| See MTV's Video Tribute to Amazing Spider-Man | | Get More: MTV Shows MTV Geek has put together this video tribute to Amazing Spider-Man #700, featuring several people involved in the comic (including writer Dan Slott), Stan Lee (of course), Norman Reedus and several of the cast members of Jersey Shore. Well… they are on an MTV show, so that makes sense. Fair warning: Do not watch this if you have not already read Amazing Spider-Man #700.
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| Curiosity Rover Spends Holidays at 'Grandma's House' | | NASA's Curiosity rover worked through the holiday season on Mars by taking a close look at an intriguing bit of Martian terrain, a region scientists have lovingly nicknamed "Grandma's House." The Curiosity rover is currently parked inside Yellowknife Bay, a shallow depression of odd terrain nestled inside the rover's vast Gale crater landing site.
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| Tesla Unveils East Coast Supercharger Stations | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:52 PM | Kenneth Rosen |
| Feeling low on power? Need a charge? Or maybe your Tesla Model S is just out of juice? Fret not. Tesla has now installed three of its 480-volt charging stations on the East Coast. This will allow Model S drivers to drive between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Until recently, the chargers were only available on the West Coast -- there are six in California. The Supercharger station tops up a Model S in about 30 minutes.
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| Gift-Giving Bot Picks Presents For You, on Amazon | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:20 PM | Kate Freeman |
| From the toy store grab-bags you opened with delight as a child to receiving a "free gift" with purchase at the department store, the excitement of unwrapping a present never gets old. That's why Darius Kazemi, a game developer from Massachusetts, devised a program -- a "bot" if you will -- called "Random Shopper," that selects a gift for him every month on Amazon.com based on keywords he pre-selected pertaining to his interests.
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| Will Apple Launch an iPhone Smartwatch in 2013? | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:22 PM | Emily Price |
| Apple and Intel are working together to create a Bluetooth-equipped smartwatch in 2013, according to one Chinese technology news source.Tech site TGbus says the watch would connect to the iPhone, allowing you to remotely operate the phone from your wrist. That means you could send out text messages, answer calls, or even update your Facebook status on the device while your iPhone is in a pocket or charging nearby.
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| Mr. Android, Meet Ms. Mac | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 7:35 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Those of you with long memories might recall an infographic we ran last December -- "Mr. Android." It was a composite picture of the average Android smartphone user, based on the Facebook fans of a startup called BlueStacks, which lets you run Android apps on PCs. Its average Android fan was a male American decked out in T-shirts, jeans and sneakers. Mr. Android was mostly partnered up (well, 63% of him had a significant other).
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| Snow Art Puts Crop Circles to Shame | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 7:16 PM | Amanda Wills |
| It takes about 10 hours for Simon Beck to create his breathtaking snow art. But you won't find him in a snow mobile, or even a sled. Beck wears snowshoes to trek through the icy terrain on foot. Since his perspective is from the ground, Beck is armed with a handheld compass and uses measuring tape or good ol' fashioned pace counting to determine his distance.
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| Google Picks 12 Top Android Apps of 2012 | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:14 PM | Emily Price |
| Google has released its list of the top Android apps of 2012. This year’s list includes not only apps that were released this year, such as Pinterest’s Android app, but also apps that saw significant updates during the past calendar year.
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| 'Twitterverse' is 5th Most Annoying Word of 2012 | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:38 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| As the year draws to a close, one well-known Twitter term is trending -- but not in a good way. "Twitterverse" made its first appearance on Marist's fourth annual list of the most annoying words or phrases used in conversation. The Marist Institute for Public Opinion surveyed more than 1,200 adults nationwide and found that 9% consider Twitterverse to be the most obnoxious word of the year.
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| 5 Change.org Petitions That Worked | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:04 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| If you think the little guy can't make a difference, you may want to think again. The past year proved numerous times that regular people can bring about major changes, just by gathering signatures. Change.org, the world's largest petition platform, says its users started 300,000 petitions in 2012, and several of those have led to significant changes within organizations.
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| EA Removes Links to Weapons Makers From 'Medal of Honor' Website | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:23 PM | Kenneth Rosen |
| Until recently, players of EA Games' first-person shooter title "Medal of Honor" were able to browse and buy real weapons by following links from the game's website. Now, in the wake of criticism following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the company has removed these links, though its partnerships with weapons manufacturers are still highlighted.
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| The Nintendo 64 Kids Are All Grown Up | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:49 PM | Christine Erickson |
| One of the greatest things about the holidays is surprising loved ones. Parents especially want to win cool points with the No. 1 item on their kid's wishlist -- and the Kuzma kids gave the ultimate seal of approval during Christmas 1998. Brandon Kuzma is better known to the Internet as Nintendo 64 Kid, thanks to a video of him at age 9 -- and his sister, Rachel, at age 6 -- going ballistic over the game console on Christmas morning.
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| The Year in Finance, in Twitter Hashtags | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:13 PM | Quartz |
| In 2012, journalists and investors took to Twitter to express their feelings and frustrations about the financial world. We wracked our brains to pick out some of the best, most hilarious hashtags of the year. #FedValentines It began with a silly tweet, and it turned into a meme. University of Michigan professor and economist Justin Wolfers started the hashtag #FedValentines on Feb.
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| First 'Alien Earth' Will Be Found in 2013 | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:56 PM | Space.com |
| The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause humanity to reassess its place in the universe. While astronomers have found a number of exoplanets over the last few years that share one or two key traits with our own world — such as size or inferred surface temperature — they have yet to bag a bona fide "alien Earth." But that should change in 2013, scientists say.
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| 10 Bizarre New Year's Resolutions on YouTube | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:57 PM | Fran Berkman |
| Usually one makes a new year's resolution in earnest, and it only becomes funny a few days into January — when it fails miserably. These YouTube users decided to get right to the point. Scroll through the gallery above for 10 videos of people discussing their resolutions from years past. Are they serious or satirical? You can make that decision.
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| Lytro Who? Toshiba Developing Refocusing Camera for Phones | | Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:10 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Lytro was the first to commercialize the idea of taking photos that you can refocus later, but now others are getting in on the concept. Toshiba has developed a camera that also takes photos with adjustable focus, only this one can fit in a cellphone. Toshiba's camera module is small -- a square shape that measures 0.4 of an inch per side -- making it ideal as a phone camera.
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