| Spider-Man's New Suit Has Built-in MP3 Player | | The cost to be Spider-Man may have gotten a little steeper, after details about Spidey's new suit reveal some high-tech additions. Entertainment Weekly interviewed the team behind Amazing Spider-Man 2, including costume designer Deborah Lynn-Scott, to see how the blue-and-red suit has evolved since 2012's Amazing Spider-Man. For example, Scott said she wanted our hero's web shooters to have a built-in MP3 player.
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| New Selling Point for Gadgets Is How Quiet They Are | | Noise pollution costs Europe $30.8 billion a year. It increases blood pressure, shortens lives, reduces office productivity by 66%, interferes with learning and concentration and — along with open-plan offices — has contributed to a boom in headphone sales. The UK's Noise Abatement Society, an advocacy group for combating "antisocial noise," has responded with a new certification for quiet consumer goods, known as the Quiet Mark.
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| Does This Infographic About 'Little Things' Confirm the HTC One Mini? | | Rumor has it that HTC is building a smaller version of its flagship Android smartphone, the HTC One. And while HTC hasn't addressed any reports directly, the company just released an infographic called "Little Things That Pack a Big Punch," which hints that something may indeed be in the works.
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| K-Pop YouTube Views Triple in Past Year Thanks to 'Gangnam Style' | | YouTube views of Korean artists have surged in the year since "Gangnam Style" debuted last July, the video-streaming service announced Monday. Data compiled by YouTube indicates that videos featuring K-pop — short for "Korean pop" — have tripled. The graph, below, shows a large spike in views after "Gangnam Style" was posted online.
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| Ola Ray's Tribute to Michael Jackson is Thrillingly Odd | | It's hard to forget Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video from 1983. During the video, Jackson woos a young Ola Ray with his flashy dance moves and that iconic red leather jacket. But it's even harder to forget this tribute music video Ray recently released.
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| The World's Tiniest 3D Jigsaw Puzzle | | 12:32:41 AM | Discovery News |
| Puzzles that comprise pieces the size of sand grains have debuted at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. These puzzle pieces haven't been designed to frustrate jigsaw puzzle lovers but, rather, to demonstrate a new process for reducing the size of injection molds. It may sound esoteric, but it's a precise process used on making things from jet engine parts to LEGO bricks.
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| 23 Songs All About Money and Wealth | | It's all about the Benjamins, baby. Much of the criticism surrounding Jay-Z's new record Magna Carta Holy Grail pointed to Jay-Z's insistence on continuing to rap about his wealth. This was exacerbated by the controversial Samsung deal that earned him $5 million and RIAA's platinum certification (thanks to its new rules) before the record was even on physical or digital shelves.
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| Classy Goat Wines and Dines in Amazingly Weird Video | | Monday, July 15, 2013 11:57 PM | Allison Reiber |
| We all deserve to treat ourselves sometimes. In this video, Jemima the Goat dines on an elegant spread of apples and red wine, while reading — okay, chewing — the "Motoring" section of the daily paper. Jemima clearly isn't very interested in motor vehicles, but at least she can enjoy her personal time without anyone butting in.
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| 9 Real Events More Freakish Than 'Sharknado' | | Monday, July 15, 2013 11:29 PM | Discovery News |
| Just because we've eliminated the possibility of a Sharknado doesn't mean that similar, strange events in the weather and the animal kingdom don't occur.
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| Is This the First Vine Album? | | Monday, July 15, 2013 10:58 PM | Marissa Cetin |
| Via eight Vine videos, Scottish musician Aidan John Moffat released a new album, The Eternalist. Moffat realizes this may not be an album in the "strictest sense," but a perk of the non-traditional format is Vine's endless looping, allowing the listener to decide how long the record is and creating a different, customizable listening experience. See also: 35 Ways Musicians and Music Brands Are Using Twitter's Vine App Using his L.
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| Universal Music Reviving Vinyls With Crowdfunding Service | | Monday, July 15, 2013 10:34 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Forget digital music files or streaming services: Vinyl is back. Well, it's re-emerging at least for fans of Universal Music's catalog of albums. UVinyl — Universal Music's vinyl branch — is developing a "crowd-funded vinyl service" that will release limited-edition records of old "deleted" albums if there's enough demand.
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| What If Your Smartphone Could Bend Into a Smart Watch? | | Monday, July 15, 2013 9:59 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| As technology advances, the list of gadgets we own grows longer: laptops, music players, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and Google Glass — it's endless. Now, with the buzz around smart watches, you may be wondering whether you want yet another gadget to charge, sync and carry around. Earlier this year, South Korean designer Jeabyun Yeon showcased his concept for a bendable smartphone that could transform into a watch.
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| Writing a Novel Is Easier Than You Think | | Monday, July 15, 2013 9:00 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Ever had an amazing idea for a novel, but dismissed it because you thought writing an entire book would just be way too time-consuming? Well, you've probably already written that book ... by accident ... on Twitter. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, John Kovalic of Dork Tower shows us that Twitter feeds may be the modern-day novel. Comic illustration by John Kovalic, Dork Tower.
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| IMDb's Mobile App Now Supports Movie Ticket Purchases | | Monday, July 15, 2013 8:48 PM | Emily Price |
| Now you can buy movie tickets from directly within IMDb’s mobile app. Starting Monday, users in the United States can purchase movie tickets from Fandango by selecting the theater and time of choice from within the IMDb app. SEE ALSO: Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time Monday’s update is not restricted to theater purchases, also bringing support for DVD and Blu-ray discs purchases of your favorite movies and television shows.
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| 'Sharknado' Was Not the Hottest Show on Twitter Last Week | | Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Although the Sharknado storm ravaged the Twitterverse last week, global information and measurement company Nielsen just revealed — perhaps contrary to popular belief — that the Syfy original movie was not the top social TV program last week. It was VH1's Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta that stole the throne for the week of July 8.
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| Report: Microsoft Surface Smart Watch Will Launch in 2014 | | Monday, July 15, 2013 7:30 PM | Emily Price |
| It looks like Microsoft may be close to completing its own Surface-branded smart watch. Sources inside the Redmond-based company told AmongTech that prototypes of the smart watch are reportedly already being used by some Microsoft employees.
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| Stunning Freefall Sends 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' Trailer Soaring | | Monday, July 15, 2013 7:11 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Taming fan anxiety over the long wait until How to Train Your Dragon 2 comes out in 2014, DreamWorks Animation released a beautiful trailer for the fantasy film. The teaser shows main character Hiccup dismount his airborne dragon, Toothless, and dive through the clouds. The movie is the second part of the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, which hit the silver screen in 2010.
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| Fandoms Show Support for 'Glee' Community on Tumblr | | Monday, July 15, 2013 6:57 PM | Gabe Bergado |
| While scrolling through her Tumblr dashboard late Saturday night, Natasha Cougoule came across a post about Cory Monteith's death. She initially thought it was a hoax, until she checked the facts and realized it was true. Cougoule is active in the Sherlock, Doctor Who and Harry Potter fandoms online.
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| Edward Snowden, Nobel Prize Winner? | | Monday, July 15, 2013 6:21 PM | Chris Taylor |
| He may not have a passport, or a home address beyond Terminal F in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. But NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden does at least have a shot at winning the Nobel Peace Prize, it emerged Monday. Getting a Nobel Peace Prize nomination isn't the most difficult thing in the world.
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| Reddit Grants Cancer Patient's Wish for Pizza | | Monday, July 15, 2013 5:43 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Lauren Hammersley's 2-year-old daughter Hazel was diagnosed in April with Stage 3 neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. One day, in the hospital, Hammersley taped a message to her daughter's window: "SEND PIZZA RM 4112." See also: Father Photographs Daughter's 3-Year Battle With Cancer The message went viral on Saturday, when Redditor ashortstorylong posted a photo of Hazel's hospital window sign on Reddit.
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| 'We Are Not Trayvon Martin' Tumblr Opens Dialogue on White Privilege | | Monday, July 15, 2013 5:43 PM | Allison Reiber |
| "I will never be Trayvon Martin. Look at me. I am a white man from New York. I wear boat shoes and white T-shirts," reads the first post of We Are Not Trayvon Martin, added to Tumblr on Sunday. The Tumblr was created in response to Saturday's controversial acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.
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| Astronaut Ron Garan Joins Social Good Summit | | Monday, July 15, 2013 4:48 PM | Casey Brown |
| The speakers roster for Social Good Summit — a three-day conference exploring how digital technology is impacting the world for good — is filling up fast. The Social Good Summit partners are hard at work planning sessions that address all of the world's greatest challenges, and feature some of the brightest minds in digital and social good.
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| New Steve Jobs Movie Trailer Arrives Exclusively on Instagram | | Monday, July 15, 2013 4:30 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| A trailer for Jobs, the indie film about the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, has debuted on Instagram. Similar to The Wolverine trailer that premiered on rival video-sharing service Vine in May, studio Open Road Films created the Jobs trailer specifically for the platform.
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| Hackers Convert Verizon Device Into Mobile Spy Stations | | Monday, July 15, 2013 4:18 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| You don't need to be the National Security Agency to spy on Americans' cellphone calls and messages. You only need to hack into a cellphone signal-boosting device that Verizon sells for $250 — and you can intercept all communications coming from a nearby phone. Two security researchers, or white-hat hackers, have discovered that the devices — called femtocells, or network extenders — can be easily hacked and turned into spying stations.
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