For designers and lovers of design, a typeface can be as visually pleasing as any painting. We’ve searched the web for great typographical accessories that will brighten up your office space, home, and maybe even your personal style with font-based fun. Have a browse of our gallery now, and whether you tend towards the roman, italic or bold, we think you’ll see something you like. Let us know your favorites in the comments below. 1.... 

Facebook’s astronomic rise, staggeringly large user-base, and world’s youngest self-made billionaire CEO make it one of the most fascinating companies around today. While everyone knows the basics about the service’s Harvard dorm room origins, we’ve delved a little deeper to find out more interesting snippets of info. Here are 10 facts you might not know about Facebook, so read on and let us know your…  Read More →

tlists allows you to search, curate, join and follow Twitter lists, a tool that is needed to make lists useful.  The main page starts you with a slick interface with some top lists and the hashtag categories they cover, as well as a search.  You are able to see the curator, apply to the list and even follow it.  Authentication is done via oAuth to Twitter for ease of integration your account.  You are able to add your own lists as well.... 

With Facebook ’s ever-changing layout, and the fact that other social sites are encroaching on its real-time update strangle-hold, it’s easy to forget that there are some pretty nifty tricks you can pull using your humble Facebook status. We’ve pulled together 10 great how-to tips that will help you get the most out of your status update, from official features to apps, Easter eggs, jokes and more. Perfect for newer Facebook... 

Apple has propelled many bands and artists up the charts simply by featuring their tunes in its commercials. Summed up nicely in the witty words of BuzzFeed writer Taylor Magenheim: “Apple has proven that every time an iPod is created, an indie band gets their wings.” With an interest in the “Apple effect” on a song, we took a look at five great examples of artists being carefully chosen from (relative) obscurity by Apple’s... 

Rebecca Zook is an online female math tutor who has been helping students get math into their brains for seven years. She blogs about learning at Triangle Suitcase . We’ve sorted the contenders from the pretenders and found five genuinely fun ways to help your kids learn math this summer. These unique technologies go way beyond the world of flashcards, and use surprising tools including rap music, adaptive technology, psychological research... 

Friend Me is a social media comic published every Friday by Natasha Wescote. How many apps does it take to screw in a lightbulb ? Whether you have an iPhone , Android , or any other type of smartphone, finding the right app for a task can sometimes seem like more trouble than it’s worth. As frustrating as that can be, it’s always healthy to poke a little fun at ourselves and the portable devices near and dear to our hearts. Find... 

For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable’s 2010 World Cup Hub , which will be updated throughout the games. As World Cup pool play continues, games are becoming more electrifying as each and every goal scored counts for the nations trying to earn the highly coveted football title and trophy. Football aficionados and novices alike can enhance their experience of each game with World Cup visualizations that help to bring the action... 

Whether you subscribe to the cult of Mac or not, Apple’s immense influence on technology and popular culture is indisputable. But there’s one area in which Apple’s reach may even surprise fans — the art world. iPods, Macs, and even His Jobsness himself have all recently turned up in sculpture, digital art and even oil paintings. Flip through our gallery to find out more and let us know of any other Apple-themed art you’ve... 

Brian Casel is a web designer and owner of ThemeJam WordPress Themes and CasJam Media .  You can follow Brian on his blog at briancasel.com or on Twitter @CasJam . WordPress is the fastest growing CMS platforms in today’s web design industry (yes, it’s a true CMS).  Much of the action in the WordPress community is largely driven by the market for WordPress themes. The vast selection of free and commercial themes is what makes WordPress... 

Fact: there are more iPhone and iPod touch cases in the world than there are ants. Okay maybe not, but there are certainly more than there are pandas. If you want to stand out from the crowd, or turn your back on the retail onslaught of ready-made options, then we’ve rounded up five designs that you can make yourself. Our tried and tested DIY mini-projects include a few eco-friendly options that reuse existing items. And no homemade round-up... 

Although serious psychologists sometimes bash self-help books as “ vast oversimplifications ,” there’s a reason that New York Times’s best seller list includes an entire section of “advice” books. Who wouldn’t rather believe that they can help themselves? Forget the $100 an hour couch session with your psychiatrist — the path to a new you fits in the palm of your hand. These eight apps can help you take your best... 

Call it whatever you like — football, soccer, the game with the black and white checkered ball that you kick around the field. Pick a name and get ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Every four years soccer fans go wild and neighborhood bars are packed to the brim in broad daylight with devoted viewers. While the BBC and ITV apps that promise to stream the games and video highlights have yet to be released, there are still... 

News anchor fails are always hilarious, because they are a stark contrast to the usual poise you generally see from such professional figures. Here, we bring you a catalog of spoonerisms, giggling fits and the odd swear thrown in, from a variety of hapless anchors, roving reporters and weatherpeople. View our top ten news bloopers below and as always, we’d love to hear about your favorite clips in the comments. 1. DID SHE SAY ASS CREAM?!... 

When Jeff Howe coined the term “crowdsourcing” in a 2006 Wired article his examples were mainly “labor markets for specialized talents,” like iStockphoto , iFilm , and InnoCentive. But the business model of outsourcing to the crowd has grown (as has Howe’s article — he published a book on the topic in 2008). As open-source software developers learned long ago, asking a pool of people to create something can be faster, cheaper, and...