| Newscast Ruins Intimate Moment Between Dogs | | Friday, March 22, 2013 11:55 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Well, this is awkward. We're just not sure for who; the two dogs who got caught on live television gettin' jiggy with it, or the newscaster who had to report through the footage of it all. The segment was supposed to be about a home under investigation for housing a dogfighting ring. Instead, the WCAU station (a Philadelphia NBC affiliate) caught some X-rated, doggy fun footage on their helicopter cam.
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| Forecast the Weather With This Fancy Mechanical Watch | | Friday, March 22, 2013 11:40 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Weather apps, shmeather apps: leave the smartphone in your pocket. You're going to have watch envy when you see what's being claimed as the world's first mechanical wristwatch that can measure pressure and altitude. Though high-tech smart watches are all the rage these days, the Breva Génie 01 features a mechanical barometer and altimeter, as explained in the video above.
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| 10 Hilariously Amazing Artist Renditions of the NYC Meteor | | Friday, March 22, 2013 11:25 PM | Annie Colbert |
| The East Coast meteor that lit up the sky Friday night moved a bit too fast for most amateur photographers. And while we might night have handy dashboard cams like our Russian friends to catch the space stone light show, we do have a lot of weirdly creative people.
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| That NYC Meteor Photo You Reshared Is Fake | | Friday, March 22, 2013 10:43 PM | Annie Colbert |
| I think it was a meteor twitter.com/Jbobor/status/… — Bobby(@Jbobor) March 23, 2013 Space is collapsing down from the sky — everybody freak out! That was the basic sentiment on the East Coast Friday night when a meteor zipped across the skyline. People on Twitter, Intagram and Facebook were quick to reshare images of the flying space rock. But, as we've learned in past acts of nature, fact checking isn't always a priority.
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| Is This the NYC Meteor? | | Friday, March 22, 2013 10:35 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Twitter exploded Friday night with posts about a meteor falling to Earth over the skies of New York City, producing a spectacular light trail. Several people posted or retweeted photos of what they claim was the meteor, though so far none of the photos are confirmed — and one has been debunked as a fake.
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| 5 Alternatives to Unfriending Someone on Facebook | | Friday, March 22, 2013 9:56 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| People are annoying on Facebook — that's no secret. Between uninformed political rants and unnecessary gaming updates, we've all been tempted to do some major unfriending for a better social experience. SEE ALSO: 20 Things Your Most Annoying Friends Do on Facebook But Facebook unfriending can be awkward or taken personally, often making it more trouble than it's worth.
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| 9-Year-Old Girl Raises $15,000 to Make Video Game | | Friday, March 22, 2013 9:07 PM | The Daily Dot |
| Finally, some good news concerning females in technology. In the same week that people lost their minds over the Donglegate and upon learning that a woman is behind the popular Facebook page "I F*cking Love Science," the Internet redeemed itself somewhat after throwing its collective support behind a Kickstarter campaign that'll help a 9-year-old girl build her very own role-playing game.
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| Disney Princesses Get NSFW in 'Spring Breakers' Remake | | Friday, March 22, 2013 8:31 PM | Neha Prakash |
| The reigning queens of the Disney Channel — Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens — stripped down to their bikinis and headed to a very adult (and James Franco filled) spring break in their latest movie, which effectively put an end to their bubblegum-tinted, innocent images.
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| Can Drones Save the Elephants? | | Friday, March 22, 2013 7:14 PM | Discovery News |
| This week, 89 African elephants in southern Chad were slaughtered for their ivory tusks, the worst such incident since the killing of 300 elephants a year ago in Cameroon. To stop the massacre of these stately beasts, conservation groups are fighting poachers with eye-in-the-sky drones.
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| NBA Fan Gets LeBron James Twitter Follow After Storming Court | | Friday, March 22, 2013 6:37 PM | Sam Laird |
| How can you get LeBron James to follow you on Twitter? Storm the court during one of his NBA games, it seems. King James has more than 7.7 million followers on the microblogging network, while following less than 300 himself. But huge LeBron fan James Blair recently became the NBA superstar's 297th follow after running onto the court during a game in Cleveland earlier this week.
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| Cute Kitten Teaches 12 Steps of Being a Good Boyfriend | | Friday, March 22, 2013 6:04 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Listen, dudes. Rocky the kitten has some relationship advice that will take your game out of the toilet — err, litterbox. The cuddly feline breaks down the 12 steps to achieving love utopia with your sweetheart. You might not think a cat has much wisdom in the romance realm, but Rocky's tips rival the advice any human could offer. SEE ALSO: 15 Best Cat Memes Ever [MEOW] The 13th, unsaid step: don't let a hairball loose on the first date.
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| 9 World Water Day Campaigns Making a Splash on the Web | | Friday, March 22, 2013 5:11 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Every year people celebrate World Water Day on March 22 to bring awareness to water issues across the world. Clean water may seem like an issue that's very far away from home, but think about this statistic: The U.N. announced Thursday that there are now more people with access to cellphones than to clean toilets.
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| 14 Hilarious 'If This Then That' Recipes | | Friday, March 22, 2013 4:47 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| Short for "If This Then That," IFTTT "recipes" build efficient notifications and triggers that optimize our everyday activities. For example, you can create the following recipe: "If a shipping status changes on my Amazon order, then send me a text message." SEE ALSO: 'Damn You Auto Correct' Unveils 11 Funniest Texts of 2012 But when IFTTT users get a little creative, get ready to giggle.
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| iPad Hacker Appeals With Cyber Law Expert as New Lawyer | | Friday, March 22, 2013 4:45 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The infamous iPad hacker will get another day in court, and this time, he'll have a dream team of lawyers to defend him. Andrew Auernheimer, also known as Weev, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Monday for computer crimes.
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| Struggling B&N Giving Away Free E-Reader With Tablet Purchase | | Friday, March 22, 2013 4:16 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Barnes & Noble is now offering a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader with the purchase of its Nook HD+ color tablet, a sign that sales of one or both devices aren't so hot right now. The Nook HD+ is B&N's larger-format (9-inch) Android tablet, which costs $259 for 16GB of storage and $299 for 32GB of storage.
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| New Apple Security Exploit Lets Someone Reset Your Password | | Friday, March 22, 2013 4:15 PM | Emily Price |
| UPDATE: Apple's password-reset system currently appears to be down. An Apple account exploit allows anyone with your email address and date of birth to reset your Apple ID and iCloud account password. First reported by The Verge, the exploit uses Apple’s own tools to break into accounts, using a modified URL and entering someone’s date of birth of Apple’s iForgot page.
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| Shelter Dogs Shine in Puppy Version of 'Fresh Prince' | | Friday, March 22, 2013 4:02 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| "In West County Shelter, born and raised, in the kennel is where I lived with most of the strays." Looks like Will Smith has some competition — pitbull Fido has some serious '90s rapping skills. YouTube channel The Pet Collective created the Fresh Price of Bel Air parody to illustrate one lucky puppy's adoption and move to Bel Air, Calif.
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| Have $39,999 to Spare? You Could Buy This Samsung 4K Ultra HD TV | | Friday, March 22, 2013 4:00 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| If you're watching March Madness and wish you were actually at the games, you could fork over some serious cash for a more lifelike television experience in the future — 40 grand that is. Samsung's 85-inch Ultra HD TV (UN85S9), which was showcased at CES this year, will retail for $39,999 in the US, as explained in the video above. That's similar to the $35,700+ equivalent price tag for this model in Korea.
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| The 5 Worst UX Mistakes Websites Make | | Friday, March 22, 2013 3:50 PM | UX Magazine |
| The user experience of websites has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, but there are still sites out there that may leave you asking, “What were they thinking?!”
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| Smartphone Screens May Soon Be Made Of Sapphire | | Friday, March 22, 2013 3:28 PM | Emily Price |
| Your next smartphone screen may be made out of sapphire. Sapphire, which is currently used as armor on some military vehicles, would make phone displays that would be both scratch and crack-resistant, even when thrown on concrete. The mineral is harder than any other on the planet, with the exception of diamond.
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| Experience Jedi Dinosaurs With 'Star Wars' 'Jurassic Park' Mashup | | Friday, March 22, 2013 3:07 PM | Neha Prakash |
| What's more terrifying than a mob of angry cloned dinosaurs chasing you through a theme park? A horde of angry cloned dinosaurs with Jedi powers chasing you through a galaxy far, far away. Slackstory has combined two classics of epic proportions in this mashup that pits Star Wars' Rebel Alliance against an Empire of a wholly different kind — the prehistoric era (yes, before even lightsabers existed).
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| 3 Ways to Get Your Small Business Ready for Mobile | | Friday, March 22, 2013 2:52 PM | Leyl Master Black |
| This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. According to research by Pew Internet, 55% of U.S. adult cell phone owners use their mobile phones to access the internet, nearly double the rate from three years ago.
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| Nokia CEO Calls the iPhone 'Embarrassing' and Then Tosses It | | Friday, March 22, 2013 2:35 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| It's been quite a week for iPhone abuse. First, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins dismissed the device as out-of-date, then a video surfaced of Apple's new VP of technology Kevin Lynch running over the iPhone with a steamroller back in the day.
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| Quadrocopter Drone Can Snatch Up Objects Like an Eagle | | Friday, March 22, 2013 2:26 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| We've already learned that drones aren't just good at spying and shooting missiles in Afghanistan or Yemen. Their civilian counterparts know how to dance the Harlem Shake, play catch, and autonomously avoid obstacles. Now, they also can snatch objects like eagles hunting for prey.
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