| Google Sees Jump in Iranian Phishing Scams as Election Looms | | Google revealed on Wednesday that phishing activity in Iran has jumped, as its citizens prepare to hit the polls on Friday. For nearly three weeks, the search giant has "detected and disrupted" tens of thousands of Iranian user accounts that were targeted by email-based phishing scams originating in Iran, according to a blog post blog post published Wednesday.
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| '300: Rise of an Empire' Trailer Debuts Online | | A trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire, the follow-up to 2006 action film 300, surfaced online Wednesday. Similar to its predecessor, Rise of an Empire is filmed in a graphic-novel style, and depicts mortal-turned-god Xerxes in his bid to overtake more territory.
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| iPhone Users Can Expertly Retouch Portraits With Facetune | | 12:56:21 AM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Something about that portrait you snapped just isn't cutting it. Maybe it's that pesky blemish, stubble or unruly strand of hair that's trying to ruin your pic again. But fear not, the people from Lightricks Ltd. are making your photo-editing needs easier (and cheaper). Meet Facetune, which at time of writing was ranked number three on the App Store's top paid apps chart.
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| Spray-On Clothing Opens Door For Next-Level Tech | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:59 PM | Adam Popescu |
| When news broke a few years ago that an experimental spray-on liquid fabric could become wearable clothing, people were wowed by what sounded more science-fiction than fact. Fast forward a few years and that same technology is on the cusp of being introduced into our daily lives in the form of a host of applications that could very well change the face of art, consumer products, and even conservation.
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| This 3D Printer Works in Zero Gravity | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:26 PM | Discovery News |
| 3D printing is probably the most exciting new technology being developed in the world today, and its scope of influence is not limited to Earth. NASA has recently contracted a company called Made In Space to develop the first-ever 3D printer for microgravity, which it's planning to use on the International Space Station (ISS) and beyond.
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| Move Over, Hoverboards: This Bike Lets You Fly | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:59 PM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| A new mode of personal transportation has beat hoverboards to the market: the flying bicycle. Czech companies Duratec, Technodat and Evektor have created a prototype of a flying electric bicycle. Unlike E.T.'s run-of-the-mill two-wheeler, however, this one looks more like a snow bike. SEE ALSO: Technostalgia: 20 Misty Memories of Personal Computing Including six battery-powered propellers, the bicycle weighs 209 pounds.
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| Frequent Twitter and Facebook Users: You Might Be Narcissists | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:32 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Listen up, active tweeter and Facebook-poster: you might be a narcissist. At least, that's according to a new study from the University of Michigan. It found that frequent social media use could be fueling narcissistic tendencies in social media users of all ages. Michigan researchers Elliot Panek, Yioryos Nardis and Sara Konrath published their study results online in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.
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| 'Jony Ive Redesigns Things' Tumblr Pokes Fun At Apple's iOS 7 | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:56 PM | Allison Reiber |
| Apple's colorful new iOS 7 redesign has received its fair share of criticism — but none so creative as that from a Tumblr called "Jony Ive Redesigns Things." The blog began after Sasha Agapov, a Los Angeles-based art director, posted his version of a Jonathan Ive redesign of Google's search engine on his Dribbble page.
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| Denny's Controversial Tweet Goofs on the NSA Scandal | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:28 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Most brands have avoided commenting on the NSA's surveillance of phone calls and web activity, but Denny's has proven to be a surprising outlier. The restaurant chain offered the following tweet on Tuesday, making light of the issue: Denny's knows what you're craving before they do. twitpic.com/cwjkg6 — Denny's (@DennysDiner) June 10, 2013 The brand, a prolific tweeter, didn't repeat the gag on its Facebook Page.
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| George Takei's Facebook Ghostwriter Apologizes | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:47 PM | Sam Laird |
| Hip, hilarious and oh-so-topical, George Takei has one of the most popular and beloved Facebook feeds on the social web. His compassion and humor have helped him smoothly reincarnate himself as a modern Internet sensation after starring as Hikaru Sulu on the 1960s Star Trek TV series.
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| Facebook Won't Disclose Response to NSA Requests | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:25 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| If you were hoping for more Internet companies to come out and reveal more details about government surveillance, like Google did on Tuesday, we have bad news for you. Asked on Wednesday about how it handles requests stemming from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Facebook said it could not disclose anything.
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| PRISM Gives Russia Great Excuse to Step Up War on Social Media | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:55 PM | Quartz |
| Governments love to use the actions of their enemies to help push their own agendas. Alarmed by reports that American spies are gathering data from popular web services, Ilya Kostunov — a lawmaker from Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in the lower house of government — says he wants state officials to stop using U.S. social networks and email services such as Facebook and Gmail for official matters.
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| Seth Rogen Has 'Avoided the Wrath' of Amanda Bynes on Twitter, So Far | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:32 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Actress Amanda Bynes has been on a Twitter rampage — tweeting to tell Rihanna, Courtney Love and Miley Cyrus that they're ugly — yet she has spared comedian Seth Rogen. "I've avoided the wrath so far," Rogen tells Mashable, before revealing his candid analysis of people, in general, who let loose emotionally on social media: I think it's a difficult temptation.
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| Can Pink DSLRs Make Pentax Relevant Again? | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:59 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Pentax, the venerable photography company that nearly disappeared before it got acquired by Ricoh in 2011, has a new plan to stand out in the camera market by adding what it sees as a key missing ingredient in today's cameras: color. Not the color the camera captures, but the physical color of the camera. In two of its new models — aimed at millennials — Pentax is offering custom colors.
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| 10 Ways to Mess Up Your Wedding Day | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:47 PM | Laura Vitto |
| For those fortunate to have found love, the wedding day is one of life's great milestones. But sometimes when you're trying to make everything right, things go terribly wrong. Whether the best man pushes you into a pool or your drunken party guest (literally) brings the house down, there's always the chance that something might put a damper on your big day.
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| Senator Calls Out Reporter's Tweets in Real Time | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:04 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Something new happened in Congress on Wednesday: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called out a reporter's tweets in real time. The callout came during a Senate committee hearing originally intended to deal with cybersecurity. In light of recent revelations, the hearing focused more on the government's digital surveillance programs.
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| Yahoo Acquires Photography App Maker GhostBird Software | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:01 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Another week, another Yahoo acquisition: This time, the Internet giant has acquired 4-year-old GhostBird Software, the San Francisco-based company behind mobile photography apps KitCam and PhotoForge2. In an e-mailed statement, Yahoo said that it would be integrating many of the features in GhostBird's mobile apps into Yahoo's Flickr apps. Co-founders Travis Houlette and Ye Lu are joining the Flickr team in San Francisco.
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| Does Facebook Really Need Hashtags? | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:40 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Congratulations, hash symbol. You've come a long, long way. Remember when we used to call you a pound sign or a number sign? Remember when people used to confuse you with the musical symbol for sharp? Remember when Bell Labs technicians gave you the made-up name "octothorpe"? Well, no longer.
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| Sushi Restaurant Tests Drone-Driven Food Delivery | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:38 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| With plans to save African wildlife, drop beer on concertgoers and penetrate tornadoes, we wonder: Are there any tasks drones won't try? This next airborne, drone-based development might not necessarily come as a shock, but it’s sure to enhance (or at least differentiate) your dining experience.
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| Dads, Feel Your Babies Kicking With Huggies Pregnancy Belt | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:19 PM | Brie Hiramine |
| We may have just found the perfect Father's Day gift for dads-to-be in Buenos Aires: a "pregnancy belt" that lets expectant fathers feel their babies kicking in real time (sans baby bump). The belt, developed by Huggies Argentina, looks like a typical fake pregnancy belly — but it replicates a baby's kicks "from mom's belly to dad's belly," according to the video above.
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| Ancient Mars Had Component Key to Life, Meteorite Reveals | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:14 PM | Space.com |
| At a time when life as we know it was just getting its start on Earth, Martian clay may have contained a key component for one of life's molecular building blocks, researchers say. Boron found in a Martian meteorite suggests that the Red Planet may once have had the right chemistry to give rise to RNA, according to a new study.
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| Despite ESPN's Move, It's Not Game Over for 3D TVs | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 3:55 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| On Wednesday, ESPN announced it was pulling the plug on its 3D channel after three years — a move that follows AT&T's exit from the market. After being touted as the "next big thing" in 2010, 3D TVs appear to be going the way of the Flip camera. That's not remotely the case, however. Sales of 3D TVs are thriving. The reason you don't hear as much about 3D is because it has become just one of several high-end features, not a draw in itself.
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| 8 Neighbors You Should Try to Avoid | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 3:24 PM | Molly Horan |
| There are a lot of things you have to take into consideration when looking for a new apartment, from rent to room size. Who you'll be residing near, however, can be even more important than whether or not the space gets enough natural light. Remember that no matter the coziness level of the breakfast nook, it'll be hard to eat your toast if the guy next door likes to practice chainsaw juggling in the morning (when he's fresh).
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| Feedly No Longer Dependent on Google Reader | | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 3:11 PM | AppAdvice |
| Feedly launched its own cloud-based backend service and is no longer dependent on Google Reader, which will be shuttered by the end of the month.
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