| 'XCOM' Becomes a Tactical Shooter in 'The Bureau' | | Players can again enter the 'XCOM' universe and fight aliens later this summer, this time in a tactical third-person shooter, 2K Games announced Friday. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is 2K's attempt at turning the popular turn-based strategy franchise into a faster-paced shooter, while still keeping the signature difficulty of the franchise.
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| Remember When Space Was Totally Awesome? | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:54 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| If you're nostalgic for those times you could spend hours playing games instead of being an adult, you are not alone. YouTube cartoon channel Animation Domination High Def posted this sensory-pleasing song and video of all the things we miss from our 80s and 90s childhoods, back-to-back with all the things we loathe from responsible adulthood.
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| Man Proposes to His Girlfriend With a Drone | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:39 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| In the age of Internet and ubiquitous technology, we've seen a lot of great, original marriage proposals, even geekily romantic ones. But this one, made with the aid of a drone, might very well top the geek scale. SEE ALSO: Will Dummy Cities Be Used to Test Drones in the U.S.? In a video posted to YouTube, a man from San Francisco, Calif., Jason, proposed to his girlfriend, Christina.
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| Get Ready for Summer With This Mega Trailer Mashup | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:20 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| This summer, superheroes will face down evil, robots will clash with monsters, and monsters will ... go to college. Those are just a few of the plot lines this season's surefire blockbusters hold in store, along with zombies, magic, ghosts, fast cars, faster snails, space adventures and three hung-over dudes.
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| Sports News App Aggregates Tweets Related to Your Favorite Teams | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:03 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Sports fans that use a tablet or smartphone — the "second screen" — during live game broadcasts are becoming more and more common these days. For this year's Super Bowl, a Century 21 Real Estate survey found that 36% of polled viewers said they would use a second screen to supplement the game-viewing experience.
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| CISPA Probably Won't Be Introduced In the Senate | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:27 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The House of Representative's version of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, probably won't be taken up in its entirety by the Senate, according to a new report. CISPA passed the House last week with bipartisan support despite a veto threat from the White House. "We're not taking [CISPA] up," an anonymous representative of the U.S.
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| George Lucas Museum Wants Your Facebook Likes | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:08 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Not so long ago, in a city near, near the Bay, a certain retired filmmaker decided to build a place he could hang his Death Star-sized art collection and share it with a public eager for inspiration. Now he needs you, loyal citizens of the Lucas Empire, to show your support for the project. The George Lucas Cultural Arts Museum is currently just a dream.
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| Luke Hairballer and Han Whiskero Star in Animal 'Star Wars' | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:44 PM | Annie Colbert |
| In a litterbox far, far away (under the stairs), Luke Hairballer and Han Whiskero battle Kittytroopers and Dog Vader. That's the basic plot — give or take a gerbil playing Yoda — of "Paw Warz," a Star Wars parody by YouTube channel ThePetCollective. This version, though, has a much less dramatic climax when the Kittytroopers get distracted by a — oh, wait, we won't give it away.
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| Show Us the Beauty of Your Hometown | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:26 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| When the luxury of travel to another city or country eludes us, we can turn to familiar haunts to get away from it all — without getting away at all. The comfort of a hometown haven can be as invigorating as a trip to a new land.This week for the Mashable Photo Challenge, we want to see your hometown escapes: the local spots in your life that are most important to you.
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| ABC Wants Your Instant TV Feedback — With Emoticons | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:08 PM | Sam Laird |
| So you sit down for some important programming, whether a Barack Obama speech or your favorite sitcom. You've got all the fixings: Comfy chair, tasty snacks and, of course, your second screen device of choice to keep up with online chatter.
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| Aaron Swartz Documentary Seeks Funding on Kickstarter | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:19 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| When Internet activist and hacker Aaron Swartz committed suicide, his death resonated far beyond his circle of friends, family and acquaintances, touching technology's greatest minds, other Internet activists, and millions of people whom he never met. His far-reaching influence is what motivated director Brian Knappenberger to decide to make a documentary on his life and death, and to launch a Kickstarter to fund it.
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| Instapaper Bought By Betaworks — Why the Big Fuss? | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:51 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Do you use Instapaper? No, me neither. But the $3.99 app, which lets you save stuff to read later when outside a wifi or 3G zone, has a small and highly devoted following. Which is why a small segment of Twitter went nuts at the news Thursday that Instapaper was being bought by Betaworks, the burgeoning media tech company that bought the assets of Digg last year.
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| Yahoo's Chairman Resigns | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:59 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Fred Amoroso, Yahoo's chairman of the board, is resigning his position, the company announced late Thursday. Amoroso took over as Yahoo's chairman in May at the same time that Ross Levinsohn was appointed interim CEO. As chairman, he led the team that investigated Yahoo's former CEO Scott Thompson for fabricating some of his credentials. He also played a part in helping bring Marissa Mayer in from Google to serve as Yahoo's new CEO.
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| Chevy Spark EV is World's Most Efficient Electric Car, Says GM | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:35 PM | Charlie White |
| The upcoming Spark EV is the most efficient production electric vehicle in the world, according to GM. The company backs up that audacious claim with some hard numbers about the Spark EV's EPA mileage stats for combined city and highway driving — measured at the equivalent of 119 miles per gallon. An equally impressive stat for the Spark EV is the EPA's estimate of its range, 82 miles per charge.
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| Mobile Apps Are the New Network TV, Without the Ad Dollars | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:55 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Researcher Flurry reported on Thursday that the audience for mobile apps has hit 58 million in primetime — 8 p.m. — a figure that rivals that of the top three TV networks on a very good night, but revenues are still just a fraction of those of TV. The IAB estimates that the U.S. mobile ad market brought in $3.4 billion in 2012. The IAB didn't break out revenues for apps vs.
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| Pinterest Brings Back Beloved Design Features | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:33 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| In March, Pinterest rolled out a new site design with larger images, a cleaner layout, and several new discovery and navigation features. Since that time, users have praised and criticized various aspects of the design — and Pinterest has listened.
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| Wounded Veterans Send Inspiring Message to Boston Survivors | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:11 PM | Annie Colbert |
| "We stand with you." Those are the powerful words delivered by U.S. veterans to survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings in this new video. Shoulder 2 Shoulder, a Virginia-based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, produced the YouTube clip that features veterans from the Wounded Warrior Community. The vets show off all the amazing things they can still do despite their disabilities.
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| Amazon Stock Flat After Strong Earnings Report | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:42 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| After missing analysts' expectations for three consecutive quarters, Amazon beat the Street's forecast, reporting earnings of .18 per share compared to earnings of .28 per share last year. Wall Street analysts were expecting earnings of .10 per share. Despite the good news, Amazon's stock was up only 1% to approximately $277 per share in after-hours trading.
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| 10 Places You Can't Use Google Glass | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:14 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Google Glass, the tech giant's augmented reality eyeglasses project, lets you capture photos, record video and surf the web all at eye level. But this kind of innovation isn't free of limitations. Currently, Explorer editions are only available for a chosen few. Even so, certain places and activities have already forbidden the use of Google Glass, whether for safety, privacy or copyright issues.
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| Leap Motion Delays Pre-Order Ship Date | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:54 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| You'll have to put aside those dreams of a Minority Report-style interface for just a bit longer. Leap Motion, the pint-sized technology that can turn an average desktop or laptop into a gesture-controlled computer, is not shipping to customers on May 13 as previously promised. Now, those who ordered Leap Motion device early can expect them on July 22.
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| The 10 Most Engaging Facebook Cover Photos | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:26 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Ever since Facebook introduced its new cover photo design back in fall 2011, brands, celebrities and ordinary folks have been challenged on how exactly to use that prominent piece of real estate. For those looking for some inspiration, ZoomSphere recently took stock of the most engaging cover photos on Facebook, which is defined as the photos that drew the most overall interactions.
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| Twitter for Mac Update Improves Photo Sharing, Adds Retina Support | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:06 PM | Emily Price |
| Twitter issued an update on Thursday for Twitter for Mac for the first time since 2011, bringing a number of improvements to the Mac version of the app. Most notably, the update improves photo sharing. Now to add a photo to a tweet, you can simply click on the camera icon in the lower-left corner of the box where you’re composing your tweet, and add a photo from your computer.
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| Hyundai Ad Makes Light of Suicide, Ignites Internet Firestorm | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:47 PM | Charlie White |
| What happens when you create a car advertisement depicting suicide? Hyundai tried that stunt in the UK last week, and by Thursday the Hyundai ad had certainly garnered plenty of attention, but not at all the kind of reaction the Korean car company had hoped for. Blistering criticism is erupting from across the globe toward the Hyundai spot. Blistering criticism is erupting from across the globe toward the Hyundai spot.
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| Your YouTube Views Could Treat 100,000 Children With Malaria | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:36 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Mary and Martha, starring Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and nominee Brenda Blethyn, tells the dramatic story of two mothers who bond over the malaria-induced deaths of their sons. Leading up to the film's U.S. release this month on HBO, the network teamed up with nonprofit organization Malaria No More and pharmaceutical company Novartis to help treat children with malaria, a disease that reportedly kills more than 1,400 kids per day globally.
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| FitBark Is a FitBit for Your Dog | | Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:29 PM | Emily Price |
| Ever wonder if your pooch is active enough? A new product called FitBark attempts to help you find out. A sort of FitBit for your canine companion, the device keeps track of how active your dog is, and then gives you a daily BarkScore for the day.
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