| Silicon Valley Can’t Be Copied | | 3:39:40 AM | MIT Technology Review |
| For 50 years, people have tried to figure out what makes Silicon Valley tick. By 1960, Silicon Valley had already captured the attention of the world as a teeming technology center. It had spawned the microwave electronics industry and set a pattern for industry academic partnerships. French president Charles de Gaulle paid a visit and marveled at its sprawling research parks set amid farms and orchards south of San Francisco.
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| Nokia Debuts $68 Mobile Phones Designed for Fast Internet Access | | Smartphones may comprise a majority of mobile-phone shipments worldwide, but a sizeable number of handset users still prefer basic feature phones. Nokia catered to the latter market on Wednesday by debuting two 3G-capable feature phones — the 207 and 208 — that are specifically designed to provide users with quick Internet access.
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| Limbo May Be the Creepiest iOS Game Ever | | Remember Limbo, Playdead's black-and-white, 2D-scroller that scared and thrilled us on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC? The game is now available for iOS, and it's every bit as scary as its big-screen counterparts. In the game, you play a little boy searching for his lost sister. To find her, you must enter Limbo, a weird, monochromatic world that's a child's worst nightmare.
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| Dark Matter Mystery: Why Astronomers Say It's Missing | | 1:58:33 AM | MIT Technology Review |
| Astrophysicists believe our galaxy must be filled with more dark matter than ordinary matter. Now, astronomers say they can find no evidence of dark matter’s gravitational influence on the planets. What gives? Astronomers have a problem. Whenever they study the large scale structure of the universe, it soon becomes clear that the amount of visible matter cannot possibly generate enough gravity to hold together the structures they can see.
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| Neuroscientist Says Human Head Transplant Is Possible | | 1:03:40 AM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| An Italian surgeon is reportedly convinced that the technology now exists to carry out a full-on human head transplant. The science — according to Dr. Sergio Canavero, a member of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group — is based on the successful head transplants of animals. In 1970, Dr. Robert White, a neurosurgeon, successfully completed the procedure between two rhesus monkeys.
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| An App to Help Doctors Diagnose Dementia | | 12:04:42 AM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| Doctors can now reduce process of testing for dementia from three years to 10 minutes. Cantab, a new iPad app from Cambridge Cognition, is designed to help early diagnoses of dementia. The technology, based on testing developed at the University of Cambridge, is designed to be easy for patients to use.
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| Finalists Show Off Their Cities to Become 2020 Olympics Host | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:33 PM | Quenton Narcisse |
| The 2020 Olympics don't begin for another seven years, but who says you can't get pumped a little early? Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid — the three finalists bidding for the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games — have released a brief promotional video, depicting how the games would look in their respective cities.
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| Would Crowdsourcing Work for Your Branded Video? | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:59 PM | ClickZ |
| More brands are exploring crowdsourcing as a way to engage consumers by allowing them to create ads for the products they love. One of the most popular examples of crowdsourced advertising is Doritos' "Crash the Super Bowl" ad contest, which has run for the last seven years.
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| 3D-Printed Human Organs Prep Doctors for Real Surgeries | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:31 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| An Iowa businessman says 3D-printed human organs can help doctors practice surgeries before actually opening up a real body. Mark Ginsberg — an Iowa City jewelry store owner, who also has a manufacturing facility with a couple of 3D-printers — has partnered with physicians to help 3D print organ models or whatever they might need, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.
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| 14 Movie Quotes That Will Make You Proud to Be American | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:10 PM | Gabe Bergado |
| Hear that? Sounds like justice, freedom and hot dogs crackling on the grill. But nope, it's not the sound of a star-spangled banner billowing in the wind. It's a list of patriotic movie quotes that will make you proud to be an American. SEE ALSO: 15 Bald Eagles Wearing Wigs Wave that flag, Gretchen Wieners. 1. Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Flickr, goaliej54 and Bmermaid 2.
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| Justin Timberlake Frolics With Topless Women in 'Tunnel Vision' Video | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:01 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Is Justin Timberlake's not-safe-for-work music video for "Tunnel Vision" trying to dethrone Robin Thicke's NSFW video for "Blurred Lines?" Both prominently feature topless women but, for now, Thicke's jam featuring T.I. and Pharrell sits atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. "Tunnel Vision" is from Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which came out in March after a strategic digital marketing blitz.
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| Stealth Wear: Fashion That Keeps You Off the Radar | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:30 PM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| The words "stealth wear" have us thinking of James Bond, undercover spies and other people who don't want to be found. But it could become a fashion trend for the masses. One designer, Adam Harvey from the School of Visual Arts, has started designing products that make you invisible to technology.
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| Taylor Swift Releases 'Red' Music Video Just in Time for Fourth of July | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:14 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| The Fourth of July weekend wouldn't be the same without a dose of red, so a day before America's Independence Day, Taylor Swift fittingly unleashed a video for her song "Red." The clip splices together footage from her concerts and several awards-show performances. I’m so excited that the new video for ‘Red’ comes out this evening! Also very excited about all the red, white, & blue happening tomorrow.
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| Drone Project Modeled From Incredible Images of Birds in Flight | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:04 PM | Luisa Rollenhagen |
| Stanford University students are capturing incredible images of birds in mid-flight in order to study their movements, behavior, and ultimately create the ideal drone. The ultra-high-speed Phantom camera they use can shoot upwards of 3,300 frames per second at full resolution, and an amazing 650,000 at a tiny resolution, which enables the students to capture the incredibly intricate movements of a bird in flight.
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| Boston University Sues Apple for Patent Infringement | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:29 PM | AppAdvice |
| Boston University is taking Apple to court for patent infringement. According to the Boston Herald, the university's suit claims that the company is using a patented semiconductor in its products. Filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the suit says that the component, patented by engineering professor D. Moustakas in 1997, is used in numerous products including the iPhone 5, iPad and MacBook Air.
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| 6 Startups Pioneering Interactive Education for Kids | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:00 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| In an effort to transform teaching and learning, educational technology entrepreneurs showcased their innovative ideas at the LAUNCH Education and Kids Conference in Mountain View, Calif., on June 26 and 27. Conference host and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis moderated the discussions and demonstrations that featured twenty edutech startups on stage at Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus.
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| Report: Time Warner Cable May Soon Be Available on Apple TV Boxes | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 6:49 PM | Charlie White |
| If you subscribe to Time Warner Cable, soon you might be able to access all that programming on an Apple TV box. That is, if a deal between Apple and Time Warner Cable, Inc., goes through, which Bloomberg reported could happen "within months." Over the past year, Apple has been acting on what Apple CEO Tim Cook said was "intense interest" in TV, looking to add additional content to the movies and TV shows it sells on its iTunes store.
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| 8 New Cities Submerged as Oceans Rise in Climate Change GIFs | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 6:26 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| How will the rising seas caused by climate change swallow up your city? Nickolay Lamm, a 24-year-old researcher and artist has worked on answering this question for months now. In April, he created illustrations of how the increased sea level will impact cities in the U.S. like Miami, New York and Washington, D.C. Mashable turned them into GIFs that showed how much our world could potentially change if the earth's ice caps melt.
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| Free Wi-Fi Is Coming to Select Airports via MediaShift | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 5:59 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Free airport Wi-Fi sounds too good to be true, but a select group of 20 U.S. airports will soon be offering the service as part of a partnership with the digital advertising company MediaShift. It's called the Premier Airport Network and the deal will place ads throughout a user's surfing session.
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| Nintendo Fans Petition to End Region Locking on 3DS and Wii U | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 5:44 PM | Geekosystem |
| Nintendo, oh dear Nintendo, how art thou out of step with pretty much every other modern console? Let us count the ways. Oh, here’s a telling one: While the Xbox One and PS4 both eschewed region-locking, Nintendo kept the restrictive practice in place on the Wii U.
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| Social Media Day 2013: A Global Celebration | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 5:21 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| Mashable community members gathered on June 30 to celebrate the fourth annual Social Media Day. Participants recognized the digital revolution in a variety of ways, from all-day panel discussions to nighttime networking parties. Thousands participated in the hundreds of Social Media Day events that took place around the world. Some of the most-attended events were hosted in Australia, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka.
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| Save the Smurfs in New Facebook Game | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 5:10 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| In the new Facebook game The Smurfs and Co: Spellbound from Ubisoft, players can join the Smurf Village as one of the iconic blue characters. Players must help the Smurfs reconstruct their toadstool-filled village after evil sorcerer Gargamel — the Smurfs' old enemy — casts a spell turning them all to stone. The player is the only Smurf to escape the curse unharmed.
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| Morsi Ousted While Sparring With Egyptian Army on Social Media | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:46 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown Wednesday by the Egyptian military following three days of occasionally violent street protests across the country. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) suspended the constitution and said the Chief Justice would assume presidential powers until a new election could be held. Social media has for years been a source of news and information during political upheaval.
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| Yahoo Buys Xobni for More Than $30 Million | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:43 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Another day, another Yahoo acquisition. On Wednesday, Yahoo announced its second purchase in a week with the reported acquisition of email productivity provider Xobni for a price of $30 million to $40 million. "Did you ever meet someone who truly 'gets' you? That’s how we feel about Yahoo," Xobni wrote in a company blog post announcing the acquisition.
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| Blind Redditor Creates and Solves Rubik's Cube | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:34 PM | Gabe Bergado |
| Sameer Doshi has always been up for a challenge. The legally blind 32-year-old engineer was unable to continue playing video games like The Legend of Zelda during his free time. Instead, he listened to novels on MP3 — but he craved competition. SEE ALSO: 13 Fantastic Subreddits You Should Subscribe To So Doshi created a modified Rubik’s cube using textured stickers, plastic gems and velcro fabric to guide his fingers over the 3D puzzle.
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| Americans Spend 23 Hours Per Week Online, Texting | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:08 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| Staying up-to-date on emails, social media and other forms of online communication can take a lot of time — more time than many people may realize. New research has found that the average user spends 23 hours every week emailing, texting, using social media and communicating online in other ways. That number represents nearly 14% of the total time in a week.
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| Vine's Biggest Update Yet Adds 'Revines,' Cat Videos and Ghosts | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:58 PM | Emily Price |
| Vine released its biggest update to date for iOS Wednesday, bringing a number of new features to the video service. Included in the update are 15 new channels ranging from comedy to cats where you can submit your videos, a new “On the Rise” section that highlights Vine videos going viral on the service, and new capture tools — such as grid and ghost tools — to add flavor to your videos.
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| Bold Music Video Explores Small-Town Gay Romance | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:56 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Singer Steve Grand released a brave music video that tells "the universal story of longing to be loved" from the perspective of of a gay male. The "All-American Boy" video is making early waves online. 'N Sync's Lance Bass commended the artistry and boldness on Twitter. SEE ALSO: 'The Boxtrolls' Animated Movie Trailer Highlights Same-Sex Parents "I fought with who I was for most of my life," Grand told his hundreds of Facebook fans.
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| Prosecution Rests in Bradley Manning Trial | | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:56 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| The U.S. government rested its case in the Bradley Manning court martial on Tuesday, after five weeks of trial. This marks the end of the prosecution phase, and next week it will be Manning's lawyers turn to present their case in defense of the WikiLeaks source.
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