| Will Mickey Mouse's 'Croissant de Triomphe' Give Disney Another Viral Hit? | | After scoring an Oscar and viral hit with its animated film, Paperman, Disney has debuted another short — this time starring Mickey Mouse. Entitled Croissant de Triomphe — a play on Paris' famed monument, the Arc de Triomphe — it follows hero Mickey as he speeds through the City of Light, battling heavy traffic and other obstacles, to deliver croissants to Minnie's cafe.
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| Man Makes Music By Electrocuting Vegetables | | In his latest video, Brooklyn-based artist j. viewz performs an electronic version of Massive Attack’s “Teardrop” using only vegetables. Well, not just vegetables, actually; with some grapes, kiwis, and strawberries thrown in, this band is 50% fruity. Regardless, his performance is captivating – certainly not your average vegetable medley.
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| Hotmail and Outlook Experiencing Service Disruptions | | UPDATE: As of 1:13 a.m. ET, both Hotmail and Outlook are still experiencing problems. Microsoft's service status dashboard says, "We're working to restore service right now." Some Hotmail and Outlook accounts have been down for hours, after getting hit by service disruptions Tuesday afternoon. "We're having a problem accessing email. You might not be able to see all your email messages.
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| Cellphones: A Teen's Lifeline to the Internet | | 12:04:53 AM | Camille Bautista |
| It's a sight that's all too common, now: teenagers never looking up, glued to their cellphones every hour of the day. Text messages may seem like the major culprit for this behavior, but a new report shows that one in four teens use cell phones as their device of choice when browsing the web. According to a study by Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, mobile access to the Internet is pervasive among teenagers.
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| Google Uses SXSW To Share More About Glass | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:01 PM | Emily Price |
| AUSTIN — Google used SXSW this week to share a little more information about Glass. During a session catered specifically to developers, the company revealed more details about Glass’ Mirror API, and showed off several apps that have already been developed for Glass, including products from Gmail, the New York Times, Path and Evernote.
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| MC10's New Biometric Health Sensor Is Like a 'Second Skin' | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:31 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| You wear it like a temporary tattoo, but it's certainly for more than just style. A company has developed an electronic sensor that attaches like a "second skin" to your body and monitors your health. Originally crafted for sports physicians, company MC10 designed a microchip that can now be printed directly on the skin. The bond to the health sensor is formed with spray-on bandage material you might find in stores.
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| Adorable Dancing Grandma Charms Entire Internet | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:59 PM | Sam Laird |
| This video of an enthusiastically dancing grandma has blown up with 1.3 million views in one week online. Check it out for yourself to be charmed as well.
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| Artist Recreates TV Show Apartments With Intricate Floorplans | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:32 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Television shows have often been noted for their ability to whisk us out of our own lives and plop us into the alternate reality of Hollywood. We pretend the characters' exciting lives are our exciting lives, that their awesome friends are our awesome friends, and that their amazing, beautiful, pricey, well-decorated apartments are our apartments.
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| Social Meditation App Connects You With Users Around the World | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:46 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Living an active, healthy lifestyle oftentimes requires some support. Whether it's running a mile each morning or taking a few hours to de-stress, having a friend along for the ride can be good motivation. One app brings the concept of community to a sometimes solitary task: meditation. Insight Timer [iTunes link] combines meditation techniques with a global community of fellow meditators to support the relaxation process.
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| Watch 3 Drones Do the 'Harlem Shake' | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:17 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| AUSTIN — Just when you thought it was safe to check the Internet again, one more "Harlem Shake" video has emerged. The good news is that this one has a neat nerd twist: Dancing Drones. Eyes and Ears Entertainment spent four hours at SXSW 2013's Drone Day Hackathon reprogramming these Parrot AR.Drones to sync up and respond to tweets.
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| Watch 3 Days of SXSW Concerts Online | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:08 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| AUSTIN — Warner Music Group's premium YouTube channel, The Warner Sound, will provide live streams for its three nights of concerts at South by Southwest. Viewers can watch such artists as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Paramore, The Flaming Lips and Tegan and Sara. Check out the full list of streams and performers, below.
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| Forrester: U.S. Online Retail Sales to Hit $370 Billion by 2017 | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:00 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Up, up and away: Ecommerce, which generated $231 billion in sales for U.S. retailers last year, is expected to increase 13% to $262 billion this year, according to forecasts technology and market research firm Forrester plans to release Wednesday.
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| Conde Nast Entertainment Unveils First Projects With 'Glamour,' 'GQ' | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| In late 2011, Conde Nast hired CW founder Dawn Ostroff to helm its newly created entertainment division. The first fruits of her labor went on display Tuesday with the launch of digital video networks for two Conde Nast titles, Glamour and GQ. Each channel has been populated with an array of weekly shows, typically three to four minutes in length, that nicely compliment the magazines' respective themes.
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| Apple Is Working to Make Maps App Better | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:35 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Apple has been rolling out some minor updates to Apple Maps, such as adding toll road notifications and satellite imagery, to make the app more reliable.
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| So Long, Old Star Wars: Lucasfilm Sends a Strong Message | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:46 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Even casual fans of the Star Wars franchise may have felt a great disturbance in the Force on Monday. That's when Lucasfilm stepped in after months of speculation about the fate of its long-running animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and made one thing lightsaber-clear: content from the pre-Disney Star Wars era has been moved to the back burner.
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| This Is Why Cory Booker Loves Twitter | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:33 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Speaking at SXSW 2013, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker says social media helps him create a collaborative relationship with constituents.
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| Game's Martian Terrain Is Spooky — Because It's Real | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:08 PM | Patrick Hogan |
| Mars has captured the imagination of both scientists and popular culture buffs going back centuries as books, movies and even games have attempted to encapsulate the isolation and vastness of the red planet seen in our imaginations. Now it’s caught the eye of indie video game developer Tyler Owen, who hopes to take players to a 25-square-mile stretch of the red planet in his in-development game Lacuna Passage.
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| Man Pops the Question With Terrifyingly Romantic Movie Trailer | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:56 PM | Neha Prakash |
| This Polish guy has thrown a wrench into cutesy marriage proposals — he's turned the experience into a downright nightmare. His unsuspecting girlfriend went to the movies to catch the latest flick but didn't realize her love life was about to be the coming attraction. And while most of us would except the traditional rom-com, her one-and-only instead spliced together a trailer made from footage of The Grey and The Bourne Ultimatum.
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| IBM Asks Students to Choose Watson's Next Job | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:44 PM | Camille Bautista |
| After famously winning Jeopardy! in 2011, IBM's supercomputer Watson helped healthcare professionals improve the speed and quality of treatment for cancer patients. Now, the technology corporation is turning to the next generation to help determine where Watson should work next.
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| Force Yourself Out of Bed With This 'Evil' Alarm | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:32 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Let's face it: losing that extra hour for Daylight Saving Time can be painful. You've tried that extra cup of coffee, but alas, your circadian rhythm is still thrown off. It might be worth adding gamification to your wake-up process, with the FreakyAlarm iOS app ($1.99 on iTunes).
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| The Ultimate Puddle Jump Fail | | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:29 PM | Neha Prakash |
| There is no better feeling than jumping into a puddle after a spring rain and feeling the ripple of water across your shoes. There's no worse feeling than drowning (probably). The subject of this viral video most likely felt both of those emotions in the span of a split second.
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