Mashable: Latest 29 News Updates - including “ZTE’s Upcoming 5-Inch Smartphone Will Be World’s Thinnest” |
- ZTE’s Upcoming 5-Inch Smartphone Will Be World’s Thinnest
- See MTV’s Video Tribute to Amazing Spider-Man
- Curiosity Rover Spends Holidays at ‘Grandma’s House’
- Turn Holiday Photos Into a Video Slideshow With Slide.ly
- Tesla Unveils East Coast Supercharger Stations
- Gift-Giving Bot Picks Presents For You, on Amazon
- Our 15 Favorite Photos From the 2012 Mashable Photo Challenge
- NBA Star’s Kick to the Groin Sparks Online Debate
- Will Apple Launch an iPhone Smartwatch in 2013?
- Blogger Sued Over Rape Story Reaches Settlement
- Instagram’s Most Popular Photo Location is … This Airport
- Mr. Android, Meet Ms. Mac
- Snow Art Puts Crop Circles to Shame
- Google Picks 12 Top Android Apps of 2012
- ‘Twitterverse’ is 5th Most Annoying Word of 2012
- 5 Change.org Petitions That Worked
- Is Your Healthcare Data Vulnerable to Hacks?
- EA Removes Links to Weapons Makers From ‘Medal of Honor’ Website
- The Nintendo 64 Kids Are All Grown Up
- How the Internet IPOs of 2012 Fared
- The Year in Finance, in Twitter Hashtags
- Print Book Reading Wanes as E-reader Usage Surges
- Virtual Tech Lets You Swap Bodies
- 8 Ways to Keep Your Screens Looking Brand New
- Avery Johnson’s Teenage Son Unloads on Twitter After NBA Firing
- Senator Scott Brown’s Facebook Post Sparks Fiscal Cliff Rumor
- First ‘Alien Earth’ Will Be Found in 2013
- Watch the First 4 Minutes of Zombie Movie ‘Warm Bodies’
- 10 Bizarre New Year’s Resolutions on YouTube
- ‘Today’ Anchors ‘Don’t Know Anything’ About Facebook Privacy
| ZTE’s Upcoming 5-Inch Smartphone Will Be World’s Thinnest Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:10 AM PST  
The ZTE Grand S sports a 5-inch, 1920x1080 pixel screen and a 13-megapixel camera while being just 6.9mm thin. Other specifications haven't been officially revealed, but Unwired View reports the device is likely to have a 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 2,500 mAh battery and a ceramic case. The price for the device is rumored to be 2,799 yuan ($449); we'll probably find out if this is true at CES 2013, which is held Jan. 8-11 in Las Vegas. Image credit: MyDrivers More About: zte, ZTE Grand S  |
| See MTV’s Video Tribute to Amazing Spider-Man Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:48 PM PST
MTV Geek has put together this video tribute to Amazing Spider-Man #700, featuring several people involved in the comic (including writer Dan Slott), Stan Lee (of course), Norman Reedus and several of the cast members of Jersey Shore. Well… they are on an MTV show, so that makes sense. Fair warning: Do not watch this if you have not already read Amazing Spider-Man #700. There are going to be spoilers in the comments, too. Basically, if you A) haven't read it or B) don't already know what happens, click away from this story right now lest ye be spoiled. Screenshot via MTV Geek More About: Amazing Spider-Man, mtv  |
| Curiosity Rover Spends Holidays at ‘Grandma’s House’ Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:11 PM PST
The Curiosity rover is currently parked inside Yellowknife Bay, a shallow depression of odd terrain nestled inside the rover's vast Gale crater landing site. "Grandma's House" is an informal name for Curiosity's holiday spot inside the bay, rover team member Colette Lohr said in a NASA video. "This is a really exciting time for the team because we've started to do what we call discovery-driven planning," said Lohr, Curiosity tactical uplink lead at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.… More About: Curiosity, Mars, NASA, space  |
| Turn Holiday Photos Into a Video Slideshow With Slide.ly Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:40 PM PST
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| Tesla Unveils East Coast Supercharger Stations Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:52 PM PST
Fret not. Tesla has now installed three of its 480-volt charging stations on the East Coast. This will allow Model S drivers to drive between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Until recently, the chargers were only available on the West Coast -- there are six in California. The Supercharger station tops up a Model S in about 30 minutes. Such a charge powers the electric car for about three hours of driving at 60 MPH. From what we've seen this year -- beating a BMW M5 in a drag race, voted Motor Trend Car of 2013 -- the Model S is a serious contender for consumer-class cars in the coming year. Watc… More About: eco-friendly, model s, motor trend car of the year, Tesla  |
| Gift-Giving Bot Picks Presents For You, on Amazon Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:20 PM PST
That's why Darius Kazemi, a game developer from Massachusetts, devised a program -- a "bot" if you will -- called "Random Shopper," that selects a gift for him every month on Amazon.com based on keywords he pre-selected pertaining to his interests. The "gifts" cost Kazemi $50, so it's more like a surprise grab-bag he's sending himself. So far he's received a CD by Ákos Rózmann, The Oxford History of World Cinema, and Noam Chomsky's Cartesian Linguistics. Kazemi told Boing Boing that he created t… More About: amazon, Gifts, Robot  |
| Our 15 Favorite Photos From the 2012 Mashable Photo Challenge Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:15 PM PST From Silhouette "Monument That Pays Homage to Portuguese Sailors" -Francisco Salgueiro Click here to view this gallery.
In the carousel above, you'll find the best photos of the Mashable Photo Challenge Series. We saw photographs from across the world, taken with everything from professional equipment to smartphones. Your photos showed us that a discerning artistic eye transcends the hardware you use. You also proved your creativity through the range of subjects that the various challenges inspired. Our cold challenge drew images of ice, frost and da… More About: community, Mashable Photo Challenge Series  |
| NBA Star’s Kick to the Groin Sparks Online Debate Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:45 PM PST |
| Will Apple Launch an iPhone Smartwatch in 2013? Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:22 PM PST Apple and Intel are working together to create a Bluetooth-equipped smartwatch in 2013, according to one Chinese technology news source. Tech site TGbus says the watch would connect to the iPhone, allowing you to remotely operate the phone from your wrist. That means you could send out text messages, answer calls, or even update your Facebook status on the device while your iPhone is in a pocket or charging nearby. An iPhone-compatible smartwatch is certainly in a high demand. Earlier this year a Kickstarter for the Pebble smartwatch raised over $10 million in funding from 70,000 people who want one of the watches, $500k of that funding raised d… More About: apple, iphone, smartwatch  |
| Blogger Sued Over Rape Story Reaches Settlement Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:48 PM PST
Under the settlement, the lawsuit against Goddard will come to an end, no statements will be retracted and no money was exchanged, according to WCPO. The lawsuit targeted both Goddard and anonymous commenters posting on her blog. Had it run its course in court, it might have forced a legal answer to the perennial question of whether bloggers -- not to mention anonymous commenters -- enjoy legal protection as journalists in the eyes of the law. In August, Goddard began investigating and po…  |
| Instagram’s Most Popular Photo Location is … This Airport Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:24 PM PST
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| Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:35 PM PST
Mr. Android was mostly partnered up (well, 63% of him had a significant other). But if he were single, and heterosexual, he could do a lot worse than Ms. Mac -- a composite of BlueStacks' average Mac-using Facebook fan, based on about 10 times the amount of data as Mr. Android. (BlueStacks' Facebook fan base has grown from 145,000 to more tha…  |
| Snow Art Puts Crop Circles to Shame Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:16 PM PST 
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Since his perspective is from the ground, Beck is armed with a handheld compass and uses measuring tape or good ol' fashioned pace counting to determine his distance. He then anchors clothes lines to create the curves. SEE ALSO: 12 Cool Photos of This Week's Massive Winter Snowstorm When it comes to choosing his design, Beck looks to math -- geometry to be specific. "Designs are chosen from the world of geometry or 'crop circles.' Some are named eg Mandelbrot set, Koch curve, Sierpinsk…  |
| Google Picks 12 Top Android Apps of 2012 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:14 PM PST Zappos Click here to view this gallery.
Ranging from an app to help you monitor your finances to an app to help you book your next vacation, the chosen apps all sport a clean and easy-to-use design, representing what Google feels are the best of the best in Google Play. Almost all of the apps on the list are also available for phones and tablets, so whether you have a Galaxy S III smartphone, or a Nexus 7 tablet, you can likely take advantage of everything they have to offer. Check o… More About: android, App, Google  |
| ‘Twitterverse’ is 5th Most Annoying Word of 2012 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:38 PM PST
"Twitterverse" made its first appearance on Marist's fourth annual list of the most annoying words or phrases used in conversation. The Marist Institute for Public Opinion surveyed more than 1,200 adults nationwide and found that 9% consider Twitterverse to be the most obnoxious word of the year. There are still four words or phrases that beat it, however. "Whatever" held onto its title as the most annoying word for the fourth straight year with 32% of those surveyed placing it at the top of their list, followed by "like", "you know" and "just saying," which were deemed the worst words by 21… More About: Twitter  |
| 5 Change.org Petitions That Worked Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:04 PM PST
Change.org, the world's largest petition platform, says its users started 300,000 petitions in 2012, and several of those have led to significant changes within organizations. The website says the biggest of those changes took place at the following companies. 1. Corporations Stop Funding Anti-Gay Discrimination When the Boy Scouts came under heavy scrutiny this year for their controversial exclusionary policy against gay scouts and leaders, their biggest corporate funders -- AT&T, Erns… More About: change.org, online petition  |
| Is Your Healthcare Data Vulnerable to Hacks? Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:03 PM PST
"I have never seen an industry with more gaping security holes," Avi Rubin, a computer scientist and technical director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University, told the The Post. "If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed." Mobile technology, including video conferencing and apps,… More About: hack, healthcare, medicine, online security  |
| EA Removes Links to Weapons Makers From ‘Medal of Honor’ Website Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:23 PM PST
Now, in the wake of criticism following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the company has removed these links, though its partnerships with weapons manufacturers are still highlighted. The links directed users to weapons maker's websites where you could purchase similar -- or in some cases, the same -- weapons used in the video game. SEE ALSO: NRA's Call for Armed Guards in Every School Prompts Immediate Backlash Watch the video above for more on the company's decision and let us know your thoughts in th… More About: ea games, mass shootings, medal of honor, NRA  |
| The Nintendo 64 Kids Are All Grown Up Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST
Brandon Kuzma is better known to the Internet as Nintendo 64 Kid, thanks to a video of him at age 9 -- and his sister, Rachel, at age 6 -- going ballistic over the game console on Christmas morning. "It was a Nintendo! Video games equaled melted brains back then to most parents, and I had just gotten use to the idea that we'd probably never have one in our house," Brandon tells Mashable. "So after the first rip of ironically golden wrapping paper,… More About: features, memes, nostalgia, Watercooler, web culture  |
| How the Internet IPOs of 2012 Fared Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST Facebook (FB) -30.3% From IPO Facebook was by far the biggest tech IPO this year, raising $16 billion with its initial public offering, or about 88% of the total raised from all Internet IPOs this year. The stock quickly fell below its IPO price of $38 a share, but has been on the rebound in recent months. Click here to view this gallery.
Some 59% of the Internet companies who went public this year were trading above their IPO price as of midday Wednesday and 47% were trading above the price of their first actual trade, according to data compiled for Mashable by Kevin Pleines, an analyst with Birinyi Associates. By comparison, 42% of the Internet companies who went public last year were trading above their IPO price by the end of 2011 and just 14% were trading above the price of their first trade. That may come as somewhat a surprise considering all the negative press surrounding th…  |
| The Year in Finance, in Twitter Hashtags Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST
#FedValentines It began with a silly tweet, and it turned into a meme. University of Michigan professor and economist Justin Wolfers started the hashtag #FedValentines on Feb. 10, just ahead of Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, to joke about the monetary easing measures he'd like to see Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve adopt. Bernanke and his team put what's commonly called "Operation Twist"—selling short-dated Treasurys to buy long-dated bonds and push down long-ter… More About: economy, finance, hashtags  |
| Print Book Reading Wanes as E-reader Usage Surges Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST Bookworms are choosing e-readers over hardcovers and softcovers more than ever, says a recent Pew Research Center study. A month-long study found more Americans readers, ages 16 and older, are embracing e-readers. The number of traditional readers dropped from 72% to 67% from last year, while digital bookworms jumped from 16% to 23%. "These data show that the process of book reading is shifting," Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Lee Rainie wrote in an email to Mashable. "The rise of e-reading devices has major implications that are affecting the publishing industry and eventually could affect the way knowledge is packaged and the way ideas a… More About: books, ereader, libraries  |
| Virtual Tech Lets You Swap Bodies Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST
SEE ALSO: Sinful Robot: XXX Virtual Reality If Ikei Laboratory has anything to say about it, that soon may be no stretch of the imagination. A part of the Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of System Design, the lab is developing so-called "virtual body technology." Revealed at the Digital Contents Expo 2012 in Tokyo, the system will engage all five s… More About: concept designs, virtual world  |
| 8 Ways to Keep Your Screens Looking Brand New Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST 1. Toddy Gear Smart Cloths Toddy Gear brings coutre to screen cleaning with its line of Smart Cloths. Elegantly designed with dual-sided 100% microfiber cleaning surfaces, these are more than just cleaning tools -- they're a fashion statement. $14.99 Cleaning Pro Tip: Press gently when cleaning screens, LCD monitors in particular, because too much pressure can damage pixels or cause them to burn out faster than normal. Click here to view this gallery.
SEE ALSO: 10 iPad Cases With Convenient Hand Grips Those protectors had some merit when it came to keeping your shiny new screen clean. Over time and with use, grease and dust will accumulate and smudge across your screen. The screens of yesteryears were made of glass and could be easily cleaned with water or other household products. Today, de… More About: cleaning, LCD care, Plasma screen care, screen protection  |
| Avery Johnson’s Teenage Son Unloads on Twitter After NBA Firing Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:28 AM PST |
| Senator Scott Brown’s Facebook Post Sparks Fiscal Cliff Rumor Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:20 AM PST After Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown wrote on Facebook and Twitter early Thursday afternoon that he had "just learned that the Pres. reached out to Senate GOP leadership with a proposal," several media outlets reported that President Obama indeed sent a modified fiscal cliff deal to Congress, based primarily on Brown's posts. Getting on place to DC to review plan from Pres.We will see. Better late than never— Scott P. Brown(@ScottBrownMA) December 27, 2012 Among the media outlets that reported the news were The Hill and Business Insider. The timing of the posts made some sense: Obama had touched down in Washington, D.C. an hour earlier, after cutting his Christmas vacati… More About: congress, fiscal cliff, Politics, Twitter, US  |
| First ‘Alien Earth’ Will Be Found in 2013 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:56 AM PST
While astronomers have found a number of exoplanets over the last few years that share one or two key traits with our own world — such as size or inferred surface temperature — they have yet to bag a bona fide "alien Earth." But that should change in 2013, scientists say. "I'm very positive that the first Earth twin will be discovered next year," said Abel Mendez, who runs the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. Planets Piling Up Astronomers discovered the first exoplanet orbiti… More About: alien planets, NASA, space  |
| Watch the First 4 Minutes of Zombie Movie ‘Warm Bodies’ Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:42 AM PST
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| 10 Bizarre New Year’s Resolutions on YouTube Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST 1. 50 New Year's Resolutions (NSFW)YouTube humorist Ross Everett reels off 50 resolutions in under three and a half minutes. Comedy ensues. Click here to view this gallery.
Scroll through the gallery above for 10 videos of people discussing their resolutions from years past. Are they serious or satirical? You can make that decision. SEE ALSO: 10 Apps to Keep You Safe and Healthy in 2013 Do you have any epic resolution fails, or you the rare type who can actually follow through on a resolution? Share your stories or secrets with us in the comments below. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, nautilus_shell_studios. More About: features, holidays 2012, humor, Social Media, Video, YouTube  |
| ‘Today’ Anchors ‘Don’t Know Anything’ About Facebook Privacy Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:21 AM PST
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