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Will Comcast and Time Warner Cable Sink Net Neutrality?

03 November 2016 ( #comcast, #Internet freedom, #Media, #tech policy, #time warner cable, #U.S., #US & World )

Comcast headquarters in downtown Philadelphia, on Feb. 13, 2014.Image: Jessica Kourkounis The No. 1 and No. 2 cable providers will join forces to become a giant that will control around 30% of the television market, as well as almost half of the bundle...

You've Got Presidential Mail

20 October 2016 ( #2012 election, #Barack Obama, #email, #infographics, #Politics, #U.S., #US & World )

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are no strangers to your inbox. This year's presidential candidates have been reaching out nonstop to their constituents through email, hoping the online messages help increase fundraising efforts, turnout at conventions,...

Who's Behind All These Anti-Obama Text Messages?

24 February 2017 ( #2012 presidential campaign, #Barack Obama, #mobile, #Politics, #spam, #U.S., #US & World )

Have you been receiving anti-Obama text messages from a random address? You're not alone - hundreds of people have said they've seen them on their phones. Speaking anecdotally, most of the people this writer has noticed reporting the anti-Obama texts...

Imagine Going Kayaking And Finding THIS In The Middle Of The River. Unbelievable.

06 February 2017 ( #abandoned, #bizarre, #boat, #cincinnati ghost ship, #ghost ship, #ohio ghost ship, #ship found in ohio river )

Three kayakers were enjoying their time out on the Ohio River when they came across something surreal... and totally awesome. In the middle of the river, shrouded by trees, stood a large ghost ship. It turns out, the old, decommissioned ship was over...

Learn How Google+ Helped Skyrocket a Musician's Career

01 January 2017 ( #business, #Events, #Google, #index-business, #Mashable Media Summit, #Media, #music )

From the woods of Connecticut to Google+ Hangouts, singer songwriter Daria Musk went global nearly overnight. Through live interactive concerts, an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for music (and tech), Musk's talent and relentless enthusiasm has...

Finally! You Can Now Take Hyperlapsed Selfies With Instragram's App

25 December 2016 ( #App, #hyperlapse, #Hyperlapse app, #instagram, #photos, #Selfie lapse, #selfies )

Just when you thought you'd taken every kind of selfie imaginable, Instagram reinvented the game. After the Facebook-owned, photo-sharing company released its Hyperlapse app, people began finding unique ways to use the time-lapse photo and video capturing...

Shopkick Re-Engineers Itself to Close Gap Between Couches and Stores

21 September 2016 ( #Apps and Software, #business, #Marketing, #retail, #shopkick, #shopping, #Startups )

When Shopkick released its first mobile application, its creators built features based on what they thought users would like, co-founder and CEO Cyriac Roeding recalls. Two years, four million registered users and several major retail partnerships later,...

3D-Printed Yearbooks Will Let Blind Students 'See' Their Classmates

11 November 2016 ( #3d printing, #3D TEK, #3D yearbook, #blind, #classmates, #Touchable Yearbook, #yearbook )

When it comes to reflecting upon our childhood school days, nothing brings back more memories than browsing through a few old yearbooks, even if the sight of your seventh-grade haircut still makes you cringe. However, the ability to flip through old photos...

What Your Business Needs to Know About Mobile Payments

14 December 2016 ( #Apps and Software, #business, #mobile, #mobile payments, #open forum, #Small Business, #Startups )

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Over the past six months, mobile payments skyrocketed from an industry conversation...

New Laser Could Generate Sun's Core Temperature Instantaneously

31 October 2016 ( #Core, #fusion, #heat, #Laser, #nuclear, #sun, #ultrafast )

Controlled nuclear fusion has been the dream of many a clean, seemingly-perpetual source of energy. However, starting the reaction requires an incredibly high temperature (the ignition temperature), and although we are already capable of doing this, a...

Mobile technology takes fight against HIV in Lesotho to the people

03 January 2017 ( #africa, #Global development, #Lesotho, #Mobile phones, #Technology, #Telecoms, #World news )

In a country where 23% of people have the HIV virus, a programme using apps and travelling clinics is providing far easier access to treatment Maboe Ntsime remembers well the ordeal she used to go through to receive the regular treatment she and her six-year-old...

25 Most Breathtaking National Geographic Photographs

06 September 2016 ( #amazing pictures, #best national geographic photos, #breathtaking photos, #hilarious, #incredible national geographic photos, #National geographic, #video )

First published in 1888, the National Geographic Magazine has been dazzling the world with its amazing images for over a hundred years. Although photography and technology has changed a lot since then the depth, power, and intensity of National Geographic...

iPhone 7 Plus - Take Mine - Apple

14 March 2017 ( #Apple, #iPhone, #iphone 7, #iPhone 7 Plus, #portrait mode, #practically magic, #rose gold )

Portrait mode on the iPhone 7 Plus helps you take great portraits by creating a depth-of-field effect that blurs backgrounds and brings faces into beautifully sharp focus. So now, taking a professional-looking portrait is as easy as snapping a photo....

3D 'Holoportation' Lets You Virtually Interact With People in Real-Time

05 February 2017 ( #3D, #gadgets, #Hologram, #Microsoft, #real time, #Tech, #virtual reality )

Microsoft's Holoportation is a new type of 3D capture technology that allows high-quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed and transmitted anywhere in the world in real-time. When combined with mixed reality displays such as HoloLens,...

Here Are 12 Mysteries That Science Just Can't Explain. How Did Any Of This Possibly Happen?

28 October 2016 ( #ancient mysteries, #archeological mysteries, #bizarre, #mystery, #unexplained mysteries, #unsolved )

Human civilization has been on the Earth for a long time (and the Earth was around for even longer than that). So it would make sense that there are mysteries surrounding ancient civilizations... so much happened, yet we have documentation of what or...

The State of Digital Rights: A Discussion

27 February 2017 ( #bill of rights, #Digital, #digital rights, #internet, #US & World, #web user rights )

For the past few weeks, Mashable has been crowdsourcing a Digital Bill of Rights to highlight the digital freedoms and protections our readers feel each user should be guaranteed as a citizen of the Internet. After hundreds of comments and contributions...