links for 2010-04-13

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• 6 Apps You Don't Want To Miss
  It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck — Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week Google launched its own streaming music service, and another music service got a new mode designed specifically to be used while driving. Airbnb […]
  Emily Price
• Controversial Video Campaign Sparks Conversation and Other Top Comments
  There are two sides to every story, even a viral video. In the top comments above, we've highlighted our readers' reactions to the contentious campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch. After the company's CEO Mike Jeffries publicly stated that he "doesn't want larger people shopping in his store," Greg Karber created a video in wh […]
  Jessica Fee
• 'Anchorman 2' Trailer Assembles the News Team Once Again
  The obscure members of the Channel 4 News Team have assembled in the first trailer for Anchorman 2, the sequel to 2004's popular comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Dubbed Anchorman: The Legend Continues, the flick hits theaters Dec. 20. Will Ferrell returns as anchorman Ron Burgundy alongside his misfit squad consisting of sportscaster Champ […]
  Brian Anthony Hernandez
• 8 Freaky Animals With Human Parts
  Many animals are so in tune with the human species, that it might freak you out. Dogs can sense danger or sadnessMonkeys can use iPads. Honey badgers are all, "IDGAF," and eating pistachios. SEE ALSO: 20 Animals So Ugly They're Cute If you think that's crazy, you haven't seen the worst of it. We took these animals to a whole new leve […]
  Christine Erickson
• Indiana Jones' Final Test for the Holy Grail
  In the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the title hero sets out to find the Holy Grail with only a diary and a map without any labels — and he has to find the grail before anyone else does. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Josh Mecouch of Formal Sweatpants shows us that there was an even more difficult final task than the one we […]
  Matt Petronzio
• Watch the 6-Second 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Homemade Vine Trailer
  Low-budget recreations of movie trailers are nothing new. We've seen plenty on YouTube, but one Star Trek Into Darkness fan this week leveraged Twitter's six-second video service, Vine, in a crafty way to imitate the new film's trailer Frank Danna of Texas spent three hours storyboarding scenes, cutting craft paper and filming his stop-motion […]
  Brian Anthony Hernandez
• Going Public Made Facebook a Much Better Company
  It's easy to forget how sky-high expectations were for the Facebook IPO. The day before the company went public, some investors reasonably assumed that by the close of the market, Facebook would be worth $140 billion since the average first-day pop for tech companies was 32% Forbes also urged investors to "Buy Early And Buy As Much As You Can. […]
  Todd Wasserman