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Photo challenge: Bring out your dark side

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For this week's Mashable Photo Challenge, bring out your dark side. Explore the outdoors after sunset, look for shadows on dark pavement and entertain your superstitions

Your submissions can be ...

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By |October 31st, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments

Amazon in 2014: A look back

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It's been quite the year for Amazon — and it was either good or bad, depending on who you ask.

From an optimistic perspective, Amazon finally dipped its toes in the smartphone market with the Amazon Fire Phone, rolled out new Kindle Fire tablets and launched its own entertainment streaming device, called the Amazon Fire TV. From a pessimistic perspective, however, the company took a $170 million hit on its Fire Phone, and was embroiled in an ugly, public fight with book publisher Hachette.

To get you caught up on Amazon's year, Mashable is ...

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By |October 30th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments

11 free tools to protect your online activity from surveillance

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The documentary Citizenfour, which debuted to a limited release on Friday, offers the closest look yet at Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed the National Security Agency spying scandal. In the film, Snowden and the journalists he works with go to great lengths to shield their correspondence from unwanted eyes.

Though ...

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By |October 30th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments

Windows steps up its game: Running 8.1 on a 5K Retina iMac

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When I was reviewing the new 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K, I couldn't help but marvel at how well Apple's scaling technology worked and how nearly every single app I installed was optimized for Retina. Which of course, brought up the inevitable question: How would Windows handle a 5120 x 2880 display?

To find out, I loaded up Boot Camp and installed Windows 8.1 on our review iMac to take a look at the experience

I was curious about this because the last time I reviewed Windows 8.1 under 4K — back in March — using an ...

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By |October 29th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments

15 Vines that show an unexpected turn of events

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Many award-winning films lend their greatness to twist endings. Stories that are too predictable are often less interesting, so a good surprise really does the trick

Mashable, in collaboration with Unpopular Now, hosted a Vine challenge themed around unexpected endings. We asked you to wow us with a creative twist in your video.

"Trying to establish a scenario that has a surprise ending in six seconds is not easy," Unpopular Now CEO and Creative Director ...

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By |October 29th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments