Mashable: Latest 25 News Updates - including “Windows Phone 7.8 Starts Rolling Out to Nokia 800” |
- Windows Phone 7.8 Starts Rolling Out to Nokia 800
- ‘Quartz’ Grows Roots in Social, Mobile as Traffic Nears 1 Million
- iPhone 5 Sales Top 2 Million on First Weekend in China
- 8 Family-Friendly Holiday Craft Tutorials on YouTube
- Offensive Tweets Demand Sunday Night Football Over Obama’s Newtown Speech
- IBM: Computers Will See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Touch in 5 Years
- 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week
- Watch President Obama’s Speech at Vigil for Newtown Victims
- 10 Naughty Cats Versus Christmas Trees
- Samuel L. Jackson Might Have Dropped the F-Bomb on SNL
- 22 Best Mac Apps of 2012
- Amazon’s Monthly Visitors Could Fill 60 Disneylands
- Viral Video Recap Features Google’s Year In Review
- Anonymous Publishes Personal Information of Westboro Church Group
- PicsArt Transforms Your Smartphone Pictures Into Works of Art
- 9 Apps You Don’t Want To Miss
- Gun Control Petition is Most Popular Ever Posted to White House Site
- Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week
- How to Crowdsource Your Job Hunt
- Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week
- ‘I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother’ Post Sparks Intense Online Discussion
- Top 10 Tech This Week
- Twitter Rolls Out Downloadable Tweets to Select Users
- Huge Asteroid’s Earth Flyby Caught on Video
- Silent Night: ‘SNL’ Presents a Moving Commemoration of Newtown Tragedy
- Google Analytics Shows You What Bad Web Practices Look Like in Real Life
| Windows Phone 7.8 Starts Rolling Out to Nokia 800 Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:43 AM PST  
Microsoft's not-quite-WP8 update for devices which launched with Windows Phone 7 will also be coming to Nokia Lumia 510 and 900, but Lumia 800 seems to be first to take the plunge. After the update, Lumia 800 owners can expect a number of upgrades, including resizable Live Tiles, more theme and accent colors, and a Bing-adorned lock screen. As far as other WP7 handsets go, Microsoft said those will be getting the WP7.8 update in early 2013. Image credit: Nokia More About: Nokia, Nokia 800, Windows Phone 7.8, microsoft, windows phone  |
| ‘Quartz’ Grows Roots in Social, Mobile as Traffic Nears 1 Million Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:37 AM PST
Quartz, like The Economist and the Financial Times, covers global economic news through a macro lens. Its tone, however, is less formal and more conversational than your average business publication -- it's more "webby," you might say. With an editorial staff of 25, its coverage abilities are somewhat limited in scope, and so Quartz opts to go deep on a few key topics,… More About: kevin delaney, quartz, the atlantic  |
| iPhone 5 Sales Top 2 Million on First Weekend in China Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:13 PM PST
The Cupertino, Calif. company made the announcement Monday, just three days after the iPhone's Chinese launch on Dec. 14. "Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. "China is a very important market for us and customers there cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products." The news is a turnaround for Apple, which saw its stock drop 4% in early trading on Friday, falling to as low as $509 a share over concerns about low demand for the iPhone 5 in China. Locals responded to the smartphone wi…  |
| 8 Family-Friendly Holiday Craft Tutorials on YouTube Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:21 PM PST 1. Christmas Crafts for KidsThis video is great for young children. Former elementary school teacher Cherie Donohue gives a quick lesson on making handprint reindeer Christmas cards and tissue paper wreaths. Click here to view this gallery.
SEE ALSO: 14 Holiday Movies You Can Watch Online If crafting sounds up your alley, but you're lacking inspiration, you might find that these eight YouTube videos will spur your creativity. Scroll through gallery above for fun lessons explaining how to create various crafts. The projects range in difficulty from cute handprint reindeer cards to beautiful luminaries for your front yard; there's so… More About: Lifestyle, Video, YouTube, diy, features, holidays 2012  |
| Offensive Tweets Demand Sunday Night Football Over Obama’s Newtown Speech Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:35 PM PST
Several users of the microblogging service published offensive tweets that condemned Obama's speech for interrupting a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots Sunday night. The president made remarks at a vigil for the victims of the Friday shooting at a Newtown, Conn. school. The profanity-laced tweets included racial epithets directed against Obama, as well as demands for the return of the football game, which aired on NBC. Obama you stupid sand ni… More About: Sunday Night Football, Twitter, barack obama, newtown, president obama  |
| IBM: Computers Will See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Touch in 5 Years Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST
That will change in the next five years, says IBM. Computers at that time will be much more aware of the world around them, and be able to understand it. The company's annual "5 in 5" list, in which IBM predicts the five trends in computing that will arrive in five years' time, reads exactly like a list of the five human senses -- predicting computers with sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. The five senses are really all part… More About: IBM, cognitive computing, moore's law  |
| 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week Posted: 16 Dec 2012 08:28 PM PST 1. There's poop on the moon. Apollo 11 left a lot of crap at Tranquility Base, both figurative and literal. Among the things untouched since 1969: a U.S. flag, a pair of tongs, two empty food bags, a gold olive branch, two defecation collectors and four urine collectors. In fact, there's concern among World Heritage advocates that these droppings may be disturbed when space is commercialized. So if you take a moon tour in 2050, try not to step in anything, mmk? Image via NASA. Click here to view this gallery.
Check out this week's batch of Reddit Facts above. Thumbnail photo via Flickr, NASA More About: Science, features, history, reddit, reddit facts  |
| Watch President Obama’s Speech at Vigil for Newtown Victims Posted: 16 Dec 2012 07:52 PM PST
During the nearly 20-minute long address, Obama commended the six adults who died in Friday's shooting for their heroism. "Dawn Hochsprung, Mary Sherlach, Vicki Soto, Lauren Rousseau, Rachel Davino and Anne Marie Murphy. They responded as we all hope we might respond in such terrifying circumstances: with courage and with love, giving their lives to protect the children in their care." The president also stated the names of the 20 young victims, aged 6 and 7. "Charlotte, Daniel, Olivia, Josephine, Ana, Dylan, Madeleine, Catheri… More About: barack obama, newtown, president obama  |
| 10 Naughty Cats Versus Christmas Trees Posted: 16 Dec 2012 07:00 PM PST 1. Jazzy Knocks Over Christmas TreeCat 1, Tree 0. Click here to view this gallery.
We scoured YouTube for video footage of cats versus trees, and found 10 funny clips for your festive amusement. SEE ALSO: 10 Adorable Animals Feeding Other Animals [VIDEOS] Take a look through our cute collection of contrary kitties and Christmas trees in the video gallery, above. Let us know in the comments below if your cat has attacked your holiday decor. Thumbnail image courtesy of Flickr, Susan Adams More About: Christmas, Entertainment, Video, Watercooler, animals, features, holidays 2012  |
| Samuel L. Jackson Might Have Dropped the F-Bomb on SNL Posted: 16 Dec 2012 06:30 PM PST
SNL cast member Kenan Thompson looked shocked after Jackson said his line and joked on camera, "That costs money," referring to Federal Communications Commission fines for profanity. Some say they also heard Jackson say "bullshit" during that same sketch. SEE ALSO: Watch Tom Hanks' F-Bomb Slip on Live TV Since Jackson allegedly said the word at around 12:35 a.m. ET, it's possible the FCC fines won't be as high. The commission's website notes that profane speech is banned between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. More About: fcc, saturday night live, snl, television  |
| Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:32 PM PST Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Click here to view this gallery.
Taking top honors is Day One, a $9.99 journaling app for iPad and iPhone that lets users write about their daily thoughts and memories. Entries into the journal are saved to iCloud or Dropbox, so they are synced across all devices. CameraBag 2 was this year's runner up in the Mac App Store. The $14.99 photo editing app has 100 built-in styles and filters that can be used to edit photos, as well as more than 25 manual photographic tools to make any picture look its best. Check out the gallery, above, for a look at the full list of Apple's favorite Mac apps this year. Did your favorite app make the list? Tell us in the…  |
| Amazon’s Monthly Visitors Could Fill 60 Disneylands Posted: 16 Dec 2012 04:27 PM PST Imagine Amazon is a brick and mortar store, with a sprawling parking lot and front doors that slide open as you approach. As you step inside, what do you see? The number of products available on Amazon could fill 1,290 Wal-Mart Supercenters. If you've ever gotten lost in one of those shopping megaplexes, then this kind of scale should make your brain hurt. SEE ALSO: Amazon Launches Kindle Apps in China and Two Other Stories You Need to Know Luckily, this infographic, courtesy of 500friends, can help put it all in perspective. Check it out and thank the Internet gods that you will never get lost in an Amazon Supercenter. Thumbnail image courtesy of Flickr, außerirdische sind… More About: Business, amazon, infographics  |
| Viral Video Recap Features Google’s Year In Review Posted: 16 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST
Google compiled a Year In Review video posted on December 12. The nearly three-minute clip starts with Baumgartner's jump from 24 miles above the earth and progresses into clips of other history-making moments this year: Oscar Pistorius' competing in the Olympics as the first athlete to have carbon-fiber artificial legs; clips from this year's presidential debates; images from the Arab Spring and the protests in Greece, plus some adorable animal videos that kept us entertained. SEE ALSO: 10 Most Innovative Viral Video Ads of … More About: Santa, cats, snoop dogg, viral videos  |
| Anonymous Publishes Personal Information of Westboro Church Group Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:41 PM PST
Hacktivist group Anonymous published the personal information of members of the Westboro Baptist Church after the group announced on Saturday it would picket Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 26 children and adults were killed. Anonymous published private email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses of various members, and teased the group about the hack on Twitter. Anonymous also posted a video condemning the group for "breeding hatred" and adding, "We will destroy you. We are coming." The Westboro group holds p… More About: Hate Group, hate speech, petition, westboro baptist church  |
| PicsArt Transforms Your Smartphone Pictures Into Works of Art Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:23 PM PST
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| Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:49 PM PST Strum Strum instantly turns your 15-second video clips into rock-and-roll masterpieces. The new video app comes with built-in filters, and when you add them to your video, they'll transform it into anything from a rap song to a love ballad. Soundtracks are customized for your particular video, so even if you use the same filter on two different videos the results will likely be much different. The app has more than 20 different filters, including several themed filters for the holidays. Click here to view this gallery.
This week we found an app that lets you create a movie video on your phone or tablet in just a few seconds, and a popular service for watching videos made its way to even more devices. An app that lets you hail a cab directly from your smartphone rebranded itself this week, adding some new features in the process; and a popular mapping app finally made its way back to the iPhone. Check out the gallery above for a look at this week's app highlights. If you're still looking for more, check out… More About: App, android, iOS, iphone, weekly app roundup  |
| Gun Control Petition is Most Popular Ever Posted to White House Site Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:26 PM PST
The petition was filed in the hours following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Friday that left 27 people dead, including 20 children. More than 120,000 people had signed the petition as of 1 p.m. Sunday. Petitions posted to We the People that receive more than 25,000 signatures are guaranteed a response from the Obama administration. President Obama has pledged to take some action to respond to the shooting but has not yet offered specifics.… More About: White House, gun control, petitions, we the people  |
| Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST 1. Selfie "Cuz I'm Right Here, ain't nobody gotta hold ya." - Justin Bieber Photo stats: 55,400 retweets Click here to view this gallery.
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| How to Crowdsource Your Job Hunt Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST
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| Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:43 AM PST 1. PHLIP Ages 4-up Overall rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars Why we like it: PHLIP is a spatial relations puzzle where you "flip" or turn your screen left or right, like a steering wheel, to change the orientation of the set of tiles, in order to reassemble the picture. You can use photos you take, or choose one from your photo library. Need to know: The more tiles, the harder the puzzle. You can lock any tile by tapping on it. The physical rotation of the device develops motor and cognitive skills and hand-eye coordination. It can also cause your heavy iPad to slip out of your hands. This is a game that works much better on an iPad Mini. Ease of use: 8/10 Educational: 9/10 Entertaining: 7/10 $0.99 Click here to view this gallery.
In this week's Top 5 Kids Apps, your kids can play with a spatial puzzle that lets them reassemble photographs they upload themselves. There's also a chance to learn and have fun with geography trivia and explore Australia with an illustrated story. SEE ALSO: Raising Young Critical Thinkers in the Digital Age Our friends at Children's Technology Review shared with us these 5 top apps from their comprehensive monthly database of kid-tested reviews. The site cove… More About: Top Kids Apps, contributors, features, mobile apps  |
| ‘I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother’ Post Sparks Intense Online Discussion Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:20 AM PST
In the wake of the Newtown tragedy, on blogs and social media, we're debating violence, gun control and mental health issues. We're searching for reasons why something like this could possibly happen. In her post, Liza writes that it's easy to talk about guns. But she thinks it's time to talk about mental illness. In her moving essay, she writes in detail about her own son's illn… More About: mental health, newtown  |
| Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:48 AM PST 1. Barnes and Noble Nook HD+ Review Barnes and Noble's large-format (9-inch) HD-screen entry, the HD+, is a quite similar to the 7-inch Nook HD, and is a tablet with a great screen and very good value. Read our full review. Photo by Mashable Click here to view this gallery.
Google finally rolled out its Maps app for iOS on Wednesday, ending one of the biggest controversies of the year, and giving iPhone users a good app to find their way home, at last. As expected, Google Maps puts Apple's counterpart to shame, and iPhone users rejoice. In the futuristic developments department, scientists in Belgium are working on contact lenses with a tiny LCD display on board. Lenses like these could allow us to read texts or emails hands-free, with information displayed… More About: Top 10 Tech, Top 10 Tech This Week, trending  |
| Twitter Rolls Out Downloadable Tweets to Select Users Posted: 16 Dec 2012 08:58 AM PST
Everyone has access to a few thousand tweets they've posted to the site, but the ability to download all of your tweets is only available to a select few users so far. The first appearance of this capability confirms the multiple promises of Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to make downloadable tweets a reality by the end of 2012. In a statement last month, Costolo said: "By the end of the year I've already promised this,… More About: Twitter, downloadable tweets  |
| Huge Asteroid’s Earth Flyby Caught on Video Posted: 16 Dec 2012 08:05 AM PST
The asteroid Toutatis video, which is about 40 seconds long, combines 64 radar images taken Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 12 and 13) by NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. On those days, Toutatis was about 4.3 million miles (7 million kilometers) from Earth, or about 18 times farther away than the moon is. The new radar images — which have a resolution of 12 feet (3.75 meters) per pixel — show the 3-mile-wide (5 kilometers) asteroid in striking detail. Toutatis is revealed to be an elongated, irregularly shaped object with multiple ridges, researchers sa… More About: Asteroid, Video, space  |
| Silent Night: ‘SNL’ Presents a Moving Commemoration of Newtown Tragedy Posted: 16 Dec 2012 07:22 AM PST Saturday Night Live presented the New York City Children's Chorus at the beginning of its live broadcast, singing a simple a cappella version of "Silent Night" in commemoration of the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy. What an appropriate and touching tribute to the victims. Video and photo courtesy NBC, SNL More About: newtown, saturday night live, snl  |
| Google Analytics Shows You What Bad Web Practices Look Like in Real Life Posted: 15 Dec 2012 09:17 PM PST
Specifically, the service counsels companies on landing-page optimization, site search (see video above) and online checkout, by re-imagining these tools as situations in a grocery-store setting. Poor search, for example, is illustrated by customer Oli's difficulty in finding semi-skimmed milk due to inaccurate and restrictive search definitions. In a blog post, Google Analytics makes recommendations on how to improve companies' online customer experience. Check out the remaining videos, below; then, tell us what you think in… More About: google analytics, web design  |
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