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@chrigz documented this tasty-looking meal at J. King Seafood Palace, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

5 easy Instagram tips from a professional food photographer

Presenting a new mealtime manifesto for avid picture-takers

 
The Keon is low on specs by design, says TechCrunch.

Who's excited for Mozilla's orange Firefox phones?

Introducing two new developer prototypes: The Keon and the Peak

 
#Teoing: To pose with a non-existent girlfriend.

The week's best of the internet

The 8 best memes, videos, gifs, and more to emerge from the great digital playground — from a new Livestrong bracelet to #Teoing

 
The app may be gone, but the offenses are far from forgotten.

The firestorm over a racist 'Make Me Asian' app

Google yanks the controversial smartphone application in the face of widespread criticism

 
Instagram is doing just fine, thank you very much.

Was the news of Instagram's decline greatly exaggerated?

The official tally: 90 million monthly active users, 40 million photos per day, 8,500 likes per second

 
If a 2010 documentary is to believed, the catfish of the human world keep the rest of us "fresh."

The Manti Te'o hoax: What is 'catfishing'?

A crash course in a term you'll be seeing a lot of

 
In a move that's a little meta, a Facebook app now allows users to make free voice calls through their iPhones.

Facebook's free phone call app: Why you should never pay for minutes again

The social network beefs up its messaging app on the iPhone

 
These ancient writing utensils may actually help to keep your fragile mind intact!

4 benefits of writing by hand

Scientists and famous authors like Truman Capote agree: Handwriting may be a lost art, but it's still an invaluable skill

 
Want to find sushi restaurants in Palo Alto that your friends have liked? Mark Zuckerberg is here to help.

Everything you need to know about Facebook's Graph Search

Mark Zuckerberg and Co. reveal a powerful tool to (perhaps) rival Google

 
The late Aaron Swartz in a San Francisco bookstore on Feb. 4, 2008.

Will Aaron Swartz's suicide spark copyright reform?

The 26-year-old wunderkind's death is bringing laws written a half-century ago back into the spotlight

 
Red October infiltrates computers using email attachments and then beams back data completely undetected.

Operation Red October: The top-secret global espionage campaign that's been running for five years

A rogue group is covertly collecting top-secret data with an infrastructure rivaling Flame and Stuxnet

 
Reddit co-founder, Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide on Jan. 10, struggled with depression.

Why the internet is incensed by the suicide of activist Aaron Swartz

The Reddit architect and free-culture hero was locked in a bitter courtroom battle after allegedly stealing millions of files from MIT

 
A 3-D printer in action.

Everything you need to know about 3-D printing

Three-dimensional printers make manufacturing possible at home. Could they spell the end of mass production?

 
"Skip rope, skip rope, let me see ya, let me see, do the skip rope."

The week's best of the internet

The 10 best memes, videos, gifs, and more to emerge from the great digital playground — from a horribly botched trust fall to Hunter S. Thompson's daily routine

 
If you like having extra cash, consider getting your new iPhone from Walmart or Sprint.

Is Walmart's no-contract, $45-a-month iPhone 5 really the best deal out there?

The retailer's dirt cheap monthly plan could save you hundreds, but there might be another great option for you, if you're flexible

 
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