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'The Walking Dead' Season Finale a Boon For Advertisers

The third season finale of AMC's hit show, The Walking Dead airs Sunday night, and although it's going head-to-head against the third series premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones, viewers are expected to tune into the show en masse. The Walking Dead isn'...

15 Geeky Easter Eggs You'll Want to Poach

If the Internet was a hen, these are the types of eggs she would lay. These "Geakster eggs," if you will, are the result of some pretty festive nerds at the peak of their Easter spirit. Who knew a Doctor Who tardis would look so fine as an oval? And ...

10 Creative Ways to Use Your Favorite Running App

If running is a staple of your regular workout routine, odds are you have a favorite smartphone app to run alongside you. Whether it's RunKeeper, Nike+ or MapMyRun, you use mobile technology to measure your distance, pace and speed, and to push yours...

Surprise! Even Teens Love Jennifer Lawrence

In the eyes of media and fans, Jennifer Lawrence can do no wrong. The Hunger Games star fell while accepting her Best Actress Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony last month, but managed to recover gracefully. She then effortlessly charmed reporters ...

'True Blood' Teaser Reveals a Bloody Season 6

HBO is gearing up to debut season six of its vampire series, True Blood, and the network released a titillating teaser to fire up fans. Posted to YouTube on Saturday, the 30-second promo features plenty of blood and gore, with stars Anna Paquin (as S...

This Week's Biggest Moments in 27 Photos

This week was filled with photo-worthy events. With Spring underway, butterflies emerged from their chrysalises in the "Sensational Butterflies" exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London. The world's number one chess player was also seen compet...

Did Da Vinci Invent Google Glass?

Leonardo Da Vinci, the 15th-century Renaissance man, is credited with envisioning or outright inventing hundreds of modern-day devices; facsimiles of everything from a machine gun to parachutes and even today's helicopter can be found in his detailed...

Sony Launches Headphones for Cats on April Fools' Day

Can pets be as gadget-obsessed as their human masters? Sony imagines a world where dogs, cats and hamsters can get in on the latest tech trends with its Animalia line of products -- including a doggie TV and cat headphones -- that are designed for a ...

8 ThinkGeek Products We Wish Were Real

Nerdy novelty site ThinkGeek certainly gets in the holiday spirit. The ecommerce retailer prepares April Fools' Day pranks every year, yet despite its tradition, customers keep falling prey over and over again. SEE ALSO: 7 Pranks You Should Probably ...

'Dash' Wirelessly Monitors Your Driving

Update: Drive With Dash's Kickstarter campaign has been taken down due to an intellectual property dispute. Another automotive device company has trademarked the name "Dash" with a smart car app for real-time diagnostics. Smartphones are extensions o...

Google Nose Harnesses Your Sense of Smell for Search

First, Google pranked its users by claiming to shut down YouTube; then, the search giant introduced old-school "Treasure Maps." But its pièce de résistance for this year's April Fools' Day has got to be Google Nose. Currently in beta, the new feature...

Google Revolutionizes Its Email Service by Introducing Gmail Blue

Google has added another prank to its April Fools' Day playbook by introducing a colorful change to Gmail. Called Gmail Blue, the search giant's latest effort to revolutionize its email service is as simple as it sounds: to make Gmail the color blue....

AT&T; Says It Has an 'Exclusive' on the 64GB HTC One in the U.S.

If you're in the U.S. and looking for a bit of extra storage on your HTC One, AT&T might be your destination. The nation's second-largest wireless provider has announced it will get an "exclusive" 64GB version of HTC's next-flagship. In a video on it...

The Pirate Bay Moves Servers to the U.S., Becomes Freedom Bay

After trying its luck to North Korea, the world's largest BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, has announced it has moved its servers to the U.S. "We have worked closely with the awesome american government to establish a strong military graded server...

Hands-On With The Week's Top Apps

It was an interesting week for apps. This week Flipboard updated to version 2.0, adding a number of new features in the process, and Evernote updated its app for Android, adding support for the Evernote-branded Moleskine notebook. A new app by Smule ...

Google's Treasure Map and Other News You Need to Know

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. Today, we're looking at several particularly interesting stories. It's April Fools day, and companies around the...

Tesla Turns First Profit

It only took a decade, but Tesla is finally profitable. Tesla announced late Sunday that it achieved profitability in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time in its history after posting better than expected sales of the Model S sedan. The compa...

7 Kickstarter Gaming Sensations: Where Are They Now?

If you’ve crowdfunded anything before, chances are you’ve faced the Kickstarter catch-22: When a campaign earns enough hype (and consequently, a ton of backers), there’s inevitably a lengthy wait ahead of you. SEE ALSO: 10 Best Strategy Games for And...

Students to Free Subscriptions to Popular VPN Client Hotspot Shield

Students in the UK and the United States will be able to get AnchorFree's popular virtual private network (VPN) client Hotspot Shield for free, as long as they have a ".edu" or ".ac.uk" email address. The company launched the promotion on Monday, and...

iPad Mini Denied Trademark in U.S.

Apple loves to slap a patent on everything, but it looks like it won't be receiving trademark for the phrase "iPad mini".

Toshiba Unveils Game Console That Measures Anger

The game console wars just got way more interesting with the debut of the Toshiba Shibasphere, which stands out from competitors with some novel features, including the ability to measure -- and compensate for -- user frustration. Sound ridiculous? T...

South Korea and United States Are Planning Cyberwar Scenarios

Military allies South Korea and the United States are working together to develop cyberwarfare scenarios in response to escalating threats from North Korea, South Korean media is reporting. South Korea will also be increasing the number of cyberwarfa...

Kid President Stars in White House April Fools Prank

The White House has employed the motivational talents of Kid President for its April Fools Day prank. The official White House YouTube channel released a video Monday morning titled "A Special Message From the President," but instead of Barack Obama,...

Where Does April Fools' Day Originate?

Despite having no official recognition, April 1 has long been celebrated as a day to celebrate, well, foolishness to be exact. More specifically, April Fools’ Day is about making other people look stupid with practical jokes. As dearly as we hold the...

'New York Times' Kicks Off Poetry Month With Haiku Tumblr

April Fools' Day and the first day of National Poetry Month happen to share the same date, and the team at The New York Times came up with a side project that seems to celebrate both -- or does it? The media giant started a new Tumblr on Monday calle...