| 'World's Fastest Ship' Is Powered by Modified Jet Engines | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 11:55 PM | Anita Li |
| Australian shipyard Incat claims to have built the world's fastest ship, the Francisco, which can travel up to 58 knots or 67 miles per hour. Described as a "high-speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry," the ship is powered by two modified jet engines driving a pair of water jets. "This is certainly the fastest ship in the world," Kim Clifford, Incat managing director, said in a statement.
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| Flipboard Update Adds Support For Instagram’s New Video Feature | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:27 PM | AppAdvice |
| A couple of days ago, Flipboard received an update that brought a couple of minor improvements along with the usual bug fixes and performance optimizations. As it turned out, though, that same update also brought a notable change involving Instagram‘s recently launched video feature. As noted by The Next Web, Flipboard has been updated with support for videos shared from Instagram.
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| What Would 'Grand Theft Auto' Look Like in Real Life? | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:00 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Disclaimer: The YouTube video, above, features actors depicting graphic violence. Viewer discretion is advised. A new YouTube video portrays what popular video game Grand Theft Auto would look like in real life — and it's startling to see in an everyday setting. In the two-minute video, YouTube user TyVerteLive shows actors recreating scenes from the game's storyline including simulated shootouts and a carjacking.
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| Record-Setting British Electric Race Car Reaches 204 MPH | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 9:32 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| When you think electric car, "fast" might not be the first adjective that comes to your mind. But at 204 mph, Drayson Racing has a electric race car that surpasses the impressive speeds of Nissan's experimental ZEOD electric car, which Mashable covered last weekend. UK-based Drayson's new B12 electric car packs 1,126 horsepower between four engines inside a carbon-fiber-covered structure.
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| Cheap HP Slate 7 Tablet Reaffirms: You Get What You Pay For | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 8:58 PM | Stewart Wolpin |
| You know how you fall off a bicycle or a horse and you're sort of hesitant to remount? It's been nearly two years since HP fell off its tablet bicycle/horse with the wreck that was the HP TouchPad.
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| How Fashion Brands Are Using Vine | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 8:22 PM | Rachel Arthur |
| The fashion industry immediately embraced Vine, Twitter's 6-second video app, after it launched in February. It was no surprise Vine was suddenly so popular: The app was released just two weeks before New York Fashion Week kicked off, a time when behind-the-scenes runway shots were readily available to capture and share in 6-second loops.
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| 25 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 7:45 PM | Taylor Casti |
| It's been another lively week in the digital world. Here at Mashable, we've been so busy preparing for Social Media Day and running through Home Depot that we can't blame you if you've fallen behind on your tech news. So for those of you who have been busy celebrating the fall of DOMA, we've got you covered.
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| DOMA Decision Spurs Celebrations and Other Top Comments | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 7:04 PM | Annie Park |
| Much of the Internet erupted in celebration Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a 5-4 vote. The decision was a historic win for LGBT activists, and came just in time for this weekend's pride parades. Brands such as Facebook, YouTube, Gap and MasterCard showed their support for the decision on social media, and celebrities tweeted their reactions on the ruling.
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| 6 Apps You Don't Want To Miss | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 6:15 PM | Emily Price |
| It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck — Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week we found a new and interesting way for you to wake up in the morning, and a new way to plan your day once you've made your way out of bed.
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| Vine Withers as New Instagram Video Shares Take Lead on Twitter | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 5:11 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| It has been only about 10 days since video on Instagram debuted, and Twitter-owned competitor Vine is already losing ground. Marketing Land used analytics tool Topsy to compare Instagram versus Vine link shares on Twitter. It found that Vine shares on Twitter dropped almost 40 percent between June 19 and June 20 — the day Instagram video launched. In the week that followed, the Topsy data shows Vine shares on Twitter continued to fall.
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| Hockey Used to Be Even More Dangerous | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 4:52 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| The fact that the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup earlier this week in an epic comeback reminds us: Hockey is the only sport with large, angled sticks, and blades on shoes — and oh yeah, fighting is actually part of the game. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Josh Mecouch of Formal Sweatpants illustrates a fun fact — the NHL didn't require helmets until 1979.
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| Top 10 Tech This Week | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 4:05 PM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| Summer's here and the tech is hot. If you're looking for all the latest and most important developments in the techno-world, you came to the right place: Top 10 Tech has you covered. Google made two announcements this week, both related to Street View. iPhone users can rejoice because Street View has finally come to iOS. Google is also inviting people to be part of the project as Street View Trekkers.
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| The Rise Of E-Smoke | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 3:50 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Puff, puff, pass the e-cigarette. To the tune of about $2 billion in retails sales this year. That's a lot of smokeless vapor for an industry that only a few years ago looked like a fad. Now with substantial consumer adoption and brands and techies on the bandwagon, e-smoke might be the next big thing to blow. Napster cofounder Sean Parker is part of a group that invested $75 million in NJOY, an electronic cigarette manufacturer.
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| You Really Should Follow the Interior Department on Instagram | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 3:05 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Government is not known for its excellence in using social media — but the Interior Department, which oversees the country's federal parks, has totally figured out Instagram. Just look at some of these gorgeous recent shots: SEE ALSO: 6 Reasons Instagram Video Beats Vine The Interior Department has been on Instagram for almost exactly a year, Director of Digital Strategy Tim Fullerton told Mashable.
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| Missouri Officially Recognizes June 30 as Social Media Day | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 2:34 PM | Danielle Odiamar |
| Missouri has officially declared June 30 as Social Media Day. Though many cities in the U.S. have officially recognized the international celebration, Missouri is one of the first states to issue such a proclamation. Event organizer Gus Wagner submitted the proclamation request online to Governor Jay Nixon's office and after a few follow-up calls, the request was accepted in just two weeks.
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| Happy 6th Birthday, iPhone! | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 2:07 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| It was exactly six years ago to the day when Apple's iPhone made its debut in the U.S. market. More than 356 million iPhone sales later, this smartphone has become a worldwide tech staple, a recognizable cultural icon and a product that's transformed the Cupertino company's business. Online statistics portal Statista chronicled the iPhone's six-year journey in the infographic below.
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| 11 Coolest Places to Take Your GoPro | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:12 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| If you own a GoPro camera, you probably possess at least a little bit of an adventurer's spirit. But where are the best and most thrilling places to record your experiences and share them with the world? We've rounded up 11 videos that show some the coolest views through GoPro — at the top of a ski slope, underwater with marine life, in the front seat of a roller coaster and more.
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| The Philosophy of Netflix: Its Chief Content Officer Champions Storytelling | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:07 PM | The Atlantic |
| As the chief content officer at Netflix, Ted Sarandos decides what's available to the subscribers who pay $8.99 per month to stream content — and in so doing, shapes the competitive environment for his counterparts at places as diverse as NBC, HBO, and YouTube.
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| Facebook Addiction Runs in the Family | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:04 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Who is spending more time on Facebook? It may be easier to blame the younger generation, but we all know our parents are just as addicted to commenting on every status that passes through their feeds. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies explores how a teacher's requests for students' full attention in class may fall on deaf ears.
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| How One Woman Entrepreneur Is Breaking Pakistan's 'Cement Ceiling' | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:47 AM | Jess Fee |
| In 1984, Nora Frenkiel coined the term glass ceiling: "Women have reached a certain point — I call it the glass ceiling. They're in the top of middle management and they're stopping and getting stuck." "The glass ceiling is the ability to visualize getting to the top but not reaching there. In Pakistan for female entrepreneurs, you can neither see what it looks like nor aspire to be something you cannot imagine," Maria Umar says.
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| 15 Saturday Morning Cartoon GIFs | | Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:06 AM | Molly Horan |
| Whether you were watching One Saturday Morning or Kid's WB, Saturday morning cartoons were a childhood staple. They marked the beginning of a two-day reprieve from school, when it was too early to worry about homework or even your afternoon play date.
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