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Apple Introduces New Reservation System for iPhone Purchases in China [VIDEO]
When the iPhone 4S first became available at Apple stores in China earlier this month, pandemonium ensued. Now, Apple has revealed a new way of hopefully safely being able to sell Apple’s newest mobile phone in the country. In mid-January, … Continue reading
Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week
All the data on Megaupload – legal or illegal – could be erased as soon as Thursday, Feb. 2, the Associated Press reports. The file storage website hires outside companies – Carpathia Hosting Inc. and Cogent Communications Group Inc – … Continue reading
Top Twitter Photos from the 2012 Presidential Campaign
Republican Presidential candidates have expanded their campaigns into the digital realm and documented their journeys to today’s Florida primary with photos posted on Twitter and Instagram. All four of the remaining Republican candidates, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick … Continue reading
Groupon is a Star in CBS Pilot — But in the Wrong City [VIDEO]
Working at Groupon is now cliche enough to work as the setting of a TV pilot. CBS picked up a pilot for a new sitcom called Friend Me. The conceit is about two twenty-something best friends who move from Illinois … Continue reading
Turn Your Facebook Timeline Into a Movie
A browser tool launched Monday transforms content from your Facebook Timeline into a fast-paced movie. In what will surely incite a roller coaster of flashbacks, Timeline Movie Maker from marketing agency Definition 6 lets you become a filmmaker with the … Continue reading
Bill Would Make Cellphone Carriers Disclose Tracking Software
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) released a draft of a cellphone privacy bill Monday that would require providers to tell subscribers if tracking software was installed on their mobile device. The Mobile Device Privacy Act (MDPA) is a response to the … Continue reading
British Tourists Barred From Entering U.S. Over Tweet About ‘Destroying America’ [VIDEO]
Leigh Van Bryan claims his tweets about “destroying America” and digging up Marilyn Monroe’s grave were jokes, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security isn’t laughing. The British man and his friend, Emily Bunting, who flew to Los Angeles for … Continue reading
The Swarm: Short Horror Film Made Entirely on Phones [VIDEO]
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. The Swarm is all about shallow breathing, heavy petting and Xperia smartphones. The short horror film, shot entirely on Sony’s Xperia Arc S phones, follows … Continue reading
Who’s Winning? The Most-Shared Super Bowl Ads So Far
We’ve just entered the Year of the Dragon, but Super Bowl 2012 is shaping up to be the Year of the Dog. No less than five of the ads featured in Unruly‘s list of Super Bowl ads with the most … Continue reading
Face-Detection Program Ranks Senators with the Biggest Smiles [VIDEO]
Adopting Face.com‘s face-detection algorithm, a new program called Congressmiles analyzes the smiles of a group of people. His guinea pigs for the project: U.S. senators. Dan Nguyen, a developer at ProPublica, created the program by incorporating the Sunlight Congress API, … Continue reading
