| 72% of Adults Are Local News Enthusiasts [STUDY] | | Friday, April 13, 2012 11:39 PM | |
|  | Social media connectivity and the digitization of news have not squashed American fervor for local news, a Pew study says. Nearly three quarters of adults are consistently plugged into local news -- so much so that 32% of survey participants say...
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| 5 Things That Waste Your Time at Work [INFOGRAPHIC] | | Friday, April 13, 2012 11:03 PM | |
|  | Aside from the time you purposefully waste at work -- checking Facebook or playing Draw Something, as the kids do -- there's a lot of other stuff that can slow you down at the office. The productivity of a "knowledge worker" (read: non-farmer)...
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| Explore Alien Planets With This Free App | | Friday, April 13, 2012 10:35 PM | |
|  | Ever wonder what those planets orbiting far away stars are like? Well, now there's an app for that. The free Kepler Explorer app for iPhone and iPad allows users to explore some 2,000 planetary systems discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission. The...
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| How a Sports Fanatic Turned His Blog Hobby Into a Career [VIDEO] | | Friday, April 13, 2012 9:14 PM | |
|  | Back in 2003, when blogs were just catching on with the mainstream, college student Matthew Cerrone started a GeoCities site called MetsBlog.com to track his favorite baseball team. Fast-forward nine years and he's turned the hobby into a...
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| Now You Can Google Like It's 1986 | | Friday, April 13, 2012 7:43 PM | |
|  | No, this isn't the latest Google Doodle celebrating the anniversary of DOS. Instead, it's an imagining of what Google would look like if it was invented circa 1986. The design, by Squirrel-Monkey.com, has been kicking around for a few months, but...
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| 'Who Needs Feminism?' New Tumblr Promotes Gender Equality | | Friday, April 13, 2012 7:15 PM | |
|  | Move over, Feminist Ryan Gosling -- there's a new Tumblr battling sexism. On Wednesday, 16 undergraduate students at Duke University launched Who Needs Feminism?, a campaign that encourages feminist and gender egalitarian discussion over social...
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| Angelina and Brad's Engagement: The Toast of Twitter | | Friday, April 13, 2012 5:30 PM | |
|  | News of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's engagement rocked the interwebs Friday -- and briefly nabbed the top trending spot on Twitter. The fact that "Brangelina" are finally making it official was confirmed by Pitt's manager Cynthia Pett-Dante....
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| This Dog Jumps Rope Better Than You Can [VIDEO] | | Friday, April 13, 2012 4:19 PM | |
|  | This is Geronimo -- a dog who is not only able to jump rope, but can jump double-dutch. Considering that a large majority of the staff at Mashable HQ are unable to do that, we are suitably impressed. The video was posted to YouTube on April 4th,...
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| Apple Releases Update to Remove Flashback Trojan | | Friday, April 13, 2012 3:25 PM | |
|  | Apple has issued a new software update that also serves to remove the most common variant of the Flashback Trojan. The update, which was released via Software Update on April 12, supersedes the previous software updates issued to patch the Java...
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| Netflix's Unlimited Employee Vacation Policy: Why It Works | | Friday, April 13, 2012 2:33 PM | |
|  | Netflix employees have one less thing to keep track of: the amount of vacation days they take. Co-founder Reed Hastings recently told Bloomberg Businessweek that Netflix has an unlimited vacation policy. In an effort to separate itself from...
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| 'Software Engineer' Tops List of 2012's Best Jobs | | Friday, April 13, 2012 1:45 PM | |
|  | Do you code for a living? Then congratulations, you have the best job in America right now, according to a new survey. CareerCast, a site for job seekers, listed the top 200 jobs of 2012. Software engineer had the best overall score when you...
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| How Interactive Ebooks Engage Readers and Enhance Learning | | Friday, April 13, 2012 1:28 PM | |
|  | The invention of the tablet PC has created a new medium for book publishing. Interactive books are everywhere, and have revolutionized the way people consume the printed word. With the recent software available to allow easy creation of...
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| Google's Amazing Growth, By The Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] | | Friday, April 13, 2012 12:40 PM | |
|  | Google may not be the new kid on the block anymore, but it's still growing like one. As this infographic from Statista shows, the company continues its upward trajectory, at least if you go by revenues, stock price, net income and market share....
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| 5 Modern TV Shows Recut as Classic Sitcoms | | Friday, April 13, 2012 11:46 AM | |
|  | It is fascinating how clever editing and a fresh soundtrack can dramatically change your perception of existing footage. Previously, we've collated movie trailers recut to resemble horror films. Now we're taking a look at popular television shows...
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