Mashable: Latest 29 News Updates - including “Google Nexus Q: Ready for Party Fouls, Not Prime Time [REVIEW]” |
- Google Nexus Q: Ready for Party Fouls, Not Prime Time [REVIEW]
- Custom Menswear Etailer Indochino Sets Its Sights Offline
- Moms Are Biggest Brand Boosters on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Why Olympian Nick Symmonds Is Gold on Social Media
- This Paintable Battery Can Be Used Virtually Anywhere [VIDEO]
- Apple Gets Judge to Block Sale of Nexus, Android’s Only Jelly Bean Phone
- Dora the Explorer Isn’t Playing Around Anymore [VIDEO]
- How Top Entrepreneurs Are Using Microsoft’s Kinect
- Cities in New Hampshire, New York and Texas Declare Social Media Day
- Watch Android Jelly Bean Transfer Photos and Videos with a Tap [VIDEO]
- How Social Media Is Helping Colorado Wildfire Relief
- Michigan Officially Recognizes June 30 as Social Media Day
- 2012 Olympics: USOC YouTube Channel Tells Athletes’ Stories
- Livestrong CEO: ‘Social Media Is Changing the World’ [VIDEO]
- Why the iPhone Was Truly a Disruptive Product
- Twitter: The Romantic Comedy [VIDEO]
- Smackdown: Google Voice Search vs. Apple’s Siri [VIDEO]
- By 2020, We Still Won’t Live in Smart Homes [STUDY]
- Twitter Drops LinkedIn Partnership
- Facebook App Recommends Songs for Your Romantic Encounters
- How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud
- Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral
- AMC Ramps Up Programming Feud With Dish Cable
- MashTags: 24 Funniest #FacebookFilms
- Tulsa Is 14th City to Proclaim June 30 Social Media Day
- Twitter Literature [COMIC]
- Wits Come Out of Hiding for Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Split
- Researchers Prove Drones Can Be Hacked
- Basketball Star’s ‘Bulging Dicks’ Cost Him Millions [VIDEO]
- Google+ Creators: Stop Calling It a Social Network
| Google Nexus Q: Ready for Party Fouls, Not Prime Time [REVIEW] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:23 PM PDT    
If you have Android-toting friends over, you can also give them the ability to control the Q and play their own music and videos. Set to ship in mid-July, the Q is much more expensive than most music and media streaming devices. And sad to say, it isn't worth it. The Q is fun to play with, but it also has some significant flaws. Looking Good More About: android, Google, Nexus Q
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| Custom Menswear Etailer Indochino Sets Its Sights Offline Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:13 PM PDT 
Quick Pitch: Made-to-measure menswear ordered online. Genius Idea: Takes less than 30 minutes, no appointment necessary. It was 2006 and Heikal Gani was in need of a suit. Gani, then a student at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, exhausted the inventories of offline and online retailers, eventually settling for what he describes as a "generic, off-the-rack garment" that required "extensive and expensive" tailoring. This experience was the genesis fo… More About: bizspark, fashion, indochino, menswear, retail
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| Moms Are Biggest Brand Boosters on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:48 PM PDT 
The survey showed that moms are the group of consumers most likely to follow their favorite brands on social media. It also found that 2 in 3 readers learn about brands via "likes" from blogs, with moms and 18-34-year-olds particularly influenced by brand mentions. Sixty-six percent of blog readers answered that a promotion by a blogger influences their purchase decisions online. The survey, provided by Burst Media, uncovered some other interesting stats: 49% of respondents are loyal to brands online and occa… More About: brands, Facebook, Social Media
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| Why Olympian Nick Symmonds Is Gold on Social Media Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:24 PM PDT 
How's this for -- as the phrase goes -- "leveraging social media"? In January, Symmonds held an eBay auction for the rights to his left shoulder. Symmonds would apply a temporary tattoo of the winning individual or corporate bidder's Twitter handle to his shoulder for every competition of the 2012 track and field season, including this summer's London Olympics. The marketing company Hanson Dodge Creative eventually shelled out $11,100 for Symmonds' real estate offer, but he's been forced to cover their handle with a piece of tape for many events and wil… More About: olympics, sports, Twitter
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| This Paintable Battery Can Be Used Virtually Anywhere [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:10 PM PDT 
Researchers at Rice University in Texas have created a paintable battery that can be used anywhere. Also impressive -- the battery is rechargeable and can hold a 2.4 volt charge for six hours. To create this sprayable battery, the team disassembled the chemicals of a lithium-ion battery and converted them into five paints. These paints were then sprayed in a particular order, like a conventional battery cell, onto ceramic tiles. Then the nine tiles were lined up parallel and placed with one tile topped with a solar cell that converted power from a white laboratory light. This produced a steady 2.4 volts for six hours. The battery was sprayed on… More About: Batteries, Inventions, university
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| Apple Gets Judge to Block Sale of Nexus, Android’s Only Jelly Bean Phone Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:36 PM PDT 
On the last day of a stellar Google I/O conference, where the search and software giant unveiled a slew of new products including Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, rival Apple successfully blocked the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. That's the Jelly Bean-capable phone -- currently, the only Jelly Bean-capable phone -- which Google had been handing out all week to developers. U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, based in San Jose, just down the road from Apple's Cupertino campus, granted Apple the preliminary injunction Friday afternoon in an ongoing patent dispute. It won't go into effect until Apple posts a $96 mill… More About: android, apple, galaxy nexus, samsung
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| Dora the Explorer Isn’t Playing Around Anymore [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:23 PM PDT 
But when College Humor teams up with Ariel Winter (the know-it-all middle child on Modern Family) to parody the kids' cartoon in an action-packed movie trailer, we find out that Dora (or at least a somewhat older, live-action version of her) can easily out spy James Bond and out assassinate Jack Bauer. And of course, how could Dora keep the gun-weilding Swiper at bay without her trusty monkey pal Boots, talking digitized backpack and… More About: celebrities, college humor, viral videos
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| How Top Entrepreneurs Are Using Microsoft’s Kinect Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:21 PM PDT 
Eleven teams of entrepreneurs worked 13 weeks with $20,000 to fine-tune their creations and presented their ideas to a room full of investors on Thursday in Seattle. The companies were selected from 500 that applied from around the world. Microsoft accelerator presented by TechStars is a startup incubator that nurses innovative ideas. For this round of… More About: kinect, microsoft, Startups
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| Cities in New Hampshire, New York and Texas Declare Social Media Day Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:45 PM PDT  The cities of Buffalo, N.Y.; Manchester, N.H.; and McAllen, Texas, have all proclaimed June 30 as Social Media Day. This brings the count to 17 cities and three U.S. states that are celebrating Social Media Day under an official proclamation. The Buffalo Social Media Club is holding its event at Lobby Bar at Statler City. Proceeds from the $5 entry fee will be donated to Computers for Children, Inc. The celebration will have food and drink specials, a live DJ, networking and informational tables from organizations in the surrounding area.
Social Media Day Manchester N.H. is sponsored by Altos Marketing and will be hosted outdoors at The Patio Manchester. This will be Manches… More About: smday, Socail Media Day
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| Watch Android Jelly Bean Transfer Photos and Videos with a Tap [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:16 PM PDT 
Alongside many other new features in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google has rolled out an updated version of Android Beam -- one that allows you to transfer photos and videos between two devices equipped with Near-Field Communication technology, or NFC. First offered in Ice Cream Sandwich, Android Beam already allowed you to share things like web pages, contacts, directions, and apps by tapping together two phones. If you're already familiar with Android Beam, the new functionality is going to look and feel much like the Ice Cream Sandwich version. To send a picture or video you just have to load the photo up on your device and then hold it up aga… More About: android, Android Beam, jelly bean
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| How Social Media Is Helping Colorado Wildfire Relief Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:52 PM PDT  In a crisis, social media is ideal for spreading information fast -- and helping disaster relief organizations get up-to-the-minute information about the situation on the ground. This week's wildfires in Colorado are no exception. Grassroots campaigns, alongside major relief organizations, have analyzed social media data to help people in the fires' way. Two Colorado Springs, Colo. residents, Scott Seibold and Robbie Trencheny, crafted a Twitter application which aggregates tweets that use the hashtag #WaldoCanyonFire, #WaldoFire, #waldocanyon and Colorado Springs. The tool also separates out official tweets from the city and pictures. You can in t… More About: disaster relief, red cross, Social Media
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| Michigan Officially Recognizes June 30 as Social Media Day Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:49 PM PDT  The list of places celebrating Social Media Day continues to grow. This week Michigan became the third state to officially proclaim June 30 as Social Media Day. Governor Rick Snyder (whose Twitter handle is @onetoughnerd) signed the proclamation on June 27, making this the first year that Michigan will officially recognize Social Media Day statewide. Michigan has a strong social media presence. The state's government maintains 137 social media accounts across Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Its Facebook presence is the second-largest of any tourism agency and @MIgov has the third-largest state government following. The governor and various departments do regular Q&A sessions… More About: smday, social media day
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| 2012 Olympics: USOC YouTube Channel Tells Athletes’ Stories Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT 
These are among the goals of four new shows launched this month by the United States Olympics Committee (USOC) on its official YouTube channel. The shows will run through the lead-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, during the Games and for several weeks after. Mashable recently spoke with Lauren Pasquale, the USOC's digital media director for content development, to learn more about how the YouTube programming fits with the organizations' increas… More About: olympics, sports, YouTube
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| Livestrong CEO: ‘Social Media Is Changing the World’ [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:44 PM PDT 
Mashable's third annual Social Media Day will bring together thousands of people worldwide to celebrate the digital revolution this Saturday. We talked with Doug Ulman, President and CEO of Livestrong, about how social media is mobilizing initiatives for a better world. He notes that people are not only using digital to coalesce around causes but also to connect with one another and share their stories. "Social media is worth celebrating because it gives us all a voice," Ulman says. Watch the video above to hear more about Ulman's thoughts about social media's ability to inspire change throughout the world. We invite you to join fellow social… More About: livestrong, smday, Social Good, social media day
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| Why the iPhone Was Truly a Disruptive Product Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:37 PM PDT 
As I wrote on the anniversary last year, "every major smartphone that has gone into production since the iPhone's release has, in some way, been a response to the iPhone itself." Since 2007, I've written hundreds of thousands of words about the iPhone, iOS and the modern smartphone ecosystem. I have chronicled the impact the iPhone has had not just on Apple, but on the telecom industry, the smartphone market and computing as we know it. Now, on the fifth anniv… More About: iOS, iphone, Opinion
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| Twitter: The Romantic Comedy [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT 
Soon after The Social Network came out, people created a Twitter parody of the hit drama. But it seems we're still craving some silver screen Twitter action. Actors Jason Ritter, Alison Brie, Daniel Franzese and Kimmy Gatewood star in a romantic comedy spoof called You Got Retweeted, which follows the burgeoning relationship of two people who communicate lovingly over Twitter but who hate each other IRL. The film already has associated Twitter presences, like @BabyGooseFinder and #HashtagLove, which when you say it out loud, sounds pretty silly. More About: Film, humor, Social Media, Twitter, Video, viral
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| Smackdown: Google Voice Search vs. Apple’s Siri [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:44 PM PDT 
With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google is taking a shot at iPhone digital assistant Siri. The next-generation Android OS, announced this week at Google I/O, offers the ability to search for and find information about anything you can imagine by simply asking. Using the power of Google, the company has incorporated its Knowledge Graph into searches, making its answers more informative than Apple's digital assistant in some cases. In other cases, the Android-based voice search not so hot. SEE ALSO: Google vs. Bing, Battle of the Search Engines So which is best? We pitted Google Voice Search against Siri, asking a few simple questions suc… More About: android, Google, google voice search, jelly bean, siri
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| By 2020, We Still Won’t Live in Smart Homes [STUDY] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:27 PM PDT  The future, according to movies and books, looks like this: homes with multi-touch interfaces, voice-activated devices, interactive buildings and driverless cars. By 2020, tech-enhanced homes and buildings will be possible. However, experts predict average consumers will continue living the simple life. Smart appliances are here; gesture-sensitive interfaces and everyday robotics are coming. The question is -- will the market soon be saturated with high-tech houses? Probably not, according to results of a Pew Research Center opt-in survey of 1,021 Internet experts, researchers and critics discussing the "home of the future." It's projected that by 2015, 25 billion connected device… More About: home, smart appliance, Tech
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| Twitter Drops LinkedIn Partnership Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:07 PM PDT 
This ends a partnership that began in 2009. LinkedIn users can still create updates on the site and click a button to share to Twitter as well, but the the reverse is no longer possible. The LinkedIn post by Ryan Roslansky, head of content products at LinkedIn, pointed to Twitter's own Friday blog post about "delivering a consistent experience on Twitter." It's possible, though doubtful, that Twitter wants to separate itself from the business networking company after the recent password breach in which 6 millio… More About: linkedin, trending, Twitter
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| Facebook App Recommends Songs for Your Romantic Encounters Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:54 PM PDT 
Have you ever tried to create the perfect romantic evening only to fall flat when the wrong mood music plays? Durex -- yes, the condom company -- has an app for that. The Facebook app for connecting couples is called the Durex In-Sync Song Generator and works by asking couples a set of questions completely unrelated to lovemaking like, "How loud is your personality?" or "At what time of day are you at your best?" The app then compares your responses to find the ideal song in Spotify for setting the mood. Durex, which has long been the number two condom company behind Trojan, hopes the app will help the company attract a younger demographic. In… More About: Facebook, Marketing, relationships, sex
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| How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:38 PM PDT  The cloud is where it's at. It's where business data resides. It's where social user-generated content sits, where forward-thinking creators place their tools. Unfortunately, the cloud is also the place all that good stuff stays, unused and unloved. That is, unless you offer smart ways to access it. That is where a web API comes in. Just as the power of crowds has populated the social content repositories of Web 2.0 -- YouTube videos, Facebook updates, tweets, and more -- the web API enables designers and developers to re-purpose the body of knowledge that is the cloud. Here are some examples of how companies have used a web API to create more value. Mashups: The Google Maps … More About: api, Business, cloud computing, contributor, features
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| Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:18 PM PDT On-Board Struggle A struggle between hijackers and passengers developed on board the aircraft. Click here to view this gallery. 
A passenger onboard took the pictures and sent them to Weibo user seland, who uploaded them for all the world to see. They seem to show a struggle between the would-be hijackers and passengers aboard the aircraft, who reportedly subdued and restrained the assailants. SEE ALSO: The Censorship Game: Chinese Twitter Will Score User Behavior Six hijackers attempted to take control of the plane early after takeoff over China's Xinjiang provence, a region with a substantial Uighur pop… More About: aviation, china, pics, sina weibo, Social Media, trending, viral, World
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| AMC Ramps Up Programming Feud With Dish Cable Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:04 PM PDT  As Pete Campbell haters everywhere know, the gloves came off repeatedly throughout AMC's latest season of Mad Men. Now the network is following suit -- a snarky viral ad campaign is just the latest jab in AMC's feud with satellite broadcaster Dish Network. AMC Networks -- which encompasses AMC, Sundance and WE -- is urging viewers to drop their Dish subscriptions with its Save the White House campaign. The ad refers not to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but to the home of fictional meth dealer Walter White -- the main character in AMC's hit series Breaking Bad. The billboards are part of a larger initiative to make viewers aware of Dish's plans to drop AMC networks from the cable servic… More About: ads, amc, breaking bad, carriage negotiations, dish network, mad men, save the white house, sundance, we
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| MashTags: 24 Funniest #FacebookFilms Posted: 29 Jun 2012 11:50 AM PDT Gerasimos Manolatos
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We're not sure about that, but the titles are fun to make up. This week's MashTag is: #FacebookFilms. the mighty zucks #facebookfilms— lauren drell (@drelly) June 29, 2012 Poke Back Mountain #FacebookFilms— Stephanie Buck (@StephMBuck) June 29, 2012 Fear and Liking in Las Vegas #FacebookFilms— Christine Erickson (@christerickson) June 29, 2012 Use the hashtag on Twitter, not in the comments. We'll be showcasing the funniest hashtagged tweets in… More About: Facebook, films, humor, MashTags, Twitter, viral
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| Tulsa Is 14th City to Proclaim June 30 Social Media Day Posted: 29 Jun 2012 11:31 AM PDT  Tulsa, Okla., has officially named June 30 Social Media Day, making it the 14th city in the world to recognize the day. Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett signed the proclamation earlier this week after Cheryl Lawson, the organizer of Social Media Day Tulsa, submitted a request for the proclamation in April. The city has been celebrating Social Media Day since Mashable launched the event in 2010. Tulsa has a vibrant social media community that meets monthly. The group regularly holds events and conferences, and participates in community projects. "Social Media Tulsa has grown into so much more than a Meetup group," Lawson said. "People are just really into social here." Tulsa recen… More About: smday, social media day
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| Wits Come Out of Hiding for Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Split Posted: 29 Jun 2012 11:08 AM PDT Tweet via @MegTripp Twitter reacts to the news of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' split. Click here to view this gallery. 
Following the news from People magazine that the couple -- who have a 6-year-old daughter named Suri -- will be separating, Twitter members flocked to the site to share their reactions. SEE ALSO: Guy Behind 'Back to the Future' Hoax: It Was an Accident [EXCLUSIVE] The couple's relationship has been highly criticized over the years, with many saying it was more of a business deal than a unity of love. "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe told People. "Katie's p… More About: Social Media, trending, Twitter
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| Researchers Prove Drones Can Be Hacked Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:59 AM PDT  A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin won a $1,000 bet with the Department of Homeland Security by hacking into an airborne drone and wresting control from the pilot. The researchers, headed by Dr. Todd E. Humphreys, got control of the drone by overloading it with false signals that were precisely matched up with authentic satellite signals. Once that happened, the drone ignored the original pilot, instead obeying the hackers' every command. "We knew about the vulnerability and bought a drone to test it," Humphreys told Mashable. "We tested it in midair to see if we could overtake signals from the GPS satellite. You've got to get the trick signals perfectly a… More About: aircraft, aviation, cybersecurity, drone, Drones, gps, hackers, military, technology, trending, UAV, US, World
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| Basketball Star’s ‘Bulging Dicks’ Cost Him Millions [VIDEO] Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:47 AM PDT 
Sullinger would have likely been a top-10 pick in last night's NBA Draft. During the intense pre-draft review process of workouts and medical examinations over the past couple months, however, doctors found back problems that made many teams wary of drafting him. Sullinger was eventually selected with 21st overall pick, meaning he missed out on a much fatter rookie contract. Sports business reporter Darren Rovell pegs the lost wages at about $2 million over two seasons.… More About: NBA, sports, viral videos
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| Google+ Creators: Stop Calling It a Social Network Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:15 AM PDT  Google+ has a problem. It's not engagement or the lack of a clear way to monetize itself. It's not those sometimes-unwieldy friend-organizing circles, or even the perception that no one other than nerds uses the service. The problem, its creators believe, is that many people keep comparing it to Facebook -- or, more broadly, social networks. While social interaction is a key part of Google+, the project is much more ambitious. Google+ is nothing short of a wholesale upgrade to all of Google's products and services, but with the identity of the user incorporated. Mashable sat down with Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president of social business, and Bradley Horowitz, Google+… More About: android, Facebook, Google, trending
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