Lytro's Amazing, Eerily Realistic 3-D Photos
No glasses required . The technology behind the Lytro camera, light field photography, has never been easy to grasp. If you want to understand the optics, here's a good guide, but it's probably best...
View ArticleSilvio Lorusso, An Artist Of Delightful Internet Things
Italian digital artist Silvio Lorusso makes art out of the familiar bits of the Internet we act with every day — Facebook, our messy Chrome tabs, Kindles, and spinning loading icons. "56 Broken Kindle...
View ArticleControversial Israeli Cell Phone Ad From 2009
As the Gaza crisis explodes, take a look back at this spot by Israel's largest cellular provider that used the West Bank wall as a lighthearted centerpiece. Copy translation at the end of the...
View ArticleWhat The New Twitter Will Look Like
If you want to know what your Twitter timeline is going to look like, there's a preview already hidden in your Twitter app. The new Discover page, full-screen photos and retweet style. The message...
View ArticleHow Social Media Is Aiding The Hurricane Sandy Recovery
“You don't need to ask someone 'in charge' what addresses need help. You can help yourself help someone else.” Storm-affected residents of Rockaway Beach, Queens, at an Occupy Sandy–operated shelter....
View ArticleQuiz: Are You A Good Texter?
Sure, you send and receive text messages almost constantly. But are you even very good at it? Take our quiz and find out. 0-4: You are a Terrible Texter. This doesn't have to be so hard! I know we're...
View ArticleThe Embarrassing Page That Reveals Who Your Twitter Crush Is
Hidden deep within the Favstar.fm features is a page that shows who you give the most “favs” to. Which means it's the person you want to be sitting in a tree with, F-A-V-I-N-G. Here is the secret...
View ArticleIsrael Defense Forces Social Media Head Defends Tweets
“You call this violent language?” The IDF's social media spokesperson sees online posts as just another way to spread the same message, “without the touch of an editor.” With a series of striking...
View Article10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Week
One way to figure out the best tech stories of the week: Looking at the stuff people are saving with Pocket , the Web's biggest read-later service. These are the 10 most-saved tech stories of the...
View ArticleThis Apple Store Employee Better Watch His Step
He's just asking to get sued. *Insert Mike Rowe Zoft and Anne Droid jokes here*This is not Photoshopped, apparently. Source: loopinsight.com
View ArticleThe 8 Best Twinkie Listings On eBay
As you all know, the liquidation of Hostess has ushered in the end of the world. Fortunately, I've found eight eBay sellers who are willing to sate your need for delicious mouth gold … for a price. 1....
View ArticleAbout That Apple Page-Turning Patent
You've probably been hearing scare reports that Apple “patented page turning.” No, it didn't. Not exactly, anyway, as the lawyer bros at The Verge explain: It may be tempting to look at all of this as...
View ArticleJohn McAfee Blogs On The Run From Authorities
If you've been closely following the insane story of John McAfee , the anti-virus software millionaire-turned-expat wanted in Belize from murder, McAfee is now giving paranoid updates from his...
View ArticleHow Verizon Nearly Drowned During Sandy
And how it's recovering. An amazing report from Verizon's terrifying subterranean cyber-swamp. LINK: Read the full report at The Verge, here.
View Article25 Years Of Cell Phones In A Single Image
A Japanese phone maker's journey through every cell phone trend in history, from two-tone LCDs and big buttons to full-color touchscreens and 4G Internet. From NTT Docomo and Designboom . Via:...
View Article"Up" In Real Life
Minus the tears. A professional cluster-balloonist re-created Up 's flying house this weekend. LAURENTIU GAROFEANU / BARCROFT U/Barcroft Media /Landov This is Jonathan Trappe, a 38-year-old from...
View Article41 People Already Camping Out At Best Buy For Black Friday
I don't know which is worse: the people waiting for Black Friday sales on Monday , or the people stopping to Instagram it. Source: distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com Via: instagram.com Via:...
View ArticleHuffPost Live In 2 Minutes
Here's a supercut of the most indecipherable moments from last week's Gaza debate on HuffPost Live! View Video › Editor's note: AOL had this supercut removed from YouTube a few minutes after it was...
View ArticleHow To Code A Life
Synthetic biology — the science fiction-like branch of genetic engineering — hopes to automate programs used to engineer organisms that could produce better drugs and cleaner fuels. But can...
View Article25 Saddest Faces Of Black Friday Shoppers
The shoppers will look up to the sky and shout, “Save us some flat-screens,” and the Best Buy manager shall look down and whisper, “No.” But seriously, these Black Friday shoppers look really sad....
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