| 5 Places to Look for Your Digital Footprint | | Recently, many iPhone and iPad users were incensed to learn that Siri — the personal digital assistant for iOS devices — has an eerily long memory. Unbeknownst to Apple customers, Siri sends all your queries directly to Apple's company’s servers, where it is kept for two years before being deleted. And while the truth about Siri is making headlines, it's not really shocking.
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| Kris Kross Trends on Twitter as Fans Mourn Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly's Death | | "Kris Kross" became a worldwide trending term on Twitter after news of member Chris Kelly's death broke online Wednesday night. Fans took to Twitter to mourn the loss of Kelly — also known as "Mac Daddy" — one half of the rap duo best known for its 1992 hit, "Jump." Chris Smith, known as "Daddy Mac," was Kris Kross' other member. "Chris Kelly" also trended worldwide, while #RIPChrisKelly trended in the United States.
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| It's Easier to Maintain Weight Loss in Second Life Than in Real Life: Study | | Countering the stereotype of the web-surfing couch potato, a new study reveals that logging online may actually help people maintain their weight loss. Researchers from the University of Kansas Medical Center compared results from 20 overweight and obese individuals who embarked on a nine-month weight-loss program. The first three months focused on weight loss, followed by six months of weight maintenance.
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| SPRiZZi Drink Machine Is Like a Keurig for Soda | | 1:07:21 AM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| For those that love the Keurig coffeemaker with those nifty little flavor cups, there is now a similar drink machine for soda. Creator Michael Breault is raising funds on Kickstarter to further develop the SPRiZZi Drink Machine, which can dispense homemade soda with little cartridges, as explained in the video above. SPRiZZi's Drink Machine is about the size of your coffeemaker and brings over 60 soda flavors to your home or office.
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| If 'Breaking Bad' Was Made Into a LEGO Video Game | | What happens when you combine a hit television drama and your favorite childhood building blocks into a video game? LEGO Breaking Bad: The Video Game. Animator Brian Anderson merged two beloved forms of entertainment, and displayed the results in an epic YouTube video, above.
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| Zumper Enables Landlords to Bring Better Apartment Listings to Renters | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:58 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Zumper One-Liner Pitch: Zumper is a high-quality apartment listings site without the spam. Why It's Taking Off: With the launch of mobile app Zumper Pro, landlords can easily manage their listings inside Zumper and on other sites.
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| The 7 Types of Digital Marketer | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:02 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Social media has disrupted quite a few fields, becoming an integral part of many of them, such as journalism or marketing. And professionals in these fields have had to adapt, or, perhaps, perish. But everybody has a different way of using social media in the digital marketing world — and his or her unique own style.
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| UNICEF Admits Its Facebook Likes Don't Save Lives | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:56 PM | Zoe Fox |
| In the latest TV commercial campaign from UNICEF Sweden, the organization admits something few seem to remember in the age of social media milestones: Facebook Likes don't save lives. In the most viral clip, which has received more than 40,000 views on YouTube, we meet a young boy named Rahim, who's sick, though he says he's not worried because of UNICEF Sweden's Facebook community.
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| 9-Year-Old Names Asteroid 'Bennu' for NASA Mission | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:42 PM | Space.com |
| A near-Earth asteroid that will be visited by a NASA spacecraft in 2018 now has a more approachable name — "Bennu" — thanks to a North Carolina third-grader. Nine-year-old Michael Puzio's suggestion beat out more than 8,000 other entries in an international student contest that sought to rename potentially dangerous asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36, which is the target of NASA's Osiris-Rex sample-return mission.
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| A LEGO Tribute to the Polaroid Camera | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:22 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| You might still have a vintage Polaroid camera lying around the house that you're glad you held on to for its modern-day cool factor. But is your Polaroid cool enough to be made out of LEGO bricks? LEGO artist Chris McVeigh created a LEGO brick reproduction of the Polaroid Land Camera 1000, as shown in the video above.
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| NCAA Bans Football Field Hashtags | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:01 PM | Sam Laird |
| Sports Twitter was thrown into a minor tizzy Wednesday when word got out that the NCAA had banned the presence of hashtags on college football fields.
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| Travel Tips: How to Work and Relax While You Fly | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:44 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Work and travel may not seem like they go hand-in-hand, but being 40,000 feet up among the clouds might just be the best time to scratch some items off your to-do list before you try to catch some shut eye. With airport waiting and even some flights offering Wi-Fi, it also might be an opportune time to clean out your email, or the free moment you've been waiting for to update your work apps.
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| Upcoming Art Installation Will Be Fueled by Sexting | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:27 PM | Charlie White |
| Is your sexting so entertaining, so artful and inspiring that it should be in a museum? If you think so, now's the time to prove it. In an upcoming art installation, controversial artist Karen Finley asks museum patrons to sext her, and then she will create limited-edition paintings inspired by the erotic communications.
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| 70% of Brand Engagement on Pinterest Is User-Generated | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:09 PM | ClickZ |
| Approximately 70% of brand engagement on Pinterest is generated by users, according to a recent study by Digitas and Curalate. However, companies in the fashion retail and automotive industries aren't capitalizing on Pinterest's engagement. According to Digitas, the lack of brands using Pinterest leaves a gap in overall marketing strategies.
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| Bang With Friends Is Heading to Your Smartphone | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:42 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Bang With Friends, the service for lusty Facebook users, is going mobile. It raised $1 million this week to help you get more friends with benefits. The influx of cash will be focused on helping you see, from the comfort of your phone, just which friends you might want to hook up with.
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| Taco Bell Joins Snapchat to Reintroduce the Beefy Crunch Burrito | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:14 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Taco Bell is testing the waters for Snapchat, a hugely popular app with teens, but also a controversial one that most brands have steered clear of. The fast feeder joined the platform Tuesday night and announced it with the following tweet: We're on @snapchat. Username: tacobell. Add us.
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| Is Mark Zuckerberg a Liberal or a Conservative? | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 5:50 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| The wrath of many a scorned liberal has been targeted at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after his political group indirectly bankrolled ads praising two senators in part for their support of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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| Facebook's First Quarter, By the Numbers | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 5:20 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| As has been its custom, Facebook supplied some charts showing various stats related to the company's first-quarter performance on Wednesday, prior to its call with analysts. The stats show a steady increase in mobile users and users overall but also a dip in revenues vs. the previous quarter, which is fueled by holiday-based ad spending. Image courtesy of Getty, Justin Sullivan.
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| Almost Self-Driving Car: 'Super Cruise' Enters Real-World Testing | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 5:02 PM | Charlie White |
| Soon, Google won't be the only one with self-driving cars — if U.S. carmaker GM has its way. Cadillac's "Super Cruise," a semi-autonomous driving system, is making progress in extensive testing, according to the car company. Last year, GM teased us with the promise of Super Cruise, and now the company says it's taken the technology out on "real roads," as well as tested on closed courses and sophisticated simulators.
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| JCPenney Begs Customers to 'Come Back' in New Ad | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 4:54 PM | Quartz |
| In a mushy ad posted on YouTube last night, JCPenney is pleading for its former customers to come back. It acknowledges that the department store chain has made mistakes but says JCPenney has learned to listen to its customer, “to hear what you need to make your life more beautiful.” It’s unclear whether that will bring back the customers JCPenney lost under former CEO Ron Johnson’s tenure at the company.
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| Facebook Now Has 751 Million Active Users on Mobile | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 4:31 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| After Facebook released its fourth-quarter earnings report in January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Facebook had "become a mobile company." In the latest earnings report, the company further justified that claim. Facebook had 751 million monthly active users on mobile as of the end of March, a 54% increase from the same quarter a year ago, the company revealed in its first-quarter earnings report on Wednesday.
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| 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' Coming Out Nov. 5 | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 3:50 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts, the next game in the annual franchise, will be released Nov. 5, according to an announcement from publisher Activision. Activision calls Call of Duty: Ghosts the "next generation" of the realistic military first-person shooter franchise. Developed by Infinity Ward, the game is reportedly built on a "next generation" engine.
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| AT&T's Secret Weapon for Selling 4G: Adorably Hilarious Kids | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 3:35 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Fun fact: Jorma Taccone, one-third of comedy troupe The Lonely Island, whose Saturday Night Live digital short "Dick in a Box" won an Emmy, directs AT&T's kid-infused "It's Not Complicated" TV commercials that are performing well on YouTube. "I've been working with children on these spots for the past year and it's awesome," Taccone, who previously directed the comedy film MacGruber, told Mashable.
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| Dicycles: The Scooter Gets a Hip Upgrade | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 3:33 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| The modern-day city dweller has numerous transportation options, whether it's car, train, bike or even trolley. But finding the ever-elusive parking space, waiting out train delays and competing with rush hour traffic on your average 10-speed bike don't exactly optimize your commute. Some commuters are starting to adopt a more efficient, eco-friendly way to get around their cities — the electric dicycle.
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| Twitter Adds Tailored Trends to iPhone, Android App | | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 3:31 PM | Emily Price |
| Twitter updated its app for iPhone and Android Wednesday, adding the ability to view Trends from around the world or focus on those in your backyard. Located in the Discover tab, the feature shows you what's trending on Twitter as whole. You can also drill down to tailored trends within the app. They're based on your location as well as who you follow on Twitter.
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