Instagram Tops 25M Users

Instagram has topped 25 million users, becoming the largest mobile-based social network in the world, according to a report.

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Todd Wasserman | Mashable Tech
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Mercedes Rolls Out Invisible Car

When Mercedes wanted to promote its new fuel cell vehicle, instead of placing it squarely in front of everyone in the world, the company decided to make the car invisible. We have video.

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Charlie White | Mashable Tech
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iPad 3 Release: Top Must-Have Killer Features That Will Put Android Rivals Out of Business

Apple iPad is the singular most popular tablet in the world, leaving rival Android, Blackberry and Windows tablets to grab only small chunks of the tablet market share. The tech giant controls over 75% of the tablet market share. However, Samsung, with its Galaxy tablet lineup, is now posing a big threat to Apple. Even Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which is priced at $199 or $300 less than the basic iPad model, is selling like hot cakes and stopping first-time tablet buyers from purchasing the iPad.

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Surojit Chatterjee | Tech & Trend
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Take Google Maps Indoors

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Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?

Scientists have invented a new material that is so lightweight it can sit atop a fluffy dandelion without crushing the little fuzzy seeds.

It's so lightweight, styrofoam is 100 times heavier.

It is so lightweight, in fact, that the research team consisting of scientists at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and Caltech say in the peer-reviewed Nov. 18 issue of Science that it is the lightest material on Earth, and no one has asked them to run a correction yet.

That's light!

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Deborah Netburn | Los Angeles Times
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21 Handy iOS 5 Tips and Tricks

Tutorial: Get more from iOS 5 with these useful tips

After much fanfare, iOS 5 has finally landed.

But as is so often the case with Apple, someone forgot to write the manual. Worry not. We've rifled through 200-plus improvements and come up with 21 iOS 5 tips to make your life easier.

If you haven't upgraded already, hook up your Apple device to your computer and launch iTunes now. Click on your device in the sidebar, and under Version you'll see a button called Check for Update: click it. Follow the onscreen instructions and we'll meet you back here once your device has rebooted to show you what's what.

And then you're ready to use our iOS 5 tips…

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Tim Hardwick | TechRadar
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Facebook Slammed by Porn Attack

Facebook Inc.'s latest problem: porn and violence.

The company said Tuesday that a "coordinated spam attack" was to blame for the posting of pornographic and violent images on the Web pages of unsuspecting Facebook users.

Over the past several days, Facebook users have complained of disturbing imagery appearing to come from trusted friends showing up on the site's news feed, which houses posts and images shared by a user's network.

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Tom Loftus | The Wall Street Journal
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