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- 20 Funniest Twitter Reactions to 'Game of Thrones'
- Twitter and Traditional Media: Rivals or Lovers?
- This Malicious Charger Can Hack Your iPhone
- HTC One Is Heading to Verizon
- Patton Oswalt Stars in Rap Video, Remains Awesome
- Windows Phone Sales Rising Despite Android's Dominance: Report
- Arya Stark Vine Is the Best 'Game of Thrones' Reaction Online
- These Trick Football Hikes Will Leave You Flabbergasted
- Eye-Fi Launches New, More Affordable Mobi Memory Card
- Soviet Union's Old Web Domain Now a Hotbed for Hackers
- Is Twitter Testing a New Look for Threaded Conversations?
- The 20 Angriest Reactions to Last Night's Shocking 'Game of Thrones'
- Film Crew Tries to Unearth Atari's 'E.T.' Game Graveyard
- Watch 'Game of Thrones' Fans Freak Out Over the 'Red Wedding'
- Alpha Nerds Already Knew 'Game of Thrones' Shocker
- NBA Star Slammed With $75,000 Fine After Homophobic Comment
- 'Mars Rat' Taking Internet by Storm
- Apple Accused of Conspiring With E-Book Publishers
- Twitter Experiencing Technical Issues
- Why Apple Is Getting Into the Music Streaming Business
- Anonymous Joins Istanbul Protests, Attacks Government Websites
- Zynga Lays Off 18% of Its Workforce
- MakerBot Opening Bigger Factory, Hiring More Employees
- Bell Labs Invents Lensless Camera
- Taco Bell Employee Licks Taco Shells, Causes Social Media Nightmare
- Ducklings OK After Dangerous Journey Across IndyCar Racetrack
- Never-Before-Seen Alien Planet Caught on Camera
- How 3D Scanning Brought 'BioShock Infinite' to Life
- Hands On With Vine for Android
- Jordan's Censorship Law Blacks Out Nearly 300 News Sites
| 20 Funniest Twitter Reactions to 'Game of Thrones' Posted: 03 Jun 2013 08:28 PM PDT    WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. Game of Thrones, how dare you rip out our hearts and gobble them up like a Dothraki bride? The gruesome climax to the so-called "Red Wedding" left GoT viewers shocked, saddened and craving some bloody revenge on House Lannister. Fans rushed to Twitter to express their anger, and console each other in 140 characters of Stark-loving devotion
But when the sadness and rage are too much, there's always laughter. Sure, giggles can't bring the Stark family back together, but at least you can take a break from writing angry letters to George R.R. Martin. Read more... More about Twitter, Humor, Tv, Game Of Thrones, and Watercooler |
| Twitter and Traditional Media: Rivals or Lovers? Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:59 PM PDT  Not long ago, the media looked at the web as if it was an awkward, unwanted stepchild. Today, the reverse is arguably true, with debate growing over whether social networks such as Twitter will overtake beacons of journalism like The New York Times. At last month's Milken Institute Global Conference, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel said he thinks Twitter will outlast The Times. His reasoning: Its business strategy is more solid than that of the storied newspaper The debate got journalists talking on forums such as Muck Rack, with many people disagreeing. Some said it isn't a mutually exclusive relationship, or that one's success is predicated on the other's failure. Read more... More about Digital, Facebook, Twitter, Paypal, and Social Media |
| This Malicious Charger Can Hack Your iPhone Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:29 PM PDT  Imagine if a phone charger could serve malicious code and charge your iPhone. It would be a hacker's dream — one that might already be a reality A group of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology claim they created an iPhone charger than can surreptitiously install malware on the Apple phone, allowing potential attackers to hack in, as first reported by Forbes. Researchers will reveal the device at the annual security conference Black Hat, held in Las Vegas at the end of July
"Despite the plethora of defense mechanisms in iOS, we successfully injected arbitrary software into current-generation Apple devices running the latest operating system (OS) software," reads the description of the researchers' speech. All users are affected, as our approach requires neither a jailbroken device nor user interaction.” Read more... More about Iphone, Malware, Mobile, Us World, and Us |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:00 PM PDT  The HTC One is heading to Verizon, the carrier confirmed in a tweet Monday. The flagship Android smartphone is expected to arrive at Big Red later this summer
Last week, Sundar Pichai, senior vice-president of Google's Chrome and Apps division, announced that a Google edition of the HTC One is heading to Google Play later this month. It will run pure Android, without the addition of any software by HTC The HTC One is already available on AT&T and Sprint, and will be released on T-Mobile later this week. Read more... More about Verizon, Htc, Tech, Mobile, and Htc One |
| Patton Oswalt Stars in Rap Video, Remains Awesome Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:26 PM PDT  Comedian Patton Oswalt is one of the Internet's favorite things, right up there with cats and sports fails Given that status, politically minded hip-hop group The Coup just made a good call to have him star in a YouTube video for their song "The Magic Clap." The Coup's Boots Riley introduces the video by explaining that many fans have had trouble understanding the lyrics to "The Magic Clap." Enter Oswalt, who spends the next three minutes acting out every single lyric in the song
Predictably, the video, uploaded Monday, has become a hit online with fans of both Oswalt and The Coup. The comedian was happy to participate, writing in a Facebook post, "I explain my favorite song by my favorite band. Thank you Boots Riley, The Coup, and Pete Lee for asking me to do this. C'mon, kids!" Read more... More about Music, Watercooler, and Videos |
| Windows Phone Sales Rising Despite Android's Dominance: Report Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:58 PM PDT  Although Android remains the leader among smartphone operating systems in the United States, new sales of iOS and Windows devices actually grew more in the last year, according to new data. The data, from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, said the share of sales for Windows devices grew 1.8 percentage points and that iOS grew 2.3 percentage points year on year. Despite Android dominating 51.7% of U.S. smartphone sales in a recent three-month period, the Google-owned platform only grew 1.4 percentage points year on year. Apple's iOS devices also lead with 41.4% of smartphone sales, while Windows trails far behind at 5.6% of sales. Read more... More about Android, Sales, Smartphones, Windows Phone, and Tech |
| Arya Stark Vine Is the Best 'Game of Thrones' Reaction Online Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:34 PM PDT  Nerds and fantasyphiles the Internet over have been in a tizzy all of Sunday night and Monday following the most recent — and extremely bloody — episode of HBO's hit series Game of Thrones We've already collected 20 of the web's angriest reactions, and posted a hilarious video of GoT fans trying to make sense of the carnage. But then late on Monday afternoon, Maisie Williams — the 16-year-old actress who plays young Arya Stark — posted a Vine that just shut the whole thing down Warning: Don't read on if you want to avoid spoilers. If you've already seen the episode, or don't mind a mild spoiler, behold: Read more... More about Tv, Entertainment, and Game Of Thrones |
| These Trick Football Hikes Will Leave You Flabbergasted Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:13 PM PDT  The Internet has brought us many trick shot basketball videos over the past several months. It's revealed an amazing video of trick football throws, and a similar clip featuring Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. It's even introduced us to "Kickalicious," the Norwegian YouTube sensation whose incredible kicking accuracy netted him an NFL deal
But this? This is different, and takes the ol' YouTube genre to a new level The video above comes from Zach Smith, who'll join the USC football team as a long snapper next season. Watch as he hikes the ball off a balcony into a trash can dozens of yards away, takes out moving targets, knocks a water bottle off a dude's head and more. There's a pretty jaw-dropping final stunt at the end, too Read more... More about Viral Videos, Football, Entertainment, Videos, and Sports |
| Eye-Fi Launches New, More Affordable Mobi Memory Card Posted: 03 Jun 2013 04:23 PM PDT  Eye-Fi — a wireless SD card maker — launched a new memory card for photographers on Monday that can send photos and videos to your smartphone or tablet device at a lower cost than its predecessors. The new Eye-Fi Mobi replaces the standard SD memory card in your digital camera, and with its built-in Wi-Fi, the card sends photos to your smartphone even without a Wi-Fi network or Internet connection. This ability to send photos to smartphones is nothing new: Eye-Fi added that functionality back in 2011. But with Mobi, the whole process to transfer photos is more streamlined. The card pairs with an iOS or Android app through a unique 10-digit code, and photos are then shared in real time. Read more... More about Photography, Eye Fi, Tech, and Sd Card |
| Soviet Union's Old Web Domain Now a Hotbed for Hackers Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:54 PM PDT  The Soviet Union may be a thing of the past, but its domain isn’t. Think of it as a clubhouse for the new Russian kleptocracy. .SU, assigned to the then-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) in 1990, a year before its dissolution, is now a refuge for criminal hackers, according to the AP’s Raphael Satter. The domain has “turned into a haven for hackers who've flocked to the defunct superpower's domain space to send spam and steal money.” The migration to .SU began in 2011, when the officials overseeing Russia’s .RU domain tightened their rules. Group-IB, a Russian Internet watchdog agency has found the number of malicious websites hosted on .SU doubled that year, then again in 2012, “surpassing even the vast number of renegade sites on .ru and its newer Cyrillic-language counterpart.” Perhaps the most well-known site is Exposed.su, which allegedly published credit records belonging to Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Beyonce and others. Read more... More about Hacking, Russia, Hackers, Dev Design, and Us World |
| Is Twitter Testing a New Look for Threaded Conversations? Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:39 PM PDT  It looks like Twitter is testing a new look for messages and replies on Twitter.com. Twitter has offered users the ability to see previous tweets and replies for some time, but now it appears the service will make the thread of those conversations more visible in the general timeline. On Friday, David Higgins ran across the new look:
Others have run across the new look on their feeds as well. More about Twitter, Social Media, and Apps Software |
| The 20 Angriest Reactions to Last Night's Shocking 'Game of Thrones' Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:24 PM PDT  WARNING: Do not read any further if you have not seen Sunday night's episode of Game of Thrones, "The Rains of Castamere." In fact, don't go on the Internet at all. And maybe avoid contact with every other human.
Last night, the tragedy that many Game of Thrones fans knew was coming — either from books or from a serious barrage of online spoilers — finally took place. Even the unspoiled had likely heard whispers of last night's doomed "Red Wedding." Fans of both the books and the show watched in horror as Ned Stark's eldest son and King of the North was betrayed by Walder Frey and Stark bannerman Roose Bolton. Robb's mother Catelyn suffered a gruesome throat-slashing. Robb's pregnant wife Talisa was brutally stabbed. Even Robb's direwolf Grey Wind was shot down in a pen — not to mention the hundreds of Stark soldiers who were killed as they celebrated the wedding outside Read more... More about Tv, Television, Got, Hbo, and Game Of Thrones |
| Film Crew Tries to Unearth Atari's 'E.T.' Game Graveyard Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:07 PM PDT  Atari released a video game in 1982 that was such a commercial flop that the company buried the evidence in a New Mexican desert. But, since the past can never remain buried, a film crew now wants to dig up a stash of those ET The Extra-Terrestrial games, in an attempt to uncover gaming history. According to Albuquerque, N.M., television station KRQE, film production company Fuel Industries has been granted six months of access to the Alamogordo, N.M., landfill where Atari dumped nine semi trucks worth of E.T. game cartridges and other merchandise in 1983 Fuel Industries, a multimedia marketing company, hopes to document the unearthing of the games, KRQE reported Read more... More about Gaming, Atari, and Entertainment |
| Watch 'Game of Thrones' Fans Freak Out Over the 'Red Wedding' Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:43 PM PDT  Game of Thrones viewers had their minds blown during Sunday's "The Rains of Castamere" episode, which many people online are referring to as the "Red Wedding" episode Across social media, fans quickly expressed their disbelief in what transpired on the show. Celebrities chimed in, too, garnering thousands of retweets on Twitter. Comedic entertainer Rosie O'Donnell tweeted, "HOLY SHIT BOPPERS," while musician Ed Sheeran tweeted, "i dont know what just happened in game of thrones. i'm in shock." Meanwhile, actor Seth Rogen told Mashable the episode "was fucking crazy." More about Viral Videos, Entertainment, Tv, Social Tv, and Video |
| Alpha Nerds Already Knew 'Game of Thrones' Shocker Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:20 PM PDT  Game of Thrones fans let out a collective gasp over a major plot line shocker revealed Sunday night While TV viewers had to scoop their jaws off their floors after the episode aired, real nerds — the ones who read the book series, A Song of Ice and Fire — were all, "Pfft, totally knew that was coming."
In this comic, John Kovalic of Dork Tower illustrates the difference between regular Game of Thrones nerds and alpha GoT nerds Comic illustration by John Kovalic, Dork Tower. Published with permission; all rights reserved. Read more... More about Comic, Comics, Television, Humor, and Dork Tower |
| NBA Star Slammed With $75,000 Fine After Homophobic Comment Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:17 PM PDT  Roy Hibbert is known as one of the NBA's good guys, but caused a stir over the weekend thanks to a post-game press conference in which he referred to reporters as "y'all motherf—ers" and used the phrase "no homo." Hibbert's comments followed the Indiana Pacers' game 6 win over the Miami Heat in the NBA semifinal series. Athletes and non-athletes alike frequently use "no homo" on Twitter and offline to strip their comments of any potentially perceived homosexual undertones
But this instance was especially controversial, as NBA player Jason Collins came out of the closet in April. Collins became the first openly gay male athlete in a major American sport, and was exalted on social media for going public. Meanwhile, Hibbert's comments caused widespread discussion and debate on social media. Watch the video of Hibbert's "no homo" slip-up below: Read more... More about Nba, Entertainment, Sports, and Jason Collins |
| 'Mars Rat' Taking Internet by Storm Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:53 PM PDT  A Mars rock that bears a passing resemblance to a rodent is scuttling across the Internet with gusto, even inspiring some fans to set up a Twitter account in its name. UFO buffs spotted the purported "Mars rat" in a panoramic photo snapped in September 2012 by NASA's Curiosity rover. Zooming in on a portion of the image reveals what appears to be a rodent crouching between two rocks, its nose to the ground. "It's a cute rodent on Mars. Note its lighter-color upper and lower eyelids, its nose and cheek areas, its ear, its front leg and stomach," Scott Waring wrote at UFO Sightings Daily back in December. "Looks similar to a squirrel camouflaged in the stones and sand by its colors." Read more... More about Space, Nasa, Meme, Curiosity, and Alien |
| Apple Accused of Conspiring With E-Book Publishers Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:42 PM PDT  On Monday, a United States government lawyer formally accused Apple of conspiring with publishers to artificially boost e-book prices. The trial against Apple comes a year after the Justice Department first accused Apple of working with five publishers — Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Macmillan — to boost prices and spite e-book market leader Amazon. "Apple told publishers that Apple — and only Apple — could get prices up in their industry," Justice Department lawyer Lawrence Buterman said during opening arguments, as quoted by Reuters. An Apple attorney characterized the deal as a legitimate business decision. Read more... More about Apple, Kindle, Ebooks, Ipad, and Business |
| Twitter Experiencing Technical Issues Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:31 PM PDT  Twitter users experienced difficulties on Monday afternoon accessing the website, citing lagged updates and the inability to post anything. The company said in a status update that "our engineers are currently working to resolve the issue." The cause is not yet known, but the site seems to be back up and running for most users.
The website Down for Everyone or Just Me was also updated to reflect the issues. Image via iStockphoto, Microworks Read more... More about Twitter, Social Media, and Apps Software |
| Why Apple Is Getting Into the Music Streaming Business Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:14 PM PDT  Steve Jobs was perhaps the loudest critic of streaming music in the late 2000s. While companies like Pandora and Rhapsody gradually gained traction, the late Apple co-founder and CEO repeatedly denounced these services and resisted invitations to create a similar subscription option for music. "Never say never, but customers don't seem interested in it. The subscription model has failed so far," Jobs said in an interview with Reuters in 2007. The following year at Macworld, he reiterated the point: "We've never offered a rental model in music because we don't think people don't want to rent music." Read more... More about Apple, Pandora, Streaming Music, Spotify, and Business |
| Anonymous Joins Istanbul Protests, Attacks Government Websites Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:05 PM PDT  As clashes in Turkey continue, the hacker collective Anonymous has decided to join the protests Yesterday, on Anonymous' "official" Twitter account YourAnonNews, the hacktivists announced #OpTurkey. The group also set up a website, Operation Turkey, to boasts their online exploits. "Because you should have expected us fuckers," read the tweet, which also had a link to the usual Anonymous YouTube video featuring a robotic voice — and anti-government rhetoric. The voice in the video intoned: "We will attack every internet and communications asset of the Turkish government. You have censored social media and other communications of your people in order to suppress the knowledge of your crimes against them. Now Anonymous will shut you down, and your own people will remove you from power. Let the 'Turkish Summer' begin!" Read more... More about Anonymous, Turkey, Ddos Attack, Hacktivists, and Us World |
| Zynga Lays Off 18% of Its Workforce Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:26 PM PDT  As part of a major effort to trim costs and focus more on mobile strategy, online gaming company Zynga is laying off 520 staffers — or about 18% of its workforce, according to a company press release. The company, which is now expected to save $80 million in employee costs, will also close its offices in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. The reductions will occur across all job divisions and be complete by August 2013, the company said "None of us ever expected to face a day like today, especially when so much of our culture has been about growth," CEO and Founder Mark Pincus wrote to employees in a memo. "But I think we all know this is necessary to move forward. The scale that served us so well in building and delivering the leading social gaming service on the Web is now making it hard to successfully lead across mobile and multiplatform, which is where social games are going to be played." Read more... More about Mobile, Gaming, Zynga, Business, and Startups |
| MakerBot Opening Bigger Factory, Hiring More Employees Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT  3D-printing company MakerBot announced Monday it's opening a new factory in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is hiring more than 50 new employees in the coming months. MakerBot, which is already based in Brooklyn, will open its new 50,000 square foot Sunset Park factory Friday. The new facility will help meet the growing demand for more devices, according to the company. MakerBot already has 100 employees, with many building MakerBot desktop 3D printers.
From guitars to prosthetic limbs, the 3D-printing industry and its surrounding buzz has grown considerably over the past few years. MakerBot was founded in 2009 and set out to make 3D printing more accessible. In an interview with Mashable late last year, the company said its goals are high: “We’re out to change the world, to fuel the next industrial revolution." Read more... More about 3d, Makerbot, 3d Printing, Startups, and Tech |
| Bell Labs Invents Lensless Camera Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT  The traditional method of imaging, which is at least 150 years old, relies on a lens to create an image and a device for recording photons such as an array of pixels, a light-sensitive film or even a retina. But a dramatic revolution that is currently taking the world of imaging by storm means that this could soon change. This revolution is based on a technique called compressive sensing, which is based on the idea that many common measurements have huge redundancy. That means it’s possible to acquire the same data with just a fraction of carefully chosen measurements. The trick, of course, is knowing which measurements to take and how to reassemble them. Various teams have been excitedly experimenting with this idea. Back in January, for example, we looked at one group who have created 3D images using a single pixel in this way. Read more... More about Camera, Science, Bell Labs, Lens, and Tech |
| Taco Bell Employee Licks Taco Shells, Causes Social Media Nightmare Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:59 AM PDT  Taco Bell has a social media crisis on its hands after a photo surfaced showing an employee licking some taco shells It's unclear what the origin is of the photo, which has been posted numerous times on Taco Bell's Facebook Page. It's also not certain that the shells were meant for customer consumption. (They may have been en route to the trash bin.)
Reps from Taco Bell could not be reached for comment, but a rep told The Huffington Post that, "When we learned of the situation we immediately contacted this restaurant's leadership and although we believe it is a prank and the food was not served to customers, we are conducting a full scale investigation and will be taking swift action against those involved." Read more... More about Marketing, Taco Bell, and Business |
| Ducklings OK After Dangerous Journey Across IndyCar Racetrack Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:27 AM PDT  Why did the chicken cross the road? To get the other side, of course Why did the mother duck and four ducklings cross the IndyCar racetrack full of giant hunks of metal traveling at tremendous velocity? We have no idea, but we're glad they came out alright
The video above was taken during practice rounds for this weekend's IndyCar race at Belle Isle. As you'll see, there were some pretty narrow misses between duckling and racecar. Eventually, however, race officials were able to stop the cars, and the family of ducks was escorted from the premises Read more... More about Entertainment, Videos, Sports, and Watercooler |
| Never-Before-Seen Alien Planet Caught on Camera Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:38 AM PDT  A newly discovered gaseous planet has been directly photographed orbiting a star about 300 light-years from Earth. Imaging alien planets is difficult, and this world may be the least massive planet directly observed outside of the solar system, scientists say. A sharp new photo released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) today depicts the suspected gas giant (called HD 95086 b) circling its young star (named HD 95086) in infrared light. The star has been removed from the image to allow the planet — shown as a bright blue dot at the bottom left of the picture — to shine through. HD 95086 b was sighted by ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile. Based on the planet's brightness, scientists estimate that it is only about four or five times more massive than Jupiter Read more... More about Space, Science, Astronomy, Us World, and World |
| How 3D Scanning Brought 'BioShock Infinite' to Life Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:10 AM PDT  When Irrational Games needed to create a distinctive look to promote the female lead in the video game BioShock Infinite, it looked to 3D scanning rather than traditional modeling software. The game's leading lady, Elizabeth Comstock, is one of the most original and engaging digital characters in years, and her realistic appearance in a commercial for the game revealed how effectively the technology can convey facial features and emotions. Elizabeth's in-game design came from a traditional combination of motion-capture for her body and 3D modeling for her face, but Irrational needed a face for Elizabeth in the promotional materials — billboards, print and online ads and even TV spots. As the game neared its release in March, Irrational knew that Elizabeth would have to grab the audience's attention right away, and set about crafting a TV commercial for the game. Read more... More about Video Games, 3d Printing, Entertainment, Gaming, and Bioshock Infinite |
| Hands On With Vine for Android Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:51 AM PDT  Vine is an incredibly simple application: Pick a subject, point your phone at it and hold your finger on the screen to record six seconds of video. And while there are many apps and social platforms that shoot short, shareable video (Tout, Keek), another social platform made up of itsy-bitsy videos is not all that compelling Yet by adding the ability to stop and start recording with a tap, Vine for the iPhone became something altogether different: a thriving platform now highlighting some fascinating creative abilities and transforming lives and careers. No wonder Android owners were so miffed that it took Twitter almost six months to release an Android App Read more... More about Twitter, Android, Vine, Tech, and Apps Software |
| Jordan's Censorship Law Blacks Out Nearly 300 News Sites Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:46 AM PDT  Jordan's censorship law finally reared its ugly head on Sunday, when the country blocked at least 281 sites from public viewing. It's the first major implementation of the country's amended Press and Publications Law. That bill's passage in September 2012 instantly stopped Jordan from being praised as having some of the most progressive Internet policies in the Middle East and brought on accusations of government abuse and censorship, similar to those leveled against several of its neighbors. The amended law requires news sites to register with the government, which costs 1,000 Jordanian Dinar ($1410.84 US). The country's Press and Publications Department (PPD) is free to add sites that don't to a blacklist; every Internet service provider in the country is required to ban users from accessing those sites. But it doesn't stop there: the blacklist can also apply to content that "shakes confidence" in the national currency, "disparages" the Jordanian royal family, and instigates physical protests. Read more... More about Censorship, Government Censorship, Jordan, Us World, and Politics |
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