| Restore Your Faith in Humanity at the Nicest Place on the Internet | | Friday, January 20, 2012 10:42 PM | |
|  | You catch glimpses of sunny parks, busy street corners and various home dwellings as smiling faces step up to offer friendly hugs and a lullaby voice sings lightly. Sound nice? It is. And you might be surprised to learn that it exists, of all...
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| The Week That Killed SOPA: A Timeline | | Friday, January 20, 2012 10:12 PM | |
|  | Ladies and gentleman, bid farewell to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. They're both being tabled and sent to legislative limbo. How did that happen when just a few days ago it seemed like debates about the bills only existed...
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| Wear a Wi-Fi Hotspot With These Cutting-Edge Cufflinks [VIDEO] | | Friday, January 20, 2012 9:01 PM | |
|  | Wish Wi-Fi hotspots would grow on sleeves? A set of cufflinks available at Brookstone serves not only as a decorative man-sessory, it features USB storage -- and can even be plugged into a PC to create a Wi-Fi hotspot. In what could easily come...
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| Who Did the Most to Bury SOPA? [POLL] | | Friday, January 20, 2012 7:55 PM | |
|  | Ding, dong, the bill is dead -- or at the very least buried, even if it may well rise again in another form in a year or so. Regardless, the withdrawal of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act and the tabling of PIPA (its equivalent in the...
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| Google Pulls the Plug on Picnik, Sky Map and More | | Friday, January 20, 2012 6:55 PM | |
|  | Google just rained all over Picnik's picnic. The photo editing site got the ax on Friday and will shut down in April. Picnik -- which said via its site that its last day will be April 19 -- will be moving to Google+ in the future. Google also...
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| How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had | | Friday, January 20, 2012 4:35 PM | |
|  | Kodak has finally formalized what had been expected for years -- it's gone bankrupt. In the past 15 years, digital technology changed photography dramatically, and Kodak, a former heavyweight in the analog film business, got left behind. That's...
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| The Facebook Bed: Slumbering for Social Networking Fanatics | | Friday, January 20, 2012 4:25 PM | |
|  | For those so obsessed with social networking, behold the Facebook bed. This concept by Croatian designer Tomislav Zvonaric is only in model form right now, but his creative vision mixes comfort with functionality. The "F"-shaped bed touts a...
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| Could SOPA Rise From the Dead? | | Friday, January 20, 2012 4:02 PM | |
|  | The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act may have been the two most hated bills in recent legislative history and now they're dead. Or are they? Congressman Lamar Smith "postponed consideration" of SOPA after the...
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| Is Megaupload Back? [UPDATED] | | Friday, January 20, 2012 3:31 PM | |
|  | Megaupload, the file sharing website that was shut down Thursday, may have returned -- but without a domain name. This new site appears to be based in the Netherlands. UPDATE: The site appears to no longer be working and could be a phishing tool....
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| RIP SOPA: The Internet Kills Its Attackers | | Friday, January 20, 2012 3:18 PM | |
|  | Be honest: When this week began, how much did you really know about SOPA? Five days ago, the Stop Online Piracy Act was still a relatively obscure House bill. Sure, your average geek knew what was contained within; Mashable, in common with other...
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| Obama Sings Al Green at the Apollo Theatre [VIDEO] | | Friday, January 20, 2012 2:56 PM | |
|  | President Barack Obama showed off his vocal chords Thursday at New York's Apollo Theatre, singing some of Reverend Al Green's "Let's Stay Together." "I'm so in love with you," the commander in chief sang in homage to soul legend Green, who was in...
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| Facebook 'Relieved' That SOPA Is Dead | | Friday, January 20, 2012 2:36 PM | |
|  | Facebook has responded to the death of SOPA, expressing its relief that the bill has been pulled and thanking its users for their feedback. Although Facebook didn't go dark for SOPA, the company has expressed its opposition to the bill. On...
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| SOPA Is Dead: Smith Pulls Bill | | Friday, January 20, 2012 1:47 PM | |
|  | Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill "until there is wider agreement on a solution." "I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the...
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| Social Media Marriage Proposals: 10 Clever Ways to Pop the Question | | Friday, January 20, 2012 12:30 PM | |
|  | Want proof that love spawns creativity? Look no further than these clever marriage proposals, which take advantage of mediums and tools that weren't available to previous generations of lovers. SEE ALSO: Top 10 Wedding Dance Videos on YouTube...
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