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Trolling through photo archives on Flickr is always entertaining, whether the photographer is your aunt Betty or a stranger who lives in Kazakhstan, but it can start to feel a little linear and boring after any good online photography cruise. If you are interested in spicing up your digital photo browsing, check out Masable's 11 Craziest Ways To Browse Flickr Photos list. My favorites on the Read more
LearnVest talks about a new way to get your student loans: from the school's alumni. It’s the newest thing in student loans: a social lending service where alumni can help finance the education of current students. SoFi, a service brought to our attention by Mashable, lets alumni “buy a share” of the students at a school who currently have loans. As the students pay off the loans, the Read more
The world's first portable digital camera — Geekosystem Apple sold out of iPad pre-orders — Geek.com News out of SXSW: CNN might buy Mashable — Newser The time has come: Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings — Cracked Instagram for Android is inching closer to a reality — Tecca In defense of girls who wear glasses — HelloGiggles The evolution of SXSW — Dvice Read more
Lisa Kudrow will host the 15th-annual Webbys on June 13 — PopCandy The American Idol "Twitter Curse" wins again — Mashable '90s video teaches cell phone manners to kids — Urlesque The coolest laptop customizations — Unplggd The Pioneer AppRadio will let you use iOS apps in your car — CrunchGear Will there be a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy video game? — The Mary Sue Read more
According to Frank Meehan, CEO of INQ, pretty girls can't be geeks. This, as told to Mashable during this year's Mobile World Congress. First, let's take a look at the entire quote. Meehan says: If you go to a nightclub in any city in the world, the pretty girl has an iPhone or a BlackBerry. She doesn't have an Android phone. She has no emotional attachment to an Android phone. It's too Read more
While some seniors in your family could serve as fodder for our Funny Family Tech Stories group, other members of the older population have a great relationship with technology. A recent report from Mashable shows that baby boomers are becoming increasingly tech savvy — wielding smartphones, surfing the web, even engaging in social media. Do your grandparents "get" technology? Check out some Read more
The latest rom com cliché: body dysmorphia — Double X Porn industry could get a .xxx domain today — Mashable The New York Times unveils its new pay wall — New York Times The 2011 CFDA Award nominees have been announced! — Fashionologie Transplant recipient gets HIV for first time since 1985 — WSJ Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch, and more petition Obama on gay marriage — Nerve Tiger Woods Read more
Google launches Person Finder for Japan earthquake and Tsunami — Google See raw footage from the Japan earthquake — YouTube Devastating raw footage of the tsunami hitting Japan's coast — YouTube Twitter reacts to the Japan earthquake and tsunami — Mashable Nuclear emergency declared in Japan as nuclear plant's cooling functions fail — Gizmodo Read more
Charlie Sheen sets world record on Twitter — Mashable Free Gmail tricks for backing up your email — Unplggd Google profiles starting to look a lot like Facebook — Switched More (geeky) reasons to love Natalie Portman — SavvySugar Superheroines go hipster — The Mary Sue Read more
There's now a new social media platform that you can add to your job-hunting arsenal: Google+. Since this medium is still in its early stages, you'll probably get more exposure once you start leveraging it for your job search. Mashable came up with a bunch of great tips to using Google+ to find yourself a job: Be seen and heard: Fill out your profile with a job-hunting angle in mind and start Read more
