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• App Delivers 'Virtual Placebo' to Improve Your Health
  by Eric Larson on May 17@19:03
  Health Videos Apps Software Mobile Newsy Researchers from PlaceboEffect.com are raising funds through Indiegogo to create an app that administers a virtual placebo. No pills, no doctors — just pictures. Here's how it works: You begin the...
• Learn About Overfishing With This Interactive Web Aquarium
  by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on May 17@18:08
  Dev Design Us World World The human race has had a profound effect on the planet. Unfortunately, it hasn't always been positive. One of the overlooked issues we've caused is overfishing. By fishing too much, we have...
• Manager Uses Urban Dictionary to Defend UFC Fighter's Gay Twitter Slur
  by Sam Laird on May 17@17:53
  Ufc Entertainment Sports This isn't exactly your textbook bit of damage control PR UFC fighter Nate Diaz (above) was suspended by the mixed martial arts body on Thursday night for earlier in the week using a gay slur against...
• Report: Yahoo Board to Meet Sunday to Mull $1.1 Billion Tumblr Purchase
  by Todd Wasserman on May 17@17:21
  Yahoo Tumblr Marissa Mayer David Karp Business Yahoo looks to be very seriously eyeing a Tumblr acquisition, according to a report from AllThingsD The tech blog is reporting that the Yahoo board plans to meet Sunday to mull a $1.1 billion...
• Nintendo Will Get Revenue From All YouTube Videos Featuring its IP
  by Chelsea Stark on May 17@16:51
  Youtube Gaming Nintendo Video Games Entertainment Nintendo will collect revenue from fan-made YouTube videos that feature content from its games, according to a statement by the company. That means any time someone uploads a walkthrough or "let's...
• Wi-Fi Network Breaks Speed Record
  by Discovery News on May 17@16:40
  Wi Fi Tech Gadgets Mobile Speed Record Think your network is fast? Getting a gigagbyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat. Now there's a network that can push a 2-hour,...
• 'Bang With Friends' Gets Booted From App Store
  by Christina Warren on May 17@16:06
  Apple App Store Tech Mobile Bang With Friends We might need to call it "Banned With Friends." A week after debuting the new mobile client for anonymous friend banging, the iOS version of Bang With Friends (BWF) was removed from the App Store by...
• Robot Alarm Clock Dances by Your Bedside
  by Vignesh Ramachandran on May 17@15:57
  Robots Robot Kickstarter Alarm Clocks Alarm Clock If you've tried every alarm clock app and gadget under the sun but waking up on time still proves difficult, a beside companion that dances and talks might do the trick. No, it's not a human, it's a...
• Does Tumblr Lose Its Cool If It's Acquired?
  by Christina Warren on May 17@15:27
  Yahoo Tumblr Opinion Business Startups In the news business, when you start seeing enough reports about something, it usually means that at least part of those reports are true. That's why the media and tech worlds are in such a tizzy...
• Google Glass Stole the Show at Google I/O 2013
  by Pete Pachal on May 17@14:58
  Google Google Io Tech Google Glass Google made a lot of announcements in its marathon keynote to kick off Google I/O on Wednesday, but its most buzzed-about product was almost a no-show at the eventGoogle Glass barely got a mention,...
• Air Force Expects iPad Deployment to Save $50 Million Over 10 Years
  by TabTimes on May 17@14:38
  Air Force Ipad Apple Ipad Mobile Us World The U.S. Air Force is expecting to save a serious amount of cash as a result of deploying 18,000 iPads. With the iPads brought in to replace heavy, paper-bound flight manuals, a spokesman for the Air...
• Twitter, NBA Team up for In-Stream Video Replays
  by Sam Laird on May 17@14:11
  Twitter Nba Business Media Sports If there was ever any question that sports are one of Twitter's hottest, most passion-inducing topics, this week should have put those doubts to rest The microblogging network on Friday announced a...
• MetroPCS Abandons FCC Net Neutrality Suit
  by Alex Fitzpatrick on May 17@13:55
  Net Neutrality Fcc T Mobile Us World Politics MetroPCS dropped its lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules Friday, leaving Verizon the FCC's sole legal opponent in the case. T-Mobile purchased MetroPCS...
• Yahoo to Hold News Conference Amid Tumblr Acquisition Rumors
  by Samantha Murphy on May 17@13:45
  Yahoo Tumblr Marissa Mayer Business Media Following rumors that Yahoo is in talks to buy blogging platform Tumblr for an estimated $1 billion, the company has sent members of the press invitations to a mysterious event it is holding next...
• NBA Star J.R. Smith: 'I'm Not Worried About Instagram'
  by Sam Laird on May 17@13:27
  Nba Entertainment Sports Jr Smith With his New York Knicks locked in a back-and-forth NBA playoff showdown against the Indiana Pacers, struggling offensive specialist and enfant terrible of the social web J.R. Smith has a message for...
• Watch Steve Aoki's New Music Video Featuring Ray Kurzweil
  by Todd Olmstead on May 17@13:10
  Music Music Video Entertainment Video Electronic musician Steve Aoki is a self-professed "Apple geek" and otherwise a big fan of technology. For his new music video for the track "Singularity," which Mashable is presenting for the first...
• Where to Find Mashable at Internet Week New York
  by Trevor Gowan on May 17@12:43
  Internet Week Internet Week Ny Social Media For one week in May, 45,000 Internet professionals come together in NYC to celebrate Internet business and culture at more than 400 events for Internet Week New York 2013, from May 20 to 27Mashable...
• Instabeat Is Google Glass and Nike FuelBand for Swimmers
  by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on May 17@12:30
  Fitness Wearable Tech Tech Gadgets Health Fitness Wearable gizmos are the next frontier in the world of technology. And fitness trackers like Fitbit or Nike+ FuelBand already give runners a great way to track their workouts. But what about...
• When Will Humans Upload Their Brains to Computers?
  by Discovery News on May 17@12:16
  Science Artificial Intelligence Science Fiction Computers Brain In the new techno-thriller Upload, a young computer scientist with a sketchy past and distrust of society decides to take the ultimate leap forward by scanning his brain and uploading his memories,...
• Baseball Game Stunt Leads to Moving Father-Daughter Reunion
  by Sam Laird on May 17@11:51
  Viral Videos Mlb Entertainment Videos Sports Military family reunion videos are always a hit with Internet-goers happy to add some good feels to what may be an otherwise boring days. This one, however, puts a new — and especially heart-warming...
• Reporter Crowdfunds Alleged Footage of Mayor Smoking Crack
  by Alex Fitzpatrick on May 17@11:21
  Canada Crowdfunding Toronto Us World World Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is denying the reported existence of camera-phone footage showing him partaking in crack cocaine. How is that video not online yet, you ask? Gawker's John Cook posted a story...
• Google Offers Makes Its Way to Google+
  by Samantha Murphy on May 17@11:06
  Google Google Offers Marketing Small Business Startups Google's deal-of-the-day service Google Offers is coming to its social network Google+, so users can see and share limited-time promotions directly with their news stream. Companies participating in...
• Google I/O 2013: What We've Learned
  by Ryan Lytle on May 17@10:40
  Google Mobile Google Maps Apps Gadgets As Google's annual developer conference, Google I/O, nears the end, it's time to take a look back at some of the biggest announcements the company made. The event kicked off with a 3.5-hour keynote...
• Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion
  by Space.com on May 17@10:29
  Space Nasa Moon Us World World The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they started monitoring it. The...
• Samsung TecTiles Finally Come to Galaxy S4
  by Samantha Murphy on May 17@10:10
  Mobile Samsung Smartphone Tech Apps Software Samsung's programmable TecTile technology is finally coming to the Galaxy S4. TecTiles are Samsung's near-field communications (NFC) stickers that be placed around the house or car, so you can...
• G8 Opens Up to Your Community With G-everyone Meetups
  by Casey Brown on May 17@09:50
  Community World Social Good G8 Summit Mashable Meetup Mashable is excited to announce G-everyone, a 24-hour digital convening that will unite local groups around the world to discuss the pressing issues addressed at the G8 Summit. Organized through...
• Building Solar in Spain Instead of Germany Could Save Billions
  by MIT Technology Review on May 17@09:22
  Europe Germany Solar Spain Solar Power Building solar and wind projects in the wrong place is wasting billions of dollars in Europe. Siemens says it would make sense to build solar power plants in sunny countries in Europe rather than in...
• Is Gamification Just a Fad?
  by Dani Fankhauser on May 17@08:53
  Marketing Product Gamification 30 Days Of Buzzwords Buzzword A term called gamification has taken UX by storm over the past few years, a trend likely spurred by Foursquare's success with badges. Whether they understand it or not, app designers desire to create...
• Congress to Grill Tim Cook Over Apple's Offshore Wealth
  by Alex Fitzpatrick on May 17@08:40
  Apple Congress Tim Cook Us World Politics Mr. Cook is going to Washington. Apple CEO Tim Cook will testify before Congress Tuesday about the company's approximately $100 billion held overseas — more than double the estimated $45 billion it...
• Original 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Speeds on to Android
  by Chelsea Stark on May 17@08:13
  Gaming Video Games Sonic The Hedgehog Entertainment Android Games The original Sonic the Hedgehog is now available for Android through Google Play. Sega released the port, which has been modified for touch controls, to Android Thursday. Along with all the original...