| 100 Dead Twitter Accounts That Deserve a Second Chance | | 3:06:05 AM | Christine Erickson |
| There is nothing more frustrating than a perfectly good username gone to waste. There is a large amount of brands, celebrities and other potentially valuable accounts being taken advantage of on Twitter. Users squat a celebrity or brand name and then assume the account will garner followers on the name alone.
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| Samsung Galaxy S 4 Is Your Personal Fitness Tracker | | Samsung's new feature-packed Galaxy S 4 smartphone may actually be good for your health. The new flagship phone, introduced at an event at Radio City Music Hall in New York, has a built-in pedometer and an app called S Health. The phone has built-in sensors designed to measure the temperature and humidity of your location, which is then sent to the S Health app.
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| Samsung Galaxy S 4: Everything You Need To Know | | At a packed event in New York’s Radio City Music Hall Thursday, Samsung revealed its newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4. Following in the footsteps of the bestselling Android phone on the market, the Galaxy S III, the S 4 sports a number of unique new features, while keeping some favorite options from its predecessor.
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| This Cover of 'Suit & Tie' Beats the Original | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:25 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It's pretty hard to one-up Justin Timberlake, but Tori Kelly may just have done it. Her acoustic guitar cover of the pop star's latest single, "Suit & Tie," has a natural and smooth flavor that we're sure even JT would applaud. This isn't the first foray into cover songs for Kelly. Her YouTube page has renditions of Michael Jackson's "PYT" and Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You," among many others.
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| Inside the New York Times Redesign | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:51 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| The New York Times is overhauling its article pages as part of its first major website redesign since 2006. The Times released an animated preview on Tuesday, and we stopped by their offices on Wednesday to get a closer look. The first thing you'll notice about the new article pages — still in prototype phase — is how clean they are. There's a generous amount of white space bordering the text.
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| If Doctor Who Had a Facebook Account | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:01 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| What's the big secret with Doctor Who's real name? H. Caldwell Tanner of Loldwell ventures a guess in this comic, and we can see why Doctor Who wouldn't want anyone to find out.
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| Exclusive: Lucasfilm Launches Star Wars 'March Madness' | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:50 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Love the idea of March Madness — the betting and the brackets — but have no idea how to pick a NCAA team? Ever wish you could participate in something like March Madness, but with a little more geek cred to it? How about, say, a Star Wars-themed version? That's what Lucasfilm is launching on Monday: a bracket-style tournament named "This is Madness" (after a favorite quote of C-3PO's).
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| NSA Chief Says America Is Ready to Cyberattack | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:22 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| For the first time, NSA chief and head of the U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Keith Alexander admitted America is ready to attack in cyberspace. Never before has a U.S. official acknowledged that the U.S. government is working on or is in possession of malware capable of attacking a foreign nation in a cyber conflict, despite the fact that at least one attack — the famous Stuxnext worm — has been attributed to the U.S.
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| 50 Common Misconceptions Debunked in 6 Minutes | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:16 PM | Neha Prakash |
| This video is about to change your life. Not just because it is funny, informative, quirky and quick, but also because you're about to realize your entire life is a lie. All those fun facts, little gems of historical knowledge, tidbits of trivia and did-you-know brain teasers were wrong. You read it right: worthless, bologna, made-up, fictional, simply common misconceptions.
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| Samsung Galaxy S 4 Coming in April | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:14 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| The new Samsung Galaxy S 4, which was unveiled in New York City on Thursday night, will be coming in April.
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| Galaxy S 4 Goes Multilingual With Instant Translator Feature | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:00 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| International travelers can put away the pocket bilingual dictionaries. Packaged along with Thursday's glitz announcing Samsung's new Galaxy S 4 smartphone was an instant translator function. The Galaxy S 4 includes Samsung's "S Translator" feature, which lets you instantly translate your email or text messages, using text or voice translation. The feature can do language translation from both speech-to-text and text-to-speech.
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| Galaxy S 4's 'Group Play' Feature Shares Content With Those Around You | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:46 PM | Emily Price |
| Samsung announced the Galaxy S 4 Thursday, the next generation of its popular Android handset. Group Play is one of the many new features introduced with the phone, and gives Galaxy S 4 users the ability to share content from their phone with those around them. Galaxy S 4 owners can use the phone to share music, photos, documents and games with those nearby, or to co-create content.
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| Samsung Galaxy S 4 Compared | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:37 PM | Charlie White |
| How does the Samsung Galaxy S 4 compare with the iPhone 5, HTC One and Nokia Lumia 920? We offer you a stack of specs in this handy chart.
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| 6 Questions With Tout CEO Michael Downing | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:36 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Fifteen-second video network Tout had a colossal presence at South by Southwest as former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal attended to represent the startup. Shaq, who is on Tout's advisory board, launched a competition where startups submitted 15-second elevator pitch videos on Tout for a chance to win an investment meeting with him and Tout executives, including founder and CEO Michael Downing.
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| Samsung's Smart Scroll Is Not Eye Tracking | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:31 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Two new eye-sensitive features called Smart Scroll and Smart Pause aim to take reading and video watching to a whole new level.
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| Samsung Unveils the Galaxy S 4 | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:31 PM | Christina Warren |
| NEW YORK — Samsung has just introduced its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4 to the world. The Galaxy S 4 follows the spectacularly successful Galaxy S III, which sold over 100 million devices in 2012. From a design point of view, the Galaxy S 4 iterated from the Galaxy S III, while still offering a more streamlined, refined design.
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| UV Wristband Tells You When to Reapply Sunscreen | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:41 PM | Camille Bautista |
| If you love spending time soaking up the sun, a new Kickstarter project can protect you from the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays. UVeBand, a slap bracelet, monitors your exposure to the sun and vibrates when you need to apply more sunscreen. The device works after you've applied your first layer of lotion or spray and automatically turns on after making contact with your skin.
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| Why Does the Tech World Tear Down Successful Women? | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:17 PM | Zoe Fox |
| It's the first stop on her first-ever book tour, and Sheryl Sandberg is beaming. In conversation with her friend Chelsea Clinton, the Facebook COO discusses the "ambition gap" women face in the workplace, which she admits is a touchy subject.
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| SXSW 2013’s Best Hacks | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:07 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| AUSTIN — At its core, SXSW 2013 is all about creativity and pushing the boundaries of tech, music and film. There was evidence of this all over the show, but maybe nowhere more so than the Creator Tent, which was nestled right behind the huge convention center. Inside, we found researchers, DIYers, scientists, gadget freaks and children, either showcasing their own projects or getting some serious hands-on time with others.
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| Live From the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Launch | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:01 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Follow along with Mashable on site at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the highly-anticipated launch of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone.
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| Feds Charge Reuters Editor With Aiding Anonymous Attack | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:47 PM | Chris Taylor |
| The world of social media journalism was in shock Thursday after Matthew Keys — deputy social media editor for Reuters — received a federal indictment alleging that he helped Anonymous hack his former employers. Keys, 26, is a popular figure on Twitter, with 23,000 followers and a reputation for tweeting breaking news. (Full disclosure: though I don't know him personally, several of my colleagues at Mashable do.
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| Turn Heads at the Gym With This Color-Changing Workout Shirt | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:30 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Fitness apps are certainly the rage these days, providing high-tech feedback on your workout routine. But if you'd rather not always have your smartphone by your side at the gym, a new workout shirt gives you visual feedback — colorfully. Like other athletic apparel, the Radiate shirt keeps you dry with moisture-wicking features. But where it stands apart is the shirt's ability to change color according to your body heat.
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| Here's Why Your SnapChat Photos Aren't Private | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:24 PM | Andrea Smith |
| Snapchat, the self-deleting photo app, is a huge hit among teenagers. Kids who have grown up tweeting, liking and sharing just about everything they do on the Internet, love the way Snapchat makes it fast, fun and a little private. The issue is, just like anything else you do online, privacy is not guaranteed.
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| Aaron Swartz to Receive Posthumous Freedom of Information Award | | Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:11 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The late activist and coder Aaron Swartz will be posthumously honored Friday, when his family will receive the Freedom of Information award in a ceremony at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C. Democratic California Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who won last year, will present the award, which is officially named the James Madison Award and administered by the American Library Association.
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