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- How 'Game of Thrones' Slayed on Social Media
- 'Lego Movie' Teaser Trailer Gives First Look at Film
- Future Navigation May Let You 'Feel' Your Way Around
- Man Loses Home Following Overly Funded Kickstarter Project
- Ancient Cambodian City Revealed in Laser Scan
- 9 Ways to Dance About Architecture
- Giants' New Social Cafe Brings Twitter to Life
- The 17 Stages of a Food Coma
- Saudi Arabia Could Block WhatsApp Within Weeks
- You Would Die If Superman Punched Your Face
- Double Rainbow Guy Stands up to Yosemite Wildfires
- 9 Creative Ways to Leave a Tip
- Tom Wheeler Will Probably Be the Next FCC Chairman
- Facebook Now Has 1 Million Active Advertisers
- Google Challenges Secret Court's Gag Orders
- Miss Utah Gets Another Shot After Miss USA Interview Flub
- The Bitcoin Taxman Cometh
- James Franco Launches Indiegogo Campaign to Fund 3 Films
- Huawei Shows Off Ascend P6, the 'World's Slimmest Smartphone'
- App Crowdsources Locations of Every Surveillance Camera
- John Mayer's Prancercise Music Video Is Astounding
- Disney's 'Frozen' Teaser Will Melt Your Funny Bone
- Giant Snake Opens Door to Your Nightmares
- This Was The Coolest Thing I Played at E3
- Meet NASA's New Class of Astronauts
- 25 Panic GIFs to Calm Your Nerves
- Rihanna Steals Title for Most YouTube Views From Bieber
- How iCloud Keychain Is Better (and Worse) Than a Password Manager
- Is Kanye West a God? Rap Genius Dissects 'Yeezus'
- NSA Chief: Surveillance Programs Have Foiled 50 Terrorist Plots
| How 'Game of Thrones' Slayed on Social Media Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:55 PM PDT    By now you've already survived one Sunday night without Game of Thrones, dear devoted fan of all things Westoros GoT's epic third season is behind us now, and the wait for season four is sure to feel oh-so-long. But lost amid season three's deliciously gruesome bloodletting, plot twists and betrayals was this: The show dominated social media in a major way over the past few months
Perhaps that's not so surprising — after all, both GoT and social media boast nerd-centric fan bases — but the impressive numbers are worth going over Read more... More about Entertainment, Tv, and Game Of Thrones |
| 'Lego Movie' Teaser Trailer Gives First Look at Film Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:26 PM PDT  You may be familiar with Legos in block-form, but the popular line of construction toys is entering new territory: motion pictures. Billed as the "first-ever, full-length theatrical Lego adventure," The Lego Movie follows the story of an ordinary Lego figurine named Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) who — in a case of mistaken identity — is enlisted to help save the world alongside superheroes The film features the voices of Will Ferrell (who plays villain President Business), Morgan Freeman (as Vitruvius) and Liam Neeson (as Bad Cop). Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie also lend their vocal talents Read more... More about Entertainment and Film |
| Future Navigation May Let You 'Feel' Your Way Around Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:01 PM PDT  When the GPS device in your car wants you to make a right turn, a robotic voice says, "turn right" and shows you which way to go on a screen. The next generation of devices, however, could tell you to turn right by letting you "feel" your way around. Vibrations from a wearable GPS device would give directions with a pattern of pulses that the wearer would feel. Not only does this eliminate the need for maps — which are, ultimately, distracting to drivers — but it would bypass the two most common ways devices display information to accommodate those who have visual or auditory impairments. The idea comes from Lynette Jones, a senior research scientist in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering. She decided to study how sensitive skin is to vibrations, where people are most sensitive and how touch is perceived. Read more... More about Gps, Navigation, Wearables, Wearable Tech, and Tech |
| Man Loses Home Following Overly Funded Kickstarter Project Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:03 PM PDT  You apparently can have too much of a good thing. Ed Carter only wanted to raise $21,000 through Kickstarter to finance a deluxe edition of "Glory to Rome," a board game produced by his company, Cambridge Games Factory. He ended up raising more than $73,000, with pledges from more than 1,600 people.
After that, things started to go downhill for Carter. His Kickstarter campaign had promised supporters they would receive free shipping on their games if they agreed to pick up the games from specific retailers. Carter hoped to develop business relations with these retailers as well as provide an incentive for his supporters. However, shipping the game to 1,600 people isn't exactly cheap, especially when you've received a significant number of orders from Brazil and Australia. Read more... More about Startup, Business, Kickstarter, Startups, and Conversations |
| Ancient Cambodian City Revealed in Laser Scan Posted: 18 Jun 2013 06:31 PM PDT  Airborne laser scanning has revealed the remnants of a vast urban structure in the vicinity of Angkor Wat, a famous temple in Cambodia. The study, which will be published soon in the journal PNAS, follows earlier research that showed Angkor Wat to have been one of the world's most complex preindustrial cities. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is making it easier for archaeologists to explore human settlements in tropical vegetation; previous LIDAR work has found evidence of new cities in Central America, in addition to further enhancing the layout of known settlements such as the Mayan city of Caracol. Read more... More about Mapping, Asia, Lasers, Laser, and Apps Software |
| 9 Ways to Dance About Architecture Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:58 PM PDT  Martin Mull famously said, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." But what if you actually did dance about architecture?
In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrates a variety of architectural forms and their corresponding dances. Which one is more your style — Bauhaus Bounce or Cubist Shuffle? You can purchase Snider's comics as prints through his poster shop.
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| Giants' New Social Cafe Brings Twitter to Life Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:46 PM PDT  Physically going out to the ol' ballgame has always been an unmatched sporting experience. More recently, however, fans have flocked to online social platforms to talk trash, post thoughts and generally partake in the fun of spectator sports Well, fandom's offline and online realms just got married at AT&T Park, home of MLB's San Francisco Giants
The team unveiled its new "@Cafe" this week, distilling the team's online buzz in one physical location for supporters to visit just beyond the ballpark's centerfield wall The Giants are billing the location as a sports marketing first. It's appropriate the step comes from one of the most digitally creative teams in the world. The team's innovative promotions and social-savvy audience have long led all the major leagues, culminating in the team besting a mid-campaign Barack Obama in Klout cred during its World Series run last fall. Read more... More about Mlb, Entertainment, and Sports |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:30 PM PDT  Think back to last Thanksgiving. Your meal probably started out normally enough — a few slices of turkey here, a few dozen spoonfuls of mashed potatoes there — and ended with you clutching your food baby while passed out on the couch at 6 p.m. in front of the football game We don't blame youFood is delicious. Food comas, however, are not. Just like a bad break-up, they leave you bloated, sluggish and miserable. That is, until you bounce back and are ready to dive into your next meal.
While you wait for your stomach to return to its previous dimensions, chew on the 17 stages of a food coma Read more... More about Humor, Watercooler, Pics, Food, and Lists |
| Saudi Arabia Could Block WhatsApp Within Weeks Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:03 PM PDT  Since banning Viber, Saudi Arabia appears to have its set its sights on another popular Internet messenger smartphone application. This time it's WhatsApp, which could be blocked in just a few weeks unless it complies with local regulations The country's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is considering banning WhatsApp in the coming weeks, probably before Ramadan, which starts on July 9
The ban is being considered both because WhatsApp communications are allegedly harder to monitor, and because the service cuts into local telecom companies' revenue, since it allows users to send messages over the Internet instead of the telephone networks Read more... More about Saudi Arabia, Whatsapp, Apps Software, Us World, and World |
| You Would Die If Superman Punched Your Face Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:32 PM PDT  If you watched Superman's life unfold on a white board yesterday, you're aware of his wide range of superhuman abilities. One swipe of his right fist is enough to send you into another dimension. But imagine if you were on the other end of that punch.
YouTube sensation Vsauce3 gives a scientific breakdown of how much damage Superman could incur on an average human. The video, which has already accrued more than 1.4 million views, uses physics to prove its findings. He even references Big Mac calories for good measure Image courtesy of YouTube, Vsauce3 Read more... More about Viral Videos, Science, Physics, Watercooler, and Videos |
| Double Rainbow Guy Stands up to Yosemite Wildfires Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:01 PM PDT  The Double Rainbow Guy has a new sight to behold — and it's a lot more deadly than a post-shower sky. Paul "Bear" Vasquez first noticed the wildfires making their way through central California and Yosemite National Park on Sunday — part of what's feared to be the worst season in a century. He had been talking on the phone with a CNN reporter, but he immediately grabbed his camera and started filming. From the very first shot, Bear's live report has the look and feel of the "Double Rainbow" video. He zooms in and out on the fire and stack of smoke and expresses his amazement at the height and amount of destruction the flames are causing to the forest. Read more... More about California, Wildfires, Wildfire, Double Rainbow Guy, and Watercooler |
| 9 Creative Ways to Leave a Tip Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:30 PM PDT  If you want to avoid being a terrible person, always tip your waiter or waitress. You could also make a lasting impression by leaving a tip with a little flare. You have your whole meal to decide on a way to present the money you'll leave, and the possibilities are endless
You could see it as an opportunity to dazzle the waitstaff with your artistic ability, or just see it as a way to make them smile. At the very least it could get you on Reddit 1. Incorporate the tip into your artImage courtesy of Reddit, rkeyes47 Read more... 2. Or just make the tip itself into artMore about Lists, Tips, Money, and Watercooler |
| Tom Wheeler Will Probably Be the Next FCC Chairman Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:11 PM PDT  President Obama's choice for the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, will likely get the job, if Tuesday's confirmation hearing is any indication. How can we be so sure? Senate Commerce Committee Chair Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) told Wheeler he was "certain" he would get the job before the hearing even got to several of the major issues facing the FCC. Rockefeller's early nod of approval was particularly significant given the senator previously urged Obama to nominate FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel for the chairmanship. More about Fcc, Congress, Us World, Politics, and Us |
| Facebook Now Has 1 Million Active Advertisers Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:55 PM PDT  Facebook now has more than 1 million businesses actively advertising on the social network, the company announced Tuesday. The "vast majority" of those advertisers are small businesses, according to Dan Levy, Facebook's director of small business, who announced the milestone during an event at Facebook's office in New York.
"The feedback we hear from businesses from all over the world is, 'Just make it simpler,'" Levy said at one point during the event. Perhaps with that in mind, Facebook announced plans to slash the number of ad products in half in order to streamline and improve the experience for advertisers Read more... More about Facebook, Advertising, Facebook Ads, and Business |
| Google Challenges Secret Court's Gag Orders Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:42 PM PDT  In its latest push against secrecy, Google has asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to ease its gag orders and allow the company to publish more data about the requests it receives from the court. On Tuesday, the company filed a motion (embedded below) before the court, arguing that it has a First Amendment right to publish the total number of requests the court sends it, and the number of users affected by those requests. Additionally, Google argues that it should be allowed to publish the total number of requests because that information is not classified. More about Google, Privacy, Surveillance, Prism, and Us World |
| Miss Utah Gets Another Shot After Miss USA Interview Flub Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:34 PM PDT  Miss Utah Marissa Powell didn't win Sunday night's Miss USA pageant after botching her interview question, but she did win most viral moment of the evening. In the interview portion of the competition for the final five contestants, the 21-year-old awkwardly responded to judge NeNe Leakes's question about income inequality. Her response contains the now-infamous phrase, "create education better."
Powell, who finished the evening as third runner-up and Miss Photogenic, was given a shot at redemption on the Today show on Tuesday. In a clip released Tuesday (above), anchor Matt Lauer asks her the question again, to which she replies: "So this is not OK. It needs to be equal pay for equal work, and it's hard enough already to earn a living, and it shouldn't be harder just because you're a woman." Read more... More about Today Show, Matt Lauer, Entertainment, Tv, and Videos |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT  If I were to write a book and sell a few No one has any idea. Even though we know there are some 11 million Bitcoins in circulation worldwide, nobody's sure how many users are American; as a result, it's impossible to calculate how much money Washington is losing on transactions conducted using the anonymous digital tender. In a new report out Monday, the Government Accountability Office concludes that if only Bitcoin users were better informed, they'd start paying up. Read more... More about Taxes, Tax, Virtual Currency, Bitcoins, and Business |
| James Franco Launches Indiegogo Campaign to Fund 3 Films Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT  Actor James Franco is turning his pockets to the public to wrangle funds for his latest project, Palo Alto Stories, a series of three features that will be adapted from pieces of his 2011 fiction-writing debut. The 35-year-old multihyphenate has launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Indiegogo, calling for $500,000 worth of backing for the films, which draw on high school experiences revolving around his hometown of Palo Alto, Calif
Franco pledged to donate all profits from the movie sales to Art of Elysium, a non-profit that helps actors, artists and musicians to volunteer their time and talents to work with children battling serious medical conditions. Read more... More about Books, Indiegogo, Films, Crowdfunding, and Entertainment |
| Huawei Shows Off Ascend P6, the 'World's Slimmest Smartphone' Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:39 PM PDT  Chinese electronics manufacturer Huawei billed its new Ascend P6 model as the "world's slimmest smartphone," during an unveiling event in London on Tuesday. The Huawei Ascend P6 is 6.18 mm in depth, which is thinner than competitors like the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 (7.6 mm and 7.9 mm, respectively). This new model is now the flagship smartphone in Huawei's Ascend P series. Earlier this year, Huawei launched its Ascend P2 phone, which at the time the company called the "world's fastest smartphone." The new Ascend P6 features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 4.7-inch HD display, a 8-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, according to Huawei. The phone also boasts "Magic Touch" technology that lets users use the touchscreen even with gloves on. Read more... More about Smartphone, Smartphones, Tech, Mobile, and Huawei |
| App Crowdsources Locations of Every Surveillance Camera Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:25 PM PDT  We're always being watched. And a new app lets you know it Surv combines user input and technology to create maps with detailed descriptions of the locations and types of surveillance cameras. Kaza Razat and Khalid Mills developed the app after realizing how little access to this information law enforcement agencies have.
Formerly game developers, Razat and Mills created a utility app that actually provided the information they saw in spy games and movies. Their gaming experience informed competitiveness in Surv too, with a leader-board and new features unlocked by contributing. They hope to expand slowly through a Kickstarter campaign, but they are currently focused on creating a group of slightly exclusive users Read more... More about Surveillance, Kickstarter, Tech, Apps Software, and Us |
| John Mayer's Prancercise Music Video Is Astounding Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:18 PM PDT  The 'Prancercise Lady' has teamed up with musician John Mayer for the most bizarre music-plus-exercise combination imaginable. By now, you've probably heard of Prancercise, Johanna Rohrback's patented breed of equine inspired exercise. In the original viral video, she gallops to some generic, lyric-less rock music. But in this video, she Prancercises to John Mayer's latest single, "Paper Doll," in perfect harmony
Although this might seem like a hoax or a bootleg mash-up, the collaboration is the real deal. Mayer enlisted Rohrback to "Romancercise" to the first release from his upcoming album, Paradise Valley. His actor friend Jarrad Paul even takes part in the joke Read more... More about Video, Viral Videos, John Mayer, Entertainment, and Videos |
| Disney's 'Frozen' Teaser Will Melt Your Funny Bone Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:58 PM PDT  Meet Sven and Olaf: a lovable yet unsuspecting duo in Disney's Frozen that gets into a rather sticky situation on an icy lake Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) joins forces with a hardy mountain man (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his trusty reindeer, Sven, on an epic journey to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel). Elsa has trapped the kingdom in an eternal winter, and Anna and Kristoff — alongside the many friends they meet along the way — race to save the kingdom from its icy fate.
The film, an epic 3D musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, hits theaters Nov. 27 Read more... More about Video, Entertainment, 3d, Disney, and Film |
| Giant Snake Opens Door to Your Nightmares Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:41 PM PDT  Today, in horrifying things: A giant yellow snake successfully opens a door. The video below, which stars a 16-foot albino burmese python, was uploaded two years ago by Vimeo user Jenner. However, the snake, named "Julius," is the latest pet to experience Internet fame.
According to Jenner, when the snake is tired of being in a dark room, "she flips on the light, opens the door and bails." "This is why we keep doors locked with her around. We don't need her harassing the neighbors," add Jenner in the video description. Locked doors or not, this enormous snake will certainly be slithering through our most terrifying dreams tonight Read more... More about Viral Videos, Pets, Animals, Creepy, and Snake |
| This Was The Coolest Thing I Played at E3 Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT  This year's E3 was amazing: dozens of terrific-looking games for fans, press and industry to demo and watch. Yet one really stood above the pack, even if it was a simple tech demo. Still, most demos don't let you dogfight in space through the power of virtual reality. CCP developer Dave Gundry said the team was so excited when they got their Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets that they wanted to make something to test the technologyEVR was created in-house by CCP, best known for its long-running MMO EVE Online In EVR, you ride in a cockpit as a space fighter. The Oculus Rift headset fits over your head, eclipsing your field-of-view with a 110-degree screen, making the experience completely immersive. Look behind you — can you see the back of your seat? Can you look down and see pilot's legs? With headphones, you only hear the heavy breathing of a person alone in space. Read more... More about Gaming, Entertainment, Eve Online, Oculus Rift, and E3 2013 |
| Meet NASA's New Class of Astronauts Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT  NASA has picked eight Americans — a mix of scientists and military pilots — to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 47 active astronauts at the agency's astronaut corps at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new U.S. space travelers, which NASA unveiled today, could be members of the first crews to visit an asteroid or Mars — deep-space goals that NASA aims to achieve. They could also be the first people to launch to space on a U.S.-built rocket since the era of the space shuttle, which ended in 2011 Read more... More about Space, Nasa, Class, Deep Space, and Astronauts |
| 25 Panic GIFs to Calm Your Nerves Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:08 PM PDT  If you're feeling a little stressed today, don't worry — you probably just instinctively knew you had to celebrate International Panic Day Though today is a time to let your anxieties go, there are many forms of panic that can hit on any day.
Be prepared to share your panic with those around you in GIF form, because who knows if you'll be able to form sentences. 1. For morning panic
2. When you feel like you need to breathe into a paper bag.
3. When you're beginning to think the whole breathing into a paper bag thing might be a myth.More about Lists, Gif, Gifs, Watercooler, and Pics |
| Rihanna Steals Title for Most YouTube Views From Bieber Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:43 AM PDT  Justin Bieber won the race to become the first Twitter user to reach 40 million followers, but Rihanna just dethroned him on YouTube, claiming the most-viewed-artist title on Tuesday Rihanna's channel, which has existed since May 2009, has 3,784,030,789 views. Meanwhile, Bieber's official channel, which turned up in September 2009, has 3,782,989,210 views
On the strength of such videos as "Only Girl (In The World)," "We Found Love," and "Man Down," Rihanna has also attracted 8.7 million subscribers, compared to Bieber's 4.9 million Read more... More about Youtube, Viral Videos, Music, Entertainment, and Celebrities |
| How iCloud Keychain Is Better (and Worse) Than a Password Manager Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT  Of the many announcements Apple made last week, the news about iCloud Keychain seemed fairly minor. After all, senior vice president of of software engineering Craig Federighi spent just 1:20 on it at Apple's WWDC keynote. However, iCloud Keychain could end up having a big impact on consumer habits. We all know we should use different, hard-to-crack passwords for the many services we use every day, yet few people do so. A recent study found that almost two-thirds of consumers re-use passwords across multiple sites, making them much more vulnerable to a phishing attack.
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| Is Kanye West a God? Rap Genius Dissects 'Yeezus' Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:07 AM PDT  Kanye West's sixth studio album Yeezus dropped today. Like the title strongly suggests, it draws deep on religious references and an "I Am God" narcissism that only Kanye brings to the table. June has been out of control for Kanye West, and he's only halfway through it. The frenzy began when he broke his usual press silence to promote his new album, Yeezus — sitting down with The New York Times for an interview that would become known as perhaps his most self-aggrandizing and hilariously quotable one to date.
Less than a week after the article appeared online, Yeezus leaked. The leak wouldn't have surprised the Internet so much had it come from any other musical artist, but Kanye is known for going to extreme lengths — secure external hard-drives to transport music, a limited team — to keep his music on lockdown before its official release date. Read more... More about Leaked, Release, Album, Kanye West, and Leak |
| NSA Chief: Surveillance Programs Have Foiled 50 Terrorist Plots Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:49 AM PDT  The National Security Administration's surveillance programs have helped foil more than 50 terrorist plots across the world, NSA Chief Gen. Keith Alexander said during a Tuesday congressional hearing. "In recent years these programs, together with other intelligence, have protected the U.S. and our allies from terrorist threats across the globe to include helping prevent potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11," Alexander said during testimony to the House Intelligence Committee
Along with deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Sean Joyce, Alexander gave additional details on how the surveillance programs were used in two specific instances: One to prevent an attack targeting the New York Stock Exchange and another to identify a person inside the United States bankrolling terrorist groups in Somalia Read more... More about Privacy, Us World, Politics, Us, and Nsa |
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