| Kickstarter Book and App Aims to Get Girls Interested in STEM | | Currently, less than a quarter of all jobs in STEM — that is, science, technology, engineering and math — are held by women. It's a gender gap that children's performer Jenna Bryson wants to close with a picture-book series and app called Grace from Outer Space.
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| 'If This Then That' Arrives For iPhone | | If This Then That (IFTTT) is now available for iPhone. If you’re not familiar, IFTTT is a service that lets you connect two different apps or services together based on specific parameters, in a way that makes using both services a lot more useful. Think of it as a string that ties together everything you use on your computer or phone.
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| 'Orange is the New Black' Arrives on Netflix Thursday | | Orange is the New Black, the new drama-comedy series that's exclusive to Netflix, starts airing Thursday at 12:01 a.m. PT (3:01 a.m. ET). Created by Jenji Kohan, writer-producer of the highly acclaimed Weeds, OITNB follows Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling) as she ends up in prison for a mistake from her distant past.
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| This Chair Will Hug You Each Time You Get a Facebook Birthday Wish | | Every year, Facebook users are flooded with birthday messages from their online friends — but while they may be a welcome sight, virtual wishes are always trumped by real-life ones. Developed by Outback Steakhouse and Brazilian ad agency Lew'Lara\TBWA, the B-Day Chair addresses this by bringing online greetings to the offline world.
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| Finalists Exhibit Tech for $465 Million Virtual Border Fence | | After holding demonstrations with select vendors, the Obama Administration is expected to pick a contractor by year's end for a $465 million high-tech border barrier — a key component of any immigration reform deal. The eight-and-a-half year Customs and Border Protection project aims to dot Arizona with video surveillance turrets that can spot illegal crossings.
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| 5 Types of Health Apps You Should Avoid | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:58 PM | Gloria Dawson |
| Thinking about diagnosing that runny nose or achy knee with an app? Take these common claims from health and medical apps with a grain of salt.
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| iPad Rival in Education Isn't a Tablet, Laptop or Desktop | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:30 PM | TabTimes |
| If you've been tracking education tablet deployments over the course of the last 12 months, you know that business is booming for vendors. iPad roll-outs have varied from the hundreds to the thousands, with the L.A. school district recently agreeing to fork over $30 million to deploy 35,000 iPads. There has also been an uptick in demand for Windows 8 tablets, especially from Dell.
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| Oopsie! Toddler Buys Car on eBay with Dad's Smartphone | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM | Allison Reiber |
| The next time a toddler asks to play with your smartphone, you might want to think twice. A 14-month-old girl in Portland, Ore. went on a little shopping spree on on her dad's eBay app. Okay, not so little — she bought a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite. SEE ALSO: 10 Terrific iPad Apps for Toddlers In good condition, the Sprite is a sweet set of wheels, but this car is a real fixer-upper — you'll see.
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| The Fine Line Between Art and Design | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:58 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Art is a beautiful way to express yourself — the simplest of paintings can be a window into a world of emotions. But just because you're a talented artist doesn't mean you should dabble in design. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Angela Liao of 20px shows us that artistic talent doesn't always translate in the design field. Don't worry though, we hear the best designers weren't appreciated in their day.
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| The App Store Turns 5: Its Top 10 Milestones | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:52 PM | Christina Warren |
| Five years ago Wednesday, Apple launched the iPhone App Store and, with it, ushered in a new app economy. Lots of changes have taken place over the last five years and it's hard to argue that the impact the App Store has had on the world of mobile and smartphones is anything but immense.
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| What Samsung's New American HQ Says About the Korean Giant | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:39 PM | The Atlantic |
| Samsung breaks ground on a new $300 million North American headquarters building in San Jose today. The building will house more than 2,000 employees in R&D and sales. As you'd expect, it's a green (LEED Gold) building that's designed to foster fickle innovation by making it easy for people to bump into each other in courtyards and facilities.
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| Britney Spears Previews 'Ooh La La' Music Video in GIFs | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:12 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Yes, she did it again. Pop star Britney Spears made a new music video. But on Wednesday, the 31-year-old singer gave fans a glimpse of her latest video in a unique way: she posted GIFs from her "Ooh La La" music video online, just one day before it premieres on VEVO.
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| 'BXBY' Is the First Film Composed Entirely of GIFs | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:58 PM | Bonnie Wertheim |
| You've certainly seen, and probably shared, GIFs that recreate scenes from some of your favorite movies. The short, looping videos allow fans to spread the joy of distinct moments in their pop-cultural consciousnesses that they think others will appreciate, with or without the context of a feature film's plot.
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| Google Street View Takes You on the Tour de France | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:42 PM | Emily Price |
| You may not be in quite good enough shape to participate in the Tour de France, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the fabulous scenery bikers are taking in on the journey. To help celebrate the Tour’s 100th Edition, Google has rolled out a few new products to help you take part in the race from your couch at home.
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| James Franco Announces Comedy Central Roast in Instagram Video | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:27 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| James Franco left a bleary-eyed, monotone message for his Instagram followers this week: "Hey y'all, what's up? I'm gonna get roasted on Comedy Central." Comedy Central confirmed to Mashable that #FrancoRoast will tape in Los Angeles in August and premiere on TV in time for Labor Day.
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| Defense Rests in Bradley Manning Trial | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:15 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Bradley Manning's lawyers rested their case on Wednesday. The defense built its case for a shorter amount of time than expected, but argued exactly what most anticipated it would: Manning did not intend to harm the United States and aid the enemy when he passed thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.
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| How We Discover New Music | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:34 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| With big-name summer albums such as Born Sinner, Yeezus, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Collapsible Lung, Random Access Memories, Hall of Fame, Halcyon Days and many, many more dropping, maybe now's a good time to re-evaluate how we discover and consume our music — or at least take a gander at how other people do it.
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| T-Mobile's Real Target With Fast Phone Upgrades: Influencers | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:02 PM | Pete Pachal |
| If you had told me, when the FCC slammed the brakes on AT&T's attempted merger with T-Mobile, that I would soon seriously consider switching to the nations fourth-largest carrier, which was set adrift in the wake of the scuttled deal, I would have said you were crazy. But here I am, about a year and a half later, thinking about doing just that.
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| Jay-Z Is Performing 'Picasso Baby' for Six Hours at an Art Gallery | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:40 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| On the heels of Magna Carta Holy Grail's release, Jay-Z upped his post-release hype with interviews and an impromptu Twitter Q&A. Now, he's currently participating in a six-hour lip-sync, dance-off, performance-art hybrid of "Picasso Baby" at New York City's Pace Gallery.
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| Here's How to Wash Your Hair in Space | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:19 PM | Charlie White |
| Life in space is not at all like it is here on terra firma. Case in point: how do you wash your hair in space? That's demonstrated here in the microgravity of the International Space Station by Expedition 36 crew member Karen Nyberg, who takes you through the whole procedure in a quick three minutes.
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| LeBron James Reveals Hidden Talent With Instagram Raps | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:14 PM | Sam Laird |
| Let's say you're LeBron James (you're not LeBron James). You've just won back-to-back NBA titles and cemented your status as the world's foremost basketball specialist. How do you spend your off-season? Rapping, of course. James took to Instagram this week to share his actually rather smooth flow with fans and followers.
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| Adorable Pug Photographed Every Day of His Life | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:55 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Your pet photos on Instagram are about to be put to shame. Jeremy Veach, a 23-year-old photographer in Seattle, Wash., adopted his pug Norm a year and a half ago, when the pup was just eight weeks old. Since then, he has documented every day of Norm's life on Instagram. His account, @jermzlee, has close to 30,000 followers.
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| Budweiser Teams With Jay-Z and Rihanna in Global Music Campaign | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:50 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Budweiser is cracking open two new musical ads featuring Jay-Z and Rihanna on TV and YouTube as part of a new global campaign set to launch today in 85 countries. Made for Music, the brand's first push using music as a platform, features the superstars as dual celebrity centerpieces. The two 30-second spots are set to Hova's "PSA" (watch above) and Rihanna's latest single "Right Now" (below); both were shot by director Mark Romanek.
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| T-Mobile Expands 4G LTE Network, Now Reaches 157 Million Users | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:40 PM | Christina Warren |
| T-Mobile announced Wednesday that its 4G LTE network now reaches 157 million users across the United States. T-Mobile launched its 4G LTE network in March and promised it would reach 100 million users by mid-year. The company has succeeded and now aims to reach 200 million users by the end of the year.
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| Bill Hader Has Awful Luck With His Phone in New T-Mobile Ads | | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:23 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Bill Hader has a new role: T-Mobile pitchman. The Saturday Night Live alum appears in a series of 30-second spots for T-Mobile promoting Jump, a new program that gives customers the option to upgrade their phones twice a year by paying a monthly fee of $10. SEE ALSO: 15 Bill Hader GIFS to Drown Your "SNL" Sorrows In one video, Hader drops his phone in a urinal; in another, a heavyset man sits on it, crushing the screen.
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