| Facebook Facelift Craze Makes for Pricey Profile Pictures | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:06 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| That Facebook profile picture is crucial. At the very least, it's your image, a semi-public glimpse into who you are. It can also be a branding tool or a peek at what potential employers can expect. And of course, as the first Facebook iteration had it, the profile picture can serve as a subjective indicator: hot or not. For some (or arguably all) of the above reasons, keeping up appearances is a social media consideration.
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| Sharknado Takes Twitter by Storm | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:21 PM | Chris Taylor |
| In what surely counts as the most laughable premise since Samuel Jackson got tired of all those snakes on his plane, the TV movie Sharknado debuted on the Syfy channel Thursday night. It features pretty much what you'd imagine from that title: a freak weather system sweeping up schools of sharks into a tornado that drowns and devastates Los Angeles. For folks on Twitter, it was cause for a feeding frenzy.
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| Facebook Hashtags Have Marketing Potential, Privacy Issues | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:19 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| When Facebook announced the rollout of its Twitter-like hashtag program last month, it wasn't immediately clear how marketers could take advantage. Facebook didn't provide much information, except to say that there would be no hashtag-related advertising, at least not yet. Many marketers rushed ahead anyway, eager to try the hashtags out. Colin Sutton, U.S.
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| 'Out of the Furnace' Trailer Shows Christian Bale's Gritty Side | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:54 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Things get dicey pretty quickly in Out of the Furnace's first official trailer, which was released Thursday by the film's distributor, Relativity. Shedding the role of the Dark Knight and Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale returns to the big-screen for a role that still seeks to do good — but with less gadgets and more grit. Bale plays Russell, a Rust Belt blue-collar worker who cares for his terminally ill father.
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| The Typewriter Is Back — to Save Privacy | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:42 PM | Chris Taylor |
| You know how to make sure a government agency — or if you are a government agency, then Wikileaks — won't eventually read everything you type? By dumping your laptop and clacking the keys on something like an old-fashioned Selectric, then hand-delivering the result to your correspondent. That appears to be the rationale behind the Russian government's decision to purchase new typewriter equipment.
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| Bruce Lee Comes Back to Life in Johnnie Walker Ad | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:33 PM | Brie Hiramine |
| Chalk it up to CGI magic. Martial arts legend and action star Bruce Lee died 40 years ago, but whiskey purveyor Johnnie Walker has brought him — or at least his likeness — back to life. Its 90-second "Hail to the Game Changers" ad features Bruce Lee wandering through a Hong Kong hotel, expounding on his philosophy about how to be a game changer.
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| Baby's First Year Beautifully Captured One Second at a Time | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:42 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Baby Indigo entered the world on July 9, 2012. His father, Sam Christopher Cornwell, started the camera rolling on his son's day of birth and continued to capture snippets of footage every day to Indigo's first birthday. SEE ALSO: The 10 Most Viral YouTube Videos of 2012 Cornwell stitched together the footage, a few seconds at a time, to create a beautiful time-lapse video.
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| 11 Minutes of Pure Beatboxing Genius | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:19 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Using only his voice and a microphone, Australian beatboxer Tom Thum gave a dynamic performance at TEDxSydney in May. His 11-minute act was uploaded to YouTube earlier this week and instantly went viral, accruing more than 1.4 million views in two days.
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| 1 in 10 Americans Use Smartphones During Sex | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:25 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| There's a time to be connected and a time to unplug, but those lines are becoming more blurred for many Americans addicted to their smartphones.
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| Chipotle Will Give 20 People Free Burritos Until 2033 | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:51 PM | Annie Park |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill turns 20 this Saturday. The popular food chain will celebrate its anniversary by kicking off a 20-day-long treasure hunt, "Adventurrito," that offers a 'burritoful' grand prize of 20 years of free burritos (approximate retail value: $9,100, in constant dollars.) SEE ALSO: The 17 Stages of a Food Coma Every day at 10:20 p.m.
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| The Next Level of 3D Printing: Liquid Metal | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 1:46 PM | Luisa Rollenhagen |
| The possibilities afforded by 3D printing keep expanding. From spider robots to prosthetics for ducks, the sky seems to be the limit. Researchers at North Carolina State University took the technology one step further with the discovery of a method for printing liquid metal (watch above).
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| 11 Travel Startups You Need to Know | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 1:35 PM | Lauren Drell |
| We all know about the awesomeness of TripIt, Airbnb and Hipmunk and how they've revolutionized travel. But there's a new crew of travel startups taking flight and shaking up the industry even more. These 12 startups help you book flights, find the right hotel room, assemble an itinerary and save money — they'll help you land amazing vacations at better prices than ever.
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| Nokia Unveils Lumia 1020 Smartphone With 41-Megapixel Camera | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:14 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Nokia has officially unveiled the Nokia Lumia 1020, a Windows Phone with a 41-megapixel camera. The phone will be exclusive to AT&T in the United States, available July 26 for $299.99 with a two-year contract. Preorders begin July 16. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop unveiled the phone, calling it a "flagship device" at an event in New York City on Thursday. The phone's camera is capable of capturing 41MP images in either 3:2 or 16:9 aspect ratio.
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| 25 Scandalous Needlepoints Your Grandma Would Hate | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:09 AM | Brie Hiramine |
| Needlepoint crafts may often be associated with the simpler times of your grandma's era — but don't be too quick to judge. The embroidery section of Etsy has some surprises in store. While the site offers plenty of pillows and wall hangings cross-stitched with innocent cats, flowers and pastoral scenes, we also found some with much more sass.
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| 20 Cat-Themed Sites That Will Make You Purr | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:50 AM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Cats rule the Internet — that's not up for debate. According to Google, people search for the word "cats" 30 million times per month, nearly three times the amount of searches for "Kim Kardashian" and five times for "bacon." SEE ALSO: 10 Cats Clearly Plotting to Kill Their Owners In order to properly express its love, the Internet has given multiple tributes to its feline friends.
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| 9 Ways to Punish Your Children Using Facebook | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:55 AM | Molly Horan |
| Social media can be a powerful tool. While you're probably using it to connect with friends, it's also helpful when trying to discipline your kids. No, we're not talking about taking away their Internet privileges — that would be too easy. Embarrassment, however, can act as an amazing motivator. And there's no better vehicle for parental-driven embarrassment than Facebook.
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| 56 Unique Lorem Ipsum Generators | | Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:41 AM | Grace Smith |
| With roots in classical Latin literature, lorem ipsum has been the print industry's standard dummy text since the 16th century, and it was popularized in the 1960s. It has become the de facto placeholder text in web design, too (as gathering content from clients can often be a frustrating process), and is used in place of meaningful content during the design phase.
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