Instagram threatens to close Madonna’s photo sharing account
Who says Madonna's rabble-rousing years are a thing of the past? Some photos off her Instagram account has apparently violated the site's terms of service.
The whole celebrities tweeting during the Oscars thing was orchestrated, guys
Thanks to social media, you didn't have to watch Sunday's Oscars alone. In fact, Twitter rounded up some friends to offer some exclusive insider commentary.
And now, here’s a second lawsuit against book publishers over e-books
It's Amazon's turn to be named in an anti-trust lawsuit over e-books; Three small booksellers are suing the online retailer over the way e-books are coded.
Screw moodrings! Keep track of your emotions with a mood-phone
A new app aims track whether you were upset, depressed, or anxious just by listening to the way you talked to friends on a call.
Congrats, Spock! Vulcan may become real planet
An e-poll to name a newly-discovered moon of Pluto has met with the fanbase of William Shatner, whose suggestion of the name "Vulcan" has proven popular.
3Doodler pen lets you draw and print 3D objects in real time
You no longer have to imagine a pen that'll print 3D objects in real time - someone has invented one. Thanks to Kickstarter, you'll be able to own one soon.
Report: Cell data doubled in 2012, hints at future where people will have multiple phones
A report states that cell data traffic doubled in 2012, with multiple markets worldwide seeing penetration for cell phones go higher than 100 percent.
More Chinese movie-goers are really loving American cinema, says MPAA
Despite the suspicions that China was banning American movies, the Chinese market is now the second most lucrative international market for U.S. films.
The curious case of the disappearing Pitt profile
Where has Brad Pitt's profile gone on the Chinese equivalent to Twitter? Since Pitt's people won't respond, the suspicion has fallen on Chinese censorship.
Study: Social media apparently skews young urban Hispanic women
The Pew Internet Life project's latest study on America's love and use of social media has discovered an audience that's skewing female and Hispanic.
Now science has given rats the ability to ‘touch’ light. Seriously.
Scientists have developed an implant to convince rats they can "touch" infrared light, thereby paving ways for technology that may allow the blind to "see."
These brands and celebrities don’t care about your Tweets as much as you’d like
A new list reveals the ten Twitter accounts of celebrities and brands that "mass follow" tweeters to build their online audience.
Scientists have built a robot that makes rats depressed. Yay, science?
A team at Waseda University has designed a robot rat to make the lives of real-life rats miserable, just to see how depressed they get as a result.
Facebook teams up with a Pixar animator to recreate emoticons
When Facebook decided that it wanted to take another run at the creation of the emoticon, it hired an expert in emotional visualization: A Pixar animator.
‘Doctor Who’ goes 3D for its half-century special edition
How do you celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous science fiction television characters? You take him to the third dimension, of course.
Nobody expects the robotic inquisition: Testimonies prove more accurate when hosted by a robot
A study by Mississipi State University found that legal testimonies interviewed by robots can provide a more accurate result than human interviewers.
Digital magazine subscriptions soared in 2012
Digital magazines are growing significantly. E-sales for titles like Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest jumped by more than 100 percent compared to 2011.
British telecom company releases landline that can magically block annoying telemarketers
BT, one of the U.K.'s leading telecom companies, has launched a new phone that limits who can call your home, thereby cutting nuisance calls by 80 percent.
Can cellphones tell you how wet it is outside? (Spoiler alert: Yes)
A team of Dutch scientists have created an alternative way to track rainfall: Using cellphone towers and seeing how much the rain interrupts cell signals.
British high court denies Hollywood repayment from online piracy
A British high court judge has denied movie studios the profits generated by a defunct torrent site that distributed their media files illegally.
If Facebook was a country, it’d be larger than China in three years
In less than four years, Facebook could be larger than any country on Earth, according to new analysis of the site's growth over the last five years.
Apple plans to make everyone your local ATM
A new patent application suggests Apple wants to allow users to ask strangers for cash - and they'd actually work out a way to loan it to you.
One in every four American homes has Netflix streaming
More and more, people are tuning their televisions to the Internet, with a new study showing that streamed content is on a steady rise in the U.S.
Sony to remaster ‘Breaking Bad’ for some Ultra HD meth cooking
All five seasons of 'Breaking Bad' are just some of the Sony Pictures library content that will be upconverted into the 4k Ultra HD format.
Are politicians lying? Probably, but there’s an app to verify that
The truthiness of political speeches may be tested in real time in the future thanks to a new app currently in prototype, created by the Washington Post.
WTO greenlights suspension of IP rights in Antigua and Barbuda
As Kim Dotcom can testify, American authorities are generally not too happy with people who violate the country’s intellectual property law. So would they react to news that the World Trade Organization has authorized the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda to, essentially, American intellectual property rights altogether? Oh, alright, what the W.T.O. has officially […]