| Samsung Galaxy S 4 Delayed on T-Mobile | | It seems HTC One will not be the only Android flagship that suffered from the delay flu this year, at least on some carriers. T-Mobile has announced that Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be available on April 29 instead of April 24 as was originally planned. "We know customers are really looking forward to getting their new Samsung Galaxy S 4 soon.
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| Is Pakistan the Next Frontier for Entrepreneurs? | | The Internet industry in Pakistan is at an extremely exciting point, and the outlook for local entrepreneurs and venture capitalists is strong in the mid to long run. As the sixth largest country in the world in terms of population, Pakistan has an ever-expanding web base which currently stands at 22 million users, with 8 million now on Facebook.
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| Twitter Is Working on Two-Factor Authentication, Report Says | | Twitter is currently testing two-factor authentication, and plans to roll it out to users soon, according to a report. The microblogging network is conducting internal tests before gradually debuting the security measure site-wide, Wired reported Tuesday night. Also known as "two-step verification," two-factor authentication prevents fraud by forcing users to provide two pieces of information that will verify their identity.
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| Twitter Two-Factor Authentication is Obvious — And Necessary | | Alongside the buzz about Twitter becoming our primary source of news is the realization that not everything you read on the microblogging network can be trusted. Usually, this is because people are too quick to tweet without verifying facts, but sometimes it's because the person behind the tweets isn't who you think they are.
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| Samsung Galaxy S4: Best Android Phone Ever | | 12:01:27 AM | Christina Warren |
| Samsung's Galaxy S III was one of the most successful Android smartphones of all time, but is the Galaxy S4 a worthy successor? In a word: yes. The Galaxy S4 manages to build on the framework that helped Samsung sell over 100 million Galaxy S III devices in under 12 months, and it packs in new features and better specs to keep it competitive with the likes of the HTC One and other high-end Android devices.
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| A Touchscreen You Can Pinch, Poke and Stretch | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:28 PM | Discovery News |
| There are touchscreen displays and 3D displays, but now there’s one that combines the two: a flexible screen that users can pinch, poke and stretch. The screen, designed by Dhairya Dand and Rob Hemsley, both of MIT’s Media Lab, is called Obake, named after a shape-shifting spirit of Japanese myth. It’s comprised of a flexible rubber sheet laid over a set of actuators.
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| BlackBerry Q10 Is for Keyboard Lovers Only | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:00 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Are keyboard phones still relevant? For BlackBerry, a company that practically invented the QWERTY phone, the answer could prove pivotal to its future. You can see how much BlackBerry understands that when you pick up the Q10, the first phone with a physical keyboard to run BlackBerry 10.
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| 10 Bizarre YouTube Challenges You Should Try at Home | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:36 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| By now, you're familiar with the cinnamon challenge. Maybe you know someone brave enough to ingest a spoonful of cinnamon on film. Or perhaps you were foolhardy enough to try it yourself. There's even a chance you heard about some of its health risks. But you can still get your kicks without endangering your health. And heaven knows YouTube is the place to embarrass yourself — er, experiment.
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| Nike+ FuelBand App Update Adds Facebook Photo Sharing | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:59 PM | Emily Price |
| Nike updated its Nike+ FuelBand app Tuesday to include the ability to share more information about a workout with Facebook friends. Users can now capture photos of their workout, such as a view from the top of a hill they just climbed, or spring flowers blooming along a running route. They can also include the location of their workout, as well as friends they had along for the journey.
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| Pedaling Through the Cycles of Life | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:00 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| There are many ways to measure your life, like achieving milestones, tracking your bank account and even seeing how tall you grow. But what about observing the size and shape of your bike? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrates the various stages of life through tricycles, bicycles and more.
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| Syfy's 'Robot Combat League' Makes Major Tech Dream Come True | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:50 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Robot Combat League, Syfy's new reality series pitting 12 expensive, 8-feet-tall humanoid machines against each other in tournament-style face-offs, ends Tuesday night with the final two robots. And while this season lasted only three months, it has been years in the making. "I really couldn't believe how technologically advacnced they were," Chris Jericho, the show's host and popular WWE wrestler, told Mashable.
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| Watch the Top 10 NBA Dunks This Season | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:30 PM | Sam Laird |
| Check out this mashup of the top 10 NBA dunks from this year, according to the league itself. Did your favorite slam make the cut?
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| Study Finds Voice-to-Text Apps Don't Increase Driver Safety | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:00 PM | Andrea Smith |
| In an effort to be a safer driver, many people, myself included, have started using voice-to-text mobile apps like Siri to keep two hands on the steering wheel. However, a new study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute finds using voice-to-text apps to send and receive text messages while driving don't increase driver safety.
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| Can Social Media Predict the NFL Draft? | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:45 PM | Sam Laird |
| This infographic uses social media buzz to model the first 10 picks of Thursday's NFL Draft. How accurate can it be?
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| Focus Twist Turns Your iPhone Into a Lytro Camera | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:24 PM | Emily Price |
| A new mobile app called Focus Twist mimics the experience of Lytro’s focus-shift technology on your iPhone, allowing you to change the focal point of a photo after snapping a shot. To create a photo, the app captures a number of different images of the same scene, focusing on a different object in each one.
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| Go Home, Internet: Robert De Niro Snuggled Lil Bub | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:45 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Image via Rob Kim/Getty Images Alright, Internet, you had your fun today with hipper-than-hip hipsters and meme faces, but now the time has come to go home. Robert De Niro met Lil Bub. Yes, the legendary actor rubbed whiskers with the Internet's cutest cat. Image via Rob Kim/Getty Images De Niro and Bub swapped stories about working with diva felines and playing second fiddle to Jennifer Lawrence.
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| The Incredible Shrinking Apple | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:18 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Apple had a good day. The market cheered the company's fiscal second quarter results despite the fact that the company's year-over-year profits declined for the first time since 2003. However, the big picture for Apple isn't as rosy. The company's stock price is down about a third over the past six months, Apple has lost its designation as the world's most valuable company and margins are on a downward trend.
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| Tim Cook Hints Apple Won't Release New Products Until Fall | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:07 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Don't hold your breath for any big Apple product launches this summer. Apple's CEO Tim Cook suggested during the March quarter earnings call Tuesday that the company will not be releasing any new products until the fall. "Our teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software and services we can't wait to introduce this fall and throughout 2014," Cook said.
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| Women Narrowing Gap in IT Jobs | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:49 PM | Nextgov |
| Women in information technology jobs are earning roughly the same salaries as their male counterparts, provided they share equal levels of experience and education and parallel job titles, a recent report found. Now, a new report shows the number of women in IT jobs is also on the rise.
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| Can 'Tetris' Cure Lazy Eye? | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:35 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| The endlessly addictive Tetris may be good for the treatment of lazy eye, according to a study released by McGill University scientists. The act of following Tetris pieces down the screen causes both eyes to work together, the Montreal-based team wrote in Current Biology.
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| Apple Posts First Profit Decline in a Decade | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:02 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Apple beat Wall Street's estimates for revenue and sales of the iPhone and iPad in the March quarter, but the company's profits declined year-over-year for the first time in a decade. Apple sold 37.4 million iPhones and 19.5 million iPads, surpassing analysts' estimates by about 1 million on both fronts.
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| Tips for Solving Your Sequester Flight Delay Woes | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:49 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The sequester, a series of federal budget cuts that went into effect in March, forced the FAA to cut employees' hours by approximately 10% — air traffic controllers included. That loss is already causing cascading delays originating in some of the country's busiest airspace, including New York and Los Angeles.
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| What Do Psy and Bill Gates Have in Common? | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:22 PM | Zoe Fox |
| What do technologist turned philanthropist Bill Gates and South Korean rap sensation Psy have in common? Both have achieved major accomplishments in the tech world: Psy's is the first video to hit 1 billion YouTube views and Gates was one of the leaders of the personal computer revolution. They're also both taking part in the global fight to end polio.
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| For Drivers, Voice-to-Text Is Also Dangerous | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:05 PM | Discovery News |
| If you wear your phone’s headset while driving to send voice-activated text messages, you may be putting yourself and other drivers in danger. A new study from researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University found that sending text messages via voice while driving is just as dangerous as texting with fingers.
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| Jake Johnson Charmingly Imitates Popular Internet Memes | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 3:33 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Jake Johnson is apparently just as good at impersonating Internet celebs as he is being irresistibly goofy as Nick Miller on Fox's New Girl. The self-proclaimed "competitive" actor sat down with MadeManDotCom's Paul F. Tompkins to display his best Grumpy Cat face, Troll face and Leo strut.
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| BlackBerry Q10 Coming to Canada on May 1 | | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 3:17 PM | Pete Pachal |
| BlackBerry has announced that its long-awaited keyboard phone running BlackBerry 10 software, the Q10, will launch on May 1 in Canada. Canadian carriers Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and Telus will all offer the Q10. As is the norm in Canada, customers will need to sign a three-year contract to buy the phone for the subsidized price of $199.
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