So Google officially turned thirteen yesterday, marking the event with a birthday-inspired doodle that invited numerous reactions from the twitter community.

Here is a list of our favourite ‘Google turns 13”  tweets:

Tweets sourced from Twitter and The Huffington Post.

The internet ws crawling with Jobs reports last Thursday.

Nearly every news aggregator put Apple’s new leadership situation ahead of hurricane Irene evacuations. So the CEO torch has been passed to Chief Operating Officer and occasional substitute CEO Tim Cook. Visionary founder and leader Steve Jobs takes a strictly strategic role as Chairman of the Board, and may dump his trademark turtlenecks for a Sinatra-style tuxedo.

Read the full story here (via Wired.com)

Identical suspects! Sibling rivalry! Folie à deux! When it comes to twins and  crime, real life often seems to mimic ‘CSI’

View the full list here (via Time Magazine)

Curves ahead! These revealing photographs of models, actors, musicians, and athletes were culled from Vanity Fair’s glossy archives—our “best undressed,” you might say.

This fashionable season, it’s our ode to those who might look great in clothes—but look even better in the buff.

Read more here.

Gaddafi, Hitler, Saddam … no self-respecting dictator can bear to be without a bunker. But however much gold you take with you, is life really worth living deep underground?

Read the full story here (via Time Magazine)

Let’s not mince words: literary lists are basically an obscenity.

But to get you started, here, in all its glory, is the all-time, ultimate Top Top 10 list, derived from the top 10 lists of 125 of the world’s most celebrated writers combined.

Read the full story here (via Time Magazine)

With rebel forces in Tripoli and Moammar Gadhafi on the run, the end could be near for the Libyan civil war.

Sporadic fighting continues in the capital city of the oil-rich North African nation, NATO warplanes are still patrolling overhead, and there’s always the danger of Gadhafi true-believers launching a fresh insurgency.

Read the full story here (via Wired.com)

Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, and it includes some heavy hitters in the media industry.

The magazine rated the candidates by how much money their companies raked in, and their media appearances, social media reach and bases of influence.

View the full list here (via The Huffington Post)

If you are living in the U.S. or Western Europe and feeling pretty bad about the miserable state of the recovery, political paralysis, and growing unease about your country’s future, remember things could be worse. You could be in Japan.

Read the rest of this article here (via Time Magazine)

They are politicians, CEOs, bankers, cultural icons, billionaires and entrepreneurs. A fresh look at power as reach and influence.

View the full list here (via Forbes)

Kurt Cobain loved Abba, wasn’t from Seattle and didn’t invent grunge.

Everett True, the man who pushed the singer’s wheelchair on stage for his last UK show, sets the record straight.

Read the rest of this article here (via The Guardian)

I was standing right next to Steve Jobs in 1989 and it was the closest thing I ever felt to being gay.

The guy was incredibly wealthy, good looking enough to get any girl, a nerd super-rockstar who had just convinced my school to buy a bunch of NeXT machines (which, btw, were in fact the best machines to program on at the time) and I just wanted to be him. I wanted to be him ever since I had the Apple II+ as a kid.

Read the rest of this article here (via The Huffington Post)

One of the great things about TwitterTwitter reviews is that it is a great place to track emerging trends.

When major events or big stories occur, people tweet about it and it inevitably ends up at the top of Twitter Search as a top trend. But this only scratches the surface of tracking Twitter trends.

Read the rest of this article here (via Mashable)

Yes, it’s common sense, but it’s the single most important thing you can start  doing to improve your score.

“There’s about a 50-to-60 point shift when you’re  able to pay all your debts on time,” says Sarah Davies, senior vice president of  research, analytics and product development at credit scoring firm VantageScore.  If you have a significant amount of revolving debt, pay as much down as you can  afford.

Read the rest of this article and full list here (via Time Magazine)

The second most important decision you will make as a parent — apart from deciding to have the kid in the first place — is deciding which school for them to enroll in.

Make the right decision and you could put them on a path toward lifelong learning, a prestigious college education and a successful career. Choose wrong, and well, you know. Here is a list of 7 thing to consider when choosing your kid’s school.

View the full list here (via Time Magazine)

You’d be lying if you were to say that never in your life did you feel like an outcast.

Whether only for a few moments or maybe a few years, everyone has felt that they did not belong where they are, that they would be better suited for a different place, a different time or a different life. The characters in these books have felt the pain and loneliness of being an outsider, and their stories are both relatable and wonderful.

View the full list here (via The Huffington Post)

Everyone knows that Apple is a huge company. This week’s Tumblr shows you  just how huge.

Like most of our favorite Tumblrs, Things That Apple Is Worth More Than is a straightforward  collection of things that are worth less than Apple at “$340 billion,” most of  which will surprise you.

Read the rest of this article here (via Time Magazine)

Looters organized using BlackBerry Messenger, while cleanup efforts have come together on Twitter.

For better or worse, social media and smartphones have been at the forefront of the London riots, which have claimed the lives of at least four people and led to the arrest of more than 1,300.

Read the rest of this article here (via The Week)

Summer is coming to an end and that means students across the country are prepping for the trek back to school.

From note-taking apps and noise-canceling headphones to soda-powered alarm clocks and digital textbooks, the Huffington Post has compiled a wide-ranging list of high-tech school supplies for students to help them ease the stress of a busy schedule, study for exams, write papers, take notes in class, and much more.

Read the full list here. (via Huffington Post)