| Watch This Touchscreen Transform Into a Physical Keyboard | | For tablet- and smartphone-owners who love their touchscreens but occasionally yearn for the tactile feel of a physical keyboard, Fremont, Calif.-based company Tactus has unveiled new technology that unites both features on gadget. It has developed a tactile user interface for touchscreen devices: transparent physical buttons that emerge from a tablet or smartphone's surface on demand.
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| Whale-Shaped iPhone Case Is Surprisingly Functional | | When it comes to developing a functional iPhone case, whales don't typically come to mind. With their wide bodies and protruding fins, it makes more sense for the ocean-dwelling mammal stay under water than in your hand. But that didn't stop designer Seyook Lee from creating the iWhale, a case that "mimics the silhouette of a whale coming to the water's surface to breathe," according to Yanko Design.
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| Why You Can't Cry in Space | | Feustel and fellow astronaut Mike Fincke had just finished running power cables from the U.S. side of the International Space Station to the Russian, and — at the EVA's five-hour mark — some anti-fogging solution from the inside of Feustel's helmet had begun to flake. One of those flakes, swirling in the modified snow globe that is a spacesuit helmet, ended up in precisely the place you wouldn't want it to.
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| RIM Adds 15,000 BlackBerry 10 Apps in a Weekend | | One of the biggest struggles RIM will likely have with the release of BlackBerry 10 is on the app front. In preparation for the operating system's debut, the company held a Port-A-Thon this past weekend. The 36-hour event let developers port over their existing apps to the BlackBerry 10 platform, and earn cash -– and developer devices -– in the process. Starting at 12 p.m.
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| Internet Is First Stop for Many Ill People, Study Finds | | When you're sick or have a health concern, is the Internet the first place you turn to for information? A new study shows the web is just a starting place for finding health information — most people still see a doctor for serious concerns. In a Pew study released today, 35% of U.S. adults say they've used the Internet to diagnose themselves or someone else.
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| Spreecast Is Betting on the Rise of Online Live Video | | Monday, January 14, 2013 10:59 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Spreecast One-Liner Pitch: A live online video platform that lets entertainers interact with fans. Why It's Taking Off: Spreecast boasts a stronger feature set than similar apps and it serves the unique needs of the entertainment industry.
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| Want $20,000 in Student Debt Relief? Craft a Very Creative Tweet | | Monday, January 14, 2013 8:27 PM | Zoe Fox |
| The average graduate of a four-year university leaves school with $26,600 in student debt, according to the Project on Student Debt. In an effort to fight the growing debt trend, MassMutual launched "Down With Debt" on Monday, a Facebook campaign that will relieve one lucky young adult of some loan burden — while teaching all fans some important financial planning tips.
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| How an Ad Agency Used a 'LinkedIn Bomb' to Land a New Client | | Monday, January 14, 2013 8:01 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| As everyone who watches Mad Men knows, the ad business is tough. Winning over new clients is particularly challenging. But a Lexington, Ky., ad agency used a tool that didn't exist in Don Draper's day — LinkedIn — to grab the attention of a potential client in a way that would have made Draper smile, or at least smirk.
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| Listen to Music in Bed Without Disturbing Your Partner | | Monday, January 14, 2013 7:09 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Soundscapes, anyone? Some of us need soothing music to fall asleep, but our partners don't always find the sound of waves crashing over and over as soothing as we do. For people who sleep in the same bed as a significant other, or perhaps have paper-thin walls and roommates, a new product announced at International CES 2013 will help you get some shut-eye without disturbing others.
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| Netflix Snags Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Shows | | Monday, January 14, 2013 6:55 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Netflix has inked deals with Turner Broadcasting and Warner Bros to bring past seasons of Carton Network and Adult Swim shows to Netflix starting March 30.
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| Hey Twitter, Time to Solve Your First Ever TV Murder | | Monday, January 14, 2013 6:48 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Call it "Tweet Your Own Adventure." The CBS procedural Hawaii 5-0 is set to make history Monday night — becoming the first TV show to have its ending determined by Twitter. In fact, it will be both the first and second show to try this trick. The plot revolves around the murder of a teacher at O'ahu State University, for which there are three suspects — his boss, his assistant and a disgruntled student.
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| DARPA Eyes Pop-Up Deep Sea Sensors | | Monday, January 14, 2013 6:23 PM | Nextgov |
| In a proposal almost as fanciful as the fictional 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency kicked off a research project last Friday to develop sensor systems that could be placed miles below the surface of the ocean and activated when needed by a remote command.
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| Hacker Olympics Draws Top Students to Silicon Valley | | Monday, January 14, 2013 6:00 PM | Fran Berkman |
| Imagine a place where computer nerds are revered like jocks and rockstars. That was San Francisco this past weekend. A carefully selected group of 100 college students flocked to the Bay Area to powwow with veterans of the famed tech startup scene.
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| Another Sign Microsoft Surface Is Struggling | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:47 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The Surface was supposed to be Microsoft's real answer to the iPad — a Windows-based tablet that would satisfy both casual users and digital workers. Now it looks like it's appealing to neither. UBS analyst Brent Thill estimates Microsoft has sold only 1 million Surface RT tablets, reported by Business Insider. He had previously estimated 2 million.
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| Listen to the Most Epic Musical Comebacks of All Time | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:42 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| "Weekend Update" veterans Tina Fey and Amy Poehler anchored a show together over the weekend. No one can stop talking about the new albums forthcoming from Destiny's Child and Justin Timberlake. But, no, we haven't gone back in time to 2005. It just happened to be a very busy week for artists looking to make a comeback. We premiered last week "Nuclear," the first single from Destiny's Child in seven years.
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| Thousands Go Bare in Worldwide No Pants Subway Ride | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:37 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Commuters in subway stations around the globe were turned into peeping Toms on Sunday, as many unwittingly faced their fellow travelers' underclothes. Straphangers got an eyeful during the 12th annual No Pants Subway Ride, a prank started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere.
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| RIM Stock Jumps 10% on BlackBerry 10 Hype | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:32 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Investors may have soured a bit on Apple, but they're starting to love Research In Motion. While Apple's stock struggled to stay above the $500 mark Monday, RIM's stock jumped more than 10%, briefly passing $15 a share for the first time since February of last year before ending the day at $14.95.
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| Arianna Huffington Doesn't Want You to Answer Her Emails On Weekends | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:12 PM | Andrea Smith |
| Amidst all the stress and running around from meeting to event and back to meeting again, there was one conversation I had during last week's International CES that was particularly calm and somewhat stress free. It was one with Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Media Group. She told me she doesn't expect anyone to answer her emails at night or over the weekend.
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| 20 TV Shows With the Most Social Buzz This Week | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:04 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| The people have spoken. In a week of two big-name awards shows, the People's Choice Awards took home the title of biggest social star. The Jan. 9 CBS broadcast spurred 6.3 million comments on social media, beating out the Golden Globes.
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| Diane Von Furstenberg Donates Eye Care for Pinterest Repins | | Monday, January 14, 2013 5:00 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Diane von Furstenberg and VSP, the largest non-profit vision benefits company, are working together to give free eye care using a Pinterest campaign. VSP will donate up to 1,000 certificates for eye exams and glasses — one per repin from its #PinToGiveAndGet board — to youth in need through the New York City Mission Society, a charity chosen by DVF. Each giveaway is valued at $385, which will total up to a $385,000 donation.
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| NRA Releases iPhone Shooter Game One Month After Sandy Hook | | Monday, January 14, 2013 4:36 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The National Rifle Association released on Monday a first-person shooter for the iPhone and iPad — one month to the day after a tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., left 26 dead. The game, "NRA: Practice Range," has two modes.
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| Dunder Mifflin Crowdsources Super Bowl Ad | | Monday, January 14, 2013 3:55 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Dunder Mifflin — yes, it's a real brand — is crowdsourcing its first Super Bowl ad, which will run in just one market: Scranton, Pa. In an example of reverse product placement, NBC Universal teamed up with Staples unit Quill in 2011 to create a Dunder Mifflin line of paper products. Until then, the company was a fictional entity that existed only on the U.S.
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| Study: Maltreated Girls More Likely to Engage in Risky Online Behavior | | Monday, January 14, 2013 3:46 PM | Kate Freeman |
| A note to parents: parental control software doesn't protect your daughters from engaging in risky online behavior as much as "quality parenting," and monitoring her online activities yourself. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati released a report on Monday in Pediatrics about the online behaviors of teenage girls and factors that increased their risk of engaging in potentially dangerous, or at least inappropriate behavior.
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