| Australian Police Are Telling People to Stop Using Apple Maps | | The Police department of Mildura, Australia, is warning drivers not to rely on Apple Maps, since the location of that city in Apple's mapping app is incorrect. According to the Mildura Police, Apple Maps puts Mildura in the middle of Murray Sunset National Park, some 70 km away from Mildura's actual location.
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| The 10 Best Indie Games for the Holiday Season | | 1:14:03 AM | Lauren Hockenson |
| You or someone you know is probably one of those fickle gamer types. While the regular masses would be awed by a freshly minted copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, you're searching for something deeper and more refined than the average franchise from your big box store.
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| 10 Kickass Kickstarter Projects From 2012 | | 12:13:30 AM | Christine Erickson |
| Crowdfunding has become a popular way to introduce products to people directly and raise awareness on important issues. Consumers no longer have to wait for a brand to innovate a product. Instead, they're finding simple solutions themselves and bringing it straight to consumers.
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| Transporter Provides Your Own Private Off-Cloud Storage for Sharing Files | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:29 PM | Anita Li |
| Users of free cloud-storage providers, such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Apple iCloud, are often faced with file-size limitations and lack of privacy. What's more, upgrades typically require recurring fees. One Santa Clara, Calif.-based company is offering an alternative way to share, access and protect files.
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| Barnes & Noble Cuts Nook Price From $99 to $79 | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:40 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Barnes & Noble has lowered the price of its Nook Simple Touch e-reader to $79 to compete against Amazon's entry-level e-reader, the Kindle. The E-Ink e-reader, which previously cost $99, packs essentially the same hardware as the Kindle: Both devices have 6-inch black-and-white screens, Wi-Fi connectivity and 2 GB of storage.
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| How Not To Network Online During The Holidays | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:03 PM | Sudy Bharadwaj |
| No matter where you are in your career -- unemployed, actively job searching, happily employed, or anywhere in-between -- networking is key in moving forward in your career.
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| Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:59 PM | Anita Li |
| On lazy Sundays just before the workweek starts, there's nothing better than curling up on a comfy couch -- and giggling over viral videos. So, here at Mashable we've rounded up a recap of the best ones, featuring cats, a rescue dog, a sleepy student and Mr. Burns' explanation of the U.S. fiscal cliff. Check out this week's viral video recap, above. Then, tell us in the comments: Which is your favorite?.
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| Top 10 Pinterest Pins This Week | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 5:58 PM | Jeremy Cabalona |
| Pinterest is home to an array of captivating images and helpful tips. Here are 10 of our favorites.
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| Do Your Emails Annoy Your Co-Workers? | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 5:14 PM | The Daily Muse |
| Considering that email is the primary form of communication in most offices, we don't always choose our written words as wisely as we should. Especially when we're trying to get through a packed inbox quickly or answer messages between meetings on our phones, it's easy to be annoying, abrasive, or just plain rude without realizing it.
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| Sunday Comics: What Would Steve Jobs Do? | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:38 PM | Charlie White |
| Do Apple products seem just a little less "insanely great" since the untimely demise of Steve Jobs? Should Apple be wondering what Jobs would have done? Our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech found a pair of Mac users getting into a circular argument about that point: Comic illustration provided by The Joy of Tech. Published with permission; all rights reserved.
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| Opinion: Microsoft’s Astonishing Windows 8 Boondoggle | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:12 PM | TabTimes |
| The other day, I got a Skype video call from my mother. This was unusual since she rarely calls me via Skype. I answered the call and saw my mother sitting in her living room, the camera at an odd angle as I looked up at her. "I hate Windows 8," she said to me. This sentiment, I assured her, was completely natural. Mother was in the midst of testing her new Window 8 tablet, trying to figure out the interface and get some work done.
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| Review: Is Apple's 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Worth the Money? | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 3:30 PM | Christina Warren |
| In June, Apple released its first Retina display-capable laptop, the phenomenal 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. Last month, the company unveiled the next member of the high-resolution family, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina. Apple boasts that the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina has the second-highest resolution screen on the market, a jaw-dropping 2,560 x 1,600 pixels (compared with 2,880 x 1,800 for the 15-inch beauty).
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| Updated: Instagram Disables Support for Twitter Cards | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 3:13 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Instagram images are not displaying on Twitter cards as of Sunday afternoon. Instead, users are being shown an empty white space where a photo should live. A link to the Instagram photo is still included. Update: A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to AllThingsD that Instagram has disabled all support for Twitter cards. Instead, Instagram shots shared via Twitter will only include a link to the photo's Instagram URL.
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| SpaceX Poised to Enter Space Again With Two New Missions | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 2:49 PM | Anita Li |
| While NASA is placed on the back burner due to U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to cut the agency's planetary science funding, its private counterpart SpaceX has been green-lit to return to space. The United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)-class missions to the company: DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) and STP-2 (Space Test Program 2).
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| Top 5 Kids Apps of the Week | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 2:41 PM | Chris Crowell |
| Looking for great apps for your kids? Here are the top 5 apps for kids this week.
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| Apple and Google Reportedly Working Together to Buy Kodak Patents | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 2:07 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Typically vicious enemies in the patent wars, Apple and Google are reportedly forging an alliance to snatch up photo-sharing patents from Kodak, the now-bankrupted company whose once-innovative products brought instant photography to the masses.
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| 5 Innovations Transforming the Entertainment Industry | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 1:25 PM | Lauren Drell |
| We all know that Justin Bieber is the Midas of social media. But he doesn't work alone -- he has a stellar team behind him, including a certain filmmaker. If you've seen Never Say Never or the Biebs' newest music video, Beauty and a Beat, you've probably admired the creative handiwork of director Jon M. Chu.
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| Top 10 Kisses of 2012 [PICS] | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 12:49 PM | Nina Frazier |
| In 2012, love was in the air. From the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to the running of the bulls in Pamploma, Spain, kisses all over the world were captured in photos. Here are our top 10 picks. 10. Underwater Fran Calvo and Monica Fraile celebrate their wedding in a Sea Life Aquarium on August 6, 2012 in Benalmádena, Spain, where two couples took the opportunity to get into the pool to get married.
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| Johnny Manziel Tweets Heisman Trophy Thank-You | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 12:02 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Texas A&M Quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman in history to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. Soon after he received college football's top award, he took to Twitter to celebrate. Such a special night I cannot even put it into words.
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| 'How Black Is That?' Asks Jamie Foxx in Hilarious Monologue on 'SNL' | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:54 AM | Charlie White |
| The ultra-talented Jamie Foxx rocked Saturday Night Live last night with his opening monologue, calling out a variety of hilarious examples of how things are changing with race in America. Hosting the show and promoting his upcoming movie Django Unchained (releases Dec. 25 in the U.S. and Canada) at the same time, Foxx not only made us laugh, but showed us he's also a wonderful singer, not a bad dancer, and the consummate actor.
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| John McAfee Just Wants to Come Home | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 10:59 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee has been on the run for weeks, avoiding Belize police who want to question him about the death of his neighbor. In his strange cross-country journey, he claimed to have used a body double to distract authorities.
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| Is it Time to Close Your Business? | | Sunday, December 09, 2012 10:15 AM | Nellie Akalp |
| The legal and tactical legwork necessary to close a business is just as important as the steps it took to open. Be sure to close your business the right way.
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