| Space Monkey Brings Peer-to-Peer Storage to the Cloud | | Friday, April 26, 2013 9:30 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| A Utah-based company says it wants to change how the world stores data — and the Kickstarter community is taking notice. Co-founders Alen Peacock and Clint Gordon-Carroll led the creation of Space Monkey, an encrypted peer-to-peer cloud storage network. Space Monkey is cloud storage on your desktop, but it works differently than services we've become accustomed to, like Dropbox or Google Drive.
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| Louisville Coach Keeps Promise, Gets Championship Tattoo | | Friday, April 26, 2013 8:35 PM | Sam Laird |
| As Kevin Ware's amazing saga unfolded during the University of Louisville's March Madness championship run recently, another story got overshadowed: the fact that Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino had promised his team earlier in the year that he would get a tattoo if they ended up winning the title.
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| 'Battle Worlds: Kronos' Promises New Vision for Turn-Based Strategy Games | | Friday, April 26, 2013 7:22 PM | AppAdvice |
| Battle Worlds: Kronos has been a labor of love for developer KING Art Games. Originally created more than six years ago, the project has taken Kickstarter by storm and has more than doubled its original goal with just three days to go. Designed for Mac, PC, Linux, and Web browsers, only $12,000 more in pledges will bring an iPad version of the game to fruition.
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| Suspect Behind World's Biggest DDoS Attack Arrested | | Friday, April 26, 2013 6:54 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| A Dutchman on Thursday was arrested and charged with being behind one of the biggest cyber attacks ever, according to reports. The man has only been identified by his initials "SK," his age (35-years-old), and his nationality. According to a press release (Google Translation) by the Dutch Public Prosecutor Service on Friday, SK was arrested in Barcelona by Spanish authorities the day before.
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| Galaxy S4 Teardown Reveals What's Inside Samsung's Flagship | | Friday, April 26, 2013 6:00 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The Samsung Galaxy S4 isn't even for sale yet, but various people have already completely disassembled the smartphone, and the consensus is clear: It's relatively easy for owners to take apart and fix, if they're so inclined. Teardown site iFixit gave the Galaxy S4 a repairability score of 8, with 10 being the easiest to repair. The entire phone is held together by 11 screws, all a standard Philips component.
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| 50 Million LivingSocial Accounts Compromised After Hack | | Friday, April 26, 2013 4:36 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Add this to LivingSocial's growing list of woes: The money-losing daily deals site admitted Friday that it has been the victim of a cyber attack. A LivingSocial spokesperson said the company has begun reaching out to the more than 50 million customers whose data may have been compromised. Leaked data includes names, e-mail addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords.
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| 2 Ways to Fix the Typing-on-Touchscreens Problem | | Friday, April 26, 2013 3:10 PM | MIT Technology Review |
| Considering how much typing on a glass touchscreen blows in comparison to using hard keys, it's easy to imagine how Blackberry saw the first iPhone back in 2007 and thought, "Bah, this isn't a threat." We all know how that turned out. But typing on glass still blows, and voice dictation on mobile devices (while pretty awesome) isn't a good fit for every situation.
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| HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4: Which Android Phone Wins? | | Friday, April 26, 2013 2:49 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| There are two smartphones that are bringing a lot of excitement to the Android community: the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One. Each phone brings its own distinctive features that makes it a standout in the market, and these devices have also sparked debate about which is the better phone. Mashable's Senior Tech Analyst Christina Warren called the Galaxy S4 the best Android phone ever in her recent review of the device.
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| Phone Condoms Protect Devices From the Rain | | Friday, April 26, 2013 2:13 PM | PSFK |
| Smartskin Condoms for Smartphones are sheaths made from soft and stretchy thermoplastic that cover your device to protect it. The skins slip on and stretch to fit, and sealing tabs are provided to stick over the remaining area. The water-resistant plastic wraps are useful if you need to use your phone out in the rain or want to use it at the beach, without worrying about water or sand damaging it.
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| The White House Joins Tumblr and Promises GIFs | | Friday, April 26, 2013 1:56 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The White House has joined Tumblr, and oh yes, there will be GIFs. "We see some great things here at the White House every day, and sharing that stuff with you is one of the best parts of our jobs," reads the White House's first post on Tumblr. "That’s why we’re launching a Tumblr," it continues.
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| Samsung Reportedly Working on 'Rugged' Galaxy S4 | | Friday, April 26, 2013 1:51 PM | Emily Price |
| Love the Galaxy S4, but wish it were built a little tougher? Samsung may soon have just the smartphone for you. The company is reportedly working on a rugged version of the Galaxy S4. According to the Wall Street Journal, the phone will be both waterproof and dustproof. Tentatively being called the Galaxy S4 Active, the handset is expected to be released in July.
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| Cost Per Like: A Subjective Valuation of Your Facebook Fans | | Friday, April 26, 2013 12:10 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| "Cost per Like" often crops up in conversations about Facebook advertising, though it isn't a term officially sanctioned by Facebook. So what exactly does it mean? Cost per Like refers to the cost of acquiring a new fan for a Facebook page, either through paid advertisements or, less directly, through earned media efforts. There are three ways to "buy" Likes on Facebook.
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| Wavii Confirms Google Acquisition | | Friday, April 26, 2013 11:47 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| One month after Yahoo made headlines by announcing its acquisition of Summly, a startup that uses algorithms and natural-language processing to serve short summaries of articles, Google has snatched up Wavii, a Seattle-based startup that also gathers and processes online data into summarized bits.
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| Michael Bublé Stuns Subway Riders With Surprise Performance | | Friday, April 26, 2013 11:02 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Singer Michael Bublé recently shocked New Yorkers at the 66 Street-Lincoln Center subway stop with an a cappella performance of Jackson 5's "Who's Lovin' You." "That is the coolest thing ever," he said after performing the song with R&B a cappella group Naturally 7. "Singing in the New York subway is when you know you made it. ...
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| DDoS Attack Looks Like an Intense Game of Pong | | Friday, April 26, 2013 10:36 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| We've all heard of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks bringing down web servers, but we bet most people can't really imagine what a DDoS attack looks like. Logstalgia visualizes web-server access logs as a pong-like game.
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