LinkedIn Launches ‘Contacts’ to Help You Foster Your Professional Network

LinkedIn Launches ‘Contacts’ to Help You Foster Your Professional Network

LinkedIn wants to help you stay in touch with all of your former colleagues, current business partners and potential future employers in one culled together web feature and standalone iOS app called LinkedIn Contacts.

Hands-Free Maps Turn Tourists Into Locals

Traveling in a strange city can be intimidating enough, without the embarassment of having to pull out a map every two blocks. These Metro cuffs might not give you the layout for whole cities, but at least you’ll look like a pro in the subways when you never have to look at a map…except for the one on your wrist.

Can Humans Care for Robots?

A new look at research being put out by the University of Duisburg-Essen, that shows how humans respond to videos of robots in happy situations, and videos of robots being tortured. They stack up against humans and cardboard boxes being abused as well. The results are suprising.

Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s Q2 Earnings

Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s Q2 Earnings

Apple had an earnings call today, giving the low down on the company’s performance for its second quarter of 2013. Overall, there weren’t any big surprises — but that doesn’t mean it was all good news. The Cupertino company beat …

Cool-it Caddy Icepops Are Really Cool Cosmetic Bags – Literally!

IcepopsIn warm weather makeup can melt, sometimes before it ever gets to your face. Cool-it Caddy Icepops to the rescue! These bags are designed to keep your cosmetics cold for up to 7 hours.

45-Year-Old Vietnam War Photos Rediscovered

Helicopters in VietnamCharlie Haughey, who served during the Vietnam War, shot almost 2000 pictures during his tour of duty. Upon his return to the States his negatives were put into storage and forgotten. Now, almost 45 years later, many of those images are being published for the very first time. And so begins the Chieu Hoi Project.

Trash To Treasure – Amazing Celebrity Portraits

Celebrity portraits have always captured the attention of the world, but San Francisco-based artist Jason Mecier has built his career by making portraits that tell the real story behind celebrities. His mosaic portraits are made of candy, pills, lipstick, cell phones, cigarette butts, and every other object (or substance) in between.

You Be the Judge of Which Amazon TV Pilot Is Worth Watching

You Be the Judge of Which Amazon TV Pilot Is Worth Watching

You just replaced Hollywood executives. Amazon released its first wave of TV show pilots and is pushing them all out to viewers and letting them decide which ones get made.

Why Twitter Music Is Totally Going to Work

Why Twitter Music Is Totally Going to Work

At first glance, Twitter’s entry into the music business today may be a bit of a head-scratcher. The service had barely launched before people were questioning why Twitter would even want its own music app. But really, it’s simple: Twitter …

Release the Beast – 3D Animal T-Shirts

Are you an animal lover that wants to shout that fact from the footops? Well, how about shouting it from your chest instead? You can’t put a hippo in a handbag, but you can certainly keep one close to your heart with these tricky 3D T-Shirts designed by Vincent Hie.