How to Build Your Own Cellphone [VIDEO]

As beautifully designed as the latest batch of smartphones are, they're missing one thing -- individuality. If you are a crafty type and would like a one-of-a-kind cellphone, check out this DIY cellphone kit from MIT's Media Lab.

Just pop in a SIM card and it's ready to use. At about $150 for the parts (plus free printouts for the circuit board and covers from GitHub) you can have DIY bragging rights over your iPhone-mad friends.

If you want text messaging capabilities, however, you'll have to code that into the software yourself.

DIY is not just for home projects. Check out the other instructional videos we've featured, which show you how…
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Seth Godin Funds New Book on Kickstarter in Under 3 Hours

Seth Godin, author of a slew of top-selling marketing books including Linchpin and Tribes, has already raised enough money on Kickstarter to fund his next book.

Godin launched his campaign for the book, titled The Icarus Deception, at 5:05 a.m. ET, PaidContent reports. Less than three hours later the campaign hit its funding goal of $40,000, Godin announced in an update appended to the campaign. By 11:00 a.m., funding had passed the $90,000 mark.

Godin has been one of the most outspoken critics of traditional book publishing models. In an interview with GalleryCat in August 2010, he said, “I like the people, but I can’t abide the long wait, the filters, the big push at launch, the…
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POLL: Are you watching the Euro 2012 football online?

Football fever has taken over Europe again and England has (rather surprisingly for many) shown some promise in its first two games. It may seem like everyone floods into their local to watch the matches, but according to new research...

Meet the Daily Caller, Home of Obama Heckler Neil Munro

Neil Munro, White House correspondent at online news organization The Daily Caller, broke with protocol to interrupt President Obama during a Friday morning press briefing about immigration reform.

A statement released by the Caller claimed Munro wasn't trying to heckle the president, but rather was trying to time his question to arrive at the end of Obama's remarks.

SEE ALSO: Obama Takes on Heckling Reporter [VIDEO]

But what, exactly, is The Daily Caller? We're glad you asked.

The website was launched by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel in January of 2010. Patel formerly served as chief policy advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney. Carlson is a journalist who formerly worked…
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iOS 6: Everything you need to know from WWDC 2012

Today at WWDC 2012 Scott Forstall, the senior VP of iOS Software at Apple, unveiled iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's operating system. We were surprised to see that the new MacBook Pro announcements didn't overshadow Apple's software developments,...

“The Facebook campaign is one tactic…”

In response to the anarchy in Londonderry, and elsewhere, the PSNI have launched a Facebook campaign… Police are urging young people from all communities to help drive the figures down even further with help from social media. “The Facebook campaign is one tactic designed specifically to reach out to those over 16 who may have [...]

I want Presbyterians to be …

In the end, this year’s Presbyterian General Assembly was less newsworthy than the recent Church of Ireland Synod. However the outgoing and incoming moderators did tackle some good issues in their addresses on Monday evening. Last weekend I wrote a short opinion piece to accompany Thursday morning’s News Letter coverage of the General Assembly of [...]

Vimeo update makes adding a soundtrack to your clips simple

Vimeo have updated their video hosting service today, making it easier than ever to add top-notch soundtracks to your uploaded clips. Following on from their Vimeo Music Store update, the company have now added an Enhancer function that lets users...

Tech Digest's Hands On with the Orange San Diego Android smartphone

This morning Tech Digest went to the launch of the new Orange San Diego Android smartphone and here's editor Gerald Lynch's hands-on shots and initial thoughts... Today Orange has revealed its own-branded San Diego Android smartphone. Previously codenamed the Santa...

Food Photography: How to Get the Best Shot

Sharing pictures of a terrific meal with friends on sites like Facebook or Picasa is a great way to show off your skills as a cook and a photographer…

Donate to Charity Every Time You Buy Online

CauseCart revolutionizes the online donation system by siphoning a percentage of a user's ecommerce purchase to a charity of his or her choice -- all at no cost to the user.

5 Tips For Politicians on Pinterest

From presidential contenders to school board hopefuls, political candidates are experimenting with a wide variety of social platforms to get the…

Krugman: Prospect of Euro collapse might concentrate their minds…

Perhaps this is what the No campaign is hoping for? Krugman interviewed in the FT: “No. I don’t think they can save Greece but they can still save the rest if they’re willing to offer open-ended financing and macroeconomic expansion.” But this would mean persuading the Germans to change their philosophy of economic life. “Well, [...]

Tesla’s Model S Is Nearly Upon Us [VIDEO]

High-end electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla announced the upcoming launch of its Model S four-door sedan, which should be available almost any day…

Google Chrome overtake Internet Explorer as most-used browser for first time

Google's Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the first time to become the world's most-used internet browser. According to StatCounter, Google Chrome crept up the usage tables to overtake the veritable Microsoft offering for the first time...

Changed Windows 8 Desktop Revealed, Interface Improved [VIDEO]

Microsoft has revealed an updated desktop user interface for Windows 8. “In the end, we decided to bring the desktop closer to the Metro aesthe…

APP OF THE DAY: Explore Leonardo da Vinci's famous sketches with new Anatomy app

The Queen's Gallery in London is currently exhibiting a number of fascinating anatomical sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, some of which have never even been displayed before (like, EVER). In order to make the collection more accessible to his...

HTC One X Delayed at US Customs and Three Other Stories You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world…

20 Lunchtime Photos From the Mashable Community

For many, lunch is a daily opportunity to break away from one’s work routine. This week’s Mashable Photo Challenge asked you to send us a…

WTF: Hairdressers may soon be replaced by robots

We've heard of robots cleaning our homes, looking after the elderly and going on adventures with Luke Skywalker, but Panasonic has recently pioneered a new device that will... drum roll please... change the way we wash our hair. Oh....

Pokémon Art Tumblr Reimagines 151 Original Characters [PICS]

“Gotta catch ‘em all!” Well, in a real-life game of Pokémon, Alyssa Nassner and Bryan Ische did just that. The Minnesota illustrat…

At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Tech is in the House

This weekend kicks off one of Washington D.C.’s biggest events: the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Think of it as the equivale…

The need for a Bigger Picture

There is a time in life when one must stand up and be counted. A time when people cry out for a saviour to come and rescue them from their peril. A time to take your place as a leader of men. Then there are other times. Times when people are really happy enough, not [...]

Startup Pays You to Recommend Apps to Friends

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…

PicMonkey: Simple online photo editing with Instagram-style filters

We're all STILL obsessed with Instagram-style filters that make our photos look like they were taken by our grandparents, so we were happy to find an online tool for adding our own vintage filters, which is free, super easy-to-use...

IndieGoGo’s Co-Founder Wants Kids to Launch 10 Startups in 10 Years

Slava Rubin, co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding website IndieGoGo, has an ambitious plan to plant the seeds of entrepreneurship in the minds of…

Are You Worried CISPA Could Be Another SOPA? [POLL]

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has plenty of people in the tech community worried that it’s going to be the nex…

Today’s Top Stories: Earthquake in Indonesia, Spotify Play Button

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world…

Meme Alert: Chandler Bing From ‘Friends’ Dances on Everything

Rick Santorum may be dropping out of the presidential campaign, but there’s one thing he’ll leave behind in perpetuity — and it̵…

How One App Used the iPad’s Retina Display to Increase Downloads 10x

App developers love to get picked for the Featured section in Apple’s App Store. Getting a spot can turn a struggling app into a sensation…

‘Dropping Bertie’ also denudes Fianna Fail of the very best of its recent history…

Even if Bertie Ahern’s resignation offers Micheal Martin a useful tribal head on a plate, Noel Whelan notes that it also robs the party of some of the best of its recent history: Ahern led Fianna Fáil for 14 of the last 17 years. He has defined the party in the modern age and has [...]

Angry Birds Theme Parks Coming to Europe

Angry Birds might be coming for the little green pigs near you. Rovio Mobile, makers of the worldwide mobile game phenomenon, are in talks to op…

Sky Anytime+ opens VOD doors to other ISPs

Sky Anytime+, the broadcaster's video-on-demand offering that opens up a massive catalogue of shows and movies to be streamed whenever a viewer chooses, is now available to users connecting to the internet over a far broader range of ISPs. Initially,...

The Creators Project Blurs Line Between Art and Technology [PICS]

Technology and art came together in San Francisco this past weekend at The Creators Project, an event designed to showcase the talents of emergi…

Asteroid Shows Bruises From Violent Solar System [VIDEO]

A team of Japanese scientists were able to draw important conclusions about our Solar System from looking at specks of dust retrieved from one a…

Who’s Winning the Twitter and Facebook Presidential Election? [INFOGRAPHIC]

President Barack Obama’s Facebook and Twitter following leaves Republican presidential candidates in the dust. The president has more than 25 mi…

The Mashable SXSWi House Returns to Austin in 2012

It’s that time of the year again, where members of the digital and technology communities come together in Austin, TX for the SXSW Intera…

5 Essential Classroom Management Tools for Teachers

Classroom management is one of the most important tasks for teachers throughout the school year. With an organized and efficient workflow, and ways to…

Live Cats + Facebook = Friskies Marketing Coup?

Friskies, which rolled out an iPad game for cats last May, has restored human dominance with a Facebook-based live feed that lets humans remotel…

Super Bowl 2012 Commercials: Watch Them All Here

There are two kinds of Super Bowl fans: those who watch for the football and those who watch for the advertisements. For those who prefer the sport,…

How to Recruit with Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]

So you’ve got a great job that’s waiting to be filled at your company, and you decide you want to tap into the already measured power of s…

Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 Apps

On Sunday night, millions of people will be watching Super Bowl 2012 on their televisions, while others might be watching it on their smartphon…

Head patch watches over stroke patients’ blood flow in brains

Stroke is one of the silent killers just like heart attacks, and the amount of damage it does to the body varies, with many of those who suffered from a stroke before having to live with limited movement as well as slurred speech. Not only that, statistics show that nearly 33% of stroke patients experience [...]

2012 Grammys Embrace Digital, Mobile and Social Media

The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony is only eight days away and the Recording Academy is kicking off the next phase of its digital and social campai…

Like Testing New Apps? BetaBait Will Hook You Up

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…

RIM giving away BlackBerry Playbooks to app developers

It seems the major price cuts RIM offered on their BlackBerry Playbook tablets still hasn't been enough to shift the backlog of unsold slates, as today the company revealed they will be giving some units away for free to those...

8 Things You Should Know Before Building a Mobile App

App appeal is obvious. The barrier to entry? So low! The upshot of producing the next Angry Birds or beer-chug simulator? So high! Heck, with j…

Apple is Censoring Music on iTunes Match

Apple is unintentionally censoring rap music and other explicit tracks downloaded using its iTunes Match service — by replacing them with…

Patriot or Giant, Whose Pre-Super Bowl XLVI Spotify Mix Is Better? [POLL]

Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner and players from both the New York Giants and New England Patriots are getting pumped for the game…

Future of retailer GAME rocked; videogames industry holds its breath

Videogame retailer GAME are facing stiff financial challenges after poor profits last year rocked its credit insurance line. The retailer is now in talks with individual games publishers regarding the financial difficulties to ensure its stores are continued to be...

Twitter Users Campaign for Britney Spears ‘Modern Family’ Cameo

If we’ve learned anything from massive campaigning on the Internet recently, it’s that the Web has the power to get things done. The…

Conan Adds Keyboard Cat to Obama’s Google+ Hangout [VIDEO]

Cute alert: U.S. President Barack Obama has met Internet celebrity Keyboard Cat in a Google+ Hangout. We wish this adorable encounter were t…

NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge

How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling? NASA has launched a multi-player Facebook game to test just that. Space Rac…

Giants? Patriots? Mobile and Social to Win Super Bowl XLVI

The New York Giants and New England Patriots face off for gridiron glory this Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI. But the game’s real winners could…

Facebook: What would happen if you printed out the social network?

No, it's never going to happen, but printing supplier Cartridge Save has decided to combine the two things it loves, Facebook and printing stuff, to try and work out what it would look like, how much it would cost and...

Why Facebook Is Really Worth $100 Billion

You know what hurts? Being wrong, that’s what hurts. Not just a little wrong, but $85 billion wrong. Five years ago I laughed — dare I…

Sports Blogger Ousted Over False Paterno Tweet

CBS has shown the door to the blogger who tweeted an erroneous report of legendary Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno’s deat…

Photoshop CS6 Turns to The Dark Side [VIDEO]

Attention, Photoshop lovers: Adobe is treating us all to a sneak preview of Photoshop CS6, and from what we can see, it looks amazing. Adobe…

“this device may have been here for some considerable time, possibly many years…”

There’s good news, and there’s bad news, as a 36 hour security alert in Kinawley, County Fermanagh, ends with two controlled explosions by the British Army’s bomb disposal team and the removal of a viable device “for further forensic examination”.  From the BBC report Police have said that a bomb found in a field in County [...]

Which Oscar Nominees Got the Most Social Buzz [STATS]

The nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, and fans quickly hopped to social media to share their approval or di…

Which Oscar Nominees Got the Most Social Buzz [STATS]

The nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, and fans quickly hopped to social media to share their approval or di…

Which Oscar Nominees Got the Most Social Buzz [STATS]

The nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, and fans quickly hopped to social media to share their approval or di…

Multi-Screen iPhone Game Expands Your Playing Space

All of Apple’s iDevices — iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches — are a ton of fun, but for the most part that fun happens on a tiny screen…