Nipple-Bottomed Reeboks Freak Out The Internet

Sam Laird2013-01-25 03:48:58 UTC What you see above is not a piece of Martian footwear â€" rather, it's the Reebok ATV 19+, an "all-terrain vehicle for your feet" that goes on sale for $140 on Feb. 1. The shoe became a minor viral sensation on the sports side of the web Thursday after photos began to circulate. A Reddit thread...

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Vineit Lets You Easily Share Vine Videos on Tumblr

Stan Schroeder2013-01-30 08:20:57 UTC Vineit is a new tool that lets you share videos from Twitter's video sharing service Vine on Tumblr. Vineit is very simple to use: open the project's homepage, and drag the "Vineit" button to your bookmarks toolbar. Then, when you see a vine video, simply click on that link, and you'll share...

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Lessons From 4 Killer UGC Campaigns

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Burberry's Art of the Trench campaign redefined UGC in the digital era. It's simple, really â€" the best way to show how great your product is is to show real, fashionable...

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Listen to Coldplay if You Want to Stay Safe on the Road, Study Says

Anita Li2013-01-14 08:24:03 UTC Want to stay safe on the road? Wear a seat belt, check your blindspots, avoid texting while driving and ... listen to Coldplay. Strange as it may sound, the British band's soothing tunes could help you avoid accidents while driving. Coldplay's "The Scientist" landed on a list of "ultimate safe driving songs" compiled by Confused.com, the creator of driving app MotorMate. From the data,...

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U.S. Military Wants ‘Mission Impossible’ Self-Destructing Devices

Jeremy Hsu, TechNewsDaily Senior Writer for TechNewsDaily 2013-01-29 07:30:21 UTC Self-destructing tapes from the "Mission Impossible" TV series and films served fictional spies well during the Cold War. Today, the U.S. military wants a modern version of vanishing electronics that are able to disappear upon command in the...

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Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Promo Turns Street Into Pixelated Wonderland

Watch your step, man. You almost walked in (pixelated) dog poop. In promotion for its newest animated film, Wreck-It Ralph, Disney transformed London's Brick Lane over the weekend into a pixel-themed street display called 8-Bit Lane. The film, which is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom on Feb. 8, is about an arcade video game villain, Ralph, who rebels against his "bad guy" status to become a hero. Reddit user...

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SAG Awards Recap: Best Moments and Acceptance Speeches

Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway from Les Misérables used their airtime at the SAG Awards to give us a modern-day synopsis of the 19th century tale's movie adaptation. "Wolverine is being chased by Gladiator; Catwoman gets knocked up and, for some ungodly reason, goes to see Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter and Borat," they say. "And Wolverine agrees to raise Catwoman's baby. And she grows up to star in Mamma Mia." If...

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Groupon Shelves All Its Gun-Related Deals

Anita Li2013-01-22 08:55:03 UTC Groupon has halted all of its gun-related promotions, the company said in a statement. "All scheduled and current gun-related deals featured on Groupon North America, including shooting ranges, conceal-and-carry and clay shooting, have been placed on hiatus while we review internal standards that shape the deal inventory we feature," Groupon spokesperson Julie Mossler told Daily Finance...

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Artist Looks for Drone Pilots on Craigslist, Gets Threatened by FBI

An Israeli filmmaker attracted the attention of the FBI when he posted an ad on Craigslist, looking for U.S. drone pilots. While doing some research for his short film about drone strikes, 5,000 Feet Is The Best, Omer Fast posted an anonymous ad looking to talk to pilots based at Creech Air Force Base, one of the main bases where pilots remotely operate the flying bots from ground control stations (see the picture...

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Film Engages Millennials in Choice Dialogue on Roe v. Wade Anniversary

Zoe Fox2013-01-23 04:30:17 UTC On the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's historic decision about a women's right to chose, the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws is kicking off a social-focused campaign targeting millennials. NARAL released the short film 40 on Tuesday to launch its new Choice Out Loud campaign. "40 is the beginning of a dialogue with a younger generation," Jeff Martin, 40's...

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Wikileaks Says Aaron Swartz Was a Possible Source

Anita Li2013-01-20 05:12:09 UTC In a series of tweets, Wikileaks claimed Saturday that late Internet activist and hacker Aaron Swartz was an ally and possible source for the organization. It also disclosed that Swartz, who committed suicide last week, was "in communication" with founder Julian Assange during 2010 and 2011. Wikileaks, which exposes classified information provided by anonymous sources, said it decided...

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Google Officially Responds to Safari-Tracking Lawsuit

Last winter, a Stanford researcher discovered Google was bypassing iPhone users’ privacy settings in the mobile Safari browser in order to serve them ads tailored to their browsing history. Even though Google apologized, paid $22.5 million in fines and chalked the whole thing up to a technical error, several people sued Google over the affair, which was consolidated into a class-action lawsuit. Now Google is asking the court...

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Can Virtual Classrooms Recreate a Traditional College Experience?

The burgeoning online education scene is a practical option to a traditional college education for a number of reasons â€" cost, convenience and efficiency. And for professors it offers a consistent classroom format. A number of online education sites say the goal is not to be a substitute for the classroom experience, but to offer an even more collaborative learning environment, while also making education convenient and accessible...

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Hands On With Twitter’s Social Video App, Vine

Emily Price2013-01-25 03:05:19 UTC Twitter launched Vine on Thursday â€" an app that lets you share 6-second video clips. Currently iOS-only, the stop-motion videos can include as many scenes as you can fit in. Video stops and starts when you press on your device’s screen. Your finished product can then be shared just on Vine,...

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Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google

Google famously started out as little more than a more efficient algorithm for ranking web pages. But the company also built its success on crawling the web â€" using software that visits every page in order to build up a vast index of online content. A nonprofit called Common Crawl is now using its own web crawler and making a giant copy of the web that it makes accessible to anyone. The organization offers up more than 5 billion...

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Fitness Gadgets: Cheaper Than a Gym Membership?

Kate Freeman2013-01-24 01:58:14 UTC No one ever said staying or getting fit was easy â€" or cheap. There are so many fitness tracking gadgets to chose from these days, and many more reasons why you might want one. Wearable trackers offer convenience and constant motivation. But price-wise, how do they compare to your gym membership?...

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500px Removal Highlights App Store Inequalities

The removal of 500px from Apple's App Store raises questions over review equity, fairness and API functionality. When Evgeny Tchebotarev started the day, he wasn't expecting to end up spending so much time fielding calls from the media. Tchebotarev is the COO and co-founder of 500px, a popular photo site and community for professional...

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38 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Elisha Hartwig2013-01-20 02:16:15 UTC Another busy week is wrapping up, with big announcements from MySpace and Facebook, as well as shocking revelations from Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o. If you missed any tech and social-media news, this weekend is the perfect time to catch up. Luckily, Mashable has got you covered. We've compiled a list of the most important stories from the last seven days, including information...

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Justin Timberlake’s New Song ‘Suit & Tie’ Breaks Records

Singer Justin Timberlake strolled into the record books with "Suit & Tie," the 'N Sync alumnus' first single since 2006. The song, which came out Jan. 13, ranked number 14 on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart with the most debut-week plays ever in the U.S. since the chart's creation in 1992. Billboard notes that the ranking for "Suit & Tie" is the highest debut rank by a solo male artist. The first-week...

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Here’s What Google’s Eric Schmidt Said About North Korea

Not everyone was happy with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's trip to North Korea or its secretive nature. Now we have details about what the whole thing was about. Schmidt posted on his Google+ account this morning, and said the goal was to talk to North Korea about a free and open Internet. The reason many people suspected Schmidt was making the trip was to increase Google's market into the country, but why can't it...

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