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Kraft Mac & Cheese iPad App Lets You Play With Your Food Kraft Mac & Cheese is continuing its odd foray into social media with a new iPad app that lets you create macaroni masterpieces without wasting food. The "Dinner, Not Art"... July 11, 2012 by Todd Wasserman Like Tweet +1
Free iPhone App Tracks Sleep, Gives Expert Advice An iPhone app released Wednesday, Sleep101, combines expert advice with sleep tracking. Another plus? It's free. There are a number of sleep tracking apps on the market,... July 11, 2012 by Kate Freeman Like Tweet +1
How to Pick the Right Programming Language During the course of every coding project, a software developer must make dozens of decisions. Sometimes this involves solving a problem unique to a particular domain... July 11, 2012 by Adron Hall Like Tweet +1
Apple Responds to Criticism After Withdrawing From EPEAT After withdrawing its products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry, Apple has faced a considerable amount of criticism, most... July 11, 2012 by Stan Schroeder Like Tweet +1
Russian Wikipedia Shuts Down in Protest of Censorship Law US & World Russian-speakers looking up something in Wikipedia today won't find the usual web of articles but the statement of protest pictured above. Translated into English by the... July 10, 2012 by The Atlantic Like Tweet +1
Lady Gaga's Social Network Opens to All the Little Monsters Pop megastar Lady Gaga's new social network, which looks similar to Pinterest and has voting functionality like Reddit, is now open for everyone to sign up. Mashable... July 10, 2012 by Brian Anthony Hernandez Like Tweet +1
Start Moving! Sitting Can Reduce Your Life Expectancy [STUDY] If you're sitting at a desk reading this on a computer screen, take note: reducing sedentary behaviors like sitting and watching TV may have the potential to increase your... July 10, 2012 by Andrea Smith Like Tweet +1
Oracle Buys Social Media Marketing Firm Involver Oracle has purchased social media marketing firm Involver, the latest in a slew of such companies that have been bought up by bigger players. Involver announced the news... July 10, 2012 by Todd Wasserman Like Tweet +1
How to Find Out When Your Facebook 'Likes' Go on Sale Some 5.6 million products have been "Liked" across the web, according TheFind. On Tuesday, the search-based shopping site introduced a system that automatically notifies... July 10, 2012 by Lauren Indvik Like Tweet +1
Startup CorkboardMe Takes on Dropbox There's no shortage of competitors to Dropbox out there, so add a new one to the list: CorkboardMe. As the name implies, the app uses a corkboard as a metaphor for file... July 10, 2012 by Todd Wasserman Like Tweet +1
Cookie Monster Stars in Sesame Street 'Call Me Maybe' Parody Sesame Street's ravenous Cookie Monster is back in the limelight today after taking on Carly Rae Jepsen's catchy "Call Me Maybe" in fun spoof about his incessant cookie... July 10, 2012 by Brian Anthony Hernandez Like Tweet +1
Reddit Exposes Detroit Rapper's Alleged Dog Fighting Operation One Reddit user is on a mission: to expose Detroit rapper Young Calicoe as a dog-fighter by helping a video where he shows off his alleged operation go viral. The mission... July 10, 2012 by Stephanie Haberman Like Tweet +1
Hackable Game Console Runs Android, Needs $950,000 Entertainment A new gaming console wants to "bring the openness of the mobile games market to the TV." OUYA is an Android-based gaming console its creators say will retail for $99, and... July 10, 2012 by Chelsea Stark Like Tweet +1
XKCD Cartoonist Answers Your Science Questions Watercooler Math and science-themed webcomic xkcd isn't just entertaining -- it's also educational. But some readers may get lost in the jargon. To remedy that, cartoonist Randall... July 10, 2012 by The Daily Dot Like Tweet +1
Google to Pay Record $22.5 Million to Settle Privacy Charges [REPORT] US & World Google is nearing a deal to pay a record $22.5 million to settle charges that it violated the privacy of millions who used Apple's Safari browser. The Federal Trade... July 10, 2012 by Alex Fitzpatrick Like Tweet +1
'Social Network' Duo Will Produce 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie Entertainment Producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, two of the masterminds behind 2010's Golden Globe-winning The Social Network, will team up with Fifty Shades of Grey author E.... July 10, 2012 by Brian Anthony Hernandez Like Tweet +1
Watch's Design Changes When You Touch It [PICS] Designer Niels Astrup's Touch Skin Watch changes designs in response to human touch. The touch-sensitive and customizable digital accessory has a range of built-in skins... July 10, 2012 by PSFK Like Tweet +1
Motorola Announces Atrix HD, Coming to AT&T; for $99 Motorola has officially announced the next member of its Atrix family: the Motorola Atrix HD. The company accidentally published a splash page for the handset last week,... July 10, 2012 by Emily Price Like Tweet +1
Clam 'Eating' Salt Just Looks Wrong [VIDEO] Watercooler Nature. It's a wonder, but it can also be kind of disgusting. For instance, this video of a clam that appears to be eating salt on a table may make you recoil, but it's... July 10, 2012 by Todd Wasserman Like Tweet +1
Microsoft's Ballmer Declares War on Apple, Considers Smartphone Declaring a new era for the company, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the Surface tablet will rejuvenate Microsoft as it takes on Apple and he didn't discount the... July 10, 2012 by Todd Wasserman Like Tweet +1
Listen to the 'Dark Knight Rises' Soundtrack in Its Entirety Entertainment While you await the next installment in the Batman film series, "The Dark Knight Rises," you can entertain yourself with several trailers for the movie, a 13-minute... July 10, 2012 by Stan Schroeder Like Tweet +1
Walk at Work: Treadmill Desk Could Make You Envy of the Office [REVIEW] Every so often, a tech product comes along that has the potential to change your life. Not in the way people say a smartphone or tablet changes their lives, but literally... July 10, 2012 by Chris Taylor Like Tweet +1
Apple Removes Green Certification From All Products Apple's products are no longer considered environmentally friendly after the tech giant asked the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) -- the group... July 09, 2012 by Matt Petronzio Like Tweet +1
Website Defends Frank Ocean From Homophobic Tweets Entertainment Twitter users are countering negative remarks against artist Frank Ocean with kindness after his recent love letter received much attention online. The letter, which Ocean... July 09, 2012 by Christine Erickson Like Tweet +1
Ouch! Baseball Fan Drilled With Foul Ball While Checking Facebook [VIDEO] Watercooler You know those guys you see at the baseball game who spend the whole time head-down in their smartphones? Here's a bit of karmic retribution from the baseball gods. This... July 09, 2012 by Sam Laird Like Tweet +1
Apple in Hot Water Over Noise Reduction Patent In a recent court filing, Noise Free Wireless alleged that Apple infringed on its patent covering noise-reduction technology for cell phones, according to IDG News. The... July 09, 2012 by AppAdvice Like Tweet +1
12 Essential Social Media Cheat Sheets Getting around a social media site is not always easy. For some users, it's a matter of getting used to social media. For others, the issue is keeping up with constant... July 09, 2012 by Ann Smarty Like Tweet +1
How Social Media Helps Romantic Relationships Thrive Once upon a time, all singles needed to worry about was waiting long enough in between dates to place the next phone call. Now, daters must think about the "right" time to... July 09, 2012 by Joann Pan Like Tweet +1
Microsoft: Windows 8 Shipping at the End of October Microsoft has finally set a date -- actually a couple of dates -- for delivery of Microsoft Windows 8 to customers. The eagerly anticipated operating system overhaul is... July 09, 2012 by Lance Ulanoff Like Tweet +1
Phone Predicts Where You're Going Beyond merely tracking where you've been and where you are, your smartphone might soon actually know where you are going -- in part by recording what your friends do.... July 09, 2012 by Technology Review Like Tweet +1
