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 Tumblr is the one social platform taking action ahead of Trump's America
As Facebook grapples with its fake news problem, and Twitter continues to fall short in trying to curb hate speech and trolls, one social network is actively helping its users take action while a Trump administration looms: Tumblr. In the aftermath of the election, the social platform has launched Action on Tumblr, a hub to elevate marginalized voices, educate users on timely political and social issues, and provide resources that can lead to real impact — online and off. Angled as "a go-to safe home for agents of change," Action on Tumblr invites the platform's audience — generally young, socially conscious users — to engage with experts, advocates and each other on topics affecting their communities. Read more... More about Identities, Election 2016, Trump, Tumblr, and Social Media Read More »How to fight back when your face becomes an out-of-control meme
You've got the "Success Kid," Gavin, "First Day on the Internet Kid" and many more awkward teens rounding out the ever-growing collection of memes featuring kids. They go insanely viral due to funny faces, gestures and expressions that describe a universal sense of frustration, achievement or utter despair. But sometimes, these viral photos are snatched from unknowing users' social media pages and used for nasty and offensive messages. When this happens, life can turn ugly real fast. A photo of Hillary Clinton with a 4-year-old lookalike at an October 2015 campaign event in South Carolina started circulating around the web after the photo made it onto the "Hillary for America" Flickr page. The image spread as a meme, but not as a funny or relatable one. Instead, it was twisted from a joyous moment meeting a political hero to a disturbingly dark and vicious sentiment. Read more... More about Memes, Anti Defamation League, Us World, and Us Read More »Someone made a tiny piano app for the MacBook Touch Bar
The Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is either the best feature to come to the laptop in years or the most gimmicky, depending on where you stand. (Glowing reviews aside, I stand by my assessment that it looks like an ergonomic nightmare.) But that hasn't stopped creative developers from finding new uses for the Touch Bar. Now, one developer has made a new music app that turns the Touch Bar into what might be the world's tiniest piano. Called Touch Bar Piano, the free app turns the Touch Bar into a tiny, but fully playable, piano. It's even possible to pick out individual keys well enough to play a song. Read more... More about Apple, Macbook Pro, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Dad's life-long dream comes true and he cries the happy tears to prove it
Here's a nice thing to end your week, internet. This dad finally got tickets to the Rose Bowl thanks to a sweet surprise from his wife. According to the Reddit user who posted the original clip, attending the Rose Bowl has been a life-long dream for the Penn State super fan. This year, he'll be in Pasadena on Jan. 2 to watch his team play against the University of Southern California. Kodak is using nostalgia to win its way back into your heart
For many of us, or at least those born before the 2000s, Kodak can really bring back memories. It was the company behind those hunky yellow disposable cameras of the '90s. It was a pioneer in photography and motion picture film, breaking into the industry back in the 1880s. But with a withering name that's now more nostalgic than contemporary, the 128-year-old company is now vying for its place in the digital world, with a new app and camera phone leading the way. Kodak is banking on that love of the past, a tactic it's used before and continues to push time and time again. Kodak's new camera phone, now available across the UK and Europe, has a vintage design with leather lining that clings onto what's retro. While it's all about modern photo technology, it's still very clearly playing off the original Ektra camera from the 1940s. Read more... More about App, Camera Phone, Kodak, and Tech Read More »Watch Marines watching 'Gilmore Girls' and just try not to cry
And you thought your Gilmore Girls fandom was intense. CBS This Morning Friday aired the Gilmore Girls segment to end all Gilmore Girls segments by telling the story of a group of Marines who served together in Iraq and regularly watched Gilmore Girls together on base. The group recently got together to watch the revival and received quite the surprise. "For me, Stars Hollow was the America we all wished we were fighting for," one of the men explained. Back in 2005, they even sent creator Amy Sherman-Palladino a letter telling her how much the show meant to them as a distraction from the horrors they were witnessing on a daily basis. Sherman-Palladino has cherished the letter ever since. Read more... More about Gilmore Girls and Entertainment Read More »Brilliant dad uses Google Home to troll his kids
When Santa isn't enough of an incentive for good behavior, parents have to get creative. After this little girl kicked her sibling, her dad did what any parent would do: he used Google Home to "call the cops" on her. His prank seemed to work when she heard "Officer Brutis" order "15 cute boys" to be sent over for her to kiss. Ew, boys! Trump team puts climate scientists on notice
The Trump transition team sent an unusually detailed questionnaire to the Energy Department, seeking, among other information, lists of people involved in climate change programs at one of the premier science agencies in the world. The questionnaire, which was first reported by Bloomberg News and obtained independently by Mashable, asks for "a list of Department employees or contractors" who attended the U.N. climate talks in the past five years. This raises fears that such employees could be retaliated against in some way, perhaps by being reassigned, despite worker protections they have as civil servants. Read more... More about Government, Computer Model, Science, Climate, and Climate Scientist Read More »This weekend in esports: 'Dota 2' Major and 'League of Legends' All-Star Event
It can be tough to keep track of everything going on in the world of professional competitive gaming. Fear not: Each week, Mashable rounds up the best and biggest tournaments in esports to let you know when they're going down, and where to catch all the action. Plug in. This weekend, you're looking at the first Dota 2 Major of the 2016-2017 season, the League of Legends All-Star showdown and the last major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament of the year. Check out what's going on this weekend and next week below. Read more... Dota 2 — The Boston MajorMore about Esports, Gaming, Counter Strike, League Of Legends, and Dota 2 Read More »10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet's favourite mad scientist
Colin Furze has come a long way from his first videos, posted 10 years ago on his YouTube channel. That same channel now has over 3.9 million followers, making Furze one of the internet's favorite inventors/adrenaline junkies/mad scientists. Furze lives in a house with a big backyard in Stamford, Linconshire, which is basically where he builds most of his inventions. I went down there to meet with Furze and speak with him about his online longevity, and, hopefully, try out some of his creations. Furze welcomed me in through the backyard, where his homemade hoverbike and jet-powered go-kart lay. He then set off to go change into his trademark checkered shirt and tie outfit. Kind of like a thinner, sprightlier and British version of Jack Black in School of Rock. Read more... More about Colin Furze, Technology, Tech, and Youtube Read More »The woman whose math sent John Glenn to orbit says goodbye to a 'good man'
John Glenn, a former NASA astronaut who became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, died Thursday at the age of 95, and almost immediately, people started sharing their memories and thoughts about the American hero. One of those people was Katherine Johnson, the "human computer" who helped check and invent the math that sent Glenn into orbit and brought him back home during his first flight decades ago. "A good man has left Earth for the last time. John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage and his service to all Americans," Johnson said in a statement Friday. Read more... More about Space Movies, Movies, Hidden Figures, John Glenn, and Science Read More »Don't look now, but iPhone 6 battery explosions have been reported in China
While some iPhone 6S users have been frustrated by spontaneous battery shutdowns lately, there are others whose power struggles are a bit more explosive. Reports from China claim that some iPhone 6 batteries have been pulling a Note 7 and bursting into flames. The Shanghai Consumer Council (SHCC) filed a complaint against Apple on behalf of Chinese iPhone users who have experienced a range of issues with their devices, according to The International Business Times. Prominent among those problems: sudden spontaneous combustion. Read more... More about Apple, Complaint, Battery, China, and Explosions Read More »This Christmas card is definitely not what it seems
If you ask Morgan Svobodny's friends and family, she dropped out of college, is pregnant and is living happily with her new boyfriend, rapper Chief Keef. If you ask Morgan herself, she was the butt of her brother Zach's pretty epic Christmas prank. Svobodny tweeted out photos of the Christmas card her brother sent out this year, which features an announcement that her and the 21-year-old rapper are in a relationship. "OMG MY BROTHER IS SUCH AN ASS. HE PHOTOSHOPPED A PIC OF ME WITH CHIEF KEEF & SENT OUT THESE CHRISTMAS CARDS😭😭," she wrote on Twitter. Read more... More about Holidays 2016, Christmas, Chief Keef, Pranks, and Watercooler Read More »This is real life: Trump says 'All the women want it to be Man of the Year'
In Donald Trump's America the annual Time "Person of the Year" award that he just won would revert back to its original title, "Man of the Year" and women would be all about it. At an Iowa rally Thursday night, Trump boasted about his new title and reminded the crowd that Time used to call the honor "man" instead of "person." Why the change, according to Trump? "They want to be politically correct, that's OK," he said. Then again Friday, he brought up the "PC" award name at a Louisiana rally. This time he asked the audience if Time should go back to the title they used before 1999. "Who'd rather have it the 'Man of the Year?'" he asked the cheering crowd. When he asked about the current "person" title that elicited some boos and a more tepid response. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Politics, Person Of The Year, Us World, and Us Read More »Meet the internet's most beloved mad scientist
Colin Furze uploaded his first YouTube video 10 years ago. Four million YouTube followers later, he's one of the most favorite inventors, adrenaline junkies, mad scientist... you name it. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Technology, Tech, and Colin Furze Read More »This grimly funny meme is pretty much 2016 in a nutshell
Oof, guys. 2016 has really ruined us, huh? And now, as this bad, bad year comes to a close, there's finally a meme that captures the unmitigated exhaustion settling in our bones. On Twitter, people are sharing highly accurate "before and after" photos of what they felt like at the beginning of 2016 vs. at its long-awaited end. Spoiler: People felt okay at the beginning and now they feel like tired, crusty garbage. Thanks for everything, 2016. You are the worst, and you will forever remain our enemy.
A non-baseball fan's guide to the Winter Meetings
Thursday marked the end of MLB's Winter Meetings, when each team's top brass converge on a hotel and jam pack a bunch of offseason trades into one week. For baseball fans, it's heaven, the first major MLB event since the World Series. But it also tends to be heavy on conjecture and rumor — a lot of "X team talking to X players about a deal." If you're not a big baseball fan, it's easy for the big takeaways to get lost in the clutter. So, here are the MLB teams that left the winter meetings as big winners. Read more... 1. The Boston Red Sox pitching staff is insaneMore about Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, Mlb, and Entertainment Read More »The polar vortex is coming: Brutal Arctic cold waves heading for U.S.
The weather pattern across North America and into the Arctic is volatile and bizarre for this time of year, with unusually mild conditions continuing to surge into the Arctic while frigid air is being pulled south. It's as if someone opened the door to the refrigerator that is the North Pole and let all the cold air drain away. For the Arctic, this means record-low sea ice and all-time high air temperature records. But for a huge swath of more populated land, from Alberta to Quebec in Canada, and the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast in the U.S., a polar vortex-linked series of frigid blasts await. Read more... More about Science, Extreme Weather, Winter, Snow, and Arctic Outbreak Read More »These deluxe speakers are made from Lamborghini exhaust pipes
iXOOST is creating the most luxurious car-inspired speakers and collaborated with Lamborghini for its latest design “Esavox.” Read more... More about Mashable Video, Technology, Luxury Car, Sports Car, and Lamborghini Read More »Samsung's Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or not
If you bought a Samsung Galaxy Note7, Samsung really, really wants you to stop using it. How much? The company plans to push out a software update next week to the potentially explosive Note7 devices in the U.S. that will prevent them from charging or connecting to a mobile network—effectively rendering them useless. In a surprise twist, at least one U.S. carrier is balking at this decision, flexing its muscle as the gatekeeper of its network. Verizon issued a flat refusal to push out Samsung's kill-switch update in the middle of the holiday season. Apparently, Samsung's statement that it was working "together with our carrier partners" was more wishful thinking than an actual plan. Read more... More about Note7, Samsung, Galaxy, Galaxy Note7, and Tech Read More »In Trump's America, NFL players are targeted with racist messages
For anyone who still thought sports was a bubble where you could avoid the world's real problems, painful evidence to the contrary emerged again this week. Two NFL players showed they were targeted with racist, hate-filled messages by — well, we certainly won't call them fans. SEE ALSO: 'Courageous' teens who protested while playing national anthem are part of 50 years of history First up is New York Giants fullback Nikita Whitlock, whose home was broken into by intruders who scrawled racist graffiti on the walls, including a swastika, "Fucking n*****" and "KKK." Then there was the message graffiti'd near a stairwell: "Trump." Read more... More about Nfl, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »You can swap Snap Spectacle lenses - here's how
If you have an extra pair of Snap Spectacles laying around, you can swap the lenses. Here's how to do it. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Sam Sheffer, Lenses, Hack, and Diy Read More »How to save all the personal data on your Note7 before Samsung bricks it
Attention Samsung Galaxy Note7 owners: the time has come at last to give up on those potentially explosive devices in your pocket. Samsung has revealed plans to remotely update all Galaxy Note 7 devices in the U.S., starting Dec. 19. The update will leave the phone "bricked" — which means it will no longer be able to charge or work with cellular networks. (Unless you have Verizon, which is so far refusing to push out the update. Note7 owners who refused to trade in the dangerous devices following the production halt in October must take action before Samsung renders their phones unusable. More about Mobile, Conversaitons, Tech, Samsung Galaxy Note7, and Samsung Read More »No, this Fisher-Price Happy Hour Playset isn't real
Adam Padilla, the Co-Founder and Director of Branding for BrandFire, is responsible for the latest bit of fakery to flood the internet. Luckily, this time it's all in good fun. Padilla made an image of a Fisher-Price Happy Hour Playset in Photoshop; the playset supposedly features a bar, stool and plastic beer bottles for kids to play with. Padilla likes to post humorous original images on his Instagram account adam.the.creator – and this has been one of his most successful posts. "My 21 month-old daughter gave me the idea while playing on her kitchen playset at our apartment," Padilla told Mashable. I mentioned to my wife, Willow, that it would be hilarious if a major toy company created a bar set for toddlers. Read more... More about Fake News, Photoshop, Prank, Toys, and Fisher Price Read More »Facebook is super thirsty for your Facebook Lives
It's not enough that Facebook has a tentacle-hold on knowledge of your interests, demographics, life milestones and everyday activities. The social network desperately wants to turn each of its users' lives into something of a personal TV station, in which they regularly broadcast their experiences, news commentary, talents or just idle snapshots of their lives. At least that's the message Facebook has been spending millions of dollars to hammer home in its single biggest national marketing campaign to date, according to ad tracking firm Ispot.tv. Read more... More about Facebook Live, Facebook, Business, and Advertising Read More »What do you buy the 'Archer' fan who has everything? This.
Holiday gift shopping for all the important people in your life can be the most stressful part of the year. Do you get the same universal gift for everyone, or do you spend the time and effort agonizing over something unique that's tailored to each loved one? Thankfully, the perfect gift for anyone obsessed with Archer was just releasedThe Art of Archer is not just any old coffee table book that will end up doubling as a coaster. This fully illustrated, comprehensive collection is a collector's item for any Archer fan, giving unparalleled access behind the scenes of the long-running FX series, and Mashable has an exclusive first look at some of the inside pages. Read more... More about Fx, Archer, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Al Gore will open Sundance with a follow-up to 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Al Gore has found a convenient time to open his follow-up to An Inconvenient Truth: the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival. Paramount Pictures announced Friday that the former vice president's world climate crisis sequel will crack the seal on the 2017 festival, which kicks off Jan. 19 in Park City, Utah. The follow-up comes 11 years after the original, which still stands as one of the loudest alarms anyone has sounded on climate change in the modern eraAn Inconvenient Truth won two Academy Awards — Best Documentary and Best Original Song — and grossed $50 million at the worldwide box office. Read more... More about Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Global Warming, Climate Change, and An Inconvenient Truth Read More »Facebook finds beautiful missing photo for girlfriend of Oakland fire victim
Social media might be your go-to place to argue with your cousins and post silly cat GIFS, but sometimes, it can be really beautiful. On Dec. 4, Saya Tomioka posted a plea to Facebook to help her find a picture of her kissing her boyfriend, Griffen Maddens, a victim of the Oakland warehouse fire in hopes of a "facebook miracle," and social media delivered. "Maybe some facebook miracle could happen," the bereaving girlfriend wrote. "This morning I remembered the first time I went to Times Square, June 16 of 2015." "Griffin and I just finished watching The Book of Mormon on Broadway," she continued, "I remember tears swelling my eyes because the city was so beautiful and amidst all the lights, I got to look at the brightest light of all, my sweetie. I cried, and we kissed. Some random photographer captured this very moment, this very kiss." Read more... More about Love, Instagram, Facebook, Social Media, and Oakland Warehouse Fire Read More »Everything that could go wrong with Amazon Go
The world got a little more magical this week. Amazon showed off its vision of the future of grocery shopping with Amazon Go, and the consensus is that the checkout-less store is truly amazing — assuming the online retail giant can pull it off. On this week's MashTalk, that's exactly what we debateMashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and I talk about the tech behind Amazon Go as well as its potential problems — logistical, technological and ethical. Whether or not Amazon actually ends up becoming a brick-and-mortar retailer from the move, it's definitely a more compelling vision than delivery drones. Read more... More about Connected Toys, Amazon Go, Mashtalk, and Tech Read More »Someone tried to steal Steph Curry's shoes from a kid
Though sales of Steph Curry's "Curry 3" Under Armour sneakers are down, the reigning NBA MVP's kicks are still a hot commodity. And if they're both signed and game-used, it seems like fans will do anything in there power to snag a pair, even if that means prying them away from the tiny hands of a young basketball fan. The Golden State Warriors point guard put up 26 points in Thursday's 106-99 win over the Utah Jazz. Signed, game-used Curry sneakers go for upwards of $7,000, so naturally, a frenzy ensued after the game when Curry signed his kicks and tried to pass them along to a young fan. Read more... More about Golden State Warriors, Nba, Basketball, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Rogue groin? When filming a 'Star Wars' movie went kind of NSFW
Moviemaking is rarely quite as glamorous as it's cracked up to be — even when we're talking about Star Wars moviemaking. That much was evident to Diego Luna, who plays Captain Cassian Andor in the forthcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, once he started working with Alan Tudyk, who plays the droid K-2SO. You see, although on the screen K-2 is a 7-foot-1 droid made entirely of computer graphics, Tudyk was on set in all those scenes. This was so the other actors, primarily Luna, would have someone to act against. But because Tudyk is not 7-foot-1 — he's a mere six-footer — he had to wear stilts on the set, along with a rather tight-fitting costume for CGI-mapping purposes. And that in turn meant — well, let's let Luna tell the story. Read more... More about Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »These heartbreaking images reveal the dreams of refugees
LONDON — A 14-year-old boy from Aleppo, Syria, stares into the camera with an uncertain expression on his face. Nour El-Deen is standing in Kara Tepe Refugee Camp in Lesbos, Greece. He's just been talking about his dreams. His story — just like all the others that make up the devastating photo series "It Could Be Us" — is one of heartbreak and fragile hopes. The series was captured by photographer Tara Todras-Whitehall and produced by Game of Thrones actress Lena Headey. Speaking with Mashable on the phone, Headey explained how the project came about after a visit to the refugee camp back in June with the International Rescue Committee (IRC). After meeting with the people in the camp, they decided to return and document their stories on camera. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Uk, Photography, Game Of Thrones, and Lena Headey Read More »Stunning 1900 images record Norwegian villagers amid epic landscapes
Group portrait. Image: Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane Nils Olsson Reppen was born on a farm in the municipality of Sogndal, Norway in 1856 and emigrated to the United States in 1882. He started a career as a photographer in Minnesota, then returned to his home village and set up a business in the 1890s. Rather than shoot simple portraits in a studio like a typical working photographer, he photographed his customers and countrymen outdoors amid the area’s dramatic mountains, fjords and glaciers, often using a large format stereoscopic view camera. His compositions were unusual — he frequently posed his subjects far away from the camera, or packed them into the bottom of the frame, dwarfed by the towering landscape. Read more... More about Scandinavia, Landscape, Portraits, Norway, and History Read More »7 gifts for people who were burned by the Samsung Galaxy Note7
The Samsung Galaxy Note7 was hands-down one of the biggest disappointments of the year. Samsung finally built the Voltron of phones, only for the Note7 to literally burn up and be permanently discontinued. If you owned a Note7 and had to give it up, we feel your pain. It sucked to lose such a high-caliber phone and some people may never trust Samsung products again. In loving memory of the Note7, here are seven gifts for anyone who got burned — physically and metaphorically — by the phone. 1. Otterbox caseImage: otterbox As phones get ever slimmer, there's really not much between you and the electrical components inside. In other words: there's nothing to protect you if your phone's battery inflates. We're usually against big and bulky cases, but if you absolutely must get one to shield your hand from direct contact with your phone, you might as well get one from Otterbox with four layers of protection. They're not fireproof, but the four layers of protection is better than nothing. Read more... More about Android, Note 7, Galaxy Note 7, Samsung, and Gift Guide Read More »This anti-Trump site snagged a unique domain name
Donald Trump may claim to be all about draining the swamp, but a website made by a former Clinton staffer is calling out how often the president-elect shows his conflicts of interest and money-grabbing ways. Or, in other words, how corrupt AF our new president is, which is exactly what inspired the name of the site. Corrupt.af is the work of Oakland, California native Matt Ortega, who in an email to Mashable on Friday night said "Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, to our democratic institutions, to our values of freedom, to many communities, and to the world." Image: corrupt.af The former Clinton campaign staffer is a now a consultant in Washington, D.C. He said he made the Trump website a few weeks ago to track how Trump will use his position and power to make money. "It is clear through his actions and that of his business empire-leading children that his presidency will be a vehicle to enrich themselves," Ortega said. Read more... More about Corruption, Donald Trump, Website, Us World, and Politics Read More »The 12 best Android apps of 2016
Android had an interesting year. From its best flagship literally exploding to Google dropping a set of new phones and a new digital assistant, there was a lot to keep developers on their toes. Luckily, the Android community was as reliable as ever at turning out creative, fun and seriously useful apps. SEE ALSO: The 16 biggest tech stories of 2016 From photo retouching to hopelessly addictive games and new ways to call and message friends, here are all the Android apps we couldn't live without in 2016. 1Adobe Photoshop FixAdobe's retouching app, Photoshop Fix, brings some of Photoshop's most useful tools to your phone. It offers a suite of retouching tools to fix imperfections in your photos along with standard editing controls to help you make quick lighting adjustments and other tweaks on the fly. Read more... More about Android, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Charmander and friends come to life in artist's Pokémon renderings
Gotta 3D design 'em all. Joshua Dunlop, a freelance concept artist based in London, has created incredibly lifelike images of three classic Pokémon. Called Pokemon Zoology, Dunlop's creatures appear to look 3D. The renderings basically show what it would be like if Pokémon Go came to life. SEE ALSO: New Pokemon are coming to 'Pokémon Go' Bulbasaur. Image: joshua dunlop Bulbasaur. Image: wikia There were a lot of steps involved in creating the images. "I originally sketched out some rough ideas in Photoshop, using real life animals as reference. Once I was happy, I used a 3D program called 3D-Coat to build and texture the model," Dunlop said in an email to Mashable. Read more... More about Design, Art, Photography, Pokemon, and Pokemon Go Read More »How to (virtually) attend the 'Rogue One' premiere
You won't need to travel to a galaxy far, far away to catch the premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in Los Angeles on Dec. 10. The star-studded (literally and figuratively, we imagine) event will stream live on StarWars.com from 8 P.M. Eastern / 5 P.M. Pacific. So, who can you expect to see at the biggest party in this star system? For starters, the entire Rogue One cast of Star Wars newbies: Felicity Jones, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Mads Mikkelsen, Ben Mendelsohn and Alan Tudyk. There will also be Star Wars vets like The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams and the actors who portrayed Chewbacca and C-3PO. Read more... More about Premiere, Livestreaming, Star Wars, Rogue One, and Movies Read More »Watch The Rock surprise a 'Tonight Show' staffer with a military homecoming
As far as celebrities go, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is absurdly multitalented. He wrestles, he acts, he sings and he even for some reason dabbles in Elvis impersonations. But on Friday's Tonight Show, Johnson showed off the latest skill in his arsenal: planning extremely moving surprises. Johnson and Jimmy Fallon surprised a Tonight Show producer and Army veteran, Karina, by bringing her husband, Todd, an Air Force sergeant, home early for the holidays. Somehow, their teams were able to orchestrate this without Karina knowing, and Todd showed up in the middle of the show to surprise his wife. Read more... More about Jimmy Fallon, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and Watercooler Read More »9 fun iPhone text message tips and tricks
It's an app you probably use every day, but are you getting the most out of the iPhone's Messages? We've got some fun tips and tricks to show you how to do more with your SMS, MMS and iMessage communications. Read on for nine fab ways to save time, better personalize your experience and become a leaner and meaner text-expert. 1) Respond like a ninjaIf you're in a rush you can respond to a message in seconds with a pre-loaded response. Simply tap and hold the message you received and you'll see the option to react with a heart, thumbs up or down, the phrase "ha ha," exclamation marks or a question mark. Read more... More about Mobile, Tech, Sms, Texting, and Ios10 Read More »Why 'La La Land' is exactly the movie we need right now
Do yourself a favor and go see La La Land when it comes to your city. You don't need to be told that the world is a mess anymore — the evidence is everywhere, from TV screens to social media and yes, out in the actual streets and where we live. For that, movies are an escape. Buying a ticket is an implicit agreement to two hours away from cable news and your Twitter feed, and La La Land is the perfect movie to run away to. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what works for La La Land, because it is so many things that do. It isn't the first movie musical, the first story of struggling artists, the first romanticized depiction of hustle in L.A. or even the first pairing of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. But there is a zeitgeist-crushing combination at work here, a carefully crafted cross-section of all the things that make great cinema all working together at any given moment in the film. Read more... More about Opinion, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Film, and Movies Read More »Snoop Dogg's 2016 recap is a thing of beauty
2016, on the whole, can do one. Whether it was the death of Bowie or the birth of Brexit, the slow motion car crash of the presidential election and the subsequent Trumpocalypse or the hacks, attacks and outages that peppered the year, it was a pretty dismal twelve months. Praise be, then, for Snoop Dogg, who's been honing his social media skills for some time but really provided the commentary we all needed this year. From the Olympics to Pokémon via Ken Bone, he had something to say about everything the year had to throw at us. Read more... More about Year In Review, Social Media, Snoop Dogg, and Humor Read More »These baskets are perfect for people who want to shop in solitude
If your favorite phrase is "No thanks, I'm just looking," then these are the shopping baskets for you. Innisfree, a Korean beauty store, allows patrons to choose between two baskets before they begin to shop: one that signals "I need help" and one that signals that no assistance is necessary. A photo of the baskets was posted to Reddit Thursday by user hand_ and met with much applause, especially from people who'd prefer a solitary shopping experience in a store with notoriously proactive customer service. "An introvert's dream," one commenter wrote. Read more... More about Reddit, Imgur, and Watercooler Read More »Apple unleashes new Apple Watch Series 2 ads for the holidays
If you believe some studies, smartwatch sales are down by more than 50 percent, but that isn't stopping Apple from pushing its latest wearable even harder just before Christmas. In a new series of ads the company posted on Friday, the Apple Watch Series 2 is profiled as the ultimate lifestyle device. Taking us from what looks like Los Angeles and Asia, and then a dance studio and an outdoor soccer match, the spots don’t feature any dialogue and only last from 10 to 16 seconds each. The key focus in each video is how they open: with the wearer opening a gift box containing the Apple Watch Series 2, a clear prompt to stuff Christmas stockings with Apple's newest wearable tech. Read more... More about Christmas, Tim Cook, Apple Watch, and Tech Read More »An evocative sketchbook traces one soldier's journey through WWII
Image: Library of Congress Born in New York City in 1923, Victor A. Lundy began developing his artistic talents at an early age. His parents recognized his unique aptitude for drawing and draftsmanship, and with their encouragement he attended New York University to study architecture, specializing in the Beaux Arts style. During his studies, Lundy became captivated by the thought of helping to rebuild Europe once World War II was over and enlisted in the Army Specialized Training Program. With the Allied invasion of France on the horizon, the 21-year-old student was transferred to an infantry division bound for front line combat. Read more... More about Art, Drawing, World War Ii, History, and Retronaut Read More »Michael Bublé's son goes home for the holidays between cancer treatments
Michael Bublé's son, who is currently undergoing treatment for liver cancer, will get to spend the holidays with his family in Los Angeles. The Mirror and local newspapers in Argentina (where Bublé's wife is from) report that Noah is well enough to go home for Christmas, but that the family will stay in California instead of Bublé's home in Vancouver, Canada. Bublé and wife Luisana Lopilato in November made public that 3-year-old Noah had been diagnosed with cancer. "Luisana and I have put our careers on hold in order to devote all our time and attention to helping Noah get well," Bublé said in an official statement on his Facebook page. Read more... More about Michael Buble, Music, and Entertainment Read More »Artist turns Black Mirror' episodes into classic comic book covers
The British science fiction series Black Mirror was a cult hit for years until Netflix picked it up this year in the U.S. and the series went mainstream. Now an artist has taken some of the most talked about episodes and turned them into brilliant old school comic book covers, each with accurate episode titles and other information. The artist, Butcher Billy, recently shared the five covers on Twitter, giving fans a taste of what the beloved series might look like if, in an alternate universe, the television show had been inspired by a series of comic books. Read more... More about Billy The Butcher, Comic Books, Black Mirror, and Entertainment Read More »Airplane dating app is now boarding for all your in-flight flirting needs
Forget SkyMall and instead spend your flight flirting with the brunette in 32B. That's where the Tinder-esque dating app AirDates comes in. It's like other mobile dating options, except this one is for air travelers looking for a connection, or even love, before, during or after a trip. In a video interview with Mashable, CEO and founder Michael Richard said Friday the app is not exactly promoting joining the so-called Mile High Club, but more about "making connections in the air."
Nick Kroll and Reese Witherspoon covered a Taylor Swift song
The soundtrack to a movie about singing animated animals was bound to be weird. We didn't think it would be, like, "Reese Witherspoon singing a 2014 Taylor Swift song with Nick Kroll" weird. Yes, indeed, Witherspoon and Kroll, who play two pig performers in Sing, tackle "Shake it Off" for the film's soundtrack. At first, it's upbeat and bouncy, much like Swift's version, but about midway through ...it might be EDM? Does anyone feel comfortable breaking out their pacifiers and raving to this? Sing, which also stars Tori Kelly, John C. Reilly and Scarlett Johansson in an array of delightful animal roles, comes to theaters Dec. 21. Read more... More about Nick Kroll, Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment, and Watercooler Read More »Apple Music releases '808' doc starring Pharrell, Questlove and the Beastie Boys
If you love classic hip-hop, particularly from the '80s and early '90s, then you owe a huge debt of gratitude to the beloved Roland TR-808 drum machine, and now a documentary is laying out exactly why. Directed by Alex Noyer, 808 showcases conversations with some of the giants of hip-hop and pop music production to find out why the device has been so important. This isn't a film about an obscure music tool. The Roland TR-808 was one of the most powerful pieces of music technology to ever hit the business. And its sound continues to reverberate today. The documentary, offered exclusively on Apple Music on Saturday, features Pharrell Williams, Questlove, the Beastie Boys, legendary producers Rick Rubin and Arthur Baker, old school rappers T La Rock and Soul Sonic Force, Phil Collins, Goldie (a UK master of jungle and drum and bass), Hank Shocklee (Public Enemy) and many others. Read more... More about Hip Hop, History, Beastie Boys, Questlove, and Pharrell Williams Read More » | ||||
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