Sunday, April 29, 2012

Light Painting: 7 Stunning Works of Art [VIDEO]

Light Painting: 7 Stunning Works of Art [VIDEO]


Light Painting: 7 Stunning Works of Art [VIDEO]

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"Light painting" is a photographic technique that uses a light source and long exposure to create the effect of "painting" with light. As with other forms of animation, it can be used very creatively as it's not limited by "reality."

Podbay iPhone app feels a little too simple

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Podbay feels more like a concept than an actual app. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing might just depend on your perspective. It seems like any app released at this point, generations past the first iPhone, is expected to come packed with specific features "or else." Apps without Facebook or Twitter connectivity are shunned. Apps lacking some sort of multimedia component are mocked.

Social gifting: the new buzzword in e-commerce

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* Sweden's Wrapp, other startups, win venture-cap backing * Nascent industry carries big growth potential -investors * Retailers like potential sales boost, low marketing cost (Reuters) - Last year, the buzzword in e-commerce was Groupon Inc and its myriad of competitors that offered daily online coupons to entice shoppers in a down economy. Now, the latest fashion in retail is social gifting, where people get together on Facebook to buy each other gifts. Start-ups such as Sweden-based Wrapp, which is launching its U.S. ...

Deadline looms for Falcone on LightSquared control

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Falcone testifies before a US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the regulation of hedge funds, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonNEW YORK (Reuters) - The clock is ticking for hedge fund manager Philip Falcone to reach a deal by Monday morning with debt holders of LightSquared, the upstart wireless telecom controlled by Falcone's Harbinger Capital, or face a possible bankruptcy. The holders of LightSquared's roughly $1.6 billion in debt, who include billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and hedge fund manager David Tepper, have given Falcone until 10 a.m. Monday to strike a deal for restructuring Harbinger's 96 percent equity control of LightSquared, a person familiar with the situation said. ...


Nokia in advanced talks to sell luxury Vertu unit: FT

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A Vertu Signature mobile phone costing over 9,500 euros is displayed in HelsinkiLONDON (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Nokia is in advanced talks to sell its UK subsidiary Vertu to private equity group Permira , the Financial Times reported. Nokia, which last week had its credit rating cut to "junk" status by ratings agency Standard & Poor's, will raise about 200 million euros ($265.19 million) from a potential sale, the FT said in a piece published on its website on Sunday. People familiar with the talks were cited as saying Goldman Sachs was advising to oversee the sale, but said the outcome was not yet certain. Vertu and Permira were not available for comment. ...


Apple, Google could join Dow index: Barron's

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Apple logo is reflected in the screen of an Apple iPad 3 at an electronics store in Mumbai(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index is due for an overhaul, and new-tech giants like Apple Inc and Google have good arguments for joining the elite 30 companies at the expense of old-industry stalwarts like Alcoa Inc, Barron's said on Sunday. The business weekly said the Dow has no timetable, but a new company or two could be added in the next year. The three most likely stocks to be replaced in the index are aluminum maker Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard, Barron's said in its latest edition. ...


JoeyBra: The Perfect Under-the-Shoulder Smartphone Holder? [VIDEO]

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A night out dancing is always so much better when you don't have to hang on to a clunky purse.

Facebook billionaire shuns luxury for startup life

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In this photo taken Thursday April 26, 2012, Dustin Moskovitz co-founder of the collaborative software companay Asana, poses outside of his office in San Francisco. Facebook co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Dustin Moskovitz is by many accounts the world's youngest self-made billionaire. But the 27-year-old isn't sipping champagne in the Caribbean. Instead he's thrown himself back into San Francisco's startup churn with an online collaboration app he says will become the world's next $100 billion company. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Facebook co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Dustin Moskovitz is by many accounts the world's youngest self-made billionaire. But the 27-year-old isn't sipping champagne in the Caribbean.


Light Painting: 7 Stunning Works of Art [VIDEO]

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"Light painting" is a photographic technique that uses a light source and long exposure to create the effect of "painting" with light. As with other forms of animation, it can be used very creatively as it's not limited by "reality."

25 Most-Followed Users on Instagram [PICS]

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25. Jason Mraz

Magazines Get Serious About Ecommerce

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Magazine publishers are rapidly getting serious about ecommerce.

Report: Apple legally sidesteps billions in taxes

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A published report says Apple Inc. uses subsidiaries in Ireland, the Netherlands and other low-tax nations as part of a strategy that enables the technology giant to cut its global tax bill by billions of dollars every year.

Top Health and Fitness Apps to Improve Your Workout and Diet [INFOGRAPHIC]

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If your smartphone isn't already your best workout buddy, it might be in the future. Tracking your progress on a mobile app makes it easier to eat right, sleep well and push a workout harder.

Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]

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1. Brydge to Somewhere

Students Studying Abroad: Take Advantage of Video Job Interviews

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Josh Tolan is the CEO of Spark Hire, which combines a video job board and online interviewing platform to enrich interaction between job seekers and employers. Connect with him and Spark Hire on Facebook and Twitter.

12 Funniest 'Animals Being Dicks' [GIFS]

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Here at Mashable we sometimes get a brain itch that can only be scratched by watching copious amounts of hilarious animal GIFs. If you suffer from the same ailment, let us point you in the direction of Animals Being Dicks, a place on the Internet where it's okay to laugh at our furry friends.

5 Startups Using Tech To Do Good

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In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.

Madison Avenue turns to social game advertising

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(Reuters) - Self magazine Publisher Laura McEwen sits in her office in the posh Conde Nast building overlooking New York's Times Square and does nothing but play video games for at least an hour or two a day. She isn't goofing off -- she is doing market research for "Self Workout in the Park," a video game she helped create to capitalize on the explosive growth of advertising in social games like the ones played on Facebook and other online networks. ...

Do People Really Want Self-Driving Cars? [VIDEO]

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Who wants a self driving car? Researchers at J.D. Power and Associates conducted a study to find out who would be willing to buy a car with such futuristic features, and the reaction was certainly not unanimous. In this video, Adam Falk shows you a few self-driving cars and explains the results of the study.

Apple Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports

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The New York Times accused Apple of evading billions of dollars in taxes by setting up subsidiary companies in tax-free or low-tax states and countries.

Interest in Pinterest Reaches a Fever Pitch [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Could Pinterest be the silver bullet for retailers on social media?  Pinterest is clearly resonating with online consumers in a big way.  To put it simply, customers who find a product via Pinterest are more likely to purchase it than those who find the product via other social networks.

Where CISPA's Going: Everything You Need to Know

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The House of Representatives changed, then passed, the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, better known as CISPA, late Thursday afternoon. As the dust settles, many are wondering where CISPA stands now and where it's headed next.

Analysis: Even in emerging markets, Nokia's star is fading

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Nokia's CEO Elop gestures as he speaks during a news conference for the launch of the new Nokia Lumia products in BeijingNEW DELHI/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia phones once took pride of place in Manish Khatri's Mumbai store, but now models made by Samsung Electronics get the limelight. He has nothing against Nokia, he says, but it's better for business to push the more popular models. That simple calculation is being made in thousands of stores across India and similar emerging markets, where Nokia's rivals used to be relative minnows. ...


7 Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Business Computers

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Chris Cope is CEO of SlimWare Utilities. The company is founded on the premise that cloud computing and crowd-sourced applications will revolutionize the performance of personal computing.

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