| Google Drive Now Has File Previews | | Google has added file previews to Google Drive, a nifty feature which will help users quickly find the document they want. Previews will show up automatically when you open photos, videos or PDF files. For Google documents, you can also get the preview by right-clicking on the file name and selecting "preview". The preview window offers a fair share of options as well.
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| Why No One Wants to Pay for YouTube Channels | | Unless you’ve been living with that Russian family cut off from human contact since before World War II, you may have noticed that pretty much every video worth a watch on YouTube has an ad in front of it. This, of course, is not an accident. This is a carefully built and highly profitable scheme created by the good people of Google, and one that's been netting top YouTubers annual salaries of well over a hundred grand per year.
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| Samsung's TV Discovery Service Learns Your Viewing Preferences | | Samsung is set to unveil TV Discovery, a service that aims to personalize users' viewing experience, at the Mobile World Congress, the company announced Thursday. The service, which can be used on Samsung's mobile devices and smart TVs, searches for programming from various sources, including traditional live television, video-on-demand or online sites such as YouTube, according to a release.
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| World's First Live-Tweeted C-Section Is a Success [GRAPHIC CONTENT] | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:57 PM | Sam Laird |
| Houston's Memorial Hermann hospital system live-tweeted a C-section delivery for the first time in world history on Wednesday morning, giving followers an educational — and extremely graphic — look at one way human life begins. The operation on an unnamed 39-year-old mother went well, hospital staff tells us, and both she and the newborn boy are doing well.
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| 'Harlem Shake' Is No. 1 After Billboard Adds YouTube to Chart Formula | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:41 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Billboard has just added YouTube views to its methodology that ranks the top 100 songs in the United States. The change immediately pushed Baauer's 2012 single "Harlem Shake" to the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 on Wednesday. "Harlem Shake" is best known as the music featured in the viral "Harlem Shake" video meme.
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| Here's Why You're Addicted to Porn | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:28 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If you thought your late night X-rated Google searches were fueled by an innate carnal desire, think again. YouTube account ASAP Science is blowing the lid off of the porn industry by explaining why so many people form addictions to virtual arousal. It reports that pornography makes up 25% of all search engine requests, and is the fourth most common reason for going on the Internet.
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| How to Have a Killer Photo-Ready Smile | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:56 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We've been lied to for decades: All this time people have been encouraged to say, "Cheese" in front of the camera, but according to one video, it's the best way to look bad for a photo. YouTube user Pleated Jeans explains how saying the word actually screws up your mouth into an awkward position, making you look odd in photos.
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| Will Twitter's Ad API Prompt a Torrent of Ads? | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:32 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Twitter on Wednesday opened the floodgates to a torrent of new advertising. While that's going to be great for revenues, there's a risk of an oversaturation of ads in the stream. Balancing user experience with monetization needs is a delicate task for any media company, but Twitter is uniquely vulnerable. As Clark Fredricksen, VP at eMarketer, points out, Twitter does not have a right column for direct-response ads the way Facebook does.
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| PlayStation 4 a No-Show | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:52 PM | Chris Taylor |
| If you were hoping to see an actual console after Sony's PlayStation 4 launch event — or even to learn how much it will cost — you're sadly out of luck. The much-hyped two-hour event, watched by hundreds of thousands online, turned out to be long on game demos and short on details about the actual device, which is set to launch sometime in the holiday season.
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| PlayStation 4 Will Arrive Holiday 2013 | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:41 PM | Christina Warren |
| Sony's PlayStation 4 will hit stores in time for the holiday season. The electronics giant unveiled the PS4 at a big press event in New York City on Wednesday, and showed off lots of game footage, but shared very little about the console itself.
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| Mommy Tiger and Her Cubs Are Beyond Precious | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:29 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Looks like the animal kingdom isn't so different from mankind, especially when it comes to motherhood. This BBC Earth footage — shot in the Indian jungle by attaching cameras to elephants (you heard that right) — shows four 10-day-old cubs running around, tumbling off rocks and being typical rowdy children (they look a little like they've had too much to drink).
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| YouTube and Netflix Could Win Emmy Awards | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:13 PM | The Daily Dot |
| With the influx of original programming from online outlets, could Netflix, Amazon and YouTube compete with the big networks for the Emmy?
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| Get Your Caffeine Buzz With a Grumpy Cat Latte | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:08 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It's something everyone can relate to — you're cranky, tired, irritated and nasty before that morning cup of joe, just like Grumpy Cat, here. Except, not really, because she's on the latte — not drinking it. And she's grumpy no matter how much caffeine she gets into her furry body. SEE ALSO: Exclusive: Grumpy Cat Does 'Harlem Shake' But props to Tumblr user Rocket024 who has the amazing ability to meme-ify her drink.
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| 10 Things You Never Knew About Craigslist | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:54 PM | Zoe Fox |
| When you think of Craigslist, you probably imagine the sparsely designed Internet agora of job listings, apartment rentals and just about everything else in between. But what do you really know about the community-driven e-commerce hub? We dug into Craigslist's About page to learn some lesser-known facts.
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| Make Your Own Humanoid Robot With 3D-Printed MAKI | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:42 PM | Camille Bautista |
| 3D printing allows for incomparably quick construction. From gifts and jewelry to prosthetics and houses, the innovation extends opportunities for creation and design. Hello Robo, a robotic platform design group, is looking to make do-it-yourself robots accessible for everyone. The project looks to make personal robots more affordable for anyone with a 3D printer.
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| Meet Mashable's New 85-Year-Old Entertainment Intern: Oscar | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:24 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Mashable has expanded its Entertainment vertical in the thick of awards season with the addition of a talented intern named Oscar. * At age 85, Oscar has a tough time relating to some of the youngins on staff, but his vast experience, including the fact he graduated from a prestigious Academy, impressed us.
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| White House Says It's Cracking Down on Corporate IP Theft | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:03 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Corporate intellectual property thieves, beware: The Obama administration says it has you in its sights. The White House released a report Wednesday detailing its strategy for combating the theft of American trade secrets, which are often the target of hackers who infiltrate American businesses. Several high-profile American companies, including Google and Lockheed Martin, have in the past few years been targeted by hackers.
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| 12 Uncanny iMadeFace Self-Portraits | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:55 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| iMadeFace is one of the hottest new apps, enabling anyone with an iPhone to turn their social avatars into cartoonish versions of their self. Last week, we asked you to submit your best iMadeFace self-portraits. You sent us some amazing submissions, and we loved seeing the creative interpretations of your photos. In a matter of minutes, anyone can use iMadeFace to draw an animated doppleganger.
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| FCC Approves Wireless Signal Boosters, With Caveats | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:37 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Rejoice, oh sufferers of terrible wireless connections: The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the regulated use of signal boosters to extend the range of wireless networks. The Commission's decision, however, comes with several conditions: First, carriers can individually determine whether they will allow their customers to use signal boosters.
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| Learn How to Make a PB&J in Space | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:12 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Looks like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are just as popular in outer space as down on planet Earth. Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who rocketed (I had to go there) to viral stardom with his videos describing life in space, has now begun a series in space cooking. His first foray into zero gravity food prep is a classic — PB&J. Well, kind of.
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| Sony Announces the PlayStation 4 | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:10 PM | Emily Price |
| PlayStation fans, your wait is almost over. Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4 at a press event Wednesday, the next generation of its popular console. Nine years in the making, the PlayStation 3, the current PlayStation in the market, was released seven years ago in November of 2006.
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| Will the Oscar Envelopes Ever Go Digital? Designer Tells All | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:53 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Actor Tom Hanks clutched an iridescent gold envelope onstage at the Academy Awards two years ago and uttered, "These envelopes are works of art in themselves." Those eight words from Hanks, the evening's first presenter, praised the newly revamped winners' envelopes from Marc Friedland, whose design debuted that night.
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| Sea Otter Plays B-Ball Like a Champ | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:39 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Screw the puppy bowl, why hasn't otter-ball become a thing? Meet Eddie the otter, an all-star player cloned from the DNA of Michael Jordan. When staff at the Oregon Zoo discovered that the 16-year-old ball of water-soaked-adorableness had arthritis in his elbows, they started shooting hoops with him.
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