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Oregon Duck and Marching Band Perform ‘Gangnam Style’ [VIDEO]
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 23:47
Back in late August, when PSY's viral phenomenon "Gangnam Style" was relatively underground with fewer than 100 million YouTube views (it's now at a whopping 266 million), the University of Oregon's duck mascot was among...
Google Launches Online Resource for Entrepreneurs
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 23:16
Google took the wraps off "Google for Entrepreneurs," a microsite that brings together information about Google's programs and partnerships for startups and entrepreneurs. In a blog post, Mary Grove, head of global entre...
Amazing Mindreader Reveals Scary Truth [VIDEO]
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 23:02
Unsuspecting people in Belgium received an unsettling reality check after having their mind read by a gifted clairvoyant man named Dave. The random selection of people were told that it was for an upcoming reality show -...
Who Are the Inept Klutzes that Photoshop Victoria's Secret Catalogs? [Photoshop]
Gizmodo - 24 Sep 2012 21:42
Hokai. So—let's assume that fashion companies must photoshop their ads in the name of perfect aesthetics and traumatizing women everywhere. Fine, do what you have to, fashion companies! But why don't you hire peopl...
Grooveshark's HTML5 app goes international
CNET - 24 Sep 2012 20:28
The music-sharing service saw its app banned from Google so now the company is trying to make sure that won't happen again anywhere in the world. [Read more]
What’s The ROI Of Posting To Pinterest? New Social Media Solution Ohtootay Tells You
TechCrunch - 24 Sep 2012 20:16
Social media managers looking to prove their ROI of what they do, today have a new option for tracking social analytics, thanks to the official public launch of a service called Ohtootay. Crazy name aside, the solution l...
16 Unfortunate Misuses of Punctuation
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 20:03
1. Hunting Pedestrians Image courtesy of razr_chaosClick here to view this gallery. Our texts, emails, tweets and other forms of communication may have shrunken in size, but there is no excuse for poor grammar -- especia...
Adobe Launches Hosted PhoneGap Build Service For Creating Cross-Platform Mobile Apps
TechCrunch - 24 Sep 2012 19:30
Today Adobe announced that its Adobe PhoneGap Build service is now out of beta. The service is based on the open source Apache Cordova and enables developers to use HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build cross-platform applic...
8 Mobile Apps Worth Paying For
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 15:28
With all the apps out there, it can be difficult to figure out what apps are worth your hard-earned dollars. We took a look through Apple's App Store and Google Play and found some of our favorite apps out there that are...
Hacker: I've ported Google Maps to iOS 6
CNET - 24 Sep 2012 14:33
But that'll get you only so far. The iOS 5.1 version of Google Maps has reportedly been hacked to work on iOS 6, but it crashes and isn't available for users just yet. [Read more]
How Social Media Distracts You at Work [INFOGRAPHIC]
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 07:42
How often does the social media monster swallow you whole? More than you may think, according to Red e App, which lets consumers get notifications from businesses without having to provide their personal information. The...
Why Burberry Wants to Bring the Online Experience to Stores, and Not Vice Versa
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 06:50
Talk to a fashion executive about ecommerce, and he will inevitably cite the challenges of creating an online shopping environment on par with his flagship stores. Online shopping may be convenient, he will say, but cust...
The 10 Best Tech Rivalries of All Time
Mashable - 24 Sep 2012 04:30
Bill Gates has pledged to give away $60 billion, making him probably the most generous philanthropist in history. Yet Steve Jobs was unimpressed. For him, such largesse was merely proof of Gates' utter dorkiness. "Bill i...
SeatGeek Isn’t Just About Secondary Ticketing Anymore, Thanks To Ticketfly Partnership
TechCrunch - 24 Sep 2012 23:45
SeatGeek aims to become the definitive search engine for live events, but until now, the tickets available on the site only came from secondary resale sites like StubHub — in other words, if a ticket was going to ...
How Google’s Powerful Lobby Legalized Driverless Cars In California
TechCrunch - 24 Sep 2012 23:45
"Behind the scenes it was a real struggle," said Howard Posner, a veteran legislative staffer who helped Google lobby behind-the-scenes for autonomous cars in California. In an unusually candid interview with the investi...
Breville YouBrew Review: Excellent, Expensive, Safe for Idiots (Like Me) [Lightning Review]
Gizmodo - 24 Sep 2012 23:40
Confession: I can tolerate some pretty mediocre coffee. I'm sipping a K-Cup right now. I grew up in the south drinking Waffle House coffee that had scorched on a hot plate since the last shift. And Waffle House was consi...
Sony's svelte external battery looks like a smartphone
CNET - 24 Sep 2012 23:39
Sony spices up the anemic world of portable battery chargers made for smartphones and tablets. [Read more]
Logitech leaves Squeezebox fans wondering what's next
CNET - 24 Sep 2012 23:34
The Squeezebox platform is officially discontinued, but Logitech hasn't told current owners what they should expect from now on. [Read more]
FeedBurner Experiencing Stat Issues, API To Shut Down
TechCrunch - 24 Sep 2012 23:32
Feed stats, one of FeedBurner's main features, is currently broken, and Google quietly wrote a shutdown notice for the API. FeedBurner is a product that has been neglected by Google over the years. Yet, as the dominant p...
Apple iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S3 vs. HTC One X: The cameras
CNET - 24 Sep 2012 23:24
Here's how the iPhone 5's camera stacks up against a couple of its Android competitors. [Read more]
Wearable Camera Captures Every Last Moment Of Your Mundane Existence [Cameras]
Gizmodo - 24 Sep 2012 23:20
Promising Google Glass-like functionality in a form factor that's only half as idiotic looking to wear, this $650 Autographer camera automatically snaps away while you live your life—capturing up to 2,000 photograp...