| 20 Desperate Dating Songs on Spotify | | Friday, June 28, 2013 10:17 PM | Quenton Narcisse |
| Breakups are never easy. And there are significant differences in the way people cope. It's normal for some to sit in bed and indulge in gallons of Haagen-Dazs while grieving. Others bounce back immediately with little emotional hangover. Yet, whatever you do to get back on your feet, music is usually involved in some way as a coping mechanism.
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| Star Wars' C-3PO Busts a Rhyme in Vintage Rap Video | | Friday, June 28, 2013 10:00 PM | Brie Hiramine |
| Star Wars fans, you probably didn't know that the series' gawky robot, C-3PO, had a secret rap career. But Everything Is Terrible recently uncovered this delightful video of the robot rapping about space, accompanied by his twirling sidekick R2-D2. SEE ALSO: The 10 Most Viral YouTube Videos of 2012 Surprised? Well, a robot's got to do what a robot's got to do.
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| NeverWet Makes Everything You Own Water-Resistant | | Friday, June 28, 2013 9:41 PM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| Ross Nanotechnology has developed a product called Rust-Oleum NeverWet that does just what its name says. Just spray pretty much everything you own with NeverWet and it becomes basically waterproof. NeverWet is designed to be used on multiple surfaces by creating a superhydrophobic barrier, which repels water. When any liquid hits this barrier, it forms beads that roll of the surface without clinging on.
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| Celestial Scorpion Reigns in Night Sky | | Friday, June 28, 2013 9:27 PM | Space.com |
| There's a giant scorpion hovering overhead, but have no fear. This creepy crawler is actually the constellation Scorpius — all sparkle and no sting.
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| Augmented Reality Glasses in the Classroom: An Inside Look | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:58 PM | Luisa Rollenhagen |
| Scientists at Spain's Universidad Carlos III en Madrid developed a software system for augmented reality glasses that will allow professors to "see" how their students are understanding class material. The proposed system, called Augmented Lecture Feedback System (ALFs), requires professors to wear augmented reality glasses in order to see symbols above students' heads and to facilitate communication between students and professors.
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| Is Microsoft Becoming the Do-Over Company? | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:56 PM | Pete Pachal |
| At first glance, it looked like the big thing Microsoft revealed to its developers in San Francisco is week was Windows 8.1, the first major update to Windows 8. The real new product on display, however, was humility. Through some of the changes in Windows 8.1 and other course corrections it's made recently, Microsoft is becoming notorious for retreating on key decisions.
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| 'Star Trek' Screenwriter to Pen Space Race TV Pilot | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:42 PM | Space.com |
| The story of how the Cold War birthed the space race between the United States and former Soviet Union may be retold in a new television series, now being developed by a newly-launched production company and a Star Trek screenwriter.
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| 5 Midnight Snack Hacks To Daydream About | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:13 PM | Laura Vitto |
| Everyone loves a midnight snack, but there's nothing worse than sneaking down to the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and finding nothing but condiments. On those nights when it seems like there's nothing to nosh on, don't settle for gross snacks like ketchup on crackers.
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| Tiny Channels Turn Saltwater Into Drinking Water | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:04 PM | Discovery News |
| Clean drinking water cannot be found naturally in many parts of the world, but one method of making it is through desalination, or removing salt from seawater. However, desalination plants require either lots of energy or special filters, and both of those are costly.
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| Pop Songs Get Old Hollywood Sound With Postmodern Jukebox | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:52 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| It's time to turn the radio dial back to your grandparents' generation. Postmodern Jukebox posted a video in February featuring a woman with her hair in 1940s-style victory rolls and a polka dot dress crooning into the microphone while a jazz band plays a bouncy melody behind her. But a few bars in, you notice that she isn't singing an Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday song.
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| Wi-Fi Tech Sees Through Walls | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:31 PM | Discovery News |
| We've seen terahertz cameras that can look through walls and X-ray scanners that fit in the palm of your hand. Now, scientists at MIT have developed a way to track movement through walls using Wi-Fi signals. The idea is pretty simple: take two transmitters and one receiver.
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| 'The Wizard of Oz' Like You've Never Seen Before: In Legos | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:00 PM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| This year at Brickworld Chicago, a group of online Lego builders called VirtuaLUG (Virtual Lego User Group) recreated every major scene from the original 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie, including a motorized tornado. The project involved 12 builders across three different countries, with scenes from Kansas to Munchkinland and poppy fields in the land of Oz.
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| 3D-Printed Fashion Show Draws Inspiration From Nature | | Friday, June 28, 2013 6:44 PM | Bonnie Wertheim |
| When you think about it, the fashion and tech industries aren't so different. Both create products that people use daily, follow extremely fickle trends and insist upon remaining on the cutting edge. It's unsurprising, then, that the two worlds would eventually collide.
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| Google+ at 2 Years: An Assessment | | Friday, June 28, 2013 6:40 PM | Christina Warren |
| Two years ago Friday, Google unveiled its social network Google+ to the world. In the early days, Google described Google+ as a "social layer" rather than a pure social network, partly because Google+ permeates lots of different services, and partly to offset the idea that Google+ was an attempt to directly compete with Facebook and Twitter.
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| Facebook 'Compliments' Pages Promote Positivity on College Campuses | | Friday, June 28, 2013 6:34 PM | Annie Park |
| Last fall, a new Internet craze hit college campuses: Facebook 'Compliments' pages. Four students at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, started a Facebook profile called Queens U Compliments. They encouraged fellow classmates to anonymously submit compliments about members of the university, which were then posted to the profile to be viewed publicly.
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| Meet Max, Netflix's Answer to Siri | | Friday, June 28, 2013 6:19 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Netflix has introduced Max, a new voice on its video streaming service that recommends movies and TV shows for users based on how they're feeling and their personal preferences. Available only for PlayStation 3 owners in the United States, Max reminds us of Apple's voice-recognition service Siri.
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| Texas Teenager Arrested for Violent Facebook Comment | | Friday, June 28, 2013 5:47 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| What you say on Facebook could land you in jail. That's the tough lesson that a Texas teenager learned in February, when an online argument with a friend led to his arrest. He's now awaiting trial and faces eight years in prison. Everything started when the teenager, Justin Carter, then 18, was playing an online game of "League of Legends." After the match, Carter and a friend got into a heated argument on Facebook.
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| Charge Your Phone — With a Flick of the Wrist | | Friday, June 28, 2013 5:38 PM | PSFK |
| When it looks like your phone is about to run out of battery, you actually have plenty of juice to spare. The Voltmaker is a device that allows you to make use of that reserve energy in order to charge your phone — all with the flick of a wrist. A hidden rod that is normally secured to the body using a magnet can be released using a spring-loaded mechanism.
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| 6 Things We'd Change About Feedly | | Friday, June 28, 2013 5:17 PM | Taylor Casti |
| Google Reader is all but in the ground, and Feedly has risen up to take in the poor and forlorn Reader users who are wandering aimlessly around the web, looking for a new and comprehensive RSS experience. Feedly is trying to fill the void by updating their services, but still, some of the magic of our favorite RSS reader is gone.
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| Judge: WikiLeaks Tweets Admissible in Bradley Manning Trial | | Friday, June 28, 2013 4:52 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The judge in the Bradley Manning trial ruled that two tweets from WikiLeaks can be used against the military whistleblower. The decision came on Friday, the 12th day of the Manning court martial. In a blow to the defense, Judge Col.
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| Bing Maps Capture Stealth Russian Fighter Jet | | Friday, June 28, 2013 4:41 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Microsoft's Bing Maps looks like it could be the next major secret-spiller making headlines. The Internet search engine’s satellite-imaging service captured a stealth Russian fighter jet, which was previously thought to be ancient history. The airplane, known as the Mikoyan Project 1.44, was reportedly launched during the fall of the Soviet Union and was thought to be put to bed in 2001.
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| Bryan Cranston of 'Breaking Bad' Wants You to Ride Shotgun in His RV | | Friday, June 28, 2013 4:22 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| The man behind Walter White has launched a dream competition for Breaking Bad fans, and in a Mashable exclusive video, details his top 10 reasons to enter. Through Omaze.com, contestants can vie for a chance to ride along with Bryan Cranston in an RV to attend the AMC show's season 5 part two premiere. The winner will also get to meet the cast, see the premiere before its Aug.
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| New Yorker's 'Sesame Street' Cover Gets Explosive Twitter Reaction | | Friday, June 28, 2013 4:15 PM | Gabe Bergado |
| For its upcoming cover story "Moment of Joy," The New Yorker released the cover art early Friday morning: an image of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, snuggling on a couch and watching what appears to be the Supreme Court on television. This comes just days after the Supreme Court's overturning of DOMA on a 5-4 vote.
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| Mashable Interns Hack Their Way to DIY Glory | | Friday, June 28, 2013 3:43 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| As summer kicks into full swing, it is finally time to build all those crafty projects you've been putting off this year. And if you need some inspiration or motivation — look no further. Mashable teamed up with The Home Depot to issue a "call to hacktion" — a challenge which asked our communities to take ordinary household items and hack them into something awesome, then tweet them with #HDHacks.
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| 12 Disney Moments Gone Terribly, Terribly Wrong | | Friday, June 28, 2013 3:37 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Disney characters bring magic and fantasy to the big screen. But in the hands of GIF-savvy Internet users, childhood memories of princesses and talking animals can go from delightful to twisted — very, very twisted. Forget pleasant memories of happy endings. These bizarre Disney distortions would ruin even Jafar's day.
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| This Network Is the ESPN of Competitive Gaming | | Friday, June 28, 2013 2:56 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| This weekend, hundreds of screaming fans will pack into the Anaheim Convention Center to watch the best gamers around the world compete for thousands of dollars at Major League Gaming's Spring Championship. But that's only a fraction of the number of people who will watch the tournament unfold online. This is like the Super Bowl for gamers, except it happens four times a year.
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| British Airways Tries Out Electronic Luggage Tags | | Friday, June 28, 2013 2:52 PM | PSFK |
| Creative product design consultancy Designworks has partnered with British Airways to develop an electronic bag tag to replace the traditional paper model. After a passenger checks in for a flight, she can hold her smartphone over the tag to automatically update it with a unique barcode, containing all of her flight information and a view of her bag’s destination.
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| Join Us for a Discussion About Social Media Day | | Friday, June 28, 2013 2:34 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| In 2010, Mashable launched Social Media Day to celebrate the growth of digital and social media. Going into our fourth annual year of recognizing this revolution, Social Media Day has become a worldwide celebration with more than 300 communities coordinating events.
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| Why Everyone Thought Alec Baldwin's Wife Tweeted at a Funeral | | Friday, June 28, 2013 2:27 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Pesky time zones. Even on Twitter, they can cause some confusion — as perfectly evidenced by the controversy surrounding whether actor Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife, Hilaria, posted a series of tweets while she was at James Gandolfini's funeral on Thursday.
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