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- NBA Star Redeems Himself After Declining Twitter Prom Invite
- Sony Vaio Pro 11: So Skinny, Can This Be a Laptop?
- Watch Boeing's High-Speed Painting Robots in Action
- Republicans Pick Facebook Engineer as Chief Technology Officer
- NFL Superstar Expertly Justifies Tweeting 'Game of Thrones' Spoiler
- Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Molecules In Chemical Reaction
- 12 Classic Books That Define Your Summer
- Hack 'Tetris' to Draw Video Game Characters
- DIYer Builds Robotic Hand Out of Hardware-Store Parts
- Apple Has Sights on 'Gaze Detection' Technology
- Not as Many People Tweeted About 'Game of Thrones' as You Think
- Justin Bieber's Twitter Growth: 40 Followers to 40 Million
- ITC Bans Importation of Older iPhones, iPads
- Bose Shakes Up Wireless Speakers With SoundLink Mini
- Jack Dorsey Scales Bridge for Epic Vine
- Honey, Bose Shrunk the Noise-Canceling Headphones
- Finally, You Can Play Your Favorite Marvel Heroes
- 'Wizard of Oz' in 3D Comes to IMAX Theaters for One Week
- Global Cyberattack Hits 350 Victims, 40 Countries
- Astronaut Shaves His Head in Space
- Report: Amazon Expanding Grocery Business to L.A. This Week
- Nvidia Demos New 'DirectStylus' for Tegra 4 Tablets
- It Will Take 9,200 People to Build Apple's New Spaceship Campus
- Intel Scores Major Coup With Samsung Galaxy Tab 3
- Sean Parker Wedding Is Perfect Parable for Silicon Valley Excess
- NBA Finals: Get Pumped Up With This Cool Animation
- Taco Bell Employee Who Licked Taco Shells Is Getting Fired
- Karaoke Video Is So Bad That Tajikistan Banned YouTube
- 15 Creative Vine Videos That Prove Two's Company
- Miguel's 'Leg Drop' on Fan May Have Caused Brain Injury
| NBA Star Redeems Himself After Declining Twitter Prom Invite Posted: 04 Jun 2013 08:58 PM PDT    Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parsons just wrapped up a breakout season, and established himself as one of the NBA's brightest young stars you may not have heard of Chandler's stellar play has earned him plenty of new fans, including Houston-area high school student Stephanie Flores, who took to Twitter last month to invite him to prom:
She even rallied her friends to help the cause: More about Nba, Entertainment, and Sports |
| Sony Vaio Pro 11: So Skinny, Can This Be a Laptop? Posted: 04 Jun 2013 08:43 PM PDT  Tablets are great, but how productive can people really be with them? When it comes to getting things done, nothing beats a mouse and keyboard. The struggle to have it all in one device has led to hybrids like the Lenovo Yoga and productivity-focused tablets like the Surface Pro. Those products have their individual merits, but they always force the user to make the PC equivalent of Sophie's Choice: Do you sacrifice the keyboard for greater portability, or do you keep it and just accept your laptop will always be bulkier than a tablet? Sony may have just spared us that terrible decision with the Vaio Pro 11. The Windows 8 PC weighs just 1.92 pounds, or about an ounce lighter than the Surface Pro tablet, and it measures just 0.68 of an inch at its thickest point. And yes, it's a laptop. With touch. Read more... More about Reviews, Sony, Vaio, Windows 8, and Laptops |
| Watch Boeing's High-Speed Painting Robots in Action Posted: 04 Jun 2013 08:02 PM PDT  Boeing is using robots to help speed the production of its 777 commercial aircraft at an assembly plant in Washington state. The Seattle Times reports that two robots now help paint Boeing 777 wings at the aerospace company's assembly plant in Everett, Wash. What normally takes a human team 4.5 hours to paint the first coat, the robots can complete in only 24 minutes. It's a robotic system called the "Automated Spray Method" or ASM. Boeing says the robots take care of washing, priming and painting the wings, as the wings are horizontally held in place. Human employees still have to press a few buttons, as well as load/unload paint, mask the wings and service the robots. Read more... More about Robots, Robot, Planes, Airplane, and Airplanes |
| Republicans Pick Facebook Engineer as Chief Technology Officer Posted: 04 Jun 2013 07:15 PM PDT  For the first time, the Republican Party has a Chief Technology Officer: outgoing Facebook Engineering Manager Andy Barkett As CTO, Barkett will oversee the Republican National Committee's recently announced plans to restructure itself around data and analytics. He will also be responsible for training Republican candidates and staffers on social media and technology as well as building relationships with technology leaders across the country. “It’s essential that the Republican Party has the resources to drive voter turnout as we look toward the elections of 2014, 2016 and beyond," said Barkett in a statement. "Silicon Valley welcomes the party’s efforts to be more creative and innovative, and I look forward to helping the party accomplish these goals." Read more... More about Facebook, Us World, Politics, and Us |
| NFL Superstar Expertly Justifies Tweeting 'Game of Thrones' Spoiler Posted: 04 Jun 2013 07:11 PM PDT  Sunday night's Game of Thrones episode lit up the Twittersphere like one of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons torching a would-be enemy. All through Sunday night and Monday, Twitter was home to funny reactions, angry reactions, I'm-freaking-out reactions and the best reaction of all, which came from one of the show's stars NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers got into the conversation, as well. The Green Bay Packer's Monday night tweet, however, drew big-time backlash from many of his 950,000-plus followers for spoiling a major plot point: More about Entertainment, Game Of Thrones, and Sports |
| Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Molecules In Chemical Reaction Posted: 04 Jun 2013 06:32 PM PDT  Dust off your chemistry knowledge, because a team of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley has stumbled upon a breakthrough that might influence what you remember from high school. Using an atomic force microscope and a bit of luck, Berkeley Lab scientists captured the first-ever high-resolution images of a molecule breaking and reforming its bonds. The team was actually trying to create graphene nanostructures using a new, controlled approach to chemical reactions. (Graphene is an extremely strong, light carbon material valuable to both science and industry.) But their findings went in a different direction. Read more... More about Atom, Scientists, Tech, Dev Design, and Newsy |
| 12 Classic Books That Define Your Summer Posted: 04 Jun 2013 06:03 PM PDT  Summer is almost upon on us here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means sunbaths on the beach, outdoor sports and other activities associated with the warmest months of the year. It's also time for summer reading, whether you're a student fulfilling a curriculum requirement or just finally finding the time to read leisurely.
In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics redesigns the covers of classic books to describe the various aspects of your summer. Does it hit home for you? You can purchase Snider's comics as prints through his poster shop.
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| Hack 'Tetris' to Draw Video Game Characters Posted: 04 Jun 2013 05:32 PM PDT  Programmer Michael Birken's new way of drawing video game characters is probably more complicated than it needs to be, but all the more incredible for it Birken designed an algorithm that can place single blocks of color in Tetris by strategically building and destroying lines at lightning speed. Precisely place enough blocks, and you’ve got a made-to-order line. Stack enough lines, and the result is a pixellated picture of anything you want. Birken trained the program to build images of classic 8-bit characters like Mario, Link and Samus As you might expect, the process is bafflingly complex, but the results — as seen in this video above — are stunning. Read more... More about Tetris, Algorithm, Video Games, Entertainment, and Gaming |
| DIYer Builds Robotic Hand Out of Hardware-Store Parts Posted: 04 Jun 2013 05:09 PM PDT  Next time you visit the hardware store, you can probably get most of the materials you'll need to build a robotic hand Especially if you follow instructions from Aaron Thomen. For a little less than $200, Thomen built a Terminator-like robotic hand. And it's not just a cool-looking contraption. It’s powered by servomotors — which are extremely precise motors — and an Arduino controller. The combination results in a mechanical hand that has the finesse to use a pair of scissors and the strength to lift a jug of water.
Thomen didn’t just design and build a robotic hand — "anyone" can do that. He created a set of video instructions to go with an instructables post so virtually anyone can replicate the process Read more... More about Elite Tech News, Robotics, Arduino, Tech, and Dev Design |
| Apple Has Sights on 'Gaze Detection' Technology Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:35 PM PDT  Could future iPhone or iPad devices have gaze detection technology? A new patent application recently filed by Apple reveals the company has its sights set on reading eye movement Apple detailed in a patent application a gaze detection function that would know when the user is looking at the screen and respond accordingly "An electronic device may have gaze detection capabilities that allow the device to detect when a user is looking at the device," the filing said. "When the device detects that the user has looked away from the device, the device may dim a display screen and may perform other suitable actions. The device may pause a video playback operation when the device detects that the user has looked away from the device." Read more... More about Apple, Patents, Tech, Gadgets, and Mobile |
| Not as Many People Tweeted About 'Game of Thrones' as You Think Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:39 PM PDT  Did it feel like everyone was talking about the "Red Wedding" episode of Game of Thrones on Monday? Actually, they weren't. The show got 367,000 mentions on Twitter, according to Twitter. That broke the previous record of 277,000 mentions for the show's season premiere, and is a high number of tweets for scripted dramas — but doesn't come close to the number of mentions of live shows like sports and award ceremonies. For instance, this year's Super Bowl got 24 million mentions, more than 50 times the "Red Wedding" mentions. Twitter's data on scripted shows isn't hugely extensive, and the platform's audience grows each year — making the concept of keeping a record moot Read more... More about Twitter, Entertainment, Tv, Game Of Thrones, and Red Wedding |
| Justin Bieber's Twitter Growth: 40 Followers to 40 Million Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:07 PM PDT  Pop star Justin Bieber lost the race to be the first Twitter user to reach 10 million, 20 million and 30 million followers, but on Tuesday, he became the first to hit 40 million followers He celebrated with tweetsOne tweet uses the hashtag #dreamBIG and links to this photo, which features his tweet from the day in 2009 he hit 40 — yes, only 40 — followers: Mashable obtained statistics from analytics company Twitter Counter that show he hit 40 million on June 4. We've detailed when he reached his milestones the above infographic. Bieber thanked fans in his first tweet ("#40MillionBeliebers - thank u. i love u. #grateful") and encouraged them to rally with hashtag #40MillionStrong in a second tweet. Read more... More about Twitter, Music, Entertainment, Celebrities, and Justin Bieber |
| ITC Bans Importation of Older iPhones, iPads Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT  The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has placed a U.S import ban on a number of older iPhone and iPad devices, claiming that those units infringe on patents owned by Samsung. Specifically having to do with the "apparatus and method for encoding/decoding transport format combination indicator in CDMA mobile communication system," the ban covers the iPhone 4 and below and iPad 3 and below; but only on AT&T Newer models of the iPhone and iPad, and those not on AT&T’s network, do not use the technology and are not affected under the ban. Samsung’s patent complaint was originally filed in June 2011, with complaints pertaining to five patents Read more... More about Iphone, Apple, Samsung, Patents, and Ipad |
| Bose Shakes Up Wireless Speakers With SoundLink Mini Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT  Who is buying portable wireless speakers? Everyone, apparently, since market research shows sales in the category tripled last year — and the more portable, the better. After taking a stab in the category with its SoundLink speaker, Bose is elevating things to a new, more compact level with the SoundLink Mini. Although small-size wireless speakers such as little Jambox and UE Boom are popular, Bose took its time creating a smaller Bluetooth speaker because it didn't want to compromise on sound quality. With the SoundLink Mini, Bose says it built a speaker capable of "full-range" audio in a compact package that measures just 2 x 7 x 2 inches. Read more... More about Audio, Bose, Wireless Speakers, Bluetooth Speakers, and Tech |
| Jack Dorsey Scales Bridge for Epic Vine Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:44 PM PDT  Jack Dorsey climbed atop San Francisco's 526-foot Bay Bridge on Tuesday to promote the launch of Vine for Android.
Image via Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Read more... More about Jack Dorsey, Android Apps, Vine, Social Media, and Apps Software |
| Honey, Bose Shrunk the Noise-Canceling Headphones Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:39 PM PDT  When you hear "noise-canceling headphones," you probably think big, bulky, over-the-ear cansBose is seriously challenging that image with its new QuietComfort 20 headphones — or should I say earbuds — which incorporate active noise-canceling tech into an extremely compact design. They sound pretty good, too. Bose showed off its new headphones at a demo at Grand Central Station in New York City. Noting that many passers-by were wearing headphones, a Bose rep said there were currently 700 headphone manufacturers with over 6,000 models available for sale. He then made the bold claim that the Bose QC20 was the best of them all, regardless of model, design or price. Bose is daring customers to compare its new headphones with the over-the-ear models like Beats or Simon Cowell's Sony cans in addition to in-ear designs — a strategy made clear by the price: $299. Read more... More about Audio, Headphones, Bose, Tech, and Gadgets |
| Finally, You Can Play Your Favorite Marvel Heroes Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:28 PM PDT  If you've always wanted to step into the tights of Marvel's biggest heroes like Captain America, Spider-Man or the Hulk, you'll get your chance Tuesday with the launch of free-to-play massively multiplayer game Marvel Heroes. In Marvel Heroes, you can play as one of 21 popular Marvel characters. Some are available for free at the start, while others can be purchased with in-game currency or cash. You can pick their costumes based on the 70-plus years of Marvel's history, including costumes from last summer's The Avengers blockbuster, also for in-game currency. Players level up their characters for Marvel Heroes by completing missions solo or on teams. New superpowers customized for each hero are available as you level, giving each hero a different gameplay experience. The game allows players to take on the major Marvel villains, and also fight each other in PvP zones. Read more... More about Gaming, Marvel, Mmos, and Entertainment |
| 'Wizard of Oz' in 3D Comes to IMAX Theaters for One Week Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:12 PM PDT  The Wizard of Oz, the 1939 classic about Kansas girl Dorothy's unplanned journey into the Land of Oz, is getting a 3D makeover for the movie's 75th anniversary. Warner Bros. will show off the digitally remastered version in IMAX 3D theaters for only the week of Sept. 20 in North America "This film revolutionized the use of color and special effects in cinema, and we’re excited to add another 'first' — bringing this timeless classic to moviegoers through the power of The IMAX 3D Experience for the very first time," Greg Foster, chairman and president of IMAX Entertainment, said in a statement. Read more... More about Entertainment, Movies, Warner Bros, 3d, and Film |
| Global Cyberattack Hits 350 Victims, 40 Countries Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:09 PM PDT  A newly revealed global malware campaign hit 350 high-profile targets in 40 different countries. The cyberespionage campaign, codenamed Operation NetTraveler, has been active since at least 2004, stealing more than 22 gigabytes of data from computers around the world The malware attacks were uncovered on Tuesday by Russian online security company Kaspersky Lab. The hackers behind the the campaign used is a data-exfiltration tool called NetTraveler — not a very sophisticated malware designed to steal sensitive data and information The name originates from a string contained in the malware code: "NetTraveler is Running!" Read more... More about Malware, Cybersecurity, Kaspersky Lab, Us World, and Us |
| Astronaut Shaves His Head in Space Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT  NASA's Chris Cassidy wanted to give fellow astronaut Luca Parmitano a warm welcome to the International Space Station last week, but a bottle of wine or a nice casserole wouldn't cut it. Cassidy buzzed his head to match Parmitano's signature clean-shaven look. (Hey, imitation is the best form of flattery.) However, even the most menial of tasks take on a whole new level in zero gravity. Cassidy couldn't just pick up a standard razor — hair would be floating around the ISS for weeks. Instead, he used an electric hair trimmer and a vacuum. “I don’t think I’ve looked like this since Plebe Summer!” joked Cassidy, who has a reputation as a notorious prankster. When he arrived on board the ISS in March, he donned an over-the-top fake mustache for Commander Chris Hadfield. Read more... More about Space, Nasa, Astronaut, International Space Station, and Us World |
| Report: Amazon Expanding Grocery Business to L.A. This Week Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT  After operating AmazonFresh in its hometown of Seattle for the past six years, Amazon is reportedly ready to expand its online grocery business to Los Angeles as soon as this week. San Francisco could follow later this year. This is according to Reuters, which reported that if Los Angeles and San Francisco "go well," AmazonFresh may roll out to 20 other urban markets next year, perhaps some outside the United States. One on-the-record source, analyst and consultant Bill Bishop, said that Amazon is targeting as many as 40 markets.
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| Nvidia Demos New 'DirectStylus' for Tegra 4 Tablets Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:17 PM PDT  Nvidia has unveiled a new fine-tip stylus for Tegra 4-based tablets that is low-cost and functions similarly to natural writing. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang demonstrated the company's DirectStylus technology at computer trade show Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. The stylus works with the Tegra 4's image-processing power to figure out the difference between the stylus, its eraser, your finger and palm, according to Nvidia. That means the stylus purportedly operates as naturally as a pencil: one side writes and the other side erases. DirectStylus is supposed to write smoothly, since it can scan detailed movement as you move across a tablet screen. Nvidia says the stylus works with technology that "supports up to 300 scans a second (five times the typical 60Hz touch scan rate)." Read more... More about Tablets, Nvidia, Stylus, Computex, and Tech |
| It Will Take 9,200 People to Build Apple's New Spaceship Campus Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT  Who says Apple doesn't create jobs in the U.S.? Apple says that 9,200 construction workers will be brought on full-time over the next three years to work on the company's new 2.8-million-square-foot spaceship campus, according to an 82-page economic impact report Apple put out on Tuesday The report, which was prepared by Keyser Marston Associates, details the amount of additional jobs and revenue that will come to Santa Clara County — where Apple is headquartered — as a result of the construction project. Apple expects to hire more than 7,000 new employees by 2016 to fill the office — bringing the company's area staff to 23,400. What's more, Apple projects that it will support more than 41,000 jobs in the county "through expenditures by Apple and Apple employees." Read more... More about Apple and Business |
| Intel Scores Major Coup With Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:47 AM PDT  While Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 looks similar existing models in the Galaxy family, on the inside it's a bit different: The new tablet packs an Intel Atom processor. This is a big win for Intel, a company that has continued to struggle to gain footing in the smartphone and tablet space. Most Samsung products — including previous Samsung Galaxy Tab devices, as well as the Galaxy Note line — use ARM processors from Qualcomm or Samsung Intel claims that its Atom Z2560 processor (known as Clover Trail+) offers "double the compute performance and 3x the graphics capabilities" as its previous-generation Atom platform. Read more... More about Samsung, Intel, Arm, Chipsets, and Tech |
| Sean Parker Wedding Is Perfect Parable for Silicon Valley Excess Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:41 AM PDT  Hey, if a billionaire couple wants to spend $10 million on his wedding, it's neither all that surprising nor interesting, as far as I'm concerned So, when news and statistics started to trickle out about Sean Parker's wedding in California — namely that it'd cost millions of dollars to create Kardashian-level over-the-topness — I was ready to chalk it up to the standard excesses of crazy rich people. But that was before I read the California Coastal Commission's report on the Parker wedding's destructive, unpermitted buildout in a redwood grove in Big Sur. Parker and Neraida, the LLC he created to run his wedding, ended up paying $2.5 million in penalties for ignoring regulations. (Move fast. Break things.) Read more... More about Wedding, Environment, California, Sean Parker, and Us |
| NBA Finals: Get Pumped Up With This Cool Animation Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT  The NBA Finals begin on Thursday, bringing back an annual tradition of transcendant performances, dramatic twists and legacy-making clutch performances. To hype up fans for this year's finals, ESPN commissioned the retrospective animation above. It looks back at some of the league's most iconic championship moments, including Michael Jordan's switch-hands layup from 1991, Magic Johnson's sky hook from 1987 and Willis Reed's inspiring, injury-riddled appearance from 1970
The animation was created by artist Richard Swarbrick, whose similar animations of European soccer stars have been online hits Read more... More about Nba, Entertainment, and Sports |
| Taco Bell Employee Who Licked Taco Shells Is Getting Fired Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:29 AM PDT  Taco Bell has fired two employees involved in a picture that went viral showing one of them licking a stack of taco shells. The fast food giant issued a statement saying the employee who took the photo "no longer works there" while the guy in the photo has been suspended and is in the process of being fired In the statement, Taco Bell explained that the photo was for an "internal contest in which company and franchise employees could submit for approval photos of themselves enjoying their first bite of" a new product. The shells, according to Taco Bell, were in the process of being thrown out. The photo "violated the rules and spirit of the contest" and was rejected. However, an employee posted the photo on social media, a violation of Taco Bell's franchisee's policies. Read more... More about Marketing, Taco Bell, and Business |
| Karaoke Video Is So Bad That Tajikistan Banned YouTube Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:16 AM PDT  Have you ever karaoked so badly that your country banned YouTube to prevent national embarrassment? A humiliating video of a performance by Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, taken in 2007 but put on YouTube in May, is thought to be the reason the country blocked YouTube access for a week. The block lasted from May 18-27, according to a Global Voices report, but it didn't grab a lot of attention. Perhaps that's because Tajikistan, a nation of 8 million people, only has 2 million Internet users. Or perhaps it's because the country has blocked YouTube at least three times in the past year. The country's Communication Service, which regulates Tajikistan's Internet service providers, confirmed the ban on the day it was lifted, but refused to elaborate on the reason behind it. Read more... More about Viral Videos, Karaoke, Funny Videos, Us World, and World |
| 15 Creative Vine Videos That Prove Two's Company Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:06 AM PDT  Sometimes, two is just the perfect number. These creative #TwosCompany vine videos capture subjects that are better as a pair. Last week we challenged you to create a vine video that illustrated the phrase "two's company, three's a crowd" and share it via Twitter. You filled the vine hashtag #TwosCompany full of creative stop-motion videos and clever comedic posts. (And, just as with last week's Unexpected Pairs challenge, someone took the challenge literally by creating a number two going off to work at a company!) SEE ALSO: Vine: 12 Ways to Make Your Videos Stand Out Also in the tradition of last week's Vine challenge, we were excited to see so much creativity from our community on Vine. Be sure to stay tuned to Mashable for future challenges and features about Vine. Read more... More about Vine, Social Media, Apps Software, and Vine Challenge Series |
| Miguel's 'Leg Drop' on Fan May Have Caused Brain Injury Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT  Contrary to a statement from a Billboard Music Awards rep saying the fans Miguel accidentally jumped on during his May 19 performance are "absolutely OK," one fan's lawyer is claiming the viral leg drop his client sustained may have caused her brain damage. "Some of the difficulties she's experiencing are cognitive in nature and lead to suspicion of a neurological head injury," Vip Bhola, Khyati Shah's lawyer, reportedly told TMZ. The leg drop became the most-talked about moment of the event, stats from Twitter show, as people expressed their disbelief throughout the night and well into the following day Read more... More about Music, Entertainment, Billboard Music Awards, Tv, and Miguel |
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