| 14 Ways to Accept Mobile Payments | | Friday, May 10, 2013 10:37 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| Accepting mobile payments —whether by accepting credit cards in the field or by letting users pay on-site with smartphones —is a must for businesses of all types. Figuring out which mobile payment technology is right for your business can be a challenge. Here are the pros and cons of 14 different mobile payment services to help you sort through your options for accepting mobile payments.
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| Butt-Shaking Dog Goes Viral | | Friday, May 10, 2013 9:48 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Eminem asked and this pooch obliged. When Slim Shady tells you to "Shake That," you do it, even if you're a dog. This 2011 video of rump-shaking Harley has made the viral rounds recently after being plucked from YouTube and uploaded to Facebook. The pup has got crazy rhythm and quite the perfect booty to break it down on the dance floor (or carpeted living room).
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| The Newest Reality Show Sensation, Starring Your Teen | | Friday, May 10, 2013 9:20 PM | Monica Vila |
| I’m not sure when I first heard the term "lifecasting." It may have been in the late 90s when the TV reality show Big Brother first reached our living rooms, or it could have been much later when Sarah Austin promoted her own brand of video journalism and became famous for being famous.
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| Prepare for Mouth-Watering Trippiness With This Ice Cream Montage | | Friday, May 10, 2013 8:43 PM | Neha Prakash |
| May is charging ahead at warp speed leading quickly to full-fledged summer. And as the days grow longer and the sun beats down harder, there's only one thing that you need to do — grab a scoop of your favorite ice cream flavor. This ice cream montage from YouTuber joeyshanksfx will get you drooling in no time, with slow-motion shots of sugary, melty, creamy yumminess.
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| Star Wars Episode VII: Coming to the U.K. in 2014 | | Friday, May 10, 2013 8:10 PM | Chris Taylor |
| The next installment of the saga set in a galaxy far, far away will return to the seat of an Empire much closer to home. Star Wars Episode VII will be at least partly filmed in the United Kingdom, it was revealed Friday. Large parts of the original trilogy (shot from 1976 to 1982) was shot on soundstages near London, specifically Shepperton and Elstree.
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| Why the Kid Who Yelled at His Teacher Was Right | | Friday, May 10, 2013 7:22 PM | NowThisNews |
| High school student Jeff Bliss got fed up with his teacher's lazy, apathetic teaching. So, he gave her a piece of his mind -- and touched a national nerve.
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| Facebook Home Gets Unofficial Support on More Phones | | Friday, May 10, 2013 6:53 PM | Christina Warren |
| Good news, Android fans: You can now install Facebook Home on your device — provided it's running Android 4.0 or higher — whether it's officially supported or not. Facebook Home was released last month to lots of fanfare but with limited device support. A month and nearly a million downloads later, Facebook Home is available on more phones. At least, on an unofficial basis.
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| Will 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Repeat First Film's Mistakes? | | Friday, May 10, 2013 6:42 PM | Neha Prakash |
| The first of JJ Abrams' Star Trek films was undoubtedly a hit for its action and special effects, but did the movie really do the series justice for all those Trekkies out there? Screen Junkies sure doesn't think so.
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| How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked 'The Onion' | | Friday, May 10, 2013 6:11 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| We all thought it was a joke, but it wasn't. The Onion really got hacked on Monday, and it was indeed victim of the Syrian Electronic Army (SAE), the pro-Assad group of "hacktivists" who have been hacking media companies left and right. In an unusually serious blog post, the satirical website's tech team recounts step by step how it got hacked.
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| Who's Liable for Crimes Committed With 3D-Printed Guns? | | Friday, May 10, 2013 5:36 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| With the announcement this week that a handgun made from a 3D printer fired successfully, 3D manufacturers may soon find themselves in a gray area when it comes to liability. From the looks of it, these companies aren’t ready for the new wave of customers and responsibility this might bring. According to the BBC, designs for the Liberator plastic pistol have been downloaded more than 100,000 times already — before the U.S.
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| Tumblr Documents the Worst Rooms in New York City | | Friday, May 10, 2013 5:15 PM | Neha Prakash |
| New York City — the place where dreams come true. You party all night and everything is like one big episode of Sex and the City. Yeah, right. More like, New York City — the place where it costs upwards of $1,000 a month to rent a suspicious-smelling "studio" (read: unventilated, four-by-four, underground box) with rodent-like roommates.
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| 'Star Wars Kid' Blasts Bullies, Jedi Knights Defend Him | | Friday, May 10, 2013 5:01 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It was the lightsaber practice heard 'round the world, and one of the earliest viral videos online. It spawned a dozen parodies. But for one teenager, it meant years of hell. Now he's finally speaking out. Ghyslain Raza, a ninth grader in Quebec, tried out some moves with a golf ball retriever in his high school's TV studio. He recorded the result.
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| 25 of the Saddest Twitter Accounts | | Friday, May 10, 2013 4:44 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Twitter is a crowded place that can easily confuse beginner users and the less technologically savvy. Believe it or not, many prefer not to be a part of the online conversation. You might remember fumbling with the service when first joining. While most overcome that confusion, some Twitter accounts never live to fulfill their potential. Users frustrated with the service just can't seem to figure out the point.
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| Now You Can Comment on Facebook Posts Directly From Bing | | Friday, May 10, 2013 3:40 PM | Emily Price |
| Interacting with your friends on Facebook just got a lot easier — If you’re a Bing user, that is. Starting Friday, Bing will show comments from Facebook relevant to your search in the sidebar. From that search, you can Like a friend’s post, comment, or see the original post in its entirety on Facebook.
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| Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon Becomes Official | | Friday, May 10, 2013 3:14 PM | Christina Warren |
| The Nokia Lumia 928 is officially coming to Verizon on May 16. The phone was already leaked earlier this week, thanks to an ad in Vanity Fair, but now the release date — and carrier — is official. The Lumia 928 is the latest flagship phone in Nokia's Windows Phone 8 stable. Nokia revealed details of the Lumia 928 on its blog Friday. Just as the Lumia 920 was exclusive to AT&T, the Lumia 928 is exclusive to Verizon.
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| 3D-Printed Shoes Have Built-In iPhone Case | | Friday, May 10, 2013 3:00 PM | PSFK |
| The iPhone Mashup Shoe design by Alan Nguyen of Freedom of Creation, a Dutch 3D printing house, is a pair of 3D printed platform heels with a holster on the side to hold an iPhone. The design was commissioned by FreshFiber, the 3D-printed accessories site, and was presented at last year’s Milan Design Week. As written on the designer’s website, the shoes allowed him to fuse art, fashion and product design with 3D printing.
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| Show Us a Snapshot of Change | | Friday, May 10, 2013 2:30 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| The middle of May marks a definitive point of change. The seasons shift; the weather warms up in some parts of the world and cools off in others. For many, the school year is coming to an end, and even more people are starting new jobs and moving to new places. For this edition of the Mashable Photo Challenge Guest Series, we want your photos that capture change.
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| What Happens to LinkedIn Emails After Death | | Friday, May 10, 2013 1:55 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Someone has to open those LinkedIn emails eventually, right? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable Tim Siedell's hilarious tweet is illustrated by Twaggies. Be sure to check out more great Twaggies comics on Mashable, and let us know if you've spied a funny tweet that's just begging for a visual. Comic illustration by Twaggies. Published with permission; all rights reserved.
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| Talk Tech and Parenting in Our Mother's Day Hangout | | Friday, May 10, 2013 1:30 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| This Mother's Day, we're going to call it: Ours is a great age in which to be a mom. Yes, being a parent in the digital era means laying down rules about Snapchat and making sure your kids' online privacy is protected. But with all new technology comes a parenting tool that can improve the lives of moms and their families.
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| Amazon Launches Cloud Drive Photo App for iPhone | | Friday, May 10, 2013 12:53 PM | Christina Warren |
| Amazon has expanded its Cloud Drive offerings with a new photo-centric app for iPhone. Amazon Cloud Drive Photos [iTunes link] for iPhone lets users back-up their entire iPhone photo libraries to Amazon's Cloud Drive. The app is essentially the same as the Android app released last November. You can choose to back-up your entire camera roll to Cloud Drive or choose specific photos from different albums.
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| John Kerry Becomes First Secretary of State to Hold Google Hangout | | Friday, May 10, 2013 12:39 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| John Kerry is set to make some digital diplomacy history Friday by becoming the first sitting secretary of state to take part in a Google Hangout. During the Hangout, Kerry will discuss his view of the United States' role in global affairs and take questions on American engagement with foreign countries. Kerry will be joined at 1:30 p.m.
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| Profound David Foster Wallace Speech Revived in Visual Work | | Friday, May 10, 2013 12:34 PM | Annie Colbert |
| In 2005, writer David Foster Wallace stood before the graduates of Kenyon College and delivered a memorable and impactful commencement address. The speech, later turned into a book titled This Is Water, has become a classic to many, up there with Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford address. Videogram company The Glossary has revived Wallace's words with a video visualizing the concepts described by the writer, who died in 2008.
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| iPhone Growth Lowest Since 2007 Launch | | Friday, May 10, 2013 12:19 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| It may seem like everyone already has all the mobile devices they need, but shipments for notebooks, tablets and smartphones reached 308.7 million in the first quarter of 2013, up more than 37% in the same quarter from the year before. According to new data from Canalys, Android continues to dominate the mobile market, making up nearly 60% of those shipments.
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| New 'Borderlands 2' Character Lets You Be the Villain-Hero | | Friday, May 10, 2013 11:57 AM | Chelsea Stark |
| Borderlands 2 will have a reason to dive back into Pandora next week, as the new playable character Krieg joins the five other classes available to players. Eight months after the release of Borderlands 2, Gearbox Software is still adding content to the cooperative loot-and-shoot title, which has sold more than 6 million units since its launch.
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