsBeFunny has done the world a true service by developin...

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

On Monday, we brought you the story of how an English boxer threatened to impose a bit of street justice on a cheeky Twitter troll for one of the all-time instances of athlete-on-fan retribution. On T...

Prepare yourself for some type of water wizardry because you're about to see H2O act like it never has before.Armed with sound waves and a camera, YouTube user Brusspup makes water particles dance, sp...

Have you been searching for your dream job in the Northeast or West Coast? Do you fantasize about meeting recruiters from leading brands and chatting with them one-on-one? Then you should sign up for ...

Happy Pi Day!March 14 is more than just a celebration of Einstein's birthday or everyone's favorite transcendental number — it's also a reason to talk about pie (with an e).To keep you up to its...

Click here to view this galleryYour dog is your best, most loyal friend, and you want to make sure he's getting the best care he can get. As technology addresses real-life needs more and more each day...

Sorry, Google Reader fans: You probably won't be getting support from the leader of the free world any time soon.The White House has deleted a petition calling for President Barack Obama to ask Google...

The world of social media journalism was in shock Thursday after Matthew Keys — deputy social media editor for Reuters — received a federal indictment alleging that he helped Anonymous hac...

We're just hours away from the Samsung Galaxy S IV smartphone launch in New York City, the first time the Korean manufacturer will unveil a device in the U.S. and not overseas.The event — which ...

Bono says virtually eliminating extreme poverty is possible by 2030 in his Feb. 26 TED Talk, which was put online Thursday. In the talk, Bono flips his sunglasses upside down and invites everyone to b...

David Fung and Yena Kim are your average New York City coupleThey're an artsy pair — he's a graphic artist, she's a women's fashion designer. The couple share their Upper East Side apartment wit...

Samsung will unveil their much-hyped Galaxy S IV phone Thursday, but one of Apple's top execs decided to preempt the event by going on the attack.Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of worldwide marketing, cri...

Click here to view this galleryAs we await the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S IV, we thought it would be an interesting exercise to take a look back at the Galaxy S series since its debut in 2010A ...

The drugstore checkout line seems ironic: I'm waiting in line to give you money? Warby Parker brought a better buying experience to eyewear, and now one of the four founders, Jeff Raider, is back with...

AUSTIN — "Stevey baby, it's Shaqy, can I get one of those iPhones?" Shaquille O'Neal remembers asking then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs during several phone calls in 2007 after Apple announced the origi...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. ...

Nintendo owes a former Sony employee a $30.2 million paycheck for violating his 3D display technology patent with its 3DS handheld gaming system, a jury decided late Wednesday.Seijiro Tomita filed sui...

Click here to view this galleryHappy Pi Day! Math nerds chose March 14 (3.14) to celebrate their passion for pi, but it also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday, so all the more reason to geek ou...

On Monday, we brought you the story of how an English boxer threatened to impose a bit of street justice on a cheeky Twitter troll for one of the all-time instances of athlete-on-fan retribution. On T...

Walgreens — the largest pharmacy retail chain in the United States — has announced plans to reduce its carbon footprint by building a store that generates all of its required electricity o...

Scientists at the CERN's Large Hadron Collider are now certain they have found a Higgs boson particle.Known as "The God Particle," the once theoretical Higgs boson is the mechanism that gives mass to ...

The wait is over: Twitter has finally launched its native app for Windows 8 and RT.Now available in the Windows Store, the app "introduces new functionality" that makes use of Windows 8's tiled interf...

An "established" partner of Canada's BlackBerry has placed an order for one million BlackBerry 10 smartphones, the company has announcedThis is the "largest ever single purchase order" in the company'...

Samsung will unveil their much-hyped Galaxy S IV phone Thursday, but one of Apple's top execs decided to preempt the event by going on the attack.Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of worldwide marketing, cri...

In science fiction shows like Star Trek, spacefarers can leap from planet to planet as fast as they can change a T-shirt. But star hopping is going to take a lot longer in "real life," assuming it's p...

Following Google's surprise announcement that it will be killing Reader this July, fans of the popular RSS service took their rage online by venting on Twitter and even mounting a petition.SEE ALSO: H...

Click here to view this galleryWith the news that Google is killing off Google Reader as of July 1, 2013, users everywhere are on the lookout for potential replacements.Replacing Google Reader isn't e...

Steve Jobs will be immortalized in comic-book form, as a Japanese manga series will detail his life story on its pagesBased on the best-selling biography by Walter Isaacson, the comic will appear in a...

Steve Jobs will be immortalized in comic-book form, as a Japanese manga series will detail his life story on its pagesBased on the best-selling biography by Walter Isaacson, the comic will appear in a...

Samsung is gearing up to unveil its next-generation smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, in New York City on Thursday, a launch that further positions the company as Apple's biggest competitor.The Korean elec...

Written by Michael SantosThe Internet did not exist when I began serving my prison sentence in 1987. I didn’t have direct access to the Internet as it dawned onto popular culture and became main...

Samsung is gearing up to unveil its next-generation smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, in New York City on Thursday, a launch that further positions the company as Apple's biggest competitor.The Korean elec...

When was the last time you memorized a phone number? Or the last time you did simple division without help from your smartphone? Using mobile devices as a stand-in for everyday cognitive functions has...

The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Name: Nice LaundryOne-Li...

The wait is over: Twitter has finally launched its native app for Windows 8 and RT.Now available in the Windows Store, the app "introduces new functionality" that makes use of Windows 8's tiled interf...

Click here to view this gallerySXSW is traditionally a huge launching place for mobile apps. This year brought with it some significant updates from popular apps such as Path and Banjo, as well as a n...

Everybody loves some good swag, and SXSW is the perfect place to score some cool goodies. We called for our readers who attended SXSW 2013 to take a photo of their favorite swag and send it to us usin...

LG announced Wednesday that it will be bringing Smart Video, a feature that uses eye recognition to control video playback, to the Optimus G Pro.With Smart Video, the phone will recognize the position...

Hear that clunking sound? That's thousands of jaws dropping at the news that Google Reader is going to be retired come July 1, 2013. That whooshing sound is "Google Reader" shooting to the top of Twit...

In the digital age, we tend to rely on our phones for everything: communicating with others, finding the best directions, passing the time with apps. The list goes on and onSEE ALSO: More Comics on Ma...

Steve Jobs will be immortalized in comic-book form, as a Japanese manga series will detail his life story on its pagesBased on the best-selling biography by Walter Isaacson, the comic will appear in a...

In an era in which online discussion boards can sometimes become contentious cesspools of bickering or breeding grounds for misinformed political rantings, it's refreshing when an ...

When James Clapper, the country's top intelligence official, visited Capitol Hill this week to discuss the major threats facing America, he put cyberattacks at the top of the listThe lengthy discussio...

When James Clapper, the country's top intelligence official, visited Capitol Hill this week to discuss the major threats facing America, he put cyberattacks at the top of the listThe lengthy discussio...

Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has been enjoying spring break down in Cabo San Lucas this week, but he took a little break from the R&R to talk some smack to Twitter trollsThe kerfuffle star...

Google Reader, one of the world's most popular RSS readers, is shutting down on July 1, 2013, Google announced Wednesday.The search giant is pulling the plug on the 7-year old project citing "declinin...

Compiling the perfect song playlist has a well-known reputation for being a transcending, yet agonizing, form of art. But what if we could could delete the agony of finding the perfect song and tap in...

If it felt like your Twitter feed earlier Wednesday was nothing but tweets about the new pope, well ... that's because it probably was.Twitter said it had seen some 7 million tweets related to the new...

Scott Steinberg, a top-ranked international event speaker on the lecture circuit, is a bestselling expert on leadership and innovation, and the head of strategic consultancy TechSavvy Global. His webs...

Pop stars each have their own personalities and foibles on social media. To fans, the tweets and Instagram pics that stars send can be laughable. In the episode "Quen Of Twattir," exclusively premier...

Disney/Pixar is making a lot of children equally scared and happy this summer — They're releasing a prequel to Monsters, Inc. Monsters University follows Mike and Sulley before they were incorpo...

Pope Francis will live in Vatican City, but his celebrity doppelgängers reside in Hollywood, New York City and Jersey.Twitter couldn't wait to pinpoint the new pope's famous look-alikes. Famous f...

Back seat drivers can be overbearing. You're always breaking too hard or driving too fast, either miles above the speed limit or not even close. One device aims to help you be a smarter driver without...

Click here to view this galleryArtist Roberto Vergati Santos has had quite the startling idea — what if brands got their hands on the superheroes of the world? What if, instead of representing t...

Everybody loves some good swag, and SXSW is the perfect place to score some cool goodies. We called for our readers who attended SXSW 2013 to take a photo of their favorite swag and send it to us usin...

As anyone who's been in or around San Francisco recently knows, it's hard not to spot the Bay Lights. After dusk, the western span of the Bay Bridge fills with a jaw-dropping display comprised of 25,0...

AUSTIN — Native advertising is the big buzzword of 2013, and it's seeking to redefine the way consumers interact with ads on the web. And though just about everyone in advertising and media is t...

See the world react to the white smoke finally riseSEE ALSO: New Pope Francis I Has 40,000 Facebook SubscribersHomepage image courtesy of NowThisNews...

Jerry Seinfeld would have loved SXSWi 2013: It’s a show about nothing. This is not to say it’s without substance. Like Seinfeld’s classic show, which wove together three or more thre...

Desk jockeys everywhere will probably agree: Exercise isn't a big part of their day-to-day anticsAccording to a 2011 study published in the journal PLoS One, 80% of jobs in America require little to n...

Globalization and urbanization are no longer buzzwords but facts of twenty-first century life. Architects Joyce Hsiang and Bimal Mendis of Plan B Architecture & Urbanism believe it's time we consi...

Chloe Grace Moretz charmed fans of both nerdiness and violence as the teenage heroine Hit-Girl back in 2010's box office hit comic book adaptation Kick-Ass. Now she's back for more beat downs in Kick-...

AUSTIN — Like a vampire drawn to blood, Ian Somerhalder couldn't keep away from Grumpy Cat at South by Southwest. The Vampire Diaries actor paused during his interview with Mashable to flirtatio...

World, meet Samuel L. Dogson.You may recognize him, he's been used as the body double for a pretty famous actor for many years. SEE ALSO: Watch Grumpy Cat Hate Adoring SXSW Fans Just kidding, but hol...

Click here to view this gallerySXSW is traditionally a huge launching place for mobile apps. This year brought with it some significant updates from popular apps such as Path and Banjo, as well as a n...

To help prevent drinking and driving, a new keychain-sized breathalizer that snaps into your smartphone will tell you when it's safe to head home.Called the Breathometer, the $20 device plugs into you...

Grumpy Cat was the undisputed champion this year at South by South West Interactive, earning more than 3,000 Twitter mentions per day for three straight days of the conferenceOther celebrities, like S...

Leave it to Justin Timberlake to make even barbershop quartets sizzle with sex appealOK, not really, because Timberlake and his back-up singers, the "Ragtime Gals," were dressed in hideous, multi-colo...

The Federal Trade Commission did something unusual on Tuesday: It prescribed a quick and dirty way for advertisers to disclose an ad message on Twitter. The solution? Put "Ad:" before a tweet and use ...

Google Reader one of the world's most popular RSS readers, is shutting down on July 1, 2013, Google announced Wednesday.The search giant is pulling the plug on the 7-year old project citing "declining...

A council of Catholic cardinals made its much-anticipated choice of a new pope on Wednesday afternoon, but a long-standing parody Twitter account attributed to Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina foole...

Twitter released an update to its Ads center Wednesday to help advertisers optimize live campaigns and get a more accurate measure of their reach.Here's what's new, per Christopher Golda, Twitter's pr...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was revealed Wednesday to be the new leader of the Catholic Church. He has taken the papal name of Francis IBergoglio, 76, is a Jesuit and the first pope fr...

By day, Patrick Ashamalla is the Founder and Principal of Washington, D.C.-based digital interactive firm A Brand New Way. Put him inside a SXSW conference keynote, though, and he transforms into an i...

Look alive Veronica Mars fans, the Kickstarter project to bring the cult TV show to the big screen is already halfway towards its goal of $2 million.This makes the Veronica Mars movie the fastest proj...

In the Living Mobile Series brought to you by Motorola, Mashable has rounded up the best apps for work, leisure, productivity and fitness to help you throughout your day.We all live busy mobile lives,...

Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has been enjoying spring break down in Cabo San Lucas this week, but he took a little break from the R&R to talk some smack to Twitter trollsThe kerfuffle star...

Twitter added support for line breaks Wednesday, a new feature that lets you spread your 140 character message over several different lines.Supported on Twitter.com, as well as through Twitter’s...

Streaming live on Mashable, Zaarly founder Eric Koester will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, March 14. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab i...

The Overly Attached Girlfriend, Lazy Senior, College Freshman and the Ermagherd Girl get cameos in a trailer for EA's The Sims 3 University Life.The mentions, which begin 43 seconds in, augment in-gam...

What do your Facebook Likes really say about you? According to a study, the pages, posts and public figures you Like on the social networking site can reveal surprisingly accurate information about yo...

White smoke rose from the Vatican Wednesday afternoon, signaling that the conclave of cardinals has chosen Catholicism's next pope. Watch live above as the new pontiff addresses the crowd outside St. ...

The 4:3 aspect ratio. The emotive Queen soundtrack. The cheesy character intros. This 1995-style re-imaging of HBO's hit fantasy series Game of Thrones has it all and then someSEE ALSO: Watch Entire '...

Click here to view this galleryArtist Roberto Vergati Santos has had quite the startling idea — what if brands got their hands on the superheroes of the world? What if, instead of representing t...

Suit up! Mad Men is headed back to the office April 7. Don Draper and gang know the public can't wait so long for a drink and drama circa 1967, so they're mercilessly teasing fans with this inside loo...

Twitter is planning to release a standalone music app for iOS called Twitter Music as soon as the end of this month, according to CNET.CNET reports that Twitter Music will help users discover artists ...

AUSTIN — Gap isn't a brand that you'd expect to see at SXSW, but it's making a splash during the music portion of the festival, partnering with Tumblr to bring Austin-goers tunes by Macklemore a...

Less than a week after announcing a dramatically redesigned News Feed,Facebook has also started rolling out updates to Timeline, moving status updates and posts to the right of the page, while placing...

It's been almost six years since Veronica Mars went off the air, but fans are still crazy about the teenage private investigator played by actress Kristen Bell.The show's creator, Rob Thomas (pic...

As anyone who's been in or around San Francisco recently knows, it's hard not to spot the Bay Lights. After dusk, the western span of the Bay Bridge fills with a jaw-dropping display comprised of 25,0...

AUSTIN — Native advertising is the big buzzword of 2013, and it's seeking to redefine the way consumers interact with ads on the web. And though just about everyone in advertising and media is t...

Andy Rubin is stepping down from his role as head of Google's Android division, the company announced Wednesday.Rubin founded Android, which was acquired by Google in 2005, and served as Google's SVP ...

While debate rages over using 3D printers to make guns or gun parts, technologies for other possible abuses are emerging — including the ability to cheaply copy and reproduce works of art and je...

World, meet Samuel L. Dogson.You may recognize him, he's been used as the body double for a pretty famous actor for many years. SEE ALSO: Watch Grumpy Cat Hate Adoring SXSW Fans Just kidding, but hol...

Compiling the perfect song playlist has a well-known reputation for being a transcending, yet agonizing, form of art. But what if we could could delete the agony of finding the perfect song and tap in...

To help prevent drinking and driving, a new keychain-sized breathalizer that snaps into your smartphone will tell you when it's safe to head home.Called the Breathometer, the $20 device plugs into you...

In any redesign process, it's hard to predict what exactly people will end up liking. Sure, you can do informational interviews and use feedback to create a better experience, but sometimes you just h...

Scott Steinberg, a top-ranked international event speaker on the lecture circuit, is a bestselling expert on leadership and innovation, and the head of strategic consultancy TechSavvy Global. His webs...

President Barack Obama will meet with various CEOs Wednesday afternoon to discuss cybersecurity during a week in which administration officials have been putting an intense spotlight on the issue.Obam...

America isn't what it used to be. The prosperity and good times of the Baby Boom generation are long gone. Heck, even the 90s seem like a mirage to some, and the country is still recovering from the 2...

The Federal Trade Commission did something unusual on Tuesday: It prescribed a quick and dirty way for advertisers to disclose an ad message on Twitter. The solution? Put "Ad:" before a tweet and use ...

Vanishing are the days when software can be purchased in shrink-wrapped boxes. Adobe has confirmed to several publications that it will no longer sell packaged copies of its Creative Suite and Acrobat...

Disney/Pixar is making a lot of children equally scared and happy this summer — they're releasing a prequel to Monsters, Inc. Monsters University follows Mike and Sulley before they were incorpo...

Twitter released an update to its Ads center Wednesday to help advertisers optimize live campaigns and get a more accurate measure of their reach.Here's what's new, per Christopher Golda, Twitter's pr...

If you're happy, free, confused or lonely you might be — or at least feel like — a 22-year-old.Taylor Swift tries to position herself as a normal 20-something (she's actually 23 now) by pl...

Jerry Seinfeld would have loved SXSWi 21013: It’s a show about nothing. This is not to say it’s without substance. Like Seinfeld’s classic show, which wove together three or more thr...

AUSTIN — Sick of PowerPoints? You might want to try Prezi, a spatial, mind-map inspired presentation format used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies. The company was founded by Peter Arvai, Peter Ha...

By day, Patrick Ashamalla is the Founder and Principal of Washington, D.C.-based digital interactive firm A Brand New Way. Put him inside a SXSW conference keynote, though, and he transforms into an i...

Back seat drivers can be overbearing. You're always breaking too hard or driving too fast, either miles above the speed limit or not even close. One device aims to help you be a smarter driver without...

Smoke Watch 2013 continues in Vatican City as the world awaits signal that the conclave has selected a new popeTwitter users have found a way to keep themselves occupied — pope smoke jokes in 14...

Twitter added support for line breaks Wednesday, a new feature that lets you spread your 140 character message over several different lines.Supported on Twitter.com, as well as through Twitter’s...

Streaming live on Mashable, Zaarly founder Eric Koester will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, March 14. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab i...

After wrapping-up a photo op at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M, former President George H.W. Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush and other family members were surpr...

Netflix users outside the United States have long enjoyed integration with Facebook that let them share their viewing history with friends, but American Netflix users are only just this week getting t...

Netflix users outside the United States have long enjoyed integration with Facebook that let them share their viewing history with friends, but American Netflix users are only just this week getting t...

AUSTIN — Television networks ramped up their presences at South by Southwest, some for the first time, this year. Sean Besser — social entertainment platform GetGlue's executive vice presi...

It's good to be Eric Schmidt.The Google executive chairman and former CEO has been traveling around the world for Google events and diplomatic missions, occasionally trash-talking competitors (politel...

It's the latest thing in advertising: Sadistically put ordinary people through a stressful situation and then reveal that it was all a joke and bask in the relief.The latest example is this Carlsberg ...

Google has opened up registration for its annual developer conference, Google I/O.Students and members of the academic community can sign up for $300, while other attendees will have to pay thrice the...

UPDATE: Google I/O registration sold out within one hour of opening the site Wednesday.Google has opened up registration for its annual developer conference, Google I/O.Students and members of the aca...

Click here to view this galleryIf Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates say so, it must be true: Understanding how to code is the new literacyTake Zuck and Gates' advice — learn to code. Understanding ...

Finding difficulty using that iPad or Kindle? Don't worry, ladies. There's finally an easy-to-use tablet just for usIt's called the ePad Femme, and the Middle East–based Eurostar Group, who deve...

Netflix users in the U.S. this week will for the first time see video recommendations from their Facebook friends.As the video above explains, the changes will be manifest in two new rows on Netflix's...

Andy Rubin is stepping down from his role as head of Google's Android division, the company announced Wednesday.Rubin founded Android, which was acquired by Google in 2005, and served as Google's SVP ...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. ...

SimCity's sixth major release from Maxis, a division of Electronic Arts (EA), hit the gaming scene last week with much excitement. But overcrowding of EA's required server, Origin, prevented gamers fr...

A council of Catholic cardinals made its much-anticipated choice of a new pope on Wednesday afternoon, but a long-standing parody Twitter account attributed to Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina foole...

In-dash screens were all the rage at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show. Just about every car company ramped up their in-vehicle entertainment systems to include options for using you...

While debate rages over using 3D printers to make guns or gun parts, technologies for other possible abuses are emerging — including the ability to cheaply copy and reproduce works of art and je...

The big buzz at South by Southwest Interactive this year wasn't for a startup, but for a rather mature tech company — Google — and its Glass wearable computing device in particular.Google ...

In any redesign process, it's hard to predict what exactly people will end up liking. Sure, you can do informational interviews and use feedback to create a better experience, but sometimes you just h...

Smoke Watch 2013 continues in Vatican City as the world awaits signal that the conclave has selected a new popeTwitter users have found a way to keep themselves occupied — pope smoke jokes in 14...

The European Parliament passed a proposal Tuesday which included a blanket ban on pornography, including Internet porn, in European Union member statesHowever, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) re...

It's been almost six years since Veronica Mars went off the air, but fans are still crazy about the teenage private investigator played by actress Kristen Bell.The show's creator, Rob Thomas (pic...

Netflix users outside the United States have long enjoyed integration with Facebook that let them share their viewing history with friends, but American Netflix users are only just this week getting t...

AUSTIN — Television networks ramped up their presences at South by Southwest, some for the first time, this year. Sean Besser — social entertainment platform GetGlue's executive vice presi...

It's the latest thing in advertising: Sadistically put ordinary people through a stressful situation and then reveal that it was all a joke and bask in the relief.The latest example is this Carlsberg ...

Google has launched a page and a set of tutorials aimed for webmasters whose site was hackedSpecifically, Google explains webmasters how to deal with Google's search warning that a site is dangerous, ...

America isn't what it used to be. The prosperity and good times of the Baby Boom generation are long gone. Heck, even the 90s seem like a mirage to some, and the country is still recovering from the 2...

The big buzz at South by Southwest Interactive this year wasn't for a startup, but for a rather mature tech company — Google — and its Glass wearable computing device in particular.Google ...

The big buzz at South by Southwest Interactive this year wasn't for a startup, but for a rather mature tech company — Google — and its Glass wearable computing device in particular.Google ...

With just a day away from the Galaxy S IV's big unveil, Samsung is pushing hard to ensure its next-generation flagship smartphone is on everyone's mind.Hence, the company's ill-advised flash mob, whic...

After scoring an Oscar and viral hit with its animated film, Paperman, Disney has debuted another short — this time starring Mickey Mouse.Entitled Croissant de Triomphe — a play on Paris' ...

Oops! A hot mic caught NFL Hall of Famer and current analyst Warren Sapp dropping some choice words about his network's quality of programming on TuesdaySapp works as an analyst for the NFL Network, a...

In his latest video, Brooklyn-based artist j. viewz performs an electronic version of Massive Attack’s “Teardrop” using only vegetables. Well, not just vegetables, actually; with som...

Some Hotmail and Outlook accounts have been down for hours, after getting hit by service disruptions Tuesday afternoon."We're having a problem accessing email. You might not be able to see all your em...

Google has launched a page and a set of tutorials aimed for webmasters whose site was hackedSpecifically, Google explains webmasters how to deal with Google's search warning that a site is dangerous, ...

It's a sight that's all too common, now: teenagers never looking up, glued to their cellphones every hour of the day. Text messages may seem like the major culprit for this behavior, but a new report ...

The time-honored celebratory Gatorade bath is one of the funnest traditions in sports. You know the drill: In the closing moments of a championship game, players from the winning team stalk their coac...

AUSTIN — Google used SXSW this week to share a little more information about Glass. During an event catered specifically to developers, the company revealed more details about Glass’ Mirro...

You wear it like a temporary tattoo, but it's certainly for more than just style. A company has developed an electronic sensor that attaches like a "second skin" to your body and monitors
...

Oops! A hot mic caught NFL Hall of Famer and current analyst Warren Sapp dropping some choice words about his network's quality of programming on TuesdaySapp works as an analyst for the NFL Network, a...

While we were all busy watching a pasty nature nerd with some of the hippest dance moves around, a dancing grandma was blowing up in her own right. According to the viral video's uploader, "Nana" is 8...

Living an active, healthy lifestyle oftentimes requires some support. Whether it's running a mile each morning or taking a few hours to de-stress, having a friend along for the ride can be good motiva...

Click here to view this galleryTelevision shows have often been noted for their ability to whisk us out of our own lives and plop us into the alternate reality of Hollywood. We pretend the characters'...

Living an active, healthy lifestyle oftentimes requires some support. Whether it's running a mile each morning or taking a few hours to de-stress, having a friend along for the ride can be good motiva...

UPDATE: As of 1:13 a.m. ET, both Hotmail and Outlook are still experiencing problems. Microsoft's service status dashboard says, "We're working to restore service right now."Some Hotmail and Outlook a...

AUSTIN — Just when you thought it was safe to check the Internet again, one more "Harlem Shake" video has emerged. The good news is that this one has a neat nerd twist: Dancing Drones.Eyes and E...

AUSTIN — Warner Music Group's premium YouTube channel, The Warner Sound, will provide live streams for its three nights of concerts at South by Southwest.Viewers can watch such artists as Mackle...

Up, up and away: Ecommerce, which generated $231 billion in sales for U.S. retailers last year, is expected to increase 13% to $262 billion this year, according to forecasts technology and market rese...

For a teenager who achieved worldwide fame through viral YouTube highlight mixes, Twitter was an appropriate way for Aquille Carr to seemingly announce one of the most important decisions of his young...

Alec Ross, the State Department's first senior advisor for innovation, is leaving after nearly four years of spearheading the department's lunge into the twenty-first centuryAfter leaving the State De...

It's a sight that's all too common, now: teenagers never looking up, glued to their cellphones every hour of the day. Text messages may seem like the major culprit for this behavior, but a new report ...

In late 2011, Conde Nast hired CW founder Dawn Ostroff to helm its newly created entertainment division. The first fruits of her labor went on display Tuesday with the launch of digital video networks...

As a part of an effort to make its Apple Maps app more reliable, Apple has been quietly rolling out some minor updates, from improved toll road notifications and new satellite imagery to fine-tuning i...

Videos are irrefutably funnier if they're played in fast motion with the song "Yakety Sax" in the background — that's just common knowledgeBut reverse that, and axe the Benny Hill Show theme, an...

Mars has captured the imagination of both scientists and popular culture buffs going back centuries as books, movies and even games have attempted to encapsulate the isolation and vastness of the red ...

AUSTIN — Google used SXSW this week to share a little more information about Glass. During a session catered specifically to developers, the company revealed more details about Glass’ Mirr...

Even casual fans of the Star Wars franchise may have felt a great disturbance in the Force on MondayThat's when Lucasfilm stepped in after months of speculation about the fate of its long-running anim...

When he's not busy saving a freezing dog or running into a burning building, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker may be looking for ways to use technology in his governance.Speaking at the 2013 SXSW ...

Are you a Silicon Valley executive or data analyst with a conservative political bent? Then the Republican Party has a job for you: Chief Technology Officer.The GOP announced Tuesday that it's hiring ...

Mars has captured the imagination of both scientists and popular culture buffs going back centuries as books, movies and even games have attempted to encapsulate the isolation and vastness of the red ...

Bassem Youssef has one of the most popular shows across Egypt and the Middle East, but he reportedly has death threats against him.Youssef, who's also worked as a cardiothoracic su...

This Polish guy has thrown a wrench into cutesy marriage proposals — he's turned the experience into a downright nightmareHis unsuspecting girlfriend went to the movies to catch the latest flick...

After famously winning Jeopardy! in 2011, IBM's supercomputer Watson helped healthcare professionals improve the speed and quality of treatment for cancer patients. Now, the technology corporation is ...

Let's face it: losing that extra hour for Daylight Saving Time can be painful. You've tried that extra cup of coffee, but alas, your circadian rhythm is still thrown off.It might be worth adding ...

There is no better feeling than jumping into a puddle after a spring rain and feeling the ripple of water across your shoes. There's no worse feeling than drowning (probably)The subject of this viral ...

The 17th season of ABC's quest-for-love reality TV show "The Bachelor" wrapped on Monday night, and just like with every season, fans took to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to discuss...

There are now two categories for social video-sharing apps: Vine and everything else.Nearly two months after Twitter's video app launched, Vine is back in Apple's top 20 free apps list and still being...

AUSTIN — The nostalgic return to vinyl LP records is endearing, in a way, but no one expects the digital music recording industry to start producing the large discs in mass quantities again. The...

It's right around the corner, and soon to be right in front of our eyes. Ready or not, Google Glass is coming.Google Glass was again in the news, this past February, as the augmented-reality proj...

Let's play a game to connect Andrew W.K. and Ian Somerhalder, Kevin Bacon-style. Ready? Here we go.Andrew W.K. wrote the song "She Is Beautiful," which was used in American Pie: Band Camp starring Eug...

Alec Ross, the State Department's first senior advisor for innovation, is leaving after nearly four years of spearheading the department's lunge into the twenty-first centuryAfter leaving the State De...

Sometimes, it's the subtle things that make the greatest impactHitRECord, an online collaborative production company founded by actor and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt, released the above video earlie...

Jeff Gordon may be fun to watch when he's racing in NASCAR, but it's a little less fun when he's burning rubber behind the wheel of your car — and you don't know it's him.In a new Pepsi spot, Go...

We've all heard the phrase: Dog is man's best friend. But just how far will your furry friends go to show how much they care? We have rounded up some of the most tear-jerking stories of loyalty and fr...

Curiosity rover successfully drilled into a Martian rock, giving us a peek at the Red Planet's habitable history. The 1.8-inch-wide scoop of powdered rock revealed that ancient Mars could have support...

One of the most discussed topics surrounding Google's futuristic smart glasses is whether the specs could have a prescription lenses option in the future. In a note posted to Google+ on Tuesday, ...

As a part of an effort to make its Apple Maps app more reliable, Apple has been quietly rolling out some minor updates, from adding toll road notifications and new satellite imagery to fine-tuning its...

Monday, grumpy Monday. Sounds like the typical beginning of any old week, right? Well, SXSW attendees were particularly "grumpy" this week, as they lined up for a chance to meet the one and only Grump...

Click here to view this galleryThe annual conference in Austin, South by Southwest, is known for helping to launch "breakout" apps over the years and many developers choose it as the place to launch t...

T-Mobile and MetroPCS received the U.S. government's nod of approval to proceed with their merger Tuesday.Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement that it is "...

Know a mobile developer with their sights set on social? Facebook on Tuesday announced Mobile DevCon 2013, a series of three events for mobile developers in New York City, London and Seoul.The company...

Click here to view this galleryDevising the perfect proposal is no easy feat. It's almost as hard as actually winning a game of PictionaryRedditor justmli knew that his drawing skills might not win hi...

Microsoft’s motion sensing device Kinect promises new frontiers for gamers who want to play just by gesturing or speaking. Now a hacked Kinect could have more serious uses by showing everyone wh...

Google will be fined $7 million as part of a privacy settlement regarding its Street View car fleet's collection of passwords, messages and other sensitive data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as it rol...

AUSTIN — Klout CEO Joe Fernandez stopped by Mashable House at South by Southwest to chat about the importance of relationships between marketers and online influencersHis San Francisco-based sta...

The new Internet darlings have arrived. Out of the way goats, seals can also yell like humansSeals seem to have more vocal range then goats, varying from ear-splitting yelps to throaty gurgles. They a...

There was nothing easy about the making of the Oscar-award winning film Life of Pi — a movie that took a book about philosophy and being lost at sea and turned it into a visually-stunning 3D exp...

National debt clocks are all the rage on Republican lawmakers' websites. Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho has one. Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has one, too. At least 54 other lawmakers have them as well. B...

Alfred Hitchcock died more than 30 years ago, but his spirit lives on ... in the fur of a kitty named LuluThat may sound confusing, but take a look at the photo above and you can see the director's fa...

This Polish guy has thrown a wrench into cutesy marriage proposals — he's turned the experience into a downright nightmareHis unsuspecting girlfriend went to the movies to catch the latest flick...

A hacker or a team of hackers has posted what they claim is the personal information of First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, singer Beyonce and other politicians and celebrities.Obama ...

Last week Facebook unveiled its first major update to the news feed since the feature launched nearly seven years ago. Like every change the company makes to the site, it's been met with mixed reactio...

Bassem Youssef has one of the most popular shows across Egypt and the Middle East, but he reportedly has death threats against him.Youssef, who's also worked as a cardiothoracic su...

The New York Times is redesigning its website. The publication released an animated preview Tuesday morning, teasing the site's prototype article design on tablets and desktops.Like the recent website...

As part of research into doing away with typed passwords, Google has built rings that not only adorn a finger but also can be used to log in to a computer or online account.The search and ad company f...

AUSTIN — There are a lot of brands at SXSW fighting hard to grab attention, from GroupMe's grilled cheese tent to Spotify's green house to Chevy's test drive activation. But do these campaigns a...

China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it's open to a dialogue on cybersecurity with the United States a day after a White House official for the first time publicly accused Chinese actors of being inv...

Ideating, pattern-making, finding materials, ordering samples, tooling and producing — these are the six once-mystical steps of manufacturing that are becoming easier to understand and take part...

Humans combat the perils of walking on ice with salt, kitty litter and shoes with sharp blades attached. In Antarctica, there are no corner shops where penguins can waddle up to purchase a bag of Fres...

Who the next Pope will be is important because he's both the head of a state and of a religion. He influences relations among peoples and religious communities in addition to influencing aspects of Ca...

Click here to view this gallerySearching for a cool case for your Apple iPad mini? We have found 10 great options to protect and personalize your tabletSEE ALSO: 10 Essential Accessories for Your iPad...

Jeff Gordon may be fun to watch when he's racing in NASCAR, but it's a little less fun when he's burning rubber behind the wheel of your car — and you don't know it's him.In a new Pepsi spot, Go...

During a call-in show on the International Space Station, astronaut Chris Hadfield was asked whether food tastes the same in space"At first, no, and it's not because of the food," he replies. Rather, ...

Bradley Manning, the U.S. army soldier facing charges for leaking secret information to Wikileaks, took the stand at a pre-trial hearing late last month to explain for the first time his motivations f...

Bradley Manning, the U.S. army soldier facing charges for leaking secret information to Wikileaks, took the stand at a pre-trial hearing late last month to explain for the first time his motivations f...

AUSTIN — South by Southwest will get a dose of purple rain. Samsung exclusively confirmed with Mashable that Prince will perform at its March 16 closing party."Having Prince in Austin at his fir...

Monday, grumpy Monday. Sounds like the typical beginning of any old week, right? Well, SXSW attendees were particularly "grumpy" this week, as they lined up for a chance to meet the one and only Grump...

When he's not busy saving a freezing dog or running into a burning building, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker may be looking for ways to use technology in his governance.Speaking at the 2013 SXSW ...

Sheryl Sandberg has become a role model for many women in the workplace, but who does she consider to be her single biggest professional role model? Mark Zuckerberg."I think professionally the best ro...

Pinterest introduced a web-based analytics tool Tuesday morning, allowing site owners to track users' engagement with their sites on the social network.The free tool allows site owners to track the nu...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesLi...

This weekend, South by Southwest hosted two interactive keynote addresses — one by Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, and another by Swiss designer Tina Roth Eisenberg, who blogs as Swiss...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Twitter launched its vide...

Tumblr has updated its app for iPhone and the iPad to version 3.3, bringing several nifty updates, including a new camera appThe camera now has a grid, flash and the ability to create photosets straig...

Last week Facebook unveiled its first major update to the news feed since the feature launched nearly seven years ago. Like every change the company makes to the site, it's been met with mixed reactio...

It's right around the corner, and soon to be right in front of our eyes. Ready or not, Google Glass is coming.Google Glass was again in the news, this past February, as the augmented-reality proj...

Click here to view this galleryThe annual conference in Austin, South by Southwest, is known for helping to launch "breakout" apps over the years and many developers choose it as the place to launch t...

As part of research into doing away with typed passwords, Google has built rings that not only adorn a finger but also can be used to log in to a computer or online account.The search and ad company f...

One of the most discussed topics surrounding Google's futuristic smart glasses is whether the specs could have a prescription lenses option in the future. In a note posted to Google+ on Tuesday, ...

Who the next Pope will be is important because he's both the head of a state and of a religion. He influences relations among peoples and religious communities in addition to influencing aspects of Ca...

AUSTIN — Klout CEO Joe Fernandez stopped by Mashable House at South by Southwest to chat about the importance of relationships between marketers and online influencersHis San Francisco-based sta...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesLi...

If you’re hiring in the coming months, you very likely have at least one eye on the newest crop of potential future employees: soon-to-be-graduating college seniorsNew grads can be a great resou...

AUSTIN — There are a lot of brands at SXSW fighting hard to grab attention, from GroupMe's grilled cheese tent to Spotify's green house to Chevy's test drive activation. But do these campaigns a...

Director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) and video entertainment network Machinima have partnered up to produce 12 science fiction short filmsThe shorts will not be directed by Scott himself; he and Machi...

Apple unveiled two new television ads Monday that flaunt the iPhone 5's new features.One 30-second spot, called "Brilliant," demonstrates how users can pay for Starbucks items using Passbook, an iOS a...

On any given day, you'll likely scroll through dozens of webpages, and experience information overload. In the Internet age, it's a term that most people are all too familiar with, as daily emails, ar...

On any given day, you'll likely scroll through dozens of webpages, and experience information overload. In the Internet age, it's a term that most people are all too familiar with, as daily emails, ar...

On any given day, you'll likely scroll through dozens of webpages, and experience information overload. In the Internet age, it's a term that most people are all too familiar with, as daily emails, ar...

The New York City subway might be the last place you’d expect to check out a library book, but that could soon change if some students from Miami Ad School have their way.SEE ALSO: Tweet This Pa...

Director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) and video entertainment network Machinima have partnered up to produce 12 science fiction short filmsThe shorts will not be directed by Scott himself; he and Machi...

Name: EQualaOne-Liner Pitch: EQuala is a music app that plays the songs your friends listen to.Why It's Taking Off: The free social music app lets you to create a customized station of the music your ...

Samsung gave a sneak peek at its upcoming flagship phone, the Galaxy S IV, on Monday.The Korean electronics giant tweeted a photo that shows a front view of the Android smartphone, although it is most...

What would it be like to shop with Google Glass? Omaha-based ConAgra Foods, which owns popular frozen food brands like Healthy Choice and Marie Callender's, worked with Google's newly created shopper ...

We've found the simultaneously funniest and meanest friends in existenceThese two pranksters teamed up to convince their friend Tom that the house was on fire in the middle of the night. With some exc...

Rejoice, Game of Thrones fans — your favorite HBO fantasy epic returns in less than three weeks. Season 3 begins March 31, leaving you without much time to watch the whole second season and get ...

SXSW is that time of the year where everyone who isn't in Austin, Texas, at the beginning of March suffers from major bouts of fomo. Those who are there have enjoyed memerific entertainment, from taki...

You could have all the apps in the world to prepare you for survival when disaster strikes — flashlight, emergency contacts, GPS and first aid tips — but they'll be entirely useless when y...

Excited for Google's Project Glass to finish development? So are weIf you live in Seattle, however, you might need to stick with your boring, non-augmented-reality shades for a night out at the barsTh...

Boom! Curtis Woodhouse just scored a knockout blow for every athlete who's ever been harassed by sports trolls on Twitter.The English boxer lost his country's light welterweight title to Shayne Single...

The creator behind a new coin-sized, Arduino-compatible board says the possibilities are endless with this microcomputer that can wirelessly connect to your smartphone.The “RFduino” is an ...

Professional diver Rick Coleman returned to his boat post-night dive to discover an adorable and unexpected stow awayA sea lion had flopped its way aboard his kayak and made itself completely at home....

Click here to view this galleryIt was a busy weekend at South by Southwest, and we had our ear to the ground to determine where the chatter was coming from. If you haven't checked out the Trendspotter...

Sprint users with a second-generation Samsung Galaxy Tab are in for a nice little treat today: The carrier said it will start rolling out an update to bring Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 software to the ta...

AUSTIN — Today was yet another day of mixing with famous people and cats at South by SouthwestThe Trendspotter by Mashable and Topsy revealed buzz about the screening of Much Ado About Nothing, ...

Cataloging your baby's firsts is just as important in uteroWebMD, the health information (and self-diagnosis go-to) site, launched WebMD Pregnancy, a free iPhone app to help expectant mothers keep tra...

Cataloging your baby's firsts is just as important in uteroWebMD, the health information (and self-diagnosis go-to) site, launched WebMD Pregnancy, a free iPhone app to help expectant mothers keep tra...

So here you are, unsatisfied with that current position as regional assistant to the director of blah blah and ready for a career change. And while career counselors may discourage you from changing j...

LinkedIn is close to acquiring Pulse, a popular news reading app, for as much as $100 million, according to a new report.Citing unnamed sources, AllThingsD reported that Pulse had been in acquisition ...

LinkedIn is close to acquiring Pulse, a popular news reading app, for as much as $100 million, according to a new report.Citing unnamed sources, AllThingsD reported that Pulse had been in acquisition ...

AUSTIN — Rovio announced Monday it is bringing its Angry Birds cartoon series to smartphones, tablets and connected devices. Rovio's distribution strategy for Angry Birds Toons is unique because...

AUSTIN — Meeting new people to date is tough. If you’re over the bar scene and not quite comfortable with online dating sites, then your options are pretty limited2013 SXSW Accelerator Fin...

Grumpy Cat puts on her finest flannel for school picture day. Ermahgerd Girl channels her inner Girl With a Pearl Earring — or Grrl Werth er Perrl ErrinMemes class it up with starring roles in a...

Saturday Night Live saw a boost of almost 80% on the social scales this week, as Justin Timberlake took hosting and crooning duties for the night. A plethora of special guests buoyed Timberlake's fift...

The California Conservation Corps is a state-run agency that gives youth — many from inner-city environments — job training and work experience out in nature. A couple of the program's you...

If you feel like your Twitter rage falls on deaf ears, why not punctuate your next tweet by virtually squeezing the trigger of a paintball gun?SEE ALSO: News Anchor Avatar Hosts Your Internet FeedJust...

Astronaut Ron Garan not only carries out NASA missions in the International Space Station, but he also finds moments to sends tweets from miles above Earth.Speaking back on land at the 2013 SXSW confe...

A huge majority of the chatter about South by Southwest took place on Twitter yet again Sunday, with a SXSW-related tweet dropping every four secondsTina Roth Eisenberg, who gave one of the two inter...

Now that the "Harlem Shake" has effectively ended (or, more accurately speaking, been beaten to its death), it's time to examine the cultural and historical impact the meme has had on societyAnd who b...

Harvard University secretly scoured the email accounts of 16 resident deans last fall, in an attempt to find out the origin of a media leak. After the investigation was revealed by the Boston Globe on...

Here's a quick parenting tip: It's not OK to offer to sell your children on Facebook, even if you really need the moneyMisty VanHorn, a mother of two in Oklahoma, found that out the hard way over the ...

The creator behind a new coin-sized, Arduino-compatible board says the possibilities are endless with this microcomputer that can wirelessly connect to your smartphone.The “RFduino” is an ...

AUSTIN — RepDarrell Issa, a Republican House member from California, says he wants to change how people get information.Speaking with Mashable Editor in Chief Lance Ulanoff at the 2013 SXSW...

Here's a weekend sports highlight for you, and the kind of thing you'll (hopefully) only see in MLB spring trainingIt comes from Saturday's tune-up game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phi...

Nothing is scarier than when plants come to life and attack you (cuing Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack)Ryan Lewis learned this firsthand by donning a bush costume and plopping himself down in the mi...

SimCity's servers are mostly back to normal, according to updates posted online, but fans will still have to wait a bit for smooth performance.It's been six days since the city building simulation was...

In alternate realities like Mass Effect's video game galaxy or Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, all-purpose medicinal salves serve as a rapid cure-all for any ailment or injuryJoe Landolina, a stude...

Looking for a way to illustrate the Syrian city Damascus, a Danish TV station tossed up this image. Keen-eyed observers noticed that, while technically was a depiction of Damascus, something was a bit...

We've found the simultaneously funniest and meanest friends in existenceThese two pranksters teamed up to convince their friend Tom that the house was on fire in the middle of the night. With some exc...

Click here to view this galleryYou've captured hundreds of square snaps, followed all your friends and tried every stock filter on Instagram. Now what?For iOS and Android users, there are dozens of qu...

LinkedIn is close to acquiring Pulse, a popular news reading app, for as much as $100 million, according to a new report.Citing unnamed sources, AllThingsD reported that Pulse had been in acquisition ...

An app called Bing Now, demonstrated at Microsoft’s headquarters last week, could give Web searchers a way to gauge the current vibe of a bar or restaurant before they book a table.Smartphones c...

AUSTIN — Have you ever been shopping for something like a couch or TV and just refused to bite the bullet because you didn't know if the item would fit or look right in your home? This is a comm...

AUSTIN — Our phones can hold thousands of different contacts now. Just because a number is saved in your phone, however, doesn’t mean you necessarily remember who that person is, or why th...

AUSTIN — After Andrew Kessler published his book Martian Summer, the story of the year he spent shadowing NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission, he was eager to do anything and everything to promot...

The iPhone may be sleek and light in the hands, but according to newly surfaced photos, an early prototype of the device looked quite different than how we know it today. In fact, it was larger and ev...

The FabCafe in Shibuya, Tokyo, is offering 3D printed gummi sweets for "White Day," a Japanese version of Valentine’s Day. On March 14, males are expected to give gifts to their sweethearts.Nine...

Let's get one thing straight: Brandon Knight did the right thing. He made the right play, the hard-working play, the courageous play, and there are plenty of other image-conscious NBA players who neve...

So here you are, unsatisfied with that current position as regional assistant to the director of blah blah and ready for a career change. And while career counselors may discourage you from changing j...

The Internet has come a long way since the early days. Remember the clamor of dial-up sounds or signing up for your first Hotmail account? We're talking to you, Unicorny143Mashable kicked off its SXSW...

AUSTIN — Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker were unsure how the audience at South by Southwest would react to the premiere screening of Downloaded, the new documentary detailing t...

AUSTIN — Rovio announced Monday it is bringing its Angry Birds cartoon series to smartphones, tablets and connected devices. Rovio's distribution strategy for Angry Birds Toons is unique because...

AUSTIN — Meeting new people to date is tough. If you’re over the bar scene and not quite comfortable with online dating sites, then your options are pretty limited2013 SXSW Accelerator Fin...

In an interview, Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis joked that the hoverboards used in the movie were real. It was only after toy stores dealt with customers requesting them that he clarified...

AUSTIN — Forget social media. The real marketing battle at South by Southwest Interactive takes place in real life, and is pretty close to real-time.Posters, perhaps the lowest-tech form of mark...

Fans of Angry Birds will be able to consume the cartoon version through any of the Angry Birds games they already own starting this weekendRovio announced Monday that Angry Birds Toons, the company's ...

If you feel like your Twitter rage falls on deaf ears, why not punctuate your next tweet by virtually squeezing the trigger of a paintball gun?SEE ALSO: News Anchor Avatar Hosts Your Internet FeedJust...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the world's most powerful observatory for studying the universe at the long-wavelength millimeter and submillimeter range of light. It's desi...

Now that the "Harlem Shake" has effectively ended (or, more accurately speaking, been beaten to its death), it's time to examine the cultural and historical impact the meme has had on societyAnd who b...

While pursuing an MBA at MIT in 2010, Tim Fu tore his ACL, an incident that led to surgery and six months of physical therapy."It was a really tough process, especially at home, without the coaching o...

Iran has blocked many of the Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that some citizens use to dodge the government's Internet filters, Iranian media reported SundayThe Iranian government is still allowing ci...

New images from a Chinese forum, unearthed by Sammy Hub, might be showing Samsung's upcoming flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S IVThe device in the photos is marked GT-I9502, and looks very sim...

Here's a quick parenting tip: It's not OK to offer to sell your children on Facebook, even if you really need the moneyMisty VanHorn, a mother of two in Oklahoma, found that out the hard way over the ...

The vast majority of households in the U.S. — more than 95% — still have traditional cable or satellite television, which they use to get news and entertainment, but the number of househol...

Nothing is scarier than when plants come to life and attack you (cuing Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack)Ryan Lewis learned this firsthand by donning a bush costume and plopping himself down in the mi...

Saturday Night Live saw a boost of almost 80% on the social scales this week, as Justin Timberlake took hosting and crooning duties for the night. A plethora of special guests buoyed Timberlake's fift...

The iPhone may be sleek and light in the hands, but according to newly surfaced photos, an early prototype of the device looked quite different than how we know it today. In fact, it was larger and ev...

Click here to view this galleryDebugging, optimizing, coding, validating — all part of the painful process of web development projects. However, you can utilize tools within the browser, specifi...

AUSTIN — Have you ever been shopping for something like a couch or TV and just refused to bite the bullet because you didn't know if the item would fit or look right in your home? This is a comm...

AUSTIN — Our phones can hold thousands of different contacts now. Just because a number is saved in your phone, however, doesn’t mean you necessarily remember who that person is, or why th...

Relating to the struggles of the homeless is no easy taskFiftyfifty is a Germany-based publication that is focused on doing exactly that.In a recent awareness tactic called Frozen Cinema, Fiftyfifty t...

AUSTIN — Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker were unsure how the audience at South by Southwest would react to the premiere screening of Downloaded, the new documentary detailing t...

Whether you're unemployed, underemployed or just looking for something a bit more interesting, the Mashable Job Board is full of listings to take your career to the next level.Since 2005, Mashable has...

Imagine the drama of Westeros playing out in the halls of a high school. Dragons and Lannister-size egos don't exactly fit inside lockers.YouTube series "School of Thrones" reworks Game of Thrones int...

TiVo has launched its TiVo Mini extender, which enables you to watch TiVo content in another TV in your house, for $99.99.The box lets you watch live TV and recorded shows from the TiVo DVR, as well a...

LG has launched its Optimus L5II smartphone in Brazil, followed by a rollout in South and Central America, Europe, Asia, Russia, the Middle East and AfricaShowcased at this year's Mobile World Congres...

Stockholm-based design studio Humans Since 1982 has turned time into clock art, using the clock faces to demonstrate fluid motions and shapes that are striking and sure to keep you entranced for hours...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital worldToday, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. ...

Today's Google Doodle is an interactive tribute to one of the funniest sci-fi novels ever — Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Douglas Adams, who was born on March 11, 1952, was a...

As Donkey Kong's resident damsel-in-distress, Pauline usually awaits rescue from hero, Mario. But one father turned the tables by hacking the classic arcade game, and creating "Donkey Kong: Pauline Ed...

Another week has come and gone, giving us stories of triumph, loss and enduring spirit. But the days go by so fast we might not get a chance to truly process it all. Take the time now to reflect on th...

There's no shortage of reviews online for all types of products, but Tom Leung believes the vast majority are useless to readers because the people writing them don't know anything about your situatio...

AUSTIN - Danny Boyle is an Oscar-winning director behind films as diverse as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours. As New York Times columnist David Carr put it, "just when you think you h...

Here's how the story goes: Cat wants to eat. Cat can't eat in front of cameras. Cat figures out a solutionIt's a cautionary tale about how intrusive paparazzi are getting in the daily life of celebs l...

Old Spice is looking to appeal to men's wilder side — and the company is using a wolf to do it.So to speak. To market its Wild body fragrance collection, the P&G-owned brand has developed a ...

Let’s face it: Explaining to your mom how to book a hotel room on Expedia, or trying to help your dad sort through all the cameras for sale on Best Buy’s website is a bit of a challenge if...

After taking YouTuber Ze Frank's "Human Test," you may have been concerned about your true identity — perhaps you're actually a cyborg or zombie roaming the planet in a human bodyBut fear not. I...

What do you mean it can't happen? Have you ever tried?SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsThis probably happened to Salvador Dalí like all the time.Comic illustration by Rob DenBleyker, Cyanide & Hap...

Another week has come and gone, giving us stories of triumph, loss and enduring spirit. But the days go by so fast we might not get a chance to truly process it all. Take the time now to reflect on th...

When drumming up publicity for a new show, celebrities typically use a tried-and-true format for their promos: big sound, bright lights and bold headlines.But not Louis C.KAs the comedian is wont to d...

They say money doesn't grow on trees, but apparently, it can emerge from cups.One street magician makes a homeless man's day by turning coffee into cash. Watch the emotional YouTube video, above, then...

Click here to view this galleryChris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology ...

Click here to view this galleryHave you sent your first "Pheed" yet? Launched late last year, Pheed is a new social media platform that lets you share text, photos, videos and audio. Propelled by teen...

After taking YouTuber Ze Frank's "Human Test," you may have been concerned about your true identity — perhaps you're actually a cyborg or zombie roaming the planet in a human bodyBut fear not. I...

AUSTIN — The sun was out for day three festivities at SXSW and is expected to stay all week. Attendees can put their umbrellas away — well, at least 'til South By 2014.Cory Booker dominate...

There's no shortage of reviews online for all types of products, but Tom Leung believes the vast majority are useless to readers because the people writing them don't know anything about your situatio...

Click here to view this galleryHave you heard about RebelMouse, the social media aggregator — or "social front page" — created by former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry?Based on the idea th...

Spring forward, fall back — daylight saving time is our only brush with defying the laws of nature.SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsIt's no Quantum Leap, but we'll just have be satisfiedComic written...

Whether you're job searching or have a pending friend request from your boss, it's a good idea to clean up your social media profiles every once in a while. After all, even if you're pretty militant a...

AUSTIN - Danny Boyle is an Oscar-winning director behind films as diverse as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours. As New York Times columnist David Carr put it, "just when you think you h...

Let’s face it: Explaining to your mom how to book a hotel room on Expedia, or trying to help your dad sort through all the cameras for sale on Best Buy’s website is a bit of a challenge if...

Well, folks. You heard it here first: Cats are still cute. Which is why the frisky little felines take up the majority of this week's viral video recapWe've got a cat that fights a "ghost" and cats th...

Social networks like Facebook and Instagram are intended to help users share their lives, but Jake Banks believes the language of "likes" used on these services forces us to be overly positive and res...

What do you mean it can't happen? Have you ever tried?SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsThis probably happened to Salvador Dalí like all the time.Comic illustration by Rob DenBleyker, Cyanide & Hap...

AUSTIN — We’ve all seen enough comic book movies to know that the right soundtrack can intensify or deaden the action. The same could be true of more traditional, albeit digital, comics. A...

There's not much fun about doing chores for work or home, but one startup hopes to gamify the experience with a new smartphone app.Not It Labs, a startup out of Birmingham, announced at SXSW this week...

Facebook video ads are coming to your News Feed — it's just a matter of when.AdAge reported in mid-December that Facebook was planning to introduce a new ad product "by April at the latest" that...

AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceXDuring his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one da...

AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceXDuring his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one da...

AUSTIN — Like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, a Google Chrome experiment wondrously appeared for Oz the Great and Powerful to serve as an interactive trailerThe masterminds behind the ...

With South by Southwest in full swing, what were the most-buzzed about topics in Austin on Saturday? The answer sounds like a David Bowie song: a party on MarsWith almost all buzz coming from Twitter,...

Facebook is losing its grip on kids, according to a recent article by CNET's Jennifer Van Grove, in which she cites complicated features and too much parental control.SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsIn th...

Justin Timberlake made a triumphant return to Saturday Night Live last night, marking his fifth time as a host. And while the Internet had high standards for the musician who made "Dick in a Box" an a...

Click here to view this galleryWealth inequality is currently a topic of much debate, so when this video showed the difference between the reality and the perception of wealth distribution, it quickly...

Well, folks. You heard it here first: Cats are still cute. Which is why the frisky little felines take up the majority of this week's viral video recapWe've got a cat that fights a "ghost" and cats th...

Whether you're job searching or have a pending friend request from your boss, it's a good idea to clean up your social media profiles every once in a while. After all, even if you're pretty militant a...

Social networks like Facebook and Instagram are intended to help users share their lives, but Jake Banks believes the language of "likes" used on these services forces us to be overly positive and res...

AUSTIN — As attendees know, hotel space at South by Southwest is scarce. For some, even spending a night in a shipping container may be preferable to staying somewhere miles away. Syfy is testin...

AUSTIN - If watching 2D video on your iPhone isn’t good enough for you, perhaps you’d like to try 3D.On the streets of SXSW, a little Japanese company called Pied Piper, Inc. was showing w...

AUSTIN — We’ve all seen enough comic book movies to know that the right soundtrack can intensify or deaden the action. The same could be true of more traditional, albeit digital, comics. A...

Technology has always had a profound impact on music — think of how the electric guitar changed it — and a new, innovative keyboard could be the next stepIt's called the Seaboard GRAND and...

Well, folks. You heard it here first: Cats are still cute. Which is why the frisky little felines take up the majority of this week's viral video recapWe've got a cat that fights a "ghost" and cats th...

AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceXDuring his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one da...

Brie Weiler Reynolds is the content and social media director at FlexJobs, the award-winning site for telecommuting and flexible job listings, and a former career advisor. At FlexJobs, Brie offers job...

Spring forward, fall back — daylight saving time is our only brush with defying the laws of nature.SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsIt's no Quantum Leap, but we'll just have be satisfiedComic written...

With South by Southwest in full swing, what were the most-buzzed about topics in Austin on Saturday? The answer sounds like a David Bowie song: a party on MarsWith almost all buzz coming from Twitter,...

AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceXDuring his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one da...

Well, folks. You heard it here first: Cats are still cute. Which is why the frisky little felines take up the majority of this week's viral video recapWe've got a cat that fights a "ghost" and cats th...

Social networks like Facebook and Instagram are intended to help users share their lives, but Jake Banks believes the language of "likes" used on these services forces us to be overly positive and res...

AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceXDuring his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one da...

Justin Timberlake made a triumphant return to Saturday Night Live last night, marking his fifth time as a host. And while the Internet had high standards for the musician who made "Dick in a Box" an a...

What do you mean it can't happen? Have you ever tried?SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsThis probably happened to Salvador Dalí like all the time.Comic illustration by Rob DenBleyker, Cyanide & Hap...

Facebook video ads are coming to your News Feed — it's just a matter of when.AdAge reported in mid-December that Facebook was planning to introduce a new ad product "by April at the latest" that...

AUSTIN - If watching 2D video on your iPhone isn’t good enough for you, perhaps you’d like to try 3D.On the streets of SXSW, a little Japanese company called Pied Piper, Inc. was showing w...

AUSTIN — Like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, a Google Chrome experiment wondrously appeared for Oz the Great and Powerful to serve as an interactive trailerThe masterminds behind the ...

Brie Weiler Reynolds is the content and social media director at FlexJobs, the award-winning site for telecommuting and flexible job listings, and a former career advisor. At FlexJobs, Brie offers job...

AUSTIN — Like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, a Google Chrome experiment wondrously appeared for Oz the Great and Powerful to serve as an interactive trailerThe masterminds behind the ...

AUSTIN - If watching 2D video on your iPhone isn’t good enough for you, perhaps you’d like to try 3D.On the streets of SXSW, a little Japanese company called Pied Piper, Inc. was showing w...

Former U.S. vice-president and environmental activist Al Gore has faced harsh criticism recently for selling Current TV to Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based news network funded largely by oil moneyHe defended...

Former U.S. vice-president and environmental activist Al Gore has faced harsh criticism recently for selling Current TV to Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based news network funded largely by oil moneyHe defended...

AUSTIN — If you attend a lot of meetings, you often might not know much about your fellow participants. Enter Charlie, a new service designed to help you better prep for meetings, and know more ...

AUSTIN — The future of desktop computing is here. Leap Motion's powerful controller, which lets you control 8 cubic feet of virtual space in front of your computer, is, as promised, impressive. ...

Two years after the Arab Spring, questions still remain as to how much social media actually helped fuel and drive the uprisings that arose in Tunisia and swept across the region. But regardless of wh...

A new app aims to