Mashable: Latest 29 News Updates - including “Google’s Vic Gundotra Was Asked Not to Tweet After ‘Two Turkeys’ Tweet” |
- Google’s Vic Gundotra Was Asked Not to Tweet After ‘Two Turkeys’ Tweet
- Google Discontinues Free Version of Google Apps for Businesses
- Ads Will Soon Follow You From One Device to the Next
- Hoppit Helps You Find Restaurants Based on Your Mood
- Researchers Build a 3D-Printed Transform Robot
- Telehealth Services Provide Remote Patients Link to Doctors
- Ping-Pong Cat Is Adorably Good at Table Tennis
- YouTube Changes Again, Really Wants You to Subscribe
- Parents, Kids Have Kind Words for Each Other on Facebook
- Football Coach’s Name Too Scandalous for Auto-Filter
- Social Media Eye for the Small Business Guy: A Chicago Butcher Gets a Makeover
- Killed-Off Corals Hold Clues to Earthquake Prediction
- Get Your Cyber Hipster On With This Brooklyn (Inter)Nets T-Shirt
- See How Peter Jackson Turns New Zealand Into Middle Earth
- Test Your 4th Generation iPad with These 9 Games
- Daily Beast, ‘Washington Post’ Consider Paywalls
- SEC May Take Action Against Netflix Over CEO’s Facebook Post
- 12 Memorable Mashable Videos of 2012
- ‘Second Screening’ May Lead to Depression
- 7 Stocking Stuffers for the Entrepreneur
- Gilt Groupe Hires Citigroup CMO to Replace CEO Kevin Ryan
- Justin Bieber’s Manager Goes on Twitter Rant About Grammy Snub
- Spotify Wants to Make Music Discovery Truly Social
- Lobbying Heats Up Over Online Gambling Bill
- John McAfee Reportedly Rushed to Hospital
- How Does a Company Change After It’s Acquired?
- Who Hacked the Dalai Lama’s Website?
- Top Pop Hits of 2012 Undergo Pretentious Lyric Overhaul
- ‘Journey’ Receives Grammy Nomination for its Soundtrack
- HBO’s ‘Girls’ Embraces ‘What Should We Call Me’ Meme in New Tumblr
| Google’s Vic Gundotra Was Asked Not to Tweet After ‘Two Turkeys’ Tweet Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:44 AM PST  
Gundotra revealed this himself in a recent interview, which you can see in the video above (the interesting part is at 1:01:37). Responding to a question why he has stopped tweeting, Gundotra said "I made one tweet, and then I was asked not to tweet again (...) by my boss". The offending tweet was posted right after the Nokia-Microsoft deal was publicized in February 2011. It said "Two turkeys do not make an Eagle," quite obviously referencing the Finnish mobile giant and Microsoft's Windows Phone platform which Nokia had embraced. More About: Google, Nokia, Vic Gundotra, microsoft  |
| Google Discontinues Free Version of Google Apps for Businesses Posted: 06 Dec 2012 11:24 PM PST
Instead of having a choice between a free and a premium version, businesses wishing to use Google Apps now have to pay $50 per user, per year. This version gets them 24/7 phone support, a 25GB inbox, and a 99.9% uptime guarantee. The reasoning behind the change, explained in an official blog post, is that businesses "quickly outgrow" the basic version. While this may be true, we can easily imagine many micro-sized businesses who are doing just fine with the free version. On the upside, things won't change for existing customers, i.e. they'll still be able to continue using the free version. Furthermore,… More About: Google, businesses, google apps  |
| Ads Will Soon Follow You From One Device to the Next Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:37 PM PST
More About: ad targeting, online advertising, second screen, targeted advertising  |
| Hoppit Helps You Find Restaurants Based on Your Mood Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:59 PM PST
More About: The Launchpad, startup  |
| Researchers Build a 3D-Printed Transform Robot Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:38 PM PST Japanese hobby researchers at Brave Robotics have developed a functioning, entirely 3D-printed robot inspired by Transformers. The remotely controlled bot can turn into a car and vice versa in just a few instants and has a slew of impressive features, including Wi-Fi camera, headlights and it can even shoot little darts. The "Transform robot" is the result of 10 years of work and several iterations. The robot went from a rudimentary pair of legs that barely moved to this impressive version, which looks like it could have been featured in a Transformers movie. SEE ALSO: 10 Amazing Robots We Met in 2012 The latest version, the 7.2, is entirely… More About: 3D printers, popular science, robots  |
| Telehealth Services Provide Remote Patients Link to Doctors Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:21 PM PST
Recently, 1,400 researchers stationed in the South Pole didn't have to wait-out the brutal six month winter to speak with a doctor. Those who needed the advice of a physician could do so on a "telemedicine" network operated by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and powered by Polycom. In fact, Polycom powers a number of telemedicine services ar… More About: Polycom, health, medicine, video chat  |
| Ping-Pong Cat Is Adorably Good at Table Tennis Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:57 PM PST
More About: Sports, Watercooler, cat videos  |
| YouTube Changes Again, Really Wants You to Subscribe Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:28 PM PST
One year on, and the service is getting another upgrade. What's it all about this time? A subtle but important change in positioning video titles, as well as making that channel guide follow you around the site, suggesting shows you might like to subscribe to and videos you should be interested in based on your browsing history. "Those of you who use YouTube most have learned the secret to making it even better—find the channels you love…  |
| Parents, Kids Have Kind Words for Each Other on Facebook Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:02 PM PST
Parents and kids comment about the same amount when kids are young. As the child gets older, parents comment more often -- perhaps this is because younger people post more often than their parents, writes Moira Burke, an analyst i… More About: Facebook, Families, friending  |
| Football Coach’s Name Too Scandalous for Auto-Filter Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:37 PM PST
More About: Sports, college sports  |
| Social Media Eye for the Small Business Guy: A Chicago Butcher Gets a Makeover Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:18 PM PST
If you ever find yourself in the Bucktown section of Chicago and have a hankering for homemade sausage, then you might want to check out Sterling Goss, the kind of old-time butcher that the Food Network is always celebrating. Until recently, though, you would pretty much have to be walking by the butcher's storefront to realize that it exists. On the Interne… More About: Facebook, Marketing, Small Business, foursquare  |
| Killed-Off Corals Hold Clues to Earthquake Prediction Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:51 PM PST
More About: Earthquake, Weather, natural disaster  |
| Get Your Cyber Hipster On With This Brooklyn (Inter)Nets T-Shirt Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:28 PM PST
More About: Watercooler, blog, brooklyn, pictures, trending  |
| See How Peter Jackson Turns New Zealand Into Middle Earth Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:10 PM PST
How does director Peter Jackson and his crew select the perfect location? Is all of New Zealand really that stunning? The mini-documentary shown above, provided by Air New Zealand, shows Jackson and his location scouts in helicopters, seeking brand new scenery to take your breath away. Jackson is no stranger to location in New Zealand, having filmed the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy there too. The director chose almost completely different spots for The Hobbit. SEE ALSO: 'The Hobbit' Will Debut With New 3D Tech The scenery is not only impor… More About: Entertainment, air new zealand, the-hobbit  |
| Test Your 4th Generation iPad with These 9 Games Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:52 PM PST Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ($6.99) As iPad shooters go, it doesn't get more intense than the latest installment in Modern Combat, Gameloft's Call of Duty-inspired franchise for mobile. Many of the graphical details -- such as smoke, motion blur and gunfire -- look eerily realistic, even if there are a few jagged lines in the scenery (the designers' notes say the game is optimized for the iPhone 5). With so much potential, it's good the controls are customizable, and the game gets even more immersive in gyroscope mode, which changes your point of view as you move the tablet. If you get too into it, you might have to switch to playing it on Xbox Kinect. Click here to view this gallery.
Too bad there aren't many apps that can take advantage of all that processing power. As with most platforms, the apps that tax your iPad's system the most are graphic-intensive games -- precisely why the A6X has a quad-core design for its GPU (the main difference between it and the iPhone 5's A6 chip). All existing retina games were designed to run on the iPad 3, so seriously taxing your iPad 4… More About: A6X, apple, games, iPad 4, ipad  |
| Daily Beast, ‘Washington Post’ Consider Paywalls Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:35 PM PST
Citing unnamed sources, the Journal says the Post is "considering" the option, adding that it is also looking into increasing the paper's newsstand price. The New York Times successfully began a "metered" paywall system -- customers are allowed a certain number of free articles before being prompted to subscribe for content -- two years ago, after which several newspapers looking for ways to increase revenue have followed suit. The Journal reports its sources hinted that the The Washington Post would also implement such a metered system. The change will take pla… More About: newspapers, paywalls, the daily beast, washington post  |
| SEC May Take Action Against Netflix Over CEO’s Facebook Post Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST
Back in July, Hastings posted a small blurb to his Facebook page, noting that Netflix had exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time. Hastings has nearly 250,000 Facebook subscribers and his 1 billion hour statement was re-reported by dozens of news outlets (including Mashable). While that might seem innocuous on the surface, the SEC says it constitutes a violation of Regulation Fair Disclosure, specifically section 13(a). In other words, Hastings's Facebook post violated disclosure rules intact for a public company. The SEC says it intends to eithe… More About: SEC, netflix, reed hastings  |
| 12 Memorable Mashable Videos of 2012 Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:21 PM PST
1. Conan O'Brien Buys Mashable, Ousts Pete Cashmore as CEO In an April Fools' Day prank, TeamCoco and Mashable got together to create a zany story line that includes Conan buying the site and ousting founder and CEO Pete Cashmore. The Conan O'Brien takeover launched a… More About: Martha Stewart, Nicole Westbrook, Year End 2012, comic-con, conan o', conan o'brien, grumpy cat, iPhone 5, thanksgiving, viral videos  |
| ‘Second Screening’ May Lead to Depression Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST
More About: health, multitasking, second screen  |
| 7 Stocking Stuffers for the Entrepreneur Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:49 PM PST
More About: Gifts, Startups, contributor, features, holidays 2012  |
| Gilt Groupe Hires Citigroup CMO to Replace CEO Kevin Ryan Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:38 PM PST
Word that the online retailer was looking for a replacement for co-founder Kevin Ryan, who has served as CEO since Gilt's inception in 2007, surfaced in the Wall Street Journal early last month. According to the Journal, the company's board felt that Gilt's expansion into new verticals like food and full-price men's retail had not performed well, and that Ryan's attention was spread too thin among his responsibilities. Peluso, who has been on Gilt's board of directors for three years, will officially ta… More About: gilt, gilt groupe, kevin ryan  |
| Justin Bieber’s Manager Goes on Twitter Rant About Grammy Snub Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:25 PM PST
More About: 55th Grammy Awards, Entertainment, Music, Scooter Braun, Twitter, grammy awards, grammys, justin bieber  |
| Spotify Wants to Make Music Discovery Truly Social Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:03 PM PST Spotify has plans to make music discovery more personalized and more social. We've always classified discovery as Spotify's Achilles' heel. Because Spotify's catalogue is so large, finding new music or rediscovering old favorites is difficult. For a time, Spotify was happy to relegate discovery details to the service's desktop apps. And while Spotify will continue to leverage those apps in helping users find new music, discovery will now be an intrinsic part of the Spotify service on all platforms. The new features -- which will start rolling out in January -- are the most significant product upgrades that have hit Spotify since the service l… More About: music discovery, spotify, subscription music  |
| Lobbying Heats Up Over Online Gambling Bill Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:51 PM PST
Lottery officials this week are meeting with members of Congress to urge them to reject a draft bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Their bill would legalize online poker while outlawing other forms of online gaming. It was drafted in response to a decision from the Justice Department last year to reinterpret the 1961 Wire Act, saying it only applies to sports betting and not other forms of online gambling. Both supporters and critics of gambling say the decisi… More About: congress, lottery, online gambling  |
| John McAfee Reportedly Rushed to Hospital Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:35 PM PST John McAfee, computer programmer, entrepreneur and person of interest in the death of his Belize neighbor, was rushed to a Guatemala hospital Thursday afternoon after reportedly suffering two mild heart attacks. McAfee's lawyers gave details of his medical condition to Reuters witnesses. ABC News' Matt Gutman, who has been closely following McAfee's flight from Belize, tweeted harrowing photos of McAfee in apparent distress. Gutman also said that McAfee was complaining of "chest pains" just before being taken to the hospital. McAfee appeared in Guatemala earlier this week, shortly thereafter requesting political asylum from the Guatemalan government. That request was denied… More About: John McAfee, World  |
| How Does a Company Change After It’s Acquired? Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:26 PM PST
More About: acquisition, aol, startup, valleygirltv  |
| Who Hacked the Dalai Lama’s Website? Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:10 PM PST
More About: Dalai Lama, Tibet, china, hacking  |
| Top Pop Hits of 2012 Undergo Pretentious Lyric Overhaul Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:55 PM PST
But daft lyrics have been criticized since the dawn of pop music. What happened to the croons of Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday? Why do we now sing songs in autotune and make statements like Swag swag swag, on you / Chillin by the fire while we eatin' fondue (thanks for that, Bieber)? SEE ALSO: Relive All of 2012's Pop Hits in One Mega-Mashup [VIDEO] So if you are sick of turning to UrbanDictionary.com to decode the lingo of the mille… More About: pop culture, taylor swift  |
| ‘Journey’ Receives Grammy Nomination for its Soundtrack Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:38 PM PST
Thatgamecompany's PlayStation 3 game has been been praised for its innovative gameplay, art and score. Composer Austin Wintory was nominated for "Best Score Soundtrack from a Visual Medium" Grammy. Wintory tweeted, "Well I don't really have words right now .... I just got a Grammy nomination for Journey." Journey's soundtrack is up against the soundtracks for The Dark Knight Rises, The Artist, Hugo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Adventures Of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn. This is the first time a video game soundtrack ha… More About: Gaming, grammys, journey  |
| HBO’s ‘Girls’ Embraces ‘What Should We Call Me’ Meme in New Tumblr Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST
At least according to Shoshana Shapiro, one of the main characters on HBO's hit show Girls and a ubiquitous 20-something female who can quote Carrie Bradshaw in her sleep. The Shoshana-ism has been turned into an animated GIF, and is among the handful of inaugural GIFs to grace HBO's "What Should We Call Girls" Tumblr, launched Thursday. SEE ALSO: How to Respond to Any Situation With an Animated GIF The hit HBO show embraced the popular "What Should We Call Me" phenomenon in the launch of its first official Tumblr. "We will be your GIF spirit guide," the blog says in its subheadline. "We're shar… More About: Entertainment, TV, girls HBO, memes, tumblr  |
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