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Wild Dolphins Giving Gifts to Humans Is a Real Thing That Happens
Gizmodo - 27 Dec 2012 21:20
According to a new scientific paper, dolphins at the Tangalooma Island Resort in Australia have been observed giving gifts to humans 23 separate times since 1998. Yep. This is adorable. More »
Baby, It’s Cold Outside! 20 Icy Photos from Mashable Readers
Mashable - 27 Dec 2012 06:56
snow-diving -Andrew Kohn Click here to view this gallery. Even as the holiday season is ending, the cold weather is here to stay. While the nights of eggnog may be over, the pictures above remind us that there is still p...
Fab Achieves Mobile Commerce Goal With 56% Of Xmas Day Revenue From Its Apps
TechCrunch - 27 Dec 2012 05:23
Fab announced today that 56% of its Christmas day U.S. revenue was from sales through its mobile apps, a new single day record for the design-focused e-commerce platform. Forty percent of its European revenue on that day...
The Story Behind an Iconic Photograph of Michael Jordan in Flight
PetaPixel - 27 Dec 2012 02:43Confirmed: Asteroid won't hit Earth in 2040
NBC News - 27 Dec 2012 02:3420 People Freaked Out by Spotify’s Holiday Condom Ads
Mashable - 27 Dec 2012 02:03
Trojan condoms ads on Spotify are making some listeners feel really uncomfortable this holiday season. The ads feature phrases like "orgasmic pleasure." More About: Advertising, Condoms, Entertainment, Music, spotify, tr...
A Photography Tattoo Based on 120 Film Backing Paper Designs
PetaPixel - 27 Dec 2012 01:52D. Kareem: How to Find Your Lost Messages on Facebook (the 'Other' Inbox)
The Huffington Post - 27 Dec 2012 23:57The top 12 tech stories of 2012
CNN - 27 Dec 2012 23:42
In the tech world, 2012 was the year of the reboot. Older, established tech companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo and Nintendo all tried to restart their brands with bold new products and fresh blood in the executive suites...
Despite Latest Alibaba IPO Rumors, Yahoo Deal Creates Incentive to Offering by End of 2015
All Things D - 27 Dec 2012 23:38
Maybe not so fast.
The year's top ancient mysteries (and missteps)
NBC News - 27 Dec 2012 23:29Hemanshu Nigam: Oh No! Someone Just Walked Away With My iPad Mini!
The Huffington Post - 27 Dec 2012 23:28Florida man pleads guilty in New York in $1M dinosaur fossils dispute
Fox News - 27 Dec 2012 23:24
A Florida man has pleaded guilty in New York to smuggling dinosaur fossils into the United States, admitting that he lied to U.S. customs authorities.
Make the resolution: Try a new lens for your camera
CNET - 27 Dec 2012 23:22
Stop using your dSLR like a point-and-shoot and infuse some new life into your photos. Treat yourself to a new lens. [Read more]
Kid Finds Homemade Porn on Nintendo 3DS He Got for Christmas
Gizmodo - 27 Dec 2012 23:20
OK, so here's a reason to rethink buying refurbished. Five-year-old Braydon Giles popped open a 3DS he just got for Christmas to find about nine photos of people, presumably the previous owners (or the previous owner's p...
Six Things Your Friends and Family Should Have Gotten You From Amazon
Gizmodo - 27 Dec 2012 23:00
Finding the perfect Christmas gifts for your friends and family is a real challenge. And as you struggle to find things they might like, don't forget they're trying to do the same for you. So when you open those ugly ear...
Analysis: Amazon's Christmas faux pas shows risks in the cloud
Reuters - 27 Dec 2012 02:28
(Reuters) - A Christmas Eve glitch traced to Amazon.com Inc that shuttered Netflix for users from Canada to South America highlights the risks that companies take when they move their datacenter operations to the cloud.
A Whimsical Seasonal Greeting From A Human Camera
TechCrunch - 27 Dec 2012 00:45
One of the stranger things I came across while in Tokyo last month was a digital artist who built a human camera that requires touch from another person to snap photos. It is artist Eric Siu’s bit of rebellion aga...
Worms turn metal into semiconductors
NBC News - 27 Dec 2012 23:54Newspapers and guns: If data is available, should it always be published?
GigaOM - 27 Dec 2012 23:36
A New York newspaper has come under fire for publishing a map with the addresses of registered gun owners -- data that is legally public, but not often published. The incident raises a number of thorny questions about wh...
There Are Now 1,000 Members Listing Their Homes Through ‘Unhotel’ Service Onefinestay
TechCrunch - 27 Dec 2012 04:09
If you owned a swanky apartment or house, would you really want to rent it out to strangers? Well, startup onefinestay seems to have found an audience for its upscale twist of the Airbnb model, which it describes as runn...