Mashable Weekend Recap: 60 Stories You Might Have Missed

With mere days until Apple’s big reveal of its latest iPhone on Sept. 12, news of the Cupertino company dominated headlines this past weekend. Mashable brought you those stories, as well as other tech and socia media news, during your downtime. Our team kept up-to-date on the latest viral videos and breaking stories, so don’t fret if you missed a few. Catch up on all the happenings in our Weekend Recap below. Editor’s Picks Inside Look at How Google Builds Its Maps Watch the Human Mind Explode a Watermelon [VIDEO] Wheee! 10 YouTube Clips of Animals on Slides 13 Romantic Comedies You Can Stream Online Yes, That’s a Tornado in New York City [VIDEOS] 6 Cybersecurity Measures for Your Business ‘Sunday Night Football’ Reporter Tweets Videos From NFL Sidelines Classic Twister Game Moves Into Digital Age With Britney Spears Gunman Posts to Facebook During Denver Hostage Standoff Watch the Sequel to ‘Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say’ iPhone 5 Will Support 4G LTE Wireless Network [REPORT] AirBridge Promises to Seamlessly, Wirelessly Connect Your iPad and TV Apple Patent Would Disable Smartphones by Location [VIDEO] Teen Launches Space Camera, Grabs Gorgeous Shots of Earth [PICS] Google Glass Graces the Runway at New York Fashion Week 5 Ways Your Business Should Use Twitter Hashtags Obama Is Literally Buying This Word on Twitter News & Opinion Nokia Expands Apology for Misleading Lumia 920 Video, Photos Obama to Kids: No Tech Time During Week 20% Of the U.S. Can’t Watch Online Video in HD [REPORT] Microsoft: Bing Will Be Default Search Engine on Kindle Fire HD University Yanks Sex-Tracking App Over Privacy Concerns [VIDEO] Taylor Swift Debuts Sad Song at First Social ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ [VIDEO] Filmmakers Aim to Set the Record Straight About Nikola Tesla [VIDEO] RetroUI Lets You Switch From New Windows 8 OS to Classic Desktop What It’d Take to Build an Uncrashable Car Grindr CEO: 100 Percent of My Audience Does Not Have Equality Research Suggests Violent Video Games Increase Pain Tolerance Reversal: Amazon Offers Opt-Out of Ads on New Kindle Fire Tablets FBI’s New Facial Recognition Program Leaves No Place to Hide 17-Year-Old Girl Invents Cellphone Heart Test HP Debuts Four New All-in-One Windows 8 Desktops [PICS] Crowd-Sourced Documentary to Tell Story of NFL Fans’ Season Weekend Leisure Ducklings Cross Five-Lane Highway Led by Psycho Mother [VIDEO] The Secret World of Video Game Speedrunners Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week See How College Football Looked Different in 1910 [PICS] Year’s Worth of Textbooks Cost as Much as a MacBook Air [INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Pinterest Pins This Week Beam Me Up, Crafty: 15 Quirky Star Trek Finds on Etsy Puppies: Best Gifts in the World? [VIDEO] What Will It Take to Get You to NOT Buy a Mac? [SUNDAY COMIC] 5 Games You Should Play in Your Downtime Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week Top 8 Comments on Mashable This Week Watch Showtime’s ‘Homeland’ Red Carpet Premiere Live Stream Helpful Resources How Sports Teams Build Winning Facebook Apps 4 Grocery List Apps That Make Shopping, Syncing Lists Simple 11 Startups Reshaping NYC’s Fashion Industry The Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week 14 Career Experts to Follow on Twitter When’s the Best Time to Book a Flight Online? 47 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Today’s Best Apps: NFL Kicker, Amazon Local and More 10 iPad Wallpapers Perfect for Autumn Wattvision Is the Speedometer of Your Home Energy Usage [VIDEO] So You’re a Graphic Designer, What Next? Top 10 Tech This Week This Qbotix Robot Is Solar Power’s Best Friend [VIDEO] 6 Apps That Let You Text for Free SEE ALSO: All the Weekend Recaps Ever Published