| Vine Tops List of Free iPhone Apps in App Store | | Less than three months after Twitter released Vine, the popular video-sharing service has topped the U.S. App Store's list of free iPhone apps. Vine, which lets users create and share six-second videos, debuted to much fanfare in January. The mobile service was acquired by Twitter last October. Rus Yusupov and Bobby McKenna, Vine's respective co-founder and designer, took to Twitter to celebrate the app's achievement.
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| NASA's Curiosity Rover Soars at This Year's Shorty Awards | | 2:44:28 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| The Shorty Awards, an annual crowdsourced contest that honors the best social media users and Internet celebrities, announced winners Monday at a ceremony in New York City. NASA's Curiosity Rover was among the night's highlights (you can watch the entire show below) as it shared an intimate moment with funny man Seth Green in a short video and even won Foursquare Mayor of the Year for using the check-in app from Mars.
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| How a Stormtrooper Family Spends Weekends | | Monday to Friday, these Stormtroopers are pretty busy protecting the Empire. But when they aren't on that nine-to-five grind, Stormtroopers are like any other family — spending time with their kids on the weekends playing Twister. Photographer Leah Minium used her sons' Star Wars miniature dolls to depict scenes of love and loss in a galaxy far, far away.
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| Here’s What Government Is Vine-ing About | | Government-friendly terms of service inked by the General Services Administration and Twitter cleared the way last week for U.S. agencies to post six-second Vine videos without fear of violating any rules. A handful of agencies and officials had already begun posting Vine videos before GSA's announcement, though.
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| Tumblr for Android Gets a Facelift | | Tumblr unveiled dramatic changes to its Android app on Monday. The blogging platform announced that it has "completely redesigned" the app's interface, added post animations and made images more prominent, among other updates. Now available on Google Play, Tumblr for Android also has a new "post anything" screen that lets users share videos, chats, links, quotes, photos and text by clicking on individual icons.
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| Court Rules Texting Laws Also Apply to Checking Maps While Driving | | Monday, April 08, 2013 11:28 PM | Emily Price |
| Checking the GPS on your phone while you’re driving may be against the law. A California court ruling in late March claims that checking maps on your phone while driving is a violation of the state’s distracted driving law. In its current form, the law simply states that a person may not use their mobile phone while driving, unless they’re using a hands-free device.
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| More Android Apps Downloaded in Q1, But Apple Had Higher Revenue | | Monday, April 08, 2013 10:41 PM | Emily Price |
| Fifty-one percent of the apps downloaded during Q1 of 2013 were downloaded from Google Play, according to a report released by Canalys on Monday. While Google had the majority when it came to the number of downloads, it didn’t earn top honors in terms of revenue. Canalys reported that Apple was the big winner there, taking home 74% of app revenue during the same period.
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| What if Fox Quit Broadcast TV? | | Monday, April 08, 2013 10:02 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It isn't every day that a major national TV network threatens to become a cable-only subscription channel — but that's exactly what happened Monday.
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| Texting the Wrong Person Is Awkwardly Hilarious on Tumblr | | Monday, April 08, 2013 9:30 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We've all called the wrong number once or twice (maybe 30 times, if you're technologically challenged). Perhaps you've even landed on the other side of a wrong call, and had to disappoint the ringer requesting a delivery that you are not Pizza Hut. It's not so bad, not so awkward, and easy to get over. Texting the wrong person, on the other hand, is where the real cringing happens.
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| Ferrets Pumped With Steroids Sold as Dogs | | Monday, April 08, 2013 8:56 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Story Updated 4/8/13 11:07PM A man who thought he scored a deal on toy poodles found he got something quite different — ferrets juiced with steroids and fluffed for maximum cuteness. The unsuspecting buyer purchased the faux dogs (or feroodles?) at the La Salada market in Argentina. It wasn't until he brought the primped mammals to the veterinarian that he found out the truth.
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| Sony Reveals 4K TV and Media Player Pricing | | Monday, April 08, 2013 8:31 PM | Christina Warren |
| LAS VEGAS — If there is any singular buzzword to describe NAB Show 2013, it's 4K — also known as Ultra HD. 4K made big waves at CES 2013, but it's at NAB Show where the technology is really coming into its own. In addition to panels and sessions on 4K and other display technologies of the future, there's tons of 4K product on the show floor. Sony announced pricing and availability of two of its 4K Ultra HDTV sets first unveiled at CES.
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| 31 Songs From 'Mad Men' | | Monday, April 08, 2013 8:00 PM | Jessica Fee |
| Last night's highly anticipated Mad Men Season 6 premiere didn't disappoint. If you weren't able to catch the two-hour-long episode, we won't ruin it for you, but we thought it appropriate to dedicate this week's Music Monday to the show that is setting the standard for television period dramas.
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| Is Samsung Making a Giant 'Galaxy Mega' Smartphone? | | Monday, April 08, 2013 6:59 PM | Emily Price |
| Samsung is reportedly working on a mid-range smartphone even larger than its “phablet,” the Galaxy Note. According to Korea’s ET News, the handset will be called the Galaxy Mega, and will sport a whopping 6.3-inch screen, putting it almost on par with some of the smaller tablets out there, such as the 7-inch Nexus 7.
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| JCPenney Ousts Apple's Former Retail Chief Ron Johnson | | Monday, April 08, 2013 5:50 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| JCPenney has replaced Ron Johnson as CEO just more than one year after he joined from Apple, the company revealed in a statement late Monday. Johnson helped spearhead the strategy for Apple's massively successful retail operation and tried to apply some of that magic to JCPenney. He attempted to refresh the JCPenney shopping experience by getting rid of the retailer's coupon program, but ended up frustrating customers instead.
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| Elon Musk Responds to Sarah Palin's Claim That Tesla Is a 'Loser' | | Monday, April 08, 2013 5:18 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Tesla Motors Founder Elon Musk on Monday responded to Sarah Palin's claim that his company is a "loser." Sarah Palin calls Tesla a loser. Am deeply wounded. rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/07/…Btw, Model S warranty does cover "bricking".
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| Star Wars March Madness Final: It's Yoda vs. Vader | | Monday, April 08, 2013 4:54 PM | Chris Taylor |
| There's a rumble of galactic proportions going on in the Star Wars world Monday — and it's a meeting that was never seen in the movies. Finally, everyone's favorite syntax-mangling puppet guru is taking on everyone's favorite black-masked, iron-lunged man-machine.
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| Private Rocket Moves to Launch Pad for Test Flight | | Monday, April 08, 2013 4:05 PM | Space.com |
| A new private rocket rolled out onto its Virginia coast launch pad Saturday in anticipation of its first test launch next week. The Antares rocket — developed by aerospace firm Orbital Sciences Corp. and launching from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. — is expected to eventually deliver cargo to the International Space Station as part of a $1.9 billion deal with the space agency.
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| #nowthatchersdead: Fans Think Cher Died After Thatcher Hashtag Trends | | Monday, April 08, 2013 3:45 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| No, Cher fans, the singer and actress did not die. The Twitter hashtag "#nowthatchersdead" is meant to be read as "now Thatcher's dead" — not "now that Cher's dead." Margaret Thatcher, the United Kingdom's former prime minister, died Monday at age 87 following a stroke. Website Is Thatcher Dead Yet? quickly reacted, encouraging people to reveal how they're celebrating the death via tweets with hashtag #nowthatchersdead.
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| Biggest Makeup Pet Peeves, According to Reddit | | Monday, April 08, 2013 3:13 PM | Christine Erickson |
| The Internet is ripe with tutorials for anyone who wants to try a new look. From perfecting the cat eye to selecting the right foundation, one visit to YouTube will give you an answer every beauty question. This, however, is the anti-tutorial. Reddit users gave their biggest pet peeves in the subreddit /r/MakeupAddiction, including too-dark foundation, failure to blend and gloopy lip gloss.
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| News Corp. Threatens to Pull Free Fox Programming in Aereo Dispute | | Monday, April 08, 2013 2:57 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| If Fox doesn't prevail in court vs. startup Aereo, News Corp. will consider making Fox content subscription-only, an exec from the company said on Monday. News Corp. President and COO Chase Carey (pictured) made his remarks offstage during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. "Aereo is stealing our signal. We believe in our legal rights, we’re going to pursue our legal rights, and we believe we’ll prevail ...," Carey said, according to Variety.
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| 10 Must-Follow Breaking News Accounts on Twitter | | Monday, April 08, 2013 2:27 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| In just seven years Twitter has evolved from a microblogging social network to become, among other things, an essential source of breaking news. Are you tuned into all the major breaking news accounts on Twitter? We have created a list of the top 10 English-language accounts we recommend following for all the latest current affairs.
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| OMG, Prom! The 13 Cutest Promposals | | Monday, April 08, 2013 1:54 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Prom is one of the biggest events in your life for most teenagers. Though it might seem silly when you're older, most spend months getting ready for the big evening. Some take it to the extreme before they even have a date. These gentlemen went above and beyond to ask a special girl to the dance.
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| G-Technology Evolution Drive Pushes Thunderbolt to the Limit | | Monday, April 08, 2013 1:34 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Video and photography pros love G-Technology's hard drives. They'd probably say it's because of their performance, but it's really because they're designed to match the look of Apple's Mac Pro desktops. But with the company's new Evolution system, no one would accuse them of fibbing.
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| Macklemore Photobombs the Internet | | Monday, April 08, 2013 1:22 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Macklemore took your grandpa's style — and now he's taking McKayla Maroney's schtick. The rapper and thrift shopper inadvertently started a new meme when a fan tossed her phone on stage at his concert at George Washington University. Macklemore, according to Redditor GWizzle, picked up the phone and snapped a photo of himself in front of the crowd.
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| 5 Things to Look for in a Co-Founder | | Monday, April 08, 2013 1:12 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| Choosing someone to start a business with is a lot like choosing who you want to marry. You're going to spend countless hours together and there will often be disagreements, but ultimately you know that you are both working toward a common goal — whether that is a successful business venture or a happy marriage. Starting a business is undoubtedly exciting, and it is easy to get caught up in the glamour of finally being your own boss.
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| Hospital Uses iPads to Help Mom Bond With Baby | | Monday, April 08, 2013 12:58 PM | Andrea Smith |
| A lot of bonding takes place between a new mother and her newborn in the days immediately after birth. There's nothing quite as wonderful as the cooing sound of your newborn during a feeding or some cuddle time. But that's not always possible for moms with infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), especially those who aren't ambulatory due to cesarean section or other medical issues.
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| NASA to Launch Planet-Hunting Probe in 2017 | | Monday, April 08, 2013 12:26 PM | Space.com |
| NASA has picked two new low-cost missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and an International Space Station experiment designed to probe the nature of exotic, super-dense neutron stars.
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