| R.I.P. Posterous | | Friday, February 15, 2013 11:03 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Posterous, the blogging platform acquired by Twitter early last year, announced Friday that it will be shutting down its services in April. "On April 30th, we will turn off posterous.com and our mobile apps in order to focus 100% of our efforts on Twitter," Posterous founder and CEO Sachin Agarwal wrote in a blog post.
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| Goats Yelling Like Humans Will Delight Your Ears | | Friday, February 15, 2013 10:11 PM | Neha Prakash |
| All those childhood tales of goats saying "Baaaaaaa" were just plain incorrect. The noise goats make more similarly resembles the drunk guy squawking outside your window at 4 a.m. SEE ALSO: Goat Headbutts TV Reporter — Twice And, boy, are these farm animals the chatty type, as witnessed in this supercut of goats just going off.
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| Touchscreen T-Shirts Only a Few Years Away | | Friday, February 15, 2013 9:02 PM | PSFK |
| Most people have to keep their smart phones within reach. But what if instead of having your technology an arm’s length away, it was actually on your arm? Imagine clothing with touchscreen capabilities built right into the fabric — a truly "wearable" technology. Under Armour is working on it as we speak, but the technology isn't quite there... yet.
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| 3D-Printed House Can Be Assembled in Just One Day | | Friday, February 15, 2013 5:52 PM | PSFK |
| Just last month, Dutch architects unveiled plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed house out of sand, with a construction time of 18 months. Now British architecture collective Softkill Design has announced that it too is planning to build a 3D-printed house, but it can be printed in three weeks and built in one day. Rather than sand, the structure, known as the ProtoHouse, will be built out of highly fibrous laser-sinted bioplastic.
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| The Social Psychology of the Selfie | | Friday, February 15, 2013 2:55 PM | Christine Erickson |
| The "selfie." I kind of cringe every time I hear that word, imagining Myspace-style angles, duck faces, peace signs and dirty mirrors. I'm not alone either. Many are hesitant to take and share photos of themselves, for fear of looking vain, vulnerable or being scrutinized. But still, photo sharing sites like Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr are filled with self-portraits.
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| Social Media Users Say Pinterest Is as Popular as Twitter | | Friday, February 15, 2013 1:20 PM | Camille Bautista |
| While Facebook reigns supreme in the social media landscape, the latest study by Pew shows users are pinning just as much as they're tweeting. Twitter attracted 16% of social media users, followed by 15% on Pinterest in 2012. Everyone's favorite pastime is still Facebook, though, raking in a majority of respondents' votes. Tumblr comes in as the least popular with only 6% of people on the site.
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| 5 Ways to Watch Historic Asteroid Flyby | | Friday, February 15, 2013 12:06 PM | Amanda Wills |
| Asteroid 2012 DA14 will come within 17,200 miles of Earth, closer than some satellites. Here's how to watch it online as it passes by Earth today.
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| 10 Hilarious Amazon Review Bombs | | Friday, February 15, 2013 11:36 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| A user named "Peanut's Mama" was not happy with her recent purchase on Amazon. It seemed the 60 lb. wheel of sharp, provolone piccante cheese she bought had one glaring flaw: Very frustrating. Did not come with manual and I can't find one online except something that seems to be Italian. Without instructions this is impossible to figure out.
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| Russian Meteor Memes Explode All Over the Internet | | Friday, February 15, 2013 11:16 AM | Annie Colbert |
| The meteor that lit up the skies over Russia also crushed the Internet as funny folks scrambled to craft meteor memes faster than you can say "Where's Bruce Willis when you need him?" Russian meteor memes employed the use of topless Putin, Nyan Cat and other web favorites to bring funnies to the space rock.
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| 9 Excellent Apps For Discovering New Things | | Friday, February 15, 2013 10:22 AM | Emily Price |
| Breaking from the norm and discovering new things can often be a difficult undertaking. Your smartphone can help along with that process, and is a great starting point for finding something new.
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| Here's Why So Many Russians Have Dash Cams | | Friday, February 15, 2013 9:22 AM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Almost a million Russian drivers have dashboard cams. At least two of them caught video of a 10-ton meteor crashing to earth.
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| Create a Beautiful Wedding Website With These 6 Services | | Friday, February 15, 2013 7:53 AM | Alex Hazlett |
| Now that engagement season has passed (a third of proposals each year occur between Thanksgiving and New Years and another 6 million were predicted to occur on Valentine's Day this year), the real work, ahem, fun begins. While we can't help you with china patterns or bridesmaids dresses, we can offer some advice on that recent Internet addition to the wedding to-do list: the wedding website.
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