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- Top 5 DIY iPhone Stands [PICS]
- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
- 7 Unique Sites for Discovering New Music
- Clips from the Sh*t My Dad Says Pilot [VIDEO]
- Gulf Oil Spill: Watch the Live Video Stream Online
- WARNING: Facebook Malware Attack Behind Distracting Beach Babes Video
- 24 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
| Top 5 DIY iPhone Stands [PICS] Posted: 22 May 2010 09:04 PM PDT  
Whether you want to save money, keep your personal drain on the planet’s resources to a minimum, or are looking for a quick-fix solution at your desk, we’ve found five fantastic iPhone stand designs that require no more than everyday objects — and some MacGyver-style skills. Have a look-see below at our homemade docks, then have a go at making your own and let us know the results in the comments box below! 1. The Paper Clip StandWhat you’ll need:  Overview: This solution utilizes a large paper clip, cunningly straightened and then twisted to make an impromptu stand for your iDevice. Depending on how strong you are, you might need pliers to help manipulate the clip, but the principle is pretty darn simple — and pretty darn effective. Mods include wrapping a rubber band around the “legs” to aid stability.  In the immortal words of MacGyver himself: “A paperclip can be a wondrous thing. More times than I can remember, one of these has gotten me out of a tight spot.” MacGyver Rating: 5/5 2. The Cassette Case StandWhat you’ll need:  Overview: We love that this takes (almost) obsolete tech and upcycles it into a useful object. You can use either a cassette case from an old camcorder tape, or an old audio tape (which, if you’re of a certain age, you’ve almost certainly got lying around at home). Put the tape and the cardboard sleeve to one side, open the case, flip it around, and — presto! — a minimalist desk stand. To make it a super-stable solution in landscape, you might want to use a file to make a nice neat groove for the iPhone to better sit in.  This really works for us as an easy way to keep our iPhone out of calamity’s way on a desk surface. MacGyver Rating: 4/5 3. The Pencil StandWhat you’ll need:  Overview: This easel-esque stand can be created from five pencils and several rubber bands. It will require some dexterity to get the pencils in the right place, as you use the bands to hold it all together, and then a little more to get it to stand up straight. However, it is a strikingly simple design once made, and can be collapsed down to nothing again, should the occasion require.  Although this requires the most stuff to actually make, the Boy Scout-style binding process keeps it firmly in MacGyver territory. MacGyver Rating: 4/5 4. The Sticky Tape StandWhat you’ll need:  Overview: Perfect for those “I just want to catch ten minutes of [insert favorite show] while I eat lunch at my desk” moments, this devilishly simple solution requires only a roll of sticky tape to work. Simply stick a bit of tape to the back of your iPhone or iPod touch — and voila! — your iBuddy is propped up at a nice angle while you consume both your lunch and choice of video-based media.  It’s not quite duct tape, but damn! MacGyver Rating: 5/5 5. The Paper StandWhat you’ll need:  Overview: The instructions call for the use of at least a 270 gsm paper or card stock, so assuming you have that, simply print out the template (available for both A4 and U.S. letter size paper), cut, fold, and faster than you can say “origami,” you’ve got yourself a new dock. And this one really is a dock (rather than just stand), as it includes space for the iPhone’s cord underneath. We would suggest that anyone not old enough to have a Facebook account should find a responsible adult to take care of the craft knife elements.  MacGyver Rating: 3/5 For more mobile coverage, follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookMore iPhone resources from Mashable:
Reviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, docks, gadgets, how to, iphone, iPod Touch, stands
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| Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] Posted: 22 May 2010 07:36 PM PDT 
Take a look at the interesting stats below, courtesy of our friends at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend. Top Twitter Trends This Week: 5/15 – 5/21
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| 7 Unique Sites for Discovering New Music Posted: 22 May 2010 02:00 PM PDT 
Most music enthusiasts will agree that there is a big difference between hearing a band on a CD and seeing them perform live. While it might have been the recording that got you to the show, it's often the live concert experience that transforms an artist you like into your favorite band. But since many of us don’t always have the time or ticket funds to see as many concerts as we’d like, here are seven sites that will bring all the intimacy of a live show to your desktop. Their combination of rare live recordings, unusual video locations, and behind-the-scenes snapshots are sure to please any music fan. So get ready to fall in love with your favorite bands all over again, and to discover some new ones along the way. 1. La Blogotheque If you're in the market for charming, offbeat music videos, La Blogotheque is a must-see nexus of musicianship and cinematography. The French website produces weekly podcasts of unconventional music videos called "Take Away Shows." These to-go cups of music video goodness feature well-known artists playing in unusual surroundings. For instance, Take Away Show director, Vincent Moon, put the band Arcade Fire, instruments and all, into a freight elevator, and had them play their single, “Neon Bible” — no small feat, considering there are about nine people in the group. Other Take Away Show highlights include unsuspecting café goers chanting "Blake's got a new face!" along with Vampire Weekend, Jason Mraz jamming with an elderly Bulgarian street busker, and Andrew Bird acting as the veritable pied piper of Montmartre. 2. The Black Cab Sessions The Black Cab Sessions takes all the fun and eccentricity of La Blogotheque and puts it on wheels. Similar to the Take Away Shows' "In a Van Sessions" series, this website transforms the taxicab into a moving recording studio for our audiovisual pleasure. While Jens Lekman's kalimba rendition of his song "Black Cab" is certainly the most pertinent video on the site, there are loads of musical goodies here, with performances from the likes of Jamie Lidell, Death Cab for Cutie, Badly Drawn Boy, and many more. 3. Daytrotter Daytrotter is a delicious little website run out of a recording studio in Illinois. It aims to capture unreleased songs, alternate versions of tracks, and the little spontaneous moments that occur in the recording process. Thanks to the many working artists who pass through the studio while on tour, Daytrotter has racked up a truly impressive vault of live audio recordings (all available for free download, by the way) with artists ranging from The Swell Season, to Raphael Saadiq, to Grizzly Bear, to Carly Simon — and the list grows longer almost by the day. Each unique post is supplemented with gorgeous written descriptions, and colorful, hand-drawn artist portraits that make you feel like you're witnessing something precious. Daytrotter is definitely a great site to get lost in. 4. NPR's All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Concerts With all those musicians traipsing through the NPR offices, you have to imagine what it would be like to be a fly on a wall there. Luckily, All Songs Considered Host/Creator Bob Boilen is now making it possible with his "Tiny Desk Concerts." These "concerts" are literally songs performed at, on, behind, and in front of Boilen's tiny office desk. Although the settings are not romantic in the traditional sense, many special moments have been created there by the likes of Moby, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Thao Nguyen, and Jakob Dylan. 5. They Shoot Music – Don't They Another Blogotheque-inspired website, They Shoot Music – Don't They is a video blog powered by Viennese cinematographers and music enthusiasts who aim to turn their favorite urban locations into great performance stages. In this way, TSMDT is able to not only create beautiful musical moments, but also bring attention to sites of cultural importance within their city. For instance, the brains behind TSMDT try to bring attention to the Viennese region of Erdberg (one of the oldest settlements in Vienna, but now an underappreciated industrial center) by letting I'm From Barcelona frontman Emanual Lundgren roam about it on film. What ensues is the cutest musician-canine interaction you have ever seen. 6. Live From Daryl's House Most of us know Daryl Hall as half of the 70s and 80s pop duo Hall & Oates. But what you might not know is that Daryl Hall is also the brains behind a web show sensation called Live From Daryl's House. Hall first got the idea to post videos online of himself jamming at home with his friends three years ago. Of course, when you're Daryl Hall, your friends include Toots and the Maytals, Smokey Robinson, KT Tunstall, and The Bacon Brothers. My personal favorite installment is the set he did with Chromeo that ended up going viral. It helps if you're already a Hall & Oates fan, but it's not required to enjoy this site. 7. From the Basement From the Basement is the work of producer and Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. This site started as just a mere collection of audience-free music performances, but was soon picked up by television networks both in the U.S. and Great Britain. The original website can still stand alone on the moments and music it helped to foster, by recording artists such as Gnarls Barkley, Beck, Damien Rice, and The Dead Weather. For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookMore music resources from Mashable:
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, damircudic Reviews: Facebook, Twitter, iStockphoto Tags: List, Lists, music, music video, music videos, musicians, web video
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| Clips from the Sh*t My Dad Says Pilot [VIDEO] Posted: 22 May 2010 01:57 PM PDT 
We’ll leave you to judge whether the show will be a hit or a miss, but the series has already run into controversy: The Parents Television Council has condemned CBS for including a swear word in the title, despite claims from the network that the word will be bleeped out. PTC President Tim Winter said in an email statement, "CBS intentionally chose to insert an expletive into the actual name of a show, and, despite its claim that the word will be bleeped, it is just CBS' latest demonstration of its contempt for families and the public.” The PTC says it will “wage an unrelenting campaign” against advertisers who choose to support the sitcom. What do you think? Will the show flop or fly? And are parents’ groups right to protest the show’s name? Tags: shitmydadsays, sitcom, twitter, William Shatner
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| Gulf Oil Spill: Watch the Live Video Stream Online Posted: 22 May 2010 01:16 PM PDT  Want to know what more than 1 million gallons of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico looks like? Now you can. WKRG, a local TV station in Mobile/Pensacola, Florida, is live streaming the environmental disaster on Ustream, with a live feed supplied by BP (embedded above). At the time of writing, almost 1000 viewers have tuned in to see the ongoing crisis. Whether there’s much utility in actually seeing the leak first hand is questionable, but perhaps the stream will help to maintain awareness of the catastrophe still unfolding in the Gulf in Mexico. [thumbnail img credit: jeferonix] Reviews: ustream Tags: gulf, gulf oil spil, Live Stream, videol
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| WARNING: Facebook Malware Attack Behind Distracting Beach Babes Video Posted: 22 May 2010 11:24 AM PDT   A Facebook malware attack is on the loose this weekend, enticing users to click a “Distracting Beach Babes” video on their Facebook Walls. The Wall message reads:
If you see this video on Facebook today, do not click the link: Doing so, and downloading a linked file, will result in malware being installed on your computer. If you see the video on your wall, remove it. If you’ve clicked the video, meanwhile, run a virus and adware scan on your computer. And of course, be more careful about clicking suspicious-looking links in future. Thumbnail image courtesy of iStockphoto, Antagain For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter, iStockphoto Tags: distracting beach babes, facebook, malware, trending
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| 24 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed Posted: 22 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT 
Additionally, we we still have some good old fashioned mobile app reviews, some important Facebook privacy tips, and an interesting look at the way governments and agencies are using social media to better engage. So what exactly are you waiting for? Get started! Social Media
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For more business news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s business channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, IlexImage For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Android, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mashable, Twitpic, Twitter, iStockphoto Tags: business, facebook, Features Week In Review, List, Lists, Mobile 2.0, small business, social media, tech, trending, twitter, youtube
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