| Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson Tests the Smallest Car in the World | | Small cars are nice in a crowded city, where parking spaces are tight, but how small is too small? In the latest episode of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson tests the smallest car in the world — the P45. Built by Clarkson himself, the P45 is not only far smaller than any car you've seen, it's even smaller than most bikes. Of course, such tiny size comes with certain...disadvantages.
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| This Hackable Mini Drone Can Now Be Yours | | 2:18:39 AM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Drones are here to stay, which is now a thought that hardly anybody doubts. The technology is getting cheaper, its applications are endless, and soon new regulations will finally open the door for them to fly freely. Liberalization is going to be closely followed by miniaturization. We've already seen examples of miniature drones in the civilian as well as the military world.
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| Facebook is Too Damn Powerful | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:50 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Look on the bright side, Facebook: you saw a massive spike in traffic Thursday evening. Unfortunately, it was all going to an error page. Another bright side: the web-wide Facebook redirect crisis — which essentially hijacked users of CNN, the HuffPo, Hulu, Kayak, Mashable, NBC, the Washington Post, Yelp, and every other one of the more than a million websites that lets you use Facebook to login — didn't last longer than oh, 25 minutes.
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| Breaking Cute: Cat Looks Scarily Like Walter White | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:34 PM | Neha Prakash |
| A cat dressed as a meth cook. You just can't make this stuff up, folks. George the Kat is apparently a huge Breaking Bad fan, and thought he would don his best Heisenberg outfit for the camera. It's like seeing Bryan Cranston's double. SEE ALSO: Eyebrow Cat Looks Really Nervous Just get this Walter White cat some beakers and a highly unstable drug kingpin personality, and you have a star.
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| First White House Petition Crosses Raised Response Threshold | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:52 PM | Nextgov |
| The first petition posted to the White House's We the People website has crossed the threshold to receive an official administration response since the threshold for such a response was raised in January. The White House's Digital Strategy Office raised the threshold from 25,000 signatures in one month to 100,000 signatures in one month, saying it was difficult to provide full and timely responses under the existing threshold.
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| The Never-Ending Smartphone Checking Cycle | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:17 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| We've all been there — you take out your smartphone to make a call and 10 minutes later, after checking your email, Twitter and Instagram, you forget why you took it out in the first place. This comic by H. Caldwell Tanner of Loldwell shows that we're all guilty of it. Can you break the cycle? Let us know in the comments. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable Comic illustration by H.
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| Twitter Search Results Now Surface Old Tweets | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:41 PM | Emily Price |
| Twitter has started rolling out an update that allows you to see older tweets in search results. Search results on Twitter were previously limited to tweets that had been made over the past week. The update significantly increases that time period (though Twitter has not said specifically by how much), surfacing older tweets based in part by how popular those tweets have been over time.
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| Tumblr Discovers Things That Fit Perfectly Into Other Things | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:11 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It's that forbidden, imperfect connection — when things that don't make sense piece together perfectly. Literally, it's everyday things fitting seamlessly into other everyday things. In some sort of beautiful twist of nature, it seems that the manufacturers of very different products have created similar size standards.
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| How Facebook Briefly Killed the Internet | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:09 PM | Christina Warren |
| For a few minutes this evening, Facebook was redirecting users visiting dozens of websites — including Mashable — to cryptic error pages. The reaction online was pretty much what you'd expect, with — as the The Next Web noted — hashtags like "Facebookmageddon" and "Facebocalypse" common amongst Twitter users.
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| 8 Romantic Gifts for Space Lovers | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:49 PM | Amanda Wills |
| Is your significant other a wannabe astronaut? We found eight out-of-this-world gifts for your favorite space nerd this Valentine's Day.
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| Soundfreaq Speakers Pair Up via Bluetooth for Rich Stereo Sound | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:34 PM | Charlie White |
| The Soundfreaq Sound Platform 2 has the same scintillating full-throated sound of its predecessor. But why use one set of speakers when you can use two? This version 2.0 brings with it a unique new feature: the ability to combine two of the speaker units from a single source using Soundfreaq's new dual-system streaming (DSS) capability.
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| Justin Timberlake Becomes Bud Light Platinum's Creative Director | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:25 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Less than 24 hours after releasing interactive art on image-tagging startup Stipple's website for his forthcoming album, The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake has been appointed as Bud Light Platinum's new creative director.
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| Redbox Instant Comes to Xbox 360: Should Netflix Worry? | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:10 PM | Christina Warren |
| Redbox Instant — the streaming service from Redbox and Verizon — is now available on the Xbox 360. If you're a Redbox Instant user, look for an email with a link to a claim code. Redeem the code on your Xbox 360 and the Redbox Instant app will download to your dashboard. The app lets users access Redbox subscription (streaming) films and also search for films to reserve for pickup at a Redbox kiosk.
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| 3 Actresses Who've Also Had STEM Careers | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:57 PM | GeekSugar |
| These women may be best known as TV stars and sirens of the silver screen, but behind the scenes, they're accomplished women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). For Girls in Science, a website where young girls can learn about STEM careers, research and educational opportunities, revealed three Hollywood starlets who have had prominent academic careers and spent time in the spotlight.
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| Bruised Ego? Go Look at Yourself on Facebook | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:50 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Ever been stung by some criticism, then visited Facebook and suddenly felt better about yourself? Turns out we're soothing our bruised egos with the social network all the time, according to a study from the University of Madison-Wisconsin. Professor Catalina Toma, along with fellow Communication specialist Jeffrey Hancock at Cornell University, conducted a couple of experiments on students to see if Facebook helps improve self-worth.
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| This NES Lunchbox Will Make You the Coolest Kid at School | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:27 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Forget SpongeBob or Darth Vader. The coolest lunchbox we've ever seen is made out of a classic Nintendo Entertainment System. Redditor Stanstanlol posted this heavily modified console to r/pics Thursday morning, saying it was a project he'd worked on the night before. He told Mashable he'd found the non-working console for sale for $10.
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| Will This E-Commerce Startup Oust Lululemon From the Market? | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:17 PM | PSFK |
| Same quality but cheaper price sounds like a pretty good deal. The problem is, most of the time, it is not feasible. Despite this, Ellie, an online-only women's athletic clothing brand, wants to prove that it can make yoga pants, capris and tops on par with luxury label Lululemon — at half the cost.
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| BlackBerry 10 Phones Will Not Come to Japan | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:05 PM | Christina Warren |
| BlackBerry 10 might be finding early success in Canada but it won't extend to Japan. First reported by Japanese newspaper the Nikkei business daily and confirmed by AllThingsD, Blackberry's global roll-out for its new platform and Z10 handset will not include Japan. In a statement to AllThingsD, BlackBerry said in part: Japan is not a major market for BlackBerry, and we have no plans to launch BlackBerry 10 devices there at this time.
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| 'Jeopardy' Round Uses Only 'Call Me Maybe' Lyrics as Categories | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:56 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| We never thought we'd hear Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek utter the lyrics to pop star Carly Rae Jepsen's viral hit "Call Me Maybe," but that's what the 72-year-old did — with much emotion — Wednesday night during an episode of Jeopardy! Teen Tournament. Trebek so eloquently listed these categories, leaving the contestants visibly entertained: Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is nominated for Song of the Year at the Feb.
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| Time For This? Sweet Brown Stars in Local Commercial | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:44 PM | Sam Laird |
| Sweet Brown — she of the legendary "Ain't nobody got time for that!" YouTube fame — has hit the big-time of small-time local TV advertising. This ad for Shortline Dental in Tulsa, Okla., plays off Brown's autotune-ready news quote from last April. The spot's premise? Toothaches: Ain't nobody got time for that. Quality dental care: Everybody got time for that.
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| 43 Breathtaking Photos You'll Never Forget | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:33 PM | Nina Frazier |
| On Feb. 5, Sony announced the World Photography Awards shortlist of finalists in both professional and open categories. From over 120,000 submissions, this list of 43 images has been curated from submissions spanning 170 countries— a record number of entries to date. Astrid Merget, creative director of the World Photography Organisation, said.
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| Photographer Captures People Disappearing Into Thin Air | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:18 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Sometimes all we want is to disappear into our surroundings. This Hungarian photographer is making that happen. In his "Transform" project, Bence Bakonyi turns casual clothes-wearing people into art, seamlessly blending them into their backgrounds. SEE ALSO: 10 Mind-Bending Photos of Opposites From Mashable Readers The illusion is simple, yet stunning, and the floating heads are nothing short of mind-bending.
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| LinkedIn Stock Jumps 10% After Q4 Revenue Tops $300 Million | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:58 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| LinkedIn proved once again why it is Wall Street's favorite social media stock. The company reported revenue of $304 million for the December quarter, a whopping 81% increase from the same quarter the year before and well ahead of Wall Street's consensus estimate for revenue of $278 million. Much of the revenue growth came from a strong increase in sales of LinkedIn's talent solutions products for recruiters and businesses.
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| Seth MacFarlane Discusses His Erection in New Oscar Promo | | Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:50 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Amid the hubbub over CBS's hilariously ridiculed nudity ban for the Grammys, the Oscars is getting a little dirty with a new promo in which host Seth MacFarlane enters the Matrix and asks a thoughtful question about his penis.
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