Baby elephant Navann here is just having the time of his life. No cares, no worries, he's just a little kid and wants to play in some mud. The energetic pachyderm does more slipping and sliding than actual standing in those mud baths but seems to be ...
The Jaws theme song reminded Oscar winners on Sunday to hurry up and end their acceptance speeches during the 85th Academy Awards broadcast on Sunday. The orchestra played the ominous music as a forthright cue that inspired significant -- and hilario...
Just when you thought it was dead, the "Harlem Shake" meme rides again! LeBron James and his Miami Heat have made their own rendition, and it's quite solid.
A 360-degree panoramic photo of London comes in at a record 320-gigapixel resolution.
Flip through this amazing collection of photos -- under the theme "Follow Me" -- by Instagram user Murad Osmann.
An unveiling of some, uh, creative new Adidas basketball uniforms Thursday was widely -- and hilariously -- panned by the online peanut gallery.
It started with one cup when you were 17 years old. You probably didn't like the bitter taste, but you just needed a boost to finish that sociology paper before your 8 a.m. class. Nowadays, you finish your second cup of coffee before even stepping fo...
Facebook is testing a new Timeline design. Currently live in New Zealand, the new look brings a slimmed down toolbar to the top of profile pages and repositions other content. First spotted by The Next Web, we had a friend in New Zealand grab some sc...
The behind-the-scenes impact of Uber on the taxi industry and AirBnB on the hospitality trade are just two ways startups have innovated stagnant markets.
J.J. Abrams might have been tasked with bringing the Star Wars characters back to life on the silver screen, but artist Andy Stattmiller is trying to shrink the whole franchise. Stattmiller has created an entire set of nesting dolls replicating the g...
After being drummed out of the U.S. two years ago, the parent company of several of the internet's biggest online gaming sites is looking to reestablish itself with a brick-and-mortar toehold on the Jersey shore. Even before New Jersey Gov. Chris Chr...
Sometimes a smiley just isn't enough. If you've ever wanted to send a sound to express anger or delight -- or you just love cat noises -- the creators of TeleSound have got you covered. TeleSound, a portable sound messenger, allows people to send mor...
Mobile security startup PassBan offers smartphone owners a slew of authentication options—including one you can wear.
Jeana Lee Tahnk is a high-tech PR consultant and writer who focuses on technology and parenting. She pens the Screen Play technology blog for Parenting Magazine and also writes for Cool Mom Tech and more. If your kid asked if he could watch TV or pla...
Nars, whose last social media campaign managed to generate not-insignificant interest in a new cosmetics collection without giving away free product, is hoping to do the same with its next campaign -- this time, on Pinterest instead of Facebook. Nars...
Eating healthy is a difficult task. These hilarious comics from Toothpaste For Dinner show us the wrong ways to diet.
Nellie Akalp is a passionate entrepreneur, small business advocate and mother of four. As CEO of CorpNet.com, a legal document filing service, Nellie helps entrepreneurs start a business, incorporate, form an LLC or set up sole proprietorships (DBAs)...
Despite making up more than half of U.S. degree earners and roughly half of the U.S. workforce, women comprise less than one-quarter of STEM (science technology engineering and mathematics) professionals. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce,...
The Federal Communications Commission will investigate a recent legal ban on unlocking cellphones, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a recent interview. The "ban raises competition concerns; it raises innovation concerns," Genachowski told Tech...
The private spaceflight company SpaceX is counting down to launch an unmanned space capsule to the International Space Station today, and you can watch the blastoff live online with two official webcasts. SpaceX is on track to launch a Falcon 9 rocke...
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Here are the top stories today. Groupon ousted founder and CEO Andrew Mason Thursday afternoon, following a disa...
Gifted dance music master Robert Delong will perform at Mashable's SXSWi party on Sunday, March 10 at Speakeasy in Austin, Texas. Recently featured on Mashable and voted one of MTV's Artists to Watch, Delong is making a splash in the digital world an...
Groupon's fourth quarter earnings appear to have been the last straw for CEO Andrew Mason, who was ousted from his post on Thursday. Mason's dismissal came the morning after the company reported its results, so there's an obvious causation. But how b...
There are tens of millions of iPads in circulation. But what are people using them for? Conan O'Brien didn't pull any punches with this parody ad for Apple's tablet. The joke: Apple has released a "more honest" ad that shows what users actually do wi...
Calling all digital Dr. Doolittles: It's time to start talking with the animals online. A consortium of great brains and famous names launched what it's calling the "Interspecies Internet" at the TED conference in Long Beach Thursday night. Their goa...
Congratulations come in all shapes and sizes. For college graduation or a wedding you receive cards from friends and family, when your city's professional sports team wins finals you might have a parade. But professional success celebrations require ...
Private spaceflight company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket today from the Cape Canaveral Air Force. See it in photos here.
Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI took the almost-unprecedented step of retiring from the papacy and became "Pope Emeritus," the Vatican posted a 60-page photo album -- that's entirely in Comic Sans. The album is chock full of papal photos from Vatican...
The Harlem Shake phenomenon, despite many attempts to stop it in its tracks or to point out that it has nothing to do with the original dance, is still going strong on YouTube. Workplaces and dorm rooms around the world are still uploading thousands ...
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket, but its Dragon capsule suffered a glitch that will delay its rendezvous with the International Space Station.
