| iPad Mini No Longer in Short Supply | | For four months after its launch, iPad mini fans have been dealing with days-long delays for orders of their beloved tablets. But Apple has finally caught up to demand. The Cupertino, Calif. company's online stores for the U.S., U.K., Canada and other countries indicate that all models — including both black and white colors, as well as the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus cellular options — are "in stock" and ready for shipment.
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| Twitter Now Reducing Some Tweets To 117 Characters | | If you’re tweeting out a URL, your tweets just got a bit shorter. Starting Wednesday, any tweet sent with a URL will be reduced to 118 characters, or 117 for https links. First announced in December, the reduction is due to a change in Twitter’s t.co link wrapper. It extends the maximum length of t.co wrapped links from 20 to 22 characters for non-https URLs and from 21 to 23 characters for https URLs.
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| Interactive Hospital Wall Is Therapy for Child Patients | | Patients at the Royal London Children’s Hospital now have a playground, the centerpiece of which is a giant television with which the children can interact. The lively playground has a Pixar-meets-Alice and Wonderland look, equipped with over-sized chairs and chandeliers and bright, colorful toys. The plush toys are integrated into a television game, so the kids can play with both the physical and digital versions.
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| The Risks of Music Piracy in 2013 | | The days of major record companies smothering Internet pirates with ridiculously high lawsuits are over. At least, that's the new policy at the Center for Copyright Infringement. Under the new policy, you'll be treated to a series of warnings for illegally downloading content like music and movies, and may have your Internet speed cut as a form of censure.
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| Guy Fieri Parody Shows Why You Should Secure Your Domain Name | | At GuysAmericanKitchenandBar.com, they're serving up "two jumbo Big Gulp Slurpee cups filled with nacho cheese and tied to each other with 25 bacon strips fashioned into a giant bow." If you're among the fans of this and other generously portioned culinary delights, tough luck — the website is a parody.
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| Ultra-Fast 'Gigabit Wi-Fi' Inching Closer to FCC Approval | | 12:01:21 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve, as proposed, a series of changes that would pave the way for so-called "Gigabit Wi-Fi" in a Wednesday vote, according to FCC officials. If the vote succeeds, as expected, the FCC's five commissioners will later have to approve the proposed rules in a final vote.
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| Virool Helps Anyone Get Their Videos to Go Viral | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:00 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Virool One-Liner Pitch: Virool is like Google Ad Words for promoting your videos online. Why It's Taking Off: Unlike other video advertising companies, Virool caters to both big brands and independent users with an affordable self-serve ad platform.
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| Experiencing the Great Outdoors in the Digital Age | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:00 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| With tech's growing presence in our daily lives, it's becoming more and more difficult to "get away from it all." SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrates how a member of the connected generation might "experience" nature's wonders. Know anyone similar? Snider's comics are available as prints through his poster shop.
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| Everything You Need to Know About the EU Google Probe | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:44 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Google earned its reputation by providing the best possible answers to consumers' questions. So it's somewhat ironic that the company is under fire in Europe for some rather halfhearted answers to European Union officials' queries over its privacy policy.
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| An Animated Guide to Becoming the Next Pope | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:12 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Now that Pope Benedict XVI has resigned from his position, he's left a wide open hole at the top of the Catholic Church ladder. Time for you to make your move and rule the world — or at least Vatican City.
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| How to Stay Safe When Filing Your Taxes Online | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:54 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Tax season is upon us. And you know what that means: filling endless paperwork and hopefully getting some refunds. But what most people don't think about is how to stay safe during this time of the year. Identity theft is a concern. According to the IRS, identity theft cases involving tax fraud have increased 62% from last year.
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| Company Uses Vine to Reinvent Comic Books | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:42 PM | Neha Prakash |
| In the short time since its release, Vine has already spurred a craze in six-second videos. But the creative folks at the Manchester, England, digital agency CodeComputerLove decided to take the Twitter tool to the next level by redefining comics.
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| 10 Must-Have Chrome Extensions for Developers | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:34 PM | Grace Smith |
| Working on the web means spending huge chunks of your time within the browser. If Google Chrome is your workhorse of choice, it pays to explore what extensions are available to make your daily tasks less of a chore. While Chrome has a set of developer tools built in, you can access a wealth of extra extensions that add valuable functionality.
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| Russian Man Flies Power Glider Out of Gas Station | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:14 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Who needs a runway when you've got the highway? This Russian baller has proved that it doesn't take much to fly amongst the birds — just some innovation, motivation, a set of homemade wings and some gas from your local station. Then just hit the road and off you go. What's the protocol on signaling before merging into the sky? H/T ViralViralVideos. Video courtesy of YouTube, BLOKNOTROSTOV.
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| Seriously, Evolution ... WTF? | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 6:57 PM | Eric Larson |
| Just ... wait, what? No, that can't be a real anim -- really? C'mon! A new Tumblr page, called 'WTF, Evolution?,' highlights nature's most confusing animals.
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| Library of Congress Accepts First Emoji Novel | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 6:29 PM | The Daily Dot |
| It's been more than 30 months since New York City micro-engineer Fred Benenson put the last smiley face on his epic new media novel Emoji Dick. But the hits keep coming for his Kickstarter-funded remake of Moby-Dick, which refashions Herman Melville's 212,000-plus words into emojis, those Japanese picture characters that kids send through text.
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| Buzz Lightyear Mobile Game Is on Its Way | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 6:16 PM | Emily Price |
| Disney released a teaser photo Tuesday for a new Toy Story-themed mobile game coming soon. Posted to Disney Interactive’s Tumblr, the image shows Buzz Lightyear throwing a ball into a stack of blocks, presumably knocking them down in order to score points. The tease for the mobile game comes the same day that rumors surfaced regarding a new Toy Story movie.
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| 10 Fun Facts About Oscar Statuettes | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:55 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Here's everything you need to know about the Oscar statuettes, just in time for your Academy Awards' viewing party on Feb. 24. Impress your friends with these 10 fun tidbits.
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| Oscilloscope Labs Shares Latest Film on Vine — 6 Seconds at a Time | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:48 PM | Emily Price |
| Oscilloscope Labs’ newest film, It’s a Disaster, made its web debut Tuesday on Vine. "From the moment it launched just three short weeks ago, it was so clear to us that six-second loops of video, edited in-phone, and posted in real time was and will be the future of film distribution," Oscilloscope's Bruce Farnsworth said in a press release announcing the move.
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| Meteor Smashes YouTube Record | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:12 PM | Chris Taylor |
| The meteor that struck Russia on Friday wasn't just the largest space rock to penetrate Earth's atmosphere in a century. By one measure, it was also the biggest thing to hit online video since — well, ever.
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| This 3D Printing Pen Lets You Draw Sculptures in Midair | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:00 PM | Camille Bautista |
| We know you've had that childhood dream: You spent hours in your room conjuring up doodles, wishing you could take them right off the page. Who doesn't imagine waving a hand to make their creation magically appear in thin air? The advent of 3D printing introduced the convenience of quickly making designs a reality, and one company is bringing this creative ease to your fingertips.
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| MTV and BET Hack Their Own Twitter Accounts | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:47 PM | Christina Warren |
| Taking a cue from real Twitter account hacks, MTV and BET partook in some viral marketing Tuesday — by "hacking" each others' accounts. The Twitter accounts from the two Viacom-owned cable channels, MTV and BET appeared as if they were hacked Tuesday. The music brands essentially switched identities and unleashed a stream of friendly digs at each other.
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| Man Defeats Anti-Gay Rant on New York Subway | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:38 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Anyone who has spent time on a New York City subway train knows that the chances of being sequestered with someone ranting about prescriptive religious beliefs are fairly high. While most turn a deaf (or a head-phone-covered) ear to the diatribe, in this case one man decided he was going to stand up for himself just as loudly as his opponent — and won applause from his fellow passengers.
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