Posts filed under “Syndicated”
Distort puts a new twist on slow-mo, and on Revision3′s production
Capturing epic events in slow-motion has been a YouTube staple for years and years, especially as video quality improved and the visual of a water balloon exploding or an egg shattering became something beautiful to behold. But it was never something you’d imagine working in a narrative sense — which is why the Revision3-distributed series [...]
How Facebook Has Changed Since Going Public 1 Year Ago
“Facebook was not originally created to be a company,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his SEC Registration letter a little more than three months before Facebook went public on May 18, 2012. “It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected.” In the year since the Facebook [...]
Giant Stop Sign Is Laser-Projected Onto a Sheet of Water
Imagine you’re a truck driver. You’re coming up to a tunnel that might be too low for your truck to fit under, but you’re not sure. Suddenly, a gigantic red stop sign appears to obstruct the road in front of the tunnel entrance, giving you no doubt. Stop! You’re not going to overlook that explicit [...]
Top 10 Tech This Week
It was a big week in tech, the week of Google I/O. But apart from the annual Google geekfest that its developers conference is, there was much more. We were in San Francisco to cover Google I/O, but we also kept an eye on the rest of the world of tech for Top 10 Tech [...]
AOL, Yahoo Were Better Investments This Year Than Facebook Stock
Ah, the benefit of hindsight. Those who rushed to buy Facebook stock at its initial public offering price of $38 per share on May 18, 2012, are likely a little disappointed with their investment one year later. Though the stock has recovered from its $17.55 September 4 low, the price of the stock today, at [...]
6 Apps You Don’t Want To Miss
It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you’re in luck — Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week Google launched its own streaming music service, and another music service got a new [...]
Controversial Video Campaign Sparks Conversation and Other Top Comments
There are two sides to every story, even a viral video. In the top comments above, we’ve highlighted our readers’ reactions to the contentious campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch. After the company’s CEO Mike Jeffries publicly stated that he “doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store,” Greg Karber created a video in which he [...]
‘Anchorman 2′ Trailer Assembles the News Team Once Again
The obscure members of the Channel 4 News Team have assembled in the first trailer for Anchorman 2, the sequel to 2004′s popular comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Dubbed Anchorman: The Legend Continues, the flick hits theaters Dec. 20. Will Ferrell returns as anchorman Ron Burgundy alongside his misfit squad consisting of sportscaster [...]
8 Freaky Animals With Human Parts
Many animals are so in tune with the human species, that it might freak you out. Dogs can sense danger or sadnessMonkeys can use iPads. Honey badgers are all, “IDGAF,” and eating pistachios. SEE ALSO: 20 Animals So Ugly They’re Cute If you think that’s crazy, you haven’t seen the worst of it. We took [...]
Indiana Jones’ Final Test for the Holy Grail
In the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the title hero sets out to find the Holy Grail with only a diary and a map without any labels — and he has to find the grail before anyone else does. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Josh Mecouch of Formal [...]