| Swiss Army-Style Key Organizer Eliminates Jingling | | Friday, April 05, 2013 11:59 PM | Annie Colbert |
| BladeKey aims to silence the jingle-jangle of your keychain. The organization tool tucks away keys Swiss Army knife-style, eliminating the need for a keyring and saving your leg from painful pokes. BladeKey is currently collecting funds on Kickstarter with a campaign that has exceeded its initial goal more than six times over with four days left.
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| Artist Uses 200,000 LEGO Bricks for Masterpiece | | Friday, April 05, 2013 10:51 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Did you know that constructing massive LEGO projects can celebrate "spirituality, peaceful ET contact and fantastical worlds?" Now you do. Artist and master LEGO craftsman Mike Doyle spent 600 hours and used more than 200,000 plastic bricks to create Contact 1, the first in a series of mega LEGO builds.
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| App Protects Busy Brains From Distracting Phone Calls | | Friday, April 05, 2013 9:32 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Nothing shatters that moment of being in the zone like the buzz of your cellphone. Productivity, torpedoed. A new app aims to keep you squarely in the zone by monitoring your brain waves to determine the optimal time for you to receive a phone call. Good Times tracks your noggin activity and directs calls straight to voicemail when levels are high.
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| What Would the 'Mad Men' Office Look Like in the 21st Century? | | Friday, April 05, 2013 8:00 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Would Mad Men be such a hit without that classy 1960s charm? After all, what's the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce agency without a little sexism, smokes and mid-day drinks? (Boring, is what it is.) But it is interesting to imagine Don Draper and co. in the Madison Avenue of 2013. Their lives would be far from the scandal and intrigue that surrounded them decades ago (we hope), but so would their tech.
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| Return to the Movies With Vintage 'Siskel and Ebert' Outtakes | | Friday, April 05, 2013 7:42 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both loved the movies, but that was where the pair's similarities ended. For 13 years, Siskel and Ebert exchanged banter and thumb-ratings. The duo's entertaining sparring paired with an undeniable passion for films made their television show a must-watch for movie lovers.
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| Vine Launches Trending Hashtags | | Friday, April 05, 2013 6:45 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Vine hopes to make exploring content easier with the launch of trending hashtags. The new feature allows users to easily see what the community is Vining about. The hashtags featured are those rising the fastest in popularity, rather than just the most popular overall. Vine cofounder and CTO Colin Kroll announced the addition on the company's blog.
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| It's Now Socially Acceptable to Put Pantyhose on a Dog | | Friday, April 05, 2013 6:01 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Have your dog's legs been feeling chilly during this extended winter? Have your pup's stems been feeling a little exposed in those mini-skirts? Don't worry, just throw a pair of pantyhose on them. Fashion meets function, people. The trend has taken off after gaming site Kotaku realized several people on the Chinese social networking site Sina Weibo began uploading photos of their pooch in hosiery.
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| Artist Imagines Barbie Without Makeup | | Friday, April 05, 2013 4:56 PM | Neha Prakash |
| For years, the world has seen Barbie all dolled up. Whether she was in a prom dress, lab coat or astronaut suit, the chick had every hair in place and a fresh coat of lipstick on. No one could deny that Barbie was quite the looker — until now. Artist Eddi Aguirre Cendejaz wondered what Barbie would look like if she didn't have blush and fake eyelashes at her disposal.
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| Rising Seas Swallow 8 Cities in These Climate Change GIFs | | Friday, April 05, 2013 4:26 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Climate change and global warming may cause sea levels to rise and flood coastal cities across the world. Over the past century, the Global Mean Sea Level has risen by 4 to 8 inches. And according to estimates by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (PDF), it will keep rising between 8 inches and 6.6 feet by 2100.
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| This Is How Far North Korea's Missiles Can Reach | | Friday, April 05, 2013 1:46 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| North Korea on Friday reportedly moved two mobile missiles believed to be of intermediate range to the country's east coast, potentially putting them within striking distance of Japan and American bases in Guam. If the reports are accurate, it's the latest escalation in an increasingly tense situation which may result in a military conflict.
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| How Facebook Can Make Money Off Facebook Home | | Friday, April 05, 2013 1:07 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Facebook took a big step on Thursday towards increasing its presence on mobile with the announcement of Facebook Home — a new home screen and app launcher for Android — and the release of the first-ever Facebook phone manufactured by HTC.
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| Audi and T-Mobile Team Up for $15/Month In-Car Wireless Data Service | | Friday, April 05, 2013 12:02 PM | Charlie White |
| There's a little secret about connecting to the Internet from your car: You usually must use your smartphone to do so, running up potentially shocking data charges along the way. T-Mobile and Audi want to make that cheaper for you with its new in-car data plan by offering wireless connectivity for $15 per month.
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| How to Deal With Your Tech-Hating Friends | | Friday, April 05, 2013 11:33 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| Luddites are just the worst. Sure, the ever-growing tech industry can be difficult to follow, but that doesn't mean you should give up on new technology entirely. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In these comics, Drew at Toothpaste For Dinner shows how to deal with these increasingly frustrating tech-haters. Do you know anyone like this? Tell us in the comments, not via carrier pigeon.
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| 8 Solar-Powered Mobile Chargers | | Friday, April 05, 2013 10:20 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| Tech companies are focusing more on energy than ever before. Brands aren't just designing devices and gadgets for what they can do — they're also considering how efficiently they can function. SEE ALSO: 8 Excellent Bike Mounts to Hold Your iPhone When it comes to energy efficiency, solar power is a great option.
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