| Robot Bartender Takes to the Skies | | Always on the lookout for ways to enhance efficiency and reduce costs, airlines now have a new toy: a robot bartender. The Skytender Trolley is not going to be a shiny and convivial robot clanking down the aisle and asking you, "What'll you have?" But it's only a step away from that. Mounted onto the same kind of trolley flight attendants use today, the Skytender works like a soft drink dispenser at a fast-food joint.
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| Behold, the Subtle Greatness of Google Maps for iPhone | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:39 PM | Charlie White |
| We're glad to see Google Maps back on iOS, and so is Sacha Greif, a Kyoto-based designer, coder and entrepreneur who points out the subtle excellence in the new app that rolled out for iOS Wednesday night. He likes its style: Google has carried over its now iconic and clean design from its other apps into this one, and he likes the white/light-gray look of it all.
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| This Robot Is Going to Space to Keep Astronauts Company | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:19 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| A consortium of Japanese companies will send a humanoid robot into space in 2013. Its mission will be none other than to keep astronaut Koichi Wakata company and help him run operations on the International Space Station, sort of like a humanoid HAL 9000. The robot is still under construction, but once built, it will be 13 inches tall and weigh 2.2 pounds.
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| Which Smartphone Is on Your Holiday Wish List? | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:05 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| The smartphone is a mainstay of 21st century life. No matter how old you are, you have probably enviously eyed the latest model of your favorite phone sometime over the past few months. Maybe you were holding out on upgrading your device until the holiday season, hoping that a loved one would purchase a newer, faster, sleeker phone for you.
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| Facebook Builds Stronger Bonds Than Twitter, Study Says | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:19 PM | Joann Pan |
| Here's one simple way to strengthen your real-world ties: Connect with relatives, colleagues and pals on Facebook. The social network's structure naturally promotes stronger friendships, a study led by Indiana University post-doctoral research fellow Emilio Ferrara found. Researchers examined millions of Facebook users and their social relationships.
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| 'Google Now' Could Compete With Fitness-Tracking Apps | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:58 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Without much fanfare, Google updated its Google Now section of the Google Search app with one potentially awesome feature -- the ability to track steps and cycling. A blog post about the app mentions that the update will let you check the weather, access boarding passes, find activities to do and more -- it's basically a nifty travel app. With Google's suite of connected tools, having a fitness tracking app just might make perfect sense.
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| Wearable Wagging Tail Matches Your Mood | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:46 PM | Emily Price |
| If you’ve ever lamented the fact that you don't have a tail, today is your lucky day. A Kickstarter project for a device called Tailly is attempting to create a tail for humans that not only looks like it belong on your favorite pet, it responds like it is as well. Using sensors built into Tailly’s belt, the device reacts to your heart rate and responds accordingly.
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| U.S. Counterterrorism Agency Can See All Your Files | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:15 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| At a secret White House meeting last March, the Department of Homeland Security argued against a sweeping change in rules covering the way the government collects information on American citizens. The DHS lost. That's the gist of a cracker of a story from the Wall Street Journal's Julia Angwin today.
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| Cory Booker Talks Being a Twitter Superhero With Jon Stewart | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 7:47 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is in the business of putting superheros to shame. At least, according to "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart. But few would argue with the hyperbolic statement. The mayor recently went on a "food-stamps diet" to demonstrate solidarity with Americans relying on SNAP benefits, pulled a woman from a burning car and let New Jersey residents affected by Hurricane Sandy live in his home.
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| WordPress.com Enterprise Offers Managed Hosting for Businesses | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 7:16 PM | Christina Warren |
| Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, announced its WordPress.com Enterprise service Thursday as an option for customers who have outgrown the capabilities of WordPress.com's services but don't need the extra features and expense of WordPress VIP. It used to be easy to tell the difference between self-hosted WordPress accounts and WordPress.com.
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| Facebook For iOS Now Supports Uploading Photos to Albums | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:46 PM | Emily Price |
| In addition to updating its Android app, Facebook pushed an update to Facebook for iOS on Thursday. Version 5.3 of the app includes a faster –- now native -- timeline, as well as a faster loading news feed. The most important feature in the update, however, has to do with photos rather than speed. Now when you upload photos to Facebook through your iOS device you can select an album for those photos to go into.
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| Puerto Rican Inmates Tweet About Life in Prison | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:32 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Three inmates in Puerto Rico want you to follow them on Twitter so you won't follow them to prison. The tweeters are part of a pilot program called Follow Me So You Don't Follow Me, or Siguenos para que no nos sigas in Spanish. According to Fox News Latino, the trio shares three daily updates in Spanish, revealing the harshness of life in jail in the southern Puerto Rico town of Guayama.
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| See Your First Screen Name Illustrated on Mashable | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:57 PM | Todd Olmstead |
| There's something great about the first screen name you ever had. For many of us who started using the Internet in the 1990s, logging on wasn't something we imagined would be tied to our professional lives. Things were simpler then; our user IDs for emailing and instant messaging often reflected something more innocent about ourselves. A favorite band or book.
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| Mr. President, Build This Death Star | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:41 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Here's an interesting twist to the fiscal cliff negotiations. A petition calling on the U.S. to build a Death Star has reached 25,000 signatures on the "We the People" White House website a day ahead of its deadline -- meaning the Obama Administration, according to its own rules, must prepare an official response.
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| Can Assange Really Become an Australian Senator? | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:33 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Even when he's locked up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange's ambition doesn't wane. Apparently, he now wants to be a senator. Yesterday, Australian newspaper The Age reported that Assange wants to run in the 2013 Australian federal election and even create a Wikileaks party in his native country.
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| Jelly Bean Is Coming to Verizon's Galaxy S III | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:33 PM | Emily Price |
| If you’re a Verizon Galaxy S III user, then the carrier has the perfect holiday gift for you: the latest version of Android. Galaxy S III smartphones on Verizon will be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Friday. Jelly Bean brings a number of new features to the Galaxy S III including Google Now, Google’s built-in digital assistant resembling Apple’s Siri.
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| Spoiler Alert: November's Viral YouTube Videos Uncovered | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:20 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Prepare for the magic to end -- the Fine Bros. are recounting the top 50 viral video sensations of November and straight-up cutting to the chase. So if you pulled a Rip Van Winkle and fell asleep for the entire month, you don't have to worry about catching up with all the Internet chit-chat. It's right here.
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| What Parents Need to Know About Facebook's New Privacy Controls | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:19 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Facebook changed its privacy settings on Wednesday and it's important to know what the new changes mean for users, especially your digitally-connected children. You might notice that now all your privacy settings are housed under one area called Privacy Shortcuts. But you may not see the changes on your profile yet -- Facebook said it will be rolling this out through the end of this year.
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| 4 Best Practices for Digital Marketers in 2013 | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:10 PM | Jonathan Gardner |
| Jonathan Gardner is director of communications at Vibrant Media, a leading digital ad company. He has spent his career as an innovator at the nexus of media and technology, having worked in communications and as a journalist. Another year, another attempt to predict the future.
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| 10 Simple DIY Gift Ideas on Pinterest | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 5:02 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| Whether you prefer to give from the heart or you're just plain broke, DIY is the way to go for gifting. And Pinterest is chock full of inspiration. SEE ALSO: 10 Foolproof Gifts for Your Office Secret Santa To help you out, we've collected 10 simple craft projects that would please any member of your kooky family. So, fire up the glue gun and shake up the spray paint.
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| Would Susan Rice Have Been the Next Great Social Diplomat? | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:46 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Susan Rice has taken her name out of consideration for secretary of state amid political controversy over September attacks against an American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly -– to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,” wrote Rice in a letter to President Obama obtained Thursday by NBC News.
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| NSFW Christmas Lights Sneakily Reveal Naughty Bits | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:30 PM | Charlie White |
| Warning: Slightly NSFW Hiring someone to install your Christmas lights? Treat that person with a heavy dose of holiday kindness, or you might be in for a big surprise. That's what happened to the city of Brighton in the U.K., whose holiday decoration installer got a bit too creative. But if not for this video shot from specific camera angles, the not-so-subtle cheeky humor might have gone unnoticed.
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| Ancient Galaxy May Be Most Distant Ever Seen | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:16 PM | Space.com |
| Astronomers have spotted seven galaxies that existed just a few hundred million years after the universe's birth, including one that may be the oldest found to date. The potential record-holding galaxy, known as UDFj-39546284, likely existed when the universe was just 380 million years old, researchers said, and may be the farthest galaxy ever seen.
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| Apple Names Its Best iPhone and iPad Apps of 2012 | | Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:03 PM | Christina Warren |
| Apple released its App Store Best of 2012 selections Thursday -- and there are a few surprises. Each year, Apple release a list of its best apps for iPhone and iPad in a variety of categories. Last year, Instagram received iPhone app of the year, while Snapseed got the best iPad app. A year later, Instagram is part of Facebook and Snapseed has been snapped up by Google.
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