الثلاثاء، 15 مايو 2012

This Bot Turns Your Tweets into Rhyming Couplets

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

This Bot Turns Your Tweets into Rhyming Couplets
3:53:45 AM
Meet Pentametron, a website and Twitter account that is a literature nerd's dream. It is a bot that uses an algorithm to find and retweet rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. The bot retweets sequential tweets that fit into the ten-syllable...



AMD Launches Ultrabook-Ready Trinity Chips
12:02:46 AM
AMD just unveiled its latest processor, called Trinity. Meant for Ultrabooks, regular laptops and all-in-one designs, the new chip boasts better multimedia capabilities, at less power than the previous generation, Llano. With Trinity, AMD aims to...



What People Really Want vs. What They Share on Social Media
Monday, May 14, 2012 11:25 PM
Take a look at someone's stream of social media updates. Can you determine what they really want out of life? Now ask them point blank about their aspirations. Will you get the same answers? Maybe not, according to the comparison below. Social...



SpaceX Capsule Slated to Soar to Space Station on Saturday
Monday, May 14, 2012 10:55 PM
SpaceX announced that it is gearing up to launch its Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on Saturday. If successful, the trip will mark the first time a private spacecraft has ever docked at NASA's habitable artificial...



10 Super Hi-Res Photos That Will Blow Your Mind
Monday, May 14, 2012 10:28 PM
It's amazing what DSLRs are capable of capturing today. High resolution has practically become a standard requirement for cameras, and the number of megapixels in images increases substantially every year. We've gathered 10 incredible high...



Twitter Campaign Donates Your Unused Characters
Monday, May 14, 2012 10:08 PM
Forget old clothing and canned food -- you can now donate your unused Twitter characters to a good cause. A new application called Hashtags4Heroes auto-populates the unused characters in your tweets with messages raising awareness for the Wounded...



Graduate Proposes to Girlfriend During Commencement, Crowd Goes Wild [VIDEO]
Monday, May 14, 2012 9:40 PM
What's the most "awww"-worthy video of the day? We propose this one: a man proposing marriage to his girlfriend as she crosses the stage at American University's commencement to receive her diploma. According to the Washington Post, the couple's...



What Mark Zuckerberg Can Buy With His $1 Billion Windfall [VIDEO]
Monday, May 14, 2012 9:33 PM
Facebook is going on public this week, which means big things for the Menlo Park-based team and even bigger things for its 28-year-old CEO. Mark Zuckerberg is geared to make at least $846 million and as much as $1 billion. With $1 billion, he can...



Assemble Friends for Spontaneous Fun With GiddyUp
Monday, May 14, 2012 9:24 PM
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: GiddyUp Quick Pitch: GiddyUp is a...



Instagram Camera: This Designer Aims to Turn a Spoof into Reality
Monday, May 14, 2012 9:04 PM
"It's obvious that people love Instagram," begins a recent video. "But how are you supposed to share your photos with the 6.95 billion people that aren't on Instagram?" The video is a spoof that advertises a real-life Instagram camera. Indeed,...



Streaming Video Gives a Mind Blowing Live View of the NBA Playoffs
Monday, May 14, 2012 8:46 PM
Thanks to the magic of streaming video, basketball fans can treat themselves to a free look at the NBA Playoffs as they've never seen them before. How? TNT Overtime. It's an extension of NBA Playoff games broadcast on TNT (others are carried on...



This Is Your Mom on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Monday, May 14, 2012 8:13 PM
Social media: It's not just for college kids anymore. Families use Facebook to stay in touch across generations. Friends well into middle age share photos on Instagram. There's even an 80-year-old grandmother on a quest for 80,000 Twitter...



How Kickstarter Is Saving Hardware Innovation
Monday, May 14, 2012 7:48 PM
Pebble Technology, the startup behind Pebble Watch, couldn't find venture capitalists to back it. But within 28 hours of putting the project on Kickstarter, it had raised more than $1 million. Pebble isn't the only hardware startup to run into...



AOL Founder Warns Zuckerberg: Don't Get Distracted by Facebook IPO [VIDEO]
Monday, May 14, 2012 7:38 PM
Before Facebook, which is now just days away from a record-busting IPO, there was America Online or AOL. Before Social Media, there was Community. It's quite possible that without the bulletin boards and chat rooms of the 70's, 80's and 90's,...



Newsweek Kindles Controversy Online with 'Gay President' Cover
Monday, May 14, 2012 7:17 PM
Are controversial covers the secret to news magazine success? Newsweek certainly seems to think so. A few days after Time made headlines around the Internet with its cover photo featuring a mom breastfeeding her maybe-too-old child, Newsweek is...



 
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