When you think electric vehicle, cars like the Tesla Model S or Chevy Volt might come to mind. But a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup wants to change that perception with what they claim is the "world's lightest electric vehicle" — and it's a skateboard. Boosted Boards was a Kickstarter success last fall, when they raised over $467,000 to further develop their 12-pound electric longboard. The motor

Not everyone can be President of the United States, but now you can drink like one. The White House released its beer recipes Saturday, just days after a Reddit user made the request during President Obama's "Ask Me Anything." The POTUS' official residence unveiled recipes for its "Honey Ale" and "Honey Porter" in a blog post partly entitled "Ale to the Chief." "With public excitement about White

Google Doesn't Know How to Spend $50 Billion, Says PayPal Co-Founder Conference panels are often sedate, friendly affairs. But that wasn't the case when Google chairman Eric Schmidt went up against Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, investor and well-known libertarian gadfly. The debate at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen Monday night tackled the question of whether technology has impr

[nggallery id=5991] A YouTube Haiku, according to the subreddit (a subsection of popular social news site Reddit) that coined the name, is a video that lasts no longer than 14 seconds, and is, as they describe it, pure poetry. Cheap humor isn't what they are looking for. The subreddit's welcome message states "Videos of kids falling down aren't exactly poetic (we don't delete them, but they may be

Social media users in the Philippines are up in arms over a new ad campaign by Bayo, a fashion retail brand for women. Dubbed "What's your mix?", it features five mixed-race models in an attempt to portray beauty in racial diversity. An accompanying manifesto explains the concept of the campaign. "This is just all about mixing and matching," says the manifesto, which is not available on the brand'

Apple-Like Solar-Powered Keyboard Controls Mac, iPad, iPhone Love portable keyboards? You’re going to want to see Logitech’s latest offering. The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac, iPad and iPhone lets you pair up to three of those devices at a time. That means no more disconnecting and re-entering a code each time you want to switch between devices, from your Mac to your iPad, say. Ju

H&M Under Fire for Using Fake, Computer-Generated Models Recently, Swedish fashion chain H&M admitted to using computer-generated models to showcase a range of collections on its website. The virtual models look completely human, but if you look closely, they all have the same body shape and pose. The real model's head has been superimposed on the body and the skin tone has been digitally altered

Fashion Blogging Grows Up: Why Advertisers Want a Piece of the Action Alisa Gould-Simon is the Director of Marketing & Communications at Pose.com, a free mobile shopping application. She is a fashion consultant and writer and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal. You can follow her on Twitter at @alisagouldsimon. The advent of blogging has dramatica

The 'Godzilla' Incident: Did Twitter Users Gang Up on CNN Earthquake Anchor? In its defense, CNN tweeted today: "RE: questions about a CNN anchor laughing while covering the Japan earthquake, we checked. It appears it was a false post." Moments later, the network's Twitter feed added, "We checked on the Godzilla references too. That also appears to be a false post." So who is correct -- CNN or the