| Samsung Expects $7.7 Billion in Profits for Q1 2013 | | Samsung has announced its earnings estimate for Q1 2013, and the numbers are looking really good, mostly due to good smartphone sales. The company estimates 52 trillion won ($46 billion) in sales and an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won ($7.7 billion) for the quarter, besting Q1 2012 by 53%. Samsung's Q4 2012 was even better, with the company posting an operating profit of 8.84 trillion won ($7.8 billion).
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Watch Facebook's First Ad for 'Home' | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 2:06 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook has dropped its first ad for Home, which it is calling a "whole new experience for your phone." The 60-second ad above takes a page from Apple's playbook and presents Home as an un-scary technology that puts people first. Voiceover: "We carry our phones wherever we go. They're with us almost every second of the day. We reach for them when we have a free moment or we're curious.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Reveals 'Facebook Home' for Android | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:15 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The "Facebook Phone" is finally here, but it's not what you think. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today unveiled a new way to integrate its network on Android devices. Called Facebook Home, it represents a rethinking of how Facebook exists on Android phones, Zuckerberg said, putting people first instead of apps.
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| 10 Innovative Uses of Pinterest | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:32 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| With more than 48 million users, Pinterest is one of the most popular social networks on the web. After its recent fundraising round of $200 million, it has an estimated value between $2 billion and $2.5 billion. Not too shabby for a virtual inspiration board founded only three years ago. But within that time, many users have found ultra-creative ways to use to use the visual platform.
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| Stream the 'Oblivion' Soundtrack | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:05 AM | Todd Olmstead |
| In the trailer for Oblivion, we see actor Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, a drone repairman inhabiting a war-torn, post-apocalyptic Earth. His routine existence is interrupted, leading him into the hands of Malcolm Beech, played by Morgan Freeman, who leads an underground and previously unknown colony of humans. This sets off a chain of events in which he begins to question what he thinks is his reality.
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| 'Harlem Shake' Hits 1 Billion Views in 40 Days | | Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:15 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| "Harlem Shake," the love-it-or-hate-it dance craze that swept the Internet earlier this year, has hit 1 billion views after just 40 days, according to researcher Visible Measures. As the company points out on its blog, "that's half the time 'Gangnam Style' took hit 1 billion views and almost a sixth of the time that it took 'Call Me Maybe.'" Unlike those videos, though "Harlem Shake" wasn't a single execution.
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