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Get a refresher course on the secrets of cheap Apple gear, the most affordable smartphone ever, saving money on just about everything you buy online, and more. [Read more]

The Shorty Awards, which honor the best brands in social media, has a new category just for the college world, and a dog is currently...

Afraid you missed something in 2012? Don't sweat it -- just look at this photo. More About: 2012, pictures, reddit, Watercooler

Health and fitness resolutions are fine, but ABC News' tech editor is aiming to lead a healthier tech life in 2013.

There's something about repetitive motion that's just hypnotizingly relaxing. This DIY, laser-cut marble machine is a perfect example. Crank the handle and the tiny marbles bounce up their little escalator, swirl down th...

Now that the final curtain is about to drop on the year that was 2012, there's no better time to look ahead and try to anticipate what 2013 will bring. Predictions have been coming fast and furious throughout the tech pr...

The year is drawing to a close. The world did not end on December 21, 2012, despite History Channel specials suggesting otherwise. This year featured...

Think about it: on an online dating site, would you just want to be matched with everyone in your age range and nothing else? Why bet your infrastructure on incompatible matches by an online broker?

Many will bristle at the implication, but as the MacBook Air inspired the Ultrabook, mainstream laptops will likely seek to ape the Retina Display MacBook Pro, sorry, MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The clunky name asid...

We had a bit of a false alarm today, when TechCrunch's Kim-Mai Cutler spotted a bankruptcy sign on the door of the i/o Ventures building in San Francisco's Mission District. We guessed that the sign was referring t...

A camera can be many things. A tool, to produce an image. A bridge, to start a conversation. An observer, to record an event, or bear witness to something. A shield, to distance and separate the photographer from the sce...

Executing the cost reduction plan CEO Mark Pincus announced in November, Zynga has shut down, pulled from the app stores, or stopped accepting new players to eleven games, with some turning off today. The gaming giant...

We’ve shared several articles featuring the camera obscura and the many uses it has been put through over the years. From a roaming camera obscura used for photography workshops, to the possibility that some of pa...

There are at least 2,013 ways to ring in the New Year. But for most Americans, the ball drop at Times Square is a must-see (even if they don't happen to be in the east coast time zone). For those who don't care to wade t...

It's all over Facebook: If you're out celebrating too heavily New Year's Eve, you can call AAA's "Tipsy Tow" service for a ride to whisk you home. Well, you can call. But well-meaning folks posting the information have o...

On the tail end of a very difficult year for electric car company Fisker, the company reveals that its insurance claim for 338 Karmas, worth $33 million, was denied by the insurance company, and Fisker is now suing XL In...

Win one of 11 remaining Google Play Gift Cards - or a bonus Nexus 4! We had the best of intentions, really. Thirty-one days in December, 31 days of contests. But -- surprise, surprise -- holidays and birthdays and sick d...

It’s not many astrophotographers who can put together their own highlight reel, but John Chumack is so prolific and accomplished, he can do just that! From conjunctions and planets to solar activity and Moon close...

While anyone who texts has probably sent or received weirdly illegible messages at some point, Harvard researchers point to garbled texts as one possible indicator of neurological problems. [Read more]

I recently captured the macro liquid splash photograph above, and found that it came out looking like it was computer generated. Here’s a brief description of how the photo was created. Here’s a photo showi...

2012 was the year of the smartphone (there are one billion in use and half of the UK population owns one). And now that the world has woken up to the joy of apps, it's inevitable that 2013 will be the year of the tablet....

Editor’s note: Glenn Kelman is CEO of Redfin, a technology-powered real estate broker, backed by Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group and CrunchFund, with more than $7 billion of home sales. He previo...