| How to Stop the 'Harlem Shake' Craze | | Stop the madness. That's precisely what one video, above, aims to do, with its take on how to stop the "Harlem Shake" craze. Since debuting earlier this month, multiple versions of the meme have emerged online, subjecting anyone and everyone to 30 seconds of mesmerizing weirdness.
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| Report Reveals How Consumers Use Mobile Phones Worldwide | | Mobile phones are found all around the world — ubiquitous even in emerging markets such as China and India — but how you use the device depends greatly on where you live. In a new report entitled "The Mobile Consumer: A Global Snapshot," research company Nielsen looked at consumer behavior, device preference and usage in 10 different countries, including the U.S., UK, Australia, China, India and South Korea.
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| This App Will Test Your Pee | | Those precious bodily fluids of yours can reveal a lot about your health, as any doctor will tell you. Urine analysis, for example, can give you early warnings about trouble brewing in your liver or kidneys. It can also tell you if your diet is on the wrong track, and if you're at risk for diabetes.
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| Instagram Photos Capture Oscars' Intimate Moments | | Monday, February 25, 2013 11:58 PM | Emily Price |
| Turns out professional photographers weren’t the only ones capturing photos of the Academy Awards on Sunday night. Many of the stars chose to share pictures from behind the scenes at the Oscars from behind a filter, using Instagram.
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| Guardian Router and App Aim to Simplify Wi-Fi Management | | Monday, February 25, 2013 10:58 PM | Anita Li |
| Wireless networks can be complicated to set up, with numerous features that require customization. One company, Router Research, aims to simplify the process with its Guardian wireless router and accompanying My Guardian App. The router provides Internet access for all of a user's Wi-Fi enabled devices, while the app makes it easy to manage them, according to its Kickstarter page.
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| Michelle Obama Has One Crazy Week | | Monday, February 25, 2013 10:22 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Looks like the first lady has been on the move this past week. Michelle Obama, on a press tour to promote the third anniversary of the "Let's Move" campaign, has been all over the place for the past few days, popping up on late-night television, Sesame Street, and even at the Academy Awards.
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| 'Six Strikes' Anti-Piracy Plan Is Both Loathed and Watched Closely | | Monday, February 25, 2013 8:57 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The Copyright Alert System, an anti-piracy plan also known as "Six Strikes" which goes into effect the week of Feb. 25, is getting mixed responses from Internet activists who one year ago banded together to ward off the much-hated Stop Online Piracy Act.
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| 11 Spectacular Celebrity Wipeouts | | Monday, February 25, 2013 8:27 PM | NowThisNews |
| Jennifer Lawrence isn't the only big celebrity to take a dive in front of a crowd. Here are some other famous slips.
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| Luxi Turns Your iPhone Into a Light Meter | | Monday, February 25, 2013 7:54 PM | Emily Price |
| One essential piece of equipment for any photographer is a light meter. While many of today’s SLRs have light meters built in, their readings are often not as accurate as having your own separate incident light meter on hand. Enter Luxi, a small diffusion dome that fits over the forward-facing camera on your iPhone, turning your smartphone into a light meter with the help of a light-metering app.
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| Jimmy Kimmel's 'Movie: The Movie 2V' Spoofs Every Film Ever | | Monday, February 25, 2013 6:51 PM | Neha Prakash |
| What does Hollywood do when it has a smash hit? Cheapen it with sequels, of course. Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has caught onto this trick of the silver screen mogul and has released a sequel to his first film. It's called Movie: The Movie 2V and, much like the first one, it "revisits" reoccurring themes, motifs and plots of blockbuster movies of the past.
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| Aaron Swartz Was Targeted by Feds Over His Activism | | Monday, February 25, 2013 5:35 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The Department of Justice admitted that Aaron's Swartz past activism played a role in his prosecution, according to a new report. The revelation came during a briefing led by Steven Reich, an associate deputy attorney general, in front of the Congressional Oversight Committee, which is investigating the government's prosecution of the late activist and coder, who committed suicide on Jan.
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| Could a Comet Hit Mars in 2014? | | Monday, February 25, 2013 5:17 PM | Discovery News |
| A recently discovered comet will make an uncomfortably close planetary flyby next year — but this time it’s not Earth that’s in the crosshairs.
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| 21 Completely Unconventional Cover Songs | | Monday, February 25, 2013 4:52 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| Everyone loves a good cover song. Plenty of bands get their start by easing a new audience into their sound by way of a truly great cover. Taking a familiar hit and proving that you can play it well is a status symbol for bands around the world. A cover can breathe a completely new life into a song. Johnny Cash's haunting cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" gave new meaning to Trent Reznor's tortured lyrics.
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| 66.5 Million Facebook Interactions Occurred During the Oscars | | Monday, February 25, 2013 2:29 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| LOS ANGELES — Seth MacFarlane's parody of Sally Field's The Flying Nun sitcom during the 85th Academy Awards opening monologue got the show off to a social start. The Flying Nun segment was a hot topic on Facebook and eventually became the night's most-talked about moment on Mark Zuckerberg's social network. In total, the Oscars broadcast attracted 66.5 million Facebook interactions (posts, comments and Likes).
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| Tonight's Full Moon Is a Snow Moon: How to See It Online | | Monday, February 25, 2013 1:59 PM | Space.com |
| For an extra-special view of Feb. 25's full moon, don't just look out your window — tune in to a live webcast of the sight from a telescope in the Canary Islands. From our point of view on Earth, the moon will be directly opposite the sun and fully illuminated at 3:26 p.m. EST (2026 GMT). February's full moon is traditionally called the "Snow Moon," because the heaviest snows of the year often fall in this month in North America.
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| Words to Leave Off Your Resume | | Monday, February 25, 2013 1:02 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| When it comes to looking for a job, what you don't say can be just as important as what you do say. Here are nine phrases and words to leave off your resume. Try Try simply shows a lack of belief, passion, commitment and confidence — all the qualities you need to succeed in today's tight job market, according to Brad Hoover, CEO of Grammarly.
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| Futuristic Volkswagen Hybrid Gets 261 Miles Per Gallon | | Monday, February 25, 2013 12:49 PM | PSFK |
| If Robert Zemeckis were making the Back To the Future films now, he would use the Volkswagen XL1 for Doc's time machine. Like the 1980s DeLorean, this car is what we imagine cars of the future to look like, except the XL1 acts like a car of the future, too. It is silver, aerodynamic with gull-wings, camera-based mirrors, but most impressively, it burns less than one liter of fuel for every 100 km (261 mpg).
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