Mashable: Latest 29 News Updates - including “Clothes Horse Wants to Help You Find Clothes That Fit” |
- Clothes Horse Wants to Help You Find Clothes That Fit
- University of Kentucky Football Tweets Become Billboards [VIDEO]
- Man Finds Long-Lost Son, Ex-Wife via Facebook
- Kickstart Project Attempts To Bring Public Transit Maps Back to iPhone
- 12 Small Touches That Will Make ‘Borderlands 2′ a Big Hit
- ArduSat Reaches Funding Goal, Prepares to Launch Satellite July 2013 [VIDEO]
- ‘Dark Knight’ Director Nolan Calls Shootings a ‘Senseless Tragedy’
- 10 Emmy-Nominated Shows You Can Watch Online
- Warner Bros. Pulls ‘Gangster Squad’ Trailer from Internet After Shootings
- Zuckerberg’s Facebook Picture Hints at Walmart Partnership
- Popular Personalities Send Fans Video Texts with Audingo
- Vermont Follows @Sweden’s Lead With @ThisIsVT
- Kim Dotcom Compares Himself to MLK in New Song [VIDEO]
- Obama Gives Thumbs-Up to New Cybersecurity Bill
- ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Screenings Go On
- CelebBoutique Misguided Aurora Tweet Sparks Twitter Outrage
- See Ashton Kutcher Dressed as Steve Jobs For New Movie
- YouTube Updates Platform for Social Good
- Syrian Rebels Post Victory Footage to YouTube
- 3 Things Facebook Must Improve to Succeed
- Internet Shows Support for Theater Shooting Victims
- 10 Etsy Shops for Covetable Fashion Accessories
- Kayak Shares Jump 30% on First Day
- DirectTV and Viacom Bury Hatchet, Bring Back Channels
- If Neil Armstrong Had Instagram [PICS]
- Google Acquires Sparrow, Team To Focus on ‘New Projects’
- Theater Shooting Suspect James Holmes Studied Neuroscience
- Digg Is Being Rebuilt From Scratch And Needs Your Help
- 10 Tips for Job Seekers in the Digital Era
- How to Host a Google+ Hangout on Air
| Clothes Horse Wants to Help You Find Clothes That Fit Posted: 20 Jul 2012 07:18 PM PDT     Name: Clothes Horse Quick Pitch: An embeddable widget that helps shoppers pick the right clothing size. Genius Idea: Bolsters shopper confidence, driving an increase in sales. Between 15% and 40% of clothing ordered online is returned, according to various retail reports, and poor fit is the number-one reason. It's also the reason shoppers inflate their orders, ordering each garment in two sizes, or, overwhelmed with uncertainty, abandon their shopping carts altogether. Clothes Horse is out to change this. The New York-based startup has gathered a trove of human and brand-garment measurements and combined them with algorithms to help shoppers order garments in the ri… More About: bizspark, clothes horse, fashion, retail, shopping
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| University of Kentucky Football Tweets Become Billboards [VIDEO] Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:27 PM PDT 
The University of Kentucky is known for its successful sports program, most notably the basketball and football teams. Now the football program has launched #Weareuk, a crowdsourced initiative that places tweets on billboards and puts fans in the official poster. Anyone who uses the #Weareuk hashtag will have their tweet or Instagram photo linked to the site. From there anything posted can, and many already have been, used in billboards across the state. Visitors to the site also have the option to share any of the posts via Facebook or Twitter. Once shared, their their avatar will drop into the background of the site. Should other teams sho… More About: Advertising, Newsy, football
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| Man Finds Long-Lost Son, Ex-Wife via Facebook Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:20 PM PDT 
A father located his ex-wife and long-lost son through Facebook, after years of searching using various people finder sites and even a private detective. US airman Don Gibson met Chrissie in her native country, the U.K., more than 20 years ago. They married in 1989 before she gave birth to their son, Craig, now 22. According to Chrisse, Don was turned down for Air Force service until he moved back to the U.S. Chrisse already had two sons from a previous marriage and didn't want to leave them behind in the U.K. Eventually, Chrisse and Don lost contact with each othe… More About: Facebook
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| Kickstart Project Attempts To Bring Public Transit Maps Back to iPhone Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:05 PM PDT 
With iOS 6 Apple is dropping Google Maps from the iPhone and consequently removing public transportation maps from the built-in maps application on the handset as well. Intrigal for many city-dwellers to get around, the company OpenPlans has started a Kickstarter project to help fund a solution. Called OpenTripPlanner, the open-source application will offer a number of features that were not available in Google Maps. Directions can be made using different transit methods –- such as walking, biking, public transit and bike-share – and will find the fastest and efficient way to your destination. OpenTripPlanner will be initially available i…
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| 12 Small Touches That Will Make ‘Borderlands 2′ a Big Hit Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:25 PM PDT 1. The Stash Is Persistent If you were a serious Borderlands character, you know the game's epic loot drops were worth fighting for. The downside of having so many guns available? Finding a weapon with one character that'd be perfect for another. Now your stash is persistent across all characters, meaning you can share weapons and loot with every character you're playing. Click here to view this gallery. 
Mashable recently got some playtime with the game. And to sum up, it really shines. So many small touches to the game will improve the experience for series fans, as well as help enrich the game for new players. SEE ALSO: New 'Borderlands 2' Trailer Has More Action, More Claptrap Take a look at what we found most exciting about Borderlands 2, due out Sept. 18 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Are you excited for the game, too? Let us know in the comments. More About: 2k games, Entertainment, Gaming, borderlands 2, features
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| ArduSat Reaches Funding Goal, Prepares to Launch Satellite July 2013 [VIDEO] Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:07 PM PDT 
A team of developers based in San Jose wants to let the average person put their ideas in space via an open-source satellite. And the public apparently loved that concept. The ArduSat project called for funds on Kickstarter and reached more than three times their goal of $35,000. The team wants to put an Arduino satellite in space to make "space exploration affordable to anyone," says Peter Platzer, the project's physicist, on the Kickstarter page. "Once launched, the ArduSat (Arduino satellite) will be the first open platform allowing the general public to design and run their own space-based applications, games and experiments, and steer… More About: arduino, developers, satellite, space
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| ‘Dark Knight’ Director Nolan Calls Shootings a ‘Senseless Tragedy’ Posted: 20 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT 
Nolan's statement reads as follows: Speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises, I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community. I would not presume to know anything about the victims of the shooting but that they were there last night to watch a movie. I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The… More About: Batman shootings, Christopher Nolan, dark knight rises
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| 10 Emmy-Nominated Shows You Can Watch Online Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:57 PM PDT 1. Girls (Outstanding Comedy Series)Never before has Hollywood (or anyone, for that matter) been so inclined to talk about loathsome 24-year-old girls living in Brooklyn. But Lena Dunham's biting wit has turned things around with arguably the most buzzed-about show this season. If you haven't seen it yet, watch the 10-episode first season of Girls on HBO GO to form your own opinion about this contentious show. Click here to view this gallery. 
We figure that, like us, you've got some pretty well-established opinions about who should be taking home those coveted gold statuettes. While watching each of the nominated shows might not change your stance, it will definitely give you a sense of the competition (and an excuse to trash talk at the September 23 viewing party). SEE ALSO: Stars Celebrate Emmy Nominations on Twitter As television junkies have come to expect, HBO is once again the academy's darling. However, it earned comparatively few nominations, 81 in total, its f… More About: Emmy, Emmys, Entertainment, Nominations, TV, features
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| Warner Bros. Pulls ‘Gangster Squad’ Trailer from Internet After Shootings Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:40 PM PDT  Warner Bros. has pulled the trailer for a movie called Gangster Squad from the Internet after the Dark Knight Rises shootings early Friday morning because the former film contains a shootout in a movie theater. A scene from the trailer of the film -- which was set to premiere on Sept. 7 -- featured four men in trenchcoats walking towards an audience and shooting at them with automatic weapons. The preview was set to run in some theaters before The Dark Knight's showing, but the studio pulled it out of sensitivity to the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo. However, the trailer was still available on the Internet for much of Friday. By Friday afternoon, the clip had been pulled from th… More About: batman shooting, dark knight rises, warner bros
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| Zuckerberg’s Facebook Picture Hints at Walmart Partnership Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:05 PM PDT  Mark Zuckerberg posted a picture on Facebook on Friday while visiting Walmart's corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., furthering speculation that the social network is looking to grow its partnership with the retailer. The photo shows Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg meeting with Walmart executives in what looks like a board room. SEE ALSO: Congrats, Internet: Pitbull Is Going to Alaska The news comes as Walmart and Facebook is rumored to make an announcement as early as Saturday regarding its partnership. "Wal-Mart is an important partner for Facebook and we look forward to working together to deepen that relationship," Facebook said in a statement to The … More About: Facebook, WalMart, e-commerce, mark zuckerberg
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| Popular Personalities Send Fans Video Texts with Audingo Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT 
"Audingo is about belonging to the inner circle of select personalities and organizations," said Matt Merritt, Audingo co-founder and president, in a statement. "Audingo's vision is for subscribers to connect with their chosen personalities and organizations on a deeper level than other social media platforms allow – like having a few close friends, versus many acquaintances." Consumers can subscribe to personalities' Audingo accounts via the personality's website or their company's website. Users enter… More About: Audingo
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| Vermont Follows @Sweden’s Lead With @ThisIsVT Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT 
@ThisIsVT will feature a different Vermonter at the helm every week. The idea is simple: turn the state's most socially savvy residents into digital ambassadors with the hope of bringing in tourists or those looking for a new home. Real-time, real-life #Vermont scenes tweeted by Vermonters & #Vt visitors. A new author assumes this handle weekly. Kicks off 7/23.— THISISVT (@THISISVT) July 17, 2012… More About: Social Media, Twitter, sweden, tourism, vermont
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| Kim Dotcom Compares Himself to MLK in New Song [VIDEO] Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:13 PM PDT 
The German-accented Dotcom (nee Kim Schmitz) sings/raps over a Kraftwerk-esque track delivering an indictment of the current administration: "The war for the Internet has begun," Dotcom begins. "Hollywood is in control of politics. The government is killing innovation. Don't let them get away with that." Dotcom then mentions that "I have a dream, just like Dr. King" as a shot of MLK is displayed. The chorus continues, "What about free speech, Mr. President? What happened to change, Mr. President? Are you pleading the Fifth, Mr. President?"… More About: Kim Dotcom, Politics, viral videos
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| Obama Gives Thumbs-Up to New Cybersecurity Bill Posted: 20 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT 
"We need to make it easier for the government to share threat information so critical-infrastructure companies are better prepared," wrote Obama in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. "We need to make it easier for these companies—with reasonable liability protection—to share data and information with government when they're attacked. And we need to make it easier for government, if asked, to help these companies prevent and recover from attacks." The president has not always been kind to… More About: CISPA, PIPA, US, World, barack obama, congress, cybersecurity, cybersecurity act of 2012, stop online piracy act
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| ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Screenings Go On Posted: 20 Jul 2012 01:42 PM PDT 
Although all showtimes have been cancelled at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colo. -- the location of the shooting -- the show will go on in other parts of the country. The two largest theater chains -- Regal Entertainment and AMC Theatres -- will continue to screen films as scheduled. There may, however, be some caveats. In a statement, AMC Theatres told us, (emphasis ours): At this time, our show schedules circuit-wide will not change. We will not allow any guests into our theatres in costume… More About: The Dark Knight Rises, amc theatres, batman shooting
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| CelebBoutique Misguided Aurora Tweet Sparks Twitter Outrage Posted: 20 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT  CelebBoutique, an online store that lets people fashion themselves after their favorite celebrities, learned an important social media lesson the hard way today -- always check the reason for a Twitter Trend before making a joke about it. The tweet above was in response to the Twitter hashtag #Aurora, which was trending because of a mass shooting that occurred at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo. CelebBoutique, which is based in the United Kingdom, left the Tweet up for about an hour, during which time it was retweeted hundreds of times. A Facebook group calling for a boycott of the company has already sprung up. The incident has a great deal in commo… More About: Marketing, Twitter
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| See Ashton Kutcher Dressed as Steve Jobs For New Movie Posted: 20 Jul 2012 01:28 PM PDT  New pictures of the bow-tie wearing Ashton Kutcher dressed as a young Steve Jobs on the set of a new movie have been making the rounds online, with many noting the uncanny resemblance to the former Apple CEO. Students at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles have been tweeting pictures of Kutcher filming Jobs, which is currently under production at the school. Student Jackie Nolasco tweeted a picture of Kutcher, while other pictures having been popping up on social media sites and outlets such as TMZ. SEE ALSO: Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs: Uncanny Resemblance [PICS] Directed by Joshua Michael Stern and written by Matt Whitely, t… More About: Entertainment, Movies, apple, celebrities, steve jobs
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| YouTube Updates Platform for Social Good Posted: 20 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT  YouTube announced two updates to its non-profit program on Friday, streamlining how non-profits and viral philanthropists can use the social video-sharing platform to turn views into action. Starting July 31, members of the YouTube for Good team will host "YouTube 101" trainings via Google+ Hangout. These live trainings, which will take place on the last Tuesday of every month, are for non-profits that recently joined the non-profit program or created a YouTube page. The live feed will be available on the YouTube for Nonprofits channel for those who want to watch and listen without being recorded. YouTube also officially announced the integration of annotations that can link to fou… More About: Social Good, Social Media, YouTube, YouTube for Good, crowdfunding, non-profits
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| Syrian Rebels Post Victory Footage to YouTube Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:54 PM PDT 
In the video, rebel fighters can be seen shooting sub-machine guns into the air and defacing a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It's unknown if the rebels held the border crossing for long. With few foreign journalists working in the country and state media serving largely as a propaganda m… More About: Arab Spring, Syria, Video, World, YouTube, middle east, turkey
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| 3 Things Facebook Must Improve to Succeed Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:43 PM PDT  Yes, we need to talk more about Facebook. That's largely because if the company plans to do well in the post-IPO world it has to become more innovative about how it's going to grow its ad revenue. So Mark and company, here's some free advice. Execute on three things to make shareholders happy: video, mobile, and analytics. Here's why. 1. Video More About: Facebook, contributor, features, social media marketing
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| Internet Shows Support for Theater Shooting Victims Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:27 PM PDT  The Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting that left 12 people dead and wounded at least 38 has sparked several Internet campaigns to show support for the victims and their community. The shooting occurred during the midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises," so many of the images have incorporated a Batman theme.
Praying for #Aurora. twitter.com/SSICompany/sta…— Alan Lamar (@SSICompany) July 20, 2012 Update: As of 4:24 p.m. EST, police have reported that 71 people were shot, 12 of whom died and 59 of whom were injured. Mashable's Coverage of the Colorado Theater Shooting
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| 10 Etsy Shops for Covetable Fashion Accessories Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:17 PM PDT 1. Chick Lit Designs If you're a fan of Olympia Le-Tans book cover clutches, but not their $1,200+ price tags, pick up a much more affordable version at Chick-Lit Design's Etsy shop. In addition to $165 clutches made out of vintage editions of Catcher in the Rye and Pride and Prejudice (some of which have a pocket big enough for your Kindle), the Gilbert, Ariz.--based designer also makes a range of e-reader and iPad covers in the same style. Click here to view this gallery. 
Take Behida Dolic, a milliner born in a small community of crafters in Bosnia, who now sells beautifully hand-draped cloches on Etsy and in her own shop in Hudson, New York. Or browse the shop of husband and wife team Doug Switalksi and Beca Lewis Skeels, who together produce made-to-order wood veneer wayfarer sunglasses from their Tennessee studio. SEE ALSO: How Etsy Turns Artists Into Entrepreneurs [INFOGRAPHIC] I've gathered a few of my favorite shops for fashion accessories here. If you have any… More About: Etsy, Small Business, ecommerce, fashion, features, lifestyle
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| Kayak Shares Jump 30% on First Day Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT 
Kayak helps consumers compare prices on airlines and vacation packages online. It priced its initial public offering at $26, above the $22 to $25 range it intended to open at. The Norwalk, Conn.-based company is selling 3.5 million shares -- less than 10% of its total shares -- in a $91 million offering. In its last fiscal year (2011), Kayak brought in $224.5 million in revenue, up 32% from fiscal 2010. Net income grew 21% in that period to $9.7 million. Kayak competes in a crowded spa…
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| DirectTV and Viacom Bury Hatchet, Bring Back Channels Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:04 PM PDT 
The satellite programming provider's customers had lost access to Viacom channels -- such as MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and Comedy Central -- on July 10 after the two companies argued over fees and failed to strike a deal. DirecTV says 17 channels were affected by the blackout, while MTV reports 26 channels went dark. "It's unfortunate that Viacom took the channels away from customers to try to gain leverage, but in the end, it's clear our customers recognized that tactic for what it was," Derek Chang, DirecTV's EV… More About: Entertainment, TV, directv, social tv, viacom
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| If Neil Armstrong Had Instagram [PICS] Posted: 20 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT Lunar Module Approaches Moon for Landing Filter: Amaro with Lux Click here to view this gallery. 
SEE ALSO: How to Choose the Best Instagram Filter for Your Photo Can you think of other photo ops the might enjoy the Instagram treatment? Leave your suggestions in the comments. Images courtesy of NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center More About: NASA, apollo 11, astronauts, features, instagram, moonwalk, space
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| Google Acquires Sparrow, Team To Focus on ‘New Projects’ Posted: 20 Jul 2012 11:12 AM PDT 
"We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience," Dom Leca, CEO of Sparrow, said in a statement on the company's website. "Now we're joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision — one that we think we can better achieve with Google." In the note on Sparrow's site, Leca also thanked the app's users who have provided support and feedback and said, "While we'll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow availa… More About: Google, gmail, iOS, mac, sparrow
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| Theater Shooting Suspect James Holmes Studied Neuroscience Posted: 20 Jul 2012 11:10 AM PDT 
Though Holmes's online personality remains a mystery, we now know more details about the alleged gunman. Holmes is 24 years old and until recently, was a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Denver, studying for a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Holmes withdrew from the school last month. The University of California, Riverside confirmed that a person named James Eagan Holmes graduated from the university in the spring of 2010 with a BS in neuroscience. After he was arrested, Holmes insinuated to police that he had explosives at his apartment. When the Aurora Police… More About: James Holmes, The Dark Knight Rises, batman shooting
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| Digg Is Being Rebuilt From Scratch And Needs Your Help Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:51 AM PDT  More than a week after news surfaced that the once popular site Digg was purchased for $500,000 by Betaworks, its new parent company said it will be rebuilding it from scratch in the next six weeks. And it wants your help. "We are a startup team with ambitious principles and we need to move quickly," according to the post on rethinkdigg.com. "The old Digg infrastructure was expensive and it afforded us little latitude to innovate and build at a fast clip. So four weeks ago, we set an a aggressive goal to move to a new infrastructure by August 1. We are starting with a fresh code base — it's modern, it's fast and it's shiny and new." The team -- made of 10 engineers, designe… More About: digg
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| 10 Tips for Job Seekers in the Digital Era Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:36 AM PDT 
What does it take to land your dream job? In this digital era, job candidates have a plethora of tools at their disposal to help them ace the interview, including advice websites, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. SEE ALSO: 7 Cool Jobs to Score at the Mashable Online Career Expo But how exactly should someone use these to their advantage? Here are ten tips for landing the gig of your dreams. 1. Research, Research, Research More About: Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter, contributor, features, jobs
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| How to Host a Google+ Hangout on Air Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:09 AM PDT 
The video chats not only connect small groups, but have also become an important broadcast platform with Hangouts on Air. Available to select accounts in early 2012, Hangouts on Air has been gradually rolling out to all users since May. Household names from Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama to Tyra Banks and the Muppets have connected with fans via Hangouts on Air. SEE ALSO: 9 Google+ Power Users Still Going Strong Now, even users who haven't logged years of on-camera experience are getting ready for Google+ prime time. And the question is: How do you… More About: Google, Google Hangouts, Social Media, community, engagement, features
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