| Video: See the First Controlled Flight of a Robotic Insect | | Harvard scientists have managed to take their robotic insect — lovingly dubbed RoboBee — to its first ever controlled flight. The RoboBee, which has been under development for years, is an insect-sized robot with a carbon fiber body frame and wings that flap 120 times per second.
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| Google Play is Now on B+N's Nook HD | | What do you do when you’ve made a great product but are struggling to stand out from the pack and meet sales expectations? You offer more. At least that appears to be the strategy behind Barnes & Noble’s latest Nook HD tablet move. As of today, Nook HD owners will finally have access to the 700,000 apps available in Google Play and the Chrome Web browser found on most other stock Android devices.
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| 'National Geographic' Named Best Tablet Magazine of 2013 | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:45 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| The winners of the 2013 National Magazine Awards, often called the "Oscars of the magazine world," were announced in a ceremony held in midtown Manhattan Thursday night. National Geographic, which nabbed the most nominations of any magazine, also picked up the most awards, including two for its digital media efforts.
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| Skydog Lets You Remotely Monitor Your Kids' Internet and Facebook Use | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 9:12 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| If you're looking for some serious control over your family's Wi-Fi use and home network, a Palo-Alto, Calif., company has developed a new cloud-based solution. PowerCloud Systems' Skydog Wi-Fi router and mobile companion site lets parents monitor Internet access and even receive text notifications for certain network activity.
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| '80s Don Draper Is the Biggest Thing Since New Coke | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:36 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Did you ever wish that Mad Men was set in the '80s? Me neither, but The Onion writer John McNamee presents a compelling case for such a scenario with 80's Don Draper, which features everybody's favorite advertising antihero musing about the age of Cosby sweaters. Some of Don's greatest hits so far: Who's the Boss? The customer. — 80's Don Draper (@80sDonDraper) April 28, 2013 People don't want to avoid the Noid.
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| How Photographing Your Food Can Help Fight World Hunger | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:15 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| If you've ever gotten shamed for taking iPhone photos of your meals, you now have a legitimate reason to take a snap of your food: it could be a small step toward alleviating world hunger. That's because if you take a photo of your food with the Give Your Calories app (free for iOS), the app converts the caloric value of a food item into dollar values that can be donated to international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger.
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| 20 Ridiculously Photogenic Animals | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:03 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It is now a proven fact that dogs and cats are photogenic. Any picture, of any puppy or kitten, is camera lens gold. They just have "it" — the thing all supermodels crave and Tyra Banks tries to teach. But dogs and cats have held the spotlight for too long. The rest of the animal kingdom has got to be tired of hearing about their furry cuteness.
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| Stephen Colbert Asks Snapchat Founders if Their Profit Disappears Too | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 7:11 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| The co-founders of Snapchat — Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy — appeared on The Colbert Report this week to clear up Stephen Colbert's confusion about their photo-messaging app, which sees and deletes 150 million photo uploads every day. Colbert hurled a few jabs at the founders, including one about their finances: "Have you guys made a profit yet or does that disappear after 10 seconds, too?" he asked.
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| Tiny ATM Takes Your Money and Gives You Bitcoin | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:52 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Trying to figure out an easy way to convert your oldschool printed money to Bitcoin? Try the Bitcoin ATM, a tiny computer that takes your dollars, euro or other currencies and instantly converts them into Bitcoin. The Bitcoin ATM first prompts users to use the machine to scan a QR code on their cellphone, teaching the ATM where to send the Bitcoin.
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| 'Monsters University' Preview: What to Expect When You Enroll | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:34 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's almost that time of year again — when Pixar releases its annual movie, and kids and adults alike flock to the multiplex to see if the company that revolutionized animation can do it again. This time it's Monsters University, which opens June 21. Even on the rare occasion that a Pixar movie is a critical dud (we're looking at you, Cars 2), we're still curious enough to see them in droves.
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| Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat Sue Warner Bros. | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:13 PM | Christine Erickson |
| The cats of the Internet are coming together in a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for copyright and trademark infringement. The feline memes in question? Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. A Warner Bros. game called Scribblenauts Unlimited features two Easter eggs that unlock images of the two cats. Typing "Keyboard Cat" will reveal a cat in a blue shirt with a keyboard, while typing "Nyan Cat" into the game brings forth a Pop-Tart-bodied cat.
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| This Flask Looks Just Like an iPhone | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:43 PM | PSFK |
| You can carry your own booze to events and parties without attracting too much attention with the iFlask, a drink container that cleverly masquerades as an iPhone. The iFlask is made from polyethylene and polycarbonate, making it lightweight, smooth and sturdy. It's toxic free and can hold five ounces of liquid. Users can pour and drink from what should be the headphone jack, which opens and closes with a sliding switch.
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| LinkedIn Falls 11% on Lower Projected Q2 Earnings | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 4:36 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| LinkedIn handily beat Wall Street's expectations for its first quarter, but a lower-than-expected outlook for the second quarter appears to have caused the company's stock to drop by as much as 11% in after-hours trading. The company posted Q1 revenues of $324.7 million compared to an expected $317 million and earnings of .45 a share vs. a predicted .31.
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| 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 4:04 PM | Matt Silverman |
| Ever wonder where the "pinky swear" comes from. Or what would happen if you smoke poison ivy? Neither have we, but those tidbits and more await you in the latest episode of Reddit Facts. Don't forget to subscribe to Mashable's YouTube channel for more fun shows, reviews, interviews and cats.
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| J.J. Abrams, George Takei to Do 'Star Trek' Facebook Chat | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 3:45 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams will participate in a Facebook Live video chat hosted by comedian Andy Samberg on May 10, just a week before the anticipated summer blockbuster hits theaters on May 17. The chat — in which Facebook users will be allowed to ask questions — will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET, a Facebook representative told Mashable.
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| The Strange Truth About Introverts | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 3:12 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It's a difficult task to pin down the exact characteristics of an introvert. Actually, it's difficult to pin down an introvert, in general, because they are often hiding behind the couch. At least that's what Pleated Jeans' classification of this very peculiar species of human has found.
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| Playing This Video Game Will Sharpen Your Mind | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:39 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| Researchers at the University of Iowa have been studying ways to reverse the effects of aging on mental agility. Their answer? Play a video game. Not just any game, mind you. They developed a game of their own, a simple visual puzzle game called Road Tour. Their research shows that playing the game can markedly improve processing speed, mental agility and peripheral vision.
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| New App Brings Reddit to Google Glass | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:21 PM | Emily Price |
| Reddit is now available for Google Glass. Glass Explorer Malcolm Nguyen has published an app, which he's calling Reddit Timeline, that provides much of the Reddit web experience on Glass. With the app you can swipe through the top 25 FrontPage posts, upvote or downvote, and comment. If you see something worth sharing while you’re out and about, you can share directly to Reddit from Google Glass as well.
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| Cats Make for Delicious Sushi Rolls | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:52 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Would you like a side of whiskers with that California Roll? Neko-Sushi — also known as Sushi Cats — is a series of prints available for sale by Japanese company Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts. While some of the sushi-themed felines are more traditional, donning seafood and vegetables, some are just plain bizarre.
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| 'Vogue,' 'Wired' to Launch Online TV Channels This Month | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:14 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Conde Nast Entertainment is ramping up its digital video network, launching channels for Vogue and Wired later this month. New weekly shows, including the network's first scripted series, are also being added to the channels Glamour and GQ debuted in March. The announcements were made at Conde Nast Entertainment's Newfront presentation Wednesday. Vogue's channel will launch on May 8; Wired's, on May 15.
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| When Did the 'Second Screen' Become a Thing? | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:13 PM | Christina Warren |
| As we approach upfront season — the time of year when television networks show off their slate of programming to advertisers — one of the biggest buzzwords around is the term second screen.
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| Instagram Adds People-Tagging to Photos | | Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:04 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Instagram is adding one of Facebook's most popular features — photo tagging — to its iOS and Android apps Thursday. You can now tag people in photos, and browse feeds of photos you and others appear in. Previously, the only way to find out whether a photo of you was uploaded to Instagram was to crawl through your activity feed, hoping someone had mentioned your username in a caption (i.e., @laureni).
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