| Google Publishes Detailed Map of North Korea | | With the help of its community of citizen cartographers, Google has launched a detailed map for North Korea in Google Maps. To build a complete map from what Google calls "very limited map data," the company used the data from users who added it using the Google Map Maker over the past few years. Though the new map offers a fascinating insight into the most isolated country in the world, Google readily admits it still needs work.
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| U.S. Military Wants 'Mission Impossible' Self-Destructing Devices | | Self-destructing tapes from the "Mission Impossible" TV series and films served fictional spies well during the Cold War. Today, the U.S. military wants a modern version of vanishing electronics that are able to disappear upon command in the environment or a human body. The U.S.
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| Is This the iPad 5? | | New images have surfaced of what may be our first look at the iPad 5. Obtained by 9to5Mac from a accessories maker in China, the photos show the rear-panel of a 9.7-inch iPad, with a similar look and feel to Apple’s recently released iPad mini. The panel is all black, with an iridescent black apple in its center, and looks to be almost as thin as its pint-sized counterpart.
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| Here's the Best Worst On-Air Reporting in January | | Monday, January 28, 2013 11:40 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Reporting live from Nowheresland: This is a journalist who can't get rid of the giggles. Live television is almost asking for some epic mishaps and bloopers — ask any on-air news anchor or reporter. Just because they call action, doesn't mean everyone is set to go. And the best occasions are when the journalists aren't aware the cameras are rolling and America gets to watch its local TV reporter embarrass themselves into television history.
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| Ask Siri To Buy Your Next Movie Tickets | | Monday, January 28, 2013 11:21 PM | Emily Price |
| Now you can ask Siri to handle picking up tickets to the latest blockbuster. Apple rolled out iOS 6.1 Monday, adding Siri support for Fandango in the process. After the update iOS users can ask their favorite digital assistant to find movie times for them, ultimately launching the Fandango app on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch where they can complete a purchase for tickets.
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| Everything You Wanted to Know About Facebook Groups | | Monday, January 28, 2013 10:38 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Once upon a time, Facebook users joined groups to self-identify; groups lived in your About section, next to your favorite books, movies and quotes. (Anyone remember "Grab Your Balls... We're Playin' Tennis?") But no more. Now, Pages have replaced traditional groups. And today's groups revolve more around communication, sharing and interaction.
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| Facebook Is Down for Some Users | | Monday, January 28, 2013 8:56 PM | Christina Warren |
| If you're having problem logging into Facebook this evening, you're not alone. The site is experiencing outages in parts of the United States. The outage seems to be sporadic. Some Mashable staffers in San Francisco have access while others do not. The same is true in New York City, where some users can login without issue and others are unable to connect. According to DownRightNow.com, Facebook started experiencing issues about 8:00 p.m.
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| Digital Republicans Have Weekly Twitter Chat to Rejuvenate Before 2016 | | Monday, January 28, 2013 8:26 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Online collaboration might be the Republicans' path to victory in 2016, a former member of Mitt Romney's digital staff believes. Accordingly, he has organized a weekly Twitter chat to help Republican digital staffers foster an atmosphere of partnership following Romney's loss.
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| Apple Maps: Come Visit My Butt | | Monday, January 28, 2013 7:52 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Apple CEO Tim Cook has personally acknowledged the numerous problems with the Maps app, launched late last year. He's in the midst of devoting considerable resources to fixing it. He has deputized Apple's Mr. Fix-it, Eddy Cue, to sort out the problem. So we feel a little bad pointing out yet another error in Apple Maps — but this is one we just couldn't resist.
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| MPAA Wants to Use Drones to Shoot Movies | | Monday, January 28, 2013 7:29 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Drones are routinely used to kill terrorists and conduct surveillance operations in the Middle East. But we've already seen that they have countless other applications, like protecting endangered species, transporting medical supplies and even delivering burritos. Soon enough, movie-making could be added to the list.
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| Turn Vine Videos Into GIFs With This Mac App | | Monday, January 28, 2013 6:50 PM | Christina Warren |
| Want to turn your Vine video clips into an animated GIF? A new Mac app makes it a snap. Over the weekend, Twitter engineer Esten Hurtle created VineGifR, a simple Mac app that turns a Vine URL into an animated GIF file. The app — which is still in its early stages — is incredibly easy to use. Just open it up, paste in a Vine URL and select the file name and where you want to save your GIF.
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| App Crash Reporter Crashlytics Joins Twitter | | Monday, January 28, 2013 6:13 PM | Emily Price |
| App crash-reporting service Crashlytics announced Monday that it will be joining the flock at Twitter. Launched a little over a year ago, the company helps developers determine what specific line of code is causing their app to crash so that they can more quickly correct the problem. Twitter is an existing customer of the service, as are a number of other high-profile apps including Waze, TaskRabbit, Yelp, and Kayak.
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| How to Get NFL Fans on Facebook? Just Win, Baby | | Monday, January 28, 2013 6:08 PM | Sam Laird |
| Sweaty, savage, steadfast and often sauced, NFL fans are an interesting bunch indeed. Facebook data yields some fascinating insight on these strange beasts.
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| Star Trek Fan Reshoots Movie Trailer on iPhone | | Monday, January 28, 2013 6:00 PM | Chris Taylor |
| So the two-minute teaser trailer heralding J.J. Abrams' second Star Trek movie, Into Darkness, wasn't enough for you? Is the wait for the movie (which comes out in May) driving you insane? We feel you. And so does Star Trek fan Dustin McLean, who just released a stunning, no-budget, shot-for-shot remake of the trailer.
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| 4 Reasons Your UX Investment Isn’t Paying Off | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:42 PM | UX Magazine |
| We all know the business case for doing user experience (UX) work: Investing upfront in making products easy to use really pays off. It reduces project risk, cost, and time while improving, efficiency, effectiveness, and end user satisfaction. (Don’t know the business case? Read this or this. Or this.) But what if you’re investing in UX and not getting results? There can be many factors behind an under-performing user experience effort.
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| Apple's Rumored Cheaper iPhone Looks Like iPhone 5, iPods Combined | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:39 PM | Anita Li |
| More details about Apple's rumored cheaper iPhone have emerged online, providing a concrete idea of how the smartphone looks. In a nutshell, it will be a cross between the iPhone 5, the latest iPod touch and the iPod classic, according to an unconfirmed report by iLounge. The budget version will have a 4-inch screen like the iPhone 5, a bottom like the fifth-generation iPod touch and a shape similar to the iPod classic.
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| Listen to the Most Surprising Breakout Billboard Hits | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:32 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| Last week, the single "Thrift Shop" by Seattle rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Dominating the U.S. music rankings is a hefty accomplishment on its own, but when you consider that Macklemore and Lewis are not yet signed to a label, their achievement takes on a whole new meaning. This isn't the first time that an artist has topped the charts without the strength of a major label behind him.
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| YouTube: Super Bowl Ads Shown Before the Game Get 600% More Views | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:16 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Is putting your Super Bowl ad on YouTube before the big game a good idea? It is if you want to get more views for your video. According to YouTube's research, ads that ran online before the Super Bowl last year got 9 million views, in average. Those that waited? 1.3 million. The six-fold difference explains why there has been an onrush of 2013 Super Bowl videos on YouTube already.
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| First Names Dropped From We the People Petitions | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:12 PM | Nextgov |
| The White House has abbreviated citizen signatures on its We the People petition website. The signatures, which used to include a signer’s first name and last initial, now just include first and last initials. The signature blocks also include the signer’s location and the date of the signature.
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| Disney's Mystery '1952' Project Gets Renamed 'Tomorrowland' | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:10 PM | Christina Warren |
| Walt Disney Studios announced Monday that its mystery film project, previously known only as 1952, will be titled Tomorrowland when it hits theaters Dec. 19, 2014. Starring George Clooney and featuring a creative team that includes Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol) and Damon Lindelof (Lost, Star Trek), Tomorrowland is one of Disney's most high profile development projects.
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| 36% of Viewers Will Use Second Screen During Super Bowl | | Monday, January 28, 2013 5:07 PM | Andrea Smith |
| If you're one of the lucky ones headed to Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La., for Super Bowl XLVII, we wish you a great trip. For the rest of us who will be watching the big game at home, it turns out we're in good company.
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| NFL Commissioner Hit With Tough Questions in Reddit Q&A | | Monday, January 28, 2013 4:57 PM | Sam Laird |
| Public figures looking to build some Internet credibility via an interview on Reddit may want to reconsider their strategy after reviewing the experience of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Violent off-the-field incidents and increased awareness of the longterm damage caused by a game built on savage collisions has cast a pall over the NFL.
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| Soundrop Brings Social Listening to Facebook | | Monday, January 28, 2013 4:51 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Social music service Soundrop launched its "listening room" app on Facebook on Monday, allowing fans and users to share the audio experience. The Norway-based company lets users create and embed a Soundrop room on Facebook pages, where people can listen to tracks or watch videos while chatting with other fans. Listeners can vote on what song they want to hear next from a preset playlist streamed from YouTube or VEVO.
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| Facebook iPhone App Adds Recording and Sharing Video | | Monday, January 28, 2013 4:47 PM | Emily Price |
| Facebook updated its iOS app Monday, adding the ability to record and share videos from the app as well as the ability to send voice messages. Voice messaging was previously released as an update to the company’s Messenger app.
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| Yahoo Beats Earnings Estimates but Display Ad Revenue Drops 5% | | Monday, January 28, 2013 4:45 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Yahoo had a strong fourth quarter, but its display advertising business is heading in the wrong direction. Yahoo reported earnings per share of .32 on revenue of $1.22 billion for the December quarter, beating Wall Street's estimates of an EPS of .28 on revenue of $1.21 billion. That beat was enough to send Yahoo's stock price up by as much as 5% in after-hours trading.
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| Facebook Wants to Answer Your Privacy Questions | | Monday, January 28, 2013 4:41 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Got a question about Facebook privacy? Erin Egan, Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer of Policy, wants to hear it. Facebook on Monday announced a new feature, "Ask Our CPO," which invites Facebook users to submit questions or comments about Facebook's privacy policy. Egan will answer or otherwise comment upon several of those submissions in a regular feature on Facebook's Facebook and Privacy blog.
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