If you’re a Verizon Galaxy S III user, then the carrier has the perfect holiday gift for you: the latest version of Android. Galaxy S III smartphones on Verizon will be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Friday. Jelly Bean brings a number of new feat...
The electric guitar has become a staple in jazz, rock and pop music. Today, many of us couldn't even imagine our favorite tunes without the influences of Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and countless others -- and who could forget ho...
Kindle, Nook or iPad? That's the question nearly every American consumer asks himself after deciding to purchase (or gift) an e-reader. E-ink readers are smaller, lighter, faster and cheaper than they were when Amazon introduced its first $399 Kindle...
Amazon's Instant Video app, previously available only on the iPad, is now also available for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app lets Prime members freely access over 30,000 titles from Amazon's Prime Instant Video service. Titles include movies such ...
Gathering census data is essential to understanding how a population connects to a particular geographical space. The U.S. requires thousands of agents to complete one census every 10 years. In 2012, however, one young Swedish man took it upon himsel...
Google has launched a new extension for Chrome called "Save to Drive," enabling users to save web content to their Google Drive. After installing the extension, users will get an additional icon in Chrome, letting them save an image, an entire page o...
Bing rolled out a new design for its social sidebar feature Tuesday, an update it hopes will make finding friends relevant to your search easier to do based on what those people have shared on the web. “At Bing, we realize that sometimes the most use...
Intel will be ready to produce its next-generation mobile processors at high volumes in 2013, the company said at an industry conference yesterday. The new chips will use Intel's 22-nanometer technology, already present in current PCs and Macs. It's ...
If your child has his or her own smartphone -- or he or she just loves borrowing yours to play the latest games -- the Federal Trade Commission is advising caution. The FTC found in a recent report that developers who make apps specifically geared to...
Ready to daydream about leaving your desk job? Bing has revealed its 10 most fan-favorited homepage image picks of the year, and believe us, they are beauties. If you've ever visited Bing.com, you know it carefully handpicks stunning images to grace ...
Using a series of cautionary (and hilarious) YouTube videos, Google Analytics shows examples of poor web design and digital marketing -- but in real life. Specifically, the service counsels companies on landing-page optimization, site search (see vid...
In the past, schools and cellphones didn't mix. Teachers saw them as a distraction, and many schools banned their use in the classroom. But in the wake of school shootings over the past 13 years, school districts are beginning to change their policie...
The U.K. is now a global leader in the mobile market, with its residents who consume more data on their phones or tablets than any other country, according to an Ofcom report on mobile use. The U.K. uses 424 megabytes of data each month -- a 60% hike...
Forty years and one day ago, December 14 at 5:54:37 p.m. EST, humans left the moon for the last time. But how did the two men who made that departure -- taking their last small steps, their last great leaps from the lunar surface -- mark that occasio...
Dropbox updated its iOS app on Friday with a whole new look and feel. The cloud-based file service -- which now boasts more than 100 million users -- has given its apps for iPhone and iPad a fresh coat of paint. While the app hasn't gained many new f...
If you think about it, the electric car is an incredible act of deception. Sure, the vehicles may look pretty much exactly like the sedans that have filled our roads for the past hundred years, but once you scrape away the shell, their streamlined el...
Microsoft's Julie Larson-Green says data collected from Windows 8 users suggests people are adjusting well to the radical departure from previous designs....
The Internet's little engine that could: the GIF. Many have claimed that this outdated animated loop of images has long outlived its shelf life. Yet the GIF is still looping through our social feeds, serving as punchlines, political statements and wo...
U.K. mobile provider EE has announced the availability of two new tablets: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE and Google Nexus 7. The Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE starts at £99 with a two-year plan, which costs £36 per month and includes 8GB of monthly data. Optio...
We're glad to see Google Maps back on iOS, and so is Sacha Greif, a Kyoto-based designer, coder and entrepreneur who points out the subtle excellence in the new app that rolled out for iOS Wednesday night. He likes its style: Google has carried over ...
Ever want to play cards and don't have a deck? A new app called Bold Poker turns your mobile devices into playing cards....
Fresh off the Samsung commercial featuring a wife beaming a suggestive video to her husband before a business trip, the manufacturer has rolled out another ad with a bit of a suggestive theme. But this time, it's Mrs. Claus getting herself on naughty...
With 10 days until Christmas, for many this is the final stretch of the gift-buying season. As the stakes get higher for you, Mashable has focused our coverage to bring you all the best gift ideas from around the Internet. During the past week, we've...
If you're a fan of Seinfeld, type "Festivus" into Google for a search results surprise "for the rest of us." Google is known for hiding visual messages in its search when certain keywords are used, such as "Christmas," "Hanukkah," "Kwanzaa" and "let ...
A vulnerability in different versions of Microsoft's widely used browser Internet Explorer can allow hackers to track the movements of your mouse. This can potentially reveal sensitive data introduced via virtual keyboards, which are used precisely t...
OpenPlans, the group behind a transit app called Joyride, is ending production and reimbursing its Kickstarter backers....
Photos of RIM's first handset that will run BlackBerry 10 -- the company's next operating system, which is scheduled for release in early 2013 -- landed on a Vietnamese forum this week. If the 18 photos of the device on tinhte.vn are to be believed, ...
The holiday season is a time for giving back to others; and a time best spent with family and friends. But it is also a time to get the gadget or device you have been dropping hints about for months. For those who are looking to get a new laptop, the...
The second-generation iPad mini will have a higher-resolution display than the current tablet, a new rumor suggests....
Microsoft has expanded its Windows Phone App Store to 37 new countries around the world, mostly in Africa and Asia. The full list of new countries receiving the App Store is as follows: Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Camer...
