Just in case you missed our weekend full of fun, frolic and serious reporting, we've gathered it all together for you all in one handy place. It's the Weekend Recap, giving you all the news, features and helpful hints -- presented in the form of a concentrated list for your perusal.

There's no better way to start off your summer than browsing all the goodness we brought to you over the past few days -- so have at it, and then go out there and make it your best week yet.

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8 Reasons Why Summer Is a Great Time to Job Hunt

How We'll Really Use Google Glass [SUNDAY COMICS]

8 Top Comments on Mashable This Week

Top 10 Twitter Pics This Week

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VideoLAN's popular media player VLC, known for being able to crunch almost any media file without the need for external codecs, has made its way to Android in beta form.

VLC plays "most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols," claims VideoLAN.

However, this version is not stable, and is primarily intended for power users and hackers. As VideoLAN puts it, "it might kill your kitten, destroy your house and start the mayan apocalypse."

VLC for Android beta is available for free over at Google Play.

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Apple has agreed to pay Chinese Company Shenzhen Proview Technology $60 million for the name "iPad," The New York Times reports.

Apple has bought the iPad name in various countries from a Proview affiliate in Taiwan for $55,000 in 2009. However, a Chinese court ruled in December that Proview, which registered the iPad trademark in China back in 2001, still owns the name in China.

Proview had hoped to get as much as $400 million from Apple, but it agreed to settle for $60 million in order to pay its debts.

"The iPad dispute resolution is ended," the Guangdong High People's Court said in a statement, as Apple has already transferred the funds to the Court, apparently relieved that t…
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It's fun to imagine what life would be like with Google Glass over our eyes: How differently our environments would appear when perpetually augmented by a digital overlay, how seamlessly we would be able to receive, modify and transmit information without pulling out our smartphones.

That's the productive vision, anyways. As the below comic from The Joy of Tech illustrates, those who get their hands on a pair will probably have slightly more, ah, recreational uses for the technology.

SEE ALSO: Previous Sunday Comics

Comic illustration provided by The Joy of Tech. Published with permission; all rights reserved

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This week, our readers told haters of Oreo's new campaign to stuff it, gawked (and geeked-out) over the Google I/O keynote and fretted about Facebook's privacy terms -- again. Clearly, there was much for our Mashable audience to discuss this week.

The biggest conversation surrounded the debate over Oreo taking a stand in favor of gay rights on its Facebook page. While some readers were glad to see such a well-recognized brand make a statement, others thought Oreo should stick to making cookies.

Facebook's acquisition of Face.com led many readers to wonder if Facebook was being less considerate of their privacy. Others were convinced that nothing has changed.

The Google I/O keyno…
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Who says summer is a slow time for tech? The past week provided us with a cavalcade of products and accessories for us to drool over on Top 10 Tech This Week.

Seriously, this was a big week for consumer tech. Google unveiled a mountain of swag on attendees at Google I/O -- including the new Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus Q -- while also showing off some of the latest features in Android and Google TV.

SEE ALSO: Previous editions of Top 10 Tech This Week

Meanwhile, in New York City, the CEA's CE Week Line Show showcased some excellent tech in TVs, digital cameras, routers and more. It also gave us a sneak peek at a 4K TV that could represent the future of home entertainment.

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We looked at more than 54 million Twitter pics this week, and these gorgeous and wacky photos were the 10 most popular.

Each week we round up the Top 10 Twitter Pics by statistical popularity to see what tweeters were sharing over the past week.

This week was an assorted collection of photos ranging from a beautiful New York City sunset to a Justin Bieber/Lord Voldemort hybrid. There was also a behind-the-scenes look at Euro 2012 and a truly mind-blowing work of art created with Rubik's Cubes.

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This week, mobile photographers were thrown off when Instagram lost power and went down. But, service was eventually restored and our fri…
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"I'll have what she's having," When Harry Met Sally...

The success of this 1989 romantic comedy about a snarky friendship turned swoon-worthy romance made Ephron the woman to watch in Hollywood. This is arguably the most memorable scene from the film; the punchline marks many a Twitter homage to the late writer. As comedian @davidschneider wrote, "RIP Nora Ephron. All comedy writers are just ladies staring in awe at her talent from a nearby table, saying "I'll have what she's having."

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Celebrated screenwriter Nora Ephron passed away on Tuesday night in Manhattan after a battle with leukemia. She was 71.

Hollywood colleagues and devoted audiences have taken to the web this week, posting remembrances and tributes to the scribe who paved the way for creative females in Tinseltown and beyond. As Ephron told a crowd of ambitious young women at Wellesley College during a 1996 commencement address, women in her generation weren't expected to do much of anything.

Evidently, that wasn't an option for Ephron. She was a director, journalist, blogger, novelist, playwright and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter. Her films, essays and novels each approached love -- and more oft…
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It's summertime -- those carefree months when you put your sandal-clad feet up and sip a glass of lemonade in front of the ballgame. And it is certainly time to abandon that job search for a few months, right?

Wrong.

The perception that companies cut back on -- or even stop -- hiring in the summer is a myth. In fact, companies are filling positions at the same, if not an increased, pace during the hottest months of the year.

Conducting a job search during the summer can be tricky though, and it is important to avoid the biggest hazards for job seekers during the summertime: timing and schedules. Because of vacations -- your own as well as employees of the companies w…
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Tech investor Peter Thiel is looking for 20 of the biggest innovators in Silicon Valley under the age of 20, offering $100,000 to contestants so they can further develop their projects.

In a CNBC special called "20 Under 20: Transforming Tomorrow," the two-part series follows the journey of 20 young men and women who aim to become the next Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

The show, which airs on July 11 and July 12 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CNBC, will show contestants pitching concepts to a room for of Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs, including Sean Parker and Elon Musk

SEE ALSO: One-way Ticket to Mars, Please: Startup Plans Space Colon…
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What happens when you create a YouTube video that features some of the most popular viral characters to ever hit the web? It goes viral, of course.

Online parody group Barely Political posted a video on Saturday that pokes fun at the biggest complaints made about video-sharing site YouTube. In the clip, users stop by a YouTube complaint office to file concerns about what bugs them most about the site, from negative comments to videos listed under the wrong categories.

SEE ALSO: Secret Sauce: What Does It Take to Create a Viral Video?

Thanks to cameos from popular auto-tune the news musical group Gregory Brothers to web celeb Jenna Marbles and the father who shot his daughter's …
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1. Celebrity Googly Eyes

Adding Googly eyes to inanimate objects. or Eyebombing has become a popular photo trend. But this site takes it a step further by placing animated eyeballs on celebrities.

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Tumblr is a goldmine for niche blogs, normally involving creative uses of photoshop, topical memes and just plain silliness.

Though the micro-blogging platform has ways to discover content, with more than 62 million blogs, it's nearly impossible to find them all.

Some Tumblr sites quit after hitting their peak, while others maintain a consistent serving of funny -- sometimes leading to a book deal or sweet writing gig.

SEE ALSO: The Beginner's Guide to Tumblr

We've rounded up 25 of the funniest Tumblrs, depending on your sense of humor. That's just the tip of the ice berg though. Share your favorite LOL-worthy Tumblr in the comments below.

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After an extra second was added to the clock on Saturday to better align it with the Earth's rotation schedule, a whole slew of websites from LinkedIn, Foursquare and Reddit to Mozlila, Yelp and Gawker sites experienced technical issues.

Known as a "leap second," which is a basic one-second adjustment applied to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep it up-to-date with solar time, the additional second added didn't sit well with various web servers.

For example, Reddit said it was having Java and Cassandra issues and Gawker's entire site network was down for about 45 minutes. Other sites such as Yelp and Stumbleupon also reported technical trouble.

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As you look for a new job, will you take any job offer or are you looking for the right one? What does the right job mean? Too often job seekers do not take enough time to reflect on where they have been in their careers before they actively begin their new job search. And when they receive an offer, they do not have any criteria that help them determine the right fit.

To help you identify what the right role would look like, think back on times during your career when you were the most satisfied. What role did you love doing, what type of manager were you working for and what was the culture like during this time? Finding a perfect fit comes down to three main questions that y…
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Cory Booker, the socially savvy mayor of Newark, N.J., who has used Twitter to help residents burrow out of foot-deep snow and whose other heroics have spawned the "Super Mayor" meme, is co-founding a media startup aimed at the millennial generation called #waywire.

The centerpiece of #waywire will be video content created by youth to highlight the issues most important to them and their local communities. #waywire will also include professional-quality original content as well as links to news reports from traditional media outlets for users to share and discuss. Users' videos as well as discussions sparked by those videos will carry over to other social platforms to further drive co…
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An adorable photobooth proposal between a couple received an additional unexpected surprise -- the photobooth owner posted it on YouTube.

According to Reddit user NazzerDawk, who shared the video after proposing to his girlfriend, the couple was contacted by the photobooth's owner, who apparently knew the woman's father.

SEE ALSO: This Adorable 'Lip-Dub' Marriage Proposal Is Worth Watching Now [VIRAL VIDEO]

Between congratulatory responses on Reddit, the video led to a discussion about invasion of privacy in photobooths. One user happened to work for a photobooth company and claimed that it prevents inappropriate behavior.

BONUS: 5 Proposals Caught on Camera

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Apple retired on Sunday its paid cloud service MobileMe, following a several year process led by former CEO Steve Jobs to pack up the product for good.

The company announced last year that it would be closing MobileMe and urged users to move their accounts to iCloud, Apple's first big push to unify its product lines with online storage.

For MobileMe users who haven't yet moved their files and photos to iCloud, data can still be retrieved -- Apple notes on its homepage that it has extended the deadline to move content. However, Mac users without memory to support OS X Lion needed to run iCloud will be unable to make the switch.

SEE ALSO: Apple's iCloud: Fine on Mobile, Dead on…
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Our 10 favorite Pinterest pins this week are truly a visual feast for the eyes.

Pinterest is a hub for some of the most striking images and useful tips on the web. This week, we came across beautiful and surreal locations -- including a gorgeous purple-clad riverbank in Scotland and a striking underwater bedroom.

Pinterest is also known for its words of encouragement that will brighten up your day. One popular pin this week was a lively photo of comedian Amy Poehler with some sound words about life.

For our top 10 pins, we keep track of our favorite pins from the past week and round them up in one place to share with you. (For easy repinning, you can find all of our top 10…
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She's back! The face of the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme has resurfaced with a lip-dubbed medley of popular songs that have lyrics sometimes deemed creepy.

New YouTube sensation Laina Walker, however, makes the tunes even more frightening with with her over-the-top facial expressions and wide-eyed glares into the camera.

The 21-year-old takes on The Police's "Every Breath You Take," Backstreet Boys's "As Long As You Love Me," Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend," James Otto's "Just Got Started Lovin' You," Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" and Ke$ha's "Your Love Is My Drug."

SEE ALSO: 'I'm in Love With Halo' Spoofs One Direction's Hit Song [VIDEO]

Both of Walker's previous vide…
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Wish you could turn any TV into a smart one? A new gadget called the Pocket TV will convert your television into a giant Android tablet.

The device is a small microcomputer that plugs into your screen's HDMI sport. Pocket TV runs on Android 4.0 and allows you to do anything on the TV that you can with your phone, such as playing games, surfing the web and even video chatting with friends.

The small structure also features a USB port to plug in a mouse and keyboard and an SD card so you can add more storage.

SEE ALSO: 9 Essential Steps for a Killer Kickstarter Campaign

Created by Dubai-based company Infinitec, Pocket TV was posted to crowd-f…
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1. Neon Cassette Tapes

This cool range comes in bright colors and can be adorned with spikes or studs, if you're going for the punk look. Cost: $12.22

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To mark the anniversary of the Sony Walkman, launched in Japan on July 1, 1979, we have collated a retro selection of cassette-themed cases for the Walkman of today: the iPhone.

While audio cassettes may have had their downsides (remember trying to re-spool a chewed up tape?), they still have a special place in many people's hearts.

SEE ALSO: 15 Accessories That Celebrate the Iconic Power Symbol

Take a look through the slideshow above for our vintage-style choices. What was your first cassette tape?

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Google Nexus 7

The Nexus 7 is essentially Google's answer the the Amazon Kindle Fire -- a 7-inch tablet priced at $199 that's based around media consumption. In almost every respect, the Nexus destroys the Fire.

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This, Android fans, is the tablet you've been waiting for. Google's Nexus 7 finally nails it for Android tablets. It has an inviting design, excellent software, and the right components inside to keep it all running. Even better, it has the right price: $199, and that's even before the $25 in downloadable media you get if you preorder one.

The Nexus 7 is the Android media tablet the Kindle Fire was supposed to be. When the Kindle Fire debuted in the fall, it was a success because the price was just as right (also $199), but also because it did something Android tablets hadn't done very well until then: It put media consumption front and center, the home screen serving as a storefront for…
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Close to 500 people participated in a flash mob in New York City's Hudson River Park for Social Media Day.

The performance was the brainchild of tech startup Urthecast, which aims to provide the first-ever HD streaming video of the Earth from space. Surprised tourists waiting in line for Hudson River cruises were taken aback as the participants, clad in orange, ran to the boardwalk and started dancing.

"They were all volunteers," said Jill Lennox, communications manager of the Urthecast, which helped organize the flash mob. "The Flash Mob of America coordinated it on Twitter and Meetup.com, and it spread by word of mouth."

During the 11-minute dance, the performers formed themse…
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