| Google Glass Photographer Makes Picture-Taking Awkward | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:52 PM | Anita Li |
| With its efficient picture-taking capabilities, Google Glass could revolutionize photography — but not necessarily for the better, as one video shows. The nearly two-minute video follows a Google Glass photographer taking pictures that would be routine when using DSLR or point-and-shoot cameras. When using the high-tech specs, however, things get awkward and a little creepy.
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| Who Are the 3 Big Winners in the Smartphone Market? | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:51 PM | The Atlantic |
| Benedict Evans, a consultant at UK-based research firm Enders Analysis, has a great post describing the market for smartphones (and phones more broadly) in three charts and about 600 words. Admirable economy! Let me try to compress the argument even further. If one looks at profits, only two companies make a substantial amount of money: Apple and Samsung.
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| Yahoo's Design Chief Leaves Company | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:58 PM | Christina Warren |
| It's been a big week for Yahoo. The company purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion, rolled out a major update to Flickr and reportedly put in a bid for Hulu. On top of all that, it also lost its senior vice-president of user-experience design. Tim Parsey, who joined the company in 2011, has left, as first reported by AllThingsD. Before Yahoo, Parsey held positions at Motorola, Mattel and on Microsoft's Xbox team.
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| The Truth About Company-Owned Gadgets | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:23 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| A 2011 study found that one in six mobile devices has fecal matter on it as a result of bringing them into the bathroom, but does that include company-owned gadgets, too? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies shows us that we should be wary of the communal gadgets at work.
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| Wikileaks Documentary Attacks Assange, Excuses Manning | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:27 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Julian Assange is a villain, Bradley Manning is a hero: That is the message of We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, a new documentary now showing in theaters nationwide. We Steal Secrets opens with the story of "WANK," a prank-worm that hit NASA in 1989. It did no damage and was unrelated to Wikileaks — though the film infers it was tied to a group of Australian hackers of which Assange was a part.
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| Is This Kickstarter Project the Future of Blogging? | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:51 PM | Christina Warren |
| Ghost, an open-source blogging platform that hopes to shake up the personal publishing space, is nearing the end of its Kickstarter journey. Almost a month ago, Ghost launched with what seemed like an audacious goal: Raise £25,000 to help create a new web platform dedicated to publishing. To date, the project has raised £150,000 (that's $226,000 in U.S. dollars), and it has a shot at making its £250,000 stretch goal.
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| The Epic Journey Through Dieting | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:12 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| To say that dieting is tough is quite the understatement. In fact, sometimes we go to great measures to overcome the temptation of deliciously unhealthy foods. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Josh Mecouch of Formal Sweatpants recasts Homer's epic poem The Odyssey in a very relatable way. Can you resist the siren song of saturated fats? Comic illustration by Josh Mecouch, Formal Sweatpants.
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| Top 10 Tech This Week | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 5:26 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| As we enjoy Memorial Weekend, we look back to another great week in the world of technology. And if you're wondering what happened in the last seven days, worry not — Top 10 Tech brings you a list of the most important techno-stories of the week. Undoubtedly, the biggest news of all was the much-anticipated unveiling and launch of the Microsoft Xbox One.
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| How Hackers Stole $45 Million in Two Days | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 5:01 PM | Eric Larson |
| This infographic highlights how a team of international hackers collectively stole $45 million from thousands of ATMs in a matter of hours.
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| How the Facebook Developer Platform Has Changed How We Use the Web | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 4:46 PM | Emily Price |
| To say the Facebook Developer Platform changed the web as we know it would be a dramatic understatement. Originally launching in 2007 as a tool for developers to build apps for the social network, six years later it has evolved into a whole lot more. Facebook has grown outside of the confines of Facebook.com and is not only a presence on many of the websites we visit — either through a Facebook log-in, or Share or Like capability.
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| Google Buzz Is About to Finally Buzz Off | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 4:11 PM | Christina Warren |
| More than 18 months after announcing that it was shutting down Google Buzz, Google is taking the final steps in snuffing out the platform. According to an email sent to Buzz users, as of July 17, 2013, Google will remove the posts from its public servers and archive them to users Google Drive acounts. Google Buzz — for those of you who don't remember — was Google's first attempt at a broader social strategy.
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| 12 Cicadas Totally Trapped in 1996 | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 3:42 PM | Annie Colbert |
| The East Coast cicadas, currently emerging by the billions, have spent the last 17 years underground, making today's world a bit of a shock for them. In 1996, Alanis Morissette was just a "Jagged Little Pill" and only 20 million Americans dialed up to the Internet. Clearly, Swarmageddon 2013 is making the bug population feel nostalgic for the '90s.
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| 10 Apps for Enjoying the Great Outdoors | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:37 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| When you think about enjoying the great outdoors, embracing the natural world and soaking up all of the sun's vitamin D, technology doesn't really enter the picture, does it? But using tech and being outside don't have to be mutually exclusive. There are plenty of mobile apps to help you connect with nature, rather than keeping you glued to your virtual life.
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| Gmail Overhaul Might Be On the Way | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:14 PM | Christina Warren |
| Despite rolling out a major overhaul a little over a year ago, Google could be preparing to redesign the Gmail experience on iOS, Android and the desktop. Reports of a new look for the Android client came from the eagle-eyes at Android Police — who noticed the new addition of a navigation drawer UI element in a Google I/O session on Android design patterns.
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| GIF vs. JIF: Does It Even Matter? | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:56 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| At the Webby Awards this week, Steve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, used his five-word acceptance speech to end a popular debate: It's pronounced "JIF," not "GIF." Unsurprisingly, this outraged many Internet users. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech illustrate a different position — that neither is wrong, exactly.
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| 25 Ways to Celebrate Geek Pride Day | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:31 AM | Stephanie Buck |
| You're surrounded by geeks every day. Your commute is filled with people playing Dots. Your best friend spends her Saturday nights creating Everquest fan art. And you constantly imagine scenarios in terms of endless loops. But May 25 is officially the time to let your nerdy flag fly — it's Geek Pride Day.
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| Hiring Interns: Do's and Don'ts | | Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:36 AM | Josh Tolan |
| Hiring the best interns, isn’t always easy. Here are some of the best and worst ways to find the right candidates for your internship program.
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