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• Google Glass Photographer Makes Picture-Taking Awkward
  With its efficient picture-taking capabilities, Google Glass could revolutionize photography — but not necessarily for the better, as one video shows The nearly two-minute video follows a Google Glass photographer taking pictures that would be routine when using DSLR or point-and-shoot cameras. When using the high-tech specs, however, things get awkward and […]
  Anita Li
• Who Are the 3 Big Winners in the Smartphone Market?
  Benedict Evans, a consultant at UK-based research firm Enders Analysis, has a great post describing the market for smartphones (and phones more broadly) in three charts and about 600 words. Admirable economy! Let me try to compress the argument even further. If one looks at profits, only two companies make a substantial amount of money: Apple and Samsung. (C […]
  The Atlantic
• Yahoo's Design Chief Leaves Company
  It's been a big week for Yahoo. The company purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion, rolled out a major update to Flickr and reportedly put in a bid for Hulu. On top of all that, it also lost its senior vice-president of user-experience design. Tim Parsey, who joined the company in 2011, has left, as first reported by AllThingsD. Before Yahoo, Parsey held pos […]
  Christina Warren
• The Truth About Company-Owned Gadgets
  A 2011 study found that one in six mobile devices has fecal matter on it as a result of bringing them into the bathroom, but does that include company-owned gadgets, too? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies shows us that we should be wary of the communal gadgets at work. "Employees Must Wash Hands" has b […]
  Matt Petronzio
• Wikileaks Documentary Attacks Assange, Excuses Manning
  Julian Assange is a villain, Bradley Manning is a hero: That is the message of We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, a new documentary now showing in theaters nationwide. We Steal Secrets opens with the story of "WANK," a prank-worm that hit NASA in 1989. It did no damage and was unrelated to Wikileaks — though the film infers it was tied to a […]
  Alex Fitzpatrick
• 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