| 5 Tricks to Improve Your Phone's Battery Life | | When your phone dies, it's like a part of yourself has croaked, too. Suddenly you're a bit naked, helpless and disconnected from the world. And yet we let it happen, time after time. So what's killing your phone? Endless Google searches? Constant texting? SEE ALSO: 5 iPhone Apps That Run Google Talk Misinformation, not misuse, might be contributing to your phone's daily death.
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| 5 School-Worthy iPad Alternatives | | Think Apple’s iPad and iPad mini are the only go-to tablets for educators? Well, think again, because here are five iPad alternatives that offer great specs, pricing and school-friendly features. 1. Amplify Tablet The recent decision to split News Corp. introduced a new division tasked with providing digital learning materials to the education market.
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| 'Game of Thrones' Social Media Fandom: Bigger Than Westeros? | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:39 PM | Chris Taylor |
| OK, Game of Thrones nerds, we know: there is no official population number for Westeros. The books, which thoroughly inhabit their medieval world, tell us that no census has been taken, though you can sort of figure it out from the sizes of cities. "The population of Westeros extends into many millions:" that's the best estimate over at the Game of Thrones wiki.
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| How Is Hacker 'Weev' Tweeting From Prison? | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:00 PM | The Daily Dot |
| When you think about prisoners whiling away their time behind bars, it's common to imagine inmates out in "the yard" lifting weights, playing ball or smuggling contraband. But in the age of social media, one notable inmate is using Twitter to document his incarceration and plead for his rights.
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| 'Calvin and Hobbes' Get Dark and Twisted for Fake Feature Film | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:31 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If you've been holding your breath for a sunny movie about comic book best friends "Calvin and Hobbes," you can keep waiting. There is nothing cheerful about this trailer by Gritty Reboots. Granted, it isn't for an actual movie, so we'll accept this dark and twisted version. The "movie" has a somewhat Inception-inspired plot, in which Hobbes is simply a figment of Calvin's imagination and eventually gets sucked into Calvin's subconscious.
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| 50+ Events in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago and More | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:28 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| Mashable's Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether that's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five events that we think can help move your career forward. Our picks include events in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta. If you don't find something that's a fit for you, you can check out more than 50 events on our complete listings.
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| Video Games Help Treat Kids With Chronic Pain | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:02 PM | Camille Bautista |
| The Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., opened a new pain care complex on April 3, aiming to eliminate pain in young patients by using video games. Utilizing specially designed games combined with Microsoft's Kinect technology, participants can improve their health without realizing they're receiving treatment.
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| Hockey Player Hits Ref With Stick | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:30 PM | Sam Laird |
| Today in class sports tantrums: a Lithuanian hockey player purposefully beans a ref with his stick at the under-18 world championships. Simmer down, man!
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| James Brown Turns 'Game of Thrones' Into a Man's World | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:56 PM | Neha Prakash |
| In 1966, James Brown sang, "This is a man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing, without a woman or a girl." And with that song, James might as well have been predicting the entire plot of Game of Thrones. Looks like, even back then, Brown knew that in Westeros the boys all walk around with swagger and swords, but it's the females who lead the show.
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| Watch Google Show Off 4 Glass Apps | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:34 PM | Emily Price |
| During SXSW last month, Google held a session entitled “Building New Experiences With Glass,” where it offered developers information about Glass’ Mirror API, and demonstrated some of the apps that are already in development for Glass, such as Gmail, Path, and Evernote.
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| Explore the World's Oldest Photography Museum via Google | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:16 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| The George Eastman House is the first museum of photography to join the Google Art Project, a digital collection for works of art. Without leaving your couch, you can visit Google's Art Project online and see more than 40,000 works of art from across the world. Now, the George Eastman House, which is the oldest museum of photography and photo technique, has added 50 images to the project, as explained in the video above.
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| The Story Behind the Hashtag: #BestLieEver | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:49 PM | Eric Larson |
| In this recurring series, 'Behind the Hashtag,' we'll take a look at what's being talked about most on Twitter. Today: Lying.
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| How Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of Facebook's Graph Search | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:29 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| If you missed the search revolution the first time around, you may have a second chance with Facebook Graph Search. Emphasis on "may." The tool, which Facebook rolled out in January, is still so new that company execs tend to reflexively answer queries about it by saying, "It's too soon to tell." That's true, though. At this point, the vast majority of Facebook users don't have Graph Search.
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| Tweet Your Black Thumb Issues to Britain's Oldest Gardener | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:07 PM | Camille Bautista |
| You're never too old for Twitter. Britain's oldest gardener, 104-year-old Ralph Hoare, is using his green thumbs for more than pruning by answering horticultural questions on the social network. Furniture Village, a UK retailer, identified Hoare as the country's oldest active gardener to coincide with the launch of a new collection of garden equipment. His gardening answers will be posted on the company's Twitter account, @OfficialFV.
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| Zuckerberg's Big Mistake: Launching Facebook Home in the U.S. | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 6:44 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Whatever you may think about Facebook Home, you can't question its intent — to put Facebook at the core of your mobile experience, not just another app. Everything about Home and the new HTC First is about making Facebook even more dominant than it already is on people's phones. That idea might by appealing if you either: A). Have a digital life that is completely dominated by Facebook.
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| Kinect Can Tell if You're Depressed | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 6:08 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Microsoft's Kinect isn't just for gaming. Researchers have used the system to measure breathing. Fashion designers let you virtually try on outfits. And now a new interface can turn your La-Z-Boy into a therapist's couch. SimSensei, an online interface that uses Kinect sensors, identifies characteristic movements, facial expressions and speech patterns that indicate depression.
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| Facebook Home: Everything You Need to Know | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:51 PM | Christina Warren |
| Facebook announced Thursday its big mobile plans for Android: Facebook Home. Although it will initially be available only on a few models, Facebook Home represents how Facebook wants to exist on Android phones. If you're confused by Facebook Home or just want to get a better understanding of everything the new interface entails, we've got you covered.
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| Google Challenges Secretive National Security Letter in Court | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:42 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| A month after Google became the first company to release data on the secretive government requests known as National Security Letters, the search giant is again setting a precedent as the first major tech company to openly challenge one in court. Awareness of the challenge, reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, was the result of the mysterious nature of the NSL itself.
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| Evidence of Elusive Dark Matter Thrills NASA Scientists | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:28 PM | Space.com |
| Patience and meticulous science were cause for celebration when an international team of scientists announced new results pointing to the possible detection of dark matter Wednesday. Although the James E. Webb Auditorium was nearly empty here at NASA Headquarters, it did not stop space agency officials and scientists from enthusiastically unveiling new findings in a news conference April 3.
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| Happy Birthday, Grumpy Cat: Today Is the Worst | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:25 PM | Christine Erickson |
| The Internet's favorite sourpuss turns 1 on Thursday, and we bet she is extra miserable on this merry occasion. Worst year ever... #grumpycat twitter.com/RealGrumpyCat/… — Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) April 4, 2013 So how do you celebrate the birthday of a cat that hates everything? Misery loves company, of course.
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| 10 Floral Fonts to Put a Spring in Your Step | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:09 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| In some parts of the northern hemisphere, we're still waiting for warm weather. So we've taken it upon ourselves to speed up the process. We found 10 flowery typography designs that'll spring you out of those winter doldrums. SEE ALSO: 23 Gorgeous Gaming Wallpapers for Your Desktop Ready for warmer weather? Share your own spring finds and creations in the comments below.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Moonlights as a Middle School Teacher | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:59 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| In case this Facebook thing doesn't work out, Mark Zuckerberg can always fall back on his second job: middle school teacher. The Facebook CEO disclosed to Wired that he teaches a class every week to a middle school in East Menlo Park, Calif. Zuckerberg says he was influenced by his wife, Priscilla, who went into teaching after graduating from Harvard.
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| Hands On With Facebook Home | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:53 PM | Emily Price |
| Facebook introduced Facebook Home on Thursday, a new home screen for your Android phone that integrates the Facebook experience into other functions on your device. We had the opportunity to spend a little time with Facebook Home following Facebook’s event running on both the HTC First –- a phone that will come with Facebook Home pre-installed – as well as the Galaxy Note II, which had Facebook Home installed from Google Play.
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| Hubble Reveals Farthest Star Explosion Yet | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:43 PM | Space.com |
| Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists recently caught sight of Supernova UDS10Wil, which exploded more than 10 billion years ago.
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| Facebook Home: A Really Nice Screensaver | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:22 PM | Chris Taylor |
| We came in to Thursday's press event in Menlo Park expecting a "Facebook phone," and in the HTC First we got one. Kinda. But there was a reason Mark Zuckerberg devoted little more than five minutes at the end of the event to the First. He wants us to focus on Facebook Home. The $99 First is little more than a low-cost LTE Android phone with Home pre-installed.
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| Facebook Home Will Not Actively Track Users' Location | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:17 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Facebook Home, Facebook's just-announced feature that will essentially turn the homepages of users' Android devices into a Facebook landing page, will not actively track users' GPS location, Facebook has confirmed to Mashable. Facebook Home, which seems to constantly run on users' phones, instantly raised privacy concerns when it was unveiled Thursday.
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| Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies at 70 | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:01 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert died at age 70 in Chicago on Thursday, just one day after posting an update about his health scare and career plans online. The Chicago Sun-Times, the publication for which Ebert wrote his movie reviews, posted news of his death and a detailed obituary.
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