| Campaign Mocks A&F CEO by Donating Brand's Clothes to Homeless | | An online campaign is attempting to "rebrand" Abercrombie & Fitch by donating its clothes to the homeless, after an author alleged that company CEO Mike Jeffries "doesn't want larger people shopping in his store." The comments, made by Robin Lewis, were included in a Business Insider article published earlier this month.
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| Google Play Gets a New Look in Version 4.1.6 | | Google has updated its Google Play store for Android to version 4.1.6, bringing a change in design and several other improvements. The new, colorful home buttons (Apps, Games, Movies, Music, Books and Magazines) on Google Play are the biggest visual change in this release. There were also updates to the Application pages, as well as the Wishlist, which now shows apps in rows of three.
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| Play From 2-Year-Old's POV in 'Among the Sleep' Horror Video Game | | Creaky sounds and strange shadows are enough to unsettle most adults, but they're especially frightening for children, who cope with overactive imaginations. This is the creative premise of Among the Sleep, a first-person horror-themed video game in which players navigate creepy environments as a two-year-old child. Unlike many other first-person games, there is no combat.
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| Einstein's Planet: New Alien World Revealed by Relativity | | Einstein's special relativity has proven more useful than ever, as scientists have now used it to discover an alien planet around another star. The newfound world — nicknamed "Einstein's planet" by the astronomers who discovered it — is the latest of more than 800 planets known to exist beyond our solar system, and the first to be found through this method.
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| HP Split x2 Transforms From Huge Tablet to Powerful Laptop | | Hewlett-Packard is announcing a more powerful, larger-screen follow-up to the Envy x2 Windows 8 PC called the HP Split x2. The "x2" designates the device's dual nature: The keyboard and monitor are separate devices; it's a laptop when docked together, and a tablet when removed. In the case of the Split, it's a fairly large 13.3-inch tablet.
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| HP Slatebook x2: Finally, a Serious Android 'Laptop' | | Many manufacturers have tried to create a "productivity" solution for Android tablets. Samsung does a decent job with its stylus-focused Note line, but manufacturers that build hybrids — tablets that become laptops with a keyboard dock — often come up short. Hewlett-Packard is betting that it's finally cracked the Android hybrid with its Slatebook x2.
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| Watch the Trailers for ABC's 12 Upcoming New Shows | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:02 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| ABC released trailers for its upcoming 12 new shows Tuesday after announcing its 2013-2014 TV schedule during its annual upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City's Avery Fisher Hall. Seven dramas and five comedies — eight of which will premiere in the fall — are on tap, plus a Toy Story special from Disney Pixar, as well as reality series The Quest from the producer of The Lord of the Rings movie franchise.
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| Homemade 'Catching Fire' Trailer Can Spark a Revolution | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:57 PM | Neha Prakash |
| The Hunger Games has defined itself as one of this decade's major blockbusters, with intense special effects, a gigantic fan base and everyone's favorite Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence as the film's leading lady. But CineFix is proving that it doesn't take Hollywood magic or money to create trailers for movies. They recreated the trailer for Catching Fire, the second installment of the trilogy, scene-for-scene with low-budget effects.
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| The Infallible Career Path Generator | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:59 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Whether you're a soon-to-be graduate, someone unhappy with your current career path or just struggling in the economy, finding your one true calling isn't easy. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrates a machine that figures out your life's work for you. Be warned, though — the results may surprise you.
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| Teen Invents Concussion Detection Prototype for Car Accidents | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:48 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Justin Krell is only 16 years old but says he really wants to do things that help people. The Plankinton, S.D., teen has designed a working prototype for an in-vehicle system he calls "HardHit," which can help detect whether someone may have suffered a concussion during a car accident.
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| Is Google Launching a Subscription Music Service to Battle Spotify? | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:39 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Rumor has it Google will debut a subscription music service this week at its annual developer conference, Google I/O. The rumor mill intensified Tuesday after The Verge reported that its music industry sources said Google secured licensing deals with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group for YouTube and Google Play.
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| Facebook’s Financial Data Reveal It Doesn’t Need Zynga Anymore | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:41 PM | Quartz |
| One of the few bright spots in Facebook’s last quarterly report was a modest increase in how much money the company makes from payments (as opposed to the company’s primary source of revenue, advertising). Payments were up about 15% from a year ago, mostly due to Facebook Credits purchased to play games on Facebook. Historically, Zynga has represented the bulk of that revenue.
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| 25 Gross Words That Everyone Hates | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:52 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Here's the challenge: Get through this entire video without cringing. It's a tough one, because — ew. Socially Awkward host Kevin Gisi and YouTube megastar iJustine take us through these 25 words that are, for some unknown reason, like nails on a verbal chalkboard.
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| Dwolla Payments to Bitcoin Platform Shut Down by Homeland Security | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:30 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Dwolla users are unable to transfer money to and from leading Bitcoin trading platform Mt. Gox following a court order from the Department of Homeland Security. Users of Dwolla's money-moving service began receiving this message as of Tuesday afternoon, first posted on Twitter by OkCupid cofounder Chris Coyne and reported upon by Betabeat. Image courtesy @malgorithms Jordan Lampe of Dwolla declined to offer further details.
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| Club Monaco Debuts Fall Lookbook on Tumblr | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:01 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Club Monaco's fall lookbook isn't making its debut in a print catalog or on a press-only site. Instead, the Ralph Lauren-owned fashion brand is releasing its lookbook simultaneously to the public and the media on Tumblr. Club Monaco has cast eight pretty and much-followed Tumblr bloggers to model its men's and women's collections for fall, as well as looks already available in store.
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| Entrepreneur Creates 3D-Printed Google Glass | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:22 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Want to try Google Glass, but can't get your hands on a pair? Chinese entrepreneur Sunny Gao just printed a 3D version of the high-tech specs.
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| Aereo's Unexpected Ally: John McCain | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:04 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| John McCain's new bill would strip Fox of its broadcasting license if it went subscription-only to spite Aereo.
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| Why Melissa Joan Hart's Kickstarter Project Failed | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:54 PM | The Daily Dot |
| It's finally happened. Kickstarter users have said "No thanks!" to a celebrity's film project. The crowdfunding campaign for the film Darci's Walk of Shame, which had Melissa Joan Hart attached to it, was cancelled Monday after raising only $51,605 from 315 backers in a little over a month. The hope was to raise $2 million.
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| How Not to Use Social Media: Restaurant's Epic Facebook Meltdown | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:04 PM | Annie Colbert |
| On last week's episode of Fox's Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsey visited Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz. But not even the loud-mouthed British chef could convince the stubborn (and, by some reviewer accounts, delusional) owner to change her ways. The episode caught the attention of Redditors, who slammed the restaurant's Facebook page with comments, triggering an epic social media meltdown.
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| Alleged CIA Spy Accused of Using Gmail to Recruit Russian Agents | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:38 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The detainment of alleged CIA spy Ryan Christopher Fogle on Monday has all the ingredients of a good, cold war-era spy thriller: a fake diplomat trying to recruit Russian spies, promises of million dollar rewards, sunglasses and wigs for disguise, lots of cash, and Gmail. Wait — Gmail? Really? According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Fogle, who was officially a member of the political department of the U.S.
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| George Lucas, This Is Not the Jedi You're Looking For | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:29 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Fun fact: Star Wars creator George Lucas(69) and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (29) share a birthdate: May 14. That’s today if, well, you're reading this on May 14. If you're not, you should still appreciate this imagined meeting between the two great creative and entrepreneurial minds.
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| Bing Adds Klingon to Language Translator | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:12 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| It's time to brush up on your Klingon, Star Trek fans. Search engine Bing has just added the official language of the series to its language translator.
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