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Japan’s ‘Cardboard Theater’ uses your tablet to create a private movie house
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CGI Anime Character Hatsune Miku Makes Late-Night History on David Letterman
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How One Woman Hid Her Pregnancy From Big Data
For the past nine months, Janet Vertesi, assistant professor of sociology at Princeton University, tried to hide from the Internet the fact that she's pregnant -- and it wasn't easy. Pregnant women are incredibly valuable to marketers. For example, if a woman decides between Huggies and Pampers diapers, that's a valuable, long-term decision that establishes a consumption pattern. According to Vert
SpaghettiOs' Dubious Tweet to Remember Pearl Harbor Enrages Twitter
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Japan's Government Predicts Internet Fasting Camps Will Cure Addicted Teens
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During an Aug. 3 airing of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece Castle in the Sky, thousands of anime fans watching the broadcast in Japan tweeted in unison to coincide with an exciting scene during the film's climax. The resulting spike in Twitter activity didn't simply surpass the previous "tweets per second" mark. It blew it out of the water. In one moment, the site experienced a whop
Japanese Muggles Make 'Quidditching' a Viral Trend
Japanese teenagers have been busy these days -- busy rocking the Internet, that is. First, Japanese girls conquered the meme world with "hadoukening," stealing killer moves straight out of Dragon Ball Z. Now, the men have returned their meme challenge with "Quidditching." The game, made famous by Harry Potter and his wizard mates, involved chasing Snitches and beating off Bludgers all while flying
Dita Von Teese Debuts 3D-Printed Dress
Style icon Dita Von Teese debuted a 3D-printed dress at the Ace Hotel on Monday, born out of a collaboration between designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti. Schmidt, well-known for designing Lady Gaga's famous bubble dress, worked with Bitonti, a Brooklyn-based architect who renders designs with new technologies in unusual material -- this time to make a 3D-printed dress from harde
Pope Benedict XVI's Tweets Have Been Removed
After tweeting his farewell, the entire Twitter history of Pope Benedict XVI has been deleted today from the @Pontifex account. No official statement has yet explained why Benedict's past tweets were deleted. The name on the account has also been changed to "Sede Vacante," which in Italian means "vacant seat." To read the old tweets, there's a link to the Vatican's official news website, where the
Facebook Charging $100 to Message Mark Zuckerberg
We knew Facebook was eager for new revenue streams. We just didn't know they were this eager. If you try to send founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a message on Facebook, Mashable discovered Thursday, the social network may offer to keep the message out of his "Other" Inbox -- for a cool $100. In our tests from multiple accounts, it appeared to be the case that users only get this message if they're
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