| Google Maps to Unveil Brand New Interface, Report Says [PICS] | | Google is set to debut a new interface for its Maps app, according to a report. Google Operating System, a blog that provides unofficial news about the search giant, said the update will get rid of Maps' current sidebar, and will display location information in pop-ups that appear on top of a full-screen map.
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| Coming Soon: Your Personal Flying Car | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:05 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's 2013. Where's my flying car? Answer: about eight years away. Terrafugia is a Massachusetts company previously best known for the Transition, which is best described as a plane you can drive. Its wings fold up, meaning pilots can drive it off the runway and straight home.
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| Cicadas! Swarmageddon 2013 Set to Gross Out East Coast | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 7:32 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Have you heard the buzz flying around Swarmageddon 2013? Billions of cicadas will blanket the east coast of the United States this year, spurring an epidemic of the heebie-jeebies. The large, humming insects emerge from the ground every 17 years (or 13, depending on the species) and, after nearly two decades in the dirt, these bugs are ready to party. And by party, we mean shed their exoskeletons and clumsily fly into your face.
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| Jennifer Lawrence Brilliantly Photobombs Sarah Jessica Parker | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 6:08 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Seriously, J-Law, tone down the cool. You're starting to be so awesome that it's like the sun — we can't stare without burning our retinas. The queen of red carpet awkwardness/hilarity, Jennifer Lawrence, continued to dominate Monday evening at the 2013 Met Gala by photobombing the one and only Sarah Jessica Parker.
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| The Most Awesome Craigslist Ad Is for a Beat-Up Bike | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:04 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Profanity-laced hyperbolic Craigslist ads were once novel, but now they are a genre to themselves. To get people's attention on the site these days you have to do something really remarkable. That's why we salute this ad for a used bicycle from Ryan Kutscher, an advertising copywriter. Where to start? There's the opener: "Grab a paper bag, breathe into it and calm your ass down.
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| Artist Maps Out Entertainment's Most Iconic Dance Moves | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:16 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Few people know how to get down better than the stars of comedies and musicals. So why take your time trying to learn those wacky, complicated, quickly-out-of-style dance moves like the Dougie and the Macarena, when you can learn the classics straight from the stars themselves? Brazilian artist Niege Borges has improved our coolness factor ten-fold by mapping out the dance sequences from popular TV shows and movies.
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| See Every Ray Harryhausen Creature in One Video | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:19 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Before CGI invaded the movies, there was stop-motion animation. And the king of stop-motion was Ray Harryhausen, who died Tuesday in London, aged 93. Harryhausen is best known for his work on a slew of amazing animated fantasy movies. If you've seen any of the Sinbad films of the 1950s, or Jason and the Argonauts, or One Million Years B.C., or the original (and by far the best) Clash of the Titans, you know his work.
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| What Is Facebook EdgeRank and Why Does It Matter? | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:37 PM | Bob Al-Greene |
| The average Facebook user spends more than a quarter of his or her time on the site scrolling through the News Feed. For users, that means a lot of baby pictures and stale memes. For brands, it represents an opportunity. See, Facebook brand pages don't attract consumers — far from it. Virtually every fan of a brand, such as Coke, will never return to its page after an initial Like (if they even visited at all).
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| How Klout Can Score You the VIP Airport Treatment | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:05 PM | Emily Price |
| Now your Klout score can get you the VIP treatment at the airport. Klout announced a new partnership with American Airlines Tuesday that allows influencers with a Klout score over 55 to access 37 of the airline’s Admirals Clubs in 22 different cities, regardless of whether or not they’re flying American. To take advantage of the perk, Klout users need to go to a special page on American Airlines' website and connect their Klout account.
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| Two Spocks Face Off in Audi Ad | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:40 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Mr. Spocks past and present face off in this ad for Audi. Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the latest Star Trek films, and Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role in the '60s TV show, apparently are quite competitive with each other. After Nimoy bests Quinto in an online chess game, Quinto challenges him to a round of golf.
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| 34 Gorgeous WordPress Themes for Photographers | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:25 AM | Grace Smith |
| WordPress is a powerful content management system, and for some, the foundation to showcase their photography. With WordPress, you can create a professional portfolio quickly, without compromising quality. However, with a vast array of WordPress themes available to photographers, it can be difficult to choose one.
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| Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Gets Autotune Treatment | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:38 AM | Annie Colbert |
| The Cleveland man who helped rescue three women missing for nearly a decade became a hero to the Internet overnight. Charles Ramsey's animated interview with a local news station about the discovery of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight went viral overnight. Ramsey became a trending topic on Twitter, as the web celebrated the man who was just finishing his McDonald's meal when he heard Berry's screams.
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| Viber 3.0 Brings Messaging App to Desktop, With Video Calls | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:04 AM | Pete Pachal |
| You may know Viber. It's one of the many messaging apps — including WhatsApp, Line and WeChat — that are challenging wireless carriers and platform owners such as Facebook with free (or borderline free) messaging between its users. And it just got a big upgrade that evolves the service beyond mobile. Viber 3.0 is launching Tuesday on iOS and Android. But it's also launching on desktop — both PC and Mac — for the first time.
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| Amazon and B&N Slash Tablet Prices for Mother's Day | | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 7:24 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Amazon and Barnes & Noble have lowered some of their tablet prices for Mother's Day, with savings ranging from $20 to $50. Barnes & Noble's 7-inch Nook HD can now be had for as low as $149. The 16GB variant of the 9-inch Nook HD+ now costs $179, while the version with twice as much memory costs $209. Amazon quickly followed B&N's example, lowering the price of its 16GB Kindle Fire HD to $179.
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