February 2012
Outlaw Masturbation: Vote Santorum →
Rick Santorum is not only anti-abortion and anti-contraception. Rick Santorum is anti-climax.
He has actually rejected the idea that “you have the right to consensual sex within your home.” No joke, you can Google it.
Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto Swap Praise... →
Introducing Flickering Myth's new movie review... →
Billy Corgan to Use SXSW to Announce Smashing... →
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will use next week’s South By Southwest as a springboard to announce the band’s latest album, Oceania, which promises to be a “full online experience.” “Our aim is to turn the ‘social’ into a new way to experience an album,” Corgan told Mashable. “By tak…
Can the iPad Really Replace Your Laptop? →
The iPad for Business Series is supported by LogMeIn. Get remote access to your PC or Mac from any device, anywhere — for free. There’s no shortage of tablet-talk these days in those surrounding the Apple camp. From the sweaty-palmed anticipation of the iPad 3 to the increasingly iOS-tinged M…
Street Fashion Spotters Get Their Photo App:... →
If you’ve always wished you could tweak Instagram so that it would show only unfiltered fashion photos, a service launching Tuesday might make your day. The startup, Thre.ad, is a visual news feed for fashion inspiration. Thre.ad aggregates user-submitted, fashion-focused photos and makes them…
Gravity Personalizes Websites Based on Your... →
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Gravity Quick Pitch: Personalize website homepages for each viewer through inter…
How Startups Can Build Lasting Relationships With... →
Dmitry Dragilev is the marketing lead at ZURB, the interaction design firm behind ZURBapps, a suite of apps that helps people quickly design great products through rapid prototyping, iteration and user feedback. It’s a week before launch and you’re hoping to score some awesome traffic from…
Nokia's 41-Megapixel Camera Phone Takes Marvelous... →
BARCELONA — The Monday announcement of the 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView represents a major leap in mobile camera technology. While more megapixels don’t always automatically lead to better photos, they do mean data-rich photos that can be more easily zoomed and edited. You’ll be able to do…
10 Non-Profits Leveraging Pinterest for Social... →
There’s no question that Pinterest is the hottest social network right now. From your friends and family to celebrities, athletes and designers, everyone’s pinning visually interesting content. But did you know that non-profit organizations are pinning, too? Non-profits, like other companies a…
World's First Live-Tweeted Open-Heart Surgery is a... →
Doctors at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital have made medical and social media history by live-tweeting an open-heart surgery for the first time. Yes, you read that correctly. On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Macris performed a double-coronary artery bypass on a 57-year-old patient. D…
How Social TV is Taking Over the Oscars and How... →
The Oscars are getting a big dose of social TV integration! From the official Oscar.com Backstage Experience to special promotions and activities from entertainment checkin services and second screen companies, the biggest award show of the year is taking big steps towards being more social a…
Tell Location-Based, Multimedia-Rich Stories With... →
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Google to Launch TV Service →
Google is looking to get into the paid TV business. The company filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved, the service could launch as soon as a month from now, according to the article, which cit…
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Tumblr for Small... →
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. With the rise of Pinterest and Tumblr’s astounding growth, it seems that 2012 may be the year of the visual platform. …
New Website Lets You Build Stories Out of Reaction... →
Words aren’t always enough to express your feelings. At least, that’s according to the makers of That’s So True, a site that allows you to convey your emotions with reaction GIFs. Reaction GIFs are short, multi-image animations of people — often TV or movie celebrities — acting out specific …
Researchers Create Fabric That Converts Body Heat... →
[brightcove video=”1469466178001” /] We’ve all heard of solar power and wind power, but researchers at Wake Forest are developing another alternative form of power: thermoelectrics. They’ve created a fabric — comprised of tiny carbon nanotubes — that can convert body heat into an electric ch…
The World's Largest Museum to 3D Print Copies of... →
[brightcove video=”1471716425001” /] A pair of model makers — Vincent Rossi and Adam Metallo — are taking on the task of digitizing the Smithsonian Institute’s 137 million-piece collection with high-tech scanners and 3D printing. Once the process has been perfected, 3D printing will cre…
Twitter Co-Founder: Spending Too Much Time On the... →
Biz Stone, a cofounder of Twitter, told an audience in Montreal this week that spending up to 12 hours a day on the platform is not necessarily a great idea. “To me, that sounds unhealthy,” he said on Wednesday at the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal business conference, according to a …
Pinsanity: How Sports Teams Are Winning on... →
Quickly shooting up the social media pyramid, image sharing network Pinterest has gained a reputation for largely being a repository for photos of wedding dresses and floral arrangements, due to its huge female user base. But a budding trend shows that sports teams are hopping aboard the Pint…
Oscar nominees are Democratic donors →
Palin advisers condemn 'Game Change' movie →
TRENDING: Maher puts one-million dollars behind... →
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Dental Spa Aims to De-Stress Tooth Care with Gum... →
Frankenstein's Monster Alive at NYPL Shelley... →
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Driverless Cars of the Future Are Here Now... →
Driverless cars? That’s some kind of futuristic fantasy, right? Think again. Driverless car technology has taken giant leaps in the past few years — in fact, you might see one driving right next to you any day now. This tech won’t come a moment too soon, either. According to the U.S. National…
How to Create Animated GIFs With Your Smartphone →
[nggallery id=4307] Did you know you can whip up tasty animated GIFs on your iPhone or Android handset, in seconds, free? We’ve found a superb app that will help you animate photographs and GIF-icize video. Whether you want to join in with a popular meme, give a social avatar a bit of motio…
Latitude Leaderboard: Does Google Want to Be the... →
Google is expanding its reach across social media — first with Google+, now with Leaderboard, a new feature allowing users to earn points for checking in to a location via Google Latitude. Last week, Google launched an updated version of Google Maps for Android, equipped with the new feature …
Is This Our First Peek at the iPad 3? [PICS] →
Chinese blog Apple Daily claims to have leaked pictures of the iPad 3 before Apple officially planned to give its own sneak peek in early March. The unconfirmed photos of the iPad 3 look similar to the iPad 2, but Apple Daily reports the iPad 3 will have a quad-core Apple A6 processor an…
Whitney Houston's Funeral: Mourners Pay Tribute On... →
[nggallery id=4383] Actor Kevin Costner, music producer Clive Davis and musicians Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys were among the friends and family that gathered for the funeral of Whitney Houston on Saturday. About 1,500 attended the nearly four-hour-long event, but many more paid their resp…
Netflix Sows Confusion, Announces DVD Plan That... →
[brightcove video=”1458582999001” /] Netflix hasn’t been doing well communicating with its movie-loving customer base in the past six months (remember Qwikster?), and the company tripped up again this week. A post published on the company’s official blog, stating customers can now sign up f…
Trick Out Your Pinterest Boards With This Simple... →
[nggallery id=4331] Do you remember those awesome Facebook and Google+ profile hacks? Well, Nick McGlynn, a creative Pinterest user, has done something similar on the new social service, “hacking” a Pinterest board to display one image sliced into nine sections. Inspired by McGlynn, we…
Indie Film Created Using Computer Algorithm... →
Indie film project whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir by director Eve Sussman and her collaborative team at Rufus Corporation is assembled from thousands of clips of footage, voiceovers and scoring elements, spliced together by a custom-built computer system known as the “serendipity machine….
Jermaine Dupri Wants to Be the Next Big Social... →
Atlanta-based hip-hop mogul Jermaine Dupri is passionate about technology. He checks his BlackBerry and iPhone incessantly, pops in his Bose earbuds every chance he gets and is addicted to the popular video game NBA 2K12. But Dupri — the Grammy-award songwriter, rapper and producer known…
LLC vs. S Corp: Which Is Right for Your Startup? →
Choosing the right business structure can be a daunting task for the small business owner or entrepreneur. You may have heard that the traditional C Corporation is overkill for most small businesses, and results in higher overall tax payments through something known as double taxation. But if the…
iOS 5.1 Will Add Japanese Siri Support, New Lock... →
A new report says Apple will push out an update to iOS in the coming weeks. Although not much is known about it, iOS 5.1 will add Japanese-language support for Siri, the digital voice assistant on the iPhone 4S, as well as a new lock screen that will make it easier to access the phone’s camera. …
Examination of iPad 3 Screen Reveals Retina... →
For months now, it has been a foregone conclusion that the iPad 3 will feature a high-resolution retina display. Now further evidence has surfaced, this time with an examination of one of the screens. MacRumors obtained a display purported to be the same that will be used in the iPad 3. The pa…
HOW TO: Follow London Fashion Week Via iPhone,... →
London Fashion Week kicked off Friday — and fortunately for those of us outside the ropes at Somerset House, brands and media are making the week more accessible than ever before. Forty-six fashion shows will stream the unveiling of their Autumn/Winter 2012 collections live from London this s…
Pinterest Porn: Are Breasts and Butts Offensive or... →
Sandwiched between Pins of clothes and crafts on Pinterest are pictures of breasts and butts. Every so often, a Pinterest Pin shows scantily clad or even naked men and women — sometimes in pornographic positions. Some users view the images on the 2-year-old social scrapbooking site as art, wh…
The Evolution of Mac OS, From 1984 to Mountain... →
Since the release of System 1 in January 1984, Apple has played an integral role in designing and implementing the graphical user interface (GUI) as we know it. With the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion this week, Apple is continuing the process it started with Lion by streamlining the conn…
iPhone Case Can Protect Your Phone and You -- With... →
Swiss manufacturer Piexon has devised a unique case that combines iPhone and personal protection. The SmartGuard iPhone 4/4S case comes with a slim red pepper spray dispenser that can be detached for use in case of an emergency. The pepper spray is 10% oleoresin capsicum, derived from …
Hey Hollywood, Online Piracy Doesn't Hurt Your... →
Remember SOPA? Remember the urgency with which the bill’s backers were trying to convince us that its intended target, online piracy, was a clear and present danger? Remember how those dastardly BitTorrenters were going to deprive us of a functioning, creative movie industry? Well, an academi…
UK Viewers Will Be Able to Watch the London 2012... →
[brightcove video=”1454794032001” /] The London 2012 Olympics are going 3D in the UK — or a few parts of it at least. The BBC has announced that BBC HD viewers who have 3D televisions will be able to watch the opening ceremony, closing ceremony, men’s 100m final and daily highlights in 3D. …
Help Perez Hilton Bring Muppets and Music Back to... →
Muppets fans are not happy. Following news that musical performances at this year’s Oscars were canceled, Hollywood blogger Perez Hilton launched a petition to give The Muppets the opportunity to perform on stage as part of the awards show’s tradition. The petition — which already has 24,…
Pixable Brings the Hashtag to Facebook Photos →
Photo-sorting app Pixable is bringing the Twitter-style hashtag to Facebook photos. The startup’s core service sorts images from your Facebook and Twitter feeds into piles such as “Top of the Day,” “New on Twitter” and “New Profile Pics.” Now you can tag the photos in these categories with h…
Hands on With Clik, YouTube's New Remote →
YouTube just got a remote. Clik, a new app from the makers of group messaging app Kik, lets you browse YouTube videos on your phone and control their play on any browser. The free Android and iPhone app doesn’t require any additional software or hardware. You connect it to the browser you wan…