| New Google Maps Sign-Up Page Leaks Showing Smart Search and More | | A sign-up page for a new version of Google Maps for the desktop has briefly become available online, showing a plethora of new features and a new design. The page, unearthed by Droid Life, is no longer available, but it's likely to show up again tomorrow during Google's I/O event.
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Mom Photographs Daughter as History's Most Heroic Women | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:43 PM | The Mary Sue |
| Jaime Moore wanted to do something special for her daughter’s fifth birthday photo, but when she looked online, all she could find were princess tutorials. “Now don’t get me wrong,” she says on her site, “I LOVE Disney Princesses … But it got me thinking, they’re just characters, a writers tale of a princess (most before 1998) … an unrealistic fantasy for most girls,” except, she admits, for Kate Middleton.
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| Mashable Launches Google Glass Viral Prediction App | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:03 PM | Robyn Peterson |
| Even though Google Glass has taken a few shots lately, many of us at Mashable find it useful ... and fascinating. That's why we're launching Mashable Velocity for Google Glass, which alerts you when stories start to go viral, so that you're always in-the-know. Specifically, when Mashable Velocity predicts that a story's about to go viral, you'll receive an alert on Glass.
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| 44% of Shoppers Will Buy Less Online if Internet Sales Tax Passes | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:49 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| If the Marketplace Fairness Act passes through Congress, more online retailers would have to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. Would you buy less stuff online if that becomes the case? If yes, you're not alone — about 44% of people said they would cut back on their Internet shopping if the so-called Internet Sales Tax becomes reality, according to a study.
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| BlackBerry Bringing BBM to iOS, Android | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:16 PM | Christina Warren |
| ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry has announced that it's bringing its BBM chat platform to multiple platforms and devices this summer, including iOS and Android. This move has been rumored for, literally, years, yet the announcement still seemed to take the audience by surprise. BBM will come to iOS 6 devices and will work on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and higher.
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| 15 Bill Hader GIFs to Drown Your 'SNL' Sorrows | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:43 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Saturday Night Live is losing another show staple as Bill Hader announced on Tuesday that he will depart at the end of the season. Hader joined 'SNL' eight years ago, quickly making a name for himself with characters like Stefon, James Carville and the oddball game show host. His exaggerated expressions were priceless, and his dance moves were incomparable.
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| Google I/O 2013: What to Expect | | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:01 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Google's annual developer conference, Google I/O, begins Wednesday morning, and it has a tough act to follow. The company set the bar high last year with a product- and event-dominated agenda, including the well-reviewed Nexus 7 tablet, a big step up for Android in version 4.1 "Jelly Bean" and an amazing skydiving stunt to hype Google Glass.
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