| Watch the Entire 'Matrix' Movie in 60 Seconds | | Friday, March 08, 2013 11:38 PM | Neha Prakash |
| You've probably spent years of your life decoding The Matrix. You've probably debated between taking the red or blue pill 'til your brain hurt. You've been down the rabbit hole for so long that that you don't believe anything Morpheus says anymore. It's OK to be confused and lost. Admitting it is the first step. SEE ALSO: 'The Amazing Spider Man' Plot Is Hysterical With Bad Lip Reading Maybe watching this recap by 1A4STUDIO will help.
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| Cloud Parade Is Etsy + Pinterest for Wedding Planning | | Friday, March 08, 2013 11:10 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Technology has changed the way engaged couples plan their weddings. So long, phonebook — hello, Internet! Cloud Parade hopes to make the tedious planning process even easier. The website features Pinterest-style planning boards, but unlike Pinterest, it allows users to purchase items with just a click. Brides no longer have to scour the web hunting down the quirky cake stand they spotted a photo of online.
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| Target's 'Tarcade' Evokes Nostalgia With Pac-Man, Donkey Kong | | Friday, March 08, 2013 10:05 PM | Lauren Drell |
| AUSTIN — Geeks at SXSWi are having a blast at the "Tarcade" in Target's 8-Bit Bar. The activation hosts a handful of old-school arcade games, like Joust, Donkey Kong and Pac Man, which are activated by NFC-enabled cards that are replenished with Foursquare check-ins. Feeling competitive? There's a leaderboard, too.
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| This Is What It’s Like to Stand Under NASA’s Webb Telescope | | Friday, March 08, 2013 9:44 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| AUSTIN — After decades of service, NASA’s Hubble telescope has told us much about the universe, but as NASA and partner Northrop Grumman tell it, the story is only half told. Hubble’s amazing technology took us to the edge of our galaxy. The John Webb Space Telescope, which is making a special appearance, of sorts, at SXSW 2013, will take us all the way back to the beginning of time.
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| SXSWi Day 1: Grumpy Cat, 3D Printing and Other Highlights | | Friday, March 08, 2013 9:35 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| AUSTIN — Today marks the beginning of South by Southwest, the annual conference for music, film and interactive that's known for being the birthing ground for cool new apps as well as the place you're likely to meet fellow technologists or business partners you'd only interacted with online.
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| Robot Dinosaur Kickstarter Campaign Demands Your Awesome Money | | Friday, March 08, 2013 8:56 PM | Annie Colbert |
| FAKEGRIMLOCK SAYS BUY THIS BOOK OR LOSE YOUR AWESOME. The Internet's favorite startup trolling robot dinosaur is looking to Kickstarter users to help fund the launch of his book, ME, FAKEGRIMLOCK: THE BOOK OF AWESOME. The dinobot with a flair for caps lock and the word "awesome" launched the fundraising effort March 6 and has already raised more than $35,000, far surpassing its $10,000 goal.
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| NASA Does the 'Harlem Shake' | | Friday, March 08, 2013 8:40 PM | Space.com |
| The "Harlem Shake" even has NASA dancing in Mission Control. After rocketing to the top of the Billboard charts — thanks in part to its viral success on YouTube — the song, "Harlem Shake" by Baauer has now been spoofed by employees at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The video producers put their own NASA-like spin on the hit song.
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| Oz the Great and Powerful: Worth Your Time? | | Friday, March 08, 2013 8:15 PM | Chris Taylor |
| 'Oz the Great and Powerful,' the 'Wizard of Oz' prequel directed by 'Spider-Man' honcho Sam Raimi, was certainly worth Disney's time and investment. Judging by the $2 million it just made at midnight showings, the movie appears headed for a stellar opening weekend of between $75 million and $100 million in ticket sales. Not bad for a $215 million film.
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| 6 Questions With LevelUp Founder Seth Priebatsch | | Friday, March 08, 2013 7:54 PM | Lauren Drell |
| AUSTIN — Want to buy a concession at the Austin Convention Center? Just use your phone — mobile payments startup LevelUp is accepted at every kiosk during SXSWi 2013. It's an exciting time for the startup, which launched in 2011 and hit 1 million users just last week, only four months after hitting 500,000 users. We caught up with orange-adorned Seth Priebatsch at Mashable House to ask him six essential questions.
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| SXSW 2013 by the Numbers | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:55 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| South by Southwest 2013 kicks into overdrive this week, as the annual festival welcomes hundred of thousands of visitors to Austin, Texas.
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| Serve Shots With Your Smartphone and This Bartending Robot | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:43 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Those of us who have watched way too many episodes of The Jetsons probably always wished we had a Rosie the Robot to help make our meals, do the laundry and feed the dog. But Rosie probably couldn't mix a killer Mudslide or Cosmopolitan like this new robot designed by a California company.
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| 6 Questions With Fashion-Forward Designer Kimberly Ovitz | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:37 PM | Lauren Drell |
| AUSTIN — During New York Fashion Week, womenswear designer Kimberly Ovitz made headlines with her 3D-printed jewelry line, created in collaboration with Shapeways. The edgy and futuristic feel of Ovitz's collection was inspired by her research into insects and animals' natural defense mechanisms and exoskeletons.
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| Chevy Unveils 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:36 PM | Charlie White |
| Two months after GM introduced the 2014 Corvette Stingray, the company revealed the 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The company says the car's electronic convertible top can be raised or lowered even when the car is moving at up to 30 mph. Take a look at the picture above and in the gallery below, and you'll notice that the body of this new convertible is quite similar to its coupe brandmate.
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| TaskRabbit's Furry Car Is King of the SXSW Road | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:30 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Whether it reminds you of the Shaggin Wagon car from Dumb and Dumber or of a motorized Muppet on steroids, TaskRabbit's rabbit-mobile is the clear winner of the drive-about SXSW 2103 marketing race. Just another perfect example of how weird things can get in Austin. We'll do our best to hunt down the driving TaskRabbit to find out what kind of car is hiding under all that fuzz.
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| MARS App Uses Augmented Reality to Help Identify Things Around You | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:23 PM | Emily Price |
| AUSTIN— PAR Works launched its MARS augmented reality platform in November 2012, and is launching its first private beta at SXSW this year. The company uses 3D augmented reality to allow users to retrieve customized, tagged information about any product, street scene, or object.
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| Ben Stiller Gets Schooled at Tennis by 9-Year-Old Girl | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:01 PM | Neha Prakash |
| When Ben Stiller hit the tennis court for the 2013 BNP Paribas Showdown in New York City on Monday, he figured his biggest threat would be the pro players. Never did he imagine that an even more formidable opponent would walk onto that court — an adorable little girl. Stiller got his chance to prove his tennis chops when Rafael Nadal invited him onto the court for a doubles match against Juan Martin del Potro.
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| Adults Photoshopped to Look Like Warped Toddlers | | Friday, March 08, 2013 5:56 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Retouch wizard Cristian Girotto transports grown-ups back to childhood with a wave of his Photoshop wand. But maybe we're not meant to go back. Toddlers are so cute with their chubby cheeks, big eyes and playful dispositions. Adults, on the other end of the life spectrum, are hairy, lumpy and stomp around like yetis in brick shoes.
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| AT&T Says It Will Unlock Customers' Cellphones — With Caveats | | Friday, March 08, 2013 5:52 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| AT&T reaffirmed Friday that it will unlock up to five of each of its customers' mobile devices provided they meet certain conditions. The company's Vice President of Federal Regulatory, Joan Marsh, outlined AT&T's unlocking policy in a blog post that comes amidst a heated debate over the legality of unlocking.
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| Facebook Acquires Storytelling Site Storylane in Talent Grab | | Friday, March 08, 2013 4:41 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Facebook has acquired Storylane, a relatively young social network focused around telling stories, for an undisclosed sum. Storylane announced the acquisition in a blog post Friday, noting that the service will wind down and the team will join Facebook.
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| Pranking People in Their Sleep Is a Nightmare | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:47 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If you thought a blaring alarm clock was an unpleasant wake-up call, be glad you aren't these poor souls. Unsuspecting slumberers were trying to catch some Z's while their prank-loving friends and family decided to terrorize them in the worst ways possible. They line their beds with mouse traps, rouse them awake with blow horns, throw water balloons, and pretty much agonize their eyes open.
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| Hinge Helps You Find Dates Based On Your Mutual Friends | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:36 PM | Emily Price |
| Anyone who has tried online dating knows that it can be a challenge at times. Hinge, one of the 2013 SXSW Accelerator finalists is one of several companies at SXSW this year trying to make that process easier. In the case of Hinge, the app helps you meet people to date through mutual Facebook friends. “We’re like the best host at the biggest cocktail party you’ve ever been invited to ...
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| Website Shows Cyberattacks as They Happen | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:31 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| The Internet can be a dangerous place, and now you can see just how dangerous it gets — in real time, no less. Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, has developed a website that allows users to monitor cyberattacks as they happen. Sicherheitstacho.eu (loosely translated as "security tachometer") displays events as they happen, giving the time of the attack, country of origin and the intended target.
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| Show Us Your Best SXSW Swag | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:21 PM | Jeremy Cabalona |
| One aspect of SXSW is that everyone loves is the swag. Part of the fun of swag bags is you never know what will be inside. Will you find your new favorite T-shirt, or a cool gadget? While you're at SXSW this year, be sure to document your favorite swag and send images to us. Take photos and tweet them to us with the hashtag #MashSXSW.
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| 'National Geographic' Shares Rare Photos on Tumblr | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:11 PM | Christine Erickson |
| National Geographic is dipping its toes into social waters with its latest photography project. In honor of its 125th anniversary, the non-profit has joined Tumblr to showcase "FOUND," a collection of rare photos from the National Geographic archives. According to the site, most of the photos have never been published, and were rarely seen by the public until now.
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| Makerbot Digitizer Will Let Anyone Scan and Print Physical Items in 3D | | Friday, March 08, 2013 3:00 PM | Emily Price |
| Makerbot CEO Bre Pettis excitedly announced a new Makerbot Digitizer Desktop 3D scanner on stage Friday at SXSW in Austin. Currently a prototype, the next-generation scanner will allow anyone to scan a physical item, digitize it, and then print it in 3D, regardless of whether or not they have any design experience. Sort of like a copy/paste for real-world objects, the Digitizer works using two lasers and a webcam.
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