Is This Kickstarter Project the Future of Blogging?

mashable.com 2 hours ago

Ghost is a new Kickstarter project that wants to reinvent blogging. Does it have what it takes?

 
803
  • from 141
  • and
  • in last 1hr
 
 

Hacker Turns Westboro Baptist Church Hate Page Into Donation Site

mashable.com 9 hours ago

The Westboro Baptist Church's site, GodHatesOklahoma.com, was hacked and turned into a Red Cross donation page for victims of Monday's storm.

 
399
  • from 1188
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

10 Cool Parade Moments to Celebrate Memorial Day

mashable.com 2 hours ago

Take a look through these 10 cool and inspiring Memorial Day parade photos. Do you have any inspiring shots from past parades?

 
254
  • from 66
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 
no image

Mobile Miscellany: week of May 20th, 2013

engadget.com 48 mins ago

If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought hints of

 
206
  • from 16
  • and
  • in last 39mins
 
 

Alfonso Ribeiro, Will and Jaden Smith Do the Carlton Dance [VIDEO]

mashable.com 25 May

Alfonso Ribeiro -- Carlton Banks himself! -- makes a surprise TV appearance with Will and Jaden Smith, then all three hit the infamous "Carlton dance."

 
187
  • from 3970
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

The Epic Journey Through Dieting [COMIC]

mashable.com 3 hours ago

We go to great measures in order to overcome the temptation of deliciously unhealthy foods while dieting. Can you resist the siren song of saturated fats?

 
156
  • from 43
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart

guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago

Private shuttles taking workers to and from Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter in San Francisco are becoming symbols for alienation and division as residents struggle with crowded municipal bus...

 
131
  • from 46
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 
no image

CrunchWeek: Yahoo’s $1.1B Tumblr Purchase, Lyft’s Big Raise, And Microsoft’s Xbox One

techcrunch.com 3 hours ago

It’s that time of the week for CrunchWeek, the show where a few of us writers chat up the most interesting stories from the past seven days. Ryan Lawler, Greg Kumparak, and I chatted about Yahoo's...

 
131
  • from 24
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

This Black and White Video Can (Sorta) Predict Your IQ

gizmodo.com 2 hours ago

OK, you want to try it? Then watch the video above—the whole thing, preferably full-screen—before you read any further. Got it? Good. Let's see how smart you (maybe) are.

 
130
  • from 41
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 

Top 10 Tech This Week

mashable.com 4 hours ago

It was another exciting week in tech. If you missed it, worry not -- that's why we're here with Top 10 Tech.

 
107
  • from 31
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

David Simon, creator of The Wire, says new US drug laws help only 'white, middle-class kids'

guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago

The award-winning creator of The Wire, David Simon, has emerged as a critic of the 'racial bias' in the US debate on the war on drugs

 
93
  • from 225
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Misfit Wearables Drops Android Support For Its Shine Activity Tracker Ahead Of Summer Launch

techcrunch.com 4 hours ago

Heads up, Android fans. If you took the plunge and backed the rather sleek Shine wearable activity tracker from Misfit Wearables, you may want to get your money back...

 
88
  • from 28
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

Apple 1 from 1976 sells for $650,000

bbc.co.uk 9 hours ago

An original Apple 1 computer from 1976 - one of the first built in Steve Jobs' garage - sells at auction for more than 500,000 euros ($650,000).

 
86
  • from 94
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

Estate Planning Is Important for Your Online Assets, Too

nytimes.com 9 hours ago

An assortment of services can help you and your heirs organize the online accounts that you will eventually leave behind.

 
77
  • from 89
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Why should Apple have access to consumers if it refuses to pay its fair share of taxes?

guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago

Countries are competing to provide the biggest tax breaks, the cheapest labour and the easiest regulation to attract the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon, to the disadvantage of their own citizens...

 
75
  • from 13
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 
no image

Arrested Development Will Account For HOW MUCH Bandwidth?

huffingtonpost.com 4 hours ago

Between a traveling banana stand, a Seamless promotion that went viral and Tobias Fünke's sizzle reel, Netflix has made the fourth season of "Arrested Development" the most highly anticipated original...

 
73
  • from 97
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Exclusive: Press Photos Of The White Nexus 4 (LG E960W) Leak Out

androidpolice.com 2 hours ago

As we already know, the white Nexus 4 is very much real. Months after first showing up on the web, it re-appeared at Google I/O in all its glory, with June.....

 
72
  • from 15
  • and
  • in last 1hr
 
 
no image

PHOTOS: Suit May Give Thrill-Seekers 'Iron Man' Skills

huffingtonpost.com 4 hours ago

Tony Stark may be a fictional character, but not everything in the "Iron Man" films is completely outside the realm of possibility...

 
70
  • from 100
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

How the Facebook Developer Platform Has Changed How We Use the Web

mashable.com 5 hours ago

The Facebook Developer Platform has changed how not only we interact with Facebook, but how we interact with the whole web.

 
70
  • from 34
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

25 Ways to Celebrate Geek Pride Day

mashable.com 10 hours ago

May 25 is officially the time to let your nerdy flag fly -- it's Geek Pride Day. We've rounded up 25 suggestions to get your brain bubbling.

 
69
  • from 125
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Twitter at its worst is not Bercow, but the braying mob

guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago

Barbara Ellen: The Twitter villains are the bullies who feel scant responsibility and a lack of interest in fairness

 
64
  • from 6
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 
no image
 
62
  • from 5
  • and
  • in last 1hr
 
 
no image

It ain't what you do, it's the way that you get a robot to do it

guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago

David Mitchell: The launch of the new Xbox One is just the latest sign that human activity is grinding to a halt

 
61
  • from 10
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 

$100,000 Comic Book Found in the Wall of a $10,000 Home

kotaku.com 7 hours ago

A Minnesota man working on a fixer-upper tore down a wall and found, among the newspapers stuffed inside to insulate it, a copy of Action Comics No. 1. That's right, Superman's first appearance...

 
57
  • from 95
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Mercedes-Benz plan will put QR codes on cars to speed up rescues

engadget.com 6 hours ago

We joke that most people don't like QR codes, but those codes link to a lot of information through one snapshot -- and Mercedes-Benz may just use that

 
56
  • from 46
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Will The Xbox One Rule The Living Room? Price Will Determine The Size Of Its Kingdom

techcrunch.com 5 hours ago

Price and ship date are always the biggest concerns when new gadgets or hardware hits the market, but in the case of the Xbox One, it's likely to help determine whether the "home entertainment...

 
50
  • from 26
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Editorial: Apple's iOS 7 needs exclusive, distinctive features, not just a flat UI

appleinsider.com 4 hours ago

There's intense interest blooming around reports that Apple plans to revamp the look of iOS 7 with a flatter appearance...

 
49
  • from 26
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

What Games Are: Xbox One Is Microsoft’s Spruce Goose

techcrunch.com 6 hours ago

Microsoft's Xbox One presents a big and complicated machine whose primary purpose is a menu layer for watching television. This in an age where living room television is irrelevant...

 
48
  • from 58
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Who needs investors! Why many startups should bootstrap instead

gigaom.com 6 hours ago

Many of today’s startups are obsessed with figuring out the best way to score investors...

 
47
  • from 44
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

15 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

mashable.com 6 hours ago

It has been another busy week in the digital world. Catch up on the latest digital media resources with our weekly features roundup.

 
44
  • from 13
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

PlayStation Blogcast 075: The Rohde Less Traveled

blog.us.playstation.com 49 mins ago

Subscribe via iTunes here Subscribe via RSS here Download the MP3 here on PS3, PS Vita or PC (Right-Click->Save As) We're back and later than ever! PlayStation World Wide Studios of...

 
42
  • from 2
  • and
  • in last 41mins
 
 
no image

Facebook phone launch put on hold

independent.co.uk 2 hours ago

The UK launch of the "Facebook phone" has been postponed following poor sales in the United States and lukewarm customer feedback.

 
41
  • from 9
  • and
  • in last 2hrs
 
 

12 Cicadas Totally Trapped in 1996

mashable.com 6 hours ago

East Coast cicadas have spent the last 17 years underground, making today's world a shock from the 90s world they last saw.

 
38
  • from 33
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 
no image

Schrödinger's Cat and RCU (Well, Structured Procrastination, Actually) - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org 3 hours ago

davecb writes "Paul E. McKenney, one of the Linux RCU implementors, addresses the problem of synchronization using structured deferral on, what else, Mr Schrödinger's famous cat...

 
35
  • from 4
  • and
  • in last 3hrs
 
 

Google Buzz Is About to Finally Buzz Off

mashable.com 5 hours ago

Google is finally putting all of Google Buzz to pasture. Find out what happens to your files and how you can access your content.

 
34
  • from 9
  • and
  • in last 3hrs