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Forget the American dream for a moment. It's time you knew about the Amercian dream. The true tale of the Amercian Dream begins with a father and son. It is a story of geopolitics, immigrant dreams and the peculiar connections only the Internet can create. An...

Half The Sky, the best-selling book written by Pulitzer Prize winning couple Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, is turning into a revolutionary gaming concept, targeting women in the developing world. Three mobile games, to be released in June for feature phones, teach ...

The United Nations will meet in Dubai this December to make a decision that could carry significant consequences for the future of all web users: Should the UN be granted more control over the Internet? With the high-profile meeting looming at the end of this yea...

This article also appears in The Washington Post, with whom Mashable has partnered to provide additional coverage of the impact that digital is having on current events, politics and policy. Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation at the State Department, has a p...

The World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, will host a Google+ Hangout from the front lines of the Sahel Crisis today at 3:00 p.m. EDT (12 p.m. PDT) to answer questions...

Microsoft's Imagine Cup brings students together from across the world each year, in effort to use technology to solve the world's toughest problems. Mashable met with four teams, hailing from Germany, Australia, the U.S. and Qatar, to learn how they are using te...

In a catastrophe that refocused the world's attention upon the country, 108 people were killed in Syria last week -- likely at the hands of government forces controlled by President Bashar Assad, according to United Nations observers. Anti-Assad protests and viole...

Have you ever wondered how genuine that smile really is? If your intuition isn't stellar at gauging real versus fake smiles, this information might be of interest to you: Researchers at MIT have developed a computer algorithm to distinguish honest-to-goodness smil...

Facebook is testing a new feature called Close Friends, which lets you know every action the people you add to the list take on the social network. Facebook told Mashable it began the push to some users Thursday. When you sign into Facebook, you'll be prompted to ...

"If you've ever picked up a guitar for the first time and tried to play a favorite song, you know how discouraging it can be. The gTar completely changes that," says Drew Houston, Dropbox founder and CEO. The gTar is an iPhone-powered guitar that boasts itself as ...

At least one thing is true of youth in every country: give them access to technology and a bit of guidance, and they're capable of changing the world for the better. Helping young people do exactly that has been the job of the State Department's Ronan Farrow for the ...

CEOs are finally embracing social media's role in engaging business and customers, according to a recent IBM Global CEO Study. For businesses, social media is currently the least-utilized method for connecting with their audiences. The hierarchy of connecting is a...

YouTube has launched a Human Rights channel, with non-profit partner Witness and video playlist creator Storyful, the company announced Thursday. The channel will curate footage of human rights-related stories, uploaded by citizen users, shedding light on under-repor...

A wooden light bulb might sound like an impossible concept -- how would it light up without generating at least a few sparks? -- but thanks to a Japanese artist, it's an actual light source. Ryosuke Fukusada has created a working wooden light bulb by designing an...

From pedaling to charge our laptops to converting our body heat into electricity, the idea of using our bodies to generate energy is becoming more common. And a 24-year-old entrepreneur in Kenya has another idea to add to that mix: He's created a shoe technology to h...

A report released Tuesday argues that high-tech immigration reform is a vital ingredient in the economic recovery of the United States. The report, commissioned by the Partnership for New York City and the Partnership for a New American Economy, suggests U.S. immi...

So you want to keep fit, help the environment, stay on top of your work and make sure your gadgets are always charged. How can you stay productive in business without casting one of these priorities aside? That's where WeBike steps in -- or should we say pedals i...