March 2012
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‘Sand Flea’ Robot Jumps 30 Feet [VIDEO] →
‘Sand Flea’ Robot Jumps 30 Feet [VIDEO]
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
This flea is quite a bit more powerful than the ones on mangy mutts. Robotics company Boston Dynamics created an 11-pound robot called the “Sand Flea… Read more
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Can the JOBS Act Jump-Start Entrepreneurship? →
Can the JOBS Act Jump-Start Entrepreneurship?
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Can the crowdfunding-focused Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act really spark entrepreneurship, economic growth and hiring? Rep. Patrick McHe… Read more
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Tax Day On the Way: The 4 Ways You Can Tax Your... →
Tax Day On the Way: The 4 Ways You Can Tax Your LLC
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
_This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and te… Read more
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Why Google Might Be Going to $0 →
Why Google Might Be Going to $0
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
_**Editor’s note:** James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and entrepreneur. He is Managing Director of Formula Capital and has written 6 … Read more
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Clean Up Your Mess of Social Networks This Weekend... →
Clean Up Your Mess of Social Networks This Weekend [Weekendhacker]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
We spend an awful lot of time using social networks to keep up with people, discover news, and bring new functionality to our favorite apps, but they … Read more
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Screen Rage is the New Temper-Tantrum [Ipad] →
Screen Rage is the New Temper-Tantrum [Ipad]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
At five years-old, it’s no fun getting interrupted while you’re focused on something. As a parent, I compensate for that by employing a series of intr… Read more
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Forget Google Instant: In the Future, Search... →
Forget Google Instant: In the Future, Search Engines Will Read Your Habits
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
When Google launched Google Instant in 2010, it claimed that providing results as users type and removing the need to hit the “enter” key saved users… Read more
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Facebook Is Building a Search Engine [REPORT] →
Facebook Is Building a Search Engine [REPORT]
MASHABLE! | MARCH 30, 2012
Is Facebook building a Google rival
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Google Whips Up 3D Graphing Goodness in Search →
Google Whips Up 3D Graphing Goodness in Search
MASHABLE! | MARCH 30, 2012
Add one more thing to the list of fun stuff you can do directly from Google’s search box: 3D Graph Plotting. And these aren’t just still 3D charts. T… Read more
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7 Tools to Generate Your Random Mega Millions... →
7 Tools to Generate Your Random Mega Millions Numbers
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Here’s a hypothetical situation: You’re offered a _lot_ of money
U.S. Ambassador: I’ve Been Hacked By Russian... →
U.S. Ambassador: I’ve Been Hacked By Russian Journalists
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, took to Twitter Thursday night to accuse Russian media organization NTV of hacking his cell phone and … Read more
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No, You’re Not Fat — Facebook Just Makes You Think... →
No, You’re Not Fat — Facebook Just Makes You Think You Are [STUDY]
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Struggling with body weight issues? Facebook may be partially to blame, a new study suggests. A new study conducted by The Center for Eating Disorde… Read more
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8 Crazy Gadgets to Buy If You Win Mega Millions →
8 Crazy Gadgets to Buy If You Win Mega Millions
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
#### 1. Personal Killer Whale Submarine **Price: ** $100,000 **What does it do?:** If you won the lottery, why not jump into a 17-foot watercra… Read more
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How to Enchant Your Audience With Social Media... →
How to Enchant Your Audience With Social Media [VIDEO]
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Guy Kawasaki is arguably one of the most recognized names in social media. He is a former Apple evangelist and currently a best-selling author, angel… Read more
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This Camera Lets You Take Photos With Your Hands →
This Camera Lets You Take Photos With Your Hands
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences have created a prototype for a new type of camera called Ubi-Camera that lets you sn… Read more
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The Evolution of Facebook for Brands →
The Evolution of Facebook for Brands
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
_Jason Weaver is the CEO of Shoutlet, an enterprise social management software company he founded. He has been involved in social media strategy deve… Read more
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YouTube Earth Hour Campaigns Dare You to Take... →
YouTube Earth Hour Campaigns Dare You to Take Action for the Planet
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
YouTube is launching a new platform called “I Will If You Will” for Earth Hour 2012, which lets users challenge others to take an environmentally fri… Read more
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Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports... →
Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media?
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
Meet Austin Schindel, sports fans. You’re going to wish you had his new job. For the next year, he’ll travel around the country to some of the count… Read more
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Forget Google Instant: In the Future, Search... →
Forget Google Instant: In the Future, Search Engines Will Read Your Habits
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
When Google launched Google Instant in 2010, it claimed that providing results as users type and removing the need to hit the “enter” key saved users… Read more
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Top 10 iPhone Word Games →
Top 10 iPhone Word Games
MASHABLE! | MARCH 31, 2012
#### 1. _Words With Friends_ It’s an obvious choice for the list, and with good reason. The app features _Scrabble_-esque gameplay, with online t… Read more
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Razer confirms plans to release left-handed Naga... →
Razer confirms plans to release left-handed Naga gaming mouse
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
It promised that it would do so if it received enough Likes on Facebook, and now Razer has confirmed that it is indeed proceeding with plans to releas… Read more
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Google Drive screenshot hints at 5 GB of cloud... →
Google Drive screenshot hints at 5 GB of cloud storage for Android smartphones and tablets
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
Following up on rumors that Google would be offering a cloud service to access files and multimedia no matter what screen you’re looking at, some pict… Read more
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In Manhattan Pizza War, Price of Slice Keeps... →
In Manhattan Pizza War, Price of Slice Keeps Dropping (67 points)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
In the amped-up war of commerce and 75-cent pizza on the Avenue of the Americas in Midtown, a perilous moment is approaching. Circumstances suggest that ravenous New Yorkers might soon witness 50-cent pizza, 25-cent pizza or, yes, free pizza. Read more
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Firefox survives first round of surgery →
Firefox survives first round of surgery
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
#### Firefox to change its look—again (screenshots) 1-2 of 5 Scroll Left Scroll Right * * * * After years of tough competition from dominan… Read more
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10 Million hits a day with WordPress using a $15... →
10 Million hits a day with WordPress using a $15 server (265 points)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
These instructions are the rather verbose, but hopefully easy enough to follow, steps to build a new Linux server using Varnish, Nginx, W3 Total Cache, and WordPress, to build a WordPress blog on a Amazon Micro server (or equivalent), all costing under $15 a month, capable of sustaining 10...
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Temple Run update fixes crashes and includes... →
Temple Run update fixes crashes and includes support for the Droid RAZR and Bionic
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
Many folks waited a long time for Temple Run to come to Android only to find out their device either wasn’t or supported or worse being that it couldn… Read more
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The New Essential Apps March 2012 [Apps] →
The New Essential Apps March 2012 [Apps]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
iPhones. iPads. Android. We’ve updated _all_ of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as alwa… Read more
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Add-on turns a smartphone camera into a joystick... →
Add-on turns a smartphone camera into a joystick (video)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
One of the more irritating aspects of touchscreen gaming is almost certainly the inevitability of blocking the screen as you play
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New addictive games that are near impossible to... →
New addictive games that are near impossible to put down
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
(Credit: CNET) What makes a game addictive? Obviously your answer to that question will depend on what type of games you like to play, but certain ga… Read more
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I am very real (724 points) →
I am very real (724 points)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
In October of 1973, Bruce Severy — a 26-year-old English teacher at Drake High School, North Dakota — decided to use Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, as a teaching aid in his classroom. Read more
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Beached Firefly Squid Light Up the Japanese Coast... →
Beached Firefly Squid Light Up the Japanese Coast [Image Cache]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
The Firefly Squid (_Watasenia scintillans_) inhabits the Western Pacific and is famously found in Toyama Bay, Japan. The 3-inch long creatures employ … Read more
Verizon's Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX to get Android... →
Verizon’s Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX to get Android 4.0 on April 4th, Rezound to follow on the 6th (updated)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
Color us surprised to find that Best Buy is so deeply entwined with carrier / OEM plans that it would actually receive a notification that Ice Cream S… Read more
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Here Are The Women of Y Combinator And They Are... →
Here Are The Women of Y Combinator And They Are Awesome
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
I would normally rather have a root canal instead of write about the issue of women in technology. I just find most essays on this really tedious and … Read more
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Tim Cook Visits China and Brings Back Some Ideas... →
Tim Cook Visits China and Brings Back Some Ideas (Comic)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
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Specialized Turbo e-bike is too fast and furious... →
Specialized Turbo e-bike is too fast and furious for the western world (video)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
While not quite the fastest commercially available e-bike in the world as some have suggested (as far as we can tell, that claim belongs to a DIY kit … Read more
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200 Beautifully Minimal Wallpapers For Your New... →
200 Beautifully Minimal Wallpapers For Your New iPad’s Retina Display
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
My friend Chris Herbert has released another wallpaper pack, and this time he’s made 200 beautifully minimal designs for the new iPad’s Retina display… Read more
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Shaken or Stirred: Which Gets You Drunker? A... →
Shaken or Stirred: Which Gets You Drunker? A Scientific Exploration [Happy Hour]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
Some bartenders have a chip on their shoulders when it comes cocktails. Shaking waters it down, they say. Stirring is better. James Bond is a pussy. … Read more
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Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn't... →
Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn’t take long
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
We know that Apple can be OCD-ish about dictionaries at times, but is any brave Cupertino intern ready to step up and run the gauntlet? Apple’s defini… Read more
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Blind man drives to Taco Bell in Google’s... →
Blind man drives to Taco Bell in Google’s self-driving car
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
“Look, Ma, no hands,” said Steve Mahan, who is legally blind, as he rode around in one of Google’s self-driving vehicles. “No hands, no feet. This is … Read more
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Twitter toilet paper puts tweets where the sun... →
Twitter toilet paper puts tweets where the sun don’t shine
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
Royal flush: Collector’s Edition will print execrable tweets for $35. (Credit: Shitter) Sometimes it’s hard to turn the other cheek. That’s when it’… Read more
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“Girls Around Me” Creeper App Just Might Get... →
“Girls Around Me” Creeper App Just Might Get People To Pay Attention To Privacy Settings
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
Cult of Mac has a great write-up of an app for iOS called Girls Around Me, which essentially displays the public check-ins and profiles of girls aroun… Read more
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New malware appearing in dodgy apps you shouldn't... →
New malware appearing in dodgy apps you shouldn’t be downloading anyway
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
The next time you’re cruising one of the various Android app piracy forums looking for the free crack for ROM Manager or Root Explorer, be warned that… Read more
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How to Tell If Your Credit Card Was Hacked in the... →
How to Tell If Your Credit Card Was Hacked in the Global Payments Breach [Security]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 31, 2012
Earlier today, news broke that credit card processor Global Payments suffered a massive security breach, in which intruders made off with thousands
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A Quick Nap Can Boost Your Cognitive Ability, But... →
A Quick Nap Can Boost Your Cognitive Ability, But Only When Timed Just Right [Sleep]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
Despite our best efforts, we’re not always able to get a full night’s rest. If you can’t just fix your sleep problems, a quick nap might do the trick-… Read more
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Obama Administration Plans to Drop $200 Million on... →
Obama Administration Plans to Drop $200 Million on “Big Data” Research [Government]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
The White House announced today plans to better utilize the torrent of data produced by agencies like the departments of Energy and Defense. The admin… Read more
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NVIDIA CEO suggests $199 Tegra 3 tablets in the... →
NVIDIA CEO suggests $199 Tegra 3 tablets in the summer
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
Always talkative NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is in the news yet again, this time telling the _New York Times_ that his company’s Tegra 3 hardware is inc… Read more
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Best Buy To Shut 50 Stores In Streamlining Effort →
Best Buy To Shut 50 Stores In Streamlining Effort
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
TechCrunch’s Best Buy tag isn’t exactly a heartening place to visit. In the last few months, it “stole Christmas,” been “finished,” and is now “going … Read more
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Remains of the Day: Is Google Making 4x More Money... →
Remains of the Day: Is Google Making 4x More Money on iOS Than Android? [For What It’s Worth]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 30, 2012
Google (supposedly) only generated $550m from Android since 2008, are street addresses popping up in Google reCAPTCHAs?, and Apple and Foxconn vow to … Read more
