| 3D-Printed 'Bionic' Ear Can Hear Beyond Human Ability | | 2:38:37 AM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Scientists at Princeton University have designed a bionic ear that can hear better than human ears. And get this: It was printed using an off-the-shelf 3D printer. We've heard of 3D printers someday building human organs before, but what's noteworthy about this project is this printed ear intertwines embedded electronics.
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| Apple Ad: iPhone is Most-Used Phone for Listening to Music | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:37 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Samsung may sell more smartphones, but a new Apple ad claims that more people listen to music on their iPhones than any other phone. The 60-second ad, which broke Thursday night, is a bit of a stylistic departure for the brand. The music is downbeat — even somber — the visuals are grainy, even a bit gritty. Images show people grooving to music on their iPhones while practicing their dance moves, studying and even coming out of the shower.
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| How 1.8 Million Online Activists Helped End the Boy Scouts' Gay Youth Ban | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:43 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Millions of online activists, signing some 124 different petitions, helped to end the Boy Scouts of America's century-long ban on gay members. According to online petition platform Change.org, 1,866,000 signatures were collected on petitions advocating the Boy Scouts change its policy. To celebrate this milestone, Change.org created this infographic, which is a timeline of the advocates work leading up to the milestone decision.
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| 30 Overused Buzzwords in Digital Marketing | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:48 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| We've all sat through meetings that are teeming with buzzwords. Optimization! Synergy! Collaboration! Engagement! While some buzzwords actually have substance (i.e. big data), many people use (and overuse) buzzwords just to try to sound smart, when in fact, they have no idea what's going on. Over the past 30 days, we've led you through the buzzword lexicon — highlighting the most confusing jargon in the digital marketing dictionary.
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| Steve Jobs Emails Show How to Win a Hard-Nosed Negotiation | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:09 PM | Quartz |
| The U.S. government’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the U.S. released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme to set artificially high ebook prices with some of the largest American publishers, which have already settled the case.
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| Kmart's Latest Ad Will Make You Laugh Your Gas Off | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:16 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Kmart is on a roll with its ads. The discount chain is promoting a deal on gas with a funny new video called Big Gas Savings. If you don't realize the joke already, just say "big gas" out lout a couple times — and you'll get it.
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| LEGO Unveils Giant X-Wing Fighter in Times Square | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:54 AM | Eric Larson |
| Lego unveiled a life-sized X-Wing fighter ship -- made entirely out of Lego bricks -- in Times Square this afternoon. It's the largest Lego structure built.
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| Wisconsin Girl's Touching Artwork Wins Google Doodle | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:03 AM | Lance Ulanoff |
| The directions were simple: Illustrate your "best day ever." Sabrina Brady of Wisconsin's Sparta High School combined Google's logo with a memorable and moving six-frame story. This is Google's fourth year running the Doodle 4 Google competition. K-12 students from across the United States submitted artwork between January 14 and March 22.
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| What Life Was Like Before Smartphones | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:57 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| With social media, apps and email available at all times, smartphones allow us to be more connected than ever before — but at what cost? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic from Doghouse Diaries, we see that life was much simpler before smartphones. But can we pay attention long enough to even reminisce? Homepage image via iStockphoto, PixelEmbargo.
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| Shazam Launches New App For iPad | | Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:14 AM | Emily Price |
| Shazam on the iPad just got a whole lot better. The company launched a completely updated version of its tablet app Thursday, with a new discovery home screen, and an auto-tagging feature that can determine what music, television shows, and even ads are playing around you, identifying them automatically.
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