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- Help End Homelessness With This Simple Survey App
- 50 Winning Holiday Gifts for Gamers
- Nook App for Windows 8 and Two Other Stories You Need to Know
- Internet Activists on Red Alert Ahead of United Nations Conference
- New Chip Is Next Step in 3D Gesture Control Phones
- Tour College Campuses Virtually With This Site
- Google Play Music Updates App With Gapless Playback, Auto Instant Mixes [VIDEO]
- Your Age May Give Away What’s on Your Holiday Wish List [SURVEY]
- Make Commission Off Your Friends’ iPhone Photos Using the Foap App [VIDEO]
- NASCAR Driver Fined $25,000 for Tweeting From Car During Race
- Getting Old, Huh? This Tech Will Help You Out
- The iPad App That Could Change College Sports Forever
- Mexico, U.S. Sign Pact to Combat Stolen Phone Trade
- Living With Lumia: Day 1, Getting Into the Groove
- 7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012
- Government Surveillance Is on the Rise, Says Google
- World Wide Wearables: 21 Ways to Dress Like the Internet
- Zynga’s Executive Team Sees Massive Shakeup
- NBA Allows All-Star Game Voting Via Twitter and Facebook
- How YouTube Channel Owners Are Building Audiences [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Who Is Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft’s New Windows Boss? [VIDEO]
- Leaked Script Reveals What ‘Prometheus’ Could Have Been
- ‘Minority Report’-Like Tech Brings Touchless Control to Windows 8
- Gmail the Petraeus Way: A Scandal of Sloppy Security
- Dropbox Hits 100 Million Users
- Bond’s 3D-Printed Aston Martin Makes ‘Skyfall’ Debut
- Petraeus Appears in New ‘Call of Duty’ as Defense Secretary
- PlayStation’s ‘Wonderbook’ Brings ‘Harry Potter’ to Life for Kids [VIDEO]
- Google Fiber Finally Launching
- See the Year’s Only Total Solar Eclipse [PICS]
| Help End Homelessness With This Simple Survey App Posted: 14 Nov 2012 05:01 AM PST  
According to National Alliance to End Homelessness report The State of Homelessness in America 2012, the estimated number of homeless people in the United States was 636,017 at the end last year. That's a 1% decrease between 2009 and 2011, but there's still cause for concern -- economic and demographic indicators show that homelessness might escalate over the next few years. The 100,000 Homes Campaign is trying to change that with its new mobile-friendly app, Homeless Connector. The campaign, which is a national movement to find permanent homes for 100,000 chronically homeless individuals and families by July 2014, created the app to empower peopl… More About: Mobile, Social Good, homeless, smartphone
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| 50 Winning Holiday Gifts for Gamers Posted: 14 Nov 2012 04:15 AM PST 1. Triforce Lamp Know a Zelda fan in need of some power, wisdom and courage? This beautiful wood and acrylic lamp can be hung or shelved. The pixelated carvings on each side warm the room with dappled light. Price: $95.00 Click here to view this gallery.
SEE ALSO: 10 Hot Indie Games to Watch From stocking stuffers to big ticket items, check the heaping list above for inspiration. Already found the perfect gamer gift? Share the love in the comments. More About: Gaming, Gifts, features, holidays 2012, video games
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| Nook App for Windows 8 and Two Other Stories You Need to Know Posted: 14 Nov 2012 03:32 AM PST
B&N Launches Nook Reading App for Windows 8 Barnes & Noble has launched a Nook reading application for Windows 8, bringing 3 million titles to users of Microsoft's latest desktop OS. The app also runs on Windows RT devices, and lets users read books, magazines, newspapers and comics. The app is available in the Windows Store. Google Updates Transparency Report Google has updated its Transparency Report, detailing the percentage of user data requests it complies with… More About: Google, blackberry messenger, features, first to know series, mashable, nook
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| Internet Activists on Red Alert Ahead of United Nations Conference Posted: 14 Nov 2012 03:12 AM PST
Called the World Conference on International Telecommunications, the meeting is intended to update some of the aging international law that governs the flow of information online. The meeting is mostly closed to the public, so the few details we do know about various proposals are largely thanks to leaks, many of which are published on WCITleaks. What we do know is that at least some of the proposals could allow government… More About: ITU, United Nations, WCIT, World
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| New Chip Is Next Step in 3D Gesture Control Phones Posted: 14 Nov 2012 01:43 AM PST The clickwheel of the first iPod worked by measuring electric field disturbances in one dimension. The first iPhone touch screen functioned similarly, but in two dimensions. This week, Microchip Technology, a large U.S. semiconductor manufacturer, says it is releasing the first controller that uses electrical fields to make 3D measurements. The low-power chip makes it possible to interact with mobile devices and a host of other consumer electronics using hand gesture recognition, which today is usually accomplished with camera-based sensors. A key limitation is that it only recognizes motions, such as a hand flick or circular movement, within a six-inch range. "That's the bigges… More About: 3D, gesture control, smartphone
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| Tour College Campuses Virtually With This Site Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:43 AM PST
Goldman found a university to attend (Wesleyan University). He also pi… More About: college, college tours, virtual tours
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| Google Play Music Updates App With Gapless Playback, Auto Instant Mixes [VIDEO] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:45 PM PST
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| Your Age May Give Away What’s on Your Holiday Wish List [SURVEY] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:45 PM PST There are always those people who are difficult to buy for. But two new studies might shed some light on who wants what. If you're buying a techie gadget for a kid, it's likely he or she will desire a laptop more than a tablet. Adults, on the other hand, are hoping to see tablets in their stockings this year, at least according to two separate surveys. SEE ALSO: 6 Amazing Tech-Inspired Holiday Decorations [PICS] A survey of PriceGrabber.com asked 4,958 U.S adults what they want this holiday season and 59% said they want tablets. Only 0.24% of the people surveyed were under the age of 18. Another survey by Harris Interactive, conducted for Ebates, shows 17% of 8-18 year olds wan… More About: holiday shopping, laptops, tablets
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| Make Commission Off Your Friends’ iPhone Photos Using the Foap App [VIDEO] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:45 PM PST In addition to selling their iPhone images for $10 each, users of Foap's moneymaking app can now make commission off of their friends' photos. Starting next week, users who invite their friends to Foap can earn a 10% cut of all their future sales. To turn their pictures into cash, users simply take a photo or upload one from their phone's album, and submit it to the Swedish startup for approval. Once approved, the images go live on Foap Market, and each sale is split 50-50 between the user and Foap. Since launching in June, the app has been downloaded nearly 150,000 times, and 1.4 million images have been uploaded to the market. What do you t…
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| NASCAR Driver Fined $25,000 for Tweeting From Car During Race Posted: 13 Nov 2012 08:49 PM PST |
| Getting Old, Huh? This Tech Will Help You Out Posted: 13 Nov 2012 07:54 PM PST By the year 2020, 70% of the population will find themselves on the other side of 50. And despite the fact that many optimists call 70 "the new 40," researchers agree that once you hit 40 -- "new" or "old" -- it's a downhill slope. SEE ALSO: Tech-Savvy Seniors: Half of U.S. Adults Over 65 Are Online Instead of throwing up our flabby arms and surrendering, we're seeing a generation facing the slow decline of the senses with clever tech ideas to make aging more manageable and less humiliating. Whether it's vision, hearing, memory or just driving skills that are beginning to dim -- and, trust me, they will dim -- technology is coming to the rescue. Can't See A personal f… More About: apps, contributors, features, senior citizens
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| The iPad App That Could Change College Sports Forever Posted: 13 Nov 2012 07:01 PM PST
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| Mexico, U.S. Sign Pact to Combat Stolen Phone Trade Posted: 13 Nov 2012 06:07 PM PST The black market for mobile phones stolen in the United States extends beyond its frontiers. Now the U.S. and Mexico will be cooperating on a plan to make sure that mobile devices purloined here aren't reactivated south of the border. In a deal signed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Mexican telecommunications providers will participate in an international database of stolen phones and mobile devices. Further, the Federal Communications Commission and Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport will cooperate on a report to monitor the performance of mobile carriers in fulfilling their pledge not to allow the activation of stolen phones on their networks and collaborate on a… More About: U.S. government, mexico, stolen phone
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| Living With Lumia: Day 1, Getting Into the Groove Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:24 PM PST About nine hours ago, I locked my iPhone 5 in my desk drawer. It will remain in that drawer for the next 10 days. In its place, I will be relying on Nokia's Lumia 920 running Windows Phone 8. Most of my day with the phone has consisted of getting my various accounts and necessary passwords, authentication tools and banking information onto the new device. I've also had some time to test some apps and I have some early impressions on the hardware. SEE ALSO: Can Mashable's Apple Fangirl Switch to the Lumia 920? Hardware Thoughts As Emily Price said in her review, the Lumia 920 is a large phone. While its screen size is consistent with… More About: Lumia 920, Windows Phone 8, living with lumia, microsoft
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| 7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012 Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:02 PM PST 1. Employers Can't Ask for Your Facebook Login A handful of states, including Illinois, California and Maryland, passed laws making it illegal for employers to ask for your Facebook or other social media passwords. While not a common occurrence, it was apparently happening to warrant legislative action in the U.S. We're not saying the law is unbelievable; we're saying the fact that we even need this law is unbelievable. We realize economic times are tough, but no would-be employee should hand over the social keys as part of the interview process. Image credit: Flickr, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Click here to view this gallery.
SEE ALSO: Why Citizens Demand More Social Media in Law Enforcement While none of those bills were signed into law, we have seen some pretty crazy laws passed in individual states and elsewhere around the world (for good reasons and bad). In the gallery above, Mashable has collected a handful of the most notable new technology laws of the year, involving everything from cyb… More About: Politics, Tech, US, World, features, law
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| Government Surveillance Is on the Rise, Says Google Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:34 PM PST Google released its sixth Transparency Report on Tuesday, showing what it believes is a clear trend: around the world, government requests for user data is on the upswing. "As you can see from the graph below, government demands for user data have increased steadily since we first launched the Transparency Report," wrote Dorothy Chou, senior policy analyst at Google, in a blog post. "In the first half of 2012, there were 20,938 inquiries from government entities around the world. Those requests were for information about 34,614 accounts." Government requests for Google to remove content rose dramatically over the past six months, too. "In the first half of 2012, there were 1,7…
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| World Wide Wearables: 21 Ways to Dress Like the Internet Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:18 PM PST 1. Rage Face Shoes CTRL-F shoelaces. Price: $35.00 Click here to view this gallery.
Style trends change more often than Facebook's layout, so keep your closet fresh by browsing the gallery above for 21 webby ways to dress. From memes to HTML, we have you covered from head to toes. SEE ALSO: Fall's Hottest Fashion Trend: Internet Memes Thumbnail courtesy of Etsy, Nyanpanties More About: Watercooler, fashion, memes
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| Zynga’s Executive Team Sees Massive Shakeup Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:04 PM PST Social gaming company Zynga announced several huge changes in its executive team Tuesday. CFO David Wehner is leaving Zynga for a senior finance position at Facebook, and will be replaced by Mark Vranesh, who previously served as the company's chief accounting officer. Vranesh previously served as CFO of Zynga from May 2008 to August 2010, when he assumed the position as the company's chief accounting officer. In addition, David Ko was appointed COO of Zynga, Barry Cottle was appointed chief revenue officer, and Steven Chiang was appointed president of games at the company. All three are making those moves from other positions inside the company. "Dave remains a good friend to…
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| NBA Allows All-Star Game Voting Via Twitter and Facebook Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:43 PM PST |
| How YouTube Channel Owners Are Building Audiences [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:27 PM PST
The team at FanBridge -- a tool for monitoring audience growth and retention -- has put together an infographic of funded and non-funded channels that highlights how channel owners are monetizing YouTube and keeping viewers engaged. About 86% of survey respondents said they upload three or fewer videos each week, which places more emphasis on engagement rather than quanity. SEE ALSO: 10 Essential YouTube T… More About: YouTube, infographics
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| Who Is Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft’s New Windows Boss? [VIDEO] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:14 PM PST Microsoft shocked the tech world this week when it announced the immediate departure of Steven Sinofsky, the company's president of Windows, who oversaw the development and recent launch of Windows 8. With Sinofsky gone, the Windows ship now officially has a new captain: Julie Larson-Green. So who is she? Like Sinofsky before her, Larson-Green is a career Microsoftie. She started at the company in 1993 and was "discovered" when she gave a talk about Microsoft compilers, writes longtime Microsoft observer Mary Jo Foley. Her first role at the company involved working on developer tools, but she soon joined the Internet Explorer team. It was her wor… More About: Julie Larson-Green, Steven Sinofsky, Windows, microsoft
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| Leaked Script Reveals What ‘Prometheus’ Could Have Been Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:00 PM PST Ridley Scott's Alien prequel Prometheus was highly anticipated by sci-fi fans everywhere. To a certain extent, though, it ended up disappointing many. The most common qualms fans had with the movie can be found in this hilarious Honest Trailers parody. But jokes apart, many people were definitely expecting a different movie. Now, after a fan site published an early draft of the script, we can take a peek at an alternate universe in which Prometheus is really a different movie. How different? So much so that it's not even called Prometheus. Its title is Alien: Engineers. The script was written by Jon Spaihts before Damon Lindelof, of Lost fame, t… More About: Movies, prometheus
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| ‘Minority Report’-Like Tech Brings Touchless Control to Windows 8 Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:50 PM PST A Norwegian technology company is bringing touchless gesture controls to Windows 8 devices. The company, Elliptic Labs, launched a series of tools to help electronics companies enable a hands-free control feature into their products (think: Tom Cruise's computer in Minority Report). SEE ALSO: Make 3D Holograms With an XBox Kinect [VIDEO] The technology is similar to that of the Xbox Kinect, which uses cameras to detect motion. Elliptic's technology, however, uses ultrasound and microphones, which give the synched devices a wider field of view, is more responsive to gestures and doesn't require lights to work, the company said. Elliptic s… More About: Newsy, Windows 8, computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, videos
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| Gmail the Petraeus Way: A Scandal of Sloppy Security Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:34 PM PST It's fair to say that neither General David Petraeus nor General John Allen will be delivering any lectures on email security any time soon. Both men have become ensnared in scandals that could easily have been avoided, had they and their supposed paramours simply remembered the cardinal rule of email. Which is this: write every single one, even your draft emails, as if it were about to be broadcast to the entire nation. The more of the story that gets uncovered, the more we learn it turned on dumb email practices. Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell, the AP reported Monday, communicated to each other via his personal Gmail drafts folder. Apparently the director of the… More About: general petraeus, gmail
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| Dropbox Hits 100 Million Users Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:21 PM PST
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| Bond’s 3D-Printed Aston Martin Makes ‘Skyfall’ Debut Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:14 PM PST
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| Petraeus Appears in New ‘Call of Duty’ as Defense Secretary Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:02 PM PST While Gen. David Petraeus may be out at the CIA after resigning, he does appear in Call of Duty's newest title Black Ops II with a serious promotion. In Call of Duty's fiction, Petraeus is the Secretary of Defense in the year 2025. Petraeus is also riding aboard the U.S.S. Barack Obama, which might be a little fresh for some so soon after the president's re-election. Kotaku has a full clip of Petraeus' appearance. Last week, the CIA director resigned from his post on the grounds that he'd had an extramarital affair that could be a risk for security. Call of Duty: Black Ops II is out Nov. 13 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, and Nov. 18 for the Wii U. According to VGChartz, th… More About: Gaming, call of duty black ops, general petraeus
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| PlayStation’s ‘Wonderbook’ Brings ‘Harry Potter’ to Life for Kids [VIDEO] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:49 PM PST
Parents: prepare for your living rooms to be filled with loud shouts of "Expelliarmus" and "Lumos." Your kids aren't learning Latin; they're practicing spells from Sony's new Wonderbook: Book of Spells. This PlayStation accessory uses augmented reality to bring players into the world of Harry Potter. The Wonderbook kit comes with a large, soft plastic book with a few pages inside, each emblazoned with AR symbols designed to work with the PlayStation Eye Camera. It also includes the Book of Spells by J.K. Rowling software, indicating this peripheral has future software potential. Players can purchase kits bundled with the Eye Camera and PlayStati… More About: Augmented Reality, Gaming, Video, features, sony playstation, video games
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| Google Fiber Finally Launching Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST
The first town to receive Google Fiber is Hanover Heights, Kan., the company said in an official blog post. To bring Google Fiber to town, the company installed fiber optic cables through the neighborhood and has started connecting subscribers to the network. SEE ALSO: How Google Fiber Stacks Up Against Verizon FiOS "There are two stages to getting you connected," Google said on its official blog. "First, we'll pull your Fiber from the street to the side of your house; we've already done this for sev… More About: Google, US, google fiber, technology
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| See the Year’s Only Total Solar Eclipse [PICS] Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:10 PM PST
According to Slooh officials, the eclipse's path of totality -- mostly over the South Pacific Ocean -- was about 108 miles wide and traversed about 9,000 miles over a three-hour period. After leaving Australia, the umbral shadow drifted over the ocean without landfall for the remainder of its track. A total eclipse happens when the moon overlaps the sun in the sky, blocking our view. The total solar eclipse of 2012 occurred at the Moon's ascending node in ce… More About: NASA, australia, eclipse, space
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