| How to Convince People to Join Your Startup | | When you’re first getting your startup off the ground, finding and reeling in awesome team members can be one of your biggest challenges. Once you’ve found the right employees, how do you convince them to drop what they’re doing and join your company? There are a few key factors that matter most to early stage startup employees, and these are often the reasons that employees join startups in the first place.
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| Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin: Yes, I Need to Write Faster | | It's great to be George R.R. Martin. The author of the 'Song of Ice and Fire' Series — the basis for HBO's Game of Thrones — could be found at the show's West Coast premieres this week holding court, reveling in the popularity of his books and the international success of the show, which returns to U.S. screens in 10 days. But as Martin told Mashable on the red carpet, he understands the widespread pressure to increase his writing speed.
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| LoveFlutter Finds Your Match Using Google's Knowledge Graph | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:18 PM | Veena Bissram |
| 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: LoveFlutterOne-Liner Pitch: LoveFlutter is a new dating site that helps you find people who share the same interests.
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| Back This $20,000 Arrested Development Kickstarter. Come On! | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:46 PM | Chris Taylor |
| "Now here's the story of a wealthy family who lost everything ..." If those mere words put a giant grin of anticipation on your face, you're probably going to want to put some money in this particular banana stand. A couple of Arrested Development superfans did what seems impossible to most superfans: they got interviews with the cast, writers and creators of everyone's favorite canceled Fox sitcom.
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| Invisible Friend Photo Prank Freaks Out Strangers | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:59 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We've all done it — asked random passersby to snap a couple pics of you and your friends in front of famous monuments (or just goofing off in front of a WalMart). But Magic of Rahat just added a touch of creepiness to the entire process. He and a friend camped out on Hollywood Boulevard and asked strangers for a picture. The catch? There's only one guy smiling with his arm around ...
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| Robot Helps Teach Kids With Autism | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:29 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Researchers have helped create apps and online platforms to assist children with autism. But one team at Vanderbilt University is introducing something which may have a leg up on capturing kids' attention: humanoid robots. Mechanical engineers and autism experts constructed an adaptive system using NAO, a fully-programmable robot.
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| Learn the History of Ringtones With This Wacky Song | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:55 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Ringtones are undeniably the most irritating concoction the tech world dreamed up since T9 texting. Those little jingles are solely responsible for the world's heightened noise pollution and the reason some of us are forced to listen to "Who Let the Dogs Out?" on repeat till the phone's owner picks up their call (vibrate mode, people, really).
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| Tesco Uses Google Street View for Virtual Easter Egg Hunt | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:02 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| UK retailer Tesco is using Google Street View for a promotion that rewards users for finding virtual Easter eggs. Call it an Easter egg hunt for real Easter eggs. If you live in the UK you can claim a chocolate egg if you find three virtual eggs. If you find a golden egg, you're eligible to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab. If you live outside the area, though, you can still play.
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| Gesture Chair Is Designed for Using Gadgets | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:25 PM | Chip Chick |
| Technology can be pretty great. It can also wreck our posture and turn us into hunched-over Richard IIIs if we aren’t careful. The 21st century has not been kind to backs and necks. Gesture is a new office chair that takes an interesting approach to bad posture. The worst part of bad posture is that our bodies are kinda hanging out in space without proper support, or don’t fit with more rigid chairs ergonomically.
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| Canon Rebel T5i: A Serious DSLR Gets $100 Cheaper | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:00 PM | Charlie White |
| There's a good reason why the Canon Rebel T5i looks a lot like the Canon T4i: Their specifications are almost identical. Besides a slightly different finish and few grams of extra weight, this is the same camera. But there's one delectable difference: The T5i is $100 cheaper than the T4i.
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| Disney Star Wars Land? The Force Is Strong With This Plan | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 6:35 PM | Chris Taylor |
| In the annals of no-brainers, the concept of an entire Disney theme park devoted to Star Wars ranks pretty highly. So much so that plans were underway even before the Mouse House pounced on Lucasfilm in October 2012. Now it seems those plans are accelerating — and multiplying. We already knew Disneyland Paris was set to get a Star Wars Land by 2015; the company's Imagineers let that one slip back in April 2012.
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| Sorry About Your Busted Basketball Bracket | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:26 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Most of our March Madness basketball brackets will be completely busted after the first round, unless you're Nate Silver. These GIFs sum up every situation.
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| Curmudgeonly March Madness Announcer Hates Alley-Oops | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:47 PM | Sam Laird |
| Sportscaster Verne Lundquist has been in the game for decades on decades on decades. He's seen college hoops change a lot, and, it seems here, not for the better. This moment comes from March Madness's first round-of-64 game, between Michigan State and Valparaiso. State handled Valpo easily, throwing superfluous alley-oops from early on.
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| Pinterest iOS App Update Makes It Easier To Discover New Pins | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:31 PM | Emily Price |
| Pinterest updated its iOS app Thursday, adding the ability to edit your profile from your phone, and a new close-up view of pins on the iPad. The iOS version of the app also includes a new way to discover new pins through a “people who pinned this also pinned” function, a function the company debuted on its redesigned website. Pinterest began rolling out a new site design earlier this week.
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| Yoko Ono Shares Photo of John Lennon's Bloody Glasses in Gun Tweets | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:18 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Musician John Lennon's bloodstained glasses — the ones the 40-year-old was wearing when he was fatally shot in the back four times in New York City in 1980 — reemerged this week in four anti-gun messages on Twitter from widow Yoko Ono's account. Ono shared the tweets Wednesday with her nearly 3.7 million followers, marking the 44th anniversary since she and Lennon wed on March 20, 1969.
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| Here Are 10 Ryan Gosling GIFs to Keep You Warm While He's Away | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:11 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Did your computer let out a little exasperated whimper in the past 24 hours? That was just the Internet reacting to news that Ryan Gosling plans to take a break from acting. Basically, Tumblr was all: Image courtesy of Tumblr, perfectgosling Twitter was pretty heartbroken too: Ryan Gosling is taking a break from acting and my whole world is shattering.
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| Apple Gets More Secure With Two-Step Verification | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:07 PM | Emily Price |
| Apple has added a new level of security to iCloud and Apple ID users: two-step verification. Much like the two-step verification process for other services, two-step-verification will require you to verify your identity when signing into your account from a new device. Verification will be done using another one of your devices, such as your iPhone.
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| Google Fiber Expanding to Another City That Probably Isn't Yours | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:05 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Google Fiber, Google's ultrafast broadband Internet service, is coming to your city — if you happen to live in Olathe, Kansas. Google announced the expansion plans in a blog post Tuesday evening minutes after they were approved by the Olathe City Council. "Olathe has become one of the fastest-growing cities in Kansas and has attracted an influx of new businesses and residents," wrote Rachel Hack, a Community Manager with Google Fiber.
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| Navigate NYC Subway With Giant Touchscreens | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:38 PM | PSFK |
| In partnership with the Control Group, the New York City MTA has decided to go even more digital with the installation of 47-inch interactive touchscreens in subway stations around the city. The touchscreens or On The Go interactive HD displays, will not only feature a detailed map of the subway system, but will also show commuters real-time information and updates.
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| Vacation Disconnect Doesn't Mean Leaving Your Devices Behind | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:35 PM | Andrea Smith |
| When my husband and I were packing for our winter vacation, I marveled at all the tech devices that were lined up, waiting to be packed. This was supposed to be a "disconnected" vacation, in a country where our cellphones didn't even have service. Yet on the table before me was my iPhone, my iPad, a Kindle, my husband's Nook, his iPad and his BlackBerry.
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| New Private Rocket to Launch First Test Flight in April | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:22 PM | Space.com |
| The maiden launch of a new private rocket that eventually aims to loft cargo toward the International Space Station is slated for the middle of April. The Antares rocket, which is being developed by aerospace firm Orbital Sciences Corp., will blast off for the first time April 16-18 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, NASA officials said.
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| Lawmakers: Police Should Need Warrant to Track You via GPS | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:09 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Should law enforcement need probable cause and a search warrant before tracking you via GPS? At least three lawmakers think so: Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Kirk (R-Ill.) along with Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) reintroduced Thursday the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act, which would require police to get a warrant before using GPS to actively track suspects' whereabouts.
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| CPX Interactive Founder Answers Questions via Live Chat | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:55 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Got a question for Michael? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live. Michael Seiman is the CEO and Chairman of CPX Interactive, a global digital advertising media company he co-founded while still a college student at Hofstra University in the early 2000s.
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| 8 Ways to Execute Your Brand’s Story Online | | Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:50 PM | Scott Steinberg |
| Help shoppers better identify with the ideas you represent, while generating lasting enthusiasm and empathy for your enterprise. These ideas will get you started.
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