Eager to take Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for a spin? Phones equipped with the next generation OS can do a Barrel Roll, spinning search results 360 degrees around your screen as if they were a barrel rolling down a hill. If you have a phone currently running Android 4.1, you can activate the Easter egg…
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Target Rolls Out QR Codes for Holiday Shopping
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The anonymity of online shopping will soon be available in real time. Starting Oct. 14, Target will tag the top 20 toys of the season in its stores with QR Codes. Perfect, the company says, for secretive mobile shopping. All shoppers need to do is download the Target app and scan whichever marked toy they’d…
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How to Change Your Dropbox Password, and Make It Better
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Dropbox is the latest tech company to have fallen victim to a security breach, and there’s a good chance your account is at risk. But unlike recent hacks on sites such as Yahoo, LinkedIn and eHarmony, account names and passwords weren’t posted online, making it more difficult to check via a tool if yours was…
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Adobe’s Piracy-Proof Software Already Pirated
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Quick! What’s the most commonly pirated PC application? If you said “Microsoft Word,” you might be right. But “Adobe Photoshop” wouldn’t be wrong, either. And despite Adobe’s best efforts to the contrary, that isn’t going to change any time soon. Within a day or two of the debut of Adobe’s new software subscription service earlier…
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Our 15 Favorite Independence Day Instagrams
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15 Patriotic Instagram Pics for Independence Day 1. Stars and Stripes Fifty stars for 50 states and 13 stripes for 13 original British colonies, all through a modern filter. Via @nikkikitteh 2. Watching Fireworks Fireworks are even more enjoyable in groups. Via @danielrees 3. Red, White and Blue Three colors can instill such pride. Via…
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Apple WWDC 2014: The 6 Biggest Moments
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGic9Ylcync?enablejsapi=1&] A lot of changes are coming to Apple products this year. Monday’s keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference showed the future of the iPhone, iPad and Macs — and here are the top highlights to come from the event. 1. iOS 8: The announcement of iOS 8 drew heavy applause from the crowd.…
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The Google Doctor Will See You Now
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Parallels 8 Forces Mountain Lion and Windows 8 to Play Nice
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Parallels 8 Forces Mountain Lion and Windows 8 to Play Nice Parallels for Mac Version 8 Parallels lets you run Windows on your Mac. The trick is you can run both OSes simultaneously, with your Windows apps showing up just like Mac apps would. Version 8 supports Mountain Lion features, such as dictation and notifications,…
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How to Watch the Facebook Phone Event Online
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Facebook is holding a highly-anticipated press event at its headquarters to reveal its “new home on Android.” Could we see a new Facebook-centric smartphone? If the rumors are any indication, definitely. The company will be livestreaming the announcement from its Menlo Park, Calif. office, and you can watch at Facebook Live, starting at 1:00 p.m.…
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Would You Rather Wake Up to a Blaring Alarm or an Adorable Puppy?
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jras5-jPHak?enablejsapi=1&] If the Dalai Lama and Barack Obama already gave a shout-out to your ad campaign, what can you possibly do as an encore? Keep spreading the love, says San Francisco-based ad agency Eleven Inc. The agency, working for healthcare and hospital giant Dignity Health, just launched a new phase of its Hello Humankindness…
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iOS 7 Update Plugs Lock Screen Security Hole
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Apple released an update to iOS 7 on Thursday that aims to repair a security flaw: a lock-screen bypass that allows a user to call any contact without unlocking the phone. The notes that accompany the iOS 7.0.2 update say it “fixes bugs that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode.” Mashable staffers…
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Romney or Obama? Predict the Election With Fox News’ iPad App
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How Samsung Is Making Windows 8 Less Scary
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How Samsung Is Making Windows 8 Less Scary Samsung S Launcher for Windows 8 On all Windows 8 machines, Samsung will include the S Launcher, which replicates many of the abilities of the old Windows Start menu (a casualty of Windows 8). Users can expect the same one-click system searches and instant results. S Launcher…
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JibJab Brothers Create StoryBots Entertainment for Kids
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What happens when political satirists grow up and become parents? They create awesome entertainment for their own kids, and share it with the rest of us. Gregg Spiridellis and his brother Evan are the brains behind JibJab, which gained attention in 2004 with its This Land parody featuring then President George Bush and Sen. John…
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Chris Gorham Leverages the Second Screen For TV Success
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When the fourth season of USA Network’s hit show Covert Affairs premieres Tuesday night, fans will get to enjoy a prequel storyline — thanks to the second screen. The series, dubbed Sights Unseen: Auggie Undercover, will run for six weeks and introduce viewers to a part of character Auggie Andersen’s life before he lost his…
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Apple’s Developer Portal Hacked, Awaits Overhaul
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Apple‘s developer portal has been hacked on Thursday. An intruder managed to obtain some personal info from registered developers, Apple has announced. “Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to…
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iPad Magician Works Wonders in ‘Angry Birds Seasons’ Ad
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkahGp1ECSo?enablejsapi=1&] Rovio’s latest update to its Angry Birds Seasons game involves a new element called Magic Portals, letting players teleport birds, pigs and other characters from one location in the game to another. To promote this new magical dimension in the Angry Birds franchise, what better spokesperson to appoint than Simon Pierro, world-famous iPad…
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Hands-On With The Week’s Top Apps
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Lots of great new apps launched this week. Disney released Story, a new app that uses the location and time stamp on photos you take with your iPhone to instantly create a digital storybook based on different events. Zynga released a new game in its “With Friends” series called Running With Friends, an infinite running…
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New Ticketmaster App Helps iPhone Users Buy the Best Seats
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Image: Mashable, Christina Ascani Ticketmaster, the world’s biggest ticket seller, is giving iPhone users an advantage in buying the best seats. The company’s first iOS redesign in 18 months became available Monday, and eliminates steps to buy tickets. Notably, with push notifications turned on, the app skips CAPTCHA, a security measure used to thwart bots…
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Text Messaging is the New Political Forum for Young Adults
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Apparently sexting isn’t the only heart-pounding activity young adults are getting into on their mobile devices. According to a survey from free texting app textPlus, half of young adults surveyed (ages 18-24) say they’ve discussed the upcoming election on their mobile devices via text message. More than half (56 percent) say they’ve specifically chatted about…