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The offices of Google Creative Lab are not located at the search company's Mountain View, California, HQ known as the Googleplex. Rather, they are situated in a squat and unimposing office building on Manhattan's Ninth Avenue, opposite the Chelsea Market.

Seth WeintraubThere's one website that breaks more Apple news than any other — 9to5Mac. Though its competitors are more experienced and better funded, 9to5Mac has established itself as the go-to website for Apple news.

Disney's upcoming animated film Big Hero 6, about a boy and his soft robot (and a gang of super-powered friends), is perhaps the largest big-budget mash-up you'll ever see. Every aspect of the film's production represents a virtual collision of worlds.

Apple, please don’t hold an event if there is almost nothing to announce Last Wednesday, Google introduced (the name of) a new Android version and three new Nexus devices via a blog post and a few videos, that’s all. A day later, Apple held an event where they were expected to unveil a new iPad.

So, I looked. A lot of email, it turns out. Like, a whole lot. In 2013, humanity sent about 150 billion emails each day. That’s 21 messages received per earthling per day, or 79 each if you only count actual email users. Big numbers are big.

In his backpack, Wouter Slotboom, 34, carries around a small black device, slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes, with an antenna on it. I meet Wouter by chance at a random cafe in the center of Amsterdam. It is a sunny day and almost all the tables are occupied.

Hi, Another mystery for me. That was the email I received on the afternoon of Sept. 14 from my grandfather. He was forwarding a message he’d gotten from Twitter, where he has an account that he doesn’t often use. But he wasn’t content to let the email sit there filed away.