| Sony Xperia ZR Lets You Shoot Full HD Videos Underwater | | Sony's new Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia ZR, has a trait not often seen in today's high-range smartphones: it can be submerged 5 feet deep under water. Its level of water resistance — IP55 and IP58 — is a bit better than Sony's current Android flagship, Sony Xperia Z, which is IP55 and IP57 compliant, meaning it can be submerged into 3.3 feet of water.
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| 'Geography of Hate' Maps Racist, Homophobic, Ableist Tweets | | Twitter has the capacity to ignite revolutions and enable small acts of kindness, but there's also a darker side to the microblogging network. Floating Sheep, a group of geography academics, created the "Geography of Hate," which maps racist, homophobic and ableist tweets in the U.S.
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| Sci-Fi Short Explores the First Intersteller Space Travel | | 12:57:28 AM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| What if we could send functioning human brains directly into space, using them as intelligent storage devices capable of beaming images and data — in dream form — back to Earth? That's the premise of this unusual sci-fi short, which fakes being a documentary about humanity's first steps into interstellar travel.
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| 'Arrested Development' Season 4 Trailer Debuts Online | | After a seven-year hiatus, Arrested Development is back — and now, a trailer for the sitcom's fourth season has debuted online. Posted to YouTube on Sunday, it shows the quirky Bluth family — including Michael (played by Jason Bateman), Lindsay (Portia de Rossi), Gob (Will Arnett), George-Michael (Michael Cera) and other members — reuniting onscreen. Fox aired the first three seasons of Arrested Development from 2003 to 2006.
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| Watch ABC Brings Live Content to the Web and iOS | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:37 PM | Christina Warren |
| The ABC network is going to start live-streaming network content to all ABC-owned TV stations. The new service, dubbed Watch ABC, will debut on May 14 during ABC's upfront presentation in New York City. The service will initially only be available in New York City (via WABC-TV) and Philadelphia (via WPVI), but it will extend to all other ABC-owned networks by the end of the summer, as well as on Hearst-owned ABC networks.
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| Marvel's 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV Show Unveils First Promo | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:47 PM | Anita Li |
| The first promo for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the ABC television show about the comic-book universe's espionage and law-enforcement agency, has surfaced online. The 30-second spot highlights Clark Gregg reprising his role as Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel's feature films, including Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and The Avengers (in which he dies).
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| You Don't Need to Instagram Every Meal | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:58 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| It's natural to want to post pics of impressive meals on Instagram, but after a while, your followers might start getting annoyed. In this comic, we can see that it doesn't just apply to humans — clichéd Instagrams are a problem throughout the animal kingdom. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics Comic written by Larry Lambert; illustrated by Jerry King.
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| Mad Genius Could Be a Revolutionary Game Controller | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:11 PM | Charlie White |
| Combine the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Kinect, add incredible precision and a controller you can separate into two parts, and you get Mad Genius, a motion-controlling gamepad that could change the gaming world. How precise is it? Try 1/100 of an inch.
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| 10 Mom Cats and Their Precious Kitties | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:30 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| This Mother's Day we're celebrating in our favorite way — through the medium of cats. We have found 10 mom 'n kittens pics that will melt even the hardest heart. SEE ALSO: These 10 Cats Are More Awesome Than Yours Get your cute on and take a look through our adorable gallery above. Share your sweetest cat snaps in the comments below. Homepage image courtesy of Flickr, Abby B.
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| Happy Mother's Day: Say It With a Song | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:43 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| On Mother's Day you can spoil your mom with a meal out, surprise her with a big bunch of flowers or treat her to a box of chocolates. You can also celebrate her with a song. We have picked our top 10 mom songs from all genres of music. SEE ALSO: 6 Mother's Day Gifts You Can Make [VIDEOS] Embrace the cheese and take a look through our soppy selection in the video gallery above.
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| How Tech Has Changed the 'Deserted Island' Question | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:03 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| "You're stranded on a deserted island, and you can only take three books/songs/movies with you off the boat. Which ones do you choose?" We've all heard and answered some variation of that question, but how has it changed with the ubiquity of tablets and smartphones? SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday Comic by Maria Scrivan, we see that, for one thing, you can bring a lot more books, music and movies off the boat with you.
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| Facebook Home Finally Hits 1 Million Downloads | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:33 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Facebook Home has finally hit 1 million downloads exactly one month after being released for Android, according to install numbers in the Google Play store.
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| More U.S. Teens Killed Texting While Driving Than Drinking | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:07 PM | Pocket-lint |
| Texting while driving has now replaced drunk driving as the number one cause of teenage deaths on the road in the U.S., new research has found. The study, performed by the Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York, found that more than 300,000 teens are injured and more than 3,000 die each year as a result of sending SMS messages while behind the wheel.
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| Viral Video Recap: Must-Watch Memes of the Week | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:45 PM | Charlie White |
| You must have had a seriously busy week last week if you missed all these goofy viral videos that appeared on our radar. Stop all that leaning forward and sit back while we catch you up on all the latest mirth and merriment with the one and only Viral Video Recap. While you adjust your volume, here's a sneak preview of what you'll see.
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| Get Your Sci-Fi Fix With This Gritty Aliens Short Film | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:29 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Get your Mother's Day-flavored sci-fi fix in this thrilling short. Aliens have invaded our planet, and they're out to destroy our race. We've all seen this movie before. But in this gritty, surprisingly good sci-fi short, things are actually a little different from what we're used to. In Hybrids, the aliens are the result of a failed government experiment, botched bio-hybrid soldiers who have now turned against their creators.
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| Hands-On With The Week's Top Apps | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 2:56 PM | Emily Price |
| Lots of great new apps launched this week. Disney released Story, a new app that uses the location and time stamp on photos you take with your iPhone to instantly create a digital storybook based on different events.
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| To Land the Job, Do Something Different | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 2:00 PM | Alexis Grant |
| In this new digital world, where it’s more competitive than ever to land a position, offering a standard resume and cover letter will get you nowhere.
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| Instagram Food Porn Leads to Capture of Identity Thieves | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 1:35 PM | Geekosystem |
| Food porn on Instagram is ubiquitous. That is to say, pretty much everywhere you look someone's posted a meal for one reason or another. It's the perfect tool to show off how lovely your burger looks before devouring it. If, however, you're an identity thief trying to avoid getting caught by the law, perhaps it's a good idea to not take photos of food at your clandestine meetings.
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| Don't Underestimate Your Mom's Geekiness | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:36 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Finding the perfect gift for your mom on Mother's Day is never an easy feat. Her tastes change, your memory fades and you always wind up finding her something at the very last minute. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday Comic from our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech, we learn that when it comes to tech gifts, we shouldn't underestimate the savvy of our moms.
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| iOS 7 Concept Video Shows Off Completely New Look | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:46 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| There have been rumors in recent weeks that Apple is planning a complete redesign for iOS 7 that moves away from the "skeuomorphic" look it has relied on to date, which designs digital objects like real-world objects. Now, one digital agency has come out with a video imagining what this kind of redesign might actually look like. In the concept video above, Simply Zesty shows off a flatter user interface.
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| In 'SNL' Return, Kristen Wiig Reminds Us Why We Love Our Moms | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:35 AM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Kristen Wiig made her much-anticipated return to Saturday Night Live, hosting the show for the first time after leaving it last year at the end of her seventh season. On the eve of Mother's Day, Wiig starred in an hilarious fake commercial for a flower service, in which she reminds us that no matter how odd our mothers are ("This week your father and I watched a porno," Wiig's character's mom says in the skit), we still love them.
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| Why Brands Want to Have a "Two-Way Conversation" With You | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:00 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| When you first hear the phrase "two-way conversation," you probably think, "Well, what other kind of conversation is there?" But when it comes to brands, this phrase embodies a very specific marketing strategy: personification. Ever since the advent of social media, brands have been trying to engage consumers in ways that make them seem more like people, rather than large corporations trying like hell to sell you products or ideas.
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| Google Mother's Day Doodle Helps You Create a Sweet Card For Mom | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:51 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Google has outdone itself for Mother's Day this year. The search giant released an interactive Google Doodle on Sunday that actually creates cards for mom, which are designed to look like the kind of arts and crafts projects she would want to pin up on your family's refrigerator. When you press the play button on this Google doodle, you'll see options to draw your mom, or choose flowers or a gift.
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| 6 Internet Lessons I Learned From My Mom | | Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:20 AM | Meghan Peters |
| When I was born, the Internet barely existed. My mom likely had no idea she had brought me into a soon-to-be digital world — much less how to raise me in it. But I've come to learn that she didn't have to. Those age-old adages my mother used, passed down from my grandmother and my great-grandmother before that, were all she needed to prepare me for the web era.
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