| Baidu Eye Is China's Answer to Google Glass, Company Confirms | | They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And Baidu, a Chinese-language search engine, has taken the phrase to heart, producing Google Glass-like eyewear. "Baidu Eye," is the internal code name for a wearable device that features speech recognition for Mandarin, as well as image search, which pulls up relevant information based on a photo.
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| Google to Launch New Version of Nexus 7 in July, Report Says | | Google plans to launch a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet in July 2013, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the new product. The new Nexus 7 will be built by Asustek. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and have a thinner bezel, as well as a higher screen resolution, sources said.
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| Twitter Cards Adds Mobile App Deep-Linking, New Cards | | During an invite-only developer event Tuesday, Twitter Cards unveiled several updates, adding the ability to share even more information on Twitter within a single tweet. Currently used by over 10,000 developers, the update adds mobile app deep-linking in Cards, which allows users to tap a link on Twitter to view content directly within an app if they have it installed.
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| Will 'Vadering' Overtake Hadouken as the Hottest New Internet Meme? | | Hadouken hasn't even had its full 15 minutes of Internet fame, and another meme is already moving in. Enter: Vadering. It features one person using the Force Grip on a hapless victim, who appears to float in mid-air while choking. Classic Darth Vader. The photo meme has taken over the interwebs, gaining steam on Reddit and Twitter — including a mention on one notable account: Planking is so last year.
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| Taylor Swift '22' Parody Predicts Grim Life for Thirty-Somethings | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:29 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Taylor Swift makes 22 look pretty irresistible in her latest music video. Everyone wears cat ears, makes fun of their exes and eats breakfast at midnight. They are happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time. It sounds kinda stressful, but this parody of the song from fuse makes 22 seem like a flippin' party compared to 32 — that's when all those emotions from your twenties turns into alcoholism.
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| Books Are Friends That Never Leave | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:59 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| A good book can move you, enlighten you and bring you all kinds of joy. It's only natural to want more, but it can it get overwhelming taking in all those stray books. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrates the ups and downs of "adopting" literature.
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| Use 5 or More Social Networks? You're a Better Employee | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:22 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Hey, bosses who block employees from using social media at work: You're doing it wrong. That's one conclusion that can be drawn from new data on the workplace by Evolv, a startup that monitors hundreds of metrics from Fortune 500 companies. Not only has Evolv determined that hourly employees who use social networks are more productive in general, but it seems the more social networks you use, the more productive you are.
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| Scotland's First Spacecraft Is Tiny Satellite With Big Mission | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:05 PM | Space.com |
| Scotland's first satellite will soon find a home in orbit around the Earth — a forerunner of things to come under a collaborative, national nanosatellite program in the United Kingdom. Dubbed UKube-1, the small, novel CubeSat spacecraft has been constructed by Clyde Space in Glasgow and is completing final testing for launch later this year onboard a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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| Tibetan Activists Hit by Second Android Spy Malware | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:43 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| If you are a Tibetan activist, it looks more and more like you probably shouldn't use Android phones. Last week, Kaspersky Labs uncovered the first Trojan virus targeting Tibetan and Uyghur activists. On Monday, another report points to state-sponsored Chinese hackers spying on Tibetans using a compromised version of a mobile messaging app and probably some help from the Chinese government.
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| Handwrite iPhone Notes With This Intuitive App | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:01 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| If touchscreen QWERTY drives you nuts and you prefer writing notes by hand, you don't always have to carry around that little Moleskine. Instead, a popular app makes it easier to take notes on your iOS device with the convenience of your own hand. While it's similar to other note apps out there, Use Your Handwriting GOLD lets you take advantage of your iPhone or iPad screen's real estate as you write with your fingers.
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| Apple Starting Production on Next iPhone This Quarter | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:31 PM | Emily Price |
| Apple reportedly plans on starting production on its newest iPhone this quarter. According to the Wall Street Journal, the phone will look and feel similar to Apple’s iPhone 5, with small spec bumps under the hood. The Journal also claims Apple is working on a lower-cost iPhone, made of a different — perhaps colored — material than the current iPhone. WSJ sources claim that the next phone will launch this summer.
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| Play Poker With Your Favorite Gaming and TV Characters | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:17 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Who would you invite to your dream poker game? If you're a gamer and a geek, your picks for this list probably include some fictional characters. Luckily, some of them might appear in Telltale's upcoming Poker Night 2, announced Monday.
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| YouTube's 20 Most-Shared Ads in March | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 3:59 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| It isn't easy for brands to duplicate the Super Bowl's advertising success in February, but with YouTube, they continued to revolutionize the ad industry with funny, action-packed and heartwarming video spots. March's most-shared ads comprised a diverse lot. Pepsi's ad of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon taking an unsuspecting car salesman for a wild ride topped the chart with 2.4 million shares.
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| Google Gives Developers More Ways to Incorporate Google+ | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 3:31 PM | Emily Price |
| Late last month, Google gave developers the ability to add Google+ sign-ins to their sites, and the company expanded that feature on Tuesday, giving developers more options to go along with it.
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| Winter Is Still Coming: Game of Thrones Gets a 4th Season | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 2:20 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Was there any doubt that HBO's hit show Game of Thrones would return to our screens next year after Season 3 wraps up? Actually, yes — the creators and producers of the show have been very careful to always use the word "if" when discussing a Season 4. Now they can drop the "if." HBO confirmed Tuesday morning that the show was being picked up again in 2014.
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| 3D-Printed Face Made This Man's Life Whole Again | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 2:01 PM | The Daily Dot |
| Thanks to 3D-printing technology, Eric Moger is getting his life back. Four years ago, doctors detected a massive tumor growing beneath the skin on his face. They successfully removed the cancerous growth, but were also forced to remove most of the entire left side of his face. After the lifesaving procedure, the British restaurant manager had a gaping hole where his eye, cheek bone, and part of his jaw had been.
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| How to See EVERYTHING in Your Facebook News Feed | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:23 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| If you don't want to miss any updates whatsoever, you can kick it old school and set Facebook News Feed to view every single post in real time. Learn how with these easy steps.
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| Obama Unveils Bold Plan to Map the Human Brain | | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:41 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled an intrepid plan to develop tools that can better map the human brain, furthering scientists' understanding of how it works and how it can be healed when damaged. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative, or BRAIN, will begin with a $100 million investment in Obama's 2014 budget.
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