Crowd-Sourced Documentary to Tell Story of NFL Fans' Season

Crowd-Sourced Documentary to Tell Story of NFL Fans' Season
McPixel tops Android Games of the Week
Top 8 Comments on Mashable This Week
Crowd-Sourced Documentary to Tell Story of NFL Fans' Season
Spotify Is Coming to Your Browser, But Not at a Reduced Price
Early laptop designer Moggridge dies at 69
6 Apps That Let You Text for Free
Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week
Amazon, in switch, will let Kindle users pay to opt out of ads
This Qbotix Robot Is Solar Power's Best Friend [VIDEO]
Google Glass Graces the Runway at New York Fashion Week
5 Games You Should Play in Your Downtime
Teen Launches Space Camera, Grabs Gorgeous Shots of Earth [PICS]
What Will It Take to Get You to NOT Buy a Mac? [SUNDAY COMIC]
Puppies: Best Gifts in the World? [VIDEO]
Apple Patent Would Disable Smartphones by Location [VIDEO]
Beam Me Up, Crafty: 10 Quirky Star Trek Finds on Etsy
Reversal: Amazon Offers Opt-Out of Ads on New Kindle Fire Tablets
So You're a Graphic Designer, What Next?
The Elephant We're All Inside
Top 10 Pinterest Pins This Week
iPhone 5 Will Support 4G LTE [REPORT]

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:13 PM PDT

Sports fans are a tried-and-true subject for compelling sports stories. But a documentary project currently underway puts a new twist on the genre by encouraging fans themselves to provide the footage from their mobile devices.

McPixel tops Android Games of the Week

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:58 AM PDT

This week is a week of oddities and unique little gems, especially evident in the top game of the week, McPixel. It's a very strange challenge-based point-and-click adventure game, and it's sure to achieve near-instant cult status. We've also got the latest from Kairosoft, a dungeon crawler from the developers behind Ski Safari, a line-tracing spell-casting battle game, and an auto runner in which you play as the toughest old granny this side of the planet. Here are this week's top Android games.

Top 8 Comments on Mashable This Week

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:58 PM PDT

1. 'Sh*t Apple Users Say' Is So True — Admit It

Crowd-Sourced Documentary to Tell Story of NFL Fans' Season

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:13 PM PDT

Spotify Is Coming to Your Browser, But Not at a Reduced Price

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Spotify, the popular music streaming app, is getting ready to launch a browser-based version of their service, but rumors of a potential drop in the price for their premium service don't add up.

Early laptop designer Moggridge dies at 69

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Bill Moggridge, a British industrial designer who designed an early portable computer with the flip-open shape that is common today, has died. He was 69.

6 Apps That Let You Text for Free

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:06 PM PDT

With mobile carriers charging anywhere from $20 to $30 a month for unlimited plans, smartphone users with a love of texting might feel like coughing up this kind of cash is their only option. In reality, there are several great apps available that allow users to text for free.

Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Sunday is a time for reflection about important things -- like this past week's funniest viral videos. Maybe you were too busy working or actually, you know, being outside, to watch these clips. But, fear not: Here at Mashable, we endeavor to make sure you can still keep up with Monday's watercooler conversation.

Amazon, in switch, will let Kindle users pay to opt out of ads

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Amazon.com, in an apparent switch in its pricing policy, said over the weekend that it will allow purchasers of its new Kindle Fire tablets to pay $15 extra to turn off advertisements that are built into the devices. The change came barely a day after Amazon on Thursday unveiled larger Kindle Fire tablets, priced from $159 to $599, to challenge Apple Inc's dominant iPad on price and additional digital content. Amazon had said the tablets would come with ads known as "special offers" that appear when screens are locked and in the corner of the home screen, helping keep prices low. ...

This Qbotix Robot Is Solar Power's Best Friend [VIDEO]

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Solar power is great, but it isn't a perfect system. Panels are only in optimal ray-catching position for a small part of the day. Moving them and their own individual motors takes energy and hurts efficiency, especially with large solar fields.

Google Glass Graces the Runway at New York Fashion Week

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

A model wearing Google Glass backstage at Diane von Furstenberg's show in Lincoln Center.

5 Games You Should Play in Your Downtime

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT

1. Super Hexagon

Teen Launches Space Camera, Grabs Gorgeous Shots of Earth [PICS]

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 09:45 AM PDT

Nineteen-year-old Adam Cudworth got these photos using a camera he bought on eBay.

What Will It Take to Get You to NOT Buy a Mac? [SUNDAY COMIC]

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT

First-time computer buyers might be wondering what they might do with such a machine. But according to one particular Mac found by our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy of The Joy of Tech, there are a multitude of reasons to go without computers.

Puppies: Best Gifts in the World? [VIDEO]

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:17 AM PDT

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Apple Patent Would Disable Smartphones by Location [VIDEO]

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:43 AM PDT

Apple has been granted a patent that would make your smartphone useless when entering an area deemed too sensitive for mobile photo and video.

Beam Me Up, Crafty: 10 Quirky Star Trek Finds on Etsy

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:56 AM PDT

1. Spock Cat Embroidery Hoop Wall Art

Reversal: Amazon Offers Opt-Out of Ads on New Kindle Fire Tablets

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:04 AM PDT

Now you can opt out of those ads on new Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets for a one-time payment of $15. This is a reversal from a no-opt-out policy the company revealed on Friday, the day after the new tablets were introduced.

So You're a Graphic Designer, What Next?

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:04 AM PDT

Once you've learned to design, whether it's in school or on your own efforts, the world is a wide open space of opportunities. There are websites hungry for more beautiful navigation, storefronts that could use better signage and more. But how do you get your hands on these projects, and turn your ideas into reality?

The Elephant We're All Inside

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT

Junk Journalism on Climate, or Too Big to Cover? ———– Nature's Edge Notebook #35 Observation, Analysis, Reflection, New Questions A number of the world's professional climate scientists are perplexed by — and in some cases furious with — American news directors. "Malpractice!" is typical of...