Articles by Mashable from October 2013

Facebook may be adding to the list of things it knows about youThe social network is reportedly experimenting with new technology that tracks and collects data about a user's activity on the site, inc...

Image: Imgur, ProteonRoombas are the official party animals of the cleaning world (sorry, Swiffers)Redditor Proteon outfitted his Roomba with LEDs and then captured the robot's movement with a long-ex...

SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung announced a bunch of new developer tools features at its first Samsung Dev Con earlier this week, but the one that really caught our eye was its new MultiScreen software ...

U.S. intelligence officials offered no apologies for spying on foreign leaders without specifying who they targeted, defending the practice as the same thing other nations do to the American governmen...

What if The Shining featured Oreos rather than people?This Vine video from the cookie brand offers a glimpse into the kind of movie that Stanley Kubrick might have conceived on an extreme sugar high.S...

Time is money; this is more true now than ever beforeThere are multitudes of apps designed to help you stay organized and be more productive, but you could be wasting precious minutes or hours getting...

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.Add this odd encounter to your list of things you didn't anticipate seeing today: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak fist-bumping DMX after the rapper t...

Cecilia Abadie made history in a way she didn't expect Tuesday night — when a California Highway Patrol officer gave her the world's first known ticket for wearing Google Glass while drivingAbad...

Cecilia Abadie made history in a way she didn't expect Tuesday night — when a California Highway Patrol officer gave her the world's first known ticket for wearing Google Glass while drivingAbad...

The Internet applauded Beyonce yesterday when news circulated that she epically snuck into the background of a teenager's selfie at a recent concert, but the fan came clean on Wednesday with a clarifi...

Tesla Motors Model S owners can now drive the 1,396 miles from San Diego to Vancouver, Canada, for free, thanks to a series of quick car-recharging stations that are collectively known as the...

Valve's gaming platform Steam has 65 million users, beating out Xbox Live for the first time ever.Steam — a gaming platform for PC, Mac and Linux — has gained 30% of its users in the last ...

Before Amazon evolved into the ecommerce behemoth we know today, it functioned more like an online literary publication. For the first few years after launching in 1995, it relied primarily on a team ...

This Halloween, you could make the obvious costume choice and dress up as a character from your favorite show, or you could switch things up and dress as the character did.Because you might face multi...

In August, Ladar Levison, the founder of Lavabit — the email service provider allegedly used by Edward Snowden — decided to shut down the entire company rather than comply with a broad sur...

It's bound to happen this Halloween. You'll waltz into a party, ready to be floored by creative and original costumes — but instead, you'll be attacked by a horde of Miley Cyrus wannabes, corner...

Twitter was sued for $124 million by two financial firms that claim the Internet company engineered a failed private sale of its shares to pump up investor interest for its planned initial public offe...

This winter, Hercules, Titan, Vulcan or Ulysses may clobber your town with snow, winds and disruption. If everything goes according to plan, they'll take Twitter by storm as well. At least, that's wha...

This winter, Hercules, Titan, Vulcan or Ulysses may clobber your town with snow, winds and disruption. If everything goes according to plan, they'll take Twitter by storm as well. At least, that's wha...

Red Bull, the company that live streamed Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking space jump, is not surprisingly YouTube's biggest brand, with nearly 3 million subscribers.Behind the energy drink's lead a...

Amazon's foray into content creation continued on Wednesday with the introduction of Day One, a literary magazine delivered via Kindle devices.The weekly magazine will cost $19.99 annually, but Amazon...

Happy Halloween from #5facts! This week's show is an ode to good old fashioned nightmare fuel — everyone's favorite arachnid, the spider. The only things creepier than spiders are the horrifying...

In early October, Adobe announced that 2.9 million customers were hit in a major data breach. As it turns out, the breach went much further, affecting 38 million users, according to a report from Nake...

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.Add this odd encounter to your list of things you didn't anticipate seeing today: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak fist-bumping DMX after the rapper t...

Today is an exciting day for me. I’m joining a new family, as executive editor and chief content officer at Mashable.To some it might seem a bit of a departure. You might imagine a headline like...

Has Facebook finally succeeded in becoming a mobile-first company? That's the big question heading into the social network's third quarter earnings results WednesdayFacebook has impressed analysts and...

The Internet applauded Beyonce yesterday when news circulated that she epically snuck into the background of a teenager's selfie at a recent concert, but the fan came clean on Wednesday with a clarifi...

Doomsday arrived on Oct. 30, 1938, when poisonous black gas crept through New Jersey, ray guns shot flames across New York City and killing machines from Mars took over the nation.Or, that's what near...

Apple says it had its best quarter ever in education sales, selling more than $1 billion worth of products.A huge chunk of that revenue can be credited to iPads. Apple said iPads accounted for 90% of ...

If Oscar Wilde showed up at your house tonight, after the initial screaming and rundown of current events, what movie would you put on for him?Save for any actual literary zombies, imagining what your...

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....

BlackBerry's BBM chat platform for iOS and Android garnered 20 million users for the platform in one week, according to the company, bringing the total for BBM to 80 millionThe 20 million figure refer...

BlackBerry's BBM chat platform for iOS and Android garnered 20 million users for the platform in one week, according to the company, bringing the total for BBM to 80 millionThe 20 million figure refer...

Can't imagine a world without your smartphone at arm's length? Well, that we can understandFortunately, there are a number of other devices (tablets, mobile GPS systems, and a pen and paper, to name a...

Google has donated 17,000 Nexus tablets, with a retail value of over $2.7 million, to libraries, senior centers, and business and community centers in areas affected by Hurricane SandyThe tablets will...

Google has donated 17,000 Nexus tablets, with a total retail value of over $2.7 million, to libraries, senior centers and business and community centers in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.The tablet...

Before Amazon evolved into the ecommerce behemoth we know today, it functioned more like an online literary publication. For the first few years after launching in 1995, it relied primarily on a team ...

If you haven't started on your Halloween costume yet, you might think your trick-or-treating will be a bustNever fear, procrastinator. You can still throw together a last-minute costume without shelli...

If you haven't started on your Halloween costume yet, you might think your trick-or-treating will be a bustNever fear, procrastinator. You can still throw together a last-minute costume without shelli...

If you haven't started on your Halloween costume yet, you might think your trick-or-treating will be a bustNever fear, procrastinator. You can still throw together a last-minute costume without shelli...

In the wild, animals competing for the same thing scare off the competition with grand displays of dominance. The same goes for your job search. We're not saying you should wear a fluorescent suit to ...

Not every Facebook-worthy quote came from the philosophical minds of Gandhi or Oscar WildeSome were said by iconic characters, like Tommy PicklesSee also: 9 Profound Quotes From Your Favorite Pixar Mo...

Everyone loves going to the movies, but no one likes the steep ticket prices, long lines and overpriced concessions. Now that Blockbuster stores are obsolete, the only legal ways to enjoy movies at ho...

The NBA season tips off tonight, with a handful of marquee teams taking to the court, beginning a journey they hope will culminate in a championship come JuneOver the past few years, social media has ...

In early October, Adobe announced that 2.9 million customers were hit in a major data breach. As it turns out, the breach went much further, affecting 38 million users, according to a report from Nake...

When you're single, the holidays can kind of be a downer—and Halloween is no exceptionAll your coupled friends are walking around the parties happy as can be in their coordinated costumes. It ca...

When you're single, the holidays can kind of be a downer—and Halloween is no exceptionAll your coupled friends are walking around the parties happy as can be in their coordinated costumes. It ca...

Has Facebook finally succeeded in becoming a mobile-first company? That's the big question heading into the social network's third quarter earnings results WednesdayFacebook has impressed analysts and...

A small number of iPhone 5S devices have a battery issue, Apple has confirmed to The New York Times. The bug causes reduced life or longer charge time for the battery“We recently discovered a ma...

Social media often blurs the lines between personal and professional, and nowhere is this truer than the very public world of Twitter. If you’re like many users, Twitter is a space to connect wi...

Apple says it had its best quarter ever in education sales, selling more than $1 billion worth of products.A huge chunk of that revenue can be credited to iPads. Apple said iPads accounted for 90% of ...

BlackBerry's BBM chat platform for iOS and Android garnered 20 million users for the platform in one week, according to the company, bringing the total for BBM to 80 millionThe 20 million figure refer...

If you believe "Spell Block Tango," maybe the Disney villains are simply misunderstoodTodrick Hall, American Idol finalist and the man behind Mean Gurls has created a parody of Chicago's "Cellblock Ta...

Halloween isn't for another few days, but over the weekend, a ton of celebs — and "celebs" — turned out a few looks (and, in some cases, some truly terrible judgment) at parties coast-to-c...

Not every Facebook-worthy quote came from the philosophical minds of Gandhi or Oscar WildeSome were said by iconic characters, like Tommy PicklesSee also: 9 Profound Quotes From Your Favorite Pixar Mo...

While the concept of user experience and the term UX have become seemingly ubiquitous in the workplace, most non-UX people still have the wrong idea about what it is.Here are four common UX myths and ...

When you're single, the holidays can kind of be a downer—and Halloween is no exceptionAll your coupled friends are walking around the parties happy as can be in their coordinated costumes. It ca...

How helpful would Batman be in old Hollywood movies? As one video shows, the Caped Crusader can save Gotham from the likes of Sandman and Bane, but is useless when it comes to a whole bunch of birdsSe...

When you’re applying for a job, you don’t just want to get noticed, you want to stand out as the best applicant the hiring committee has ever seen. You know you’re the perfect person...

Barnes & Noble is still making digital products, and E-Ink readers are here to stay. File these two facts in your “things that may surprise you” folder. The book retailer confirmed the...

The #spookycelebs hashtag has Twitter users in the Halloween spirit.Chris Hardwick's @midnight Comedy Central game show popularized #spookycelebs during a "HashtagWars" stand-off betwee...

The NBA season just started on Tuesday night, but Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh's photobomb game is already in mid-season formAfter the Heat's season-opening win over the Chicago Bulls, Bosh expertly ...

The San Diego State baseball team has an awesome fall tradition: Every year, they play an exhibition game in their Halloween costumesThis season's edition was predictably excellent. After all, it's no...

The NBA season tips off tonight, with a handful of marquee teams taking to the court, beginning a journey they hope will culminate in a championship come JuneOver the past few years, social media has ...

While the concept of user experience and the term UX have become seemingly ubiquitous in the workplace, most non-UX people still have the wrong idea about what it is.Here are four common UX myths and ...

The first big product that Lenovo is launching under the celebrity auspices of Ashton Kutcher is a tablet with a design that Sony abandoned. The Yoga Tablet has a large cylindrical grip along the leng...

Apple's iPad Air doesn't come out until Nov. 1, but many lucky reviewers have already gotten their hands on the new tabletMashable Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff reviewed the iPad Air, and came away im...

Online consumers seem to agree: The more a site or app knows about a user, the better that user's experience will be.That mantra has driven the need for personal accounts and logins at nearly every tu...

Google is getting into the Halloween spirit this year by planting Easter eggs in its search results for some of the holiday's most classic characters"Ghost," "Witch," "Skeleton" and "Grim Reaper" all ...

There are many things Apple’s iPad Air is not. It’s not the cheapest tablet you can buy. It’s not the lightest. It doesn't have the highest resolution screen. Yet, on balance, itR...

Ashton Kutcher is headlining the Tuesday launch of Lenovo's new tablet at Los Angeles-based digital-video production facility YouTube Space LA.See also: Welcome to Lenovo, Ashton KutcherThe Jobs ...

When you’re applying for a job, you don’t just want to get noticed, you want to stand out as the best applicant the hiring committee has ever seen. You know you’re the perfect person...

It's not often that you see Google, Instagram and Twitter all agree on the same thing, but suddenly all of them are giving a big thumbs up to display advertising.Display? Isn't that the outmoded form ...

A hardware update to Google's wearable computing device known as Google Glass was announced yesterday, which includes a one-time swap-out for anyone who purchased the device prior to Oct. 28. Now the ...

Turning to pop culture when picking out your Halloween costume makes for an easy selection process. But choosing a character with unnatural skin tones can present a dilemma.The Simpsons may be an icon...

The high cost and limited range of electric vehicles can make them a tough sell, and their costliest and most limiting component are their batteries.But batteries also open up new design possibilities...

As of Tuesday Twitter became a wannabe Facebook. Not just in the sense that its new image-filled feed looks a lot like the social network's timeline. No, it's that Twitter is becoming a restless innov...

Barnes & Noble is still making digital products, and E-Ink readers are here to stay. File these two facts in your “things that may surprise you” folder. The book retailer confirmed the...

Take a good, long look at the photo above this sentence. Let it sink in that the speck you see in the middle of the frame is an actual human being on an actual surfboard riding an actual, real-life wa...

The #spookycelebs hashtag has Twitter users in the Halloween spirit.Chris Hardwick's @midnight Comedy Central game show popularized #spookycelebs during a "HashtagWars" stand-off betwee...

To be a top Reddit user, your stash of Karma points does not need to be well rounded. The three Redditors with the most Karma points, maxwellhill, mepper and pepsi_next, earned almost all of ...

Following the recent release of Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch and Sony's Smartwatch 2, a new report reveals that Google is in talks with Asia suppliers to ramp up production of its own smartwatch.T...

The morning air is still crisp. Buddhist monks, clad in saffron robes, line the front row as a room of people unroll their mats, sit down and close their eyes. A hush spreads, and meditation at the re...

Don't steal pumpkins from toddlers, Halloween grinches. You should know that, but some meanie forgot the most obvious rule of the season. (Well, almost the most obvious.)After Becky Reina, a mother li...

Twitter streams across America are now full of pictures, but yours doesn't have to beAn update to the microblogging site Tuesday automatically displays images and Vine videos meaning users don't need ...

It's not often that you see Google, Instagram and Twitter all agree on the same thing, but suddenly all of them are giving a big thumbs up to display advertising.Display? Isn't that the outmoded form ...

Walter White may be best known as a dealer of blue stuff, but we should never forget his other important roles, as a chemistry teacher and father, which prepared him well to crack a good punWhile the ...

Prepare yourself for some serious baby feels.YouTube user Alain Leroux uploaded this clip of a 10-month-old baby girl crying quietly as her mother sings a sad song. As the song progresses, the baby ap...

Prepare yourself for some serious baby feels.YouTube user Alain Leroux uploaded this clip of a 10-month-old baby girl crying quietly as her mother sings a sad song. As the song progresses, the baby ap...

What should we do about the NSA? Should we do anything at all? These question are on the forefront these days.The right answer, of course, is complex. The perception of illegality at the NSA has outru...

The legacy of the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs just got a little richer on Monday. The garage where he started Apple with Steve Wozniak has been named as a historic siteLocated in Silicon Valley, t...

LinkedIn now has 259 million monthly active users, up from 238 million in the previous quarter and 187 million a year earlierThe latest number, which came as part of LinkedIn's third quarter earnings ...

Do you ever wish that Panem, the nation in The Hunger Games saga, were real? If you can't wait until Catching Fire debuts in theaters on Nov. 22, Shutterstock just re-imagined them all for you in a se...

The European Mars Express spacecraft has been orbiting the red planet for more than a decade, mapping the barren surface in astounding detail. Now, after 12,500 Martian orbits, the mission has almost ...

Remember the old days, when you used to have to click on a picture in Twitter to see it? No longer. As of Tuesday, Twitter is making your photos and videos show up in your stream by default — ma...

If you like creatively decorated cupcakes, you might be into suggestions about how to decorate your dinner table when entertaining guests. That's the kind of thing Pinterest might suggest to you in it...

The sky is one of the most important elements in landscape photography, whether it's the dominant part of a photograph or just barely showing. When it canopies everything below it, the sky sets the mo...

Example: “Dude, they should have spent more time dogfooding that app! It barely works.”Who uses it: Stanford students/hackers/generations of Microsoft employeesWhen tech behemoths like App...

Players will inhabit young Clementine for the second season of Telltale's The Walking Dead, continuing with the young girl in her adventures in a zombie-infested America inspired by the graphic novels...

Wireless speakers are everywhere, but they often need to compromise on audio quality — especially if they use Bluetooth, which can hit the sound with unacceptable levels of compression. That's w...

Some album covers are as iconic as the songs they hold. Now, SoundCloud is re-imagining them for the digital age.The online audio platform now allows its users to connect their Instagram accounts to t...

When a teenage girl posed for selfie at a recent Beyonce concert in Australia, little did she know the superstar singer snuck into the background of the shotThe result is this epic picture making the ...

Google+ announced 18 new features on Tuesday, including multiple updates to Hangouts and additional tools for users who utilize the site for photographs. The updates will roll out in the "coming days,...

A railway that tunnels under the Bosphorous Strait in Turkey's capital, Istanbul, opened Tuesday on the country's 90th anniversary, making it the first transportation system to connect Europe and Asia...

Twitter streams across America are now full of pictures, but yours doesn't have to beAn update to the microblogging site Tuesday automatically displays images and Vine videos meaning users don't need ...

Been noticing a large number of nature's tallest mammal in your Facebook feed?No, there's not a post-government shutdown surge of zoo visits and your friends didn't go on a group safari trip without i...

When artist Eduardo Kac presented Alba, a genetically engineered fluorescent rabbit, to the world in 2000 and dubbed her "transgenic art," it stirred up a great deal of controversy: Was "GFP Bunny" tr...

It's not often that you see Google, Instagram and Twitter all agree on the same thing, but suddenly all of them are giving a big thumbs up to display advertising.Display? Isn't that the outmoded form ...

Walter White may be best known as a dealer of blue stuff, but we should never forget his other important roles, as a chemistry teacher and father, which prepared him well to crack a good punWhile the ...

Lionsgate will debut the first full clip from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire exclusively on the movie's Facebook page on Nov. 6. The clip will be revealed during a panel, moderated by Mashable, with ...

Football. Soccer. Baseball. You call those sports? For discerning sports fans who know the NBA is where it's at, Tuesday promises to be a sweet moment indeed as the 2013-2014 season finally tips offCa...

Justin Timberlake is getting a little banged up in his latest music video, which dropped TuesdayWhile his single, "TKO," may be named after a boxing acronym, the singer isn't getting bumped and bruise...

A new startup called LoveRoom is sure to spark a lot of hate.The company facilitates room rentals, but only to attractive people, making it sort of a mashup of Airbnb and Hot or Not with a dash of Ban...

Tim Cook explained recently that the colorful iPhone 5C, once called Apple’s “low-cost” smartphone offering, was never meant to be an entry-level handset. Instead, Apple always perce...

Facebook is updating its standalone messaging app, Messenger, the company announced TuesdayThe new version of Messenger, an app that lets users send messages on mobile devices, will be available to bo...

LinkedIn now has 259 million monthly active users, up from 238 million in the previous quarter and 187 million a year earlierThe latest number, which came as part of LinkedIn's third quarter earnings ...

Taxi-hailing app Uber announced an adorable promotion for National Cat Day on Tuesday, promising 15 minutes of kitten playtime delivered right to your office. But the demand has been so high, there's ...

It seems X-Men: Days of Future Past is trying to set some sort of world record by cramming as many beautiful, Oscar-winning (or nominated) people into a two-minute trailer as possible.The movie explor...

Just when you thought it was safe to use your iPhone, everyone's favorite digital personal assistant tries her hand at the horror movie genre. In honor of the Halloween season, we placed Siri into so...

PC maker Lenovo tweeted a picture on Tuesday of its newest employee, and the face on the accompanying staffer ID card may surprise you.Ashton Kutcher, who recently played Apple co-founder Steve Jobs i...

For its signature Tracks headphones, Sol Republic takes the unusual step of making them modular: the earcups, cable and headband are all separate and can be swapped out with other components. It's amb...

Ah, Halloween. It comes but once a year. Or is it twice? And what day is that again?Finding out the right time to go trick-or-treating isn't as easy as it seems. Sure, the information is readily avail...

Amazon's MatchBook program, which lets you buy a Kindle edition of any print book purchased on the site for a hugely discounted price, officially launched on Tuesday. The program was first announced o...

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: WonderloopOne-Line...

Amazon rolled out a dedicated Cloud Player for Macs on Tuesday, allowing users to manage their music libraries on computers or in the cloud and even access files offline.The news comes about five mont...

New York City resident Lauren Abraham, 23, ventured out of her home on Oct. 29 of last year to document a historic storm with her iPhone.Instead Abraham, who was barefoot, tripped and fell over a down...

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....

When FAA-mandated safety instructions come on before a flight, it's usually a good time to zone out or read SkyMall. But this is one you might find hard to ignore.Virgin America launched an airline sa...

Do you ever wish that Panem, the nation in The Hunger Games saga, were real? If you can't wait until Catching Fire debuts in theaters on Nov. 22, Shutterstock just re-imagined them all for you in a se...

Good news for Microsoft: Nokia Lumia sales are on the rise. Now, the bad news: Many of those sales appear to be coming from cheaper devices.Nokia Lumia sales hit a record 8.8 million in the third quar...

You have your souped-up Halloween costume and festive beverages, but this Halloweekend won't be complete until you've got the bumpin' jams you're going to shake your costumed keister to on All Hallows...

Nextdoor, the social network designed specifically for neighborhoods, announced a $60 million funding round on TuesdayThe financing comes from just two sources — venture capitalists John Doerr a...

How many times have you told yourself that this is the year that you plan ahead for a killer Halloween costume, only to throw on a Batman mask 30 minutes before walking out the door?Perhaps next year ...

Taxi-hailing app Uber announced an adorable promotion for National Cat Day on Tuesday, promising 15 minutes of kitten playtime delivered right to your office. But the demand has been so high, there's ...

It seems X-Men: Days of Future Past is trying to set some sort of world record by cramming as many beautiful, Oscar-winning (or nominated) people into a two-minute trailer as possible.The movie explor...

Tattoo artist Dino Tomic is known for more than the art he creates on people's bodiesThe Norwegian artist also creates photorealistic mixed-media drawings of the human form, including a stunning six-p...

Wireless speakers are everywhere, but they often need to compromise on audio quality — especially if they use Bluetooth, which can hit the sound with unacceptable levels of compression. That's w...

Some album covers are as iconic as the songs they hold. Now, SoundCloud is re-imagining them for the digital age.The online audio platform now allows its users to connect their Instagram accounts to t...

Whether you're piled on the couch together or locking horns in an online multiplayer adventure, nothing quite compares to the fun of gaming with your friends. Thanks to the technological advances comi...

Selfies: Some are cute, some are nauseating, and either way they're constantly blowing up our Instagram feeds.To push the Halloween spirit, we decided to take a peek into the life of a modern-day...

To truly understand the lure of Facebook games, look no further than the Great Farmville Epidemic of 2009. Work was abandoned and classes were skipped as players wondered, "If I close the game to go t...

If you've spent as much time in the App Store as we have, then you already know that there are some weird app developers out there.Aside from your standard social, news and gaming apps, there exists a...

Apple last week released the latest version of its Mac operating system, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and along with the usual bevy of new features, the company also raised the bar by making the download free...

If you are lucky enough to have traveled to a foreign place before, then you know the pull there is to keep exploring long after you've returned home.If you're longing for a much-needed adventure, we'...

Mister Meowington has no interest in your overzealous Halloween cheerDressing your pets in costumes and posting photos on Facebook is tempting, and the dog probably goes along with a big, silly grin o...

If you've spent as much time in the App Store as we have, then you already know that there are some weird app developers out there.Aside from your standard social, news and gaming apps, there exists a...

If you've spent as much time in the App Store as we have, then you already know that there are some weird app developers out there.Aside from your standard social, news and gaming apps, there exists a...

Apple last week released the latest version of its Mac operating system, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and along with the usual bevy of new features, the company also raised the bar by making the download free...

Mister Meowington has no interest in your overzealous Halloween cheerDressing your pets in costumes and posting photos on Facebook is tempting, and the dog probably goes along with a big, silly grin o...

Mister Meowington has no interest in your overzealous Halloween cheerDressing your pets in costumes and posting photos on Facebook is tempting, and the dog probably goes along with a big, silly grin o...

With page speed a ranking SEO factor and consumers expecting exceedingly fast web experiences, it's crucial to get aggressive and take control of your image sizes to deliver a faster loading website t...

Google's Motorola has unveiled Project Ara, an open hardware platform for building modular smartphonesThe idea behind the project, led by Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects group, is to turn ...

Google's Motorola has unveiled Project Ara, an open hardware platform for building modular smartphonesThe idea behind the project, led by Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects group, is to turn ...

Selfies: Some are cute, some are nauseating, and either way they're constantly blowing up our Instagram feeds.To push the Halloween spirit, we decided to take a peek into the life of a modern-day...

Bill Bratton spent decades running the Boston, New York and Los Angeles police departments, earning a tough rep for his aggressive use of crime fighting technology. His crime mapping system, CompStat,...

If you are lucky enough to have traveled to a foreign place before, then you know the pull there is to keep exploring long after you've returned home.If you're longing for a much-needed adventure, we'...

Material scientists at Vanderbilt University have developed a supercapacitor made out of silicon. Previously thought to be kind of a crazy idea, the silicon capacitor can be built into a chip — ...

Olympus unveiled its Stylus 1 camera on Tuesday, appealing to semi-pro photographers who aspire to take more than just smartphone snapshotsThe camera-maker equipped the Stylus 1 with an electronic vie...

How badly does Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul miss his co-star Bryan Cranston? Enough to share a photo collage of Cranston's character, Walter White, acting out of character with one of the show's most...

Battlefield 4 is the latest entry in a venerable franchise of first-person shooters that has long been loved by fans, but never quite hit the mainstream. 2011’s Battlefield 3 was the first cross...

Battlefield 4 is the latest entry in a venerable franchise of first-person shooters that has long been loved by fans, but never quite hit the mainstream. 2011’s Battlefield 3 was the first cross...

A new one-man cover of "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas is even creepier than the originalSee also: 20 Searches Made Ridiculous by Google AutocompleteAccompanied by just a few v...

Vycarious, a new social-media app that is available for iOS, lets you create, follow and comment on friends' experiences, ranging from a two-week vacation to handcrafting a dinner table.To start, user...

Last week’s Apple event may have been primarily devoted to the iPad, but that doesn’t mean the Cupertino, Calif. company isn’t proud of its design-centric update to the Mac Pro. That...

Saturday Night Live and Taran Killam are shining a light on a very serious issue facing our communities every fall: pumpkin smashingAmateur carvers spend a lot of time perfecting their gourd art. And ...

Here’s fresh data to fan the flames of a perennial parenting freak out: children and screen time. A new study released Monday by Common Sense Media details the way young children consume electro...

It started with good intentions, but the sports world's latest cringe-worthy social-media fail comes from an NBA team that tweeted a photo of a fan wearing blackfaceOn Sunday night, the Utah Jazz post...

"Wowzers in me trousers" is not a typical expression used during an NBA game. But when British commentators take over, it's fair playComedy sketch group The Exploding Heads handed color commentary dut...

Apple is about to take its much-awaited leap into Latin America.According to Apple news site 9to5Mac, Apple is aiming to launch its first retail store in Brazil by March 2014. The store, which has bee...

This Halloween, you might be better off staying in, lest you run into one of the silver screen's scariest horror-movie villains.In a parody video from Barely Political, murderous masked villains Fredd...

Data gathered from Google’s self-driving Prius and Lexus cars shows that they are safer and smoother when steering themselves than when a human takes the wheel, according to the leader of Google...

The jump-rope champion shown in this YouTube video has tricks and moves that will blow your mind. Her name: Tori BoggsBoggs is a second-year industrial design major at Ohio State University. She's als...

The water just kept flowing. It streamed through the streets of lower Manhattan, pouring into subway entrances, cascading into ventilation grates and pooling inside tunnels.When Superstorm Sandy hit N...

A new one-man cover of "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas is even creepier than the originalSee also: 20 Searches Made Ridiculous by Google AutocompleteAccompanied by just a few v...

Every revolution has to start somewhere, with a standalone act of defiance that others can turn to for courage and inspiration. That said, it's a good thing fish don't have YouTubeHere, we have the ca...

In case you haven't noticed, Apple is ridiculously wealthy and just keeps getting ridiculously wealthier. As of its earnings call Monday, the company has $146.8 billion in the bank. That's not only a ...

After 71-year-old veteran rocker Lou Reed died Sunday, fans honored the former Velvet Underground frontman by sharing their favorite songs on TwitterA day later, Twitter ranked the most-mentioned song...

Much has been written about Apple’s new campus, with most of the focus being on the spaceship design of the main building and the event auditoriumHowever, last week, one day before the unveiling...

Apple CEO Tim Cook said just enough on Monday to keep peoples' hopes alive that the company will enter a new product category, someday.During the company's fourth quarter earnings call, Cook responded...

Each day brings fresh confirmation that giving away any information means you’re giving all of it away, thanks to algorithms that crunch your language use, purchasing habits, friend structure an...

OK Glass, let's get a cool new model and some more Glass-wearing friends.Google announced Monday that Explorers, owners of its reality-augmenting eyewear known as Glass, will be getting a free one-tim...

OK Glass, let's get a cool new model and some more Glass-wearing friends.Google announced Monday that Explorers, owners of its reality-augmenting eyewear known as Glass, will be getting a free one-tim...

Apple had a profitable fiscal 2013, selling 150 million iPhones, 71 million iPads and 16 million Macs, CEO Tim Cook said during a call with analysts on Monday.The products helped Apple post $171 billi...

On this day in 1973, Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers blocked 17 shots in a game against the Portland Trailblazers, which remains the NBA record for most blocks in a single game.Basically, the d...

Move over, Miley — this girl is coming for your spot on the charts.Joyce Jimenez, an 11-year-old from the Philippines, belted out Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball" with a voice more powerful...

Apple beat analyst estimates for the fourth fiscal quarter, but the stock still dipped by nearly 5% in after hours tradingApple reported earnings per share of $8.26 on revenue of $37.5 billion for the...

Wikipedia’s arbitration committee has taken action against editors who insisted that whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who is transsexual, go by her former name, Bradley.They are now prohibited fro...

What does a story about a rooftop party in war-torn Syria have to do with villagers in Nepal selling their kidneys for cheap? For Vocativ, the answer is data.Vocativ, a news organization that launched...

With the World Series tied 2-2 and headed into a pivotal Game 5 on Monday night, it's time to take a quick look at one of the more prescient Twitter accounts in baseballThe "Baseball's Best Fans" acco...

American gymnast McKayla Maroney spawned a gold-medal Internet meme last summer when her disappointed scowl at the 2012 Olympics went viral and found itself Photoshopped into great moments from human ...

Every revolution has to start somewhere, with a standalone act of defiance that others can turn to for courage and inspiration. That said, it's a good thing fish don't have YouTubeHere, we have the ca...

Apple’s new iPad Air is just a week old, but top-tier accessories maker Logitech has already unveiled a brand new set of cases designed to enhance the tablet for mobile usersAmong the new offeri...

Roughly one of every seven people on the planet visited a Google web property in July. Google sites received 1.2 billion unique visitors in that month alone.Statista's chart, below, shows the 10 compa...

You've asked our iOS and Android experts a slew of mobile questions. Now, our web developers are ready to tackle all your inquiries. The latest video in our Ask a Dev series is our first edition dedi...

When it comes to Facebook advertising, not all industries are created equal. In fact, some have a much easier time than others.That's the gist of a new study from Unified Social, which provides a clou...

It's no trick: Netflix will be treating its U.S. subscribers to serial-killer drama Dexter starting on Halloween, when the Showtime show's first four seasons will be available to streamNetflix will of...

Ohio State's marching band bills itself as the "the best damn band in the land" and Saturday's halftime show is just the latest example of whyLast week it was a giant moon-walking Michael Jackson. Thi...

Nvidia's Shield is a handheld gaming device that tries to do a lot of things at once. It plays Android games and media like a phone or tablet, but also streams high-quality games from a PC that work w...

Britney Spears fans just got a a sweet Halloween treat.The "Work B**ch" singer trades in her pop lyrics and dance moves for a faux British accent and a witch's broom in this goofy Halloween skit, "It'...

A friend of mine, well into his thirties, remembers going to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Penn., while growing up. There, he and his brothers would play a type of real-life video game ̵...

Every revolution has to start somewhere, with a standalone act of defiance that others can turn to for courage and inspiration. That said, it's a good thing fish don't have YouTubeHere, we have the ca...

Time to pack it up, InternetSesame Street just shut it down with its parody of Homeland. Or shall we say, Homelamb?The sketch tracks the first season of the hit Showtime drama, where "Baaaah-rody" is ...

The director of the National Security Agency put forth his best argument for its surveillance programs, but the Internet doesn't appear to be buying it.Gen. Keith Alexander talked about how the NSA sa...

Samsung announced on Monday it will bring Galaxy Gear connectivity to more smartphones in the weeks ahead. The move will expand the smartwatch's reach beyond just the Note 3, making it available for a...

The pro-Assad group Syrian Electronic Army claims it has hacked the Twitter and Facebook accounts of U.S. President Barack ObamaIn an exclusive email to Mashable sent from an account believed to belon...

The pro-Assad group Syrian Electronic Army claims it hacked the Twitter and Facebook accounts of U.S. President Barack ObamaIn an exclusive email to Mashable sent from an account believed to belong to...

Move over, Miley — this girl is coming for your spot on the charts.Joyce Jimenez, an 11-year-old from the Philippines, belted out Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball" with a voice more powerful...

Samsung is getting ready to launch the latest tablet in its lineup, but its target demographic is certainly different this time around.The Galaxy Tab 3 Kids is a 7-inch Android device designed for bot...

After 71-year-old veteran rocker Lou Reed died Sunday, fans honored the former Velvet Underground frontman by sharing their favorite songs on TwitterA day later, Twitter ranked the most-mentioned song...

Apple beat analyst estimates for the fourth fiscal quarter, but the stock still dipped by nearly 5% in after hours tradingApple reported earnings per share of $8.26 on revenue of $37.5 billion for the...

Television shows that people stream on their mobile devices will soon count toward Nielsen's traditional TV ratings, another step toward trying to keep the measurement system relevant as more viewers ...

Microsoft released a video of the upcoming Xbox One's dashboard, demonstrating the Kinect's voice control and console's multitasking capabilities.The staged video shows a gamer navigating his Xbox One...

The final trailer for Hunger Games: Catching Fire gives us the first major glimpse of the deadly forces Katniss will encounter in the Quarter Quell arena. Aside from fighting her fellow contestants, K...

Days before Facebook unveils its Q3 earnings figures, multiple ad partners for the social network found that Facebook ads improved in nearly every metric in year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter com...

With only a few days to go 'til Halloween, don't sweat it — we've got you covered with an easy, stress-free costumeSee also: 10 Kids Unaware of Their WTF Halloween CostumePrint these masks and c...

It was three years before Warby Parker, a startup that began selling stylish prescription lenses online in 2010, opened up its first physical store in New York City's SoHo district. It took Harry's, t...

For Star Wars fans, Christmas has come early. Last week, never-before-seen footage from Return of the Jedi appeared on Facebook, posted by a fan who bought an old LaserDisc that Lucasfilm created back...

Samsung has announced a $100 million deal with the National Basketball Association to bring the brand's technology courtside during games.The brand is now the official handset, tablet and TV provider ...

Ohio State's marching band bills itself as the "the best damn band in the land" and Saturday's halftime show is just the latest example of whyLast week it was a giant moon-walking Michael Jackson. Thi...

During Apple's earnings call in July, CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted that the company was "on track to have a very busy fall." Three months later, Apple has delivered on that promise with the introductio...

Flip phones are making a comeback, just in time for Halloween. Hello again, Moto!Redditor NoBackstreetboys created a wildly impressively Motorola Razr costume, which might trigger flashbacks to the mi...

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 1980s-inspired Halloween costume has become predictable. Other things happened in the decade besides Flashdance and "Physical." Really.Look to television, toys and Ronald Reagan for inspiration. O...

The 1980s-inspired Halloween costume has become predictable. Other things happened in the decade besides Flashdance and "Physical." Really.Look to television, toys and Ronald Reagan for inspiration. O...

The pro-Assad group Syrian Electronic Army claims it hacked the Twitter and Facebook accounts of U.S. President Barack ObamaIn an exclusive email to Mashable sent from an account believed to belong to...

A major update to the Nvidia Shield will allow owners to operate their handheld consoles through their televisions and play a wider variety of Android games that don't support controllers.The Nvidia S...

The age-old tradition of telling ghost stories around a campfire has gotten a digital upgrade with creepypastas — scary stories or pictures that spread across message boards, becoming Internet l...

If you live in a U.S. city, chances are your Internet connection is significantly slower and more expensive than in a major city in Europe or Asia. If you're looking for an affordable, fast broadband ...

In the '70s, a Coke ad envisioned a day in which you could buy the world Coke to promote harmony. Now, Starbucks is letting you do something similar, with the help of Twitter.The coffee giant is launc...

LG has launched its first curved smartphone, the LG FlexThe device has a curved 6-inch, 720p OLED display, a Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and a 13-megapixel cameraUnlike Samsung's Galaxy Round...

A great quote can do a lot: Help you through a rough moment, inspire you to go after a goal you didn't think possible, make you laugh, or maybe even woo you.But frankly, we've admired and over-used th...

Colleen Hoover self-published her first novel, Slammed, the summer of 2012The then 32-year-old social worker and mother of three had always dreamed of writing a book, but her busy work and family sche...

Microsoft released a video of the upcoming Xbox One's dashboard, demonstrating the Kinect's voice control and console's multitasking capabilities.The staged video shows a gamer navigating his Xbox One...

It's nearly a rite of passage to endure a terrible haircut as a child. One style in particular is especially guilty — that's right, we're talking about you, bowl cut.The bowl cut is the Comic Sa...

The iPhone’s beautiful design revolutionized the mobile industry, but as any klutz knows, beauty can be fleeting. A sweaty grasp or one drink too many, and your high-tech work of art shatters in...

Longform journalism is far from dead. This may seem counterintuitive in the age of the 140-character Twitter update, but the digital world still demands quality, in-depth reporting — it's only t...

Nearly two in five children have used a tablet or smartphone before they could speak in full sentences, according to a new report.Conducted by family advocacy organization Common Sense Media, the stud...

Although it’s true that the simple function of writing things down on paper is rapidly falling out of fashion thanks to our digital devices, there are still some out there with a preference for ...

Captcha is the the gold standard for Turing tests on the web: Whenever an online form wants to check if you're a human being and not a spambot, it asks you to decipher one or two distorted words, pres...

Israel plans to start construction next year on what will become the fifth largest solar power station in the world, part of a plan to build three such structures that will curb their dependency on fo...

Miley Cyrus can't stop — won't stop — sneaking her way back into the topic of conversationThe singer made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live's most recent episode by crashing hos...

The ultra-portable GoPro keeps delivering awesome footage — like witnessing what it would be like to get eaten by a grizzly bear — and the adventures continue, this time with a gnarly back...

Apple shocked fanboys and girls on Tuesday, after announcing that its new desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, would be available for freeYes, you heard us right. That's zero, zip, zilch dollars....

Amid all the excitement around Apple’s recent iPad event, some of us may have missed a new set of images for the company’s new campus that emerged in the last couple of weeks. The drawings...

Dutch dance duo The RobotBoys are a well-oiled machine of tight beats and tighter moves. They dance like there's no tomorrow, or if there is a tomorrow, it's ruled by our superior robot overlords.The ...

The expression "spitting image" doesn't do her justice. Amelia Rose Earhart shares the same name and passion as one of the most revered names in early aviation, and it's that same love for soarin...

Halloween is a very special time of year. Not only do you get to eat too much candy and mutilate pumpkins, but, for a brief window of time, scaring the pants off your buddies becomes totally acceptabl...

Six months ago, Richard Simmons was better known for his spandex and '80s fitness videos more so than his social media following. On the edge of falling off the pop culture radar, however, t...

It's been another busy week here at Mashable. We covered Apple's iPad Air event, brought you the best tips for a techie Halloween and discovered what Sesame Street is doing to teach kids about STEM to...

If you've ever wanted to impersonate a nerd, here's what not to sayYouTuber Bill Scurry went to nerd mecca New York Comic Con to create "S—- Nerds Would Never Say." It includes gems such as "At ...

Although it’s true that the simple function of writing things down on paper is rapidly falling out of fashion thanks to our digital devices, there are still some out there with a preference for ...

Israel plans to start construction next year on what will become the fifth largest solar power station in the world, part of a plan to build three such structures that will curb their dependency on fo...

Pixar films have a magical ability to bridge the gap between childhood and adulthoodKids and grown-ups alike look forward to the special ways in which these movies develop characters and story lines t...

Apple shocked fanboys and girls on Tuesday, after announcing that its new desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, would be available for freeYes, you heard us right. That's zero, zip, zilch dollars....

There are many people who frown upon the tradition of Halloween. Kids begging for tooth-rotting candy have given the holiday a bad rapBut you can't deny the good that Halloween has done for the world,...

Saturday Night Live poked fun at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this weekend in a sketch about its faulty HealthCare.gov website, also known as the Obamacare website.Kate McKinnon po...

Unshaven for weeks, Brandon Curtis's bearded face gazes back at him from the iPad screen. He's in Los Angeles Skyping with his dad, who lies weakened from lung cancer and Parkinson's disease in a hosp...

Six months ago, Richard Simmons was better known for his spandex and '80s fitness videos more so than his social media following. On the edge of falling off the pop culture radar, however, t...

New York City's cutest pooches strutted their stuff at the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade this weekend. Dozens of canines in cute and clever costumes gathered at the East Village neighborhood pa...

Just one day after leaked photos of a black Nexus 5 smartphone appeared online, images of a white version of Google's alleged new flagship handset have surfacedTwitter user @evleaks, who has previousl...

New York City might look a little different in the near future, thanks to a small, subtle update coming to its street lightsThe city's current streetlight bulbs will soon be replaced with newer, energ...

Lou Reed, a musician, photographer and cultural icon best known as the lead singer of the Velvet Underground, has died. He was 71.Rolling Stone first reported the news on Sunday. Reed's literary agent...

From law enforcement to the military, the use of remote-controlled robots has increased dramatically in recent years, serving as a vital tool for bomb removal, hostage situations and even during comba...

In its most recent update, Vine introduced a tool that allows users to edit individual frames within a post. This means you can create a rewind effect in your videos by rearranging the order of your f...

"Mobile advertising" usually conjures up images of banner ads or maybe native advertising, but a few firms think the future is in the humble text message.Brands including Ikea, Kellogg, Bloomingdales,...

Pixar films have a magical ability to bridge the gap between childhood and adulthoodKids and grown-ups alike look forward to the special ways in which these movies develop characters and story lines t...

The official website of an Oct. 26 campaign against Saudi Arabia's ban on female drivers was hacked Saturday. The site and campaign aimed to fight and raise awareness of the ban, which local police re...

Carrying signs emblazoned with "Stop Massive Spying" and "We the People — Not See the People," thousands gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on Saturday to protest against the Nation...

Saturday Night Live poked fun at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this weekend in a sketch about its faulty HealthCare.gov website, also known as the Obamacare website.Kate McKinnon po...

Miley Cyrus can't stop — won't stop — sneaking her way back into the topic of conversationThe singer made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live's most recent episode by crashing hos...

When the fake cobwebs clear off the bushes and you're down to the least favorable candy in your trick-or-treat stash, the jack-o'-lanterns that once shined eerily on your porch await a rotting, tragic...

When the fake cobwebs clear off the bushes and you're down to the least favorable candy in your trick-or-treat stash, the jack-o'-lanterns that once shined eerily on your porch await a rotting, tragic...

Just one day after leaked photos of a black Nexus 5 smartphone appeared online, images of a white version of Google's alleged new flagship handset have surfacedTwitter user @evleaks, who has previousl...

In 2020, millennials will have a stronghold on the economy as they inch their way up tp 46% percent of the workforce. And, unlike generations of the past, Generation Y isn't satisfied with jobs that r...

New York City might look a little different in the near future, thanks to a small, subtle update coming to its street lightsThe city's current streetlight bulbs will soon be replaced with newer, energ...

From law enforcement to the military, the use of remote-controlled robots has increased dramatically in recent years, serving as a vital tool for bomb removal, hostage situations and even during comba...

Are you searching for your next great career opportunity in the digital space? The Mashable Job Board is here to serve you as the leading destination for digital talent.Since its launch five years ago...

These 10 submissions from our Mashable Vine Challenge will get you in the Halloween spirit. This week, we were please to see so many original ideas and fine handiwork after asking readers to carve out...

In an effort to avoid the mistakes made during Facebook's public offering, the New York Stock Exchange held a "successful" test run for Twitter's IPO on Saturday. It marked the first time the NYSE org...

When Google+ entered the social space in 2011, it was met largely with skepticism. Joining a crowded field with platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, many users questioned the need for another socia...

Recent reports said that the U.SNational Security Agency has spied on over 35 unnamed world leaders, but Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is sure he's not one of them — as he doesn't have a ...

In 2020, millennials will have a stronghold on the economy as they inch their way up tp 46% percent of the workforce. And, unlike generations of the past, Generation Y isn't satisfied with jobs that r...

We're always on the look out for ways to add a some color and creative design to our daily livesJazzing up ordinary, boring cables with more exciting replacments is one way to do itSee also: 10 Cool C...

These 10 submissions from our Mashable Vine Challenge will get you in the Halloween spirit. This week, we were please to see so many original ideas and fine handiwork after asking readers to carve out...

When Google+ entered the social space in 2011, it was met largely with skepticism. Joining a crowded field with platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, many users questioned the need for another socia...

We're always on the look out for ways to add a some color and creative design to our daily livesJazzing up ordinary, boring cables with more exciting replacments is one way to do itSee also: 10 Cool C...

CBS is reportedly working on a remake of supernatural TV series Charmed, one of the most-binged shows on such streaming services as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.Fans of the "Charmed Ones," who use...

The U.S. Army is no stranger to enticing new recruits with video games, so it doesn’t come as much surprise that the Army is testing a new helmet that looks like headwear from the Halo video gam...

For over 20 years, The Simpsons have been the most famous animated family in the worldYouTube channel Alltime10s dug deep to find some facts that even super fans might be surprised to learnSee also: 5...

With colder temperatures rolling in, you may feel inclined to turn up the heat — which, in turn, turns up the price on your electric bill (and ensuing fights with roommates.)A new bracelet may s...

When a band refused to pay sound engineer Dan Atkinson for his time and effort mixing its song, he decided to get even — musically. Rather than discard the track, he re-cut the originally hardco...

For over 20 years, The Simpsons have been the most famous animated family in the worldYouTube channel Alltime10s dug deep to find some facts that even super fans might be surprised to learnSee also: 5...

He was born in the darkness. He was thrown out of the League of Shadows. He is pure evil. And now he has a Vine account.Introducing: BaneDad.See also: Family and Fun Always Comes First for BatDadBaneD...

Always busy, The Great Gatsby director Baz Luhrmann responds to the simple question of "How are you?" in preoccupied fashion. He's "in the middle of a group of swirling ballroom dancers," he tells Mas...

CBS is reportedly working on a remake of supernatural TV series Charmed, one of the most-binged shows on such streaming services as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.Fans of the "Charmed Ones," who use...

Mr. Peabody is taking a leap from the small screen to the silver screen in the upcoming animated film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman. The film is based on the 1960s segments Peabody's Improbable History f...

Investor worries regarding the growing number of potentially overfunded tech companies seemed to have died down in recent months, but new information surrounding popular app Snapchat could renew talk ...

With colder temperatures rolling in, you may feel inclined to turn up the heat — which, in turn, turns up the price on your electric bill (and ensuing fights with roommates.)A new bracelet may s...

Buffer, the social-media management service that lets users schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook and Google+, has been hacked.As a result, Buffer users who have authorized social sign-in through Buffer...

Sure, you could spend the weekend going to Halloween parties. Or, you could just play the slew of new video games released this week.There's plenty of good stuff to choose from as the holidays approac...

When a band refused to pay sound engineer Dan Atkinson for his time and effort mixing its song, he decided to get even — musically. Rather than discard the track, he re-cut the originally hardco...

This Saturday is Make a Difference Day, a time to volunteer and give back to your community.But if you're already booked this weekend, and don't have the time for a big project you can still help out,...

It's hard out there for a brand. On Twitter, that isThe 230 million-strong Twitter community isn't exactly known for being exceptionally welcoming to brand accounts, often ridiculing attempts at adver...

He was born in the darkness. He was thrown out of the League of Shadows. He is pure evil. And now he has a Vine account.Introducing: BaneDad.See also: Family and Fun Always Comes First for BatDadBaneD...

Always busy, The Great Gatsby director Baz Luhrmann responds to the simple question of "How are you?" in preoccupied fashion. He's "in the middle of a group of swirling ballroom dancers," he tells Mas...

A startup company based in Tucson, Ariz., will soon offer you the chance to see Earth from near-space by balloon — that is, if you have $75,000 dollars to spare.World View plans to offer the onc...

CBS is reportedly working on a remake of supernatural TV series Charmed, one of the most-binged shows on such streaming services as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.Fans of the "Charmed Ones," who use...

Halloween is expensive — from buying items for your costume to stocking up on candy for neighborhood trick-or-treaters, it can really break the bankBut that doesn't mean you can forgo giving out...

Look, it's understandable — we've all made at least one of these statuses in our Facebook timelines. We're human, we err — but come on, enough is enoughYou probably encounter these face pa...

Mr. Peabody is taking a leap from the small screen to the silver screen in the upcoming animated film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman. The film is based on the 1960s segments Peabody's Improbable History f...

Few of us have had the chance to test the speed and performance of Apple’s new Mac Pro, but the device is already winning praise for its bold design. Now, Apple’s design chief Jony Ive has...

Investor worries regarding the growing number of potentially overfunded tech companies seemed to have died down in recent months, but new information surrounding popular app Snapchat could renew talk ...

Apple unveiled several new products this week at its second big event of the season. Among the most talked-about releases: two new iPad models, including the iPad Air and a new iPad mini with retina d...

Buffer, the social-media management service that lets users schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook and Google+, has been hacked.As a result, Buffer users who have authorized social sign-in through Buffer...

In an intimate handwritten letter, Britney Spears addresses the limitations of Twitter, the platform on which she is one of the most-followed users with 33.4 million followers"We're all so used to get...

Sure, you could spend the weekend going to Halloween parties. Or, you could just play the slew of new video games released this week.There's plenty of good stuff to choose from as the holidays approac...

You’ve been fishing for a job for a while and so far, not one bite. Not even a little nibble. But before you beat yourself up, it may not be you — the problem may be with your resume. In t...

This Saturday is Make a Difference Day, a time to volunteer and give back to your community.But if you're already booked this weekend, and don't have the time for a big project you can still help out,...

It's hard out there for a brand. On Twitter, that isThe 230 million-strong Twitter community isn't exactly known for being exceptionally welcoming to brand accounts, often ridiculing attempts at adver...

A startup company based in Tucson, Ariz., will soon offer you the chance to see Earth from near-space by balloon — that is, if you have $75,000 dollars to spare.World View plans to offer the onc...

Halloween is expensive — from buying items for your costume to stocking up on candy for neighborhood trick-or-treaters, it can really break the bankBut that doesn't mean you can forgo giving out...

Look, it's understandable — we've all made at least one of these statuses in our Facebook timelines. We're human, we err — but come on, enough is enoughYou probably encounter these face pa...

Few of us have had the chance to test the speed and performance of Apple’s new Mac Pro, but the device is already winning praise for its bold design. Now, Apple’s design chief Jony Ive has...

Apple unveiled several new products this week at its second big event of the season. Among the most talked-about releases: two new iPad models, including the iPad Air and a new iPad mini with retina d...

In an intimate handwritten letter, Britney Spears addresses the limitations of Twitter, the platform on which she is one of the most-followed users with 33.4 million followers"We're all so used to get...

You’ve been fishing for a job for a while and so far, not one bite. Not even a little nibble. But before you beat yourself up, it may not be you — the problem may be with your resume. In t...

You know all about Facebook's basic tools. You can post statuses and share articles with the best of 'em. But how often do you check your Activity Log? What is the Browse tool for? You're not off the ...

Apple unveiled several new products this week at its second big event of the season. Among the most talked-about releases: two new iPad models, including the iPad Air and a new iPad mini with retina d...

As the holiday season approaches, a bevy of gadgets continue to be announced in order to make it onto wish lists around the world. What are the most popular gadgets up for the gift-wrapping treatment?...

You’ve been fishing for a job for a while and so far, not one bite. Not even a little nibble. But before you beat yourself up, it may not be you — the problem may be with your resume. In t...

The invention of the Kindle, we're still consuming flat text files on devices capable of so much moreInkling, a digital publishing company founded by Apple alum Matt MacInnis in 2009, hopes to fulfill...

You know all about Facebook's basic tools. You can post statuses and share articles with the best of 'em. But how often do you check your Activity Log? What is the Browse tool for? You're not off the ...

As the holiday season approaches, a bevy of gadgets continue to be announced in order to make it onto wish lists around the world. What are the most popular gadgets up for the gift-wrapping treatment?...

Seene, a free app developed by tech company Obvious Engineering, uses "scene reconstruction technology" to give your iPhone the ability to capture 3D photos.Although other devices have been able to tu...

The invention of the Kindle, we're still consuming flat text files on devices capable of so much moreInkling, a digital publishing company founded by Apple alum Matt MacInnis in 2009, hopes to fulfill...

We live in an age of great GIF ubiquity. The animated images — receptacles of small, silent feeling, news or art — are everywhere and here to stay. GIFs are malleable yet sharable, concise...

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama spoke on Friday at a science and technology-focused high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., to praise the school for ushering in a new way to prepare students for jobs i...

TED Talks are all fine and dandy if you need some inspiration on education, healthcare or living your life to the fullest. But the TED Talk we could all benefit from is how to survive the human apocal...

A man stands in an open field, a soft breeze rustling long strands of green grass around him. He gazes out at the landscape.Though that scene might seem like a perfect opener for a gritty, independent...

Earth got most of its water from asteroid impacts nearly 4.6 billion years ago, shortly after the solar system first took shape, a new study suggests.Researchers studying a meteorite that fell to Eart...

Seene, a free app developed by tech company Obvious Engineering, uses "scene reconstruction technology" to give your iPhone the ability to capture 3D photos.Although other devices have been able to tu...

As Instagram gears up to roll out ads in the coming months, many brands are winning on Instagram without putting money behind their content.The Ellen DeGeneres Show is the most popular brand on Instag...

For writers, artists and thinkers who still prefer ink pens to keyboards, there's now a way for handwritten memos and doodles to live on digitallyDraft is a service that that scans your physical noteb...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans ...

We live in an age of great GIF ubiquity. The animated images — receptacles of small, silent feeling, news or art — are everywhere and here to stay. GIFs are malleable yet sharable, concise...

It's been a busy week for Pinterest. The company on Friday announced a new deal with Getty Images that will provide more detailed information on the photos users pin on the siteThe deal comes just one...

Google, one of the world's largest users of data, may finally be making good on a five year-old patent to build offshore data centers — cooled and powered by the ocean, and potentially beyond re...

TED Talks are all fine and dandy if you need some inspiration on education, healthcare or living your life to the fullest. But the TED Talk we could all benefit from is how to survive the human apocal...

Bow down, it's time to pay respect to the Queen B — a cappella styleThe brilliant singers of Pentatonix made a Beyoncé medley of her greatest hits from Destiny's Child to "Grown Woman." It'...

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama spoke on Friday at a science and technology-focused high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., to praise the school for ushering in a new way to prepare students for jobs i...

A man stands in an open field, a soft breeze rustling long strands of green grass around him. He gazes out at the landscape.Though that scene might seem like a perfect opener for a gritty, independent...

In a crowded hotel conference room in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., in October, Jerry Engel told dozens of earnest young scientists and engineers to cut the “scientific crap” and instead identi...

Earth got most of its water from asteroid impacts nearly 4.6 billion years ago, shortly after the solar system first took shape, a new study suggests.Researchers studying a meteorite that fell to Eart...

As Instagram gears up to roll out ads in the coming months, many brands are winning on Instagram without putting money behind their content.The Ellen DeGeneres Show is the most popular brand on Instag...

PlayStation 4 will require a patch out of the box to add many of the console's new features. This patch will also unlock basic functions like its DVD and Blu-ray player.On its blog, Sony posted a list...

Obamacare’s hobbled health-insurance exchange will be fixed by December, according to the management consultant asked to salvage the website, in the first timeline provided for correcting the fl...

Snapchat may soon be part of the billion-dollar company club, three times overAllThingsD reports that Snapchat is looking to raise a new round of funding at a valuation of up to $3.5 billion, just a f...

A group of seven Eastern European online car dealers made $3 million selling cars, motorcycles, and boats on sites like eBay, Cars.com or AutoTrader.com in less than two years. This would be a great e...

Google, one of the world's largest users of data, may finally be making good on a four year-old patent to build offshore data centers — cooled and powered by the ocean, and potentially beyond re...

Kids (and young-at-heart adults), it's almost that time of the year when it's acceptable to accept candy from strangersIt's a time-honored tradition that on Halloween, you return home from trick-or-tr...

For Bill Mohr, 2013 has been a big year.In addition to celebrating his 105th birthday and his 70th wedding anniversary with wife Josie, the Philadelphia, Penn., native has finally received his high sc...

Comedian Russell Brand recently shifted gears from acting and accepted a week-long stint as guest editor at the British political magazine The New Statesman.It might come as a shock that the funny man...

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama spoke on Friday at a science and technology-focused high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., to praise the school for ushering in a new way to prepare students for jobs i...

Morgan Freeman does not know what the fox says, and it seems like he's a little confused as to why so many people are interested in the question.Screenrant's Hal Rudnick convinced the stars of the upc...

British American Tobacco has apologized for running an ad for its Vype e-cigarette in an iPad game aimed at children.The ad drew attention after Graham Brown-Martin, a UK-based author, tweeted a pic o...

British American Tobacco has apologized for running an ad for its Vype e-cigarette in an iPad game aimed at children.The ad drew attention after Graham Brown-Martin, a UK-based author, tweeted a pic o...

Linio, an e-commerce startup based in Mexico City, couldn’t afford Bain or McKinsey when it needed help pricing new products ranging from vintage wines to billiard tables. So this summer it farm...

Shooting the perfect Vine video just became a little bit easier. The popular Twitter-owned app rolled out an update Thursday that introduced two powerful tools: Sessions and Time Travel.Sessions allow...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans ...

It's been a busy week for Pinterest. The company on Friday announced a new deal with Getty Images that will provide more detailed information on the photos users pin on the siteThe deal comes just one...

Apple claims it achieved new heights in both performance and miniaturization in its new line of MacBook Pro computers. However, the machines are now nearly impossible for users to repair on their own,...

Get ready to have some major resume envy. Designer Robby Leonardi created an interactive resume set to the theme of Super Mario Bros., featuring a Mario-like character that jumps and swims through a c...

In the spirit of online transparency, and for those paranoid about organizations watching your every move, a new tool from Mozilla lets you monitor who is following your digital footprint.Lightbeam is...

Bow down, it's time to pay respect to the Queen B — a cappella styleThe brilliant singers of Pentatonix made a Beyoncé medley of her greatest hits from Destiny's Child to "Grown Woman." It'...

Any girl will tell you the perfect man is one who can back up her hard drive. No, seriouslyIT guys are the underrated hotties of the universe. They'll make you lose your breath in just a few deft clic...

Any girl will tell you the perfect man is one who can back up her hard drive. No, seriouslyIT guys are the underrated hotties of the universe. They'll make you lose your breath in just a few deft clic...

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....

Meme enthusiasts and web culture lovers treated themselves to a night offline for Hallowmeme 2013.At the 5th annual costume party in Brooklyn, hosted by Forced Meme Productions, varieties of Ylvis fox...

Meme enthusiasts and web culture lovers treated themselves to a night offline for Hallowmeme 2013.At the 5th annual costume party in Brooklyn, hosted by Forced Meme Productions, varieties of Ylvis fox...

Microsoft is going all out to promote its new Xbox One gaming consoles.The company kicked off a global ad campaign on Friday for the new gaming consoles with a commercial that includes cameos from act...

Teens are abandoning Facebook in droves for Twitter.For many, that was the takeaway from an Oct. 10 Piper Jaffray study of 8,650 teens. However, those conclusions were false. The study had a much narr...

Comedian Russell Brand recently shifted gears from acting and accepted a week-long stint as guest editor at the British political magazine The New Statesman.It might come as a shock that the funny man...

In a crowded hotel conference room in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., in October, Jerry Engel told dozens of earnest young scientists and engineers to cut the “scientific crap” and instead identi...

It's hardly a secret: Young people have been hit harder by this recession than any other age group. Companies have drastically slowed the rates at which they hire entry-level employees to cope with a ...

When one thinks of the major players in online video, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Vimeo, perhaps even Amazon first to mind — not AOL.Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL (pictured, right), and Susan Lyne, the ...

When one thinks of the major players in online video, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Vimeo, perhaps even Amazon first to mind — not AOL.Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL (pictured, right), and Susan Lyne, the ...

A group of seven Eastern European online car dealers made $3 million selling cars, motorcycles, and boats on sites like eBay, Cars.com or AutoTrader.com in less than two years. This would be a great e...

It starts innocently enough. Your friends give birth to their first kids and want to share their baby photos on Facebook. At first, it's adorable, but the influx of baby photos invading your news feed...

Morgan Freeman does not know what the fox says, and it seems like he's a little confused as to why so many people are interested in the question.Screenrant's Hal Rudnick convinced the stars of the upc...

Kids (and young-at-heart adults), it's almost that time of the year when it's acceptable to accept candy from strangersIt's a time-honored tradition that on Halloween, you return home from trick-or-tr...

Unlike Thanksgiving or Christmas, Halloween sadly isn't one of those holidays for which friends and family feel the need to gatherIf you have far-flung folks you'd like to send an All Hallows' Eve gre...

For Bill Mohr, 2013 has been a big year.In addition to celebrating his 105th birthday and his 70th wedding anniversary with wife Josie, the Philadelphia, Penn., native has finally received his high sc...

Apple claims it achieved new heights in both performance and miniaturization in its new line of MacBook Pro computers. However, the machines are now nearly impossible for users to repair on their own,...

Today Katy Perry turns 29, undoubtedly celebrating with a giant tiger cake and a brand new cronut braThe pop star is known for her hit songs and candy-colored (and possibly flavored) outfits, but she ...

Linio, an e-commerce startup based in Mexico City, couldn’t afford Bain or McKinsey when it needed help pricing new products ranging from vintage wines to billiard tables. So this summer it farm...

In the spirit of online transparency, and for those paranoid about organizations watching your every move, a new tool from Mozilla lets you monitor who is following your digital footprint.Lightbeam is...

Pinterest may be a visual social platform, but words still have a place on most users' boards. Inspirational, thought-provoking or just funny, the Pinterest quote has become an art form all its own.Sa...

Shooting the perfect Vine video just became a little bit easier. The popular Twitter-owned app rolled out an update Thursday that introduced two powerful tools: Sessions and Time Travel.Sessions allow...

Any girl will tell you the perfect man is one who can back up her hard drive. No, seriouslyIT guys are the underrated hotties of the universe. They'll make you lose your breath in just a few deft clic...

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....

Muppets may never age, but they can still keep up with the times.In late September, Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational arm of the long-running children's TV series Sesame Street, launched Lit...

British American Tobacco has apologized for running an ad for its Vype e-cigarette in an iPad game aimed at children.The ad drew attention after Graham Brown-Martin, a UK-based author, tweeted a pic o...

It's hardly a secret: Young people have been hit harder by this recession than any other age group. Companies have drastically slowed the rates at which they hire entry-level employees to cope with a ...

It starts innocently enough. Your friends give birth to their first kids and want to share their baby photos on Facebook. At first, it's adorable, but the influx of baby photos invading your news feed...

Unlike Thanksgiving or Christmas, Halloween sadly isn't one of those holidays for which friends and family feel the need to gatherIf you have far-flung folks you'd like to send an All Hallows' Eve gre...

Pinterest may be a visual social platform, but words still have a place on most users' boards. Inspirational, thought-provoking or just funny, the Pinterest quote has become an art form all its own.Sa...

Teens are abandoning Facebook in droves for Twitter.For many, that was the takeaway from an Oct. 10 Piper Jaffray study of 8,650 teens. However, those conclusions were false. The study had a much narr...

It's hardly a secret: Young people have been hit harder by this recession than any other age group. Companies have drastically slowed the rates at which they hire entry-level employees to cope with a ...

Pinterest may be a visual social platform, but words still have a place on most users' boards. Inspirational, thought-provoking or just funny, the Pinterest quote has become an art form all its own.Sa...

Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde plans to use an "electronic vacuum" to combat the smog that regularly inhabits the sky in Beijing, China.This "vacuum" actually consists of copper wires that will be buri...

When you think of industry giants lobbying Congress, you may envision massive oil companies. But tech giants of Silicon Valley are getting a piece of the action, too.Google, for instance, spent $3.4 m...

The Seinfeld theme song is so universally loved that it can lighten up even the most terrifying horror flicks.In this genius clip from Matin Comedy, the Seinfeld theme song and laugh track add a much ...

The iPhone's Flashlight function eliminates the need for a standard flashlight — assuming of course, your phone has enough battery — and a London-based design team has now used that functi...

I can almost guarantee you've never used a camera like the Sony QX10 before. A camera attachment for your smartphone that already has a built-in camera, you say? Isn't that redundant? For the most par...

We’re in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace. On one side are the traditional, organized, institutional powers such as governments and large multinational corporations. On the o...

A new shipping option is giving small businesses the opportunity to pack as much into one box as they can, without driving up the cost.This week, FedEx unveiled its new One Rate shipping program, whic...

I can almost guarantee you've never used a camera like the Sony QX10 before. A camera attachment for your smartphone that already has a built-in camera, you say? Isn't that redundant? For the most par...

A new version of Tweetbot for iPhone is now available and it’s ready for iOS 7.Tweetbot 3 [iTunes link] is a brand new app and it requires iOS 7. The app is currently on sale for $2.99 and will ...

A new shipping option is giving small businesses the opportunity to pack as much into one box as they can, without driving up the cost.This week, FedEx unveiled its new One Rate shipping program, whic...

Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde plans to use an "electronic vacuum" to combat the smog that regularly inhabits the sky in Beijing, China.This "vacuum" actually consists of copper wires that will be buri...

If you asked Rotana Tarabzouni in 2011 about the protests to end Saudi Arabia's ban on female drivers, she would have cynically called the cause hopeless.Now, two years after the first campaign, the S...

Joey Graceffa is really good at making YouTube videos. So good that he's considered a YT celeb with 2.2 million subscribers. But Graceffa's apparently not so good at following the rules of the road &#...

Breathe easy, Flaming Lips fans: The band is staying together, despite sending out a break-up tweet earlier Thursday.The tweet has since been deleted, but we got this screengrab:See also: How Wayne Co...

NBC has agreed to a put pilot commitment on a reboot of Angela Lansbury‘s hugely popular and long-running mystery series Murder, She Wrote. That means that we’re definitely seeing Octavia ...

When you think of industry giants lobbying Congress, you may envision massive oil companies. But tech giants of Silicon Valley are getting a piece of the action, too.Google, for instance, spent $3.4 m...

Mobile devices have changed the way we consume all sorts of online content. We now spend more time looking at photos, using maps, playing games, checking the weather and social networking on mobile ph...

The most patriotic comic book hero needs help fending off evil in Marvel's upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie, and as the new trailer shows, Captain America and ally Black Widow find t...

Amazon's headcount surpassed 100,000 in the last quarter, a milestone the company quietly recorded in its third-quarter earnings.The company now has 109,800 full-time and part-time employees, compared...

It looks like Microsoft is trying to get rid of the original Surface Pro tablets. The company has now reduced the Windows 8 tablet’s price by another $100.The discount, which only seems to apply...

Zynga's third-quarter results came in better than analysts had expected, sending the company's stock up more than 15% in after-hours trading.The company reported bookings of $152 million for the quart...

A year ago, Star Wars fans everywhere cheered the news that Michael Arndt would be writing the script for the as-yet-untitled Episode VII. Arndt brought us both Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3; f...

Twitter plans to offer 70 million shares priced between $17 and $20 when it goes public in the coming weeks, which means the company may raise as much as $1.4 billion in its initial offeringThe compan...

Twitter announced on Thursday that Vivian Schiller, the chief digital officer at NBC News, will join the company in a newly created head of news partnerships position beginning in 2014Twitter announce...

During a special few hours during the mornings and evenings, the sky glows with intense, magical colors. For this week's round of the Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series, we want to see your best ph...

Buckle up, Trekkies, your favorite helmsman of the USS Enterprise has heard your X-rated fantasiesDuring an interview on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen asked Star Trek's George Takei...

The Austrian law student who famously forced Facebook to release 1,222 pages of data kept on file about him remains a thorn in Facebook's sideMax Schrems' activist group, Europe v. Facebook, scored an...

Instagram offered a first glimpse at what its ads will look like in a blog post Thursday.The sample ad, which you can see below, will resemble a typical image or video shared on the social network exc...

Joey Graceffa is really good at making YouTube videos. So good that he's considered a YT celeb with 2.2 million subscribers. But Graceffa's apparently not so good at following the rules of the road &#...

The U.S. government is fixing a lesser known problem with its online insurance marketplace, Healthcare.gov.No, the website still isn't working properly for most people who are shopping for insurance, ...

Time for a throwback Thursday — galactic styleStar Wars has released the original 1983 trailer for Episode VI: Return of the JediBut fans will notice that the trailer promotes a different film t...

Super Mario 3D World results from the evolution of a lot of different Mario games, its creators say, and they hope it's the most fun and accessible title in the long series.When fans first get their h...

NASA made history in early October by beaming a four-inch, data-packed laser the 239,000 miles between Earth and a spacecraft orbiting the Moon. According to a press release provided to Mash...

Last Chance Kitchen, the companion web series for Bravo's cooking competition Top Chef, returned this week on the heels of winning the Emmy award for Multiplatform StorytellingThe web series on BravoT...

Super Mario 3D World results from the evolution of a lot of different Mario games, its creators say, and they hope it's the most fun and accessible title in the long series.When fans first get their h...

The United States Army began developing an exoskeleton to rejuvenate damaged legs in 2008, and soon, this technology will be available to all.A soldier whose leg was damaged by bullets or blasts would...

Vine, Twitter's six-second video recording app, introduced a few new additions to its popular app on Thursday, allowing users to finally edit and save posts before sharing.A new tool called "Sessions"...

A newly surfaced patent filed in South Korea reveals Samsung is interested in developing high-tech eyewear of its own — a move that would likely compete with Google Glass.The details, which were...

It's been just 48 hours since Apple launched the iPad Air, and analysts are now claiming that the name change is a sign the tech giant is gearing up to launch a tablet for business users.Two leading m...

Have you ever wished your undergarments could be more social? We haven't, either, but that didn't stop one marketing campaign from giving it a try.OgilvyOne Athens designed a special high-tech bra tha...

You wouldn’t think that Samsung would need any illicit assistance in competing against HTC: Samsung is the 800-pound gorilla of the smartphone industry, controlling nearly a third of the global ...

A new app called Carrot Dating encourages users to wave incentives such as dinners and chocolates in front of potential mates as a way to convince them to go on dates.The platform, which officially la...

You may fancy yourself king of the nerds — but are you all talk and no walk? This Doghouse Diaries comic tests your nerd knowledge to see how many pop culture symbols you can properly identifySe...

Irish actor and former Calvin Klein underwear model Jamie Dornan will play young billionaire Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The 31-year-old, who TV viewers know from hi...

Mobile devices have changed the way we consume all sorts of online content. We now spend more time looking at photos, using maps, playing games, checking the weather and social networking on mobile ph...

Steve Wozniak won't be buying an iPad Air anytime soon. That's because the Apple co-founder doesn't have broadband.The fact that one of the most famous gadget nerds on the planet doesn't have fast Int...

Around this time one year ago, the Northeastern United States was preparing for one of the most devastating storms the region has ever seen. Hurricane Sandy knocked out power for 8.5 million, destroye...

NASA made history in early October by beaming a four-inch, data-packed laser the 239,000 miles between Earth and a spacecraft orbiting the Moon. According to a press release provided to Mash...

A new study reveals that 30% of Americans get their news on Facebook, and suggests that the social network drives people to media sites who may not have otherwise done so. Of that 30%, more than half ...

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

If you thought the Microsoft tablets at Fox News were big, you ain't seen nothing yet.Microsoft promoted the launch of its Surface 2 tablet this week by installing what may be the largest tablet we've...

FedEx is expecting to ship 22 million packages on Dec. 2, a.k.aCyber Monday, this year, an 11% increase over last year.The figure, reported in The Wall Street Journal, is almost double the 11.5 millio...

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....

Along the lines of self-driving cars and smart glasses, Google's newest venture promises to wow the tech scene. Only, it's not quite tech, at least in the traditional sense. The venture is called Cali...

During a special few hours during the mornings and evenings, the sky glows with intense, magical colors. For this week's round of the Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series, we want to see your best ph...

Sparky and Mr. Meows don't deserve all the public shaming. Fish, turtles and even iPhones also do naughty things worthy of embarrassment on the Internet.The dog shaming meme of 2012 has expanded, and ...

Sparky and Mr. Meows don't deserve all the public shaming. Fish, turtles and even iPhones also do naughty things worthy of embarrassment on the Internet.The dog shaming meme of 2012 has expanded, and ...

"We are passionate in our opinion that the world has long since exceeded its quota in the mediocrity department. We believe our professional calling is to deliver quality... For Hulu, nothing less tha...

What if, in between reading The Monster Book of Monsters and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them the kids at Hogwarts picked up a muggle novel?It makes sense that Hermione would have grown attach...

What if, in between reading The Monster Book of Monsters and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, the Hogwarts gang picked up a muggle novel?It makes sense that Hermione would have grown attached...

It's been just 48 hours since Apple launched the iPad Air, and analysts are now claiming that the name change is a sign the tech giant is gearing up to launch a tablet for business users.Two leading m...

It’s hard to mandate laws around privacy. Privacy is a right as well as a preference, but when you’re in public, precedents have been set as to where you can be photographed, recorded or ...

It’s hard to mandate laws around privacy. Privacy is a right as well as a preference, but when you’re in public, precedents have been set as to where you can be photographed, recorded or ...

You may fancy yourself king of the nerds — but are you all talk and no walk? This Doghouse Diaries comic tests your nerd knowledge to see how many pop culture symbols you can properly identifySe...

It's difficult to explain the community — or rather, the disorganized group of strangeness — that has been dubbed "Weird Twitter." Put simply, it's a growing collection of Twitter profiles...

Samsung has sold more than 40 million Galaxy S4 units in six months, SamMobile reports, quoting Samsung CEO JK Shin.It took just a month for Samsung to sell the first 10 million units of Galaxy S4, wh...

It's one thing to subject yourself to a Halloween costume mishap — because, hey, that's your prerogativeHowever, it's another thing to subject your kid to a poorly thought-out costume.See also: ...

Over the past eight years, newspapers have seen budgets cut and newsrooms shrink as readers — and more crucially, advertisers — have shifted from print to digital devices. To combat those ...

Warning: Some of the included images may appear graphic or disturbing in nature.Google's Street View technology does more than capture mundane shots of city streets. As the platform has evolved, Googl...

Curious to see the world through Pikachu's eyes?Gamer network Machinima has created a video that imagines what it would be like to play a first-person Pokemon game, starring Pikachu.See also: 14 Stunn...

If you thought the Microsoft tablets at Fox News were big, you ain't seen nothing yet.Microsoft promoted the launch of its Surface 2 tablet this week by installing what may be the largest tablet we've...

Sweden has found a faster way to treat people experiencing cardiac emergencies through a text message and a few thousand volunteers.A program called SMSlivräddare —or SMSLifesaver — s...

"Siri, how do I ask out the pretty girl next to me?"That's the absurb pickup line YouTuber Stuart Edge tests out in his latest prank video, "Using Siri to Get a Date." In the clip, Edge and a few frie...

Curious to see the world through Pikachu's eyes?Gamer network Machinima has created a video that imagines what it would be like to play a first-person Pokemon game, starring Pikachu.See also: 14 Stunn...

It doesn't take much of a push to get around in space, as NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg recently demonstrated aboard the International Space Station.In a video to describe the effects of weightlessness,...

Halloween festivities have already started, which means you're behind on figuring out a killer conversation starter to complement your costume.Luckily, HooplaHa rounded up 10 strange facts about Hallo...

It’s often said that a smartphone contains all the computing power NASA used to put people on the moon. But while today’s computer chips are incredibly capable, they’re still not as ...

Ellen Degeneres, like many of us slightly sadistic folks, thoroughly enjoys laughing at other people's fearThe talk show host and all-around funny lady loves it so much that she tortures her staff mem...

Sweden has found a faster way to treat people experiencing cardiac emergencies through a text message and a few thousand volunteers.A program called SMSlivräddare —or SMSLifesaver — s...

Tech companies are increasingly turning to celebrities to help boost brand awareness for new products and services. And judging from a post to its Instagram account, Lenovo is also jumping on this tre...

Is YouTube about to take on Spotify with a subscription music service of its own? That's what a report from Billboard magazine claimed Wednesday, citing "several sources familiar with the plans."Like ...

A new rivalry between Apple and Microsoft appears to be simmering now that both companies are competing for the hearts and minds of tablet consumersSee also: The 11 Worst Things About iOS 7A fresh vol...

Eric Schmidt has seen the future of magazines, and it's on the tablet.At a Magazine Publishers Association conference on Wednesday, the Google chairman took the stage with Wired editor-in-chief Scott ...

Give away the razor handles, make money on the razor blades. That was received wisdom in business for much of the 20th century: If you hook your customers with a free or very cheap product below cost,...

Still use a hyphen in the word email? Mashable does not, as you can see — and as of Monday, neither does the New York Times"By popular demand, we're going to remove the hyphen from e-mail," decl...

Crowdfunding donors may soon be getting a perk with a bit more upside in exchange for their cashThe Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday put forward rules that would help guide a new invest...

Troy Baker wishes people didn't know he was the Joker.The gaming voice actor is playing the next iteration of one of the most iconic supervillains ever in the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins. The Joke...

President Obama’s health care reform plan and the faulty website built to deliver a major portion of it may be taking a beating on social media and elsewhere in the public eye, but a White House...

When SpaceX founder Elon Musk isn’t sending rocket ships into space, he’s circling the globe promoting the advantages of electric cars over gas vehicles as Tesla CEOHowever, in a recent sp...

A friend of mine recently called and said she was about to draft a pitch promoting herself as a food expert to several broadcast outlets. She asked if I would take a look once she was done. Several da...

Chris Hardwick — the founder of Nerdist and often referred to as "Ryan Seacrest of nerd culture" — works his hosting skills and knowledge of nerdy Internet culture into @midnight, a n...

Pinterest's valuation is closing in on $4 billion after its latest funding round of $225 million, according to a report.AllThingsD cites "several sources" in a report on the funding, which is led by l...

Give away the razor handles, make money on the razor blades. That was received wisdom in business for much of the 20th century: If you hook your customers with a free or very cheap product below cost,...

Animal rights activists are promoting a new way to make sure game hunters don't break the rules — but the tool itself may not be legalPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has intro...

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and Hamas, the militant Islamist group in control of the Gaza Strip, don’t officially communicate with each other. But on Twitter Tuesday, the enemy groups shared...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced new generic top-level domain (TLD) names on Wednesday, and for the first time, there are options not in Latin charactersJoinin...

Notre Dame running back Cam McDaniel rushed for 92 yards on 18 carries to lead the Fighting Irish to a close win over USC on Saturday. But that wasn't his most impressive achievementMcDaniel's lasting...

Now that Apple has released OS X Mavericks to the masses — for free — we know that plenty of users are busy downloading the latest software update and preparing to install the new operatin...

Super-extreme freestyle mountain biking looks like a thrill. But it's also dangerous as all get-out, and something most of us are too scared (or smart) to try. So here's a solution: Take a virtual rid...

A select few Google users may notice a something new: a large banner-like advertisement at the top of the search results pageSynrgy, a digital marketing startup, spotted a "sponsored" photo of Southwe...

Witches, ghosts and pudgy pumpkins have nothing on this tot's LED light suit costume.The giggly girl skipped the usual costume attire for a more techie approach to Halloween. The 22-month-old's light-...

Warning: This post features graphic depictions of surgery.The torn ACL is one of the most feared common injuries in sports. Superstars and weekend warriors from across the sports spectrum lose years o...

From a distance, Apple's new, powerful Mac Pro desktop workstation looks pretty cool. Up close though it's, well, better. The body is pure aluminum and feels as smooth and luxurious as the left bumper...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Barack Obama on the phone after German government officials obtained information that indicated the United States may have spied on her phone, according to multi...

Rejoice, the fans who waited! Your prayers have been answered. You were praying that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special ”Day of the Doctor” would be shown in U.S. movie theaters, righ...

LinkedIn announced a handful of new mobile products Wednesday, including a new email plugin for iOS that will help users see more detail about people they receive emails fromThe new product, called Li...

How well do you know your own senators? Chances are you don't know where your senator went to school, what her net worth is, or anything about his religious beliefs. For example, there is exactly one ...

Pinterest's valuation is closing in on $4 billion after its latest funding round of $225 million, according to a report.AllThingsD cites "several sources" in a report on the funding, which is led by l...

Don't hide behind your geek shame, Klingon speakers and elf chatroom frequenters.Confessing your most embarrassing geek fact is the first step towards self-acceptance and finding people who understand...

LinkedIn is expecting mobile to play a big role in the company's future — and that future isn't far off, according to CEO Jeff Weiner.On Wednesday, Weiner said he expects 50% of LinkedIn's uniqu...

Apple compares its iPad Air to a pencil both for its utility and its thinness, in a new TV spot narrated by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston.The ad, which the company showed at the end of its press confe...

Yahoo has acquired LookFlow, a startup that develops image recognition technology, the two companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosedLookFlow, which is based in Mo...

Climate change isn't an issue for any one government or any one region. Carbon pollution has taken a devastating toll across the planet, from floods in Manila to droughts in AustraliaTo learn about th...

From ancient Babylonia to the birth of surrealism to beloved video game characters, mustaches have been the source of the universe's greatest achievements — just ask Nick OffermanThe dignified m...

Within a week of moving to New York City, you gain a grasp of "the grid" — streets run east-west, avenues run north-south, and everything follows a pretty simple numerical system. That is, until...

It was a good day in the Shahrokhshahi household, thanks to a math gradeSeventeen-year-old Aria Shahrokhshahi brought home a "C" for his final math grade, raising it from an "F," which absolutely over...

On two evenings in April, the heavens felt closer. Cloudless and crisp, the stars blazed with a white-hot light, seemingly close enough to touch. High atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano, two researchers ...

LG launched its first Firefox OS smartphone on Wednesday, called the Fireweb — a 4-inch device that runs Mozilla's mobile operating system.Previously, Firefox OS has appeared on smartphones such...

Matthew Cordle, the man whose drunk driving YouTube confession garnered millions of views, was sentenced Wednesday to serve six-and-a-half years in prison.The 22-year-old admitted that he was under th...

Those wishing to pay their respects at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery will soon be able to do so from the comfort of their homesGoogle Maps is using Street View to archive images of the milita...

LinkedIn suffered a rare service disruption on Wednesday morning, which prevented many users from properly loading the websiteThe company did not immediately respond to our request for comment on the ...

Twitter beat out Facebook in the battle for teenagers' preferred social networks for online shopping. In a recent survey of teens' retail behavior, participants were asked about their favorite network...

The only thing scarier than a haunted doll is a haunted doll that controls your mindIn this video, psychologist, author and performer Richard Wiseman asks the viewer to play along with the mind trick ...

An official on the White House's National Security Council was fired last week after he was uncovered as the person behind the now-defunct Twitter handle @NatSecWonkThe Daily Beast first reported on T...

Tuesday's Apple event welcomed several new gadgets to the iPad family, including a new iPad Air and an updated iPad Mini with Retina display.In our latest Ask A Dev video, iOS Architect Rene Cacheaux ...

Mark Zuckerberg was by far the highest paid public CEO in the United States last year, according to a new report.The Facebook CEO's total compensation for 2012 was nearly $2.3 billion, more than twice...

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 storiesA...

The BBC will capitalize on Twitter's Amplify program by offering video clips within paid tweets, according to a report.The BBC.com has created short videos dubbed "#BBCTrending" that will appear in us...

Pop quiz: Who is the most beloved actor of our time? If you said "Jaleel White," you're close.It's Tom Hanks, of course. The dude has starred in some of the best films to ever grace the Silver Screen,...

The second trailer for Anchorman 2 is out — a full minute longer than the first trailer — and it brings further proof that it may be one of the craziest, politically incorrect comedies of ...

Good news for Instagram's plans to introduce advertising: Branded videos are proving to be quite popular on the social network.Unruly, a firm that tracks viral videos, analyzed the 1,000 most shared I...

Who says all little girls rock pink frilly dresses on Halloween? These pint-sized ladies represent a whole demographic of badass-ery, wearing costumes in honor of superheroes and science fiction figur...

Who says all little girls rock pink frilly dresses on Halloween? These pint-sized ladies represent a whole demographic of badass-ery, wearing costumes in honor of superheroes and science fiction figur...

Did you ever try to search for an app based on what it does rather than what it's called? For instance, if you search "book a flight" in the App Store, you get some appropriate apps, but also apps for...

Anyone can record a cover of themselves singing a Disney classic, but it takes someone special to cover a Lion King favorite on the Ocarina.From a (kind-of) jug band tackling "Under the Sea" to a powe...

What does your Twitter bio say about you? Don't think in terms of cold, hard facts — what does it really reveal about you to others?As we've recently discussed on Mashable, your bio is one of th...

All Hallows' Eve is all about looking your spookiest from head to toe — that includes fingernails too.While you may be a little old for dress up, or perhaps you just don't have anywhere to be th...

Robots — is there anything we're more fascinated by and terrified of at the same time?Everyone knows that robots are cool, but the technology has also come a long way from their humble beginning...

The BBC will capitalize on Twitter's Amplify program by offering video clips within paid tweets, according to a report.The BBC.com has created short videos dubbed "#BBCTrending" that will appear in us...

The second trailer for Anchorman 2 is out — a full minute longer than the first trailer — and it brings further proof that it may be one of the craziest, politically incorrect comedies of ...

Halloween is a time for creepy costumes, trick-or-treating and hours of party planning. For an All Hallow's Eve enthusiast on a budget, all of this can get rather pricey on top of all your other Octob...

Samsung's smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, was initially compatible only with the Galaxy Note 3, but this will change soonSamsung announce it will bring Galaxy Gear compatibility to a range of other devic...

Remember back in July when we brought you footage of a Japanese hobbyist's robot gymnast nailing a quadruple backflip? That was cool. But this is even coolerOur robot gymnast returns in a new video up...

What does your Twitter bio say about you? Don't think in terms of cold, hard facts — what does it really reveal about you to others?As we've recently discussed on Mashable, your bio is one of th...

If you're a fan of Disney, a cappella or a combination of the two, you've probably seen a lot of vocalists create mash-ups from House of Mouse tunes.But, you probably haven't seen one that takes place...

Ever feel like technology is taunting you? You're not the only one. Technology can be your best friend, but it can also be your worst enemy. Most of the time, it works exactly as it's supposed to. Oth...

Arcade Fire unleashed a lyric video for "Afterlife" that comes off like a romantic mini movie of sorts, ahead of releasing its Reflektor album next weekLyrics fly onto the video as the story of a youn...

New research from Scott Wallsten, an economist at the Technology Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., attempts to show exactly what Americans are missing out on because they’re glued to their c...

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the world's greatest soccer players. Here's a message that came from his official Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon:via ExtraMustardWait, what? That's a little lot creep...

Internet super-patriarch BatDad has returned with another Vine compilation detailing the day-to-day life of a superhero and his family.This is BatDad's third compilation — his first, posted on S...

Missing out on feel-good sports moments lately? Look no further, thanks to Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins and the YouTube video, above.The touching clip shows Coach Collins surprising Wil...

If you're a fan of Disney, a cappella or a combination of the two, you've probably seen a lot of vocalists create mash-ups from House of Mouse tunes.But, you probably haven't seen one that takes place...

Question: What can CEOs who contemplate going public in the future do during the startup phase to prepare for an eventual IPO?Answer: An IPO may be “the closest business geeks get to winning the...

Genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making it easier to create everything from food ingredients to scents using unexpected sourcesThat's where genetically engineered yeast comes in. A recent...

Here is the near-term future for Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s commercial space startup: Any day now, the company will begin making sub-orbital flights. Blue Origin will let researchers and other co...

Facebook found itself in hot water Tuesday after seemingly flip-flopping on its policy surrounding violent videos, particularly those showing beheadingsA video showing a masked man beheading a woman r...

Author Malcolm Gladwell met with MashableReads, Mashable's social book club, for a Twitter chat on Oct. 21 to discuss Gladwell's new book David and Goliath. In his book, Gladwell uses the story of Dav...

Last year, Sarah Silverman gathered a few of her comedy buds to make a sitcom pilot for NBC. The result is Susan 313, which Silverman stars in and co-wrote. The plot revolves around Susan, played by ...

Apple may be the producer of the most popular tablet on the market, but that doesn’t mean the company is content to rest on its laurelsUnveiled on Tuesday, the new iPad Air is a thinner, more po...

When The Matrix came out in 1999, it blew audiences away with its impressive fight scenes and over-the-top outfits. Fast forward to the present, and New York-based comedy troupe Improv Everywhere has ...

Like a younger child in the shadow of an elder sibling, the iPad mini Retina sat patiently on Apple's demo tables at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center on Tuesday, waiting for someone to put down an i...

We've seen enough horror movies to know the two rules that characters always break: Don't split up, and don't go "check it out." When someone utters the line, "Let's split up," it's a surefire sign th...

Readers tackled this week's Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series with incredible artistic talentWe saw a great mix of black-and-white images and vibrantly colorful photos, all featuring strong uses o...

Following the loud and frequent requests from users and analysts alike to bump up the display quality of the iPad mini, Apple has finally introduced a Retina version of the iPad mini, and we have a ha...

Missing out on feel-good sports moments lately? Look no further, thanks to Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins and the YouTube video, above.The touching clip shows Coach Collins surprising Wil...

Nanobiosym, a nanotechnology firm based in Boston, Mass., has created a mobile device that can accurately test for AIDS in some of the most remote places on Earth, and do it in under an hour.Called
...

How can you make roads safer for drivers? One company, called Pro-Teq, is testing glow-in-the-dark material that can be sprayed onto roadways to help illuminate the way for night drivers.The U.K.-base...

Growing up can be tough — especially when Halloween rolls around, and you're suddenly ineligible for all the free candy your neighbors are giving away.See also: Trick Your Taste Buds With 20 Hal...

Apple unveiled a slew of new products at its event in San Francisco on Tuesday. The stars of the show include the lightweight iPad Air; a new iPad mini with Retina; the launch date for new desktop ope...

Apple announced a ton of new stuff at Tuesday's big product event in San Francisco. From the new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display to tons of new stuff for the Mac, Apple managed to compress ...

Following a flurry of speculation around whether or not the iPad mini would get a high-resolution screen, Apple revealed a Retina display for its smaller 7.9-inch tablet at its press event on Tuesday....

Here’s what we learned today at Apple’s iPad Air and iPad Mini Retina introduction: Apple doesn’t care about your expectations, your demand for something new. It’s still in the...

As the White House opens its gardens and grounds to the public for fall tours, some Instagram users will get an exclusive visit this weekend.Selected Instagrammers will have the chance on Sunday to to...

Just before the Voyager 1 space probe exited our solar system in 1990, the late astronomer Carl Sagan requested that it take one last photo of Earth. The resulting image, known as "The Pale Blue Dot,"...

The United States doesn't come close to having the deepest penetration of high-speed Internet. That title belongs to South Korea, where 45% of people have access to Internet at speeds of 10+ megabits ...

If you were not among the select few to receive an invite to Apple’s exclusive event on Tuesday, the company has made the full-length video of the presentation available for viewing on its websi...

New revelations about U.S. spies reading the emails of Mexico’s president and eavesdropping on millions of private phone calls in France have proven to be an embarrassment for the Obama administ...

The Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock is tugging at the Internet's heartstrings with this super sweet lip dub of Katy Perry's "Roar." The video, above, includes several hospital patients, doc...

The computer disappearsThat has always been Apple's goal, and that is my first impression of the newer, lighter iPad Air. It's pretty much the purest expression yet of an interactive screen, without a...

Multiple reports, including from the BBC and CNN, are suggesting that Facebook has given users the green light to once again post graphic videos of beheadings to the social network.The BBC, which orig...

Apple released an update to iOS 7 that supports new features in OS X Mavericks, fixes bugs and includes more tools for reducing the default animations that some say can cause "motion sickness."One of ...

The National Basketball Association is close to signing agreements that would allow cable customers in many markets to watch their local teams live online, a first for a major sports league in the U.S...

While the web makes it easier for professionals to find jobs, technology has left behind millions of hourly workers who don't have regular access to the Internet.A Seattle startup called Jobaline want...

In front of a packed crowd and millions watching live via the Internet, Apple finally unveiled the update to its flagship tablet device called the iPad Air.See also: The 25 Best Free iPad AppsWith a s...

You tweet, you post, you share, you comment and you like, but how much influence do you really have online? If you're one of the 400 million social media users with a Klout score, that question should...

The Banksy hype enveloping New York City has amateur art collectors on edge.Earlier this month, famous street artist Banksy effectively trolled New Yorkers by setting up a stall in Central Park and s...

We hear a lot of talk about climate change and the devastating effects carbon pollution is having on the planet. From devastating storms to food insecurity caused by altered weather patterns, there's ...

Apple's iLife suite, which includes Garageband, iMovie, and iPhoto, has been rebooted for iOS and OS X Mavericks, the company announced at today's iPad event. The tech giant also declared a reboot of ...

T-Mobile will finally support LTE iPads, according to new details on Apple's homepageThe company didn't announce the news during its iPad event in San Francisco on Tuesday, but T-Mobile has been added...

eBay is aggressively expanding its same-day delivery service. At a presentation in Manhattan Tuesday morning, Devin Wenig, president of eBay Marketplaces, announced the company has acquired one of the...

Apple unleashed a new, high-resolution Retina iPad mini at its big iPad event in San Francisco on Tuesday.The original iPad mini, which was released in October 2012, has proved a huge hit for Apple. A...

Apple unleashed a new, high-resolution Retina iPad mini at its big iPad event in San Francisco on Tuesday.The original iPad mini, which was released in October 2012, has been a big hit for Apple; in t...

Apple has sold 170 million iPads since the product launched in early 2010, the company revealed during its event in San Francisco on TuesdayTim Cook, Apple's CEO, revealed that Apple had sold its 170 ...

Apple unveiled the fifth generation of the iPad on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, called the iPad Air. The new model sports a thinner design as well as a and a 64-bit processor, a feature first...

It seemed like a bad joke when BlackBerry announced that it would be launching BBM on iOS and Android. It didn’t seem like very many people would be interested in using such a dated messaging se...

At Tuesday's iPad event, Apple gave a brief glimpse at how iTunes Radio is performing since launching the streaming music service on Sept. 18.Tim Cook revealed that iTunes Radio has 20 million "liste...

As expected, Apple took the wraps off its long-awaited up to the Mac Pro on Tuesday. The sleek, shiny black cylindrical design and heavy duty computing power immediately made the device an attractive ...

The rumor mill was right: Apple unveiled a new line of retina screen MacBook Pro computers on Tuesday at its iPad event in San Francisco. Apple is calling it "the best [MacBook] lineup we've ever had....

Apple finally revealed its new desktop operating system, OS Mavericks X, is available for free download starting on Tuesday.OS X Mavericks is available for free for all machines back to 2007See also: ...

Apple finally revealed its new desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, is available for free download starting on Tuesday.OS X Mavericks is available for free for all machines back to 2007See also: ...

A little more than five years after launching, Apple's App Store has topped 1 million apps.Apple's CEO Tim Cook revealed the milestone at its big iPad event on Tuesday, adding that there have been mor...

Apple's iOS 7 was on 200 million devices within five days of its public introduction, making it the fastest and biggest software update ever, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday.Cook, who was speaking ...

The tech industry isn't a hub of cultural diversity, that much we know. In fact, according to a Human Capital Venture Capital report — the only study ever conducted on VC-backed founders and the...

If you were not among the select few to receive an invite to Apple’s exclusive event on Tuesday, the company has made the full-length video of the presentation available for viewing on its websi...

During an Aug. 3 airing of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece Castle in the Sky, thousands of anime fans watching the broadcast in Japan tweeted in unison to coincide with an exciting scen...

Honda's UK ad for its new CR-V 1.6 diesel has every optical illusion you loved as a kid.See also: 10 Must-Follow Breaking News Accounts on TwitterThe video hyping Honda's new SUV and its fuel efficien...

New revelations about U.S. spies reading the emails of Mexico’s president and eavesdropping on millions of private phone calls in France have proven to be an embarrassment for the Obama administ...

The computer disappears.That has always been Apple's goal, and that is my first impression of the newer, lighter iPad Air. It's pretty much the purest expression yet of an interactive screen, without ...

An explosive new story trailer for Battlefield 4 features high-stakes action and intense music, but the moment no one will forget comes when a soldier punches a dog.The trailer details the perilous li...

An explosive new story trailer for Battlefield 4 features high-stakes action and intense music, but the moment no one will forget comes when a soldier punches a dog.The trailer details the perilous li...

YouTube just unveiled the nominees and more performers for the first YouTube Music Awards, a fan-voted global ceremony that will air live Nov. 3 on the video serviceYouTube determined the nominees bas...

Finish your holiday shopping by 4 p.m. today by purchasing Nicolas Cage spandex bodysuits for all your friends and family. No fancy toy or high-tech gadget can top the actor's head plastered across ev...

It's been eight years since the Pew Research Center produced a major report on online dating, and in those eight years, Pew says, Americans have become much more comfortable with looking for romance i...

StyleSaint, an Los Angeles-based apparel design and retail company, has an unusual origin story. It did not begin with an apparel product: Rather, it started as a community-driven self-publishing plat...

Amazon upped its free shipping minimum by $10 to $35 on Tuesday, marking the first time in a decade that the company has increased that threshold.In its announcement for the increase, Amazon pointed o...

Nanobiosym, a nanotechnology firm based in Boston, Mass., has created a mobile device that can accurately test for AIDS in some of the most remote places on Earth, and do it in under an hour.Called
...

When Facebook goes down, it can seem like all is lostLuckily, Jimmy Kimmel found a Facebook alternative, which offers all the Liking and poking you could ever want. The late-night host introduced Frie...

Finish your holiday shopping by 4 p.m. today by purchasing Nicolas Cage spandex bodysuits for all your friends and family. No fancy toy or high-tech gadget can top the actor's head plastered across ev...

Apple announced a ton of new stuff at Tuesday's big product event in San Francisco. From the new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display to tons of new stuff for the Mac, Apple managed to compress ...

Apple is gearing up to launch a new iPad and iPad mini at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, and fortunately for fans, you can watch it all live starting at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.The Cupertino, Cali...

Facebook, like most websites, has its bugs. But it's rare for the entire site to suddenly stop working as it did Monday morning. The news spread across other social media platforms, such as Twitter an...

Approaching 10,000 transactions with a nearly flawless customer satisfaction rating, Angelina got evicted (in a sense) from her place of business. Undeterred, Angelina bounced back and found not just ...

Just before the Voyager 1 space probe exited our solar system in 1990, the late astronomer Carl Sagan requested that it take one last photo of Earth. The resulting image, known as "The Pale Blue Dot,"...

Like clockwork, Apple's online store is dark prior to its big announcementThe Apple Store appears to have gone down around 9 a.m ET. The company is holding an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the A...

It seemed like a bad joke when BlackBerry announced that it would be launching BBM on iOS and Android. It didn’t seem like very many people would be interested in using such a dated messaging se...

Google may not be the only tech giant developing smart glassesThe Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is testing prototypes for a device similar to Google Glass, which includes a camera and Int...

Like clockwork, Apple's online store is dark prior to its big announcementThe Apple Store appears to have gone down around 9 a.m ET. The company is holding an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the A...

Google has purchased FlexyCore, a French company that develops software solutions for mobile phones, according to a report.L'Expansion, a French news site, reports that Google paid about $23 million f...

Google has purchased FlexyCore, a French company that develops software solutions for mobile phonesL'Expansion, a French news site, reports that Google paid about $23 million for the 5-year-old compan...

If you generally prefer checking email on a phone rather than a tablet, Cannonball may change your mind.Cannonball, a five-person startup from Cambridge, Mass., released an email app for iPad on Tuesd...

Apple will live stream Tuesday's big iPad event on its website and via Apple TVApple TV owners can find it under the recently returned "Apple Events" channelIn the last few years, Apple has offered a ...

Our second non-fiction selection for the MashableReads social book club is Alexis Ohanian's Without Their Permission.We'll be hosting a Twitter chat with Ohanian on Nov. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET...

Everyone loves an adorable little trick-or-treater waiting at their door on Halloween. But an adult trick-or-treater begging for sweet treats? Not so much.Just because you're too old to go door-to-doo...

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 storiesI...

If it seems like Apple CEO Tim Cook isn't as much of a presence on stage during Apple launch events as his predecessor Steve Jobs used to be, there's a reason for that: Cook is absent three quarters o...

It's been eight years since the Pew Research Center produced a major report on online dating, and in those eight years, Pew says, Americans have become much more comfortable with looking for romance i...

Staying ahead of Google algorithm updates — especially when it comes to SEO practices that used to be par for the course, like link-building — isn't easySo how do you vet an SEO expert whe...

We love the sound of an achievement. Something about that triumphant little "ding" sets our gamer hearts a-flutter. But Easter Eggs? That's a whole new level of awesome. Finding an Easter Egg in a vid...

Amazon upped its free shipping minimum by $10 to $35 on Tuesday, marking the first time in a decade that the company has increased that threshold.In its announcement for the increase, Amazon pointed o...

The vast salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia offer the perfect backdrop for photographs that fool the eyeTourists flock to the stark white landscape with props and clever ideas on how to take advant...

We love the sound of an achievement. Something about that triumphant little "ding" sets our gamer hearts a-flutter. But Easter Eggs? That's a whole new level of awesome. Finding an Easter Egg in a vid...

This Halloween, thousands of pumpkin spice latte-chugging fall enthusiasts will devote hours to carving jack-o'-lanterns.But you don't want your gourd crafting lost amongst pages of Google Image resul...

Dwolla made a name for itself by making it easier and more affordable for users to transfer money to one another online. Now, nearly four years after launching, the startup is making its first foray i...

When you’re running a startup, it’s easy to get bogged down working on your product. Adding a killer feature, managing customer support — it all requires a lot of attention.But if yo...

It's been rumored for a long time, and now it's real: Nokia has unveiled its first tablet, the Lumia 2520, a 10.1-inch Windows-based model that emphasizes "mobility" above all else.To prove the point,...

If you like your smartphones big, has Nokia got a dream device for you. The Nokia Lumia 1520 is the first "phablet" for the Windows Phone platform, a plus-size phone with a full HD 6-inch display. As ...

Dwolla made a name for itself by making it easier and more affordable for users to transfer money to one another online. Now, nearly four years after launching, the startup is making its first foray i...

Our second non-fiction selection for the MashableReads social book club is Alexis Ohanian's Without Their Permission.We'll be hosting a Twitter chat with Ohanian on Nov. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET...

It's been rumored for a long time, and now it's real: Nokia has unveiled its first tablet, the Lumia 2520, a 10.1-inch Windows-based model that emphasizes "mobility" above all else.To prove the point,...

It's been rumored for a long time, and now it's real: Nokia has unveiled its first tablet, the Lumia 2520, a 10.1-inch Windows-based model that emphasizes "mobility" above all else.To prove the point,...

If you like your smartphones big, has Nokia got a dream device for you. The Nokia Lumia 1520 is the first "phablet" for the Windows Phone platform, a plus-size phone with a full HD 6-inch display. As ...

Instagram is coming to Windows Phone — and this time, it's official.Nokia announced Instagram's arrival alongside its new additions, the Lumia 2520 Windows RT tablet and the Lumia 1520 Windows P...

Instagram is coming to Windows Phone — and this time, it's official.Nokia announced Instagram's arrival alongside its new additions, the Lumia 2520 Windows RT tablet and the Lumia 1520 Windows P...

Today's Google Doodle is an animated tribute to balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin, the inventor of the parachute, and his first parachute jumpGarnerin invented the frameless parachute and carried...

Reading the news and driving don't mix for obvious safety reasons, but a new app now makes it possible by reading articles out loud while you driveCalled Dragon Drive, the app was designed by voice-re...

Technology and platform convergence is the next big thing that businesses are looking for –- whether it be mobile and Internet or Internet and TV. It’s all about a revenue stream for the f...

The Living Wallet looks like a regular wallet — except for the small wheels on its sidesAccording to its official website, the wallet pairs with a bookkeeping app called Zaim, which works on the...

Amnesty International stops just short of accusing the United States of war crimes in a new report on American drone killings in Pakistan. The documents focus on two separate strikes that left scores ...

It was only a matter of time: True&Co, a retail site that helps shoppers find perfect-fitting bras "via algorithm," announced Monday that it is launching its own label.The new private collection, ...

Blade Runner has been the gold standard of gritty sci-fi thrillers for years, but this reimagining of the classic noir cranks up the grit factor.Understated dialogue, dark shadows and a young Harrison...

Reading the news and driving don't mix for obvious safety reasons, but a new app now makes it possible by reading articles out loud while you driveCalled Dragon Drive, the app was designed by voice-re...

Elon Musk is planning to one-up James Bond by turning the Lotus Esprit submarine, the aquatic vehicle made famous in The Spy Who Loved Me, into an actual drivable submarine.The movie vehicle was ...

Last year, Joss Whedon switched gears from his usual fantasy-fueled projects to tackle a classic. The result was a modern day update of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About NothingWhedon packed the fi...

Apple could unload not one, not two, but three or more new products and technologies TuesdayRumors are swirling about thinner iPads, iPad minis with Retina screens, new MacBooks, and covers with keyb...

Although search remains Google’s flagship product, the power and utility of Google Maps makes it an essential tool for anyone with a smartphone. Now, the app is unveiling yet another enhancement...

Orbitz.com launched a rewards program geared at reducing its reliance on air bookings by providing incentives to book hotels, especially through its mobile apps.Under the new Orbitz Rewards program, w...

In parts of the world,where repressive governments control the Internet with unassailable firewalls, netizens don't see the same web that people in other countries canNow, Google wants to give people ...

Speculation and excitement surrounding a possible Apple smartwatch hasn’t diminished, despite the fact that the Cupertino, Calif. company hasn't even hinted that it's developing oneSee also: The...

Humans need sleep; everybody knows that without it, we get cranky, a bit loopy, and then we die. Unfortunately, science has been a little iffy about it; though we understood the negative effects assoc...

The man of a bajillion voices is back, and this time he's taking on Family GuyBrock McGoiter rattles off voice after voice, perfectly capturing the essence of each quirky Family Guy character — ...

Pitchers' duels, home runs, and late-inning rallies have led us here.This past weekend, the penultimate round of the MLB playoffs reached a thrilling conclusion, and baseball fans across the country a...

Step one: Blast Stormtroopers. Step two: Throw grappling hook across Death Star chasm. Step three: the most famous quick smooch in movie history.You probably remember the kiss that Princess Leia gave ...

Shaken by the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School and determined to prevent future tragedies, a team of high school students in Washington, D.C., has invented a new locking device for classroom d...

Apple has been lauded for its complete reinvention of its operating system with the release of iOS 7 back in September. The revamped OS boasts a new visual language, including a parallax background ef...

Aside from sharing earnings figures and subscriber numbers Monday in its quarterly letter to shareholders, Netflix touted the performance of its original series, particularly Orange Is the New Black a...

Developing is often a team sport. Some of the best ideas and apps come not from an individual, but from a collaboration of developersWhile it may seem easier to find tech teammates in major tech hubs,...

Action, comedy, or drama — doesn't matter. If someone is running in a movie, it will most likely be slow-mo.The latest video from Supercut Online shows how directors love to keep the action up w...

As more consumers flock to low-cost tablets, the desktop and notebook computer world is taking a hit. According to Gartner analysts, tablet shipments are projected to soar 53.4% in 2013, while traditi...

Girls creator Lena Dunham took to Instagram to reveal the air date for the third season of the HBO series and says she uses Twitter as a point of reference.See also: Tina Fey Joins 'Girls' Cast in Hil...

Netflix now has more paying subscribers in the United States than HBO.Netflix revealed in its third quarter earnings report that it had 29.9 million paid subscribers as of the end of September, up fro...

After winning the National League Championship, the St. Louis Cardinals certainly have something to dance about — but don't expect the police to join the celebration.This week's Viral Video Reca...

For those who don't hold occupations in the world of information technology, job titles like "site reliability engineer" might as well read "professor of transfiguration at Hogwarts." Basically, IT jo...

Vine saw 403% growth between Q1 and Q3 this year, making it the world's fastest growing app. Twitter relaunched Vine in January, explaining its exponential growth.Following Vine for fastest growing ap...

Michael Vick might want to tell baby brother Marcus to "shut off the Twitter" again.Nearly a year after a derisive online rant about how Michael's Philadelphia Eagles embarrassed the NFL star, Marcus ...

Twitter offers a large target for marketers hoping to drive home a specific message — and its accuracy is improvingA new tool, offered through Twitter's API, allows marketers to send targeted tw...

President Barack Obama sounded like commander in chief of the Geek Squad Monday as he addressed the glitch-plagued rollout of the government's online healthcare exchanges.A key part of the Affordable ...

Microsoft released an update to address the technical hiccups some users experienced when attempting to update to Windows RT 8.1 last Friday.See also: How Microsoft Could Rebrand Itself [PICS]After us...

Hasbro has sold more than 1 million Telepods, the tie-in action figures for Angry Birds Star Wars II, the company announced Monday.Telepods allow players to import their favorite Angry Birds Star Wars...

At Apple's iPad event Tuesday, the company is expected to unveil a redesigned 9.7-inch iPad and a new iPad mini.We've already assessed the probability of the biggest Apple rumors and asked our communi...

The Cheetos brand is giving a nod to the great tradition of toilet papering houses on Halloween with an online experience that lets you TP houses using Google Maps and Street View.The Frito-Lay brand ...

Flexing its muscles as a public-facing forum, Facebook reported Monday that the average referral track from Facebook to media sites jumped 170% last year.Facebook also disclosed that from September 20...

Websites run by dissidents and human rights activists around the world have a new ally in the fight against oppressive regimes: Google.To defend against the growing threat of cyberattacks, and specifi...

Hulu Plus has added iOS support for Google's popular Chromecast device, which plugs into any HDTV to let you watch online videos from your tablet, smartphone or computer, the company announced on its ...

Hulu Plus has added iOS support for Google's popular Chromecast device, which plugs into any HDTV to let you watch online videos from your tablet, smartphone or computer, the company announced on its ...

Like a lot of Americans, jail chef and Army veteran Troy Gilmore Jr. was pretty angry at Ted Cruz, the Texas senator whose grandstanding faux-filibuster on the Senate floor has been widely blamed for ...

Filming a pilot no longer requires a full-size production crew and major network — now, all you need is a camera and some dedicated friendsThat's exactly what Chicago-based comedian Joe Avella d...

It's near impossible to top the late Michael Jackson's talent for moon walking. But the Ohio State University Marching Band came close in its incredible tribute to the late King of Pop.The marching ba...

Google's popular Chromecast device may not be available outside of the United States just yet, but it looks like the accompanying Android app can now be downloaded by international usersTech site Andr...

It was only a matter of time: True&Co, a retail site that helps shoppers find perfect-fitting bras "via algorithm," announced Monday that it is launching its own label.The new private collection, ...

We're finishing the last chapters of our October #MashReads non-fiction book club pick, Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, and really hoping you are, too.If you aren't caught up on the premise of D...

"Nice tits, honey. Haven't I seen you online?"The man says it casually, with a suggestive grin, as he walks past Hollie Toups down the grocery store aisle. She's bothered by the remark, of course, but...

You don't need to look far to witness the tragic effects of climate change. Devastating super storms, floods and wildfires are taking a toll on the planet. Food insecurity and water scarcity are causi...

Facebook experienced widespread service disruptions for much of Monday morning, which prevented users from posting and engaging with posts on the social networkWhile the outage may have been a headach...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at Facebook, Spotify or Tumblr? Mashable and Wakefield's Dream Job Contest is your chance to find out!Upon entering this contest, five lucky winners...

The Obama Administration is bringing in software experts from inside and outside government in what it calls a “tech surge” to fix the ailing online health insurance marketplace HealthCare...

Microsoft's new Surface tablets, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 22 — the same day Apple is expected to unveil its new iPads. Their products are vastly different, but b...

Google paid tribute on Monday to Celia Cruz, known as "the Queen of Salsa" or "La Reina de la Salsa," with a vibrant Google Doodle to mark what would have been her 88th birthday.The Cuban-born legend,...

At Apple's iPad event Tuesday, the company is expected to unveil a redesigned 9.7-inch iPad and a new iPad mini.We've already assessed the probability of the biggest Apple rumors and asked our communi...

Do you remember your very first gaming console? Sony's latest ad for the upcoming PlayStation 4 will likely leave you pining for your good ol' PS1.Sony tracks the evolution of its consoles from the '9...

The Cheetos brand is giving a nod to the great tradition of toilet papering houses on Halloween with an online experience that lets you TP houses using Google Maps and Street View.The Frito-Lay brand ...

It's been a busy week in the tech world. So if you feel like you've missed a few tips and tricks, don't worry — we've got you covered.We've rounded up Mashable's top 25 digital media resources t...

Flexing its muscles as a public-facing forum, Facebook reported Monday that the average referral track from Facebook to media sites jumped 170% last year.Facebook also disclosed that from September 20...

It’s only been about a month since we all warmed up to the new iPhone 5S and 5C. Now, just before the holidays, Apple is preparing to show off a brand new set of goodiesOn Tuesday, Apple will un...

What better way to embrace the season of crazy costumes, hot cinnamon apple cider and pumpkin pie than bringing back the Halloween tradition of pumpkin carving? For this week's Vine Challenge, we want...

Hulu Plus has added iOS support for Google's popular Chromecast device, which plugs into any HDTV to let you watch online videos from your tablet, smartphone or computer, the company announced on its ...

Like a lot of Americans, jail chef and Army veteran Troy Gilmore Jr. was pretty angry at Ted Cruz, the Texas senator whose grandstanding faux-filibuster on the Senate floor has been widely blamed for ...

Filming a pilot no longer requires a full-size production crew and major network — now, all you need is a camera and some dedicated friendsThat's exactly what Chicago-based comedian Joe Avella d...

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....

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making his first known investment in a startup, a firm called Panorama Education that uses data analysis to attempt to improve education.The Cambridge, Mass.-based Pano...

It's near impossible to top the late Michael Jackson's talent for moon walking. But the Ohio State University Marching Band came close in its incredible tribute to the late King of Pop.The marching ba...

For reasons yet undisclosed, Facebook currently doesn't allow updating your status.Trying to do so will yield this message: "There was a problem updating your status. Please try again in a few minutes...

As of Monday morning, Facebook is experiencing errors across the site. It won't allow many users to update your status, post comments, send messages or post photos. Users are also unable to Like posts...

This Halloween, don't think of witches as spooky or creepy, think of them as valuable resources for relationship adviceNot all witches resort to love spells to find their significant other. Some of th...

Saying goodbye to the weekend and hello to another work week can make Monday feel like a major bummer. Instead of drowning your sorrows in coffee and spreadsheets, give your mood a little boost with r...

Saying goodbye to the weekend and hello to another work week can make Monday feel like a major bummer. Instead of drowning your sorrows in coffee and spreadsheets, give your mood a little boost with r...

After earning her spot on the TV news totem poll, Lara Setrakian had a difficult time explaining her decision to leave her dream job — covering the Middle East on-air for ABC and Bloomberg ̵...

"Carl Sagan, more than any contemporary scientist I can think of, knew what it takes to stir passion within the public when it comes to the wonder and importance of science," Bruce Alberts, president ...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at Facebook, Spotify or Tumblr? Mashable and Wakefield's Dream Job Contest is your chance to find out!Upon entering this contest, five lucky winners...

The Obama Administration is bringing in software experts from inside and outside government in what it calls a “tech surge” to fix the ailing online health insurance marketplace HealthCare...

Here at Mashable we firmly believe zombies aren't just for Halloween, but this time of year seems like a great opportunity to put together a collection of apocalypse-themed accessoriesWe found 10 item...

Google paid tribute on Monday to Celia Cruz, known as "the Queen of Salsa" or "La Reina de la Salsa," with a vibrant Google Doodle to mark what would have been her 88th birthday.The Cuban-born legend,...

Apple will launch a thinner variant of the iPad and an iPad mini with a high-resolution Retina screen, The Wall Street Journal reports citing info from Apple's parts suppliersAccording to the report, ...

This Halloween, don't think of witches as spooky or creepy, think of them as valuable resources for relationship adviceNot all witches resort to love spells to find their significant other. Some of th...

As of Monday morning, Facebook is experiencing errors across the site. It won't allow many users to update your status, post comments, send messages or post photos. Users are also unable to Like posts...

"Carl Sagan, more than any contemporary scientist I can think of, knew what it takes to stir passion within the public when it comes to the wonder and importance of science," Bruce Alberts, president ...

Who has a tablet? That’s right, pretty much everybody. Now, who has a tablet that can run full Photoshop? Suddenly the show of hands goes way down, limited pretty much to only non-ARM-powered Wi...

American Express claims it is breaking new ground with a program that lets cardmembers use their points to pay for cab rides in New York City.The program, which included retrofitting VeriFone-designed...

The Surface 2 is an attractive, solid, highly usable mobile device that remains, unfortunately, caught between two worlds. And that’s not a place you want to put tablet consumers. Arriving rou...

The Surface 2 is an attractive, solid, highly usable mobile device that remains, unfortunately, caught between two worlds. And that’s not a place you want to put tablet consumers. Arriving rou...

In the run-up to Apple’s major event on Tuesday, many Apple watchers have been predicting new hardware announcements, but an inadvertent leak on the company’s website hints that its softwa...

Even if you're not great with ghost stories and costumes aren't your cup of tea, you still may be able to scare a friend into spitting out his or her pumpkin spice latte this Halloween.Ghost Cam+ is a...

As the co-founder of Twitter and Square, two of the most high profile tech companies in Silicon Valley, Jack Dorsey can claim at least some sage wisdom in the way of building successful companiesSee a...

Apple's big product launch event is just a few days away, and although we're expecting a whole collection of announcements — from a new MacBook line to an Apple TV upgrade — the next-gener...

You've spent all week hustling to make it to the weekend — why not recharge with a little brunch or shopping? If you think you're living the good life when you upload that mimosa on Instagram, t...

When the San Francisco Department of Public Health banned Virginia Ramos in June from selling the handmade tamales she'd been peddling for decades in local bars, the office of her city supervisor was ...

Liquid gold takes form as an iPhone 5S in Apple's first TV advertisement for the deviceThe spot debuted Sunday during an NFL broadcast on FOX, according to The Verge. It also played on CBS's NFL cover...

Twitter may be preparing to shutter its Twitter #Music mobile app, just six months after its high-profile launch.News of the potential shutdown was reported by AllThingsD, which cited multiple sources...

When you watch a movie for the first time, an overwhelming feeling of deja vu doesn't mean you have magical powers — it probably means the film is full of tired cliches you've seen in hundreds o...

A parade of 50 cars carrying 100 people showed up at an Oregon high school to support a bullied teen after his aunt made a plea for help on Facebook.Halsey Parkerson's aunt witnessed her nephew being ...

It's a sad truth, but the Internet consumes our lives. A day without Netflix, a moment without email or a second without Google is beyond imaginationBut there once was a time — many, many years ...

Mimicking the iconic design of Lego blocks, an international team of scientists discovered a better way to harvest the sun's energy.Researchers from Imperial College London and collaborators in Belgiu...

These days, watching that viral cat video or using FaceTime with a friend requires a smartphone stand. After all, it's not easy to hold your phone in between fits of laughter!Many companies offer stan...

Are you searching for your next great career opportunity in the digital space? The Mashable Job Board is here to serve you as the leading destination for digital talent.Since its launch four years ago...

Purported inventory data from Apple resellers gives us some insight into the products that the Cupertino, Calif. company may announce at its new product event on Tuesday.Apple Insider put together a c...

Imagine a world in which everything you care about could be tracked. You'd never misplace your shoes, keys and bags, or lose track of your loved ones.Thanks to a tiny, solar-powered GPS tracker that c...

The job world isn't what it used to be. With twesumes, online portfolios and professional social media platforms, showcasing your experience via a traditional resume template no longer cuts it and, fo...

Coffee is a much-beloved morning staple, but it's nice to cozy up to something different every now and then.If you're looking to try something new, consider swapping your espresso for Moroccan mint te...

Some people view selfies as a symptom of the self-centered, self-important "me" generation, while others argue it's a way for a person to have total control on how they are represented online.Either w...

Google constantly looks to improve its various services through software updates and design tweaks, and the latest revamp may be coming to your Gmail account.See also: 10 Simple Google Calendar Tips a...

UPDATE: A Google spokesperson responded with the following statement: "In response to feedback from our users, we’ve simplified the sign-in process, and the screen has slowly been rolling out ov...

Some of the greatest, most epic movie lines in history have undoubtedly come from Arnold SchwarzeneggerAlthough many of these quotes have taken on a life of their own, with Arnold impressions dominati...

Bootstrap has exploded since Twitter released it in 2011, becoming one of the most popular responsive frameworks available. It boasts an extensive library of pre-styled components, plugins and add-ons...

Sometimes simply displaying your Halloween spirit on your porch just isn't enough. You worked hard on your pumpkin masterpiece, so it's only fair that you get to show it off.We combed through Instagra...

With its 20 filters that fit handily in an app, Instagram is undoubtedly a gamechanger for mobile photography. Unfortunately, the filters themselves aren't readily available outside of the app.See als...

You may have some reservations about country music, but you can't deny that this country-western cover of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" got your feet tappingThe latest band to give a pop hit an unexpec...

Money laundering is increasingly becoming a cybercrime. Gone are the days when the bad guys would pop down to the casino and hope to convert their loot into a clean win on the roulette table. And less...

A lucky horse received new titanium horseshoes, thanks to the power of 3D printingScientists with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation custom-designed the horseshoes, shown...

Don't trust your computer. It's not your friend; it doesn't have your best interest at heart; and it will trick youSee also: 5 Pranks to Play on Your Friend's iPhoneIn this comic, artist Pablo Stanley...

Whovians, brace yourselvesBBC One created a special trailer that celebrates the last 50 years of Doctor Who.In the video, fans are taken back to the very beginning of the popular sci-fi series. All th...

It's no secret that Julian Assange dislikes Hollywood movie The Fifth Estate, which details the rise of WikiLeaks. Assange has been concerned about the film for months, incessantly tweeting bad review...

It's no secret that Julian Assange dislikes Hollywood movie The Fifth Estate, which details the rise of WikiLeaks. Assange has been concerned about the film for months, incessantly tweeting bad review...

Two years ago, Mark Rober was an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., part of a team that worked on the Curiosity rover. For Halloween, he strapped an iPad to his ch...

Perhaps, one day, your Kinect will be able to follow you through the walls of your houseResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a motion-tracking device, which they cal...

Perhaps, one day, your Kinect will be able to follow you through the walls of your houseResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a motion-tracking device, which they cal...

Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney claims in a new interview that he had the defibrillator implanted in his chest altered to prevent hackers from wirelessly accessing the device.Cheney revealed th...

Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney claims in a new interview that he had the defibrillator implanted in his chest altered to prevent hackers from wirelessly accessing the device.Cheney revealed th...

Story Updated 10/19/13 4:25PMMicrosoft took its Windows RT 8.1 update offline until further notice on Saturday, after users reported that it resulted in bricked devices and lost data.The Redmond, Wash...

Saturday is Evaluate Your Life Day, so there is no better time to whip out your bucket list and see how you're doing.It might seem like too much work, but you'll have a more relaxing weekend once you ...

Science-fiction technology often seems too fantastical to be real, like gadgets from a future so distant we will never see them fully realized. With tech advancing faster than ever before, the distanc...

Don't trust your computer. It's not your friend; it doesn't have your best interest at heart; and it will trick youSee also: 5 Pranks to Play on Your Friend's iPhoneIn this comic, artist Pablo Stanley...

Each year, over 39 million tourists flock to Times Square. It's loud, crowded and full of eccentric people. Most New Yorkers know to avoid it, but others just have to deal with it. Thankfully, two hot...

LOS ANGELES — YouTube Space LA was overrun with bloody, pale-faced zombies earlier this month, and unlike horror films where people normally run away in fear, this fright fest was full of people...

China is home to the world's largest population of digital natives, totaling more than 75 million people — that's almost twice as many as the U.S., which has more than 41 million.India and Brazi...

With all the excitement surrounding Apple's upcoming event on Oct. 22, you may have missed a rather important recall that the Cupertino, Calif. company issued this week concerning its MacBook Air lapt...

It obviously makes more sense to look for a job while you still have one. After all, you won’t feel the pressure to pick any old job that you’re offered because you have to pay your mortga...

Do you want to put your iPhone 5S on a pedestal?We recently highlighted some unusual iPhone stands, but this time we're taking a look at options that will complement your Apple mobile's sleek good loo...

The much-anticipated Windows 8.1 update was finally released on Thursday. Since then, however, early reports of bricked devices and lost data from some users indicate that the release may have been pr...

Story Updated 10/19/13 4:25PMMicrosoft took its Windows RT 8.1 update offline until further notice on Saturday, after users reported that it resulted in bricked devices and lost data.The Redmond, Wash...

Artist Christian Jackson boils down classic children's tales to one simple element.Jackson's minimalist fairy tale posters tell a story without cramming all sorts of distracting visual details around ...

Science-fiction technology often seems too fantastical to be real, like gadgets from a future so distant we will never see them fully realized. With tech advancing faster than ever before, the distanc...

The hashtag is the tool of choice for communication on Twitter, and it's a prominent feature on social media sites such as Google+, Pinterest, Tumblr and, most recently, Facebook. It helps create conv...

LOS ANGELES — YouTube Space LA was overrun with bloody, pale-faced zombies earlier this month, and unlike horror films where people normally run away in fear, this fright fest was full of people...

China is home to the world's largest population of digital natives, totaling more than 75 million people — that's almost twice as many as the U.S., which has more than 41 million.India and Brazi...

With all the excitement surrounding Apple's upcoming event on Oct. 22, you may have missed a rather important recall that the Cupertino, Calif. company issued this week concerning its MacBook Air lapt...

It's not just the costumes that makes these pets uniqueAnyone can dress a cat or dog, but it takes real panache to get your fine-feathered, scaled, or spiked friend in the spooky spirit. They deserve ...

Since the early 1990s, we humans have been doing something both odd and eminently sensible: We've been launching jellyfish into space. And we have been doing it for science. During NASA's first Spacel...

What happens when Superman asks Batman to put aside their differences and join forces? Batman says no, plain and simple.He's also self-deprecating, depressed and jealous. Or so Pete Holmes imagines in...

Get your best heart hand gesture ready because it may soon come in handy for sharing photosThe Independent reports that a patent filed by Google hints at a new Glass feature that would allow users to ...

If this 4-year-old wanted to make his parents smile and charm their friends, all he had to memorize from A Few Good Men was Jack Nicholson's famous line, "You can't handle the truth!"Obviously, this k...

The U.S. military may implement a robot that has fired a machine gun at targets up to 500 feet away.Though drones have assaulted targets from the sky, this is the first time a robot on the ground...

Since the early 1990s, we humans have been doing something both odd and eminently sensible: We've been launching jellyfish into space. And we have been doing it for science. During NASA's first Spacel...

Current wireless networks have a problem: The more popular they become, the slower they are. Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have just become the latest to demonstrate a technology that tr...

In an era where bands from the 1990s can ride a wave of nostalgia to a successful run as a touring band, Toad the Wet Sprocket is going its own wayAfter disbanding in 1998, the California quartet reun...

On Oct. 22, Apple will host its second major product announcement of the fall. While the first officially launched the iOS 7 era as well as the new generation of iPhones, we expect Tuesday's event to ...

It's no secret that employers research job candidates' social media profiles to help them make hiring decisions. Most employers, however, may have been inaccurately evaluating applicants' online perso...

If this 4-year-old wanted to make his parents smile and charm their friends, all he had to memorize from A Few Good Men was Jack Nicholson's famous line, "You can't handle the truth!"Obviously, this k...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans ...

One of the clunkier aspects of the mobile experience is the lack of a seamless transition from app to app.For instance, when LinkedIn sends you an email about a new connection, the accompanying link s...

Mankind most definitely doesn't have a monopoly on irrational fears. So while us humans are terrorized by jack-o'-lanterns and witches this Halloween season, the trees will be facing a much more terri...

After studying more than 200 billion Facebook ads, it has been discovered that the ads are more effective on iOS than on Android. The study conducted by Nanigans shows that Facebook ads on iOS are 1,7...

Everyone's favorite Dark Lord of the Sith will get multiple TV specials next spring or summer, according to information provided to Star Wars licensees.A page from a brochure given to attendees at the...

When a natural disaster hits, there are a lot of phone calls to be made — to emergency workers, to local friends who may need help, to far-away family. But when everyone calls home at once, cell...

The Internet churns out viral hits on a daily basis, but there are only a few pictures, videos and GIFs that will go down in meme historySo what turns an average YouTube video or image on Reddit into ...

Google's online street views could help scientists track and fight invasive species over the Internet, researchers say.Mapping where species are in the world is key to monitoring native and invasive o...

Lena Dunham, the creator and star of HBO's Girls, will be a keynote speaker at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, in March 2014Her talk will be the one of the 500 sessions that ...

Lena Dunham, the creator and star of HBO's Girls, will be a keynote speaker at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, in March 2014Her talk will be the one of the 500 sessions that ...

The world of cybercrime may have been dealt a huge blow last week as various outlets continue to confirm that Russian authorities arrested the author behind the Blackhole exploit kitAllegedly created ...

A best-selling book about the women behind America's original astronauts is now being adapted for television by the co-creator of Gossip Girl.ABC has given the go for producer Stephanie Savage to pen ...

AT&T announced a new a-la-carte option for mobile users — a $5 day pass aimed at tablet users who need short-term data access.The new $5 plan cellular plan includes 250 MB of data access for...

Have you ever tried typing "women should," "women shouldn't" or "women can't" into Google? The autocomplete suggestions you get may surprise and horrify you, as a new series of ads from UN Women makes...

LinkedIn launched in 2003 as the social network of choice for professionals, and as a landmark of sorts for those who wanted an online space for their resumeSince then, the platform has grown to more ...

Google and Facebook announced a detente of sorts on Friday in which Google will sell Facebook ad inventory.The ads will be sold via Google's DoubleClick Bid Manager, its real-time bidding system. In a...

Muggsy Bogues stands five-foot-three and is the shortest player in NBA history. Yao Ming stands seven-foot-six and is one of the tallest players in NBA historyThe two now-retired ballers have finally ...

Apple is expected to launch two new iPads — the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 — at an event next week in San Francisco. As usual, the rumor mill has cranked out a lot of speculation surrounding ...

Edward Snowden doesn't have the trove of top secret National Security Agency documents that he leaked anymore, he claimed in a new interview with The New York TimesWhen Snowden fled to Hong Kong and t...

In a recent GQ article, former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner blames the Internet for his failed New York City mayoral bid. Writer Marshall Sella, who shadowed Weiner during his recent campaign, pain...

Watch the Woodman have 15 completely different adventures in these creative Vine videos.This week's Mashable Vine Challenge has a very special theme: The Woodies Film Festival. Your challenge was to t...

Put your party pants on. It's almost the weekend, which means you'll inevitably wind up singing your lungs out in a karaoke bar. Everyone has their go-to song — something that perfectly showcas...

For many in today's tech world, novel reading is a luxury — something you might do once or twice a year, if you're lucky. It's often the first thing that goes out the window when times are busy....

As if he wasn't cute enough already, Kid President just got a whole lot cuter.The pint-size POTUS is the latest Internet sensation to be "songified" by The Gregory Brothers on their popular YouTube ch...

Windows 8.1, which Microsoft launched Thursday, is a feature-rich update that takes Windows 8 machines to a new level of utility. However, it doesn't do much to address what many critics see as the fu...

Can you get the essence of a full-length movie across in six seconds?Procter & Gamble's Tide did an admirable job of summarizing Carrie below:Though Tide is not generally thought of as brand known...

Jigsaw, the devilish mastermind from the Saw franchise, isn't someone you'd want to encounter on your way to the bathroomSo living with him full-time? That sounds like a nightmare.See also: 13 Cheesy ...

Rembrandt did it. So did Raphael. And Van Gogh. And Kahlo and Beale and Courbet. The self-portrait, as a form, has been around almost as long as portraiture itself has — a testament to artists' ...

The International Space Station may soon have its own little brewery thanks to a kid who still has a decade before he can legally drink.Michal Bodzianowski, 11, was among several winners of a national...

Mobile messaging represents an oft-unsung yet powerful worldwide trend. WeChat has over 400 million users; WhatsApp has over 300 million; Viber hit 200 million a few months ago, and dozens more boast ...

Here's another one to add to the charming Elena Kagan anecdote file providing a wonderful glimpse into how the least transparent of the three branches of government operates.Speaking during an intervi...

Google is officially part of the ultra-exclusive $1,000 club.The search giant's stock topped $1,000 a share on Friday for the first time in its history, making it one of only a select few businesses i...

Everyone's favorite Dark Lord of the Sith will get multiple TV specials next spring or summer, according to information provided to Star Wars licensees.A page from a brochure given to attendees at the...

In a recent GQ article, former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner blames the Internet for his failed New York City mayoral bid. Writer Marshall Sella, who shadowed Weiner during his recent campaign, pain...

Lenovo is examining BlackBerry's books, but it isn't interested in buying the whole company, just parts of it, according to Reuters.The report, which hit the wire Thursday night, is at odds with an ea...

Put your party pants on. It's almost the weekend, which means you'll inevitably wind up singing your lungs out in a karaoke bar. Everyone has their go-to song — something that perfectly showcas...

For many in today's tech world, novel reading is a luxury — something you might do once or twice a year, if you're lucky. It's often the first thing that goes out the window when times are busy....

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 look at three particularly interesting storiesGoogle ...

The Internet churns out viral hits on a daily basis, but there are only a few pictures, videos and GIFs that will go down in meme historySo what turns an average YouTube video or image on Reddit into ...

As if he wasn't cute enough already, Kid President just got a whole lot cuter.The pint-size POTUS is the latest Internet sensation to be "songified" by The Gregory Brothers on their popular YouTube ch...

Lena Dunham, the creator and star of HBO's Girls, will be a keynote speaker at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, in March 2014Her talk will be the one of the 500 sessions that ...

There is likely nothing in this world that can't be improved with googly eyesFortunately, the Instagrammers behind the hashtag #Vandaleyes know this fact better than anyone else.See also: 8 Signs You'...

If you thought intense light shows were reserved only for Christmas, you're so wrong.A company called Light-O-Rama helps people create intricately choreographed light shows for the holidays, including...

If you ever wondered what Ariel and her mermaid friends listen to when they're bumpin' in the club, or what the My Little Ponies download when they want to rebel against The Man, look no further than ...

After a long day at work, the last thing you want to do is fumble to unlock your bike before commuting home. The BitLock makes unlocking much easier and faster by turning your smartphone into a v...

You carry your iPhone with you everywhere, so why not choose a case that carries a meaningful message?We found 10 cases that give you a daily dose of inspirational wisdom while protecting your mobile ...

Google is officially part of the ultra-exclusive $1,000 club.The search giant's stock topped $1,000 a share on Friday for the first time in its history, making it one of only a select few businesses i...

There is likely nothing in this world that can't be improved with googly eyesFortunately, the Instagrammers behind the hashtag #Vandaleyes know this fact better than anyone else.See also: 8 Signs You'...

While most of the universe has grown incredibly weary of the Pitch Perfect "Cups" song — and the accompanying cup-banging routine — this group's cover is a complete game-changerWhy? Becaus...

You want extreme? We've got extreme. Here's supremely cool video of the biggest mountain bike backflip in history. We get our first look at the 0:50 mark, then a couple of slow-motion replays at 1:45....

Here's another one to add to the charming Elena Kagan anecdote file providing a wonderful glimpse into how the least transparent of the three branches of government operates.Speaking during an intervi...

If you ever wondered what Ariel and her mermaid friends listen to when they're bumpin' in the club, or what the My Little Ponies download when they want to rebel against The Man, look no further than ...

Google's Nexus 5 is not exactly the world's best kept secret, but if you needed further confirmation that the device is coming soon, we've got it: the device briefly appeared in Google Play Store with...

The conventional wisdom among online publishers and creators is that volume equals traffic. The more content, the more clicks and page views. The problem is that in our 24-hour news cycle culture, out...

Sharing your DSLR-quality images on Instagram — and letting everyone know where you are at the same time — just got one step easierNikon announced the newest addition to its DSLR family Th...

While not much has been released about Paranormal Activity 5, the trailer for the franchise's spinoff — Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones — is finally here with the upmost intention of ...

Usually, when entering a restaurant — even a sushi boat restaurant — you're greeted by a waiter. The friendly server takes your order, brings you your food and disposes of the dirty dishes...

Warning: The above video contains language and imagery that is NSFW and some viewers may find objectionable.There's something seriously wrong with Carrie. But it's not her deadly supernatural powers. ...

Eccentric characters adventuring through quirky set designs are signatures of director Wes Anderson's films such as Moonrise Kingdom. The new trailer for his latest flick, The Grand Budapest Hotel, sh...

When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective battle plan. For the entirety of the campaign, co-founder Ji...

The conventional wisdom among online publishers and creators is that volume equals traffic. The more content, the more clicks and page views. The problem is that in our 24-hour news cycle culture, out...

It calls itself a petting zoo — but this installation at a French art center looks a lot different from what you might expectThe architecture and design team Minimaforms, formed by brothers Step...

With Black Friday quickly approaching, retailers are starting to prepare for the onslaught of holiday shoppers, a new study finds.Research from CareerBuilder revealed that retailers will be stocking u...

You want extreme? We've got extreme. Here's supremely cool video of the biggest mountain bike backflip in history. We get our first look at the 0:50 mark, then a couple of slow-motion replays at 1:45....

The fuel cell industry has been the next big thing for nearly as long as it’s been around. Invented in the early 19th century, fuel cells are an efficient and clean way to produce energy. Hydrog...

Now here's a video game that would keep us sane all winter long.Just in time for Halloween, CineFix's latest parody in the "8-bit Cinema" series recasts The Shining in a video game world, giving both ...

AuthenTec cofounder F. Scott Moody put the most groundbreaking work his company has done on display this October at North Carolina State University, where he showed off Apple's Touch ID to engineering...

Fans of the animated hit South Park aren't going to think this is so sweet — the show missed a development deadline for the first time in the show's 17-season history after a power outage paral...

Usually, when entering a restaurant — even a sushi boat restaurant — you're greeted by a waiter. The friendly server takes your order, brings you your food and disposes of the dirty dishes...

Google Glass's voice commands could extend far beyond "OK Glass," the device's firmware suggests.Android Police reviewed the latest firmware update and found a long list of potential new features, inc...

Parents: ever had a hard time taking a device away from a small child and telling them to go outside? Mark Zuckerberg's elder sister wants to help.Randi Zuckerberg is set to release a children's book ...

With government cash flowing again, the U.S. Antarctic research program is scrambling to reverse the science shutdown forced into place last week.On Oct. 8, the National Science Foundation ordered the...

When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective battle plan. For the entirety of the campaign, co-founder Ji...

Anyone who creates movie trailers for a living take note: Everything seems more emotional when an instrumental cover of "Creep" plays in the background.Even a trailer for the dating app Tinder.See als...

Grumpy Cat may be the spirit animal of the 21st century, but for all we know, the relatives of this sourpuss may have hated on humans since the dawn of mankindIn this comic, artist Lonnie Easterling f...

While not much has been released about Paranormal Activity 5, the trailer for the franchise's spinoff — Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones — is finally here with the upmost intention of ...

What's more fun than playing games? Talking about them at length with like-minded players. As the Internet has grown, destinations for gamer conversations are springing up everywhere — from regu...

Advertisers and government agencies may soon be able to track you online by identifying your smartphone using its accelerometer — the device that tells apps which way you're pointing your phone ...

Eccentric characters adventuring through quirky set designs are signatures of director Wes Anderson's films such as Moonrise Kingdom. The new trailer for his latest flick, The Grand Budapest Hotel, sh...

Some Twitter users have been unable to send direct messages containing links, according to multiple reports.The issue, which was first reported on Wednesday night, comes a few days after the social ne...

Google beat earnings and revenue estimates for the third quarter, sending the stock soaring back above $900 a share in after hours tradingThe search giant reported earnings of $10.74 per share on reve...

Every object with a mass — a person, plant or building — has a shadow that can transform it into a surreal image. For this week's round of the Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series, w...

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

Windows 8.1 is here. If you have a PC either running Windows 8 or capable of doing so, there are a slew of reasons to upgrade to the new version. The update introduces many useful tools while simultan...

Windows 8.1 is here. If you have a PC either running Windows 8 or capable of doing so, there are a slew of reasons to upgrade to the new version. The update introduces many useful tools while simultan...

On a Tuesday in July, European Union antitrust regulators showed up in the lobby of Orange SA’s offices on the edge of Paris armed with laptops and a search warrant.Stephane Richard, the chief e...

Do you have your eye on a plush corner office? Chances are, you'll need more than ambition alone to land a top spot in the C-Suite.If you've ever wondered what factors contribute to C-Suite status and...

Hulu board member Mike Hopkins is the new CEO of the streaming video company, the company announced Thursday. Andy Forssell, who has served as acting CEO since founder Jason Kilar departed in March, i...

One college student just learned first hand that there is such a thing as bad publicityBevii, a social networking startup founded by a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, tried...

Just weeks after the FBI took down Silk Road, the Internet's largest "sprawling black market bazaar," one of its main competitors has also gone down. Though it appears the feds aren't behind it.BlackM...

Google Glass's voice commands could extend far beyond "OK Glass," the device's firmware suggests.Android Police reviewed the latest firmware update and found a long list of potential new features, inc...

Medical researchers say they have discovered a possible vaccine for post-traumatic stress disorder that could protect soldiers in battle by regulating one of the body’s own hormones.Scientists a...

Parents: ever had a hard time taking a device away from a small child and telling them to go outside? Mark Zuckerberg's elder sister wants to help.Randi Zuckerberg is set to release a children's book ...

Security experts have long suspected that iMessage is not as safe and impenetrable as Apple claims. But a group of researchers says it has proof that Apple can indeed eavesdrop on your iMessages ̵...

You might call rice the clay of the food pyramid. It's the perfect foundation for making adorable food artFor Instagram user Samantha Lee, she uses it to create deliciously clever pop culture-inspired...

With government cash flowing again, the U.S. Antarctic research program is scrambling to reverse the science shutdown forced into place last week.On Oct. 8, the National Science Foundation ordered the...

From BaubleBar and Everlane to Indochino and Warby Parker, online-native apparel and accessories brands have taken to pop-up stores as a way to reach new customers and forge deeper connections with ex...

What a difference a few months make. Back in July, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich predicted we'd see tablets priced under $150 this holiday season.Now he's knocked $50 off that estimate.Speaking to analysts...

Nokia is the latest company with its sights set on the smartwatch space, and if new pictures and a video is any indication, it will be quite a feast for the eyes.The company was recently awarded paten...

Starbucks’ 95,000 baristas have a competitor. It doesn’t need sleep. It’s precise in a way that a human could never be. It requires no training. It can’t quit. It has memorized...

Apple's cashtag $AAPL is Twitter's most popular stock. In August 2013, $AAPL was mentioned more than 83,000 times.Behind $AAPL are Tesla Motors' $TSLA and BlackBerry's $BBRY.See also: 11 Twitter Apps ...

The CIA has a secret ally in its controversial drone strikes program that kills suspect terrorists around the world: the National Security Agency. New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that th...

Google beat earnings and revenue estimates for the third quarter, sending the stock soaring back above $900 a share in after hours tradingThe search giant reported earnings of $10.74 per share on reve...

Congress finally struck a deal to end the government shutdown on Wednesday night, after weeks of bitter partisan bickering. This means hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees are returni...

If you witnessed a pickpocketing, would you alert the victim or chase down the thief? Or would you mind your own business? In a YouTube clip from Dm Pranks Production, an actor playing a pickpocket st...

Windows 8.1 is here. If you have a PC either running Windows 8 or capable of doing so, there are a slew of reasons to upgrade to the new version. The update introduces many useful tools while simultan...

From packing to deplaning, shopping to sightseeing — travel is a mix of logistics and hopefully, leisure. There's likely been a time in your travels when you've thought, "Wouldn't it be great if...

From packing to deplaning, shopping to sightseeing — travel is a mix of logistics and hopefully, leisure. There's likely been a time in your travels when you've thought, "Wouldn't it be great if...

One college student just learned first hand that there is such a thing as bad publicityBevii, a social networking startup founded by a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, tried...

Although it's rare, some meteorites that drop in on Earth come from our neighboring Red Planet. We have suspected this for years, but this week, NASA's Curiosity rover confirmed their origin.Using her...

Two of the most-hyped technologies of 2013 merged this week with the introduction of GlassPay, a Google Glass app that lets you pay with Bitcoins.The app, from RedBottle Design, lets consumers scan a ...

Windows 8 (now technically Windows 8.1) is often criticized for its shallow app catalog, compared to iOS and Android. One of the most glaring omissions from the platform is a native Facebook app, not ...

When T-Mobile finally started carrying iPhones earlier this year, many wondered when cellular iPads would be added to its offerings, too. It looks like that time could come next week.T-Mobile CEO John...

Amazon announced Thursday that it's expanding wine delivery to four more states: New York, Michigan, Arizona and Louisiana.That brings the total to 20 states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Con...

Who says no one's investing in journalism anymore?NewsCred, a six-year-old New York-based content marketing company known for licensing articles from The Economist and the New York Times to brands, is...

Twitter has hired a Google advertising executive to be head of retail, as the company ramps up hiring and works to expand its business ahead of an initial public offering.J.J. Hirschle, who directed m...

Justin Waldron, one of Zynga's cofounders, announced late Wednesday night that he would be departing the company after more than six yearsIn a post on Facebook, Waldron praised the company and its emp...

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....

Starbucks’ 95,000 baristas have a competitor. It doesn’t need sleep. It’s precise in a way that a human could never be. It requires no training. It can’t quit. It has memorized...

Apple's cashtag $AAPL is Twitter's most popular stock. In August 2013, $AAPL was mentioned more than 83,000 times.Behind $AAPL are Tesla Motors' $TSLA and BlackBerry's $BBRY.See also: 11 Twitter Apps ...

With Halloween right around the corner, don't stress over your lack of costume ideas. We've got you covered.If there's one thing we know at Mashable, it's technology. Fortunately, we also know a littl...

The CIA has a secret ally in its controversial drone strikes program that kills suspect terrorists around the world: the National Security Agency. New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that th...

Digital music might not have the same allure as sitting down to listen to a record on your turntable, but what it lacks in atmosphere, it makes up for in convenience — especially when you aren't...

In 1996, a full 66% of Internet users lived in the U.S. Seventeen years later, the country is only home to 13% of Internet users.The largest chunk of web surfers now lives in Asia, home to 42% of user...

If your ideal vacation involves more relaxation time than thoughts of death and decay, then perhaps these creep-tastic destinations aren't for you.However, if you have an inhuman tolerance for the hee...

Acer just unveiled its second 8-inch Windows tablet, the Iconia W4. The new tablet succeeds the Iconia W3, the first small-screen Windows tablet, which debuted in the summer.The big difference is the ...

Today is the day: Windows 8.1 is now available as a free download for all Windows 8 users. The update includes several new and enhanced features, and notably — perhaps infamously — marks t...

Start a sentence with "this," throw an "epic" in there, add a pinch of "adorable" and end with a question mark — you've got yourself an Internet-ready headlineIt's annoying and repetitive, but t...

Getting takeout may be more expensive than cooking, but it's certainly easier, and Seamless helps streamline the process even further. Gone are the days of calling in an order, hoping the employee hea...

The days of screaming "NO! DON'T GO INTO THE BASEMENT!" during a cheesy horror movie may be behind us, if the folks over at Pixels Per Second have their way. The sketch comedy group behind The Matrix...

Social media is becoming an increasingly viable hiring tool for major companiesLinkedIn may be the most obvious digital platform for job seekers, but Twitter is beginning to make a name for itself as ...

Popular author and filmmaker Neil Gaiman, who in July announced he's releasing his first video game called Wayward Manor, continues to tease the upcoming puzzle-adventure game in the above trailer he ...

"Dream of Pixels," a fun take on the classic Tetris game that lets you unpack blocks (instead of building them), is now available for AndroidThe game offers five play modes — Classic, Puzzle, Pr...

So, you want to ditch the corporate life and go work for a startup. Cool, but do you really understand what that would mean?Steve Blank, one of the fathers of the Lean Startup revolution, defines a st...

Start a sentence with "this," throw an "epic" in there, add a pinch of "adorable" and end with a question mark — you've got yourself an Internet-ready headlineIt's annoying and repetitive, but t...

In 1996, a full 66% of Internet users lived in the U.S. Seventeen years later, the country is only home to 13% of Internet users.The largest chunk of web surfers now lives in Asia, home to 42% of user...

Social media is becoming an increasingly viable hiring tool for major companiesLinkedIn may be the most obvious digital platform for job seekers, but Twitter is beginning to make a name for itself as ...

What a difference a few months make. Back in July, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich predicted we'd see tablets priced under $150 this holiday season.Now he's knocked $50 off that estimate.Speaking to analysts...

The U.S. Federal Reserve is rolling out new high-tech $100 bills designed to halt counterfeiting of what has become the most illegally replicated note in the world.The revamped Benjamin Franklins, whi...

It's been a big year for Kickstarter. At the end of 2012, the crowdfunding site announced it had seen a 50% increase in new campaign launches over a six-month period. And the record-setting success of...

Popular author and filmmaker Neil Gaiman, who in July announced he's releasing his first video game called Wayward Manor, continues to tease the upcoming puzzle-adventure game in the above trailer he ...

The days of screaming "NO! DON'T GO INTO THE BASEMENT!" during a cheesy horror movie may be behind us, if the folks over at Pixels Per Second have their way. The sketch comedy group behind The Matrix...

The 2014 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and they make up a list that is guaranteed to cause debates in bars and living rooms.Will grunge legends Nirvana, the youngest...

Much has been made of Yahoo’s increasing sprawl, as it swallows startup after startup. Sure enough, in a Tuesday call with investors, Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said Yahoo had made eight new ...

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: PopExpertOne-Liner...

TV fans still hoping to fill the Breaking Bad-shaped hole in their heart might turn to the equally grizzly AMC show The Walking Dead.See also: 'Walking Dead' Introduces New Cast Member At New York Com...

As city planners and green-energy experts endeavor to find new ways to make our commutes more environmentally friendly, the popularity of bicycle-sharing has exploded in some of the world’s bigg...

Cory Booker will soon have more constituents than Twitter followersThe Democrat mayor of Newark, N.J. is headed to the U.S. Senate to represent nearly 9 million New Jersey residents after beating out ...

Liam Neeson's day goes from bad to worse in the movie trailer for Non-Stop. Neeson plays Bill Marks, an air marshal who hates flying. A normal day on the job turns into hell on Earth — or rather...

Anki Drive, a race-car gaming experience that briefly took center stage during Apple's keynote presentation at the Worldwide Developer's Conference in June, is finally making its way to retail stores....

Developers have to make a lot of decisions when creating an app. One of the earliest is often which platform it should be built on first.In our latest Ask a Dev video, iOS Architect Kevin Harwood expl...

Imagine sitting down with a cocktail only to find a tiny, brightly colored boat zipping around the surface. Either you really need to be cut off or you’re looking at a booze-powered cocktail boa...

What good is Wolverine anyway? Leave it to comedian Pete Holmes to ask the tough questions. In this sketch, which debuted at New York Comic Con this past weekend, Professor Xavier (played by Holmes) f...

This week we celebrate Ada Lovelace, a woman from the 1800s who invented computer programming at a time when no one knew what a computer wasWhile her contributions are vast, I can’t help but ima...

The U.S. Federal Reserve is rolling out new high-tech $100 bills designed to halt counterfeiting of what has become the most illegally replicated note in the world.The revamped Benjamin Franklins, whi...

It's been a big year for Kickstarter. At the end of 2012, the crowdfunding site announced it had seen a 50% increase in new campaign launches over a six-month period. And the record-setting success of...

A full HD smartphone isn't cool. You know what's cool? A Quad HD smartphone — one with 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, like the one China's Vivo just announced.The Vivo Xplay 3S will be the world's first ...

The 2014 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and they make up a list that is guaranteed to cause debates in bars and living rooms.Will grunge legends Nirvana, the youngest...

Ghost, the open-source blogging system that raised over $300,000 on Kickstarter, launched to the public Monday.Ghost has resonated with lots of users because of its promise of being a simple, forward...

Thursday is National Boss Day, and the best way to celebrate (after getting your own boss a coffee) is reacting to everything by screaming, "Like a BOSS!" Or, maybe it's by learning from the wisdom of...

If anyone can truly inspire us with a TED Talk, it's Patton OswaltIn this trailer for Conan O'Brien's web series (watch above), Oswalt parodies the formulaic way in which TED speakers love to drive ho...

Twitter unveiled its first app designed specifically for Android tablets last week. But a new feature — the ability to draw or doodle within a tweet — was overshadowed in the announcement....

Are you searching for your next great career opportunity in the digital space? The Mashable Job Board is here to serve you as the leading destination for digital talent.Since its launch four years ago...

For Israel's high-tech startups, it's the dot-com days all over again. In the third quarter, they raised a total of $660 million, the largest quarterly figure since 2000That was a 34% jump from the $4...

Fab made headlines earlier this month when it announced layoffs for 101 employees worldwide, or nearly a fifth of its staff, but now the online design store is trying to lend those employees a helping...

“I’m not really sure whether my dog helped me become a Glass explorer,” Dr. William J. Ward, a social media professor at Syracuse University, said. He was being serious. “In my...

Senate leadership announced a bipartisan deal to reopen the government and avoid default on Wednesday — day 16 of the government shutdown and the eve of the debt ceiling deadline.The deal isn't ...

Right as the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1, the new national health-care exchange went live at healthcare.gov. Intended for people who want to buy health insurance under the provisions of the Af...

A few hours after the news broke that journalist Glenn Greenwald would leave The Guardian to launch his own media venture, Reuters reported Pierre Omidyar, a philanthropic billionaire who cofounded eB...

Facebook is giving its teenage users a public voice on the platform. For the first time, beginning Wednesday, users between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to post publicly and obtain followers of ...

Facebook is giving its teenage users a public voice on the platform. For the first time, beginning Wednesday, users between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to post publicly and obtain followers of ...

Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, finally unveiled its first 8-inch Windows tablet on Wednesday. Equipped with the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, Windows 8.1, t...

LinkedIn rolled out a pair of new mobile recruiting tools on Wednesday, building out the company's mobile presence to accommodate the 33% of users who visit the site using smartphonesLinkedIn announce...

Twitter may be getting plenty of attention ahead of its IPO, but it isn't attracting quite as much interest from potential job applicants, at least according to one new study.LinkedIn released its lis...

Amazon, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, and HTC Corp. have been in talks since at least June to develop handsets for sale to users of the Amazon Prime service, according to two people fa...

Cory Booker will soon have more constituents than Twitter followersThe Democrat mayor of Newark, N.J. is headed to the U.S. Senate to represent nearly 9 million New Jersey residents after beating out ...

It's not surprising when comedians are funny — that's their job. But when they're so funny (or absurd) that even they can't stop themselves from laughing, it's endearingAnd when Stephen Colbert ...

Iran is planning to launch another monkey into space soon, according to media reports.The Iranian newspaper Jomhuri Eslami reported Sunday that the Islamic Republic aims to blast a monkey into space s...

Modern society wants, heck, it demands that we get along and not fightWe’re OK with that as long as we have access to a collection of products like TOMY’s Battroborg 3-in-1 Battle Arena (a...

Adidas announced on Wednesday it will be the latest company getting into the tech wearables space with a smart watch aimed at runners.Paul Gaudio, VP of Adidas Interactive, said during the GigaOM Mobi...

The Fitbit Force has only been on the market for about a week, and it's already making all other fitness wearables look out of date. The Force, which is available via Fitbit.com for $129.95 and will ...

A full HD smartphone isn't cool. You know what's cool? A Quad HD smartphone — one with 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, like the one China's Vivo just announced.The Vivo Xplay 3S will be the world's first ...

The United Nations World Food Programme will soon distribute Mastercard prepaid debit cards, each loaded with $27, to Syrian refugees in Lebanon so they can buy their own food and boost the local econ...

Game of Thrones is a dark and complicated TV show about power, death and betrayalBut for those of you who wish the houses of Westeros could just get along, this parody will tickle your Jon Snow-loving...

Amid controversy over the lack of diversity on Saturday Night Live, NBC has revealed Kerry Washington will host the show's Nov. 2 episodeWashington stars in ABC's political thriller Scandal. She recen...

The United States government remains shutdown as the threat of a looming default threatens the country's credit rating. While the Senate Democratic leader announced a bipartisan deal on Wednesday to a...

The seemingly ageless Avril Lavigne released an eerie music video this week featuring her husband, Chad Kroeger, and a depressed older version himThe newlywed rockers — nicknamed "Chavril" ̵...

With online guides and tutorials for frustrated players abound, it's very unlikely to find yourself completely stuck in a video game. Now, Machinima's Xbox One app will make searching for related, hel...

Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist, commentator and lawyer who worked with Edward Snowden to publish stunning details about the National Security Agency's massive online surveillance program ear...

Apple won the approval of the Cupertino City Council on Tuesday to move ahead with plans to create its new "spaceship" headquarters.The Cupertino, Calif.-based company presented a 3D model of the prop...

Twitter may not be a public company yet, but it effectively reported third quarter earnings on Tuesday — and the results were mixed.The social network updated its S-1 filing with the SEC ahead o...

Iran is planning to launch another monkey into space soon, according to media reports.The Iranian newspaper Jomhuri Eslami reported Sunday that the Islamic Republic aims to blast a monkey into space s...

Apple invitations to major product unveilings are short, cryptic messages, stingy with words and visuals, but if you read them correctly, rich with meaning. The emailed invite to Apple’s Oct. 22...

"Hey, maybe I should stop eating these colorful gobs of pure sugar," said no one, ever. So stuff your brain full of these sweet, delicious facts about the very best food group of all time: candy!Did y...

Picture this: You're waiting in line when a video display in the checkout aisle begins showing an ad tailored just for you. Or rather, it's targeted at your particular age and sex.That's the vision be...

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....

A little more than a month after launching an iPhone app in invitation-only beta, Oyster is making its e-book subscription service available to all users and expanding to iPad.Oyster charges $9.95 a m...

Book-lovers and high schoolers are celebrating Teen Read Week, but even if you're way past adolescence, you can enjoy a tear-jerking YA novel at any age.Young adult literature sometimes receives a bad...

You can now carry your Instagram photos in your pocket on more than just your smartphoneA new Kickstarter campaign is working to turn your photos, including those from Instagram, into a card holding, ...

As news broke that Twitter is rolling out a new option for its direct message (DM) feature, reactions ranged from indifference to downright panicA Twitter user reported that Twitter plans to let users...

Apple is cutting orders for iPhone 5C from its Taiwanese assemblers, possibly due to lower-than-expected demand, The Wall Street Journal reports citing people familiar with the situationAccording to W...

Here's an important dating tip: If a guy ever whispers, "Can I keep you?" while you're finishing dessert, just run.See also: 6 Halloween Movies Seen in the Harsh Light of AdulthoodCasper might have se...

The in-store analytics space is heating upNomi, a real-time marketing optimization platform founded by Salesforce alumni last year, announced on Wednesday that it raised an additional $10 million to f...

Since the launch of Instagram Video in June, media organizations have experimented with 15-second video as a news vehicle. However, there is a clear divide between the strategies of legacy news organi...

Internet content delivery network Akamai has released its "State of the Internet" report for the second quarter of 2013. Highlights include the change in worldwide connection speeds and the huge incre...

Everlane, which built its business by offering beautiful basics like t-shirts and denim-and-leather backpacks for less than $100, is about to test customers' appetites for higher-end — and highe...

An integral part of many a childhood, video games helped players develop more than hand-eye coordination. Many taught gamers about friendship, love and warSee also: 10 Best Indie Games on AndroidYes, ...

Clothes tell you a lot about a person. Our sense of style is a reflection of ourselves, after all.That's the idea behind Walt's Wardrobe, a website that created graphic replicas of every outfit that B...

A video of Japanese kindergartners elevates the musical genre of "cute kids singing unexpected songs" with their adorable rendition of "Dayman" from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia .See also: Elizab...

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden had skeletons in his closet that employee records systems apparently did not share with the NSA, raising the issue of whether cleared personnel should be...

The Legend of Korra panel at New York Comic Con gave fans a chance to meet The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun — the newest voice actor for the animated Nickelodeon show — and learn exactly how...

There's been a bit of buzz about Sony's rumored Alpha A7 mirrorless camera models, and finally, the company revealed early on Wednesday what photography fans have been waiting for: its α7 and ...

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan promised to amend the country’s corporate tax laws, trying to calm a controversy over how U.S. companies use the nation to lower their tax bills.“I wi...

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden had skeletons in his closet that employee records systems apparently did not share with the NSA, raising the issue of whether cleared personnel should be...

Miley Cyrus' tears look real in her video for "Wrecking Ball," but the pop star can only channel a potential 20 years of pain.Gollum, on the other hand, can tap into six centuries of heartbreak.See al...

Inside the Internet juggernaut Amazon.com, there’s near-constant pressure to perform. In dozens of interviews ranging over two years for my book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of ...

Text messaging is a convenient way to get in touch quickly and efficiently. But convenience often comes at a price. What texting — and most other forms of digital communication — makes up ...

It's not just the National Security Agency spying on smartphones. Many ordinary people are also using sophisticated software to eavesdrop on the wireless communications of their lovers, children and b...

What's it like to plummet to Earth when your starting point is 24 miles above its surface? What's it like to free fall at 833.9 mph — 140 mph faster than the speed of sound?When the Austrian dar...

Of the comic-book world's most celebrated superheroes, Aquaman isn't typically high on the list. But why not? He is the king of Atlantis, after all. That's nothing to scoff atSee also: How Much Does I...

Two girls were arrested in connection with the death 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick, who committed suicide last month after being the target of online bullying, police saidA 14-year-old girl and a 12-yea...

What's it like to plummet to Earth when your starting point is 24 miles above its surface? What's it like to free fall at 833.9 mph — 140 mph faster than the speed of sound?When the Austrian dar...

Square introduced Square Cash Tuesday, a new way to send and receive cash from your friends or acquaintances using email — no account or sign-up required.“The idea is to allow anyone to se...

Fans of the hit AMC series The Walking Dead got an extra treat during the show’s season premiere on Sunday in the form of a technology tie-in from Microsoft.During one commercial break, the comp...

Australian band The Paper Kites turned the music video for their single "Young" into an experiment in art, photography and human facesThe band teamed up with production company Oh Yeah Wow and photogr...

Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson is facing criticism after he said the show's lack of diversity was due to the shortage of black female comedians who are "ready" to join the cast, instead of quest...

Text messaging is a convenient way to get in touch quickly and efficiently. But convenience often comes at a price. What texting — and most other forms of digital communication — makes up ...

Sometimes, using Google Maps to get directions home means a lot more than mapping out your post-work commuteA new ad for the service features Saroo Brierley, who spent 25 years searching for his biolo...

Xiaomi, dubbed the "Apple of China," on Tuesday held its first online sale of the new Xiaomi Mi3 smartphone and the smart MITV — and both devices sold out in just over one minute.The company jus...

Some artists need three to four minutes for their song to make an impressionDon Fanelli only needs 10 seconds.Ten Second Songs on Tumblr provides short songs with long satisfaction. Fanelli, a New Yor...

Twitter is snubbing Nasdaq for the New York Stock Exchange.The company on Tuesday disclosed plans to list with the NYSE rather than the tech-friendly Nasdaq, whose botched handling of the Facebook IPO...

A number of little-known facts surrounding Amazon's rise as an ecommerce powerhouse are explored in a new book called The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Businessweek senior...

Think about it: How many hours do you spend researching what to do, where to eat and where to stay when you're planning a vacation? The information you need is spread across dozens of travel sites and...

What do you do first in the morning? Take a shower, go for a jog or brew coffee? Chances are, you have your getting-ready ritual down to a scienceFor 84% of smartphone owners, that routine consists of...

The government shutdown, now in its third week, has already changed some Washington D.C. tourists' vacation plans. Now, it's changed the traffic patterns of locals, too.Uber, the taxi alternative that...

Interactive books could soon come with electronic components such as LEDs, electronic ink technology and audio clips powered by paper, according to Disney researchers.The researchers sandwiched a piec...

Fans of the hit AMC series The Walking Dead got an extra treat during the show’s season premiere on Sunday in the form of a technology tie-in from Microsoft.During one commercial break, the comp...

Baidu, also known as the "Google of China," is now accepting Bitcoin payments for Jiasule, its anti-DDoS (distributed denial of service) and firewall security product.For Bitcoin, this partnership com...

Tuesday marks the 62nd anniversary of I Love Lucy, the comedic classic that innovated television and provided the world with never-ending laughter.We're not exaggerating with "never-ending." Today's s...

Yahoo's stock shot up by as much as 5% in after hours trading after beating earnings estimates for the third quarter. Yahoo reported earnings of $0.34 a share on revenue of $1.08 billion for the Sept...

NASA astronauts are still able to tweet from space, despite the ongoing government shutdown.Space agency programs have all but come to a standstill since the government shutdown started on Oct. 1, but...

If you use the right ingredients and find the perfect lighting, you can make almost any food look appetizing. Guest curator Marla Meridith, food and lifestyle blogger at Family Fresh Cooking, gav...

Shortly after Apple unveiled the iPad mini at an event last October, CEO Tim Cook was asked whether he thought the new device would outsell the larger, more expensive iPad and what that might mean for...

I recently booked a round-trip set of flights from Minneapolis to Shanghai in business class.I needed to head back to China to resume teaching English after the end of the photo season in Minneapolis,...

GitHub, the collaborative platform for coders that has more than 4 million members, has introduced Goverment GitHub, which aims to do the same for municipalitiesThe site is described as "dedicated to ...

In a surprise move, Apple announced Tuesday that it had hired Angela Ahrendts, the chief executive credited with turning Burberry around, as senior vice president of retail and online stores — a...

Of the comic-book world's most celebrated superheroes, Aquaman isn't typically high on the list. But why not? He is the king of Atlantis, after all. That's nothing to scoff atSee also: How Much Does I...

The dream of providing would-be whistleblowers with a WikiLeaks-style safe and anonymous platform to leak incendiary documents to news organizations lives onIn May, The New Yorker launched StrongBox, ...

A key test flight of a new private space plane that aims to be a next-generation transportation vehicle for astronauts has become another casualty of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.The new comme...

Two girls were arrested in connection with the death of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick, who committed suicide last month after being the target of online bullying, police saidA 14-year-old girl and a 12-...

If IFC is known for anything, it's producing off-beat comedy. The new dramatic trailer for the Will Ferrell-produced miniseries The Spoils of Babylon fits that bill.The six-part dark comedy premiere...

The Chromebook is a curious beast. The idea of a bare-bones laptop centered around the Google Chrome browser has merit: It could be very efficient at a few key tasks, such as email, web browsing and w...

If waiting two or three days for a FedEx package seems like a lifetime, you may soon have a new, faster shipping option: dronesAustralian textbook rental company Zookal has partnered with Flirtey, a c...

Interactive books could soon come with electronic components such as LEDs, electronic ink technology and audio clips powered by paper, according to Disney researchers.The researchers sandwiched a piec...

The worst-kept secret in tech has been revealed.Confirming the rumors, on Tuesday Apple sent out invitations for an Oct. 22 event that will likely involve the introduction of new iPads.See also: The 2...

An unofficial video for Justin Bieber's song “All That Matters” leaked online Tuesday. In the video (which is missing sound), the singer is showing touring different areas of China, includ...

Nike announced on Tuesday the latest wristband fitness tracker in its lineup: the Nike+ Fuelband SE, which features a splash of neon color and aims to get you up and moving more than ever.The device c...

Think about it: How many hours do you spend researching where to go, what to do and where to eat when you're planning a vacation? The information you need is spread across dozens of travel sites and l...

Open-world action game Watch Dogs is getting a significant delay just a month before it was due out. Ubisoft announced the game is moving from a mid-November launch to the spring of 2014.Watch Dogs wa...

Angry Birds Go! will head to phones and tablets on Dec. 11, Rovio announced Tuesday, also revealing the first gameplay trailer for the racing game.Angry Birds Go! is a major departure for the birds an...

Bing is taking its fight with Google to the UK with a Pepsi Challenge-style test in which consumers bet their sweaters that Google is betterAs this video shows, they frequently lose their jumpers as B...

We're so excitedElizabeth Berkley regaled Saved by the Bell fanatics with an epic throwback to her Jessie Spano days on Dancing With the StarsThe actress, and her DWTS dancing partner Val Chmerkovskiy...

Sorry, cats and dogs — pigs are the newest adorable member of the Internet celebrity circle.Meet Jamon, a delightful 6-month-old mini pig from São Paulo, Brazil. His owner graciously shares...

Snapchat has shed new light on the exact details concerning the supposedly transient nature of photos and videos — or “Snaps” — sent through its network.In a new blog post, Sna...

The NSA may be all over your buddy list — whether or not you actually have any friends there.According to a new report from The Washington Post, the NSA collects "contact lists" from millions of...

If you've been anxiously awaiting to see what's next for Apple's iPad or iPad mini, you won't have to wait much longerApple sent invitations to members of the press for an event to be held at the Yerb...

When it comes to the exploration of Mars, the United States is unquestionably leading the way. NASA is currently piloting two rovers across the surface of the Red Planet, while the only other country ...

Patrice Wilson, the producer best known for creating Rebecca Black's "Friday," is attempting another viral hit with his latest video, "Chinese Food," performed by Alison GoldThe video follows the youn...

If a tree falls in the forest, it's debatable that anyone hears it. When your ad fails on Facebook, though, there's no confusion. It was a dudA lack of interaction tells the tale. Clearly you paid goo...

The Federal Aviation Administration is suing a man for selling footage he captured while piloting his remote control drone in a case that could decide the future of personal and commercial drone use i...

The PlayStation 4 is only 30 days from release in North America, and Sony has started the inevitable flood of advertising with a spot glamorizing playing with your friends.The advertisement shows two ...

When it comes to referral traffic from social networks, there's Facebook and Pinterest — and then there's everyone else.Facebook accounted for more than 10% of overall traffic to publishers in S...

Brandon Stanton has talked with 10,000 strangers and shared their stories with millions of people across the Internet. The 29-year-old photographer and creator of Humans of New York didn't hesitate to...

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who anchored Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" together from 2004 to 2006 and tag-teamed hosting duties at the Golden Globes in 2013, are teaming up again as co-hosts of...

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....

Twitter announced Monday that advertisers now have the ability to schedule tweets. If you're not a Twitter business user but this kind of functionality appeals to you, we can helpWhile some social med...

Sony's trio of inter-compatible gadgets, the SmartWatch 2, Xperia Z Ultra phablet and Xperia Z1 smartphone, is now available in the United States.The SmartWatch 2, which was first introduced in June a...

So you've achieved the impossible — inbox zeroYou detoxed your folders from spam mail, finally replied to grandma's emails from last November and unsubscribed from those endless newsletters. You...

Facebook tweaked its Custom Audiences feature on Tuesday to let businesses target consumers who have visited their websites or downloaded their mobile apps.For instance, the feature, which will roll o...

If, until this point in your life, you thought the Internet was simply a place to connect with old high school friends and find out what foxes say, we suggest you stop reading while you can. Maintain ...

If, until this point in your life, you thought the Internet was simply a place to connect with old high school friends and find out what foxes say, we suggest you stop reading while you can. Maintain ...

Twitter appears to be rethinking a longtime restriction that required users to follow each other before sending direct messages.The social network is rolling out a new option in settings that lets you...

UPDATE: Oct. 15, 1:50 p.m ET A source familiar with the situation tells Mashable that the option to receive direct messages from users who don't follow you has been available to select verified users ...

Yahoo's stock shot up by as much as 5% in after hours trading after beating earnings estimates for the third quarter. Yahoo reported earnings of $0.34 a share on revenue of $1.08 billion for the Sept...

Angry Birds Go! will head to phones and tablets on Dec. 11, Rovio announced Tuesday, also revealing the first gameplay trailer for the racing game.Angry Birds Go! is a major departure for the birds an...

Soccer forward Alex Morgan is many things: United States Women's National Team star, Olympic gold medalist and children's novelist, just to name a fewBut as of Tuesday, she can be something else, too:...

If you use the right ingredients and find the perfect lighting, you can make almost any food look appetizing. Guest curator Marla Meridith, food and lifestyle blogger at Family Fresh Cooking, gav...

We're so excitedElizabeth Berkley regaled Saved by the Bell fanatics with an epic throwback to her Jessie Spano days on Dancing With the StarsThe actress, and her DWTS dancing partner Val Chmerkovskiy...

Shortly after Apple unveiled the iPad mini at an event last October, CEO Tim Cook was asked whether he thought the new device would outsell the larger, more expensive iPad and what that might mean for...

A nervous-looking group of women begin to fill the room and take their seats at one of the grey chairs. Each spot is set with a pink card that's borderline uncomfortably close to the blue-card chairs....

The PlayStation 4 is only 30 days from release in North America, and Sony has started the inevitable flood of advertising with a spot glamorizing playing with your friends.The advertisement shows two ...

There comes a point in every startup's growth when the founding team has to shift from MVP mode to growth mode quickly. A chief marketing officer (CMO) can make a big difference in terms of customer a...

Coffee is the morning must-have for nearly 83 percent of American adults.If you're one of those people who just can't get enough of a warm, comforting cup of joe, it's possible you're looking for new ...

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who anchored Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" together from 2004 to 2006 and tag-teamed hosting duties at the Golden Globes in 2013, are teaming up again as co-hosts of...

As we approach Halloween and get the chance to dress up in our favorite costumes, there are plenty of opportunities for spooky fun — especially if you have Photoshop handy.See also: 9 Excellent ...

An alien planet thought to be made largely of diamond may be less than glittering inside, new research shows.The notion of a diamond planet hinges on an abundance of carbon. A few years ago, scientist...

Apple has hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores, the company has announcedHer duties will include overseeing the "strategic direction, expansion and o...

Apple has hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores, the company has announcedHer duties will include overseeing the "strategic direction, expansion and o...

Spilling coffee on your shirt first thing in the morning is one of the worst ways to kick off the day. Now imagine that you're sipping your hot joe on a freshly painted bench. That's enough to ruin yo...

Each year, more and more women set out on the journey to become successful founders and CEOs of their own companies. While these business-savvy ladies are inspirational to women with dreams of launchi...

In celebration of the Chucky horror film franchise's newest release and 25th anniversary, YouTube remix specialist Mike Relm took highlights from the series and mashed them into two bloody minutes.WAR...

Zulily, a mom-focused website specializing in offering discounts that expire after a limited time, last week filed its papers to go public. The section in which it discusses risks to its business incl...

So what's next for Pepsi Next? Airbnb, Instagram, Flavorpill and Kamio.The soft-drink company, which previously partnered with buzzy startup TaskRabbit, is using these other hot tech names to anchor U...

When you fire up Google Play on your favorite Android tablet starting Nov. 21, you’ll automatically be shown apps and games that are designed for tablets at the top of the list.Earlier this year...

Grand Theft Auto V has already shattered records, including best selling video game in 24 hours and fastest video game to gross $1 billionGTA V might squash yet another record: number of film referenc...

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: YPlanOne-Liner Pit...

Product designer Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi knows how important good cases are for your smartphones and tablets.With a 17-month-old daughter who loves to play with devices, Adelusi-Adeluyi uses protectiv...

Despite the endless gaming and interactive potential of augmented reality, the technology has been moving slow in terms of widespread awareness and adoption. But a new system called castAR aims to pus...

The United States recognizes Columbus Day on Monday, and we've put together a Music Monday playlist to give you the best imaginable audio simulation of the expedition that brought Columbus to North Am...

This sloth was so tired, that he happened to yawn in perfect sync with Whitney Houston's iconic cover of the Dolly Parton classic, "I Will Always Love You."And we will always love Vine user Matthew Pa...

Phablets are considered by some to be in a kind of no-man's land among devices — either oversized for a smartphone or too small for a tablet.On the plus side, phablets, like the Samsung Galaxy N...

There's something slightly daring about wearing the Bowers & Wilkins P7 headphones during a commute. Attribute it to the pricey-looking amalgamation of stainless steel and leather, the f...

Facebook on Monday confirmed the acquisition of Onavo, a Palo Alto-based startup that makes data-compression software to help minimize data usage on smartphones. The terms of the deal were not disclos...

Spilling coffee on your shirt first thing in the morning is one of the worst ways to kick off the day. Now imagine that you're sipping your hot joe on a freshly painted bench. That's enough to ruin yo...

The same Chinese source that revealed photos of the iPhone 5S box several days before Apple’s official announcement now claims that the Cupertino, Calif. company has cut down production of its i...

We’ve already explored Twitter and Facebook’s wildly divergent revenue and user-growth trajectories. But it seems the differences between the two social media giants extend to the way they...

Puppies have already had their chance to take on Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," and now it looks like the pet parody war is on.In this week's Viral Video Recap, cats get their turn in the "Wrecking Bal...

Grand Theft Auto V has already shattered records, including best selling video game in 24 hours and fastest video game to gross $1 billionGTA V might squash yet another record: number of film referenc...

A bullpen cop at Fenway Park became an instant sensation last night. Veteran Boston policeman Steve Horgan was standing in the frame when a game-tying home run ball off the bat of David Ortiz flew ove...

You could call it the sale of the century, but it's becoming a monthly occurrenceUnited Airlines, due to a website glitch, is selling plane tickets for nearly no costOne of our readers, who asked to r...

Netflix's next big drama, a psychological thriller series from the creators of Damages, will be made by Sony Pictures — the first major studio to create a series for Netflix, following its recen...

Zulily, a mom-focused website specializing in offering discounts that expire after a limited time, last week filed its papers to go public. The section in which it discusses risks to its business incl...

Tom Hanks has let giant piano skills get a little rusty since his Big days, but the man can still perform a mean "Chopsticks."While on The Jonathan Ross Show, Hanks was presented with a huge floor pia...

After finishing a "marathon” of Breaking Bad and finally catching up with the rest of the world, Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a long fan email about his acting on the show, saying, &...

The most expensive 30-second TV spot to buy this fall is during CBS' The Big Bang TheoryIt costs $326,260 per half-minute commercial aired during the show, more than $50,000 more than during the next ...

Parallel parking is no easy feat — we'll give you that. But this driver's attempt to exit a parking lot, captured on security footage and uploaded to Reddit, blows most parking fails out of the ...

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is receiving an onslaught of criticism after he brought four blind people to a shooting range for a skit on his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, on Friday — to "find out, you know,...

Rep. Chris Van Hollen's most recent YouTube video has more views than his Maryland district has constituents.The Democratic congressman's video titled "The GOP's little rule change they hoped you woul...

BlackBerry has a simple message for customers: Don't worry about us.The struggling phone maker hopes to combat some of the dire headlines about its business by placing an open letter to customers in 3...

It is now conventional wisdom that any marketer worth her salt is actively marketing her brand on Facebook and Twitter. But LinkedIn?The buttoned-down social network may have more than 225 million use...

Prepare to waste your day — scratch that, month. Mario, Luigi and the whole gang just invaded your web browserFull Screen Mario has updated Super Mario Bros. from your '80s Nintendo console to H...

The rumblings surrounding a possible Google smart watch got louder back in September when the company confirmed that it had purchased Wimm, a maker of Android-based smart watchesNow, those rumors are ...

Twitter updated its advertising tools on Monday, enabling marketers to schedule and publish tweets directly from Twitter, the company announced in a blog postPreviously, advertisers had to use a third...

It could take up to two months to sort out the glitches and errors plaguing Healthcare.gov, the health insurance exchange site that is the heart of the Affordable Care Act. That could put significant ...

The Legend of Zelda franchise is one of the most popular and storied in gaming, as generations of players have taken various incarnations of hero Link to aid the land of HyruleOne of the people respon...

Product designer Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi knows how important good cases are for your smartphones and tablets.With a 17-month-old daughter who loves to play with devices, Adelusi-Adeluyi uses protectiv...

Iconic plays, joyous celebration, emotional moments of triumph — the MLB playoffs have produced innumerable classic images over the years. But perhaps none capture the magic of post-season baseb...

Awards season is still months away, but that doesn't mean the red carpet should stay rolled up for lower-profile events. Stars that grace the floors at glamorous galas spend hours to weeks on their en...

A new app defeats Snapchat's purpose by letting you save messages you receive, so you may want to think twice before sending anything embarrassing.SnapHack Pro, designed by independent app design...

Deep in the base of the brain, a cascade of events including oxidative damage and inflammation can kill neurons, resulting in the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.An international te...

If you've ever found yourself watching TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and thinking, "I like this show, but I wish it were even more crude and vulgar," the folks over at CollegeHumor have a web series ...

The emergence of social media and the steady decline of mass media are the two biggest marketing stories of the decade. Both print circulation and TV viewership have been falling consistently since th...

If there's any place in the world to be weird, wacky or totally WTF, it's at New York Comic ConThe cosplayers at this year's convention failed to disappoint, donning elaborate get-ups that transformed...

Rep. Chris Van Hollen's most recent YouTube video has more views than his Maryland district has constituents.The Democratic congressman's video titled "The GOP's little rule change they hoped you woul...

If a dream is a wish your heart makes, then this is a nightmare the Internet made.In this eerily spot-on video from YouTube user Cracker76, the tale of a princess with a glass slipper gets a dark, twi...

Our brave new digital world presents us new opportunities — but sometimes, new challenges. When should you change your Facebook relationship status after you start dating someone? How do you fin...

Imagine you were at a networking event, and you spot someone you don’t know but would love to. Maybe she has your dream job, or maybe he runs a great business that you’d like to model your...

In the beginning, YouTube was a playground for amateurs to post home movies, webcam confessionals and videos of cats chasing string. And it was good.As the platform grew up, a new breed of talent emer...

BlackBerry has a simple message for customers: Don't worry about us.The struggling phone maker hopes to combat some of the dire headlines about its business by placing an open letter to customers in 3...

On the verge of Twitter's IPO, a small German company known for its ad-blocking software proposed an unsolicited ultimatum for the company: Make better ads — or else end up on its blacklist.The ...

On Sunday, fans of Fox's The X-Files celebrated the birthday of the show's alien-seeking protagonist, Special Agent Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny.The numbers "1013" were used frequently as a mo...

HTC made the extra-large version of its flagship One smartphone, the HTC One max, official earlier this morning. I got a little hands-on time with the max and its enormous screen, fingerprint scanner ...

The first annual Mashies awards honored the best and brightest in the fields of digital marketing, advertising and communications. The hottest brands, leaders in digital and top interactive agencies c...

Private spaceflight company SpaceX has been testing its Grasshopper rocket over the past few months, but it set a record last week with its latest launch in which it flew 2,440.94 feet in the air R...

Microsoft has improved the Xbox Live experience for the upcoming Xbox One console, enhancing the friends feature and adding a follow function for new ways to consume content on Xbox Live. Unlike the ...

Netflix and its longstanding rival, the cable industry, may finally be cozying up.According to The Wall Street Journal, Netflix is in "early stage" discussions with several U.S. cable providers, inclu...

Ahead of Twitter's looming IPO, the business and media worlds have a newfound fascination with Twitter founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey. In the space of a few weeks, he’s been the subject of a...

The iPhone 5S is outselling the lower-cost iPhone 5C by more than two to one.According to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners data — as first reported by AllThingsD — the 5S made up 64...

Governments and established financial institutions are likely to launch a campaign to quash the decentralized digital currency Bitcoin, according to a leading economist and academicSimon Johnson, a pr...

Winning a Nobel Prize is a prestigious honor only a few hundred people have received. Created in 1901 by dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel, the awards were meant to highlight the good being done in the w...

Jack Dorsey's reputation suffered a significant blow last week with the release of an excerpt of a new book from New York Times reporter Nick Bilton on Twitter's early days. This week, a new profile o...

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 storiesF...

Sonos expanded its line of wireless speakers Monday with the introduction of the Sonos Play:1, a pint-sized speaker capable of producing sound that fills the room.Sometimes described as the LEGOs of s...

Sonos expanded its line of wireless speakers Monday with the introduction of the Sonos Play:1, a pint-sized speaker capable of producing sound that fills the room.Sometimes described as the LEGOs of s...

Our brave new digital world presents us new opportunities — but sometimes, new challenges. When should you change your Facebook relationship status after you start dating someone? How do you fin...

After years of focusing on growth and precious little to show for its recent monetization efforts, Foursquare announced a program on Monday to let all businesses advertise on its platform.The initiati...

Jack Skellington understands what a pain switching jobs can be.The star of The Nightmare Before Christmas, which turns 20 this year, had a pretty severe career shift, but his woes can still help you t...

As the world has witnessed the disastrous fall of BlackBerry over the past month, it's now readily apparent that Windows Phone has won the contest to be third place among smartphone platforms. It's a ...

Private spaceflight company SpaceX has been testing its Grasshopper rocket over the past few months, but it set a record last week with its latest launch in which it flew 2,440.94 feet in the air R...

Microsoft has improved the Xbox Live experience for the upcoming Xbox One console, enhancing the friends feature and adding a follow function for new ways to consume content on Xbox Live. Unlike the ...

Netflix and its longstanding rival, the cable industry, may finally be cozying up.According to The Wall Street Journal, Netflix is in "early stage" discussions with several U.S. cable providers, inclu...

There is nothing better than a good ghost story.It might be tempting to pop in one of your scarier movies when you want to get into the Halloween spirit, but there are plenty of novels sure to keep yo...

Forget distinguishing the salad fork from the dinner fork. Today's lessons in etiquette are all about looking good on social media. And Twitter, as the microblogging platform of choice for more than 2...

HTC has announced the HTC One Max, a 5.9-inch phablet sporting a similar aluminum appearance to the company's flasghip smartphone, the HTC OneOriginally rumored to be launched at IFA Berlin, the One M...

Don't trick-or-treat without advice from Halloween pugs.Witches and demons might try to put an evil spell on your celebrations, but proper pug direction breaks any Halloween hex. Grab your plastic pum...

Halloween is a great time to get creative in the kitchen, especially if you have kids, or you're throwing a monster bash and need to feed a whole group of ghoulish guestsWe turned to Pinterest for ins...

Street artist Banksy has set up a stall in New York's Central Park on October 12, selling his original pieces — worth tens of thousands of dollars each — for $60 a pieceThe event was docum...

Street artist Banksy set up a stall in New York's Central Park Saturday, selling his original pieces — worth tens of thousands of dollars each — for $60The event was documented on video an...

Facebook isn't just for your high school friends and celebs promoting their next movieEven though Facebook profiles seem to be split into two groups — brands trying to advertise and people tryin...

Street artist Banksy set up a stall in New York's Central Park Saturday, selling his original pieces — worth tens of thousands of dollars each — for $60The event was documented on video an...

P'Trique, of Sh*t Fashion Girls Say fame, is back again, this time in a promotional video for Net-a-Porter's discount site, The Outnet.See also: 6 Bloggers Who Tumbled Their Way Into New York Fashion ...

Tech investor, entrepreneur, best-selling author and body hacker Tim Ferriss has now added cable television host to his long list of accomplishments.In announcement on his website on Sunday, Ferriss r...

The U.S. Army is taking a page out of a Hollywood script for its latest armor design.Special Operations Command is partnering with universities, laboratories and the tech industry to design an Iron Ma...

A skeleton buried under a parking lot. A grotesque mummy head. A gourd encrusted with mysterious blood.These three disturbing objects have something in common: All have been identified as belonging to...

In the early '90s, the closest we got to 3D vision was the Fisher-Price View-Master. The new True-View reminds us of that trusty old Fisher-Price toy — but instead of switching out slides, this ...

We only have a little over a week until the next batch of new Apple devices are reportedly set to be unveiled. But leading up to the big event, there’s already a new report of what Apple fans ca...

On Labor Day, my family and I took our annual day trip to the beach. While it wasn’t a particularly exotic vacation, I thought I should share that I did something besides watch Netflix all summe...

Fifty Shades of Grey author E. L. James warned fans to "hold on to your hats" because "it's about to get serious" over the weekend on Twitter, foreshadowing major casting news for the trilogy's film a...

Before you burrow into your home for the winter, there are still plenty of days left to soak in the vibrant fall foliage outside.Every year, fans of the season travel to view and capture the beauty of...

You know what they say: Home is where the Wi-Fi connects automaticallyBut does that mean that hell is where there's no Wi-Fi? See also: 10 Stand-Up Comics Who Understand Your Tech WoesIn this Sunday ...

We know you've had a busy week, and that sometimes you don't have the time to read all of our tech tips and tricks. But since we love our readers so much, we want to make sure that they're well inform...

Diaper duty doesn't have to be so dangerous anymore.The Ubbi Diaper Pail is about as high-tech as it gets when it comes to the dirty job of changing your baby's diaperMade out of powder-coated steel, ...

Batman: Arkham Origins will have a free-to-play mobile version out later this year, Warner Bros. Interactive announced at New York Comic Con this weekend.The mobile Batman: Arkham Origins lets users, ...

On Oct. 22, 1938, a patent attorney named Chester Carlson and an underemployed Austrian physicist named Otto Kornei spent one Saturday morning creating the world's first dry copy in an apartment in As...

This post includes spoilers about the film Gravity. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock had one heck of a time trying to save themselves in space in the blockbuster film Gravity.In the movie, the astron...

When girls have a night out, it's all about cosmopolitans and boy-talk (at least that's what Sex and the City taught us). But when guys get together, it's all about beer, nachos and football — o...

If you're reading this, chances are you spend a lot of time texting. Like, a ridiculous amount of time. Some might say too much time, but we wouldn't know anything about that — this is a judgmen...

Like any costumed event, there are bound to be cosplay duplicates at New York Comic ConSome cosplayers spend weeks to months on their get-up, while others throw together a last-minute ensemble. That i...

Following what appears to be a leaked manual for the next-generation Nexus 5 smartphone, a detailed, seven-minute video of Google's flagship handset leaked online this weekend.Posted to Android Police...

If there is one universal truth, it’s that everyone is looking to get rich quick. This probably explains why so many people are willing to believe there’s a Nigerian prince out there with ...

These days, it's not just print and television that secure dedicated campaigns — Instagram and Vine are getting them, too.Earlier this week, Polo Ralph Lauren began rolling out a series of nine ...

Have some crumbling IKEA furniture in your basement that you've been trying to ditch for three years? That's exactly what Craigslist is for (and questionable rideshare requests, of course)But between ...

Even heroes need to recharge their minds, their bodies and — if you're at New York Comic Con — their phonesThe four-day convention dedicated to comics, games, TV and movies has attracted c...

Although we’ll have to wait to discover what innovations Google’s secret “X lab” holds for the future, the company does have at least one bleeding-edge venture it wants to unve...

From an app that makes your Android device look like an iPhone to another that gives 2D pictures a 3D look — many interesting apps launched this week.Each weekend, Mashable creates a roundup of ...

You know what they say: Home is where the Wi-Fi connects automaticallyBut does that mean that hell is where there's no Wi-Fi? See also: 10 Stand-Up Comics Who Understand Your Tech WoesIn this Sunday ...

Have some crumbling IKEA furniture in your basement that you've been trying to ditch for three years? That's exactly what Craigslist is for (and questionable rideshare requests, of course)But between ...

In case you haven't noticed, the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season has been pretty tame, thank goodnessGiven that roughly 60% of Atlantic tropical cyclones since 1950 have occurred in August and Septembe...

Soon, amateur moviemakers will have the ability to give their films a professional superhero makeover.Comic book legend Stan Lee will create four new superheroes exclusively for Plotagon, a software p...

Fernando Pereira Gomes was one of thousands of gamers who queued up for the midnight release of Grand Theft Auto V September 16. The 20-year-old photography student returned home with his copy and pla...

Some green thumbs insist that talking to plants helps them grow and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is putting that popular idea to the test with a technological twist.As part of "MythBusters:...

Refining your Twitter strategy may be a big concern in your life, but trust us: Leave it out of your social lifeIn this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies proves there is no better way to lose fri...

The largest initial public offering in Europe in more than two years could have been even larger. The privatization of the Royal Mail, in which around two-thirds of the company’s shares began tr...

When AMC's Walking Dead panel at New York Comic Con opened up for audience questions, one man violently rushed toward the microphone. After asking his question and not liking the answer, he yelled obs...

Soon, amateur moviemakers will have the ability to give their films a professional superhero makeover.Comic book legend Stan Lee will create four new superheroes exclusively for Plotagon, a software p...

The legendary computer club where Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak first showed off their early retail computers is reuniting next monthTech-savvy members of the Homebrew Computer Club a...

Ever want to throw your PC out the window because it was taking too long to load a website? You’re not alone. A global survey commissioned by storage device maker SanDisk found that 14% of Ameri...

Lucasfilm premiered the villain of its upcoming animated television show Star Wars Rebels at New York Comic Con on Saturday, introducing fans to the Empire's new sinister agent: the Inquisitor. Star ...

Starting out as a new developer doesn't have to be overwhelming. The latest video in our Ask a Dev series takes a look at the best tutorials for aspiring Android developers.Consulting architect Caldwe...

The United States Olympic Committee added a ban on discrimination against sexual orientation to its official bylaws on Friday, formally throwing support behind LGBT rights ahead of the 2014 Winter Oly...

Soon, amateur moviemakers will have the ability to give their films a professional superhero makeover.Comic book legend Stan Lee will create four new superheroes exclusively for Plotagon, a software p...

If it seems like your apps are crashing more frequently since you upgraded to the new iPhone 5S, you're not alone.Mobile applications crash twice as often on the iPhone 5S than they do on both the iPh...

Tackling Halloween as a group cranks up the ghoulish fun. Whether you're harvesting candy from your neighbors or hitting up grandma's annual Halloween rager, you and your posse want to boast the best ...

The name Sputnik stands tall in history books as the vessel that helped spark a space race with the U.S. But a new Russian project with the same name is planning to play catch-up in an area where the ...

With mobile devices more popular than ever, we are becoming accustomed to having of our necessary functions at hand in an instant. Tech in the 21st century is about improving quality of life, includin...

When Tikker introduced a watch that counts down your life this week, Mashable readers responded with a mixture of anxiety and a desire to carpe diem.News of the Human Brain Project, a research effort ...

Just how much do your tweets reveal about you? A lot, apparentlyResearchers from Cornell and Carnegie Mellon University have created an algorithm that can tell a Twitter user's life story based on inf...

Since receiving asylum in Russia in August, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden has rarely been seen in person. That changed earlier this week when Snowden made a rare appea...

Ever want to throw your PC out the window because it was taking too long to load a website? You’re not alone. A global survey commissioned by storage device maker SanDisk found that 14% of Ameri...

As a new chapter in the Pokémon saga unfolds, we found ourselves getting nostalgic thinking about everything the franchise has taught us so farAside from less savory lessons one could learn from ...

Did you know that you can opt in to receive special emergency "Twitter Alerts" from select organizations? Designed to complement, rather than replace, other emergency notification systems, you can sig...

Refining your Twitter strategy may be a big concern in your life, but trust us: Leave it out of your social lifeIn this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies proves there is no better way to lose fri...

You’ve got a 4.0, created the perfect resume and established a flawless network of connections, but it takes a lot more than these things to gain the attention of employers. Today, more than eve...

If you grew up in the '90s, you may, like me, be a Pokémon puristUntil 1999, the only Pokémon games were Red and Green. (No, not Sapphire Red and Leaf Green — just Red and Green). Thes...

Strange things happen on Twitter. It's to be expected, with millions of users having an open stream of communication to their favorite celebs and brandsTake Hasan Syed, for example, who wanted the wor...

Ever want to throw your PC out the window because it was taking too long to load a website? You’re not alone. A global survey commissioned by storage device maker SanDisk found that 14% of Ameri...

Lucasfilm premiered the villain of its upcoming animated television show Star Wars Rebels at New York Comic Con on Saturday, introducing fans to the Empire's new sinister agent: the Inquisitor. Star ...

Let one robot into the office and you have a 21st solution to a common problem: keeping telecommuting workers connected to their jobs. Let a few more in, and soon you have a weird, WALL-E-like situati...

Starting out as a new developer doesn't have to be overwhelming. The latest video in our Ask a Dev series takes a look at the best tutorials for aspiring Android developers.Consulting architect Caldwe...

As a new chapter in the Pokémon saga unfolds, we found ourselves getting nostalgic thinking about everything the franchise has taught us so farAside from less savory lessons one could learn from ...

Did you know that you can opt in to receive special emergency "Twitter Alerts" from select organizations? Designed to complement, rather than replace, other emergency notification systems, you can sig...

If it seems like your apps are crashing more frequently since you upgraded to the new iPhone 5S, you're not alone.Mobile applications crash twice as often on the iPhone 5S than they do on both the iPh...

Refining your Twitter strategy may be a big concern in your life, but trust us: Leave it out of your social lifeIn this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies proves there is no better way to lose fri...

You’ve got a 4.0, created the perfect resume and established a flawless network of connections, but it takes a lot more than these things to gain the attention of employers. Today, more than eve...

If you grew up in the '90s, you may, like me, be a Pokémon puristUntil 1999, the only Pokémon games were Red and Blue. These are the only games that matter.See also: The Complete History of ...

Strange things happen on Twitter. It's to be expected, with millions of users having an open stream of communication to their favorite celebs and brandsTake Hasan Syed, for example, who wanted the wor...

Let one robot into the office and you have a 21st solution to a common problem: keeping telecommuting workers connected to their jobs. Let a few more in, and soon you have a weird, WALL-E-like situati...

With a franchise as massive as Pokémon, fans are bound to devise their own eerie content and twists. Some have created tales of hacked game cartridges, fake Easter eggs and even alternate dialogu...

A legal dispute over Google's practice of tracking users to create targeted advertisements ended Wednesday as a federal judge ruled in the company's favor.A class action lawsuit, titled Google Inc. Co...

With a franchise as massive as Pokémon, fans are bound to devise their own eerie content and twists. Some have created tales of hacked game cartridges, fake Easter eggs and even alternate dialogu...

A legal dispute over Google's practice of tracking users to create targeted advertisements ended Wednesday as a federal judge ruled in the company's favor.A class action lawsuit, titled Google Inc. Co...

Yahoo has acquired Bread, a URL shortener whose links included interstitial ads designed by the person who shortened them. The service has shut down as of Friday in the wake of the deal.Bread (aka "Br...

A new survey by The New York Times shows that broadcast TV viewership appears to be waning generationallyThe study, released to Mashable, reports that roughly one in three Millennials watches less TV ...

Astronomers have discovered a lonely planet that's floating by itself in deep space without orbiting a star.The powerful Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) telescope at the summit of Maui's Haleakala volcano in Hawai...

The sixth generation of Pokémon arrive soon with the Oct. 12 release of Pokémon X and Y. With more than 600 characters total, we can't help but wonder who really can catch 'em all, let alone...

A legal dispute over Google's practice of tracking users to create targeted advertisements ended Wednesday as a federal judge ruled in the company's favor.A class action lawsuit, titled Google Inc. Co...

NFL star Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old son died Friday after allegedly being beaten by the boyfriend of the woman with whom Peterson fathered the childPeterson's son, who has not been identified by nam...

Yahoo has acquired Bread, a URL shortener whose links included interstitial ads designed by the person who shortened them. The service has shut down as of Friday in the wake of the deal.Bread (aka "Br...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans ...

A new survey by The New York Times shows that broadcast TV viewership appears to be waning generationallyThe study, released to Mashable, reports that roughly one in three Millennials watches less TV ...

Even with an IPO looming, Twitter is not done experimenting. Its latest field test, which arrived Thursday, is a new account called @eventparrot. It has over 27,000 followers and a Twitter verificatio...

Astronomers have discovered a lonely planet that's floating by itself in deep space without orbiting a star.The powerful Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) telescope at the summit of Maui's Haleakala volcano in Hawai...

Fans of Showtime's popular series Homeland will be able to get more out of Season 3, thanks to a partnership that's bringing supplemental stories recorded by cast members online.20th Century Fox is te...

Mobile payment company Square is growing — fastOver the past year Square has doubled in size from 300 to 600 employees. The company is aggressively hiring more people, with plans to grow even bi...

It's been more than two years since Apple announced plans to build a new "spaceship" campus in Cupertino, Calif., and today, the Internet has been treated to a first look at a 3D model of Apple's prop...

Broadcasters petitioned the Supreme Court on Friday to shut down Aereo, a service that streams over-the-air programming to Internet-connected devices.With Aereo, people can view live, local television...

Steve Jobs believed people didn't know what they wanted until it was presented to themPinterest seems to be taking a page out of Jobs' playbookThe pinning platform announced a new partnership with int...

Yahoo has acquired Bread, a URL shortener whose links included interstitial ads designed by the person who shortened them. The service has shut down as of Friday in the wake of the deal.Bread (aka "Br...

Whether it's deep space or the deepest depths of the ocean, truly brilliant machines can operate in all sorts of extreme conditions. While the U.S.S. Enterprise doesn't exist (yet!), there are other t...

Starbucks has once again inserted itself into Washington politics. Almost two weeks after the government shutdown shuttered the White House petition site, We the People, Chief Executive Officer Howard...

In 2009, the tech scene in New York City was just emerging. People were looking for alternatives to a traditional career, for work they found meaningful and many were landing in entrepreneurship ̵...

Americans spend more time on their mobile phones than anyone else in the world. The average American logged 356 monthly minutes of outgoing calls in 2011. In contrast, the average German only logged 7...

The Glee cast bid a tearful farewell to castmate Cory Monteith in Thursday's episode, "The Quarterback." Monteith, who played Finn Hudson on the Fox show, died July 13 of a drug overdoseThe episode, s...

Scott Carpenter, the astronaut who uttered the historic "Godspeed" sendoff to John Glenn, died on Thursday at 88. He was one of the last surviving members of the original Mercury 7 mission. Glenn is t...

The U.S. government shutdown is nearly two weeks old and residents across the country are feeling its effects in one way or another.When Congress could not agree on whether or not to include adjustmen...

The calendar is filled with annual celebrations declared by the U.N. to spread awareness for some of the planet's most difficult problems. This year's second annual International Day of the Girl is su...

In the video realm, Amazon is setting its sights beyond films and TV shows: It wants to add short-form video to its website as well, a new report says.According to AdAge, Amazon is talking with the ma...

Rockstar Games is giving Grand Theft Auto Online players half a million in online currency to make up for problems caused by overloaded game servers.Since Grand Theft Auto Online — a free add-on...

Google chairman Eric Schmidt admits to being surprised by the explosion of tablets in enterprise, but now believes that the trend will see a big shift in the way companies distribute software.Speaking...

Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall broke NFL rules by wearing lime green cleats during Thursday night's game to raise awareness for mental illness. The move earned him loads of respect from fans,...

The sixth generation of Pokémon arrive soon with the Oct. 12 release of Pokémon X and Y. With more than 600 characters total, we can't help but wonder who really can catch 'em all, let alone...

Turning your daily actions into data can motivate you — at least, that's the dream behind many quantitative self devices that help you track fitness, movement, what you eat and how you sleep. Ma...

Microsoft and Klout extended their partnership Friday with the introduction of new Klout-verified photos on Bing.Now when people search for you on Bing you can dictate what photo shows up in search re...

In its 10-year history, Skype has become synonymous with video chatting. Now the company that once had a reputation for protecting its users' privacy has come under fire for its ties to the U.S. Natio...

NFL star Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old son died Friday after allegedly being beaten by the boyfriend of the woman with whom Peterson fathered the childPeterson's son, who has not been identified by nam...

As cooler weather settles in and the season for sniffles and sore throats looms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention won't be tracking the pattern of this year's flu.The government shutdown...

Steve Jobs believed people didn't know what they wanted until it was presented to themPinterest seems to be taking a page out of Jobs' playbookThe pinning platform announced a new partnership with int...

The Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone might debut sooner than expectedAccording to Korean site Naver, which is run by former Samsung employees, the company is gearing up to launch its next-generation Galax...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans ...

Starbucks has once again inserted itself into Washington politics. Almost two weeks after the government shutdown shuttered the White House petition site, We the People, Chief Executive Officer Howard...

If you've ever been appalled to see yourself or your friends used in a Facebook ad, then you're not going to like Google's new terms of service.The company updated its TOS on Friday to allow an adult ...

Americans spend more time on their mobile phones than anyone else in the world. The average American logged 356 monthly minutes of outgoing calls in 2011. In contrast, the average German only logged 7...

Scott Carpenter, the astronaut who uttered the historic "Godspeed" sendoff to John Glenn, died on Thursday at 88. He was one of the last surviving members of the original Mercury 7 mission. Glenn is t...

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 storiesM...

Businesses ranging from mom-and-pop shops to large corporations are online, but one emerging industry is so new, you won't find its merchants in your Google search results yet — recreational mar...

Even with an IPO looming, Twitter is not done experimenting. Its latest field test, which arrived Thursday, is a new account called @eventparrot. It has over 27,000 followers and a Twitter verificatio...

The U.S. government shutdown is nearly two weeks old and residents across the country are feeling its effects in one way or another.When Congress could not agree on whether or not to include adjustmen...

The calendar is filled with annual celebrations declared by the U.N. to spread awareness for some of the planet's most difficult problems. This year's second annual International Day of the Girl is su...

Here's a treat for Doctor Who fans: Nine episodes from the 1960s that were missing from the BBC's archives were found in Nigeria and are now exclusively available for download on iTunes.The nine missi...

Rockstar Games is giving Grand Theft Auto Online players half a million in online currency to make up for problems caused by overloaded game servers.Since Grand Theft Auto Online — a free add-on...

When the Nobel Peace Prize committee couldn't reach the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Friday morning to announce its win, it turned to a platform that would help get i...

The original Pokémon games came to America in 1998, inspiring legions of kids to fastidiously spend hours bent over Game Boys to be the very best Pokémon Trainer.It's been 15 years since Pok...

During one of NASA astronaut Ron Garan's 2,842 orbits around the Earth, a need for deeper global collaboration dawned on him when he saw the manmade border between India and Pakistan from space.Garan,...

Mobile payment company Square is growing — fastOver the past year Square has doubled in size from 300 to 600 employees. The company is aggressively hiring more people, with plans to grow even bi...

Just when you thought battery life couldn't run out any faster on the iPad or iPhone, enter iOS 7. One of the biggest complaints about the the new mobile operating system is how easily it drains your ...

Hulu has poached a top executive at Fox as its new CEO and is closing in on $1 billion in revenues for this year, according to reports.Bloomberg and Reuters report that Mike Hopkins will take over as ...

Comic book lovers and educators got on stage for two different panels at New York Comic Con yesterday to talk both about how comic books can ignite classroom discussion and how librarians can digitall...

Chances are you look at your iPhone's homescreen around 4,192* times a day, so why not change the display to something that makes you smile?We have found 10 wicked wallpapers that work brilliantly as ...

Gather your friends and bust out the carving knives — it's time to make some pumpkin dreams come true.Traditional jack-o-lantern faces are fine, but why not branch out with a little inspiration ...

Gather your friends and bust out the carving knives — it's time to make some pumpkin dreams come true.Traditional jack-o-lantern faces are fine, but why not branch out with a little inspiration ...

You're proud of your status on team #inboxzero. You have labels, lots of labels. Your filtering system acts like a good defensive line; nothing's getting through there. But have you organized your co...

You're proud of your status on team #inboxzero. You have labels, lots of labels. Your filtering system acts like a good defensive line; nothing's getting through there. But have you organized your co...

Here's a treat for Doctor Who fans: Nine episodes from the 1960s that were missing from the BBC's archives were found in Nigeria and are now exclusively available for download on iTunes.The nine missi...

A la carte paywalls have been in vogue with magazine publishers lately.In July, Esquire put a $1.99 paywall around a nearly 10,000-word investigative story, "The Prophet" by Luke Dittrich. In a note a...

Maybe you can leap tall buildings or stop a locomotive in its tracks, but how fast can you become a trending topic?Comic book fans love to see their favorite super-powered characters face off again an...

If you've ever been appalled to see yourself or your friends used in a Facebook ad, then you're not going to like Google's new terms of service.The company updated its TOS on Friday to allow an adult ...

When he's not designing iconic Apple products such as the iPhone, Apple's VP of Design Jony Ive is passing time creating other beautiful objectsThis time, he teamed up with designer Marc Newson to cre...

Phone, keys, wallet: These are the three items nearly everyone makes sure they have before leaving home.But a new phone case from Otterbox might cut that list down to two. The Commuter Series Wallet i...

Is this a new trend hitting the wedding scene? Did we miss something on Pinterest?No, it's actually just the premise of a new blog aptly called BridesThrowingCats.com, where you can find several hilar...

Visiting Australia is now just a tweet away.Remote Control Tourist lets anyone with an Internet connection explore Melbourne, Australia. Here's how it works: A pair of real people document their trave...

These aren't your little sibling's Lego creationsSee also: 27 Brickin' Incredible Lego CreationsYouTube user Counter656 created a stop-motion video that pits Lego ninjas against each other in a fierce...

Fans, celebrities and press attending New York Comic Con on Thursday sent out laudatory tweets expressing excitement to be at the annual convention — or at least it looked like they did, as the ...

We all want to disconnect from our mobile devices sometimes and escape outside. But during every camping trip, a sunset is begging to be posted on Instagram or a trail is too hard to navigate without ...

When he's not designing iconic Apple products such as the iPhone, Apple's VP of Design Jony Ive is passing time creating other beautiful objectsThis time, he teamed up with designer Marc Newson to cre...

A few months ago, a trip to the nation's capital in early October would have seemed like a splendid idea. The summer heat and warm weather tourists would be gone, but the air wouldn't have turned too ...

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: PlateJoyOne-Liner ...

Tired of the same old sports fails and news fails? Let these cameraperson fails tickle your funny bone insteadShowing well-meaning camerapeople from sports and entertainment events around the world ju...

On Thursday evening advertising executives, brand marketers and press gathered at New York's Altman building to celebrate the winners of the inaugural Mashies awards, honoring the best and most creati...

Online learning is on the rise, but some things are better taught in person — such as piano. But with webcams, even the arts can be taught remotelyTake Lessons offers both options to students an...

A team of scientists claims to have found the first-ever definitive evidence of a comet striking Earth.After conducting a series of analyses, the researchers determined that a mysterious black pebble ...

Instagram released updates for both its iOS and Android apps ThursdayThe updates include sound and data usage controls for videos on both versions of the app, and the Android version now has a photo s...

Before Thursday night's NFL matchup between the Giants and Bears even started, the game's winner was clear: Bears receiver Brandon MarshallOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is why many N...

To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Week, Funny or Die unveiled a new product by Rebecca Romijn, called the "Hand Bra."The video, above, shows Romijn "wearing" her product while working, jogging and going...

Fans, celebrities and press attending New York Comic Con on Thursday sent out laudatory tweets expressing excitement to be at the annual convention — or at least it looked like they did, as the ...

Call it a case of GIF-induced Benjamin Button disease.Bloggers at GIFCraft found an uncredited video floating around Dogva of elderly photo subjects being wiped away into their younger selves and tran...

A mile-long line formed outside London's flagship Apple store last month in the now-ritualistic rush of fans eager to be among the first to get the latest iPhones.The global release also condemned mil...

No one ever said being in a band is easy. But the era of social media has ushered in a new degree of responsibilities for music groups, and with that, more challenges.This is the issue that Travis Mor...

Next week, students, faculty and members of the public will gather in a room at Brown University. They will sit down, open their laptops—enjoy some light snacks and drinks—and then, for fi...

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, next year's Super Bowl halftime show headliner, will world premiere his music video for "Gorilla" on Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. ET in a Facebook post just like Jay-Z did with "Hol...

I've have long wondered why Amazon, which has long been buying against high-end beauty brands on Google, didn't carry those brands itself. Today, I got my answer: The company was working on it.Amazon ...

Two go in, only one returns: It's the plight of the sockThe sock-dryer quandary has plagued the world's brightest minds for millennia. Some have suspected that dryers are wormholes into parallel unive...

They're elusive, but they exist: The members of the rarified first name club on Twitter. The people whose handles don't include convoluted combinations of middle initials, partial surnames, underscore...

One of the luxuries that Twitter affords us plebeians is the ability to freely insult the celebrities of the worldJimmy Kimmel is making sure celebrities see those mean tweets — and gives them a...

Ever since stories about the National Security Agency’s electronic intelligence-gathering capabilities began tumbling out last June, The New York Times has published more than a dozen editorials...

Sales of PCs were on the rise in 2010 — that is, until the iPad's release on April 3 of that year.Since the launch of the signature Apple tablet, the quarterly growth of PC sales has fallen dras...

Traders misunderstood a tweet from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday, panicked and purchased more oil, thus driving prices up by $1 per barrel.The confusing IDF tweet was about an Israeli a...

"Did you like that guy?" a dad asked his daughter on Thursday in New York City's Times Square. The "guy" was Sir Paul McCartney. The young child — born at least six decades after the 71-year-old...

Facebook tweaked its privacy settings Thursday and will no longer allow users to completely hide from others searching for them on the site. In other words, with few exceptions, we're all now searchab...

Covering the shutdown may have diminishing returns for journalists, but for comedians it has provided seemingly endless grist. (With varying success: my colleague Isaac Chotiner wrote a post last week...

Call it a case of GIF-induced Benjamin Button disease.Bloggers at GIFCraft found an uncredited video floating around Dogva of elderly photo subjects being wiped away into their younger selves and tran...

Apple's iOS 7 hit the iPhone and iPad last month and packed the new release with not only a brand new design, but lots of new gestures, feature and capabilities. We've already discussed some of our fa...

BlackBerry may have a new takeover bid, and this one comes from within the company.Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, BlackBerry's founders, revealed in an SEC filing Thursday that they are considerin...

Twitter announced an app specifically built for Android tablets on Thursday. The microblogging site has long had an Android app available to tablet owners, but the new app is the first designed for th...

Food lovers and creative chefs — this week's round of the Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series is just for you. Cook up delicious homemade casseroles, bake your most decadent sweets, assemble c...

Even as Apple has been trying to rework its maps efforts — with a radical new redesign for iOS 7 and Hopstop acquisition — Google has been consistently adding features in its Google Maps a...

Apple's iOS 7 hit the iPhone and iPad last month and packed the new release with not only a brand new design, but lots of new gestures, feature and capabilities. We've already discussed some of our fa...

What do Kate Upton and Snoop Dogg have in common? A deep love of microwaveable meat-filled pastries.In a bizarre new commercial for Hot Pockets, the model devours her microwaved snack before falling i...

“Aiiee!” I heard one woman scream as I silently cruised around the office, rolling up to coworkers, darting between aisles and popping into meetings. “What is that?” she said a...

Next week, students, faculty and members of the public will gather in a room at Brown University. They will sit down, open their laptops—enjoy some light snacks and drinks—and then, for fi...

Remember back in August when a cancer-survivor fan's touching story elevated tennis great Roger Federer to an even higher level of sainthood in the eyes of sports fans everywhere? Not that his reputat...

Pokémon X & Y comes out Oct. 12, opening a whole new 3D world for long-time fans and newbies alikeTo mark this exciting occasion, the AVbyte Brothers, the YouTubers behind "Twitter the Musica...

If you've always wanted one of those whole-house audio systems, where you have speakers in multiple rooms playing the same song, it's a good time to be alive. Previously the domain of people who could...

Few people travel just to see the sights anymore. After all, with Instagram, Facebook and a slew of other social media sites and apps to browse through these days, each with hundreds of thousands...

If you jump a mile the next time you unexpectedly cross paths with a cat, don't feel bad — everyone from demon hunters to FBI agents can be spooked by a kitty.Slacktory assembled a supercut of T...

If you jump a mile the next time you unexpectedly cross paths with a cat, don't feel bad — everyone from demon hunters to FBI agents can be spooked by a kitty.Slacktory assembled a supercut of T...

Foxconn believes that students are the future, at least judging by its deal with China’s Xi’an Institute of Technology to expose more than 1,000 of them to the educational experience of wo...

You're at your local park, happily perched on a swing set, when a headless man charges at you and ruins your good time. We've all been thereOk, maybe we haven't. But the park patrons in the clip above...

It seems as though the feud between Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West has ended — and that it wasn't a publicity stunt after all. Yeezus himself appeared on Kimmel's late night talk show Wednesday to ...

Calm down, Internet — the feud between Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West has ended. And, thankfully, it wasn't just a big publicity stunt. Yeezus himself appeared on Kimmel's late night talk show Wedn...

As the government shutdown continues, people are searching for new ways to help furloughed workers. A group of friends this week launched a site that calls on furloughed workers to post an Instagram v...

Cord-cutting startup Aereo announced that its long-awaited Android app will be available in Google Play on Oct. 22.For the uninitiated, Aereo allows users to watch live broadcast TV from a phone, tabl...

One of the very, very small fringe benefits of winning a Nobel Prize, if the prize itself isn't enough, is that you get an amazing story to tell for the rest of your life. "Where were you when you hea...

Jeff Bezos has frequently been labeled the "next Steve Jobs" ever since the Apple cofounder passed away two years ago, but Bezos himself bristles at the comparison"We have our own approaches and visio...

LG launched the LG G Pro Lite, its latest smartphone to enter the already crowded market of midrange devicesSure, the 5.5-inch, 960 x 540 screen and 3,140 milliamp-hour battery sound pretty good, but ...

Best Buy could become the latest retailer to offer customers a trade-in option for a new iPhone, but according to recently obtained documents, it could run for just seven days.Techno Buffalo reports t...

Best Buy will become the latest retailer to offer customers a trade-in option for a new iPhone but only for seven days.Best Buy told Mashable it will offer customers a $100 credit that must be used to...

BlackBerry may have a new takeover bid, and this one comes from within the company.Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, BlackBerry's founders, revealed in an SEC filing Thursday that they are considerin...

A NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter went into a precautionary safe mode Wednesday, shortly after completing a speed-boosting flyby of Earth.NASA's Juno probe detected an anomalous condition and went i...

It may seem like there was never a time you couldn't remember Luke, Leia, Han and Chewbacca rebelling against the Empire. But in the early '70s, the universe had yet to meet this now legendary gangSta...

Reasoning that its components are worth more than the sum of its parts at this point, BlackBerry is said to be considering selling the company piecemeal.With financing for a proposed $4.7 billion buyo...

Food lovers and creative chefs — this week's round of the Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series is just for you. Cook up delicious homemade casseroles, bake your most decadent sweets, assemble c...

LG launched the LG G Pro Lite, its latest smartphone to enter the already crowded market of midrange devicesSure, the 5.5-inch, 960 x 540 screen and 3,140 milliamp-hour battery sound pretty good, but ...

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

A NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter went into a precautionary safe mode Wednesday, shortly after completing a speed-boosting flyby of Earth.NASA's Juno probe detected an anomalous condition and went i...

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 storiesT...

Reasoning that its components are worth more than the sum of its parts at this point, BlackBerry is said to be considering selling the company piecemeal.With financing for a proposed $4.7 billion buyo...

When Snapchat introduced its Stories feature earlier this month, it was unclear how brands could take advantage of a new platform in which messages, photos and videos hung around for 24 hours.Taco Bel...

The latest in viral Twitter bots, @tofu_product aims to "write like you do" — because "tofu absorbs flavor.""Don't listen to checkmate atheists," tweets @tofu_product, but don't assume it's a wi...

Wi-Fi video camera creator Dropcam launched Dropcam Pro on Thursday, the next generation of its popular internet-connected camera.The company's previous model, the Dropcam HD, debuted last year and be...

The Fitbit Force, the fourth wireless activity and sleep wristband in the Fitbit lineup, debuted on Thursday with an extra something special never before been seen on its predecessors and competitors:...

As if you needed another reason to celebrate puppies. October is Adopt a Shelter Dog month, and the best way to celebrate is to quickly proceed to your nearest shelter and adopt an adorable dog.Accord...

Fact: Everyone is afraid of something. Also a fact: There's a fancy term for whatever you're afraid of. Scared of balloons? You have globophobia. Fear the color orange? You're chrysophobic. Dread long...

Reaching inbox zero is like the Holy Grail of digital lifestyle. As the number of unread messages steadily increases, so does your unshakable feeling of spiraling down a never-ending tunnel of doom.We...

The infamous ramen burger has some serious competition — behold, the Mac Attack Burger.Created in Chicago at Rockit Burger Bar, this cheesy concoction is yet another twist on the classic burger....

Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show segment "Lie Witness News" has struck again, this time fooling concert-goers at the "Rock the Bells" hip hop music festival. The comedian tricked music aficionados...

Reaching inbox zero is like the Holy Grail of digital lifestyle. As the number of unread messages steadily increases, so does your unshakable feeling of spiraling down a never-ending tunnel of doom.We...

The latest in viral Twitter bots, @tofu_product aims to "write like you do" — because "tofu absorbs flavor.""Don't listen to checkmate atheists," tweets @tofu_product, but don't assume it's a wi...

Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show segment "Lie Witness News" has struck again, this time fooling concert-goers at the "Rock the Bells" hip hop music festival. The comedian tricked music aficionados...

If you've always wanted one of those whole-house audio systems, where you have speakers in multiple rooms playing the same song, it's a good time to be alive. Previously the domain of people who could...

Twitter is more than just a home for 140-character overshares and hilarious parody accountsThe microblogging platform has become a hub for monitoring breaking news and crowdsourcing ideas, and has eve...

The Fitbit Force, the fourth wireless activity and sleep wristband in the Fitbit lineup, debuted on Thursday with an extra something special never before been seen on its predecessors and competitors:...

Read ALL the articles! But on your own time.Read-it-later apps have enjoyed a huge jump in popularity as of late, and for good reason — they allow us to prioritize our time, and choose when and ...

On the eve of its 15th birthday, Google turned the tables and gave the Internet a shiny new present: Hummingbird, the search giant's largest search algorithm update since 2001. The search engine's rec...

There is one current paradigm that rules over Asia these days. It’s that Asians are obsessed with Silicon Valley. Asian founders, startup community organizers and wantrepreneurs (a wannabe entre...

Acer has announced the launch of C720 Chromebook, a new 11.6-inch ultraportable based on Intel's new Haswell chipThe specs include a 1.4GHz Intel Celeron processor, an 11.6-inch, 1366x768 pixel displa...

On the eve of its 15th birthday, Google turned the tables and gave the Internet a shiny new present: Hummingbird, the search giant's largest search algorithm update since 2001. The search engine's rec...

Twitter is more than just a home for 140-character overshares and hilarious parody accountsThe microblogging platform has become a hub for monitoring breaking news and crowdsourcing ideas, and has eve...

Technologists in India have developed a Bluetooth-enabled device that can serve as a lost-and-found, a personal photographer, a pet sitter and a home security system.Gecko is about the size of a quart...

YouTube star, Vlogbrother and author John Green has become somewhat of an expert on the American health care system, producing explainers on the need for health care reform and the reason American hea...

After criticizing Gravity's plot holes in a series of tweets, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson posted an open letter to Facebook on Wednesday, clarifying his earlier gripes and praising the space dr...

Acer has announced the launch of C720 Chromebook, a new 11.6-inch ultraportable based on Intel's new Haswell chipThe specs include a 1.4GHz Intel Celeron processor, an 11.6-inch, 1366x768 pixel displa...

Although we're suckers for cute cat videos, this inspiring clip strikes a nerve with us in more ways than one.See also: Sir Stuffington the Pirate Cat: World's Cutest SwashbucklerIn the latest install...

For the last few years, social media experts have heavily debated Google+ and its role among the big social media platforms. While many claim that it’s a successful, growing platform, others arg...

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: GuardianOne-Liner ...

Google Maps' newest version continues to deliver impressive upgrades, and now has the ability to display multiple routes on one page when plotting a trip.When users search for directions by entering a...

The C6 Magnefix Bookcase does everything that Apple's iPad Smart Case does — except it's built for the iPad miniThe case will protect and clean your iPad mini screen, and its cover magnetically ...

Not much goes right for singer Llewyn Davis in the new trailer for Coen brothers film Inside Llewyn DavisPlayed by Oscar Isaac, he gets punched in the face, shoved against a car, finds out he mig...

A map from UNESCO provides a very rough picture of "the gender gap in science" around the globe, showing large swaths of relative equality in parts of South America and Central Asia, and great inequal...

Google Maps' newest version continues to deliver impressive upgrades, and now has the ability to display multiple routes on one page when plotting a trip.When users search for directions by entering a...

Facebook is making it easier for brand marketers to gather insight and engagement metrics surrounding their Facebook pagesOn Wednesday, the social network released a new version of Page Insights, a da...

A map from UNESCO provides a very rough picture of "the gender gap in science" around the globe, showing large swaths of relative equality in parts of South America and Central Asia, and great inequal...

Tom Hanks sets sail in Captain Phillips on Oct. 11, but exactly how did he end up on a boat about to be hijacked by pirates? Official Comedy examined Hanks' body of work and wondered if he has just fl...

If you have big ideas for a great app, but a small budget to back it, we have some tips for you.The latest installment in our Ask a Dev series suggests ways to create applications without investing a ...

T-Mobile announced Wednesday that its Simple Choice customers can get free data and text messages when traveling in more than 100 countries, continuing its mission to disrupt the U.S. wireless industr...

New information from Twitter's S-1 document has shed light on the company's expected IPO date, reports PrivCo, a business and financial research company. Updates to the document, which was released la...

WikiLeaks' most recent release may not reveal any government secrets, but it does set a new standard for the age-old term, "no hard feelings."The controversial website published a letter Wednesday wri...

When some of us hear the name Disney Research, the immediate assumption is that it’s a lab devoted to developing better animatronics or some other similarly whimsical application of bleeding-edg...

Sports can bring out the worst in people. This much we know. But then there are the moments like this one that show why we love sports for so much beyond scores and statsOur protagonist here is a YouT...

There are more than 10,000 near-Earth objects that have been identified so far — asteroids and comets of varying sizes that approach the Earth’s orbital distance to within about 28 million...

If you're an avid Gmail user, you may be hanging out the old-fashioned wayThe popular Google chat feature within Gmail — officially called Google Talk and unofficially known as Gchat — was...

The sun is going to die. We have a billion years before that starts to happen, but we should start planning for it now. This video by AsapSCIENCE explains what it would take for not only humanity, but...

Sometimes a piece of technology comes along that may not solve a major problem in our lives, but is nevertheless magical in its execution and simplicity. Such is the case with the Ring Clock.Designed ...

Meet Tomas Hertl, hockey fans. You'll probably be seeing a lot of him in the coming years. The 19-year-old San Jose Sharks rookie entered this young NHL season with a lot of hype and some impressive c...

Population shifts are driven by all sorts of social factors, but the Scottish government appears to have pinpointed a new one: direly sluggish Internet connections.Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Loch...

Are business introductions a waste of time? The lead marketer at an Israeli tech company claims they areIris Shoor claims she got meetings at Twitter, LinkedIn and GitHub not by asking for a liaison t...

Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani blogger and author of I Am Malala, appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Tuesday, the eve of the one year anniversary of when she was shot by membe...

Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, broke her silence from prison, issuing a public statement in which she denied being "a pacifist."Manning's statement, published Wednesday, addresses...

The iconic Superman logo will now appear on license plates. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Ohio began offering plates branded with the Man of Steel this week to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Su...

When you're lifting weights and not sure you can do one more rep, it either means that you can still do 10 more — or that you're putting yourself at risk for injury. In fact, there's a trend in ...

The frequency of attacks that the infamous Syrian Electronic Army carries out may correlate with the number of President Obama's public statements about Syria and its civil war.Researchers at Recorded...

Admit it — you've taken an Instagram selfie (or 10) in the past week. It's one of the biggest photo clichés, and whether we want to admit it or not, we're all guilty.One Instagram account i...

We’re getting a better idea of what the iPad 5 may look like, courtesy of Sonny Dickson. The blogger recently posted a plethora of new high-resolution images that reportedly show the fifth-gener...

It’s never too early to start the new iPhone rumors, and the latest one focuses on a feature coveted by many fans of the device: a larger screen. The prediction comes from market research firm D...

If you've been sent home from work due to the government shutdown, you might have a lot of extra time on your hands and a new-found serious concern for your financesFor those wanting to fill that time...

Foursquare rolled out a number of updates Wednesday that bring real-time recommendations to the service.Now when you check in to a location you’ll be given recommendations on what to do there. F...

Online advertising revenue in the U.S. topped $20 billion in the first half of this year, an increase of 18% from the same period a year earlier, according to a new report from the Interactive Adverti...

Sports can bring out the worst in people. This much we know. But then there are the moments like this one that show why we love sports for so much beyond scores and statsOur protagonist here is a YouT...

Masked graffiti artists draw skulls on Detroit buildings in Eminem's "Survival" music video, while gameplay footage from the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts is projected behind the black-clad rappe...

Jamming on an acoustic guitar to "Gangsta's Paradise" with Coolio himself rapping in your living room sounds like a college kid's dream night. But for a group of students in England, that unlikely sce...

If you're an avid Gmail user, you may be hanging out the old-fashioned wayThe popular Google chat feature within Gmail — officially called Google Talk and unofficially known as Gchat — was...

The United States Air Force is shoring up its cyber defense efforts by adding more than 1,200 new airmen to posts within the cyber community.The service people, who will be added over the next few yea...

A NASA spacecraft will zoom by Earth Wednesday to use the planet's gravitational pull as a speed boost for its trip to Jupiter and you can see live views of the probe live online during the flyby.NASA...

When retailer Dick's Sporting Goods wanted to find out why consumers were coming into its stores but not buying anything, it tapped Twitter's firehose.The same torrent of data has also been used to le...

The advocates of an entirely different way of driving will tell you that we're within sight of the threshold, and connected cars are coming. But maybe not before manufacturers and developers agree on ...

Twitter has already proven to be a popular tool for talking about TV shows, and soon, the platform will become a way to watch shows, tooNBCUniversal and Comcast announced Wednesday that they have ente...

Yahoo has just issued another major update to the official iOS app of its popular photo-sharing service, Flickr.Through its latest update, Flickr for iOS has gained a new Auto Upload feature. As its n...

Bring a woodman to life and create a Vine video to enter the #TheWoodies film festival.See also: Vine: 12 Ways to Make Your Videos Stand OutThe unisex wooden mannequin has long served as both a tool a...

For small business owners, the complex ecosystem of social media advertising can be difficult to navigate. For every success story — and there are plenty — there are hundreds, if not thous...

Iceland has the fewest barriers to Internet freedom, according a recent study ranking countries based on obstacles to access, limits on content and violations of user rights. Iceland scored just six o...

A NASA spacecraft will zoom by Earth Wednesday to use the planet's gravitational pull as a speed boost for its trip to Jupiter and you can see live views of the probe live online during the flyby.NASA...

Twitter has already proven to be a popular tool for talking about TV shows, and soon, the platform will become a way to watch shows, tooNBCUniversal and Comcast announced Wednesday that they have ente...

Yahoo has just issued another major update to the official iOS app of its popular photo-sharing service, Flickr.Through its latest update, Flickr for iOS has gained a new Auto Upload feature. As its n...

When Marina Shifrin decided to quit her job at a Taiwanese company that produces viral news videos, she did so through a video of her ownPerhaps you've seen it. The clip, best known on the Internet as...

Last month, Pinterest announced its plans to begin experimenting with its first paid advertising product, Promoted Pins. The first of those advertisements will go live for some users today.Promoted Pi...

If you're an avid Gmail user, you may be hanging out the old-fashioned wayThe popular Google chat feature within Gmail — officially called Google Talk and unofficially known as Gchat — was...

Steve Ballmer confirmed that Microsoft is working on a version of Office 365 for the iPad, but it won't be available until after the suite of productivity applications is retooled for the modern user ...

You don't know Jack. That's the big takeaway from an excerpt of an upcoming tell-all book on Twitter written by New York Times reporter Nick Bilton.Jack Dorsey is widely viewed as the man behind Twitt...

Everyone knows science is awesome, but did you know you can do science right in your own kitchen? Ok, maybe you did, but if you're not sure where to start, we've got five really fun experiments that d...

New York Times reporter Nick Bilton unearthed a few previously unknown facts about Twitter for his upcoming book, Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal.The book won'...

We can't stop the NSA from spying on our phone calls and looking through our emails. But if they are going to snoop on us, they might as well lend a helpful hand when we need one.See also: The NSA is ...

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 storiesS...

Apple announced that the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will be available in 35 new countries on Oct. 25 and in another 16 countries on Nov. 1It will be available in the following countries on Oct. 22: Austr...

Steve Martocci, the co-founder of GroupMe, has gone public with his second act, Splice, a technology platform for music creators.Splice, which is currently in private beta, attempts to streamline the ...

Get your skull decorations out of the closet and put them together — it's time to start brainstorming for your perfect Halloween costumeThe most original costume ideas come from a play on words....

Sometimes you just need to cry.When you feel like spending a cathartic hour or two sobbing into your pillow, there are plenty of options, but chopping an onion takes work and watching a sad movie is t...

Rising Star has smashed the traditional singing competition show model by letting fans vote during contestant performances using a mobile app designed by the show's creator, and the results go up in r...

A NASA spacecraft will zoom by Earth Wednesday to use the planet's gravitational pull as a speed boost for its trip to Jupiter and you can see live views of the probe live online during the flyby.NASA...

Face swaps mean you never have to wonder, "What would my weird adult face look like on a baby?" A couple taps of the smartphone — or Photoshop, if you're fancy — and you look ready for the...

Mozilla has announced it will soon start launching Firefox OS-based devices in new markets around the worldMozilla launched the first Firefox OS smartphones — the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch ...

Ariel’s not the only one with gadgets and gizmos aplenty. In 16 locations across the U.S., audiences can bring their own tablets to the movie theater during the month after Sept. 20 — and ...

You don't know Jack. That's the big takeaway from an excerpt of an upcoming tell-all book on Twitter written by New York Times reporter Nick Bilton.Jack Dorsey is widely viewed as the man behind Twitt...

No, you can't have a day without Miley Cyrus. Her latest video likely won't make you cringe, as the pop star teamed up with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for an a cappella rendering of "We Can't Stop"The...

No, you can't have a day without Miley Cyrus. Her latest video likely won't make you cringe, as the pop star teamed up with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for an a cappella rendering of "We Can't Stop"The...

Mozilla has announced it will soon start launching Firefox OS-based devices in new markets around the worldMozilla launched the first Firefox OS smartphones — the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch ...

With the deliciously dark Halloween season almost upon us, we've turned our thoughts to what we'll be wearing this Oct. 31, and how we'll decorate our haunted homesTo help provide some icky inspiratio...

Now that anyone can learn to code, and probably should, web design and development are becoming more and more personal in both approach and learning curves.There's a plethora of ways to tackle web dev...

We can't stop the NSA from spying on our phone calls and looking through our emails. But if they are going to snoop on us, they might as well lend a helpful hand when we need one.See also: The NSA is ...

Admit it — you have probably spent too much time staring at your smartphone. Whether it's Facebook or Snapchat, a text or a tweet, many of us constantly have our faces down towards a screen. The...

Now that anyone can learn to code, and probably should, web design and development are becoming more and more personal in both approach and learning curves.There's a plethora of ways to tackle web dev...

Samsung has announced its first smartphone with a curved display, called the Galaxy RoundThe device has a slightly rounded 5.7-inch, 1080p Super AMOLED screen in a 7.9mm-thick case, with the weight be...

On Monday afternoon, a line of storms hundreds of miles long crossed the Appalachians and struck cities on the eastern seaboard. Earlier that day, a tornado watch was issued, stretching from New York ...

No, you can't have a day without Miley Cyrus. Her latest video likely won't make you cringe, as the pop star teamed up with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for an a cappella rendering of "We Can't Stop"The...

Selecting a new calculator can be a difficult decision, but worry no more.While unboxing videos are traditionally left to high-tech devices like smartphones, Brady Haran of Numberphile decided to tack...

Samsung has announced its first smartphone with a curved display, called the Galaxy RoundThe device has a slightly rounded 5.7-inch, 1080p Super AMOLED screen in a 7.9mm-thick case, with the weight be...

Signing up for health insurance through the network of state and federal insurance exchange websites has proven difficult enough in its own right. Now, millions of Americans attempting to navigate the...

Ever start listening to a new song and think it sounds a tad bit familiar? It isn't deja vu — it was probably just ripped offChad Neidt set out to find the copycats in the music industry by play...

Amazon has won the latest round in a battle with IBM to build a massive computer cloud for intelligence agencies.Judge Thomas Wheeler of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled in Amazon’s favor ...

Whether it's Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Now or even Google+, a full 92% of smartphone users employ at least one Google mobile product.Statista created the chart below showing the popularity of...

Several questions were raised from Miley Cyrus' controversial music video for "Wrecking Ball." For instance, why are you licking sledgehammers? And, is it safe to swing on a wrecking ball in the nude?...

For the past six months, Disney has been taking Mickey Mouse back to his more surreal, "Steamboat Willie"-style roots in a series of short cartoonsOn Tuesday the studio unveiled the latest — and...

The clichéd perks of high-flying tech companies such as free meals, massages and doggy daycare serve a dual purpose: They keep employees happy (office beer) and create an atmosphere that makes wo...

With the new golden age of television fiercely competing with major motion pictures for our time, it’s never been more important to be able to keep track of your favorite TV shows. Responding to...

The U.SCongress, as a whole, is making $2.95 every second. That's $177 a minute and more than $250,000 a day. And yes, it's still making that during the government shutdown it causedWhen Steve Nowicki...

There are two kinds of people: those who plug their phones into their computers, and the other 79.5% of smartphone owners (read: Android users)Apple — and heck, even Microsoft — originally...

If South Korea is looking for evidence that the Obama administration is playing favorites in the patent war between Apple and Samsung, it got some discomfiting signals on Tuesday.The White House decid...

Ever start listening to a new song and think it sounds a tad bit familiar? It isn't deja vu — it was probably just ripped offChad Neidt set out to find the copycats in the music industry by play...

For iOS app producer David Barnard, making money from paid applications in Apple's App Store is becoming more difficult. Barnard is the founder of Contrast (previously App Cubby), which makes apps suc...

For the past six months, Disney has been taking Mickey Mouse back to his more surreal, "Steamboat Willie"-style roots in a series of short cartoonsOn Tuesday the studio unveiled the latest — and...

Legendary singer Tony Bennett intently taps on his iPad while sharing a story about his old friend Frank Sinatra. It's a big day for the 87-year-old musician: more than 75 of his albums are finally la...

Whether it's Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Now or even Google+, a full 92% of smartphone users employ at least one Google mobile product.Statista created the chart below showing the popularity of...

Google’s Eric Schmidt made an appearance at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on Monday, coinciding with the announcement of his new book. Though Schmidt did a thorough job of explaining a...

The arrest of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind Silk Road, the world's largest online drug marketplace, was only the beginning. Over the last few days, authorities have busted eight others ...

While furloughed employees may seem to be getting the brunt of the government shutdown, our neighbors to the north are also feeling the backlash — and by north, we mean waaay northSee also: 22 S...

The U.S. government shutdown is still on, with no negotiation in sightIn the meantime, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid inaugurated his Vine account by mocking Republican leaders for refusing to budg...

Amazon launched Appstore Developer Select Tuesday, a new program for developers that makes apps and games on the company's Fire OS more discoverable in Amazon’s Appstore.“Mobile app develo...

The clichéd perks of high-flying tech companies such as free meals, massages and doggy daycare serve a dual purpose: They keep employees happy (office beer) and create an atmosphere that makes wo...

Apple will unveil the newest updates to its iPad line on Oct. 22, according to a report.AllThingsD reports hearing from sources familiar with the situation that Apple will hold event that day to intro...

The curved smartphone from Samsung, rumored last month for an October release, has been leaked on Twitter.See also: 18 Best Free Apps for the Samsung Galaxy S3Based on this photo, the Samsung phone ha...

We already knew Grand Theft Auto V was a gaming powerhouse, but now Guinness Book of World Records has confirmed it.The record-keeping publication confirmed Tuesday that the game had broken seven reco...

The U.SCongress, as a whole, is making $2.95 every second. That's $177 a minute and more than $250,000 a day. And yes, it's still making that during the government shutdown it causedWhen Steve Nowicki...

Indiegogo announced a new suite of tools on Tuesday to help campaign managers run their projectsThe popular crowdfunding site — and Kickstarter competitor — is hoping to make it easier for...

It's one thing to sketch out an idea for an app, but turning it into a working digital design is another story.AppSeed makes that entire process much more seamless. Take a photo of your drawing —...

Fall is a great season for many reasons: pumpkin spice everything, beautiful foliage and crisp temperatures. These fall photos will make you want to visit each colorful scene — and will keep you...

The 16-second teaser for Disney's upcoming animated TV series, Star Wars Rebels, doesn't reveal much, but it does paint a basic plot outline for the seriesAs a Star Destroyer passes overhead R...

MailChimp launched in 2001 as a paid email marketing service, featuring a cute monkey mascot named Freddie. In 2009, MailChimp went freemium, with a customer base of 85,000 users. The new offering, "F...

Your next smartphone may very well be able to bend in half — if LG’s technology ever comes to market, that is. Following news that both Samsung and LG are preparing smartphones with curved...

Nearly five decades ago, Peter Higgs sent physicists on a chase to find a particle that gives the universe its mass. Today, at age 84, he, along with physicist François Englert, received the Nobe...

You can now buy episodes of HBO shows like Game of Thrones, The Newsroom, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Girls, Veep and The Wire from Google Play. Individual episodes cost $1.99 to 2.99...

The next time you buy a pair of shoes online, you may have more choice than paying with your Visa or PayPal — you may also be able to pay using Amazon.That's what Amazon is hoping, anyways. The ...

The next time you buy a pair of shoes online, you may have more choice than paying with your Visa or PayPal — you may also be able to pay using Amazon.That's what Amazon is hoping, anyways. The ...

The design genius of Jony Ive has been widely hailed as one of the linchpins of Apple’s success, and now the creative mastermind has applied his skills to design of a new camera from Leica.See a...

Kevin Breel is a son, brother, stand-up comedian and a teenagerHe also suffers from depression.See also: 15 TED Talks That Will Change Your LifeIn this moving speech, presented at a TEDxYouth event in...

A large group of scientists and researchers is working to develop the fastest computer known to man that would operate much like the human brain.The Human Brain Project, which launched Monday at a con...

China has 2 million people working as online monitors, according to a report last week by state news publication Beijing News — a new estimate that reveals the breadth of the country’s mas...

The U.S. government shutdown is still on, with no negotiation in sightIn the meantime, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid inaugurated his Vine account by mocking Republican leaders for refusing to budg...

Hipsters suffer blame for many of the world's problems, so why would the government shutdown be any different?The Twitter hashtag #HipsterCongress took off Tuesday as the shutdown entered its seventh ...

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory suspended its United States operations Friday after the government shutdown forced the large astronomy organization to temporarily close its doors.The NRAO has...

Facebook ad buyers have cause to celebrate: On Tuesday, the social network unveiled a major overhaul of both its basic ad-buying platform, Ads Manager, and its more sophisticated offering, Power Edito...

The new space thriller Gravity isn't really about humor and romance. But that's just because you've never watched it set to a Frank Sinatra song.With a little "Fly Me To the Moon" backdrop, Film Schoo...

Indiegogo announced a new suite of tools on Tuesday to help campaign managers run their projectsThe popular crowdfunding site — and Kickstarter competitor — is hoping to make it easier for...

It's one thing to sketch out an idea for an app, but turning it into a working digital design is another story.AppSeed makes that entire process much more seamless. Take a photo of your drawing —...

If you live in New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco, there's a good chance you've come across one of several mysterious billboards in recent weeks with controversial statements like the one above. O...

The 16-second teaser for Disney's upcoming animated TV series, Star Wars Rebels, doesn't reveal much, but it does paint a basic plot outline for the series.As a Star Destroyer passes overhead ...

Irrational Games gave fans a glimpse into the expansion for BioShock Infinite on YouTube Tuesday, a game dramatically different from its namesake.In the first five minutes of BioShock Infinite: Burial...

Your next smartphone may very well be able to bend in half — if LG’s technology ever comes to market, that is. Following news that both Samsung and LG are preparing smartphones with curved...

Google’s Eric Schmidt made an appearance at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on Monday, coinciding with the announcement of his new book. Though Schmidt did a thorough job of explaining a...

Nearly five decades ago, Peter Higgs sent physicists on a chase to find a particle that gives the universe its mass. Today, at age 84, he, along with physicist François Englert, received the Nobe...

The world of Big Data is one of pervasive data collection and aggressive analytics. Some see the future and cheer it on; others rebel. Behind it all lurks a question most of us are asking — does...

You can now buy episodes of HBO shows like Game of Thrones, The Newsroom, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Girls, Veep and The Wire from Google Play. Individual episodes cost $1.99 to 2.99...

The next time you buy a pair of shoes online, you may have more choice than paying with your Visa or PayPal — you may also be able to pay using Amazon.That's what Amazon is hoping, anyways. The ...

The design genius of Jony Ive has been widely hailed as one of the linchpins of Apple’s success, and now the creative mastermind has applied his skills to design of a new camera from Leica.See a...

Two scientists — François Englert of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgien, and Peter W. Higgs of the University of Edinburgh, UK — were awarded the Nobel Prize in Phy...

Kevin Breel is a son, brother, stand-up comedian and a teenagerHe also suffers from depression.See also: 15 TED Talks That Will Change Your LifeIn this moving speech, presented at a TEDxYouth event in...

With the U.S. government shutdown now in its second week, tech startups are now targeting furloughed federal workers for freelance hire through a new online job board, cleverly named Unfurlough.us.See...

PayPal wants mobile payments to take off so badly that it has embraced a fairly unpopular technology — QR codes — to achieve that goalThe eBay unit will soon let consumers complete paymen...

When smoke alarms aren’t beeping, they often fade into the background of our homes; we rarely check to make sure they’re in working order. So when you remove the batteries to stop the beep...

Supernatural returns with its ninth season on Tuesday, promising plenty of bloody battles and manly tears.The show's overstock of demon-hunting tips aren't really practical — though a Supernatur...

In honor of Yahoo Mail's 16th birthday on Tuesday, the service is getting a revamp — inspired in part by mobile.The most noticeable part of the update is its new rich themes. Designed to take ad...

Google unveiled a new model of Chromebook on Tuesday, one that takes the price of the category to a new low. The HP Chromebook 11 is a small and light laptop that costs just $279.Google's Caesar Sengu...

If you were a kid in the 90s, chances are you've got an old stack of Pokémon cards sitting in a closet somewhere collecting dustThat's all about to change. See also: 11 Costume Ideas for the Laz...

The new space thriller Gravity isn't really about humor and romance. But that's just because you've never watched it set to a Frank Sinatra song.With a little "Fly Me To the Moon" backdrop, Film Schoo...

For many people, staring at screens is a simple daily occurrence: our jobs require use of a computer and many of us have smartphones that connect to the Internet. We often stop focusing on one screen ...

As fall settles in, it's time to don your sweatshirts and sweatpants, brew a hot cup of coffee and curl up on the couch for a long weekend of reading. Autumn is the perfect opportunity to break open t...

With Halloween fast approaching, it would be practically criminal to pass up the chance to find the ultimate costume for your canine pal.Though you may have decided on your own costume, perhaps you're...

Irrational Games gave fans a glimpse into the expansion for BioShock Infinite on YouTube Tuesday, a game dramatically different from its namesake.In the first five minutes of BioShock Infinite: Burial...

If you’re a social media novice, hashtags — those short links preceded by the pound sign (#) — may seem confusing and unnecessary. But they are integral to the way we communicate onl...