| Bitcoin Was the 'Victim of Its Own Success,' Not DDOS Attack | | Bitcoin, the world's most popular virtual currency, yesterday took a huge nosedive — from its all-time-high of $265 to as low as $105 — but the reason is not a DDOS as some have speculated. Instead, the leading Bitcoing exchange, Mt.Gox, claims that Bitcoin was "a victim of its own success," with the lag from too much interest in the currency causing many investors to sell, which lead to a market panic.
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| Microsoft Reportedly Working on a 7-Inch Surface | | Microsoft is looking to shrink its Surface tablet to 7 inches, if you trust a recent report from the Wall Street Journal. The new, 7-inch Surface should launch later this year, but no details about the device have been given. Microsoft building a smaller version of the Surface — originally a 10.6-inch device — is hardly a surprise, given that Apple, Google and Samsung have launched tablets around that size.
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| Capture and Share Your Life Story Online With StoryPress App | | Because stories are traditionally told through word of mouth, they are at risk of getting lost from one generation to the next. A new app called StoryPress seeks to safeguard these personal tales by letting people capture and share them online. Users can record their stories by either freely talking into the app, or choosing a preset topic to get interviewed by StoryPress, according to its Kickstarter page.
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| Why You Should Care Cybersecurity Lobbying Doubled | | Lest you doubt we are entering the age of a cybersecurity industrial complex—and that such a system doesn't necessarily have the average Internet user in mind—take look at the numbers. According to a new study by the lobbying group Center for Responsive Politics, lobbying reports that referenced "cybersecurity" more than doubled last year. Mentions jumped from 990 in 2011 to 1,968 in 2012.
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| 'Iron Man 3' Cast Gives Behind-the-Scenes Look in Featurette | | Hankering for more details on Iron Man 3? A new behind-the-scenes featurette reveals some tantalizing tidbits on what fans can expect for Tony Stark and his foes this time around. Posted to YouTube on Wednesday, it includes interviews with the film's actors, alongside clips of explosive action scenes, including one in which Pepper Potts (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) saves Iron Man himself (Robert Downey Jr.) by donning his armored suit.
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| Newspaper Issues Yoda-Inspired Correction | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:28 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We all make mistakes, but when newspapers do it, they can't just let it slide. The correction must follow, placing an irreversible black mark on the publication. The Tampa Bay Times figured if they were going down in the name of journalism, they'd have a little Star Wars fun with it.
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| Fiber Optic Safety Vest Makes Night Running Safer | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:07 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Staying visible at dusk or dawn is a key concern for cyclists and runners on the road. One Kickstarter project brings eye-catching illumination to the streets with fiber optic safety vests designed to alert drivers. The Noxgear Tracer360 lights up wearers in 360-degree pops, bursts and blinking modes with a reflective core and flexible cable straps. Check out the video, above, for more.
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| Redditor Confesses Murder, Then Disappears | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:02 PM | Eric Larson |
| A Redditor, under the username "Naratto," confessed to an apparent murder using the "Confession Bear" meme over the weekend.
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| 'Game of Thrones:' The Facebook Edition | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:08 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Game of Thrones characters spend half their time getting from point A to point B. Messages get lost, signals get crossed, ravens get killed and eventually no one knows who is alive, who is king and who is on whose side.
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| How Gmail Has Evolved Over the Years | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:22 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Gmail turns 9 this month, and before we know it, it will be heading off to middle school. Here's a look at how it has evolved over the years.
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| Self-Healing Hydrogen Leaf Could Power the World | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:21 PM | Chris Taylor |
| There are plenty of scientists out there trying to solve our impending energy crisis. Many of their creations never leave the lab. Here's one that is on its way to commercialization — and just fixed one of its biggest problems. Veteran biochemist Daniel Nocera has been working for decades on an "artificial leaf" — a silicon wafer that can create energy from sunlight and water the way real leaves do.
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| Orphaned Tumblr Storyboard Posts Find New Home on Mashable | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:08 PM | Josh Catone |
| In early 2012, Tumblr hired an editorial team to cover the "ideas, themes and people" of the vast blogging community. That team launched Storyboard, which produced hundreds of fascinating stories on everything from Hurricane Sandy relief to One Direction fandom. Along the way, Storyboard became a daily read for many of us at Mashable. We even co-produced a story in February about cancer support communities on Tumblr.
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| 5 Services to Boost Email Productivity | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:05 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Two hours and 14 minutes. That's how long on average it takes for workers to sift through the stacks of email they get every single day. When you break down the eight-hour work day, that comes out to more than 25% of "work time" spent on digital correspondence.
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| Beets Headphones Offer 'Full Sound' and Superior Nutrition for $25 | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:52 PM | Charlie White |
| How do you get noticed when you're selling a pair of headphones in today's crowded personal audio market? Why not create headphones that mock a product that's loved by some and hated by many? Enter Beets Headphones. These $25 cans bear a striking resemblance to those ubiquitous Beats headphones that get such an emotional reaction every time we write about them.
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| Now You Can Buy and Sell Items Directly in Your Twitter Feed With Ribbon | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:59 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| UPDATE: Twitter has shut down Ribbon's new payment processing feature. We've reached out to Twitter for comment and will update when we hear back. Twitter's CEO has expressed an interest in embracing ecommerce in the past, but it looks like one startup may have just beat it to the punch. Ribbon, a San Francisco payments company, announced a new feature Wednesday that lets merchants offer an in-stream payment option on Twitter.
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| Reddit Co-Founder Asks Google, Twitter to Fight CISPA | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:18 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| As lawmakers prepare to discuss the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, Internet freedom activists are ramping up their campaign against it. On Wednesday, the advocacy group Fight for the Future published a video of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian calling for online giants to speak up and fight against CISPA.
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| Boys Noize's Music Video for 'Stop' Lets You Fly With WWII Planes | | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:45 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Electronic music producer and DJ Boys Noize released an interactive music video for his song "Stop," sharing the clip first with Mashable to premiere. The video above is the non-interactive version. The interactive one, accessible at this landing page, allows you to adjust the camera angle by holding down and dragging your cursor.
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