| Nokia Brings Music+ Premium Streaming Service to the U.S. | | After launching Music+, its premium music streaming service, in the UK in January, Nokia has now decided to bring the service to the U.S. as well. For $3.99 a month, Nokia Music+ offers unlimited music streaming and an unlimited number of offline one-hour music mixes. Other features include improved stream quality (compared to the regular Nokia Music), lyrics and the ability to access the service through a web app.
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| Twitter Now Reducing Some Tweets To 117 Characters | | If you’re tweeting out a URL, your tweets just got a bit shorter. Starting Wednesday, any tweet sent with a URL will be reduced to 118 characters, or 117 for https links. First announced in December, the reduction is due to a change in Twitter’s t.co link wrapper. It extends the maximum length of t.co wrapped links from 20 to 22 characters for non-https URLs and from 21 to 23 characters for https URLs.
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| This 3D Printing Pen Lets You Draw Sculptures in Midair | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:00 PM | Camille Bautista |
| We know you've had that childhood dream: You spent hours in your room conjuring up doodles, wishing you could take them right off the page. Who doesn't imagine waving a hand to make their creation magically appear in thin air? The advent of 3D printing introduced the convenience of quickly making designs a reality, and one company is bringing this creative ease to your fingertips.
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| Facebook Influences Your Mood More Than Any Social Network | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:15 PM | Camille Bautista |
| With the amount of time people spend on Facebook, it's bound to have an impact. The social network permeates nearly every aspect of our lives: making us less lonely, more envious or affecting our memory. A new study shows you're not the only one Facebook's taking on an emotional roller coaster. The survey says the site causes the most stress but also elicits the most positive effect on mood compared to other social networks.
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| Exclusive: Grumpy Cat Does 'Harlem Shake' | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:05 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Grumpy Cat wants none of your silly dancing, humans. But even the web's grouchiest meme can't resist the booty-bopping beat of the "Harlem Shake." Mashable has obtained exclusive footage of Grumpy Cat giving in to the most infectious thing to hit the web since the dancing baby went viral in 1996. BONUS: 10 Terrific Grumpy Cat Tributes on Etsy Image by Mashable.
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| Jeep Twitter Account Hacked, Claims Sale to Cadillac | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:01 PM | Emily Price |
| Jeep’s official Twitter account was hacked Tuesday morning by what appears to be the same group who attacked Burger King on Monday: @DFNTSC. The background on Jeep’s official Twitter page has been changed to some gentleman riding around in a McDonald’s vehicle, and the account’s description claims it has been sold to Cadillac. An attack on Burger King's Twitter account Monday suggested the restaurant chain had been sold to McDonald's.
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| The Worst Job Interview Ever, Brought to You by Heineken | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:13 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Imagine going to a job interview and having your interviewer hold your hand and then proceed to have what looks like a heart attack. How would you react? Calm and in control? Then you might just be Heineken material. As the video above shows, Guy Luchting beat out 1,734 other applicants for an event sponsorship internship at the Dutch brewer by not freaking out during this very strange job interview.
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| The Future of Facebook as a Social Content Farm | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 12:34 PM | The Daily Dot |
| In the lofty idealism of Facebook, the world's largest social network fosters basic human connections. It keeps you in touch with the people you care about. The number of friends you boast on Facebook is a direct measure of the richness of your social life. "Chairs are for people," proclaims one earnest ad, "and that is why chairs are like Facebook." Now, the company rhetoric, always tenuously connected to reality, is verging on fantasy.
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| Pug Surprise Will Bring You to Tears | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 12:24 PM | Annie Colbert |
| YouTube user 30poundman makes his bid for Boyfriend of the Year with help from a perky pug puppy. The big-hearted, bearded fellow surprised his girlfriend with the dog after she had to put down her beloved 10-year-old beagle, B.B.
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| Exclusive: Draw Something Turns One, Hits 100 Million Downloads | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 12:00 PM | Emily Price |
| A little over a year ago social-gaming startup Omgpop released Draw Something in the App Store. The Pictionary-style game was an overnight success, garnering an astounding 50 million downloads in its first 7 weeks in the store, and the attention of gaming-giant Zynga. Zynga purchased Omgpop in March of last year for a reported $180 million, bringing its staff and CEO Dan Porter into the company.
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| 'Social Wars' Infographic Compares the Forces of Google, Facebook | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:43 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook v. Google. It seems like the eternal battle of this decade and it's hard to tell who's winning. This infographic might help a bit. Majestic Media crunched the numbers and found that Facebook still has the edge in a lot of areas, including monthly active users. However, if you include Google, YouTube and Google Plus in the aggregate, it's not even close.
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| 8 Videos That Prove Math Is Awesome | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:20 AM | Lauren Hockenson |
| Believe it or not, math is really an art. While the subject can seem far from it when you’re caught in the doldrums of class, there’s a lot about math that’s just as creative as a Jackson Pollock and elegant as a rendition of Swan Lake. But some of us still run from those dreaded numbers, swearing up and down that it’s too complex, too rigid and just plain not fun.
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| HTC One Smartphone Makes Its Flagship Debut | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:23 AM | Samantha Murphy |
| During two simultaneous events held in New York and London on Tuesday, mobile manufacturer HTC has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone.
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| Google Stock Hits $800 For First Time Ever | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:18 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Google's stock hit $800 a share in early trading Tuesday for the first time in the company's history. Google's stock had passed $700 a share in early September for the first time in nearly five years, but it crashed below that the following month after the company's third quarter earnings report leaked early, revealing some troubling figures.
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| Ex-Foursquare Designers Release Social Calendar App for iPhone | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:01 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Pierre Valade and Jeremy Le Van met while working as user experience designers at Foursquare and decided to partner up on a couple side projects. One area they were interested in was improving calendar applications, but they didn't want to devote themselves to anything too time-consuming — after all, working as part of Foursquare's small design team takes up enough time as is.
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| Quincy Jones' Startup Gamifies Your Piano Lessons | | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:47 AM | Fran Berkman |
| Imagine a way to learn piano that combines the enjoyability of Guitar Hero with the effectiveness of Rosetta Stone. That's the basic concept of Playground Sessions, a software product that officially launched Monday. Playground Sessions has been in development for more than three years now.
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