| Groupon Shelves All Its Gun-Related Deals | | Groupon has halted all of its gun-related promotions, the company said in a statement. "All scheduled and current gun-related deals featured on Groupon North America, including shooting ranges, conceal-and-carry and clay shooting, have been placed on hiatus while we review internal standards that shape the deal inventory we feature," Groupon spokesperson Julie Mossler told Daily Finance on Sunday.
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| 3 Unexpected Uses for Emoji Icons | | Emoji was the biggest thing to happen to texting since... texting. Here are three inventive applications for Emoji that you might not know about.
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| Technology Ranks World's Most-Trusted Industry in 2013 | | The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer. "As an industry, I think tech companies pre-anticipate and solve problems for consumers," Ben Boyd, Edelman's corporate global practice chairman, told Mashable.
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| Can a High-Tech 'Biological Passport' End Sports Doping Forever? | | Lance Armstrong says it helped scare him off performance-enhancing drugs forever. It's already been implemented in track and field as well as cycling, and world tennis authorities are now considering adding it to their arsenal as well. It's called the "biological passport," a DNA fingerprint of sorts that may well be the next high-tech weapon to gain widespread use against doping in sports.
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| Watch These iPhone Knockoffs Get Bulldozed | | Try not to cringe, as you watch these iPhones get demolished — they're just knockoffs. The video, above, does not document the demise of Apple's beloved smartphone, but rather its lesser clone. Before getting flattened by a bulldozer, the boxes of iPhone 4S models looked almost exactly like the real deal, complete with branded packaging and white cables.
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| Ashton Kutcher to Attend Macworld as Steve Jobs | | Apple hasn't officially made an appearance at Macworld since 2009. But this year, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will still be there, or at least the actors who play them will be, according to Macworld. Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad play Jobs and Wozniak in the upcoming movie, jOBS. To promote the motion picture, both will help kick off next week's Macworld/iWorld conference in San Francisco.
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| Every Senator and 90% of House Members Now Use Twitter | | 12:33:18 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| All 100 United States Senators are now using Twitter, while 90% of House of Representatives are on the network, according to Twitter. Those numbers have increased dramatically in the past two years: When the 112th Congress began in 2011, 44% of the Senate and 35% of the House were on Twitter, said the company in a recent blog post.
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| Library Patrons Want More E-books, But They Want to Keep Print Books, Too | | While residents of Bexar County, Texas, may be embracing a proposal for the nation's first local library free of printed books, not all Americans are crazy about the notion, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. The survey reveals just how important libraries are to their communities, and ranks the popularity of the services they offer.
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| E-bookstore Lets You Read First, Pay Later | | Monday, January 21, 2013 11:02 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Total Boox One-Liner Pitch: An e-bookstore and e-reading platform that lets you pay only for what you read. Why It's Taking Off: Total Boox lets you sample e-books, and take in single pages or chapters, without forking over the full purchase price.
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| 'Hussein,' 'Haley,' 'Lamar' Top Twitter Inauguration Names | | Monday, January 21, 2013 10:27 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| During today's inauguration, Twitter lit up with a discussion of the name -- the willingness of some to finally say it, and the reluctance of others, most notably the event's emcee, Sen. Chuck Schumer, to utter it.
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| Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week | | Monday, January 21, 2013 9:57 PM | Eric Larson |
| Nickelodeon reunions and Severus Snape-styled vegetables -- yep. Check out this week's top 10 pictures shared on Twitter.
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| Google Removes 'Make Me Asian' App After Protests of Racism | | Monday, January 21, 2013 9:06 PM | Camille Bautista |
| "Make Me Asian," an app that allowed users to slant their eyes and don a rice paddy hat, received much backlash over its stereotypical depictions. On Thursday, Google pulled the app from its Play Store after thousands signed an online petition calling for its removal. App developer KimberyDeiss created the face-changing application which yellowed users' skin and decorated faces with a Fu Manchu mustache.
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| 5 Clever Artistic Tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. | | Monday, January 21, 2013 8:04 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Artists capture the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legendary words with pictures. Their paintings, sketches and mosaics are one of the many creative ways people paid tribute to the historic figure that forever changed America. SEE ALSO: 11 Martin Luther King Quotes to Keep the Dream Alive Take a look through the gallery to see some of the inspirational art people have shared online.
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| 'FT' Announces Job Cuts as it Shifts Focus From Print | | Monday, January 21, 2013 7:50 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Twenty-five positions will be eliminated at the Financial Times as the paper shifts resources from print to digital, FT Editor Lionel Barber announced Monday. In a memo e-mailed to staff, Barber said the FT needs to spend less money (and time) producing the paper so it can invest in improving its online presence. "We need to ensure that we are serving a digital platform first, and a newspaper second," he wrote.
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| Music Monday: Inauguration Artists Over the Years | | Monday, January 21, 2013 7:41 PM | Jessica Fee |
| There were many memorable moments during President Obama's Second Inauguration Ceremony on Monday — from the President's historical speech to Vice President Joe Biden's enormous bible. Especially impressive were the performances by Beyoncé and Kelly Clarkson. Both women were able to put their own personal spins on songs that many Americans learn at a young age.
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| Sync Calorie Counts From BodyMedia Armbands to SparkPeople Website | | Monday, January 21, 2013 7:00 PM | Kate Freeman |
| If you own one of the fitness-tracking armbands by BodyMedia, you can now sync that information to the free website, SparkPeople, thanks to a partnership between the companies. On SparkPeople you create a fitness profile where you track your goals and progress. The BodyMedia armband tracks your calories burned throughout the day. You can also wear it at night to track your sleep.
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| Watch President Obama's Inauguration Speech in 3 Minutes | | Monday, January 21, 2013 6:45 PM | Neha Prakash |
| President Barack Obama was sworn into office Monday marking his second term in the Oval Office. In his inauguration speech, Obama referenced the polarized politics that took hold of the election season and asked the American people to begin calling upon collective action.
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| RIM Competes With Google For Attention With Conference Announcement | | Monday, January 21, 2013 6:37 PM | Emily Price |
| RIM is going head-to-head against Google this May, holding its main yearly conference in direct competition with Google’s the third week in May. Renamed BlackBerry Live, RIM will be using the conference to let developers get more hands-on time with BlackBerry 10, meet the leaders behind the platform and to talk about what’s next for BlackBerry. Registration for the event will be open soon.
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| BlackBerry Z10 Looks Like iPhone 5, Takes on Siri | | Monday, January 21, 2013 6:30 PM | Emily Price |
| RIM is set to announce the first devices running its new BlackBerry 10 operating system at an event on January 30. A lucky few, however, have already gotten their hands on what looks to be the new hardware, including German site TelekomPresse. The site has the BlackBerry Z10, a touchscreen device with a similar look to some of the other popular smartphones out there — especially the iPhone 5.
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| Obamas Star in Best Photobomb of 2013 | | Monday, January 21, 2013 5:46 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Alright, everyone whose New Years' resolutions included spectacularly photobombing their friends and family: you can go home. It's over. Malia Obama has won. The first daughter jumped into the path of her sister Sasha, who was attempting to take an iPhone snap of her parents smooching. The image above — a screengrab from CNN — was rapidly shared on social networks.
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| Ad Blocking Gets Personal: Chrome Extension Targets Hulu | | Monday, January 21, 2013 5:29 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Technology that blocks or skips TV ads is becoming ever more controversial and more widely known. And with the recent launch of a Chrome extension, it got personal. No Hulu Ads, which is free, isn't the first browser extension to black out TV commercials for your viewing pleasure.
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| Al Roker Scores Inauguration 'Interviews' With Obama and Biden | | Monday, January 21, 2013 5:10 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Al Roker has an inauguration parade tradition — the NBC weatherman and anchor waits on the sidelines for the president and vice president to pass and tries to get them to acknowledge his presence. Or, better yet, actually reply. In 2009, Roker got President Barack Obama to crack a joke about the weather. This year, Roker went two for two, getting a thumbs-up from the president and a full-on handshake from Vice President Joe Biden.
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| 'So Help Me Internet': Funniest Inauguration GIFs and Pics | | Monday, January 21, 2013 4:51 PM | Annie Colbert |
| George Washington's inauguration was probably really boring because the Internet didn't exist. Martha could have targeted John Adams with the stink eye, but no one could GIF it and then share it on Tumblr. Bummer, right? Thanks to the magic of modern technology, we never have to worry about missing those most excellent moments again.
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| Music Group Says Myspace Is Using Songs Without Permission | | Monday, January 21, 2013 4:37 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The new Myspace is now open to all, shifting the aging social network's focus toward building connections between musicians and fans. With an updated design and the star power of Justin Timberlake (one of the company's backers), the site has garnered a lot of attention. Now it has its first official complaint.
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