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- Cruise Ship Dancer Busts a Move, Gut
- 8 Tech Resolutions for the New Year
- Low-Cost 3D Printer a Hit on Kickstarter
- 20 WTF New Year’s Resolutions
- Watch New Year’s Eve Live From Times Square
- Relive the Paralympics’ Most Inspiring Moment of the Year
- These Are the Worst Case Scenarios for New Year’s Eve
- Doodle Party! Google Rings in 2013 in Style
- Top 10 Most Influential People on Facebook
- This Is 2012 Summed Up in One Image
- Got a Klout Score Over 60? You Can Get a Piece of Frostbox
- See 40 Meteors Per Hour in First Shower of 2013
- Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week
- Casey Neistat Is Back With Follow-Up to Viral Nike FuelBand Ad
- Rock Your New Year’s Eve Party With This Playlist
- Watch New Year’s Eve Unfold on Instagram
- This Comet Could Outshine the Moon
- Watch Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Address Live
- 10 Best Video Games of 2012
- 12 Buzzwords You’ll Hear in 2013
- Japan to Launch Ambitious Asteroid-Sampling Mission in 2014
- 35 Urban Innovations We’re Watching This Year
- 50 Most Memorable Tweets of 2012
- Overwhelmed By Reader Response, 92-Year-Old Blogger Signs Off
- Dying Trekkie Gets Private ‘Into Darkness’ Screening
- Fab Passes 10 Million Members, Sells 5.4 Products Every Minute
- Watch New Year’s Celebrations Around the World
- 3 Ways to Answer ‘What’s Your Biggest Weakness?’
- The Year Ahead: Cyber-Warfare Dilemma
- Facebook Temporarily Disables New Year’s Messages After Privacy Snafu
| Cruise Ship Dancer Busts a Move, Gut Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:37 PM PST  
More About: pranks, videos, Watercooler |
| 8 Tech Resolutions for the New Year Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:07 PM PST
Completing tasks like digitizing your photos and cleaning out your inbox will go a long way to make you more organized in 2013. Check out some of these tech-related New Year's resolutions Mashable staff members are committed to accomplishing in the New Year. Clean your keyboard. After a year of eating at your desk, crumpling papers, opening boxes, who knows what junk and residue is in your keyboard? Use a dus… More About: features, New Year 2013, Year End 2012 |
| Low-Cost 3D Printer a Hit on Kickstarter Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:54 PM PST
More About: 3d printing, kickstarter |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:29 PM PST
SEE ALSO: Rock Your New Year's Eve Party With This Playlist You promise to lose weight or quit smoking or stop stalking your ex on Facebook, but what about those people that shoot for a slightly different goal in the new year? Sometimes these resolution-makers come up with brilliant challenges and other times -- well, ummm -- they share goals that are more "WTF?" than an adult dressed like the New Year's baby. 1. New Years revolution- Stop using my cat as an excuse… More About: humor, new years, Twitter, Watercooler, WTF |
| Watch New Year’s Eve Live From Times Square Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:59 PM PST
For those who don't care to wade through TV ads and commentary to watch the iconic event, we've embedded the livestream above. Hit that fullscreen button and have it on in the background at your party; the stream will be playing until 12:15 a.m. EST. This is not ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the show traditionally hosted by the late, great Dick Clark (and anchored this year by Ryan Seacrest). Rather, it's a partnership between Livestream and Times Square itself, via the Times Square Alliance. More About: New Year 2013, new years eve |
| Relive the Paralympics’ Most Inspiring Moment of the Year Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST
More About: olympics, paralympics, Sports |
| These Are the Worst Case Scenarios for New Year’s Eve Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST Happy New Year! It is the last day of 2012, and many of you are (or were) finding ways to celebrate. Some are prepping for a big night out, while others choose to keep it casual. Regardless, we can all revel in getting through another year, despite an apocalypse and zombies. But don't get too comfortable, because New Year's Eve comes with a lot of pressure. Try to avoid these scenarios in order to start 2013 on the right foot. How are you celebrating on New Year's Eve? Share it in the comments below. (Bonus points for more GIFs.) DJ Only Plays Dubstep Versions of Gangnam Style ... or Nickelback
Everyone Cancels on You Last-Minute
You're Stuck Mingling With the Drunk,… More About: GIFs, humor, new years eve, Watercooler |
| Doodle Party! Google Rings in 2013 in Style Posted: 31 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST
The search giant is known for crafting exceptional New Year-centric logos, and this year's is no exception. In countries where it is still 2012, Google has a festive party logo, replete with characters from Google Doodles from throughout 2012. For places where the clock has already turned to 2013, however, the Google logo shows the Google letters cleaning up after the party. The one partygoer still in attendance: Rodin's "The Thinker." The world-famous sculpture can be seen at his desktop computer in both pictures. Earlier this month, Google revealed its most popular Go… More About: Google, google doodle, New Year 2013 |
| Top 10 Most Influential People on Facebook Posted: 31 Dec 2012 12:37 PM PST 1. George Takei Not only is Mr. Sulu a constant purveyor of hilarity on the social network—if you've been on Facebook for longer than a day, chances are one of your friends has reshared one of Takei's memetastic posts -- he's also been one of its biggest critics. Back in June 2012, Takei stood on top of his soap box and told his millions of followers that he was unhappy with Facebook's Promoted Posts, a feature that promised to expand the audience reach of any given post for a fee. "I understand that [Facebook] has to make money, especially now that it is public," wrote Takei, "but in my view this development turns the notion of 'fans' on its head." Takei still posts regularly on his Facebook fan page, though this November he announced that he was joining Tumblr, perhaps a sign that he was moving on. Photo courtesy of Flickr, Gage Skidmore Click here to view this gallery.
More About: barack obama, Facebook, George Takei, influence, mike huckabee, nypd |
| This Is 2012 Summed Up in One Image Posted: 31 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST
More About: 2012, pictures, reddit, Watercooler |
| Got a Klout Score Over 60? You Can Get a Piece of Frostbox Posted: 31 Dec 2012 12:05 PM PST
The program, run via Wahooly, is based on the premise that publicity from such social media mavens should translate into equity in the company. Dana Severson, co-founder and CEO of Wahooly, says the share of equity is based on the amount of social media activity. Severson declined to disclose exactly how much of Frostbox is being offered, though typically companies offer equity in 1% to 8% of their companies. Wahooly partnered with Klout last year. Like previous funding efforts, Wahooly skirts SEC rules by offering i… More About: Frostbox, Startups, Wahooly |
| See 40 Meteors Per Hour in First Shower of 2013 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST
More About: astronomy, meteor shower, space |
| Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week Posted: 31 Dec 2012 11:39 AM PST 1. D'awww "Happy 21st Birthday louis_tomlinson" -- Eleanor Calder Photo stats: 57,019 retweets Click here to view this gallery.
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| Casey Neistat Is Back With Follow-Up to Viral Nike FuelBand Ad Posted: 31 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST
Neistat, a film producer, had been hired by Nike to make several commercials for the FuelBand, but by the time he started on the third spot, he got restless and decided to deviate from the plan. Neistat ended up using the money Nike had allotted him for the ad to travel around the world filming himself living life to the fullest. The result was an inspiring video that has since been viewed more than 8 million times on YouTube. Now, Neistat is back with a follow-up to the ad that features a new slogan ("Do More") and perhaps more importantly, the FuelBand itse… |
| Rock Your New Year’s Eve Party With This Playlist Posted: 31 Dec 2012 11:20 AM PST
In honor of the past 365 days, we've put together a Spotify playlist of some of 2012's top hits, as well as tracks that we think are perfect for ringing in a new year. What would you add to the list? Let us know by tweeting your selection to @MashableHQ or leaving your track in the comments below… More About: community, music monday, New Year, new years eve, playlist, spotify |
| Watch New Year’s Eve Unfold on Instagram Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:52 AM PST
The photo sharing service launched a very cool data-driven microsite, showcasing photos from around the world as the clock strikes midnight. As explained on the Instagram blog, the site -- instagram.com/nye -- aggregates photos from various locations within a specific timezone. Rather than aggregating the photos by hashtag, Instagram tells us that the photos are "just popular photos from places that most recently rang in the New Year." It's fun to explore the various photos taken within a certain time zone and as more areas ring in… More About: instagram, New Year 2013 |
| This Comet Could Outshine the Moon Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:47 AM PST |
| Watch Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Address Live Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:27 AM PST
President Barack Obama is scheduled to make remarks on the so-called Fiscal Cliff Monday at 1:30 p.m. EST. Congress and the president have been intensely negotiating a solution to the Fiscal Cliff, a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes which some analysts believe would plunge the United States back into recession. Without a deal in place, the cliff will be triggered at midnight Tuesday as 2012 ends and 2013 begins. Negotiations which took place over the weekend and earlier Monday reportedly brought Democrats and Republicans closer to a deal, details of which Obama may be officially announcing during this address. Photo via Win McNamee/Getty Images News/Getty Images More About: barack obama, congress, fiscal cliff, Politics, US |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:26 AM PST
There are some definite trends in the list below. Almost half the games are made by independent or small studios, something that we'll definitely see more of in 2013. The list also contains some of the most polished and beautiful Triple-A titles in history, and these games are always improving when it comes to story and direction. We've also seen a pull back from games that are too easy. It's so good to see design decisions that make us better pla… More About: features, Gaming, Halo 4, journey, the walking dead, video games, xcom enemy unknown, Year End 2012 |
| 12 Buzzwords You’ll Hear in 2013 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:51 AM PST
More About: buzzwords, online advertising, Small Business |
| Japan to Launch Ambitious Asteroid-Sampling Mission in 2014 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST
The new Japanese asteroid mission, called Hayabusa2, is scheduled for launch in 2014 and aimed at the asteroid 1999 JU3, a large space rock about 3,018 feet (920 meters) in length. It is due to arrive at the asteroid in mid-2018, loiter at the space rock and carry out a slew of challenging firsts before departing the scene at the end of 2019. If all goes well, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft will return to Earth with samples of asteroid 1999 JU… More About: Asteroid, asteroid mining, japan, space |
| 35 Urban Innovations We’re Watching This Year Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:11 AM PST
Whether you're thinking easier ways to park your car or ideas for the home of the future, studying how we'll live in the next 10, 50 or 100 years can reshape the habits and challenges we face today. Below are 35 topics we've covered in the series, and they offer an exc… More About: features, Global Innovation Series, mashable |
| 50 Most Memorable Tweets of 2012 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:09 AM PST
Here's a collection of 50 tweets that made all of us think, laugh, become angry or even cry. U.S. President Barack Obama Battles for Re-Election Barack Obama, the platform's fifth most-followed person, and his administration used Twitter to rally voters and defend his reign as president. And when Clint Eastwood poked fun at Obama with an "Invisible Obama"/empty chair routine, the president fired back with this viral gem. More About: celebrities, Entertainment, features, Music, olympics, Social Media, Sports, TV, Twitter, Year End 2012 |
| Overwhelmed By Reader Response, 92-Year-Old Blogger Signs Off Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:03 AM PST
I have been overwhelmed by the vast amount of best wishes and encouragement. These have been much appreciated. However I am unable to manage responses on this scale especially at this time of recuperation. I regret I will no longer continue to blog as I wish to maximise my holiday time. The WordPress blog, called GreyCavalier, began on Christmas Eve and chronicled White's experiences since losing his wife. His inaugural post read: One month ag… More About: blogger |
| Dying Trekkie Gets Private ‘Into Darkness’ Screening Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:32 AM PST
More About: reddit, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness |
| Fab Passes 10 Million Members, Sells 5.4 Products Every Minute Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST
The design-focused shopping site now has more than 10 million members, up from 7.5 million in September, according to data released Sunday by the company as part of a huge 104-slide presentation to investors and employees about its first 18 months in action. What's more, the company has now sold 4.3 million product since launching in June, 2011. To put that another way, Fab has sold an average of 5.4 products each minute since it launched. During this holiday season, the company did even better and sold an average of 17.5 products per minute. That may still be well behind Amazon's pace of selling more than 300 item… More About: e-commerce, Fab, startup |
| Watch New Year’s Celebrations Around the World Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST
To help celebrate the end of 2012 and welcome 2013, Mashable is collecting video of fireworks-filled New Year's celebrations around the world and embedding them below. We will update this post with new video from new cities as the worldwide party continues, so be sure to keep checking back for the latest. And if you find great video of a celebration we don't have yet, share it in the comments below! [View the story "Watch New Year's Celebrations Around the World" on Storify] Image courtesy of iStockphoto, JoeBi… More About: new years, Video, Watercooler, World |
| 3 Ways to Answer ‘What’s Your Biggest Weakness?’ Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:06 AM PST
But it's not a trick question. What your interviewer is really trying to do—beyond identifying any red flags—is to gauge your self-awareness and honesty. So, "I can't meet a deadline to save my life" is not an option—but neither is "Nothing! I'm perfect!" A good answer can show how you can overcome challenges, paint you as a committed professional who continues to improve herself and actually… More About: job interview, job search, Jobs |
| The Year Ahead: Cyber-Warfare Dilemma Posted: 31 Dec 2012 07:16 AM PST
In 2012, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called attention to a "Cyber Pearl Harbor." The catchphrase summarizes what government and defense officials have been saying for some time now: Foreign computer hackers are growing increasingly powerful in their ability to disrupt the nation's vital systems. Pearl Harbor conjures up images of planes streaking across the morning sky, sinking ships and scrambling soldiers and airmen, all framed by those incongruous palm trees. But a massive attack on a centralized fle… More About: cyber war, national security, terrorism, threat |
| Facebook Temporarily Disables New Year’s Messages After Privacy Snafu Posted: 31 Dec 2012 07:13 AM PST
Facebook quickly took note of the problem and brought Midnight Delivery offline for maintenance. It has since been fixed and is available for use. Midnight Delivery, which was introduced this year, was designed to allow you to write a message to friends or loved ones that will be delivered exactly as 2012 ends and 2013 begins. However, student and blogger Jack Jenkins noticed a problem: he easily exposed private messages and photos sent via the Facebook app by simply modifying the URL of his own messag… |
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