| Yahoo Responds to Controversy Over Work-at-Home Ban | | After widespread criticism of Yahoo's decision to ban employees from working at home, the company has addressed the controversy in a vague statement. "This isn't a broad industry view on working from home," it said.
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| The Madness of Guns and the Digital Cure | | We often think technology is a silver bullet — it solves problems. Bored on the bus? Done. Need help to quit smoking? Done, too. How about medical breakthroughs? One size fits all. But what about mass shootings? The tragedy in Newton, Conn., the latest in a string of incidents, highlights the complexities of the problem.
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| Armband Lets You Wirelessly Control Devices, 'Unleash Your Inner Jedi' | | It's like harnessing the Force: A new armband uses the electrical activity in your muscles to let you wirelessly control digital devices. Called the Myo, the armband was developed by Canadian startup, Thalmic Labs. Sensing the wearer's muscle movements and motions, it detects changes in hand gesture "right down to each individual finger," as well as "subtle movements in all directions," according to the company.
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| Pearson Launches EdTech Incubator for Startups | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:57 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Publishing giant Pearson launched an incubator program for edtech startups, following in the footsteps of other educational companies like Kaplan. Pearson Catalyst, the new program, will match educational startups with Pearson brands and resources. The company's vast amount of content will be available to participants who can further develop their products to target and personalize online learning.
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| Tour Google's Swanky New Headquarters | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 8:48 PM | Emily Price |
| Google is building a new headquarters. Located near its current HQ, the 1.1 million square foot “Bay View” complex is being built in Mountain View, Calif., and it's like nothing you’ve ever seen before. A watercolor drawing created by the architects at nbbj shows off Google’s plans for the building, which include a place to jog, bike, and ride scooters — all on the roof.
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| Real 'Argo' Hostage Responds to Big Oscars Win on Facebook | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 8:08 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Two days after the political thriller Argo snagged best picture honors at the Oscars, one of the hostages whose experience inspired the film felt the urge to react to the big win on Facebook. "The substance of what I wrote really just came to me this morning," Mark Lijek (played by Christopher Denham in Argo) told Mashable.
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| Father Recreates Classic Paintings With Daughter's Portraits | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:42 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Everyone thinks pictures of their kids are the most beautiful things in the world and, if it were possible, would hang them in museums for public viewing (instead, they just subject us to Facebook viewings). But photographer, and father, Bill Gekas can actually make the claim that the pictures of his child are true masterpieces. Modeled after classic European paintings, Gekas' series of portraits of his daughter are stunning.
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| See the Amazing Connections Between All TED Talks | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:16 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Like watching TED talks? You're not alone. Every month the intriguing series of 15-minutes-or-less talks from experts get another 60 million views. Since 2006, when the nonprofit-owned TED organization started putting its talks online, they've garnered a grand total of 1.1 billion views. That's not just a great educational resource; it's a tremendous data set for researchers.
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| 12 Standing Ovation-Worthy 'Five Word TED Talks' on Twitter | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:41 PM | Annie Colbert |
| TED comes back this week to inspire, delight and make people clap at Power Point slides. Twitter celebrated the return of inspiration seekers' favorite conference with a 2013 version of the hashtag "Five Word TED Talks." Why bother listening to an entire TED talk when you can get the basic gist in a couple seconds? Answer: Don't bother. SEE ALSO: Why We Can't Get Enough TED Talks Peruse 12 of our favorite #FiveWordTEDTalks below.
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| 9 Apps Built by Self-Taught Coders | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:20 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| You can access plenty of service online when learning to code: Codecademy, Skillshare, Treehouse, Code School, Learn Code The Hard Way, Udemy, General Assembly, Udacity and the list goes on. Some charge per class or by monthly membership, while others are free or accept donations. But still, learning anything outside traditional education requires personal initiative.
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| New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in 90 Seconds | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:57 PM | NowThisNews |
| Chuck Hagel is confirmed as America's new Secretary of Defense, but the road leading here was long. Here it is in 90 seconds. SEE ALSO: Obama Defense Nominee Chuck Hagel Targeted by Smear Website Homepage image courtesy NowThisNews.
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| Huawei Unveils Global Ad Campaign | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:53 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Huawei, which was recently deemed the world's number three cell phone maker, by volume, is attempting to raise its profile with a global branding campaign themed, "Make It Possible." The ad above is the first in the campaign, which does not feature any of the company's phones or devices. Instead, the ad might be mistaken for a series of self-help affirmations.
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| Bono: Extreme Poverty Set to Vanish by 2028 | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:18 PM | Chris Taylor |
| U2 frontman and global anti-poverty activist Bono says that "extreme poverty" — that is, the number of people around the world living on less than $1.25 a day, counting inflation — is "on a trend line to vanish" by 2028. "This isn't Pollyanna-ish rockstar nonsense, it's real," Bono told a small gathering of press at TED 2013 in Long Beach.
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| Kenyan Boy's Invention Scares Off Lions | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:08 PM | Discovery News |
| Thirteen-year-old Kenyan Richard Turere faced a serious problem: Hungry lions were attacking his family’s precious herd of cattle. So the enterprising boy came up with an ingenious, low-tech solution to keep them away. SEE ALSO: Lions Captured in the Wild by ‘BeetleCams’ Lions are a constant threat to farmers around Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Cattle were their preferred late-night snack.
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| Outbox Makes Your Snail Mail Digital | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:57 PM | Emily Price |
| Many of us check our email constantly, but when it comes to snail mail, our inbox gets a little neglected. A company called Outbox is looking to change that, turning the traditional mail you receive in your mailbox into a digital format you can read anywhere. Here’s how it works: Once you sign up for Outbox, the company will visit your mailbox three times a week and collect your mail on your behalf.
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| Do You Value Working From Home? | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:56 PM | Alex Hazlett |
| Are flexible work arrangements a discretionary perk or the backbone of a modern company? How should productivity be measured? And how should it be balanced against less tangible priorities such as innovation and collaboration? These are just some of the issues bubbling to the surface in the wake of news that struggling media company Yahoo is eliminating its work-from-home policy.
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| Ads Worth Spreading: TED Announces Winners of 2013 Marketing Challenge | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:42 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| TED, the non-profit organization known for showcasing "ideas worth spreading" through its set of global conferences, announced the winners of its annual Ads Worth Spreading challenge Tuesday. The challenge highlights 10 advertisements that go beyond creativity by establishing meaningful connections with their audiences.
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| 5 Ways the Samsung Galaxy S IV Can Beat the iPhone | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:06 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Samsung will announce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, next month on March 14. We know this because the company said so — an act simultaneously like and unlike the approach by its chief mobile rival, Apple.
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| Sequester Will Cut Billions From Research and Development Investment | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:00 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Federally-funded research and development could lose hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade if Congress fails to strike a deal avoiding the deep spending cuts scheduled to hit Friday as part of the budget sequester, according to a study. The sequester deal calls for $1.2 trillion in federal cost cutting from 2013 - 2021.
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| Report: Facebook Eyes Your Updates for Gifting Opportunities | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:44 PM | Emily Price |
| Facebook is reportedly experimenting with a new way to determine if your friends need a gift: analyzing their status messages. Facebook Gifts is built off of a service called Karma, which it acquired last year. Karma had a built-in language processor that would read through your friends' status updates and suggest you send a gift when it detected your friend had something to celebrate or needed a pick-me-up.
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| Oscars Take Gold Among Most Social TV Shows of the Week | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:33 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| The 2013 Oscars saw an uptick of almost 200% on social media over last year, propelling the ceremony to the top of the weekly social charts with room to spare. Viewers took to social media in droves, registering more than 14 million comments — 13 million alone on the day of the awards show.
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| Look-Alikes David Bowie and Tilda Swinton Star in Steamy Music Video | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:27 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Scottish actress Tilda Swinton's unique appearance has been compared to David Bowie's look. A Tumblr blog even exists to showcase their uncanny resemblance. Now they star — oddly, as a married couple — in Bowie's risqué video for "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)." The lovers leave a grocery store and soon notice they're being stalked by a celebrity couple, played by Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brauw.
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