| Ergonomic Case for Tablets Helps You Avoid Carpal Tunnel | | An ergonomic case for tablets and e-readers aims to help users avoid the perils of Carpal tunnel syndrome and other hand-related ailments. Called Wingo, the case has "wings" on either side, under which users place their hands to hold the device.
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| Google Glass Updated With Google+ and Hangout Notifications | | Owners of Google Glass are reporting that Google is rolling out the device's first software update, and changing the version name to XE5. According to Phandroid, the update's improvements include bug fixes, optimizations and improvements. What's more, data syncing in the background now requires power and Wi-Fi connection, transcription of queries and messages is faster, and the battery-charge estimation has been improved.
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| Google Maps to Unveil Brand New Interface, Report Says [PICS] | | Google is set to debut a new interface for its Maps app, according to a report. Google Operating System, a blog that provides unofficial news about the search giant, said the update will get rid of Maps' current sidebar, and will display location information in pop-ups that appear on top of a full-screen map.
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| Play Cupid Among Facebook Friends With 'YouShouldTotallyMeet' App | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:57 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| We all know some version of this story: a friend from high school meets the love of her life through her cousin's friend's sister's neighbor's first-born-child's doctor's brother's son. And in this age of online social networking, it's no surprise when those connections happen through digital platforms like Facebook.
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| This Brain Experiment Could Give You an Extra 20 Years | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:02 PM | Chris Taylor |
| A study published in this month's Nature suggests that scientists have found a region of the brain that controls aging. Turn it off, they theorize, and you could add 20 years to your life — presuming it works in humans, that is. The research, conducted by the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York, injected mice with a substance that inhibits a particular molecule in their brains.
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| 3 Brilliant Health Technologies From Student Inventors | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:34 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| Having a good idea isn't enough to make a difference in the world. You also have to be able to sell that idea to everyone else. That was the task at New York University's yearly Entrepreneurs' Challenge last week, where students pitch ideas before a panel of judges from NYU's Stern School of Business.
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| The 12 Creative Blocks of Life | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:02 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Whether it's writer's block or a roadblock, there are many "blocks" in life, and they aren't always easy to overcome. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics shows us what it would be like if these blocks were literal instead of metaphorical. We're all just trying to make it to that block party, right? You can purchase Snider's comics as prints through his poster shop.
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| Progressive Groups Boycott Facebook Over Zuckerberg Political Ads | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:34 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| A handful of top progressive organizations are boycotting Facebook's advertising platform for at least two weeks over commercials funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political group. Progressives United, MoveOn.org, CREDO, Democracy for America, the Daily Kos and the Sierra Club are among the groups taking part in the boycott.
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| Coming Soon: Your Personal Flying Car | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:05 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's 2013. Where's my flying car? Answer: about eight years away. Terrafugia is a Massachusetts company previously best known for the Transition, which is best described as a plane you can drive. Its wings fold up, meaning pilots can drive it off the runway and straight home.
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| Cicadas! Swarmageddon 2013 Set to Gross Out East Coast | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 7:32 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Have you heard the buzz flying around Swarmageddon 2013? Billions of cicadas will blanket the east coast of the United States this year, spurring an epidemic of the heebie-jeebies. The large, humming insects emerge from the ground every 17 years (or 13, depending on the species) and, after nearly two decades in the dirt, these bugs are ready to party. And by party, we mean shed their exoskeletons and clumsily fly into your face.
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| Make Your Own Video Game With No Coding Required | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 6:43 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Want to make video games? Awesome! First, just learn to code and then get ready for a lot of hard work. Or maybe not. Pixel Press wants to let anyone of any age create their own video game levels with just a pencil, graph paper, and an iPad or iPhone. Players simply design their level by hand, creating any traps or obstacles they want the avatar to surmount while climbing five stories and reaching the goal.
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| Jennifer Lawrence Brilliantly Photobombs Sarah Jessica Parker | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 6:08 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Seriously, J-Law, tone down the cool. You're starting to be so awesome that it's like the sun — we can't stare without burning our retinas. The queen of red carpet awkwardness/hilarity, Jennifer Lawrence, continued to dominate Monday evening at the 2013 Met Gala by photobombing the one and only Sarah Jessica Parker.
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| Facebook Comes to Google Glass | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 6:01 PM | Emily Price |
| Facebook has made its way to Google Glass. Sharing to Facebook, that is, in the form of a third-party app appropriately named “Glass to Facebook.” Once connected to your Facebook account, the app lets you share pictures taken with Glass to your Facebook account.
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| Chat With Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion) and Mashable on Twitter | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 5:53 PM | Todd Olmstead |
| Throughout a 20-year career in music, Snoop Dogg has never strayed far from the spotlight. He's one of hip hop's most beloved artists, a prolific performer whose ability to cross over and work with a multitude of artists has made him a household name. But his most recent move is unlike anything he's done before. Earlier this year he released Reincarnated, his 13th studio album and the first under his new moniker: Snoop Lion.
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| Syria Disappears From the Internet Again | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 5:40 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Syria has disappeared from the Internet once again. Servers in Syria have been inaccessible from outside the country since Tuesday at approximately 6:43 UTC/2.43 p.m. ET. "On closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet," writes Dan Hubbard, Chief Technology Officer at OpenDNS, an online security company.
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| Every Bippity Boppity Ouchie in Disney Movies | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:49 PM | Neha Prakash |
| When the world thinks Disney, they may just think fairytales and pixie dust, happily ever after and Prince Charming. It's a blissful world with talking animals and dancing flatware. But, there's a dark theme lurking through many popular Disney films: violence. From bops on the head to full out gun fights, Disney was no stranger to action plots and thriller elements that could be taken straight out of horror movies.
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| The Most Awesome Craigslist Ad Is for a Beat-Up Bike | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:04 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Profanity-laced hyperbolic Craigslist ads were once novel, but now they are a genre to themselves. To get people's attention on the site these days you have to do something really remarkable. That's why we salute this ad for a used bicycle from Ryan Kutscher, an advertising copywriter. Where to start? There's the opener: "Grab a paper bag, breathe into it and calm your ass down.
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| Rovio Helps Fan Propose Through Custom 'Angry Birds' Level | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:53 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| What's more romantic than a game of Angry Birds with your sweetie? An Australian named Ben apparently got in touch with Rovio recently, asking the company to help him create a level that he could use to propose to his girlfriend Melissa. A Rovio representative said that instead of making the level private, Rovio actually included it into the latest level pack of Angry Birds Friends on mobile.
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| McDonald's to Cleveland Hero: 'We'll Be in Touch' | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:44 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Charles Ramsey has earned plenty of attention in the past 24 hours for helping to rescue three women in Cleveland who had been reported missing for about a decade. Now, it looks like he may be getting a perk or job opportunity from McDonald's in the not too distant future.
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| 'Now You See Me' Movie Needs Your Skills for Diamond Heist | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:32 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Now You See Me, the upcoming thriller about a quartet of illusionists who steal money and give the stolen cash to their magic show audiences, launched an online scavenger hunt experience to hold over fans until the movie's May 31 release. The Diamond Heist Challenge tasks participants with finding 13 diamond playing cards across the web, social networks and a recent New York Times crossword puzzle.
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| Artist Maps Out Entertainment's Most Iconic Dance Moves | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:16 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Few people know how to get down better than the stars of comedies and musicals. So why take your time trying to learn those wacky, complicated, quickly-out-of-style dance moves like the Dougie and the Macarena, when you can learn the classics straight from the stars themselves? Brazilian artist Niege Borges has improved our coolness factor ten-fold by mapping out the dance sequences from popular TV shows and movies.
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| Pizza Compass App Finally Makes Your Smartphone Useful | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:48 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Ever get the craving for a slice, like, right now? If you can stomach the 99-cent charge, you might want to employ Pizza Compass in the future to quell your pizza jones. The app, which hit the App Store earlier this month, points you in the direction of the nearest pizza joint. In a limited trial, I found the app to be pretty accurate. The interface, which overlays Google Maps with slice icons representing pizzarias, is also cute.
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| See Every Ray Harryhausen Creature in One Video | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:19 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Before CGI invaded the movies, there was stop-motion animation. And the king of stop-motion was Ray Harryhausen, who died Tuesday in London, aged 93. Harryhausen is best known for his work on a slew of amazing animated fantasy movies. If you've seen any of the Sinbad films of the 1950s, or Jason and the Argonauts, or One Million Years B.C., or the original (and by far the best) Clash of the Titans, you know his work.
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| Betaworks' Vision For the Future of Online News | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:07 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| One of the most talked about companies for online news right now isn't a journalism outlet or a media conglomerate, but rather a small startup incubator and investor located in the heart of Manhattan's meatpacking district. Betaworks, which describes itself as "a company that builds companies," has been in the news a lot lately for acquiring and developing media properties.
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