| How World Landmarks Look in Apple vs. Google Maps | | If Apple is the Superman of tech companies, the iOS 6 Apple Maps app would have to be its kryptonite. The company revealed its iPhone 5 and iOS 6 at a ballyhooed press event in September. Ever since, all anyone seems to want to talk about is the shortcomings of Maps. To make room for its own version, Apple eschewed the reliable Google Maps app. At Mashable, we showed you some of the most comical failures of Apple's Maps.
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| Fig Wellness App Reminds You to Drink Water, Call Your Mom | | Life can be overwhelming. It's easy to slip up, stress out, binge on pizza, skip the gym and skimp on sleep over and over again. Consider Fig — a health and wellness app released Tuesday for iOS and Android devices — your wake-up call. Fig was created by a Palo Alto-based team that believes overall wellness depends on great nutrition, sufficient sleep, healthy relationships and other factors unique to each of us.
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| LEGO Santa Claus is One Tough Dude | | Santa Claus is coming to town, and he kind of looks like he can destroy it. Hope you've been nice, or he's decking you instead of your halls. Cartoonist Mark Anderson built these Christmas-themed Santas complete will ability to launch coal at your front door -- or at least look more menacing than the jolly ol' fat man who hugs elves all day.
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| Experience The New Year's Eve Ball Drop in Tumblr GIFs | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:32 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Don't worry about missing out on the ball drop action this New Year's Eve if you accidentally begin to snooze a few minutes before midnight. Tumblr has you covered. This year, Tumblr is pairing up with the Times Square Alliance and Livestream to GIF the entire night in all its glitz, glamour and spectacle. Tumblr selected three GIF makers from their community of bloggers to create and upload animated images in realtime.
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| Awesome Teen Wins Fight Against Sexist Easy-Bake Ovens | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:43 PM | Joann Pan |
| A thirteen-year-old girl from Garfield, N.J., has made the world a better place for young chefs by persuading a giant toy company to reinvent the iconic Easy-Bake Oven toy. Hasbro will unveil black, silver and blue models in 2013, broadening its classic line beyond popular pink and purple models traditionally marketed solely towards young girls, the multinational toy maker announced on Monday.
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| How Social Media, Mobile Are Playing a Bigger Part in Healthcare | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:24 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Google search has become part of our medical check-up these days. If you browse WebMD, Google or various online forums for answers before a doctor visit, you're not alone. It's tempting to see if we can find an answer to our health questions in an instant when a world of information is at our fingertips, rather than leaving work or home.
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| Zuck Gives $500 Million in Facebook Stock to Charity | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:51 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Mark Zuckerberg announced his and wife Priscilla's second major charitable contribution to date -- a gift of 18 million Facebook shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The gift was announced, not surprisingly, by a post on Zuckerberg's timeline Tuesday evening. Facebook shares are currently valued at $27.71 each, so the 18 million share gift is valued at $499 million.
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| This Ain't Over: National Geographic Goes Dark on Instagram | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:38 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Think Kevin Systrom's sort-of apology and walkback from Instagram's new privacy policy ended the controversy? Think again. For many prominent users, until they see his updated terms of service, this whole thing is on hold. Case in point: National Geographic, or @NatGeo, one of Instagram's most popular accounts with 638,629 followers -- and certainly one of its most storied names.
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| See the Winner of Mashable's Caption Contest | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:05 PM | Amanda Wills |
| Last week we asked our witty readers to caption this comic. After sorting through submissions on the Mashable comic and via Twitter using the #mashcomic hashtag, we deemed one reader's caption worthy enough to take the top spot. Without further ado, the comical crown goes to ... Alex Watts (@t3chy) via Twitter. Here is his original tweet from Dec.
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| 5 Key Lessons Tim Cook Learned in 2012 | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 6:43 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Tim Cook ends his first full calendar year as Apple CEO a new man. Here's what he learned, and how he can use those lessons to move Apple forward.
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| Neil Patrick Harris Preys on Unsuspecting Puppets | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 6:32 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Neil Patrick Harris' puppet dreams take a turn for the creepy in the actor's latest video installment for Nerdist. The puppet parody of To Catch a Predator was eerily spot on. SEE ALSO: Neil Patrick Harris Brings His 'Puppet Dreams' to YouTube If you've got any cotton stuffing, stay away from Doogie Howser. Thumbnail image courtesy of Nerdist.
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| 5 Free Alternatives to Instagram | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 6:14 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| No filter can make Instagram's new privacy policy look pretty. The popular photo app is on the verge of a mass exodus in light of new Terms of Service, which many interpreted as giving Instagram the right to sell your pics to advertisers starting Jan. 16. The backlash has been notable, with celebrity users tweeting their concerns and disaffected Instagrammers casting about for a new service to call home.
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| Smartphone 'Lab' Detects Allergens in Food | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:58 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| A smartphone that can be transformed into a lab with the ability to detect food allergens is the latest in add-on technology from inventor Aydogan Ozcan. He and his researchers are creating prototypes of these devices that turn the phones into precise lab instruments. The iTube, Ozcan and his colleagues' new device, converts smartphones into colorimeters that are able to detect minute amounts of allergens, such as peanuts, in food.
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| Is This Instagram's Netflix Moment? | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:40 PM | Christina Warren |
| Just a day after Instagram announced its new privacy policy, users are outraged. Celebrities who once flocked to the photo-sharing site in droves are reconsidering how they use the service, and competing services such as Flickr are seeing a surge in signups.
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| Instagram Vows: We Won't Use Your Photos in Ads | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:30 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom vowed Tuesday to remove language from the service's privacy policy that seemed to say Instagram was going to allow user pictures to be employed in advertising. "The language we proposed ...
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| Goodbye 'Gossip Girl,' Social Media Pioneer | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:27 PM | Zoe Fox |
| As fans and critics rehash the last six seasons of The CW's Gossip Girl after Monday's finale, most recollect the cutting edge fashion, the soap opera-like plot lines that went downhill over time, and guest appearances from the likes of Vera Wang, Lady Gaga and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. But they're missing an important story behind this show.
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| Deck the Halls With These 15 Muppet Christmas Songs | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:26 PM | Eric Larson |
| What's better than gathering around a warm, cozy fire and singing holiday songs? Adding Muppets to the equation, that's what. Check out these 15 Muppet holiday tunes.
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| Brain-Powered Robot Helps Paralyzed Woman Take Control | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:52 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Jan Scheuermann is paralyzed from the neck down, but with the help of a robotic arm controlled by her brain, she's now able to pour herself a glass of water to drink. Lancet Medical Journal ran a study using brain implants to control the robotic arm. Two sensors were placed in the motor cortex of her brain. Pulses of electricity inside her brain are translated into commands for the robot arm, which includes a bending elbow and wrist.
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| Instagram Responds: 'We Hear You' | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:35 PM | Chris Taylor |
| UPDATE: Instagram just posted a lengthy blog entry clarifying various aspects of their privacy policy. The company promises to "modify" some of the language to make its intent more clear, but it sounds like no substantive changes will be made. We'll have more analysis shortly, but in the meantime you can read the full blog post here.
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| Here's How Police Get a Suspect's Facebook Information | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:27 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| When major media outlets (incorrectly) identified the name of the suspect in Friday's elementary school massacre, journalists immediately flocked to Facebook to learn more about him. Pictures, status updates, comments -- anything that might give more insight into the killer's motivations.
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| Mashable SmartBash Is Coming to CES in Las Vegas | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:49 PM | Jennifer Diamond |
| It's that time of the year when nearly everyone you know in tech unites together in one of the most exciting cities of the world: Las Vegas. Once again, Mashable is returning to CES, and this time we're hosting the Mashable SmartBash, presented by LG Electronics. On Jan. 8, we'll bring together the digital community from the biggest technology and consumer electronic brands to offer a smart evening of music and networking.
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| 15 Celebrities Outraged by Instagram's Privacy Policy | | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:40 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Instagram's new Terms of Service, which starting January would allow the photo-sharing app to sell your images to advertisers, has sparked outrage from celebs.
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