| What to Do When Social Media Drives You Crazy | | Is Social Media Anxiety Disorder, known as SMAD, the newest affliction resulting from our love affair with Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites? Researchers have stopped short of actually classifying SMAD as a disorder, but it's no doubt a problem. Sure, you could quit using your social sites altogether — but then you’d be, well, bored and lonely.
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| Google+ Unveils Redesign for Mobile Web | | Less than a week after Google+ unveiled a redesign for desktop, the social network is also getting overhauled on the mobile web. In a post on its official G+ page Tuesday, the service said that posts now appear as "cards" in the stream, making them easier to read, +1 and re-share. What's more, Profiles and Pages now include cover photos and larger "tap targets," the blog post revealed.
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| 'Man of Steel' Debuts Sinister New Trailer Featuring General Zod | | The latest trailer for Man of Steel, Warner Bros.' reboot of the Superman film series, landed online Tuesday — and it has a decidedly darker feel than previous spots. SEE ALSO: New 'Man of Steel' Trailer Promises a Summer Hit Entitled "Fate of Your Planet," the nearly two-minute promo begins with a sinister voiceover by General Zod, a super-villain and one of Superman's nemesis.
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| The New Flickr: Everything You Need to Know | | Yahoo unveiled a brand new Flickr experience for its desktop and Android users on Monday. SEE ALSO: Yahoo Unveils 'Awesome' New Look for Flickr There are plenty of changes to take in, but no need to feel overwhelmed — Mashable has got you covered. Check out our hands-on video of the new Flickr, above, for everything you need to know.
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| Xbox One’s New Controller: Hands On | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:27 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| In the run-up to Tuesday’s big Microsoft Xbox One reveal, many pondered the fate of the beloved Xbox 360 controller, perhaps the best gaming controller in the business. Would Microsoft make it radically different? Bigger? Unwieldy? Add a touchpad like Sony? Today we have our answer. It’s different and yet, based on what I now know and have experienced firsthand, it’s also somehow better.
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| Alcohoot Brings Quantified Self to BAC | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:56 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Alcohoot One-Liner Pitch: Alcohoot is a breathalyzer that attaches to your smartphone.
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| Cops Bust Woman for Hitting Cyclist After She Brags on Twitter | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:37 PM | Sam Laird |
| Here's a lesson in what not to do online, straight from the Twitter for Dummies handbook. Our story begins on Sunday in Norwich, England, where an organized cycling event called the Boudicca Sportive ride was taking place.
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| Want to Meet Top VCs? Score Face-Time With Donation | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:57 PM | Zoe Fox |
| On the heels of the $610,000 coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook, online charity auction platform CharityBuzz is offering lunches with some of Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists. If you'd love to share your best ideas with or pick the brains of VCs — and have the cash to give to charity — this might be the perfect opportunity for you.
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| Iconic Marshall Amp Doubles as Mini Beer Fridge | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:31 PM | PSFK |
| The Marshall Fridge is shaped like one of the company’s ubiquitous amps, complete with the Marshall logo and brass-finished faceplate. For $399.99, the mini-fridge comes with 4 cubic feet of storage space and a mini-freezer with 0.4 cubic feet capacity.
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| Father of GIFs: 'It's Pronounced JIF' | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:13 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Steve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, has ended the heated debate on how to pronounce "GIF." Wilhite, then working at CompuServe, debuted the file format in June 1987. He accepted a lifetime achievement award Tuesday at the Webby Awards for his creation. Instead of giving a vocal acceptance speech, he flashed a GIF on the big screens: "It's pronounced JIF, not GIF." ~ Steve Wilhite, the father of GIFs.
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| An Inspiring Message for Graduates | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:02 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| It's graduation season — can you smell the ambition in the air? Graduates everywhere are figuring out what's next, which can be as frightening as it is exciting. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics has a message for the Class of 2013: With hard work, you'll find success, but you should never stop testing your limits.
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| Why 'Dots' Is the Most Scarily Addictive Social Game Yet | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:01 PM | Chris Taylor |
| About 12 years ago, I happened to take my Palm Pilot (remember those?) to a friend's house. A friend of a friend asked if she could borrow it. Sure, I said. She proceeded to download a game called Bubblet, then curled up on the couch with it for the next hour. My curiosity was piqued, and soon I, too, was a Bubblet junkie. It was a simple game — you got a screen full of bubbles and double-tapped to pop connected ones of the same color.
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| Nutella Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Its Biggest Fan | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:28 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Nutella, the chocolate hazelnut spread brand, has soured many of its social media fans by cracking down on a superfan who has helped spread the word in social media for more than seven years. Ferrero SpA, the Italian owner of Nutella, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sara Rosso, the creator of the 7-year-old World Nutella Day. On Ferrero's orders, Rosso is pulling the plug on the holiday, which had been celebrated on Feb.
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| New GPS-Powered Handlebars Send Texts to Your Bike | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:52 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| For cyclists looking to pimp their bikes with smartphone integration, look no further — new stylish technology from startup Helios makes your bike "smart." Helios Bars boast an integrated headlight and two rear LEDs, and riders can use the left and right lights as turn signals. But what sets the product apart is the ability to connect handlebars to a smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0.
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| Did Microsoft Just Kick Apple Out of the Living Room? | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:23 PM | Pete Pachal |
| If you want to see what the Apple TV will look like, I hope you were tuned to Spike at about 1 p.m. Eastern today, because we got a pretty solid picture of the rumored device: a powerful all-in-one entertainment hub with a hands-free interface that smartly integrates live TV with a wealth of streaming and downloadable media. I'm speaking, of course, of the Xbox One, Microsoft's freshly unveiled new game console.
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| Xbox One Compared With PS4 and Wii U | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:07 PM | Christina Warren |
| Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One Tuesday, showing off its vision for the future of gaming and home entertainment to the public. Of course, when the Xbox One debuts later this year, it won't be alone. It will face stiff competition from Sony and its upcoming PlayStation 4. And while Nintendo has had a rocky start with the Wii U, that console is already on the market and will have nearly a year on the other guys.
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| 9 Inspiring Stories From the Oklahoma Tornado | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:44 PM | Christine Erickson |
| When people pick up after disaster, there are invariably stories of helpfulness and heroism. In the wake of tragic damage Monday's tornado brought to Oklahoma City, there are already reports that remind us how powerful humanity can be. SEE ALSO: How to Help Victims of the Oklahoma Tornados As the community continues to rebuild, there will likely be more.
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| Guantanamo Shuts Down Wi-Fi After Anonymous Makes Threats | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:14 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Officials at the American military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have shut down Wi-Fi access throughtout the camp and banned the use of any social networks following threats from hacktivist collective Anonymous. Anonymous announced "Operation Guantanamo," an online campaign to protest the conditions of inmates at the base, two weeks ago. Army spokesperson Lt.
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| Will Smith Proves He's Still Got Insane Rapping Skills | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:54 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It's been a while since Will Smith bust out his rapping chops, but he proved on Monday that he's still as skilled as he was in his Fresh Prince days. When Smith appeared on the Late Show with David Lettermanstage for his interview, the band responded with his 1992 hit "Summertime." Smith didn't hesitate to join in, launching into the full rap and eventually making his way to the mic to finish the verse.
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| Deadly Oklahoma Tornado as Seen From Space | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:32 PM | Amanda Wills |
| NASA satellites captures images of the supercell thunderstorm as it spawned a deadly F-4 tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City and its suburbs on Monday.
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| Xbox One Will Currently Not Play Xbox 360 Games | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:29 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| The newly announced Xbox One will not be able to play previous generation Xbox 360 games, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday. The Xbox One is designed on an x86 architecture, on a new eight-core chip. The Xbox 360 uses a Xenon processor, with PowerPC architecture, making the systems incompatible. "The Xbox One hardware is not compatible with Xbox 360 games.
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| Microsoft's Xbox One: Your Knee-Jerk Twitter Reactions | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:14 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Microsoft made slew of Xbox announcements at its much-hyped "A New Generation Revealed" event, which was live streamed online and broadcasted on TV on Tuesday. Viewers were treated to the new Xbox One console and its features, such as voice-recognition control for all things entertainment, a TV guide, Skype integration and a new Kinect sensor, among other things.
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| Does Your '360 Campaign' Need to Be a Perfect Circle? | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:28 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| Let's visit a ninth grade math class. You're learning the basics of geometry and discover that a circle has 360 degrees. If you add up the degrees of each angle in a four-sided figure, it's 360 degrees, as well. But on a more thematic level, the number 360 represents a route that might travel near or far but lands in the same place it started. Everything is connected.
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| Tim Cook: Apple Doesn't Use 'Tax Gimmicks' | | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:25 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Apple CEO Tim Cook calmly defended Apple's tax practices before Congress Tuesday afternoon, denying the company uses overseas "tax gimmicks" to duck its domestic financial obligations. "We are proud to be an American company and equally proud of our contributions to the American economy," said Cook in his opening remarks.
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