| Microsoft Is Developing a Smart Watch, Report Says | | Microsoft is reportedly joining Apple, Samsung and LG in the race to develop a smart watch. The software giant is working on designs for a touchscreen watch device, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited anonymous executives at suppliers. In early 2013, Microsoft asked Asian suppliers to ship parts for a potential watch-style device, the executives said.
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| Watch How Astronauts Sleep in Space | | You've seen how astronauts cry in space, but what about how they sleep? Chris Hadfield, who currently lives on the International Space Station, explained how he catches some Zs in a zero-gravity environment. All it requires is putting on a pair of "space jammies," then heading to your individual "sleep pod," which has a sleeping bag tied to the wall inside.
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| 'Iron Man 3' Video Opens Door to Destructive Mansion Attack | | 12:45:23 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Helicopters swoop in to attack an armor-less Tony Stark at his California mansion in new Iron Man 3 footage released at the MTV Movie Awards. The billionaire hero summons a prototype suit to defend himself, but it doesn't appear to be much help during the attack — presumably orchestrated by the Mandarin, a villain hellbent on ruining Stark's personal life.
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| Here's What You Missed at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards in GIFs | | The MTV Movie Awards doesn't usually show much in the way of actual awards (they have a "best shirtless category" — though there's no complaints, here), but it does promise a slew of antics by celebs on their worst behavior. Add Rebel Wilson as the wildest host in awhile, and you get the oddball of this year's awards season.
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| Watch New 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Teaser Trailer | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:20 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| The long-awaited teaser trailer for Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games trilogy, debuted at the MTV Movie Awards. Actor Liam Hemsworth introduced the clip. The new footage gives fans a glimpse of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark's lives on the "Victor's Tour" after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Sensing a rebellion, President Snow tries to destroy Everdeen's lovable image to control the uproar.
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| Microsoft, BlackBerry Drive Big Increase in Magazine Spending | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:03 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Overall ad spending on magazines may have been down 5% in the first quarter of this year, but one sector dramatically (and surprisingly) upped its investment in the medium: the technology industry. Technology companies increased their spending on magazines by 21.6% from Q1 2012, according to data released this week by the Publishers Information Bureau.
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| 10 Booty-Shakin' Tutorials to Help You Dance Like a Pro | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:28 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| With the summer season comes a multitude of dancing opportunities: weddings, proms, outdoor clubs, graduation gatherings, rooftop parties, festivals, concerts in the park and farmer's markets ... or maybe that last one is just me. The time to prepare yourself for all the grooving and shaking in your future is now. You need dance tutorials.
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| Why Vine Is Ripe for Comedy | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:34 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Vine could be the game-changing platform for live comedians that Twitter was for writers. Here's why Vine is opening up new doors in comedy.
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| Cell Service Is Going to the Dogs | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| It isn't easy to find a reliable cellphone network, so you often find little tricks to make the most of it. Between holding your cellphone at weird angles or making calls with your nose pressed against a window, you're determined to get as many service bars as you can. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday Comic by Maria Scrivan, we see one dog's attempt at getting better cell reception.
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| AirHarp Lets You Extract Music From Thin Air | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:30 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If you've ever had the desire to unleash your inner musician without actually investing in an instrument, this new app will help you achieve your symphonic dreams. AirHarp, developed by Leap Motion's Adam Somers, allows users to touch and pluck strings simply by waving their hands in mid-air.
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| Finally, Something to Play While You Pee | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Admit it — you play with your cellphone on the toilet. It's nothing to be ashamed of (although studies show that 16% of phones have fecal matter on them, so that's gross). But what if there were a video game you could play while using urinals? SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics This comic shows that there might be at least one industry interested in this sort of gaming development.
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| Top 5 Apps For Kids This Week | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 6:28 PM | Chris Crowell |
| Practice addition, match puzzle cards and learn scientific concepts like friction and gravity — all in this week's top apps for kids.
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| Meet the Guy Making the Viral GIFs During MTV Movie Awards | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 5:59 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| If you see a GIF go viral Sunday during the MTV Movie Awards chances are T. Kyle MacMahon will have assembled it. The popular GIF creator, who believes GIFs are the new emoticons of online conversation, will be the human machine behind the show's "Giffies." The Giffies is MTV's new GIF-based "awards show" that will honor memorable moments from the MTV Movie Awards in real time.
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| Why Do We Love Cats So Much? | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 5:28 PM | Charlie White |
| Is there any doubt that cats are awesome? We love cats, and being Mashable and all, we know a thing or two about them. But is it even possible to put our feelings about cats into infographic form? You be the judge. Undaunted by such a Herculean task, we bring you this comprehensive look at the cats we've loved throughout history and even take a stab at psychoanalyzing them.
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| Tom Cruise, Jimmy Fallon Get Egg on Their Faces | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 4:56 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Celebrities, be weary if you're headed to the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon set, because you may just end up with egg on your face. No, we don't mean the metaphorical type caused by embarrassing and prodding questions from Jimmy Fallon. We literally mean that the comedian will make you break eggs over your head like he did with Tom Cruise.
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| Time and Navigation: How We Found Our Way in the World | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 3:33 PM | The Atlantic |
| Type an address into your phone, and up will pop a step-by-step route from where you are to where you want to be. This is, in its way, magic. But it's magic that has, at this point, been rubbed and polished into a simple fact of life.
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| How Not to Date in a Social Media World | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:58 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Dating in the 21st century brings with it a slew of woes. How does one successfully navigate the minefields that are OKCupid dating profiles, Twitter handles and Instagram hashtags when it comes to matters of the heart? Surely, you can't get through all this alone. You need some advice from a sophisticated man of the world. Someone who can successfully (and painlessly) guide you to finding love online.
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| 'World of Warcraft' Remixed Into Work of Pop Art | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:24 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Any avid gamer — especially those who play World of Warcraft — can recognize a video game by the sounds alone. Those dings, squeaks, blasts and crashes are so particular — it's like a human's fingerprint. Here, YouTuber Gold Pik Pik Carrots — mimicking a style made popular by YouTuber Pogo — uses the particular noises and characters' voices from World of Warcraft and creates a fantasy-world pop song.
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| Spice Up Your MacBook With This Logo Illuminator | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:34 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Steve Jobs told us all to "Think Different," so why settle with having your MacBook look the same as everyone else's? A new Kickstarter campaign is making sure to set your laptop out from a sea of other Apple computers with the Iconic Disc. The partially-transparent badge uses light from the Apple logo on the back of your MacBook’s screen to show off any image that you desire.
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| Why Bankers Want You to Fear Bitcoin | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:05 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Even though the web first saw Bitcoins in 2009, the decentralized virtual currency is the talk of the Internet right now. It reached a record value of $256 USD last week, before it took a nosedive on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday Comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech wonder if the only difference between Bitcoins and "real" currencies is that bankers can't take advantage of you.
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| Justin Bieber Hopes Girl Killed by Nazis Would Have Liked His Music | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:59 PM | The Daily Dot |
| After a highly publicized appearance at Amsterdam's Anne Frank House, the site where Frank and her family hid from the Nazis from 1942 to 1944, an "inspired" Justin Bieber left some deep thoughts in the museum's guestbook. "Anne was a great girl," he wrote.
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| 'Teen Vogue,' 'Essence' Magazines Add Online Shopping Carts | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:34 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| Add two more to the growing roster of magazines integrating e-commerce capabilities onto their sites: Time Inc.'s Essence magazine and Conde Nast's Teen Vogue. At Essence.com, a new "Beauty Matchmaker" tool helps women find foundations, lipsticks and shadows that compliment their individual skin tones and color preferences. Women will be presented with a multitude of options from different retailers, including Sephora and Drugstore.com.
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| Paint Exploding in Slow Motion is Colorfully Spectacular | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09 AM | Neha Prakash |
| The Slow-Mo Guys are at it again, but this time they are making a mess of rainbow proportions. They lit jars of paint on fire and watched as they blew up, splattering colors everywhere. They framed the explosions with a camera running at 15,000 frames per second — that's 600 times slower than human vision in real time — to show us the slow motion bursts of color.
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| Should You 'Hangout' With Potential Interns? | | Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:09 AM | Ashley Mosley |
| Ashley Mosley is Community Engagement Manager of InternMatch, an online platform connecting the the best intern candidates and employers. Connect with Ashley and InternMatch on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. If you believe interns are the future of your company, you might just be right.
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