Saturday, March 24, 2012

For Love or Money: Does Online Dating Really Work? [INFOGRAPHIC]

For Love or Money: Does Online Dating Really Work? [INFOGRAPHIC]

For Love or Money: Does Online Dating Really Work? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Online dating is booming. The industry has doubled since 2007, currently boasting 40 million users and $1.9 billion in annual revenue, according Match.com.

Samsung Galaxy S III hypes the crowd with possible April release

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There has been a lot of back and forth about Samsung's device releases and upgrades, particularly around the Galaxy S III. But after Samsung denied a possible April launch for its newest flagship smartphone, the manufacturer's China president Kim Young-Ha hints that April is back on for the Galaxy S III's release date. We've also heard that Samsung's Galaxy Nexus LTE will be available to Sprint customers in April, making for another dizzying development in the mobile world. ...

"Cash Mobs" gather to splurge in locally owned stores

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Customers line the aisles and hold up their money as they participate in a CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now a group of online activists is harnessing social media like Twitter and Facebook to get consumers to spend at locally owned stores in cities around the world in so-called Cash Mobs. At the first International Cash Mob day on Saturday, wallet- toting activists gathered in as many as 200 mobs in the United States and Europe, with the aim of spending at least $20 a piece in locally owned businesses, according to the concept's founder, Cleveland lawyer Andrew Samtoy. ...

India Buying Wider Aircraft

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Military tensions in India, China and countries in that part of the world have been announcing the purchases of aircraft. Here is what kind of aircraft is being sold.

High school student uses Twitter to land porn star prom date, school objects

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High school student uses Twitter to land porn star prom date, school objectsAs first mentioned on ABC News, an 18-year-old Minnesota teenager named Mike Stone used his personal Twitter account to fire off approximately 600 tweets to porn stars asking if they would attend his high school prom at Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN. Stone's typical request asked each porn star if they were "booked up on May 12" and promised "dinner, hotel and a personal massage" after the prom ended if the porn star responded to his initial tweet.

53 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

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Have you missed any of our new digital media resources? Well, take a break from playing Angry Birds Space on your new iPad to catch up now with our weekly features roundup!

For Love or Money: Does Online Dating Really Work? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Online dating is booming. The industry has doubled since 2007, currently boasting 40 million users and $1.9 billion in annual revenue, according Match.com.

Take a virtual vacation with Google Street View in the Amazon rain forest and Thailand

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Take a virtual vacation with Google Street View in the Amazon rain forest and ThailandGoogle has documented local roads, college campuses, malls and even airports in the 360-degree vision of its Street View cameras. But in the past few days, Google has stepped up to the plate and unveiled Google Street Views of the Amazon rainforest and Thailand. Viewers can comfortably take a trip through the Amazon basin or witness the reconstruction of Thailand after last year's devastating monsoon.

Netflix: 1080p streaming on the new iPad is 'on our roadmap'

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Netflix: 1080p streaming on the new iPad is 'on our roadmap'According to a statement issued to Mashable this week, Netflix is working on bringing 1080p streaming video to the third-generation iPad. The current version of the app only plays standard definition video (1350 kbps, 640×480) since the resolution of the previous iPad hardware was 1024 by 768. The application was updated on March 21 to support the new Retina display for high resolution menus and box art in addition to better playback on external screens. ...

How to Leverage Your Personality Type to Nail the Interview

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Mona Abdel-Halim is the co-founder of Resunate, the makers of the Apply widget for startups. You can start attracting top talent for free by getting an Apply widget for your company at Resunate.com/employers. You can also connect with Mona and Resunate on Facebook and Twitter.

Jessica Alba's Startup Honest.com Raises $27 Million in Funding

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A little honesty goes a long way. For Jessica Alba, Golden Globe-nominated actress and founder of baby products e-retailer The Honest Company, that statement rings truer than ever.

Top 5 Mashable Comments of the Week

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We're back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.

How Tech and Social Media Are Changing Travel [INFOGRAPHIC]

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It's spring break and summer is just around the corner, which means vacation season is upon us.

Internet-Based Theater Company Lives Between Cyberspace and the Stage

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A small Philadelphia-based company called New Paradise Laboratories is re-creating theater for the connected generation. It's incorporating social networks like Facebook, Skype and Chatroulette into the production and presentation of shows, pulling theater into the virtual space.

4 Ways to Optimize Your iPad For Business

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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Samsung Galaxy S III hypes the crowd with possible April release

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There has been a lot of back and forth about Samsung's device releases and upgrades, particularly around the Galaxy S III. But after Samsung denied a possible April launch for its newest flagship smartphone, the manufacturer's China president Kim Young-Ha hints that April is back on for the Galaxy S III's release date. We've also heard that Samsung's Galaxy Nexus LTE will be available to Sprint customers in April, making for another dizzying development in the mobile world. ...

15 Hilarious Sports Parody Twitter Accounts

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1. @NotBillWalton

The Weirdest New Tablet Features

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Apple's first iPad redefined the tablet, in 2010, and became the keystone of the new tablet market. Since then Apple has added very few real new features to it; the Smart Cover was added in 2011, and this year saw the addition of an ultra-fine Retina Display, with pixels too small to be discerned by the unaided eye. But on the whole, the iPad has stayed the same tablet, and Apple has even sued other companies for making tablets that are as basic and featureless as the iPad.

T-Mobile Should Restore Voicemails from Dead Daughter

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COMMENTARY | According to "Good Morning America," all Faron Butler had left of his 14-year-old daughter is memories, pictures and voicemails she left him before she died of cancer in June. And now he has lost the voicemails.

The Zombie Apocalypse Is Happening in a U.K. Shopping Mall

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If "blood soaked survival horror" isn't your idea of a great vacation, stay away from an empty mall in Reading, U.K. where tourists can experience an interactive zombie attack. Zed Events has created a terrifying zombie experience where anyone can battle zombies for four hours for the fee of just $189.

6 Apps Worth Downloading This Week

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How the New iPad's (and iPhone 4S') Retina Display Works

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Apple never has been a company to go for a "bells and whistles" approach to design. The first iPad, released in 2010, was a literal blank slate, with only a single button on the front. The 2011 iPad 2 lost some weight and gained a new outfit, in the form of the Smart Cover, but aside from under-the-hood improvements was mostly unchanged.

Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week

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1. Trayvon Martin

Social Media and Trayvon Martin: Why Did It Take So Long to Care?

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We're all talking about Trayvon Martin now. But why did it take so long, and where was social media when Martin's family needed it most?

Former Major Leaguer Starts Fundraising Site With Youth Sports Focus

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Need a uniform? Need funds to travel to a tournament? How about money for college? Try asking your Twitter followers or Facebook friends. A new fundraising website, SimpleWayToFundraise, launched this week in beta mode. The site was created by former professional baseball player Jason Romano, who says money for sports tournaments was often difficult to come by when he was a youth sports player.

Pinterest Updates Privacy Policy, Terms of Service

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The world's 12 million pinning addicts have some changes headed their way.

Researchers Say Memories Can Be Relived, Not Just Recalled

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Have you ever wanted to relive one of your most treasured memories? Not just think about the memory, but actually relive it? According to new research coming out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can.

Inbox-Sanity Tool Boomerang Hits 1 Million Downloads

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More than one million people have downloaded Boomerang for Gmail, an inbox extension that helps schedule outgoing email messages and allows users to re-receive important incoming messages at a convenient time.

Meet Permoveh, the new single-person vehicle that reinvents the wheel

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Meet Permoveh, the new single-person vehicle that reinvents the wheelA revolutionary new single-person vehicle which allows users to move around with complete freedom was quite literally taken for a spin at an event at Kyoto University in Japan this week.

Leica unveils white, limited-edition M9-P camera for $31,695. Any takers?

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Leica unveils white, limited-edition M9-P camera for $31,695. Any takers?If you had $31,695 to burn, would it cause you to look mournfully at your trusty but ageing digital camera and think, "Time for an upgrade," before handing the wad of cash over to a sales representative for Leica's new M9-P camera? No, thought not. Perhaps that's why the company has only made 50 of them.
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