Hello, fellow Mashables. It’s Conan O’Brien, and I’ve got big news. Two hours ago, I purchased Mashable.com. I’ve taken it over. Why did I take it over? Very simple reason. I’m sick and tired of scanning the Internet looking for any news about techno...
People love a good trolling, whether it's online or not, and there's nothing like a company having a bit of harmless fun at the expense of a few thousand customers. Whether it's a gag product or a fake movie trailer, when an April Fools' Day prank vi...
We love kids, we really do. We even have a few of our own. But that love is stretched awfully thin when they're kicking our seats on a redeye flight, screaming in our ears from coast to coast, or doing some of the other alarming and distracting thing...
Conan O'Brien has succeeded where others, especially Pete Cashmore, have failed: Conan has stolen the upcoming Apple iTV so he can bring it to his fellow Mashables. This is his hands-on report. SEE ALSO: Conan O’Brien Buys Mashable, Ousts Pete Cashmo...
Google has cooked up an idea it calls Gmail Tap, reinventing the QWERTY keyboard as we know it. The new text input system, announced in a blog post on April 1 (ahem, April Fool's Day), uses finger taps rather than keys in mobile Gmail. "Think about t...
You've probably thought long and hard about how to prank your best friend this April Fools' Day, but have you ever thought about where the silly holiday came from? This informational video by Jeremiah Warren reveals interesting facts about the histor...
Did you really think Google’s 8-Bit Google Maps "upgrade" was the only trick the company was going to pull for April Fools’ Day? Think again. Google has packed a boatload of faux product releases into the first day of April, even offering to help opt...
Tracy Cashman is a partner and general manager in the Information Technology division at Winter, Wyman. Find out more on the Winter, Wyman blog or follow on Twitter @WinterWyman. Everyone can use a little help with their resume, especially if they're...
Is Flickr taking the Instagram concept a step further? If you visit the photo sharing site today, you might think your photos have been tossed back to the primitive days of the 1980s. A quick click on an icon on the bottom right of a Flickr photo pag...
Who doesn't love a little April Fool's Day fun? Apparently, not Google News. The algorithmic aggregator of the web's top breaking headlines confused a spoof story for a serious one on Sunday morning, slating it in the page-view-driving top spot. Busi...
Social media has given us a voice we never could have imagined 20 years ago. We can easily share content online, free -- from inspiring images to our grandest hopes for the world. We can also use the social platform to whine like the spoiled brats we...
Where did that Facebook default profile picture come from, anyway? Mashable's Editor-in-Chief and Director of Cartoons Lance Ulanoff tracked down the origin of that ubiquitous and mysterious photo, revealing its humble beginnings....
It was yet another rip-roaring week in the tech world, with a huge batch of compelling innovations from which to choose. Undaunted, we narrowed it down to the most enticing 10. For instance, we found one of the world's most beautiful smartphones, we ...
Glasses for dogs? Just picture it. Or watch this video, where it will be brought to you in living color, showing off the latest fashion accessory for only the most hip-and-trendy doggies. You'll be happy to know they're available online, in a very sp...
Since tablets have burst into the ecommerce space in the last few years, they've drastically altered the online shopping experience. That's a good thing for retailers. Tablet users prefer to use tablets at home, an environment where they're more like...
Have a look at some of the top Mashable comments from this past week. Each week the community team at Mashable is on the lookout for thoughtful and insightful comments across Mashable's web presence. While there are always outstanding comments on Mas...
What’s coming next from Apple? The perennially secretive company doesn’t share much, but its patent applications can be an indicator of to expect in future products. The site Patently Apple spotted Apple’s patent filing for a 3D imaging camera that w...
When Fahim Saleh bought the domain name "prankdial.com," he fit the demographic one might expect: a high school boy in a small town, an occasional prankster and an Internet geek. The site ran a simple prank call service. Users entered a message, and ...
In our new series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the companies that are working to make a global impact. Using the power of digital, these five companies have empowered citizens in need, rewarded innovation and created uniqu...
Twitter is slow and it doesn't work on paper. What if you could change all that? Mashable's new CEO Conan O'Brien has developed a solution: Manual Tweets. They work ... on paper. Watch the video to see this astounding social media innovation for your...
Conan O'Brien has learned that, due to an unfortunate misunderstanding, he did not buy Mashable and oust CEO Pete Cashmore. Instead, he purchased a Mash TV fan site. He regrets the error and is returning Mashable to Pete Cashmore's control. SEE ALSO:...
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Apple's definitely the most popular girl at school. Fans and haters alike have created spoofs, mocking the widespread Apple advertisements that promote every new product. Whether the iPad, iPhone, ...
There's a massive telescope on the drawing board that hasn't even started construction yet, but when it's finished in 2024, it'll generate more data in a single day than the entire Internet. For scientists to ensure they'll be able to handle all that...
If you're looking for cash for school, then you may not have to look any further than your fellow alumni. Meet SoFi, a social lending service that lets alumni of a school help finance the education of future graduates and earn a bit of a return on th...
Apple -- a small company based in Cupertino, Calif., that makes technological devices -- is often featured on YouTube, a website that features many different videos uploaded by a lot of different people. If you've been wondering which advertisements ...
Give bacteria a bit of self-awareness and they can be smarter about producing biofuel. That's the conclusion from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley who report a genetic sensor that enables bacteria to adjust their gene expression ...
BMW has unveiled the third concept car from its i8 series of electric-gas hybrids: the i8 Spyder. The i8 Spyder is based on the i8 concept car which debuted in 2011, ditching the top and the back two seats, and perhaps some of the more radical ideas ...
It was a weekend where it was hard to tell what was real, if anything. In this time of springtime tomfoolery, we had to keep our wits about us here at Mashable HQ. All those pranks, mirth and merriment didn't keep us from our appointed rounds of find...
New York City is launching a better map for its 50 million annual tourists -- or at least one that makes it easier to patronize city businesses. A new iPhone map app from the city's official tourism center portrays businesses not as little red pins, ...
Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in the indie biographical movie about Apple's charismatic CEO, Variety reports. Matt Whiteley will write the script, and Joshua Michael Stern of Swing Vote fame will direct the movie, titled simply: Jobs. The produ...
