| The Unfolding Boston Saga: 1 Bombing Suspect Dead, Another At Large | | 4:59:45 AM | Christina Warren |
| Drama unfolds in real-time in the Boston area as police pursue suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. After a shootout with police, one of the suspects in the bombing is dead and the other remains at large. SEE ALSO: As It Happened: Tweets from Police Manhunt in Watertown The best source of news is consistently local news sources, including WHDH 7News, and of course Twitter.
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| As It Happened: Tweets from Police Manhunt in Watertown | | Update: We're continuing to compile real-time updates of this incident on a Storify here. Confusion reigned in Watertown, Mass. late Thursday night after a campus police officer was shot and killed at MIT in nearby Cambridge. A carjacking followed by a massive police operation ensued in Watertown, with multiple reports of gunfire and explosions in several locations.
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| Never Seen Star Wars? Find the Force at This Special Screening | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:25 PM | Chris Taylor |
| There's at least one in every family, every workplace, every social circle. They may be your best friends. You may know their secret, or they may be firmly in the closet. We're talking, of course, about people who have never seen the original Star Wars. (Let's not confuse matters by calling it Episode IV or A New Hope just yet.) Yes, as surprising as it may be to the average geek, there are still people who fall into this camp.
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| Most Earth-Like Alien Planet Discovered | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 10:46 PM | Space.com |
| NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered three exoplanets that may be capable of supporting life, and one of them is perhaps the most Earth-like alien world spotted to date, scientists announced Thursday. That most intriguing one is called Kepler-62f, a rocky world just 1.4 times bigger than Earth that circles a star smaller and dimmer than the sun.
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| How to Make Awesome GIFs | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 10:10 PM | Christine Erickson |
| We've all been there: searched for the perfect animated response to a Gchat conversation, only to realize that GIF you had in mind is now MIA. What gives, Tumblr? Perhaps it's time you step up your game and start making your own GIFs. Creating your own animation is not hard and actually kind of fun. OK, so now what? Now that GIFs are more popular than YOLO, you might feel overwhelmed by all the search results on how to make your own.
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| Kenneth Cole Draws Ire Over Gun Control Tweet | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:34 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Perhaps fashion designer Kenneth Cole should stay off Twitter during sensitive political moments — or at least, his social media manager should. After provoking harsh criticism for a February 2011 tweet, in which the designer used the protests in Cairo to promote his spring collection, Cole was at it again Thursday.
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| Forget Google Reader. Here's Star Wars Reader | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:55 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Still bummed about the fact that Google is killing its RSS feed service, Google Reader, on July 1? Us too. But there are other ways to read the headlines from your favorite websites. We've covered a bunch of Google Reader replacements — including Feedly, which now says it has gained 3 million new users since the Google Reader shutdown was announced in March.
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| Gadget Turns Your Car's Steering Wheel Into an Electronic Drum Set | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:40 PM | Charlie White |
| Bored with driving? Now there's "Reinventing the Wheel (RITW)," a steering wheel cover that lets you entertain yourself by playing a drum set along with whatever you're listening to on your car stereo. And no, this is not a late April Fools' Day joke.
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| Mercedes GLA Concept's Laser Headlights Double as Video Projectors | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 7:56 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| Mercedes-Benz's new concept SUV, announced for the Shanghai auto show (April 21-29), is a highly capable and modern-looking vehicle, but where it really shines is in the area of laser headlights, which are so bold they could redefine in-car entertainment. The Concept GLA's headlights are both fitted with a laser-beam projector. The Concept GLA's headlights are both fitted with a laser-beam projector.
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| FBI: These Are Our Boston Bombing Suspects | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:57 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The Federal Bureau of Investigation posted to YouTube Thursday surveillance camera footage which it says shows the bureau's two suspects in its investigation of Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon. The bureau is requesting the public's help in identifying the suspects, but said the two men are considered armed and extremely dangerous. It urged the public not to approach them.
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| 3D Ultrasound Reveals Baby in Color | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:31 PM | Discovery News |
| GE's new HDlive ultrasound creates a clear and colorful 3D image of a fetus in utero. Parents get an excellent view of their child-to-be and doctors are able to see details that let them more accurately assess the fetus's health. The technology creates a moveable virtual light source and uses advanced skin rendering techniques to create realistic color.
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| Dove Experiment, Parodied: How Men See Themselves | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:48 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| We learned from the recent Ogilvy ad campaign for Dove that, when it comes to physical features, women tend to give themselves less credit than they deserve. But what about men? How would an average guy describe himself? Try ... "My mom said I have the most beautiful teeth.""I have a balanced face, almost like a white Denzel Washington." Of course, when girls describe these same guys, the results are ...
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| Twitter Music Is a Discovery Powerhouse for Your iPhone | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:19 PM | Pete Pachal |
| While there are a plethora of music services, they differentiate by focusing on various aspects of how we interact with music. Pandora is great for creating instant playlists and background music. Spotify is better when you want to hear something specific. iTunes is still there for à la carte downloading. And on and on it goes (Rdio, Xbox Music, Grooveshark, Turntable.fm, etc.), filling seemingly every niche of music culture.
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| Why Twitter Is Getting Into the Music Discovery Business | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 2:32 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Twitter billed its foray into music discovery as a mechanism to "surface songs people are tweeting about." Yet Twitter doesn't actually plan to make any money off of the music itself. So why bother? In a word, advertising. Twitter hopes that Music will get people to stay longer on the platform and to get users to reveal more about themselves for better targeting.
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| CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Passes the House | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:59 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, passed the House of Representatives Thursday on a bipartisan vote of 287-127 with 18 representatives not voting. CISPA now faces the tough odds of being adopted and passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate, which favors other approaches to cybersecurity legislation.
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| Harrison Ford Calls Chewbacca an SOB | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:15 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Sure, Han Solo and Chewbacca were buddy-buddy in the Star Wars movies, but ever wonder if the Wookiee and Harrison Ford got along when the cameras were off? Turns out the two were archenemies, and all that resentment came bubbling up on Ford's appearance Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Things got so heated, Ford even called Chewie a "son of a bitch." It could be because Ford was provoked.
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| Psy's 'Gentleman' Ties for Fastest Ascent to 100 Million Views | | Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:16 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Psy does not appear to be a one-hit wonder. The South Korean rapper's follow up to "Gangnam Style" has had a very impressive debut, tying the record for quickest-to-reach-100-million-views. "Gentleman," released April 13, hit 100 million views in three days, tying the record of the Russian meteor from February, according to researcher Visible Measures.
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