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Don’t close the door on brick-and-mortar stores just yet

You know what the hardest part about shopping is? Getting in the store. Spending money, even if you don’t have a lot of it, is crazy easy. Giving me even the slightest push to purchase a product, like offering a 10 percent off coupon, which barely even covers the sales tax, is often all it takes to get me to go from red to green on a purchasing decision. I recently pre-ordered NCAA Football 2013 at an online retailer just because they were offering a deal to get the game for $15 off retail, even though if I waited and bought it used in six months, it’d probably be even cheaper than that. ...

SNB considers capital controls if euro falls apart

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is drawing up plans for emergency measures including capital controls in case the euro collapses although it does not expect to need them and will continue to defend a cap on the franc in the meantime, the head of the central bank said. "We must be prepared just in case the currency union collapses, although I don't expect that," Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan, who predicted the euro zone crisis in his 1994 doctoral thesis, told the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. ...

Is Obama Really A 'Twoosh Master'? We Say No

The President called himself as a "Twoosh master," referring to when someone uses all 140 characters in a tweet, in a video from a Twitter Q&A he did on Thursday. We'd like to dispute his claim of social media mastery.

Spanish Soccer Scores a Goal on Social Media

When Mashable took a look at the English Premier League's social media side last week, the main takeaway was that the 2012 season marked the big social push of the world's most high-profile soccer league.

7 Top Mashable Comments This Week

Mashable comments this week were more than fun to read. Our readers found many ways to express entertaining opinions while creating heated conversations.

7 Top Mashable Comments This Week

Mashable comments this week were more than fun to read. Our readers found many ways to express entertaining opinions while creating heated conversations.

5 Startups Changing the World With Tech

In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.

Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]

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Samsung Galaxy S III shines as this year’s biggest Android launch

It’s no shocker the Samsung Galaxy S III launch has been the talk of the town this week. Officially hitting stores May 29th, device pre-orders have taken off on Amazon and other retailers. The arrival of the Galaxy S III may have deterred other manufacturers from launching smartphones this week, but the Android PC market is still heating up. VIA has unveiled the APC 8750 with a low price to match its small stature. Even tinier is the MK802 from Rikomagic: a $74 computer hardly bigger than a thumbdrive.

Who's Up Late Booking Memorial Day Weekend Hotel Rooms Online? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Did you impulsive book a hotel for Memorial Day weekend late at night, tired and groggy eyed? Whether it was because you needed an emergency place to crash for a night or you're a budget-conscious traveler who spotted an excellent last-minute deal, you're not alone. It turns out plenty of hotel patrons are reserving rooms after-hours.