10 Sleek Google+ Icons for Your Website or Blog

Already using Google+? Follow Mashable’s Pete Cashmore for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as social media and technology updates.

Already using Google+? Follow Mashable’s Pete Cashmore for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as social media and technology updates.

5 ways to measure return on investment for social media

When someone mentions the great pyramids of Egypt the first thing that comes to mind is same image of those ancient architectural wonders we’ve seen a million times. However, that image could change forever as researchers have recently discovered 17 more!

They are supposed to be the bride’s best friends, but sometimes they can fail immensely.

We’ve collected 10 hilarious Old Spice Guy video responses right here to celebrate one of the most popular social media campaigns of all time. Among the fantastic responses: a marriage proposal , an attempt to woo a TV star, and all sorts of geek in-jokes
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Typography has become one of the most experimental digital art-forms. There is a huge amount that can be done with type, including complex lighting, different textures/mediums to construct surfaces, and manipulation of letters/shapes. The following 80 examples show just how much can be done with type. Each work of art manipulates the medium to it’s [...]

You’ve already forked out plenty for your iPhone or iPod touch, so why tax your wallet further by buying an expensive stand?

Robots are cool, but unless you stop by Stanford regularly or make it to MIT often, chances are you don’t see that many in your day-to-day life.
That’s where the internet comes in, and specifically YouTube, which offers hours and hours of robo-themed footage for your on-demand entertainment.
So, grab the popcorn, hit up the videos now [...]

Zoom, click, flash – and with that, through luck or skill of the photographer, sometimes an image is captured at just the right second. Here are 32 pictures caught at the perfect moment.
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The online nature of Twitter means that it’s highly unlikely you know the physical addresses of many of the people you follow, which if you want to send them something in the real world, could be problematic.
Whether it’s a Twitter buddy’s birthday, someone’s a little under the weather, you want to say thank you, or [...]

First off, apologies to all with coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) – this list is entirely dedicated to the subject. I am neither afraid nor a fan of clowns, but there is something about the concept which I find strangely unsettling. Even the happiest clowns seem to have something not quite right beneath the surface. [...]

As the Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows little sign of abating, TIME takes a look back at history’s greatest environmental tragedies.

If only the owners of the establishments displaying these funny ‘unattended children’ warning signs could carry out their threats for real…

Besides challenging you academically, college affords students the opportunity to experiment with their own interests that may not always seem practically applicable to the real world. But sometimes, with the right mix of people, talent and ambition, college can be the perfect breeding ground for true art and even international success and fame. These [...]