| Watch the Entire 'Matrix' Movie in 60 Seconds | | Friday, March 08, 2013 11:38 PM | Neha Prakash |
| You've probably spent years of your life decoding The Matrix. You've probably debated between taking the red or blue pill 'til your brain hurt. You've been down the rabbit hole for so long that that you don't believe anything Morpheus says anymore. It's OK to be confused and lost. Admitting it is the first step. SEE ALSO: 'The Amazing Spider Man' Plot Is Hysterical With Bad Lip Reading Maybe watching this recap by 1A4STUDIO will help.
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| Cloud Parade Is Etsy + Pinterest for Wedding Planning | | Friday, March 08, 2013 11:10 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Technology has changed the way engaged couples plan their weddings. So long, phonebook — hello, Internet! Cloud Parade hopes to make the tedious planning process even easier. The website features Pinterest-style planning boards, but unlike Pinterest, it allows users to purchase items with just a click. Brides no longer have to scour the web hunting down the quirky cake stand they spotted a photo of online.
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| Target's 'Tarcade' Evokes Nostalgia With Pac-Man, Donkey Kong | | Friday, March 08, 2013 10:05 PM | Lauren Drell |
| AUSTIN — Geeks at SXSWi are having a blast at the "Tarcade" in Target's 8-Bit Bar. The activation hosts a handful of old-school arcade games, like Joust, Donkey Kong and Pac Man, which are activated by NFC-enabled cards that are replenished with Foursquare check-ins. Feeling competitive? There's a leaderboard, too.
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| This Is What It’s Like to Stand Under NASA’s Webb Telescope | | Friday, March 08, 2013 9:44 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| AUSTIN — After decades of service, NASA’s Hubble telescope has told us much about the universe, but as NASA and partner Northrop Grumman tell it, the story is only half told. Hubble’s amazing technology took us to the edge of our galaxy. The John Webb Space Telescope, which is making a special appearance, of sorts, at SXSW 2013, will take us all the way back to the beginning of time.
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| SXSWi Day 1: Grumpy Cat, 3D Printing and Other Highlights | | Friday, March 08, 2013 9:35 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| AUSTIN — Today marks the beginning of South by Southwest, the annual conference for music, film and interactive that's known for being the birthing ground for cool new apps as well as the place you're likely to meet fellow technologists or business partners you'd only interacted with online.
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| Robot Dinosaur Kickstarter Campaign Demands Your Awesome Money | | Friday, March 08, 2013 8:56 PM | Annie Colbert |
| FAKEGRIMLOCK SAYS BUY THIS BOOK OR LOSE YOUR AWESOME. The Internet's favorite startup trolling robot dinosaur is looking to Kickstarter users to help fund the launch of his book, ME, FAKEGRIMLOCK: THE BOOK OF AWESOME. The dinobot with a flair for caps lock and the word "awesome" launched the fundraising effort March 6 and has already raised more than $35,000, far surpassing its $10,000 goal.
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| NASA Does the 'Harlem Shake' | | Friday, March 08, 2013 8:40 PM | Space.com |
| The "Harlem Shake" even has NASA dancing in Mission Control. After rocketing to the top of the Billboard charts — thanks in part to its viral success on YouTube — the song, "Harlem Shake" by Baauer has now been spoofed by employees at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The video producers put their own NASA-like spin on the hit song.
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| Oz the Great and Powerful: Worth Your Time? | | Friday, March 08, 2013 8:15 PM | Chris Taylor |
| 'Oz the Great and Powerful,' the 'Wizard of Oz' prequel directed by 'Spider-Man' honcho Sam Raimi, was certainly worth Disney's time and investment. Judging by the $2 million it just made at midnight showings, the movie appears headed for a stellar opening weekend of between $75 million and $100 million in ticket sales. Not bad for a $215 million film.
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| SXSW 2013 by the Numbers | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:55 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| South by Southwest 2013 kicks into overdrive this week, as the annual festival welcomes hundred of thousands of visitors to Austin, Texas.
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| Chevy Unveils 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:36 PM | Charlie White |
| Two months after GM introduced the 2014 Corvette Stingray, the company revealed the 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The company says the car's electronic convertible top can be raised or lowered even when the car is moving at up to 30 mph. Take a look at the picture above and in the gallery below, and you'll notice that the body of this new convertible is quite similar to its coupe brandmate.
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| MARS App Uses Augmented Reality to Help Identify Things Around You | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:23 PM | Emily Price |
| AUSTIN— PAR Works launched its MARS augmented reality platform in November 2012, and is launching its first private beta at SXSW this year. The company uses 3D augmented reality to allow users to retrieve customized, tagged information about any product, street scene, or object.
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| Facebook Acquires Storytelling Site Storylane in Talent Grab | | Friday, March 08, 2013 4:41 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Facebook has acquired Storylane, a relatively young social network focused around telling stories, for an undisclosed sum. Storylane announced the acquisition in a blog post Friday, noting that the service will wind down and the team will join Facebook.
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| Website Shows Cyberattacks as They Happen | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:31 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| The Internet can be a dangerous place, and now you can see just how dangerous it gets — in real time, no less. Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, has developed a website that allows users to monitor cyberattacks as they happen. Sicherheitstacho.eu (loosely translated as "security tachometer") displays events as they happen, giving the time of the attack, country of origin and the intended target.
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| 'National Geographic' Shares Rare Photos on Tumblr | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:11 PM | Christine Erickson |
| National Geographic is dipping its toes into social waters with its latest photography project. In honor of its 125th anniversary, the non-profit has joined Tumblr to showcase "FOUND," a collection of rare photos from the National Geographic archives. According to the site, most of the photos have never been published, and were rarely seen by the public until now.
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| Undeniable Proof That Cats Are Flippin' Jerks | | Friday, March 08, 2013 2:14 PM | Neha Prakash |
| In case there's been any confusion about it, this video is solid, incontestable proof that cats are, beyond a shadow of a doubt, jerks. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. Sure, those felines might cuddle their way into your lonely hearts — but that's just how they hook you.
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| Depeche Mode Confirms SXSW Performance Before Album Launch | | Friday, March 08, 2013 12:25 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| AUSTIN — Depeche Mode used its Tumblr blog Friday morning to announce an exclusive show at the South by Southwest Music Festival on March 15. The long-standing electronic band will play songs from its forthcoming album, Delta Machine. Yahoo Music will publish video of the show starting on March 26, the day the band's 13th studio album comes out.
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| 'Brain Friendly' Website Design Attracts More Viewers | | Friday, March 08, 2013 10:30 AM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| Looking to attract more customers to your website? New research on media sites suggests that using a "brain friendly" design might do the trick. Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Journalism propose that, since the brain is engaged through motivation, the most effective way to get readers to visit and stay on a website is to give them proper motivation, such as invoking emotion with stories and pictures.
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