Vine is quickly becoming the go-to place for, well, everything. Users of Twitter’s video-sharing service have uploaded six-second clips to scare you, impress you, and now, to help you become the next Iron Chef

We’ve assembled our 15 favorite cooking Vine videos here. Check out the list and let us know which are your favorites.

Do you think six seconds is enough to learn a thing or two? Did you create your own cooking Vine? Share in the comments below.

1. Omelettes

2. Spaghetti and Meatballs

3. Veggie Pizza

4. Tarragon Chicken with Spring Greens

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5. Tzatziki Sauce

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Is your financial knowledge a little rough around the edges? Do you ever experience the burning desire to handcraft a sail boat? Have you frequently found yourself wondering if you should button the top button or just leave it open, and how that decision will affect the rest of your day and, subsequently, the rest of your adult life?

If you answered yes (or a tentative maybe) to any of these questions, we’re here to let you know: There’s a subreddit for that.

Aside from being a place where standing U.S. Presidents go to field your questions, Reddit can also be used as a source for DIY life hacks and pro tips (if you know the right subreddits) Read more…

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Motivation plays an essential role in exercising. Without it, working out just becomes…working.

If you don’t have a partner to push you through your lifting routines — “One more set, bro, you got this!” — consider these eight social networks instead. They’re designed to keep track of your workouts, count your calories and, above all, push you to go above and beyond your wellness goals. Happiness guaranteed.

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With more than 15 million songs on Spotify, deciding what to listen to can be overwhelming. This list highlights the best Spotify apps for discovering new music, reading album reviews and exploring the social buzz of emerging bands

What’s your favorite app on Spotify right now? Let us know in the comments section below.

1Fuse

Best for: Creative playlists
The Fuse Spotify app is a perfect resource for curated playlists. With a gorgeous, image-heavy layout, the app is fun to use and very visually appealing. Fuse’s “What We’re Listening To” playlist features over 200 tracks and is updated by staff members daily. You probably won’t find new songs with this app, but you will enjoy the creative approach Fuse takes when compiling its playlists, such as “This Niles Rodgers Playlist is Like the History of Disco and Dance,” “The Daft Punk Samples Playlist” and “Single Ladies: The Best One-Named Female Singers.” Read more…

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Today’s animated and interactive Google Doodle is all about honoring dads for Father’s Day

Pressing the second “O” in the title activates a three-part slot machine in the “L,” which scrolls through different images of fathers being fathers: coaching soccer, building dog houses, hosting barbecues. It’s simple, fun and totally dad-approved.

Give it a try yourself. Which images are your favorites?

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This week’s major news can be summed up with a clean “#iOS7.”

Facebook (finally) rolled out hashtag support, and Apple debuted the next “biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone” since the last “biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone”: the bright new iOS 7. And of course our readers had much to say about it.

Announced at WWDC, iOS 7 drew a lot of criticism for its lighter color scheme, even inspiring a Tumblr account, “Jony Ive Redesigns Things,” which mostly paints Apple’s vice president of industrial design to be a Lisa Frank for 2013

Some commenters said iOS 7′s shiny design — which moves away from much of the skeuomorphic look that Steve Jobs prided himself on for setting Apple apart from other mobile operating systems — is an insult to Jobs’ vision and suggested that since Jobs’ passing, Apple’s been losing its lead in innovation against Microsoft, Android and other companies. (New features and designs in iOS 7 noticeably similar to existing apps and mobile systems.) Read more…

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Facebook revealed more detail on how frequently it gets information requests from government agencies in a public statement late Friday. In a post on the company’s press site, Facebook General Counsel Ted Ullyot said it received between 9,000-10,000 requests over the six-month period ending on Dec. 31, 2012.

That adds up to roughly 1,500 requests per month. Ullyot said the nature of the requests from “government entities” is quite varied, including things like a local sheriff trying to locate a missing child to national security agencies investigating terrorist activity.

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There’s been a coup d’état in Reddit’s atheism community, according to its creator, and a political drama has been unfolding for more than two weeks.

It stems from a disagreement over the type of content appearing there. In recent years, r/atheism has become known for memes, images, quote pictures and other content viewed by some as “low brow.” At best, they’re humorous digs at fundamentalism and ignorance. At worst, they can be inaccurate or hateful. To “clean up” the subreddit, a host of new moderators have come to power, and — in a controversial move — ousted the community’s creator via a technicality in Reddit’s policy. Read more…

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Deloitte predicts over 90% of Fortune 500 companies will have partially or fully implemented an enterprise social network by the end of 2013. An ESN is an internal workplace that streamlines communication among co-workers. They give employees a sense of online community and help forge connections between departments, especially within larger corporations.

We’ve highlighted a selection of social networks aimed at businesses. Does your company use an ESN? Does that network make communication more effective? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below and your response could be featured in next week’s top comments. Read more…

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Back in the old days, before smartphones, laptops and sushi-serving robots, there was a well-known social gathering called a campfire. It was wonderful: Friends and family would sit around hand-built flames, roasting marshmallows and telling scary stories until the sun rose

It’s not the case anymore. Thanks to apps like Vine, people can squeeze spooky tales into six-second videos and share them with hundreds of people, within seconds. Damn kids and their technology.

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For your nostalgic pleasure, we tracked down some of the eeriest Vine posts we could find on the web. They’re actually pretty creepy — so well done, Internet. Read more…

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