| 'WTF?! I Wanted a White iPhone' Entitled Christmas Tweets Exposed Again | | Every Christmas, people take to Twitter to talk about the gifts they received. Some folks -- intentionally or not -- come off as spoiled brats, complaining about getting the wrong gadget, the wrong color gadget, or not enough gadgets. And just like last year, comedy writer Jon Hendren (@fart) is retweeting entitled tweets, most of them being from people complaining they want an iPhone in a different color.
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| First African Designed Smartphone, Tablet Hit Market | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 6:10 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Congolese entrepreneur Verone Mankou wants his tech startup VMK to be for Africa what Apple is for the U.S. and Samsung is for Asia. That is, he wants the majority of people on the continent to use the African-designed smartphone and tablet he is making.
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| 16 Whimsical White Christmas Instagram Photos | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 5:44 PM | Zoe Fox |
| There are few things like waking up to a snow covered lawn on Christmas morning. Instagram users across the country whipped out their smartphones and captured the frosty landscapes nearby them on Christmas. Lovely photos were shared from Texas, Maryland, Washington state, Colorado and dozens of places in between.
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| 10 Holiday Stock Photos That Make Your Christmas Look Normal | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 4:58 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Have holiday commercials and made-for-TV Christmas specials given you a case of perfect family envy? Sure, you love your fam, but when dirty gym socks play the part of Christmas stockings and mom starts crying before 10 a.m., it can cause a case of the bah humbugs. SEE ALSO: The 12 Memes of Christmas If your Christmas looked a little less than Hallmark for your liking, we have something to help.
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| Jesus Would Be on Facebook if He Lived Today, German Priest Says | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 4:11 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Head of Germany's Catholic Church, Robert Zollitsch, has given everyone celebrating something new to think about the Christmas story. Zollitsch told a German newspaper that if Jesus were alive today, he'd be Facebook friends with all of his followers. "Fundamentally all media are suited to bring the word of God to the people," he told German paper The Local.
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| 8 Festive Christmas Tumblrs, Presented by Santa Dogs | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 3:30 PM | Annie Colbert |
| If the endless loop of Wham and Mariah Carey Christmas tunes still hasn't put you in the holiday mood, let the Internet help. SEE ALSO: 20 Amazing Christmas Surprises We ho, ho, ho'ed around Tumblr in our digital sleigh to track down eight Christmas-themed Tumblr pages. As if the jolly Tumblrs weren't enough, we also paired each of our favorites with a dog dressed like Santa Claus -- or Santa Paws.
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| Telepresence Robot Brings Remote Co-Workers Into the Office | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 2:04 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Having meetings with colleagues who aren't in the room can be challenging. Conference calls feel inpersonal and video chats can be full of glitches. Outside of meetings, though, it can be difficult to make remote workers feel like they're a part of company culture. Now a 5-foot-tall robot called Beam, that has a large video screen for a head, can bring people from around the world into the office.
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| Apple Guideline Changes Give $140,000 Kickstarter the Green Light | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 11:56 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| POP charger, a $140,000 Kickstarter project to create a universal charger for phones -- including Apple devices -- was killed last week due to its incompatibility with Apple's strict guidelines for Lightning accessories. In an unexpected turn of events, Apple has revised its Lightning guidelines, which means the POP project once again has the green light.
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| What to Do With Your New Kindle | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 11:03 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| So you received (or have a pretty good idea you're going to receive) an Amazon Kindle e-reader this holiday season. Well done, you. Now it's time to begin taking advantage of your device. Our guide below applies to all four of Amazon's current E Ink e-readers -- the basic Kindle, the Kindle Keyboard 3G, the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite 3G -- as well as most older editions.
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| How 'Doctor Who' Kept Its Big Christmas Secret Off Twitter | | Tuesday, December 25, 2012 8:56 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Tonight Doctor Who fans get to gorge on their annual Christmas fix -- a full-length special episode the series has produced every year for the holiday since 2005. This time, however, there's some extra spice in the form of a new regular cast member: Jenna-Louise Coleman debuts in "The Snowmen" as the Doctor's next companion. Except it's not her debut. Coleman actually made her first appearance in the series premiere back in September.
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