| Opera Acquires Skyfire Labs for $155 Million | | Opera Software has acquired Skyfire Labs, the maker of mobile browser Skyfire, for $155 million, the company has announced. Skyfire's other products include the Rocket Optimizer, which provides video delivery optimization for mobile operators, and Skyfire Horizon, a mobile browser extension which operators can customize and use for promotions and advertising.
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| Next Private Spacecraft Launch Set for March 1 | | The next private cargo mission to the International Space Station is slated to blast off March 1, NASA announced on Thursday. The unmanned Dragon capsule, built by California-based firm SpaceX, will launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:10 a.m. EST (1510 GMT) on March 1 and arrive at the orbiting lab a day later.
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| 4 Classic Video Games Recast as Children's Books | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:34 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Whether you spent hours fighting Bowser, defeating evil as Link or catching every Pokemon in sight, video games defined our childhood. (They just don't make 'em like they used to, do they?) SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In the comics below, H. Caldwell Tanner of Loldwell gives us a double dose of nostalgia by combining beloved video games with cherished children's book covers.
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| Show Us Your iMadeFace Doppleganger | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:08 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| By now you have likely already used iMadeFace or seen your friends' cartoon avatars all over your news feeds. The popular new iOS app allows you to create a cartoon version of yourself in seconds. It's inspired users around the world to give themselves the animated treatment. But just how close to reality can iMadeFace get? To find out, we want you to show us your avatars alongside a picture of yourself.
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| Passenger Records His Own Plane Crash | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:31 PM | Neha Prakash |
| When Jonathan Fielding heard that the carburetor of the plane he was in had iced over, his first inclination was to grab his smartphone. Fielding was on a flight over Utah, with his wife (it was her first time flying), his mother-in-law and baby. The propeller plane's pilot announced that they would be forced to make a crash landing.
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| Pentagon Wants Smartphone Biometric Scanning Tool | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:58 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The Pentagon wants soldiers to be able to scan people's faces, eyes and thumbs with their smartphones. That's why the Department of Defense has inked a $3 million deal with California-based tech company AOptix, to develop its "Smart Mobile Identity System," as first reported by Wired's Military blog Danger Room.
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| Justin Bieber Is This Kid's Valentine's Day Wingman | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:41 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Justin Bieber is one heck of a teen heartthrob, so he must have some pretty baller pick-up lines to be reeling in all those ladies, right? That's at least what our awkward friend here figured, setting out to snag a V-Day date using only lyrics from the pop star's billboard hits.
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| Watch Puppies 'Harlem Shake' Their Tails | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:06 PM | Neha Prakash |
| You know the Harlem Shake viral craze is going in the right direction when puppies get in on the action. There's not much context needed here — do you really need a reason to watch a gaggle of puppies dance to some epic beats? SEE ALSO: Facebook Employees Do the Harlem Shake Didn't think so. Video and image courtesy of YouTube, jonathanjoly BONUS: 17 Amazing 'Harlem Shake' Videos You Can't Possibly Live Without.
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| New Samsung Refrigerator Has Soda Stream Built In | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:52 PM | Andrea Smith |
| We've seen some pretty snazzy high tech refrigerators lately, but a fridge that has a sparkling water dispenser? That takes the cake. Samsung has announced that its new 36” four-door refrigerator has the industry’s first-ever automatic sparkling water dispenser. It's powered by SodaStream, so you can get cold, bubbly water anytime of the day or night.
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| Criterion and Hulu Offer Free Weekend for Film Fanatics | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:27 PM | Christina Warren |
| We made all our movies free on @hulu through the weekend. Enjoy. <3 ow.ly/hIUOP— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) February 14, 2013 In honor of Valentine's Day, Hulu and Criterion are opening up access to the Criterion Collection of streaming films for all users all weekend long. From Feb. 14 to Feb. 18, free Hulu users in the U.S. will have access to every Criterion Collection title in Hulu's library.
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| The 15 Best Candy Heart Rejects | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:04 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Sweethearts — better known to the rest of us as tiny, heart-shaped candies made from processed sugar and some other magical ingredient that renders them indestructible — have come to define Feb. 14th.
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| Report Calls for More Research on Effects of Violent Media | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:57 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Existing research on the impact violent video games, television shows and movies have on children is outdated, according to a new report released this week. The report was released by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that advocates for children and families with a focus on media. It analyzes the current information and studies done in recent years relating violence in the media to its effect on children.
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| Obama: Patent Trolls Hijack Others' Ideas to 'Extort Some Money' | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:33 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| President Barack Obama pointed his finger at patent trolls, people and businesses who file patents and use them to aggressively sue others who produce potentially competing products, during a Google Hangout Thursday afternoon. "They don't actually produce anything themselves," said Obama of patent trolls.
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| Facebook: Now Pay to Promote Your Friends' Posts | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:23 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Got $7 burning a hole in your pocket? Want to promote a post on Facebook, but don't want to appear egotistical? Then boy, are you going to be pleased by Thursday's news from the social network: you can now (or will soon be able to) pay to promote your friends' posts. Facebook has let you pay to promote your own posts since October. For $7, the company promised, you could make a given post appear higher in your friends' feeds.
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| Watch This Guy Propose — And Get Rejected | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:15 PM | Eric Larson |
| YouTube user PranksvsPranks uploaded a special video of a man proposing to his girlfriend. What did she say? Eh ... just watch.
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| Did Technology Kill Traditional Dating? | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:08 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Today's the day, in case you didn't notice. But we're sure your Instagram is flooded with perfectly-filtered flower and teddy bear photos, your Twitter feed's filled with sickeningly sweet hashtags, and love statuses abound on Facebook. Yet this Valentine's Day may not be as traditionally romantic, one study says, as social networks and online dating take the place of time-honored courtship.
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| Survey Shows Americans Are Worried About Cybersecurity | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:44 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Just two days after Obama issued an executive order on sharing cyber threat information, a new survey indicates that the vast majority of Americans are concerned about cybersecurity. According to the survey conducted by Tenable Network Security, a security firm that works with the Department of Defense, 92% of Americans believe public utilities, like electricity and water, are vulnerable to malware attacks.
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| 10 Cute Animals and the Inanimate Objects They Love | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:36 PM | Annie Colbert |
| No valentine? No worries — just hug a stuffed animal. Not having a sweetheart on Valentine's Day doesn't mean you should just stare at a wall in your underwear. Take a cue from the 10 cute animals pictured in the gallery above that found love with inanimate objects. SEE ALSO: How Single Cats Spend Valentine's Day Go on, Lonely Larry, cuddle a Cabbage Patch Kid.
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| Facebook May Already Be Taking Away Searches From Google | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:21 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Even before Facebook started rolling out its smart search engine earlier this year, it may have been taking away some searches from Google. The number of searches done on search engines in the U.S. dropped by 3% in 2012, according to a new report from comScore, even though the number of people searching increased by 4%. Google, in particular, saw the number of searches decline by 2% last year.
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| Dropbox Talking to Banks About IPO Later This Year | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:07 PM | Quartz |
| Dropbox has been holding meetings with banks about an initial public offering, possibly in the second half of this year, according to sources briefed on the talks. The market has been waiting for its next hot tech IPOs, and they now look likely to come from Dropbox and Box, two rivals in online file storage.
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| Spread the Valentine's Day Love With These 4 Charitable Causes | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:55 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Happy Valentine's Day, love birds. We hope your day is filled with chocolates, flowers and quality time with your special someone. If you're looking for a way to spread the spirit of love, we've found several non-profits looking to harness your good cheer. While these campaigns may not sing romance, they're fueled by love nonetheless.
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| Watch Barack Obama's Google Hangout Live | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:40 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| President Barack Obama will answer citizens' questions in a Google Hangout from the West Wing set to begin at 4:50 p.m. ET Thursday, and you can watch live right here. The White House is pitching the hangout as a way for citizens to ask questions of the president following his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
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| Pepsi Embraces the Harlem Shake | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:14 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Well, that didn't take long. At least one big brand — Pepsi — has embraced the big dance craze of early 2013, the Harlem Shake. The brand — working with DeepFocus' Moment Studio — dropped the video on Wednesday and it has racked up more than 9,000 views on YouTube. As with other videos in the fledgling genre, the 30-second clip features Baauer's "Harlem Shake," but here cans and bottles are doing the dance.
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