| Sassy App Punishes You When You're Being Lazy | | Take heed, procrastinators: A new app rewards and punishes users based on how many items they check off on their to-do lists. Promoted as "the world's first to-do list with a personality," Carrot aims to encourage productivity, but is more entertaining than motivating. Each time users complete a task, they are rewarded with points, which they can later redeem for prizes (including gifts, compliments, jokes and quotes).
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| 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' Trailer Debuts Online | | A trailer for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — the sequel to the critically lauded 2009 animated film — debuted online Wednesday. In the original, hero Flint Lockwood invents and eventually destroys a machine that causes chaos in his hometown by turning water into food.
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| Could Apple's iPhone Mini and Phablet Look Like This? | | Although the iPhone 5 only launched five months ago, designers are already imagining how Apple's next line of smartphones will look. Peter Zigich, a Toronto-based 3D designer, posted concept images of the iPhone 6, the iPhone mini and a phablet on his website. For Apple's next flagship phone, Zigich proposes moving the home button to the side, leaving room for more screen room and another row of icons.
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| Researchers Borrow Idle Computer Time to Cure Diseases | | 12:01:08 AM | Camille Bautista |
| After long hours toiling on a computer, many users leave their devices on to save time and energy. One non-profit foundation is taking advantage of people's idle time for the greater good: it's borrowing computer cycles to cure rare diseases. Quantum Cures, founded in January, will enlist the help of volunteers around the United States to access unused computer time.
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| 73% of Teachers Use Cellphones for Classroom Activities | | 12:01:04 AM | Camille Bautista |
| More middle- and secondary-school teachers are using digital tools in their classrooms and professional lives, a new report says. A study by Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project released Thursday delves into teachers' increasing technology use, but also expresses educators' concerns about the digital divide.
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| 'Yahoo HR' Twitter Parody Mocks Marissa Mayer's Leadership | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:35 PM | Sam Laird |
| New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer caused quite the stir last Friday when she decided to eliminate the option for employees to work from home. While some applauded the surprising decision as a bold move that should help Yahoo get back on track, many commenters criticized it harshly.
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| 10 Essential Chrome Extensions for Designers | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:30 PM | Grace Smith |
| As a designer you may have used Google Chrome for some time already, but are you using the browser to its full advantage? Chrome features a robust extension system that deserves to be explored and tested. It's one reason Chrome can now claim to be the world's most popular browser.
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| This Butter Candle Will Melt Your Mind | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:54 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We've all experienced the sheer terror of having the electricity go out, plunging us into what seems like never-ending, soul-sucking darkness, only to realize that our set of Pinterest-inspired tea candles in a mason jar provide absolutely no useful light. What's a person to do? No worries — just become an instant MacGyver and make your own candle from a stick of butter and some toilet paper.
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| Buzz Lightyear Blasts Onto Mobile With New 'Toy Story' Game | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:41 PM | Emily Price |
| Disney Mobile announced Toy Story: Smash It! on Wednesday, a new 3D physics-based game featuring the one and only Buzz Lightyear. The Angry Birds-style game has you play the role of Buzz, who is trying to knock down the aliens and stop the evil Zurg. Throughout the game’s 60 levels, the aliens position themselves in new and unique ways on blocks, toys, and even models trains.
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| Watch This Inspiring Young Dance Troupe From Indian Leprosy Colonies | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:02 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Documentary filmmaker Evan Carpenter hopes his latest project, Gracie Learns to Dance, will inspire promising young students around the world to stay in school and pursue their passions. The film follows Gracie, the 15-year-old president of the Rising Star Dance Troupe. The film follows Gracie, the 15-year-old president of the Rising Star Dance Troupe.
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| MLB Expands Passbook Ticketing to 13 Stadiums | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:48 PM | Andrea Smith |
| Major League Baseball is expanding its use of mobile ticketing via Apple's Passbook app to include 13 stadiums this season. Mobile ticketing began in the final two weeks of the regular MLB season last year as iOS 6 launched. At that time only four teams supported the app: the New York Mets, the San Francisco Giants, the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals.
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| This TV Spot Is Completely Composed of GIFs | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:40 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| GIFs are hot, but marketers have mostly been at a loss as to how to appropriate them. Give Fox Searchlight points for trying. The studio's new ad for its upcoming movie Stoker is entirely composed of GIFs. The GIFs were culled from LetterstoIndia.com, a site that "gave users a glimpse into the wicked and twisted world of the film’s main character," according to Searchlight's PR.
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| 5 App-Enabled Baby Monitors That Work With iOS Devices | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:44 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| While baby monitors have been around for years, the next generation takes the concept ultra-mobile, with app-enabled solutions that work wirelessly with iOS devices. We're taking a look at five such solutions that offer remote monitoring from your iPhone or iPad, letting you listen to, see and even talk to your baby from elsewhere.
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| Buying a Car? See This Infographic First | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:22 PM | Charlie White |
| A vehicle will be one of the most expensive purchases most of us ever make. Buying a car has never been easy, but here's help: All the digital tools at our disposal make the process less complicated, and this infographic will show you how people successfully tackle that complicated task of car shopping. Most of the time, when you want to make a difficult choice about a complicated product, the Internet is certainly the place to go.
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| ISPs Finally Explain How 'Six Strikes' Anti-Piracy Program Will Work | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:11 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Internet Service Providers are finally revealing how they will implement a new anti-piracy system known as "Six Strikes" which has been rolling out this week. The program, officially called the Copyright Alert System (CAS), is a partnership between the entertainment industry and ISPs designed to put a stop to online piracy.
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| Pandora Eliminates Unlimited Mobile Streaming | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:00 PM | Emily Price |
| In an effort to balance growing royalty costs, Pandora announced Wednesday that it will be eliminating unlimited ad-supported music streaming on the service via mobile. Pandora listeners in the US will now be limited to 40 hours of free ad-supported streaming on their mobile devices each calendar month, after which they’ll have to pay a fee to keep listening.
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| Snapchat Founders Sued by Classmate Who Claims They Took His Idea | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:57 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| The founders of Snapchat, the popular self-destruct messaging app, have been hit with a lawsuit from a former classmate that we're sure they hope will disappear quickly. Frank Reginald Brown IV, a 23-year old South Carolina native, alleges in the lawsuit that he came up with the idea for an app that would "automatically delete" messages in the spring of 2011 while a junior at Stanford.
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| Is This the Best Fake Apple iWatch Ad Ever? | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:48 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Earlier this month, rumors surfaced that Apple was toying with concepts for a "smart watch." While reports remain mostly unconfirmed, a patent application from Apple earlier this week did outline a device with a flexible screen that could be worn on wrists.
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| Emojis in Real Life Conversation Is Hilarious and Scary | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:42 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Imagine a world where universal language brings everyone together. Where everyone can communicate without the issues of language barriers. Welcome to 2013, where GIFs are like punchlines and emojis serve as punctuation. YouTube user Molly Mulshine pokes fun at our lack of actual text while texting. The video features two girls holding a fairly normal conversation in real life, using emojis mixed in with dialogue.
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| Facebook to Serve Up Ads Based on Your Offline Shopping Habits | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:39 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook will now be able to target some ads based on your offline shopping habits thanks to some partnerships it announced on Wednesday. The social networking giant has inked a deal with data mining firms Datalogix, Acxiom and Epsilon that will apply their records about customers' offline purchases to Facebook's Custom Audiences product.
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| Married Couple Wanted for Private Mars Voyage in 2018 | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:35 PM | Space.com |
| A new nonprofit led by the world's first space tourist is mounting an ambitious plan to launch the first manned mission to Mars in 2018, a voyage that could include an adventurous married crew.
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| Groupon Down 27% After Downshifting Revenue Outlook | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:33 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Groupon hit earnings estimates for last quarter, but its outlook for the next quarter was lower than analysts expected, sending the stock down as much as 27% in after-hours trading. The company announced Wednesday that revenues for the first quarter would be between $560 million and $610 million, which was short of the $650 million — the consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.
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| 'Game of Thrones' Director Says Illegal Downloads Benefit the Show | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:29 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| HBO's Game of Thrones holds the title for most-pirated show of 2012, but one of the show's directors isn't concerned about the massive piracy from online viewers. Director David Petrarca thinks the buzz the show's pirates create benefits the show, he said at Perth's Writers Festival, because the chatter could influence others to tune in legally. Check out the video above for more.
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