| 8 Vendors You Didn't Know Accepted Bitcoins | | The Bitcoin — the first decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency — was introduced on the web in 2009, but interest is bubbling up once again. Building on the idea that money is essentially a medium for translating value, the Bitcoin uses cryptography (or encrypting digital information to transmit something securely) for its creation and transactions, rather than a central authority.
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| Marriage Equality's Huge Week on Twitter | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 11:29 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Facebook users weren't the only people affected by the Supreme Court's two gay marriage cases Tuesday and Wednesday. Twitter was full of conversations about marriage equality, Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Top tweets came from President Obama and Seth MacFarlane; Kennedy was the most mentioned Supreme Court Justice; and "marriageequality" was the most-used term.
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| Violin Made of Lasers Actually Sounds Lovely | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:55 PM | PSFK |
| Technology lecturer Dylan Menzies doesn’t play the violin in the traditional sense. Instead he uses software and lasers to translate the positioning, speed and motion of a traditional wooden bow into music. His optical sensor-driven O-Bow is encased in copper with a groove for the bow.
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| Wearable Cat Ears Respond to What You're Thinking | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:25 PM | Emily Price |
| What if you could tell whether or not a friend were paying attention to you based on the position of his ears? That’s the idea behind Necomimi, a pair of cat-like ears that track your brain waves and move based on what you’re thinking. The ears are being shown off on the floor of this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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| Microbiologist Transforms Bacteria Into Photo Art | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:52 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Adorning your living room mantel with a petri dish full of germs normally wouldn’t sound appealing. But once you take a look at Zachary Copfer’s unique creations, you might be intrigued — if you’re not already running to the bathroom to wash your hands. Copfer is a Cincinnati-based microbiologist-turned-artist who figured out a way to create photographs in bacteria, as shown in the video above.
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| 10 IFTTT Recipes to Optimize Your Business | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:30 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. IFTTT (an acronym for "If This Then That") can be a powerful addition to your business tool belt — if used correctly. The service links everyday actions you take on the web, in order to ensure you're more organized and time-conscious.
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| Study Reveals Adults Are Texting While Driving Even More Than Teens | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:53 PM | Charlie White |
| Contrary to conventional wisdom, it turns out that adults are worse than teenagers when it comes to texting while driving. That's according to the results of a survey conducted by AT&T and published in USA Today, showing that 49% of adult drivers admit to texting behind the wheel. Compare that with 43% of the teen respondents admitting that they text while driving.
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| Facebook Announces Android Event April 4 | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:20 PM | Emily Price |
| Facebook sent out invitations to press Thursday for an Android event to be held at its Menlo Park campus next week. The event invitation simply invited press to “Come See Our New Home on Android,” with no further description of what’s in store.
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| Bejeweled Launches for Windows 8 | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:00 PM | Emily Price |
| Bejeweled is on its way to Windows 8. Modeled after Bejeweled 3, which is available on some other platforms, Bejeweled Live is an adaptation of the popular game designed specifically for the Windows 8 operating system.
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| Honda's New Odyssey Minivan Has a Built-In Vacuum | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:20 PM | Andrea Smith |
| In addition to features that appeal to the connected generation, like Smart Start and Honda Link, the cloud-based infotainment system, Honda has introduced an idea that really sucks. The company showed off the 2014 Honda Odyssey Minivan at the New York International Auto Show this week, and the stand-out feature is a built-in vacuum.
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| Competition Seeks Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:02 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Think of it as an American Idol in which the contestants aren't fighting for record deals but rather a pathway to joining the next generation of American offensive and defensive cybersecurity experts.
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| Hadouken Meme Strikes Internet Like Lighting | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:42 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Sound the alarm, the Internet has a new meme that's about to take off. Internet, meet hadouken. Hadouken, welcome, we hope you stay awhile — 'cuz you are uh-mazing. The meme's spark was kindled in Japan when schoolgirls started posting pictures of themselves throwing balls of lightning at each other, Street Fighter-style. And that's all there is to it.
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| Luvocracy: Pinterest for People Who Actually Want to Buy Stuff | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:45 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| People flock to Pinterest to collect and keep track of inspirations, whether they're recipes to cook, destinations to visit or clothes to wear. But there's a promising new social network with a similar model focused less on dreaming and more on shopping. San Francisco-based startup Luvocracy, which launched quietly this fall in beta, is based around the concept that we buy products more when they are recommended by others.
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| Rare 'BioShock' Audio Diary for Sale | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:19 PM | Geekosystem |
| With the release of BioShock: Infinite and its impressive reviews, there's never been a better time to rustle up odds and ends from the franchise. Case in point: A ridiculously rare functional BioShock audio diary is currently up for grabs. The eBay auction is slated to close on March 31, so collectors don't have long to bid.
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| 6 Essential Apps for Connected Families | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:01 PM | Camille Bautista |
| The modern family is more connected than ever, with each member toting a smartphone or mobile device to every appointment, event or play date. Sharing your newborn's first moments or checking in with the kids after school becomes infinitely easier with a plethora of family apps, from private networks to monitoring maps.
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| Amazon Buys Goodreads to Make Reading Experience More Social | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:40 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Amazon announced Thursday that it will acquire Goodreads, the popular social network for books, for an undisclosed sum. Goodreads launched in 2007 and currently has more than 16 million members. The service lets users share and review books they've read or want to read, as well as to keep track of what their friends are reading.
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| Best Buy Employee Saves Vintage Robot From Destruction | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:33 PM | The Daily Dot |
| When the robot uprising occurs — and preparations for this eventuality are already underway — perhaps our metallic overlords will be persuaded to spare our lives thanks to the kindness once shown by a noble Best Buy employee. This week, one of the few remaining R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) units from Nintendo's golden era has been given a new lease on life.
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| Tacos Are the New Antidepressants | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:17 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Feeling low lately? Down in the dumps? Feel like the world has nothing to offer you and you might as well curl up with your cat and wait for the zombie apocalypse to come? (Alright, alright, no need to get overdramatic people.) Life's tough, and sometimes science is the best way to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And the famed researchers at Pleated Jeans have uncovered the latest in medical marvels — tacos as antidepressants.
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| Petition Asks White House to Reverse NASA Outreach Sequester Cuts | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:52 PM | Space.com |
| A new online petition asks the White House to repeal budget cuts that have spurred NASA to suspend many of its education and public-outreach efforts. The petition was created on Friday (March 22), the same day that NASA issued two internal memos outlining how outreach activities are being scaled back as a result of sequestration, the set of across-the-board federal cuts that took effect March 1.
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| Pianist Plays Killer 'Walking Dead' Theme Song — Zombies Included | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:38 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Pianist Sonya Belosouva channels her inner Rick Grimes, the lead character from AMC's The Walking Dead, as she bravely plays a rendition of the television drama's theme song while surrounded by zombies in this slickly produced video. The piano and violin cover is the first episode of new YouTube series Cosplay Piano, which launched Thursday on comic book legend Stan Lee’s "World of Heroes" YouTube channel.
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| Flipboard: 100,000 User-Generated Magazines in First 24 Hours | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:21 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| On Tuesday, Flipboard released version 2.0 of its iOS app, allowing its more than 50 million registered users to create their own magazines for the first time. In the first 24 hours after launch, more than 100,000 magazines were created, Paul Katz, Flipboard's partner of strategy and development, revealed on stage at a Magazine Publisher Association conference in New York Thursday.
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| Disqus Founder Answers Questions via Live Chat | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:52 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Got a question for Daniel? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live. Daniel Ha is the CEO and cofounder of Disqus. Daniel studied computer science engineering at UC Davis and interned at big companies before deciding to drop out of school to pursue the startup world. Disqus is the web's discussion network, reaching over 700 million unique visitors every month and spanning nearly any topic or type of community imaginable.
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| Former BlackBerry Chief Says Board Asked Him to Stay In Charge | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:47 PM | Christina Warren |
| Amidst Thursday's news that BlackBerry sold 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones last quarter, the company also announced that co-founder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has retired from the company's board of directors. Lazaridis and co-CEO Jim Balsillie stepped down from running BlackBerry (then called Research in Motion) last January and Thorsten Heins took their place.
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| Activision Reveals Animated Human That Looks So Real, It's Uncanny | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:39 PM | Charlie White |
| Activision showed off the state of the art of real-time graphics on Wednesday, releasing this mind-boggling character demo. The character's skin, facial expressions and eyes look so real, it's uncanny. When you watch this video, see if you think this character has reached the other side of what's commonly called the "uncanny valley," a term first uttered by early robotics guru Masahiro Mori in 1970.
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| DDoS Attacks Are Not The Only Way To Disrupt the Global Internet | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:26 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The biggest cyberattack ever, triggered by a dispute between Spamhaus and Cyberbunker, was done using a distrubuted denial of service (DDoS) attack. But relatively high-tech techniques are not the only way to severely slow down the global Internet. As it turns out, you can achieve the same damage, and probably even more, with an axe.
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| Marriage Equality: 18 Creative Red Facebook Pics | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:01 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Facebook turned red on Tuesday, as the Supreme Court began hearing two marriage equality cases. Many users changed their profile pictures to red images featuring LGBT lobby group the HRC's red equality logo. But that was just the beginning. Facebook is a forum for expressing individuality and personality, so it didn't take long for users to add unique twists to the red equality sign.
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| Google's New Open Source Patent Pledge: We Won't Sue Unless Attacked First | | Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:40 PM | Christina Warren |
| Google took a stand of sorts against patent-lawsuit theater Thursday with its new Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge. As explained by Google's Duane Valz, under the OPN Pledge, Google promises "not to sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first attacked." Now, Google isn't making all of its patents available for others.
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