Mashable: Latest 29 News Updates - including “This iPhone Case Holds RFID Cards, So You Don’t Have To” |
- This iPhone Case Holds RFID Cards, So You Don’t Have To
- Feeling Sick? Use This Web Tool to Self-Diagnose Your Symptoms
- How Nokia Dropped the Ball on Smartphones and Two Other Stories You Need to Know
- This Money Management App Is the Wallet of the Future
- 98% of Americans Distrust the Internet [STUDY]
- Play ‘Angry Birds’ With Your Hands on Samsung’s 75-inch TV [VIDEO]
- 10 Dating Apps to Help You Find True Love
- Vyclone Turns Your iPhone Video Into a Multi-Camera Masterpiece
- One Direction Covered by 5 Guys, 1 Piano [VIDEO]
- IOC Enhances Its Social Presence
- Electronic Health Records Become Mainstream
- A Marketplace for Authentic Designer Fashion
- 16 Breathtaking Blue Photos by Mashable Readers
- Fab Raises $105 Million, Sets Sights on Retail Stores
- Facebook Game Subtlety Teaches 20-Somethings Financial Literacy
- How to Take ‘Sports Illustrated’-Worthy Instagram Shots
- AT&T Introduces Shared Data Plans for Up to 10 Devices
- Bing Rolls Out a Beautiful Time-Lapse Video on Its Homepage
- Challenge Accepted: 15 Trivia Questions You’ll Probably Get Wrong
- Can Usain Bolt Create an Olympic-Sized Brand?
- What Should Marissa Mayer Do With Yahoo? [POLL]
- Lindsay Lohan Movie Turns to Visual Startup Mobli to Cast Actress
- New Yorkers Capture Spectacular Photos of Storm
- 3 Hot Car-Sharing Services You Have to Try
- Rolls-Royce Builds Jet Engine from 152,455 LEGO Pieces
- ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Amazing Race’ Alumni Star in CBS’s New Web Series
- Up Close With the Space Shuttle Enterprise
- Microsoft: Windows 8 to Go On Sale Oct. 26
- Apple Must Advertise That Samsung Didn’t Copy the iPad
- How Online Marketing Can Fuel Offline Conversations
| This iPhone Case Holds RFID Cards, So You Don’t Have To Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:53 AM PDT     If you carry a radio-frequency identification card, this iPhone case is for you. The HEX Stealth iPhone 4/4S case, released this week, has a special compartment for tap-and-go cards. The protective case is optimal for one or two cards, which keeps your phone sleek and slim. Feel free to store extra cash or an office key card here, too. The product's biggest differentiator from other carriers on the market is its shielded internal storage flap, which keeps iPhone and RFID card signals from crossing. RFID cards usually consist of a small chip or tiny antenna, which store key information including credit card numbers, expiration data and security information. SEE ALSO: Apple Wins… More About: Mobile, apps, iphone
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| Feeling Sick? Use This Web Tool to Self-Diagnose Your Symptoms Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:21 AM PDT  When you're feeling under the weather do you rush to the hospital? Google frantically? Now, a web app provides a middle ground solution, offering the guidance of medical professionals with the ease of an online search. When you tell SymCAT your symptoms, it shows you the likelihood of different diagnoses. Think of it like a cross between a search engine and a symptom checker. SymCAT was created by two Johns Hopkins medical students with backgrounds in engineering, Craig Monsen and David Do, who were frustrated that patients with common symptoms felt the need to go to the emergency room. "It occurred to us that it could be useful for patients with minor conditions like back pain… More About: doctors, health, lifestyle, medicine
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| How Nokia Dropped the Ball on Smartphones and Two Other Stories You Need to Know Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:10 AM PDT 
How Nokia Dropped the Ball on Smartphones Through a series of interviews with key executives, the Wall Street Journal has taken a look into Nokia's history, revealing how Nokia almost caught the touchscreen smartphone bandwagon, but ultimately decided to take a different course. Probably the most revealing quote in the story comes from Nokia's chief designer Frank Nuovo. Looking at old Nokia slides, which show early touchscreen smartphone prototypes, Nuovo said: "Oh my God.… More About: Nokia, apple, features, first to know series, ipad, mashable
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| This Money Management App Is the Wallet of the Future Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:52 AM PDT  Quick Pitch: Adaptu Wallet is a financial planner disguised as an iOS app. Genius Idea:Adaptu Wallet links accounts, monitors spending and calculates future expenses to give users an accurate read of how much money they currently have. The Internet makes spending money easier than ever before. But here's something that online shoppers and real-life mall rats may not know -- online money management is just as simple as spending. Sites like Mint have been providing budgeting tools via the web for years, but Adaptu, which launched in 2010, has taken the concept to the next level -- namely, your iOS device. Those who indulge in retail therapy without realizing that their… More About: apps, bizspark, personal finance, startup
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| 98% of Americans Distrust the Internet [STUDY] Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:08 AM PDT 
According to the survey of 1,900 Americans, 98% distrust information found on the Internet, with 94% saying "bad things can happen as a result of acting on inaccurate information online." Reasons Americans distrust information on the Internet include: Too many ads – 59% More About: Harris Interactive, internet, trending
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| Play ‘Angry Birds’ With Your Hands on Samsung’s 75-inch TV [VIDEO] Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:06 AM PDT  Samsung unveiled on Wednesday its ES9000 75-inch LED Smart 3D TV in New York City, complete with a gesture-controlled version of Angry Birds. Mashable's Samantha Murphy described the 75-inch LED as "stunning" in person. The top-of-the-line set has super-slim bezel of just 0.31 inches that gives the set the appearance of floating and has no visible seams. While the ES9000 has all the amenities you would expect from a high-end television set -- including a well hidden built-in camera for Skype video calls -- we were most excited about Angry Birds. Alongside the TV, Samsung unveiled a gesture-controlled version of Angry Birds. The hit game can be… More About: HDTV, LCD, Samsung ES9000, angry birds, samsung
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| 10 Dating Apps to Help You Find True Love Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:24 AM PDT 1. OkCupid OkCupid is the fastest-growing online dating platform. It's easy to see why — OkCupid is free, simple and incredibly saturated. The app integrates the site's math-based magic, which suggests compatible mates. On the mobile app, users will still have to build a profile and answer at least 25 questions. But the more questions you answer the better. OkCupid's "Locals" feature on the mobile app lets singles utilize their free time to scout who's nearby for coffee or a drink. Say you have two hours before dinner with friends, you can also send out a "Broadcast" to singles nearby — "I'm free for coffee downtown." Then just wait for responses. When the app is on, users will also benefit from live notifications if there are any good matches passing them by. Price: Free iOS and Android app Click here to view this gallery. 
Singles can connect online and test their web-based love connections in person. In some cases, it's only a few minutes after virtually chatting, thanks to location-based features. "If you think you're not tech-savvy enough to download a dating app, think again," Laurie Davis, founder of eFlirt Expert and author of Love At First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating (releasing in Febr… More About: Mobile, Social Media, android, apps, dating, features, iphone, relationships, social networking
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| Vyclone Turns Your iPhone Video Into a Multi-Camera Masterpiece Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:24 PM PDT 
Available Thursday, the app lets two or more users create a collaborative video with others who are also shooting an iPhone video in physical proximity to them even if you're not friends with or even aware the other people are shooting a video. The result is an almost instant multi-angle video of an event that you'll swear was created by a professional video editor. "Working as a musician for years, I noticed that people were always taking video of their favorite More About: App, Video, iphone
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| One Direction Covered by 5 Guys, 1 Piano [VIDEO] Posted: 18 Jul 2012 09:50 PM PDT  The boy band One Direction may have charmed teens with their catchy lyrics, but these five musicians have our jaws dropping. We've seen seven pianists collaboratively cover Jay Z and Kanye West, but the members of The Piano Guys have raised the bar. More About: One Direction, YouTube, musicians, watercooler
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| IOC Enhances Its Social Presence Posted: 18 Jul 2012 08:12 PM PDT 
The Olympic Athletes' Hub -- an online social destination launched in April to provide verified Twitter and Facebook feeds of past and present Olympians -- is getting two new features. First up is a section called Inside the Olympic Village, which will host a series of live chats over the coming weeks. The IOC is encouraging people to follow @Olympics on Twitter and Facebook.com/Olympics for updates on who will be chatting when. An Olympic Challenge page is also schedu… More About: Social Media, olympics, sports
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| Electronic Health Records Become Mainstream Posted: 18 Jul 2012 07:33 PM PDT  A large part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is aimed at making patients' health records more accessible between multiple physicians, as well as between doctors and their patients. Part of this initiative has been to implement the use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. These systems allow easy sharing and accessibility for all parties involved in making your healthcare decisions. In addition to saving time, they also reduce the number of errors sometimes made in written files. Ideally, with the use of EHR systems you could move to a different state and it would be easier for your new doctor to receive a current file from your… More About: CDC, EHR, HITECH, NCHS, electronic health records, healthcare, healthcare reform
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| A Marketplace for Authentic Designer Fashion Posted: 18 Jul 2012 07:00 PM PDT  Name: Hello La Mode Quick Pitch: A place to buy and sell designer goods. Genius Idea: A third party verifies the authenticity of purchases before payments are transferred. Search for a designer handbag on eBay, and you're likely to come across more than a few fakes. The auction site has made general efforts to prevent the selling of counterfeit goods -- namely, by agreeing to take down items at the request of brand owners, or that users report to be "suspicious." Despite those sanctions, shoppers still must rely largely on their own knowledge of a product -- the brand of a zipper, the shape of a buckle -- to determine if an item they're looking at is the real thing.… More About: Hello La Mode, bizspark, ebay, fashion, retail, startup
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| 16 Breathtaking Blue Photos by Mashable Readers Posted: 18 Jul 2012 06:40 PM PDT Brie Stewart "The amazing blue sky in Sydney city CBD (Darling Harbour)." Click here to view this gallery. 
Last week, we asked you to send us photos that captured the color blue. Our readers excelled in their interpretations of the theme, sending us all kinds of blue snapshots for the weekly Mashable Photo Challenge. SEE ALSO: 12 Celebratory Photos From Mashable Readers One gorgeous photo pictures a tropical bay; another shows a sky peaking through ornate windows. From a paint-drenched 5K run to a gorgeous butterfly to a pond full of swans, our favorite photos this week sh… More About: Photos, community, photo challenge, photography
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| Fab Raises $105 Million, Sets Sights on Retail Stores Posted: 18 Jul 2012 06:18 PM PDT 
Fab famously pivoted from a gay social network into an ecommerce site with millions of members and doing thousands of sales every single day. Fab's growth continues to accelerate. Back in December -- when the company closed a $40 million round of financing -- the site boasted 1.2 million members. Seven months later, that figure has quadrupled to more than five million members. Fab co-founder and CEO Jason Goldberg told us that the company is now selling 3.4 products per minute. "We hit on great products that people love," Goldberg says. He attribute… More About: Fab.com, ecommerce, fashion, flash deals
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| Facebook Game Subtlety Teaches 20-Somethings Financial Literacy Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:45 PM PDT 
Kicked Out, the product of developers and social entrepreneurs in Vienna, Austria and San Francisco, strives to train players to intuitively become responsible with money. The group is hoping to raise a major funding round through Kickstarter, with just three days left to reach its $300,000 goal. Creator Katharina Norton began working on Kicked Out when she realized financial literacy is a universal struggle for nearly all young people. There's an imbalance between the ease of spending money and the challenge of saving money. "I wante… More About: facebook games, kickstarter, personal finance, trending
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| How to Take ‘Sports Illustrated’-Worthy Instagram Shots Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:18 PM PDT 
Now Brad Mangin, the photographer who made the images, used a Wednesday post to his personal blog to share some secrets on how he created SI-worthy Instagrams. Mangin writes that he got an iPhone 4S last December, and "immediately fell in love with the special effects and social networking aspects of working with Instagram." He began shooting ballplayers in February during spring training, continuing to snap away with his iPhone with a fresh dose of enthusiasm for sports photography. Eighteen of the shots from… More About: Sports illustrated, instagram, sports
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| AT&T Introduces Shared Data Plans for Up to 10 Devices Posted: 18 Jul 2012 04:48 PM PDT 
Dubbed "Mobile Share," the wireless provider will offer the plan to customers starting in August. Each of the six plan options includes tethering and unlimited domestic calls and texts for smartphones and basic or quick messaging phones. The news comes one month after rival Verizon overhauled its billing plans, which gave customers the ability to share data allowance across several devices. Verizon's plan -- "Share Everything" -- is available for unlimited calls, text, v… More About: Mobile, att, trending, verizon
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| Bing Rolls Out a Beautiful Time-Lapse Video on Its Homepage Posted: 18 Jul 2012 04:01 PM PDT  As part of a move to bring its Internet content to life for web searchers, Bing's homepage on Wednesday features a stunning time-lapse video of Arizona's desert. Bing's homepage typically features a different photograph as its backdrop each day, but it's not the first time it has touted video instead. "We aim to do a few videos on the homepage each month," Stephanie Hortsmanshof, senior managing editor at Bing, told Mashable. "We sprinkle them in so it's meant to be a surprise." The video homepages first launched in September 2011 for users with an HTML-5 enabled browser. For those without a modern browser, the site will display the still photography. SEE ALSO: Google vs. Bin… More About: Social Media, Twitter, Video, bing
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| Challenge Accepted: 15 Trivia Questions You’ll Probably Get Wrong Posted: 18 Jul 2012 03:34 PM PDT According to the children's song "Six Little Ducks," what did the one little duck who ruled the others have on his back?To access the answers in each slide, use your cursor to highlight the black text following the "Answer" field. Answer: Feathers Click here to view this gallery. 
But even the most seasoned trivia buffs are not always right. Sometimes they are so focused on the niche details, that the most obvious answer is amiss. SEE ALSO: History of Trivia Is Anything But Trivial [VIDEO] Arkansas-based indie developer Mobile FWD provided us with the 15 most common incorrectly-answered questions from people playing their free iOS game Triv.ial. The game, which launched less than a month ago, has collectively asked more than one million questions. The Entertainment… More About: apps, iOS, trivia, watercooler
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| Can Usain Bolt Create an Olympic-Sized Brand? Posted: 18 Jul 2012 03:25 PM PDT 
But, like more mortal beings, Bolt is also an avid tech consumer. He owns three different smartphones -- a BlackBerry, Samsung S3 and iPhone -- and is active on Facebook (where he has nearly 7 million "Likes"), Twitter (where he has more than 500,000 followers), WhoSay and Instagram. He's a video game junkie who some… More About: Gaming, Mobile, Music, apps, features, olympics, sports
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| What Should Marissa Mayer Do With Yahoo? [POLL] Posted: 18 Jul 2012 03:04 PM PDT 
Mayer was not seen as a candidate for Yahoo's top spot. Earlier this summer, it was thought that Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and interim CEO Ross Levinsohn were the frontrunners. Mayer was a long-time Google employee who had been with the company since 1999. Now she'll be charged with the task of resurrecting the beleaguered Internet company. In addition, she'll be taking on another difficult job -- she announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child on Oct. 7. She will have her work cut out for her at Yahoo, which "is… More About: Google, Yahoo, marissa mayer
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| Lindsay Lohan Movie Turns to Visual Startup Mobli to Cast Actress Posted: 18 Jul 2012 02:55 PM PDT  Multimedia-sharing startup Mobli has helped Hollywood cast an actress for The Canyons, a neo-noir thriller starring Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen. Producers of the movie -- which is funded through Kickstarter and tells the story of five 20-something's "quest for power, love, sex and success" -- held an open casting call on Mobli over the past three weeks. More than 125 women submitted audition videos to snag the role of Caitlin, a character described as such: "20s, beautiful and very aware of it, a budding socialite engrossed in Los Angeles life, shallow, naive, and easily manipulated." Co-producer Ricky Horne surprised the winner, Lauren Schacher, this week:… More About: Entertainment, Film, Mobli, Movies, celebrities, mobile apps
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| New Yorkers Capture Spectacular Photos of Storm Posted: 18 Jul 2012 02:48 PM PDT View from the Clouds. "#stormcoming #nyc #isolated I've never seen a storm so concentrated. The power of mother nature!" Image courtesy of DhaniJones Click here to view this gallery. 
Former NFL linebacker and current Travel Channel host Dhani Jones shot the most shared photo of the day, an incredible Instagram image snapped from an airplane taking off from LaGuardia. More About: NYC, Photos, Weather, instagram, watercooler
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| 3 Hot Car-Sharing Services You Have to Try Posted: 18 Jul 2012 02:42 PM PDT 
Your automobile is another asset that can score you some big bucks. Here are three up-and-coming car-sharing services that we recommend. RelayRides
Former Kiva employee Shelby Clark started RelayRides because he had to bike two miles in the sleet and cold in Boston just to get to a Zipcar and realized ther… More About: Video, car sharing, valleygirltv
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| Rolls-Royce Builds Jet Engine from 152,455 LEGO Pieces Posted: 18 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT  Ask any kid, everything looks better in LEGO. Inspired by a 5-year-old LEGO fan, a Rolls-Royce location in Derby, U.K. has debuted a replica of a jet engine made entirely out of LEGO bricks. The LEGO version of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine is more than 6 and a half feet long, half the size of its real-life counterpart. The replica engine is made from 152,455 LEGO bricks and was built by a team of professional LEGO builders advised by Rolls-Royce graduates and apprentices. The model was inspired by a boy named Fred, who built a LEGO jet engine with his father and sent it to the Rolls-Royce site in Derby. SEE ALSO: LEGO Settlers of Catan: The … More About: Lego, cars, engineering
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| ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Amazing Race’ Alumni Star in CBS’s New Web Series Posted: 18 Jul 2012 02:14 PM PDT  Lovebirds Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd, alumni of TV show's Big Brother and The Amazing Race, now star in a web series on CBS's website and CBS Audience Network. Jeff and Jordan Do America, which premiered at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, documents the couple's big move from Chicago to Los Angeles. In the 10-episode series, they'll traverse U.S. Route 66's landmarks and take part in activities that are "death-defying" or "purely romantic." Watch the first episode below. "The series has everything from quirky to adventurous and, of course, relationship themes throughout," Schroeder says. SEE ALSO: Big Brother Embraces Social TV With New Interactive Platforms An interactive map (se… More About: Amazing Race, Entertainment, big brother, cbs, web series
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| Up Close With the Space Shuttle Enterprise Posted: 18 Jul 2012 02:03 PM PDT Enterprise Window Yes, you can get this close to Enterprise. Click here to view this gallery. 
First impressions? The Shuttle is huge. I attended a shuttle launch a few years ago and got to be within a mile of the Space Shuttle Atlantis when it blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It looked pretty big from afar, but it's not until you're standing nose-to-nose with a NASA shuttle that you get a true sense of their size. And you can get that close to Enterprise -- within three feet at most points on the museum floor. You can walk completely around and under the spaceship. To get… More About: NASA, Tech, US, aviation, pics, space, space shuttle, technology
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| Microsoft: Windows 8 to Go On Sale Oct. 26 Posted: 18 Jul 2012 01:40 PM PDT 
The company had previously announced a "late October" launch date for the new OS, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live unit at Microsoft announced the more specific date at the company's annual sales meeting. The date was updated on Windows 8's Wikipedia page within minutes of the announcement. Meanwhile, the "RTM" (Release to Manufacturing) version of Win 8 is set to hit the first week of August. The dates are not particularly surprising, since the Redmond software giant typically delivers operating system updates in October. Still, there was always the wo… More About: Marketing, Windows 8, microsoft
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| Apple Must Advertise That Samsung Didn’t Copy the iPad Posted: 18 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT 
Apple's statement must be published on its UK website for six months and be distributed throughout several British magazines and newspapers, Bloomberg reports. Judge Colin Birss mandated that the notice must detail the July 9 ruling in which he dismissed Apple's lawsuit over Samsung's Galaxy Tab. According to Birss, the design for the Galaxy tablets doesn't infringe on that of Apple's product. He even went as far to say the Samsung designs weren't as distinctively "cool" as the iPad. "[The Galaxy tablets] do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which i… More About: apple, ipad, patent lawsuit, patent lawsuit theater, samsung, samsung galaxy tablet
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| How Online Marketing Can Fuel Offline Conversations Posted: 18 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT  The fact is no medium drives offline conversation better than online marketing. In fact, our research shows that in 15% of conversations about products and 23% of conversations about services, somebody refers to something they saw online. Yet, a key mistake made by digital marketers is allowing the effectiveness of campaigns to be measured with just digital metrics like clicks, shares, and re-tweets. None of those metrics pick up the impact of offline behavior, such as word of mouth, which can be nine times more voluminous offline than online. So how does a marketer make sure marketing efforts work in both spaces? Here are five ways to maximize the impact of any marketing strategy… More About: Marketing, contributor, features, marketing platform, online marketing
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