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• Is This Kickstarter Project the Future of Blogging?
  Ghost, an open-source blogging platform that hopes to shake up the personal publishing space, is nearing the end of its Kickstarter journey. Almost a month ago, Ghost launched with what seemed like an audacious goal: Raise £25,000 to help create a new web platform dedicated to publishing. To date, the project has raised £150,000 (that's $226,000 in U.S. […]
  Christina Warren
• 10 Cool Parade Moments to Celebrate Memorial Day
  Per tradition, Memorial Day in America is often observed with parades. Large or small, elaborate or simple, their purposes are always the same: to commemorate U.S. men and women who have died in military service We searched for some cool photos from across the country, like the one above taken at the Memorial Day Parade in Chicago, Ill., in 2006, and compile […]
  Eric Larson
• The Epic Journey Through Dieting
  To say that dieting is tough is quite the understatement. In fact, sometimes we go to great measures to overcome the temptation of deliciously unhealthy foods. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Josh Mecouch of Formal Sweatpants recasts Homer's epic poem The Odyssey in a very relatable way. Can you resist the siren song of saturated fats? […]
  Matt Petronzio
• Top 10 Tech This Week
  As we enjoy Memorial Weekend, we look back to another great week in the world of technology. And if you're wondering what happened in the last seven days, worry not — Top 10 Tech brings you a list of the most important techno-stories of the week. Undoubtedly, the biggest news of all was the much-anticipated unveiling and launch of the Microsoft Xbox One […]
  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
• How Hackers Stole $45 Million in Two Days
  It was a bank heist for the digital era: No masks, no weapons, no standoffs with police — just a few keyboards and an elaborate hacking plan. In two sprightly operations, on December 12, 2012, and February 19, 2013, an international team of hackers and thieves stole a collective $45 million from more than 5,000 ATMs across the world. Eight suspects were char […]
  Eric Larson
• How the Facebook Developer Platform Has Changed How We Use the Web
  To say the Facebook Developer Platform changed the web as we know it would be a dramatic understatement. Originally launching in 2007 as a tool for developers to build apps for the social network, six years later it has evolved into a whole lot more. Facebook has grown outside of the confines of Facebook.com and is not only a presence on many of the websites […]
  Emily Price
• Google Buzz Is About to Finally Buzz Off
  More than 18 months after announcing that it was shutting down Google Buzz, Google is taking the final steps in snuffing out the platform. According to an email sent to Buzz users, as of July 17, 2013, Google will remove the posts from its public servers and archive them to users Google Drive acounts. Google Buzz — for those of you who don't remember — […]
  Christina Warren