Good vs. Gold: What the iPhone 5S Rumors Say About Apple's Future
For those keeping score, we now have two major rumors about the iPhone 5S, the phone that Apple seems all but certain to launch on Sept. 10 alongside a cheaper model, the iPhone 5c. And it just so...
View ArticleConde Nast Begins Outsourcing Subscriptions to Amazon
Conde Nast, which has long sold magazine subscriptions on its website, is starting to outsource subscription fulfillment to Amazon. On Tuesday, the publisher announced that Amazon will now handle...
View ArticleAlexis Ohanian Leaks First Excerpt of His Book on Reddit
Reddit's Alexis Ohanian released an excerpt of his first book on the social news website he co-founded on Tuesday. The book, Without Their Permission, focuses on entrepreneurship in the Internet...
View Article'N Sync to Reunite at VMAs: A History in GIFs
Break out your '90s orange puffy vest and get your frosted tips re-bleached. 'N Sync is reunited for a performance at this year's MTV VMAs, according to the New York Post. The iconic boy band tore up...
View ArticleFacebook: We Failed Timeline Hacker
After a frustrated Palestinian hacker broke into Mark Zuckerberg's Timeline to report a bug, Facebook acknowledged today that they shouldn't have ignored him. But, despite Facebook's mea culpa, the...
View ArticleGoogle Adds Waze's Crowdsourced Traffic Data to Apps
Google Maps is already using data from its newly-acquired mapping service Waze to give users access to crowdsourced traffic reports and satellite imagery. Just two months after Google bought Waze for...
View ArticleShocking Vine Video Captures Truck Flying Over Guardrail
In what looks like a Hollywood chase scene, a recently-posted Vine video shows a pickup truck with a lawnmower in tow flying over the guardrail of an elevated highway Vine user Alexandria Stack posted...
View ArticleGymPact's Mission to Motivate Reaches Beyond the Gym
The concept of GymPact is simple: Bet actual money on how often you'll work out, against others in the GymPact community, and the negative motivation of losing money will get your butt out of bed, or...
View ArticleTwitter OAuth: Everything You Need to Know
A hacker allegedly leaked the login information of 15,000 Twitter accounts Tuesday, but not by obtaining the passwords. Instead, the hacker reportedly accessed the tokens from third-party accounts....
View ArticleIs This Killer Squirrel Movie the Next 'Sharknado'?
If shark tornados weren't enough to haunt your nightmares, maybe rabid, face-eating squirrels will do the trick Timur Bekmambetov, who directed movies like Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,...
View ArticlePlayStation 4 Adds 1-Click Game Streaming Through Twitch
PlayStation 4 users will be able to stream to Twitch, the biggest game livestreaming network, with one button press, Sony announced Tuesday. The PlayStation 4's "Share" button, located on the...
View ArticleProof Dick Van Dyke Still Has a Sense of Humor
Dick Van Dyke is selling his used Jaguar for "real cheap." The 87-year-old actor and comedian displayed an unflinching sense of humor on Monday when he used Twitter to joke about selling his car,...
View ArticleSony Drops PlayStation Vita Price to $199
Sony has announced a $50 price drop for its handheld PlayStation Vita, making the Wi-Fi version of the console $199. The company also announced during its Gamescom press conference Tuesday a...
View Article5 Amazing Facts About Tonight's Blue Moon
When the full moon rises on Tuesday night, it will technically be a Blue Moon, but not for the reason you might think. The Blue Moon on Aug. 20 is not the second full moon of August, but actually gets...
View ArticleTop Dog: BarkBox's Mission to Reinvent the Pet Industry
You get monthly shipments of beauty product, razors and healthy snacks, so why should Fido be left out of all the fun? Answer: He shouldn't. Matt Meeker, Carly Strife and Henrik Werdelin founded...
View ArticlePlayStation 4 Coming Nov. 15 in North America
The next-generation PlayStation 4 will go on sale on Nov 15. in North America, Sony announced at its Gamescom press conference Tuesday. It will go on sale on Nov. 29 in Europe. The PlayStation 4 will...
View ArticleGoogle+ Adds Embedded Translation Technology
You won't need Rosetta Stone — or even the Google Translate tool — to navigate your Google+ account anymore Google announced a new built-in translation feature on Monday that allows users to rephrase...
View ArticleFacebook Page 'Shames' University's Revolting Dorm Rooms
Mushrooms growing from the ceiling, feces in a stairwell and dilapidated buildings. These are the latest posts to a Facebook pages showing grossly-substandard conditions at a major university's living...
View ArticleYouTube's Mobile Apps Get a Makeover
Wish you could watch a video on YouTube while searching for another one? Today is your lucky day. The popular video-sharing site launched a new version of its apps for iOS and Android on Tuesday,...
View Article'Mad Men' And '30 Rock' Become One in 'Mad Rock' Tumblr
If you're a huge fan of both 30 Rock and Mad Men, then you loved watching Liz Lemon court Don Draper (a.k.a. Jon Hamm). We'll wager, however, that you'd never expected that these two worlds would come...
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