| Rise Alarm Clock App Makes Waking Up Pleasant | | This beautifully designed iPhone alarm clock app will change your mornings. The minimalist Rise Alarm Clock [iTunes link] for iPhone by Simple Bots is a refreshing way to wake up. The unique alarm clock is intelligently intuitive. Fresh out of slumber, you won't have to rummage around for the right button to shut off the harsh tones. A simple swipe and pull will turn off the alarm.
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| New Species of Spider Named After President Obama | | Friday, December 21, 2012 11:32 PM | Pete Pachal |
| President Obama has already made history, but he now has another outlet where his name will be remembered for decades to come: arachnology textbooks. Barack Obama now officially has a species of spider named after him.
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| $140,000 Kickstarter Project Learns: Don't Mess With Apple | | Friday, December 21, 2012 10:08 PM | Mashable Video |
| How would you like a portable battery that could charge any kind of phone -- including the latest iPhones -- without any kind of adapter. That was the whole thrust of Pop, a rechargeable battery that would have built-in cables for almost every kind of port, the Lightning connector included. If it sounds too good to be true, that's because it was.
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| NASA Captures Solstice Solar Portrait | | Friday, December 21, 2012 9:13 PM | Discovery News |
| At 11:12 UT (6:12 a.m. EST), the world didn't end (as far as I can tell), but it was a significant time none-the-less. That was the exact minute of the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (or the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere) -- when the daylight hours are shortest and the sun reaches its most southern position in the sky at noon.
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| 2012's Biggest Winners and Losers | | Friday, December 21, 2012 8:24 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| It’s been the most manic of years, with extreme highs and heart-breaking lows. Ultimately, we all have our good times and our bad. With that in mind, I hope we can cheer 2012’s winners and empathize with the year’s losers.
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| Facebook Poke App Is Frustrating as Hell | | Friday, December 21, 2012 7:53 PM | Pete Pachal |
| I was never a big poker on Facebook. When I joined the social network in 2007, giving someone a "poke" was still pretty common. It was a connection that stopped short of an actual friend request, a way to test the waters of a reconnection with, say, an ex. The new app, Facebook Poke (as it's listed in the App Store), doesn't have much in common with poking of old.
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| Google XPhone: Long on Mystery, Short on Details | | Friday, December 21, 2012 7:20 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Google's newly-acquired Motorola division is working on a next-generation iPhone competitor known internally as the XPhone, according to one report. But details are scant when it comes to what the device is, and what exactly makes it next generation. The report, in the Wall Street Journal, suggests the previously undisclosed device is due for launch "sometime next year" and has already gone through a number of iterations.
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| Maximize Your Safety with AfterShokz Sport Headphones | | Friday, December 21, 2012 7:06 PM | Kate Freeman |
| If you find yourself taking your headphones on-and-off constantly when you need to chat with someone, a new pair lets you listen to the sounds around you while also having a jam session. AfterShokz recently released its second generation headphones that uses an "open ear design" in which sound is transferred by way of bone conduction. The AfterShokz Sportz M2 don't go into your ear, or cover your ear.
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| This Year in Twitter: 9 Important Milestones | | Friday, December 21, 2012 6:30 PM | Jennifer Shore |
| With tweets flying through cyberspace every second of the day, we're writing history with the touch of our fingertips. In 2012, Users documented events, political battles and heart-wrenching moments throughout the past year, and Twitter itself made history on a few occasions. Here's a look back at the nine biggest Twitter milestones of 2012.
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| Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Hamlet Book Breaks Kickstarter Record | | Friday, December 21, 2012 6:06 PM | PSFK |
| Webcartoonist Ryan North's Kickstarter campaign has broken the all-time record for being the most funded publishing project ever. His reinvention of Shakespeare's classic, Hamlet -- To Be Or Not To Be: That Is the Adventure -- is a choose-your-own-adventure style story. The illustrated book is described as "80,000 words of comedy and mayhem," with jokes, swordfights and ghosts.
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| Scientists Explain Why Rudolph's Nose Is Red | | Friday, December 21, 2012 5:37 PM | Eric Larson |
| Scientists in the Netherlands published a report about just why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's nose is, in fact, red. Results may surprise.
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| The Trash We've Left on the Moon | | Friday, December 21, 2012 5:12 PM | The Atlantic |
| The image above shows the remains of the Apollo 17 site in the moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley -- an image, released in 2011, sharp enough to show the tracks of the astronauts and their lunar rover in unprecedented detail. At top left you can see the mission's ALSEP, or its package of scientific instruments.
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| Why xkcd Is Wrong About Instagram | | Friday, December 21, 2012 4:48 PM | Chris Taylor |
| First, let me state for the record: There will always be a special place in my heart for xkcd. Randall Munroe's webcomic has been a reliable source of amusement and enlightenment since it began in 2005. That former NASA robot programmer and his stick-figure 'toons have choked me up, made my jaw drop, and soothed my fears with science. But sometimes, just sometimes, Munroe gets things profoundly wrong.
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| Is This Jet Pack the Future of Flying? | | Friday, December 21, 2012 3:40 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Who doesn't want to zip around with a jet pack, Iron Man-style? A new Kickstarter project is trying to make personal flying more of a reality. Called the Jet Vest, the personal flying belt uses micro-jet turbines instead of the traditional hydrogen peroxide rocket engines to propel users into the air for about four minutes of flight.
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| Facebook Introduces Snapchat Competitor, Poke | | Friday, December 21, 2012 3:32 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook on Friday announced its rumored Snapchat competitor, which it is calling Poke. Like Snapchat's app, Poke (named after the famous, much-derided Facebook feature), lets you send a message, photo or video to Facebook friends. The messages expire after 1, 3, 5 or 10 seconds, though. The utility of such an app has prompted some debate.
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| 83 of 2012's Best Viral Videos Crammed Into 4 Minutes | | Friday, December 21, 2012 3:20 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Hey, this year's over, and it's been crazy, but here's a wrap up. So watch it maybe. Anyone with an Internet connection busted moves to "Gangnam Style" or cringed at a half-naked dude's icy pool flop. The seemingly endless flow of viral videos clocked up billions of YouTube views in 2012. You probably watched so many, they're all jumbled up in your head anyway, which puts you in perfect mindset to watch the clip above.
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| The Official Mashable Community's Holiday Wish List | | Friday, December 21, 2012 2:44 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| The wish list is synonymous with the holiday season. It's the one time of year where we can selfishly list all the gadgets and devices we've been drooling over, in the hopes that we get to unwrap them when the time comes.
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| Seinfeld Plays Ball in 'Who's on First?' Remake | | Friday, December 21, 2012 2:33 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's iconic "Who's on First?" comedy routine from the 1930s just got a refresh from a few of today's funnymen.
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| 10 Hot PC Game Bargains for the Holidays | | Friday, December 21, 2012 2:17 PM | Matt Silverman |
| 'Tis the season for deep discounts on the great PC games you've been dying to play all year. Cloud delivery platforms like Steam and GOG are a treasure trove of bargains on classics and top sellers. Grab them for yourself, or gift them to friends for the holidays. SEE ALSO: 50 Winning Holiday Gifts for Gamers But be quick! Most of these deals end in early January -- some even expire within the next day.
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| 10 Adorable YouTube Videos of Baby's First Christmas | | Friday, December 21, 2012 2:04 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| Fah la la la d'awwwww. 'Tis the season for adorable videos. "Baby's First Christmas" is a landmark event in every parent's life, and we've put together some of the cutest videos on YouTube, which show little kids getting their first taste of holiday cheer.
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| 10 Terrific Gifts for the Apple Fan in Your Life | | Friday, December 21, 2012 1:46 PM | Andrea Smith |
| Picking the perfect holiday gift can be difficult, especially if you're not quite sure what the recipient likes. Luckily, if someone on your list is an Apple fanboy or girl, you can be sure anything related to their precious iDevices will surely be a hit. Whether they already have an iPad, a new iPhone or anything Apple related, rest assured, they will always want more.
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| Report: Apple Maps Most Popular iPhone App in 2012 | | Friday, December 21, 2012 1:23 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| iPhone owners may not have loved Apple's Maps, but they used that app more than any other on the platform in 2012, according to Nielsen. Maps was used by an average of 32.4 million iPhone owners a month, besting Facebook, which ranked second with 28.6 million users. Here's the full list: Apple's Maps was a pr disaster for Apple. After users complained, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an apology.
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| Spin Magazine Halts Print Publication | | Friday, December 21, 2012 1:13 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Spin became the latest magazine to pull out of print, halting production after 27 years. The publication, which is owned by Buzzmedia, broke the news to subscribers on Friday: "Spin has halted publication of our print edition to invest more deeply in our digital properties, including Spin.com, Spin Play for iPad, and Spin mobile," the company wrote on its site.
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| NRA's Call for Armed Guards in Every School Prompts Immediate Backlash | | Friday, December 21, 2012 1:13 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The National Rifle Association called for armed guards in every school as a reaction to last week's massacre in Newtown, Conn., prompting an immediate backlash from social media users on Friday. During and after the press conference where the plan was unveiled, NRA-related hashtags dominated Twitter trends across the United States.
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| Soul Singer's Blues Receive New Life on Kickstarter | | Friday, December 21, 2012 12:55 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Lester Chambers of the 1960s soul group The Chambers Brothers has been waiting a very long time for his time to come. The 72-year-old blues singer has shared the stage with legends like B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash -- just to name a few. The artist shared a photo in March that revealed his troubling experience with the music industry. "The music giants I recorded with only paid me for seven of my albums.
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| Startup Wants You to Dare Friends to Look Foolish for Charity | | Friday, December 21, 2012 12:19 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Would you take a shower in a public fountain? What if your friends would donate $50 if you did it? A just-hatched startup called Moolta wants you to challenge your friends to do wildly crazy things, record their antics and post them to their platform. What's in it for the dare accepters? The dare is a fundraiser -- in most cases for charity.
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