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- USB Typewriter Will Make Your iPad Feel Ancient [VIDEO]
- AT&T Apologizes for iPad Security Breach
- Controller-Free Xbox Gets a Name: “Kinect”
- Why Small Businesses Shouldn’t Take Social Media for Granted
- 4 Controller-Free Xbox 360 Games Revealed
- 5 Great Sites for Exploring Cities Around the Globe
- iPhone 4’s Crystal Clear Retina Display [VIDEO]
- Facebook “Like” Increases Referral Traffic to Blogs by 50% [REPORT]
- Pair Arrested for Trying to Trade iPod Touch and Marijuana for iPad on Craigslist
- 10 Awesome Apple iPad Decals [PICS]
| USB Typewriter Will Make Your iPad Feel Ancient [VIDEO] Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:28 AM PDT  
The name really says it all: it’s a manual typewriter with a USB connection, and since it’s hand made, each one is different; you can even send your own typewriter to project author, Jack Zylkin, and have it adapted into the USB variant. The price, however, is quite steep, ranging from $400 – $500 for a finished product, and $75 for a do-it-yourself kit. Check out a short demo video below. For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, Gadget, ipad, USB typewriter
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| AT&T Apologizes for iPad Security Breach Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:03 AM PDT 
The e-mails were exposed by a group known as Goatse Security, which obtained them by running a script on AT&T's website. The script returned email addresses associated with ICC IDs, used to link SIM cards on mobile devices with specific subscribers. From the letter:
Although the security breach was limited to e-mail addresses, and AT&T reacted promptly, a certain amount of damage has been done. The letter warns that the exposed e-mails could be used against the customers. “While the attack was limited to email address and ICC-ID data, we encourage you to be alert to scams that could attempt to use this information to obtain other data or send you unwanted email,” said the letter. For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, att, hackers, ipad, security
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| Controller-Free Xbox Gets a Name: “Kinect” Posted: 13 Jun 2010 06:52 PM PDT 
As we reported earlier today, one of the games will be a white water rafting simulation. It turns out that game (River Rush) will actually be part of a suite of games called Kinect Adventures. Another suite titled Kinect Sports will take on — yep, you guessed it — Nintendo’s Wii Sports. That package will include bowling, boxing, track and field, volleyball, table tennis and soccer/football. A separate game called Joyride will be a bit like Nintendo’s Mario Kart or Sony’s ModNation Racers, but you’ll control your car by holding an imaginary steering wheel that you’ll push forward or pull away to control the throttle. No casual gaming lineup would be complete without pets, so Microsoft will also launch a game called Kinectimals, in which you’ll be able to play with or train 20 kinds of cats using motion controls. Finally, MTV Games is working on a dance competition title called Dance Central, and franchise games featuring characters and settings from Disney and Star Wars movies are set for launch as well. Stay tuned for pricing and exact release date — both will probably be revealed this week at the E3 games conference in Los Angeles. As a side note, we’ll mention that an Italian video ad featuring the Kinect brand also mentions a new, slimmer version of the Xbox 360 console itself. That hasn’t been announced officially, but it seems likely since the leaked ad called the Kinect name too. [via Kotaku] For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: dance central, disney, games, gaming, joyride, kinect, kinect adventures, kinect sports, kinectimals, microsoft, motion controls, mtv games, project natal, river rush, Star Wars, xbox, Xbox 360
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| Why Small Businesses Shouldn’t Take Social Media for Granted Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT 
It seems like social media is everywhere these days. But the 2010 Business Monitor United States report — commissioned by UPS — shows that when it comes to small- and medium-sized businesses, social media is still a missed opportunity. A mere 24% of respondents said they’ve received sales leads from social media, with just 1% citing it as a factor for business growth. The data would appear to indicate that in spite of all the positive press that social media gets, and all the use cases we’ve seen emerge over the past few years, small business owners are taking social media for granted. When done right, social media can be a valuable source for customer acquisition, retention and satisfaction. Here a few reasons to help drive the value home. Information is There for the TakingIgnorance is not bliss when it comes to the web. Ignoring, avoiding or just not looking at what people are sharing online about your small business or your competitors is just plain lazy. Now more than ever people turn to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Foursquare, Yelp and a slew of other sites to share information and make it publicly available. As such, there’s a wealth of information that existing customers, future fans and online detractors are putting into the public domain, and there’s a plethora of tools to make it easy for you to follow along. The customer that tweets about a poor experience, the guy that leaves a tip about a venue on Foursquare, or the woman that tweets about being overwhelmed by an event she’s planning, are all real humans sharing real bits of information that if ignored could translate into missed opportunities. In the case of the person with the poor experience, if it’s your business being discussed, offer to step in and fix the problem. If it’s a competitor, offer to let the person try a comparable product free of charge. When it comes to Foursquare, acknowledge great Foursquare tips, even if they’re not for your own business. If you can help the woman who’s overwhelmed, do it, even if it is just by responding, “is there any way I can help?” As a small businesses owner, it’s your responsibility to use these bits of public information to build relationships, improve customer service and enhance your products. Simple WorksFinding the right way to use social media can be daunting, especially when there are so many examples of big brands pushing the limits of creativity and possibility when it comes to their Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare initiatives. Often times the big guys forget that it’s the simplest of gestures that can have the greatest impact. But simple works. On the simple side things, just take the time to acknowledge customers that mention you. Did someone tweet about dining at your restaurant? Did they checkin at your venue? Did they share a story about your small business on Facebook? These actions that take place in the public domain are all opportunities to connect with a current or potential customer and make them feel special. Responding is easy — a simple “thanks for stopping by,” or “how can we make your next visit better?” tweet can go a long way and even make someone’s day. Yet, it’s something most companies take for granted. People like to be recognized, but often times they’re never presented with an opportunity to associate restaurants, stores and other venues with the people behind him. You can create that opportunity by recognizing their patronage, which in turn should help ensure that they return for a future visit. Another simple thing you can do is post signage — on your website and in your store — to indicate that you’re social media-friendly. The Express retail chain has their chief marketing officer’s Twitter handle printed on all their bags, which works to reinforce that the company cares about person-to-person connections. Take that idea and apply it to your own business. For that extra touch, make stickers, punch cards or window decals that showcase your small business’s online personality and reinforce that you’re interested in conversations with your customers. Your Size Works in Your FavorStarbucks is the perfect example of an early adopter brand that gets social media right, and yet their size prohibits them from engaging with every customer that walks in the door. As a small business, your size is your friend in social media channels. Use your small size as an advantage and respond to each and every person that mentions you. Since you’re working with a smaller customer base, you can also build customer Twitter Lists to separate different categories of customers into groups, which should help you offer more personalized customer service — something the big businesses don’t have the time or resources to support. Here’s an easy example: Who are your most frequent customers? Make a Twitter List called “Regulars,” and add your regulars on Twitter to it. In doing so, you’re associating patronage with prestige. Your efforts could even inspire semi-regular customers to frequent your business more often just so they too can get added to the list. This tactic might also serve as a catalyst for one regular to connect with another, though you could also facilitate customer-to-customer connections with introductory tweets. So if a customer tweets for a recommendation, you could respond with something simple as, “@customer1 good question, I like the cheesecake but @customer2 really loves the custard.” These types of personal exchanges highlight the advantages afforded to small businesses using social media. For more business coverage, follow Mashable Business on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook[img credit: thomashawk] Reviews: Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Yelp, YouTube Tags: facebook, foursquare, small business, twitter, Twitter Lists, yelp, youtube
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| 4 Controller-Free Xbox 360 Games Revealed Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:11 PM PDT 
One titled Living Statue is an innovative social media tool that lets you sing and dance in front of the camera, then send an animation of your virtual avatar busting those moves to your friends on the Xbox Live online gaming service. The others are more game-like. Obstacle Course will send you through a series of physical challenges that will have you jumping and ducking to avoid dangers. In River Rush, you’ll lean and leap to pilot a raft around whitewater rapids and waterfalls. Ricochet (an early version of which was presented last year when Project Natal was first announced) will bombard you with virtual balls that you’ll have to deflect with your limbs. These games will probably launch alongside the Natal peripheral this holiday season, and the LA Times says “about a dozen” more Natal titles are coming from developers outside of Microsoft. And you know how many parents are concerned about their under-aged kids playing games with very violent or sexual content? Project Natal addresses that too. Since the console can recognize faces, it has parental controls that can restrict which games are playable based on which players are standing in front of the television. Microsoft will finally share the important details about Project Natal at the E3 video games conference in Los Angeles this week. For more entertainment coverage, follow Mashable Entertainment on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: games, gaming, microsoft, motion controls, project natal, video games, xbox, Xbox 360
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| 5 Great Sites for Exploring Cities Around the Globe Posted: 13 Jun 2010 01:22 PM PDT 
In the U.S., Street View’s rivals now include Microsoft’s Silverlight-powered “Streetside” via Bing Maps and MapQuest’s 360 View. Elsewhere in the world, other international sites offer rival photomapping for their particular part of the globe, even as the reach of Google’s Street View steadily increases. We’ve picked our five favorite websites from around the world that offer extensive street level imagery from places as varied as Munich, Mae Hong Son, Moscow and Miskolc. So grab your Panama hats and get ready to hit the virtual sidewalks of streets many, many miles away, then let us know your favorite services in the comments below. City8 There are a number of Chinese services that offer street level photography of the country, with one of the first being “virtual tour” software designer Easypano’s City8. It claims to have beaten Street View to the web by a year. City8 currently offers fairly comprehensive imagery for more than 40 Chinese cities, however, navigating the site can be a little tricky unless you read and speak the lingo, which sadly, we don’t. The photo maps won’t display if you’re viewing the site through Google Translate (in Firefox anyway) so you’ll have to navigate back and forth (or go for a dual screen option) to find out what you’re looking at. However, the photos of everyday China are fascinating so it’s definitely worth the hassle if you have an interest in the People’s Republic.  NORC NORC’s photo mapping services cover Eastern and Central Europe. Currently, you can see landmarks and parts of cities in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Russia (Russia is accessed via a separate site — Mappi). Luckily for those not blessed with multi-lingual skills, the site is available in English, making zipping round the back streets of Innsbruck, Austria a breeze. NORC ups the value by making most map views available as 3D images — if you have the correct glasses. You can identity which maps are 3D by the glasses icon on the top left of the display.
MapJack Mapjack.com offers a slightly random mix of imagery from a few select areas on America’s West Coast and parts of Thailand. “What others have done with NASA budgets and Star Wars-like equipment, we’ve done on a shoestring budget, along with a few trips to Radio Shack,” the site claims. Those Radio Shack trips were worth the effort however, as Mapjack’s image quality exceeds that of Street View with particularly clear, bright scenes and vivid colors. We recommend Mapjack for seeing crisp photos of the Yosemite National Park and for soaking up the brilliant street scenes of Chiang Mai.  SightWalk This German website offers street level photos of Bonn, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart. Thankfully it’s also available in English. We were quite impressed with SightWalk’s option to share locations with your social circle via Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail. It also overlays map data with points of interest along with Wikipedia links (which are in German). The site is easy to navigate — we were headed down the Potsdammer Platz within seconds of selecting Berlin from the homepage — and the imagery is in decent quality.  Yandex As Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex started a photographic index of Eastern European cities starting with the biggest ones: Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kiev. It has just recently expanded to also offer panoramic views for Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Chelyabinsk. The service is in Russian, which can make navigation fairly difficult, but the clarity of the street maps (designed by the geek legends of Art Lebedev Studios) make the site less of a challenge to use. Whether you want to see the exotic roofline of the the Kremlin as it appears from the street, or view the brutal tower blocks that pepper the cities, Yandex is a great place to go, especially considering Google is yet to get its camera-equipped cars across the Russian border.  BONUS: VideoStreetView This is a bonus site because it actually offers 360-degree panoramic videos. In a nutshell, this Swiss firm has recorded footage as it drives down streets, and as you watch the clip you can pan around at will, looking left and right, up, down and even behind you. The commercial possibilities for panoramic video are really quite exciting for lots of different areas and industries, so be sure to check this out to see what the future might hold. For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookMore Travel resources from Mashable:
Reviews: Facebook, Firefox, Google, Google translate, Twitter, Wikipedia Tags: art lebedev studios, city8, Google, Mapjack, mappi, MapQuest, maps, NORC, Sightwalk, street view, streetside, videostreetview, yandex
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| iPhone 4’s Crystal Clear Retina Display [VIDEO] Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:15 AM PDT  Last week, Steve Jobs unveiled the forthcoming iPhone 4 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Among the most praised features of the new smartphone is its new “retina display,” but how good does the iPhone 4’s screen really look? At 326 pixels per inch, the pixel density of the iPhone 4 is four times that of the iPhone 3. Jobs claimed at the conference that the resolution surpassed that of the unaided human eye, which cannot differentiate detail past 300 pixels per inch; Wired revealed later, however, that this claim was false. According to blogger Robert Scoble, it’s the best smartphone display “by far.” This morning, he posted a high-resolution photograph and video of the new iPhone; see below for close-ups. The video is particularly telling. VideoPics  [img credit: Robert Scoble] For more mobile coverage, follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, iphone 4, Mobile 2.0, Photos, pics, retina display, video
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| Facebook “Like” Increases Referral Traffic to Blogs by 50% [REPORT] Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:38 AM PDT 
Facebook unveiled the “Like” feature at its F8 Developer Conference in late April. Readers can click the “Like” button on an article to share it with their Facebook friends without leaving a publisher’s website. Approximately 1,500 TypePad bloggers have installed the “Like” buttons on their blogs since the widget became available on the platform in early May. Shortly after releasing the sidebar widget, TypePad released a second feature that enables users to attach a Facebook “Like” button to the bottom of each blog post. 2,400 bloggers have added the feature, and have enjoyed a 200% growth in referral traffic from Facebook as a whole, according to TypePad. Have you experienced a spike in referral traffic from Facebook after adding "Like" buttons to your blog? If so, by how much?  [img credit: TypePad] For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter, TypePad Tags: blogging, facebook, like, typepad
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| Pair Arrested for Trying to Trade iPod Touch and Marijuana for iPad on Craigslist Posted: 13 Jun 2010 08:05 AM PDT 
After receiving a tip about the ad, which included photos of both the iPod touch and marijuana (see below), police officers sent an e-mail purporting to be interested in the exchange. When the police met up under the pretense of completing the trade, 20-year-olds Jacob Walker and Jacob Veldare were instead arrested when Walker offered up the marijuana. Both now face charges for possession and the attempted sale of an illegal substance. Not only were the two unwise enough to post pictures of marijuana on Craiglist, but they were also gullible enough to believe that anyone would trade a 32G iPad, which costs $599 for the Wi-Fi version and $729.00 for the 3G version, for a $299 32G iPod touch and a quarter ounce of marijuana of dubious quality.  [img credit: Edible Apple] For more Apple coverage, follow Mashable Apple on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, Craiglist, ipad, iPod Touch, marijuana, trending
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| 10 Awesome Apple iPad Decals [PICS] Posted: 13 Jun 2010 07:10 AM PDT  If you’re looking for a way to get your iPad to stand out from the crowd, then a decal for the device’s undecorated backside just might do the trick. In our humble opinion, anything that adds a little bit of spice and wit to daily life is a good thing, and these vinyl decals for Apple’s new iPad — many of which play with the Apple logo — do that with aplomb. Have a browse through our pictures of the best examples available on Etsy and let us know in the comments which one you’d go for — and why. 1. Sent From My iPad Referencing the "Sent from my iProduct" message that Apple auto-adds to emails sent from its portable products, this is certainly one for proud owners of the new tablet.Cost: $9.99, Etsy Shop: LuckyLabs 2. Dr. Edgerton's Apple iPad Vinyl Decal Perfect for science geeks, this is a tribute to MIT prof Dr. Harold Edgerton's pioneering work with the stroboscope and recreates, in vinyl, his "bullet hitting an apple" experiment.Cost: $8, Etsy Shop: SuzieAutomatic 3. Ace of Apples This instantly recognizable design will cleverly turn the back of your iPad into the "ace of apples," an idea we'd love to see developed further with other tech company "playing cards." Who would the other three companies be?Cost: $6, Etsy Shop: LapTatt 4. Coffee Rings Preposterous! As if you'd let a cup of coffee anywhere near your precious 'pad!Cost: $13, Etsy Shop: MacSlaps 5. Obama Logo Show your allegiance to the President with this decal that emulates the familiar Obama "O" logo as seen throughout his presidential campaign.Cost: $4.99, Etsy Shop: kysportsxchange 6. Nikon D90 Mode Dial Combine your love of photography with your love for your iPad with a camera dial decal. This depicts the dial from the D90, but versions from other cameras are also available.Cost: $18, Etsy Shop: SuzieAutomatic 7. Rainbow Apple Logo We just love the simplicity of this retro Apple logo that will fit neatly over the colorless, more modern version on your iPad.Cost: $3.50, Etsy Shop: CoolDecal 8. Lady Gaga Decal The over-top, cartoonish phenomenon of Lady Gaga translates well into a line drawing. Here, the new queen of pop can decorate your iPad while cupping your Apple in one gloved hand.Cost: $15.99, Etsy Shop: IvyBee 9. Crossbones Another super simple and super effective design. Add this crossbones decal to your iPad if you like your beer groggy, your parrots on your shoulder and your women wench-y. Yaarrrr!Cost: $2.49, Etsy Shop: LastFuse 10. LEGO-esque Minifig Man The iconic Minifig gets immortalized in vinyl and gets an apple for a head with this LEGO-themed decal that's perfect for fans of the Danish toy bricks.Cost: $10, Etsy Shop: MovieMagicMan For more Apple coverage, follow Mashable Apple on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookMore Apple resources from Mashable:
Reviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, gallery, ipad, pics
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Looking for a USB keyboard device to accompany your iPad? If you want fast typing, you should probably look elsewhere, but if you’re the pipe-smoking, monocle-wearing type, you might want to 
AT&T sent out a letter to customers, apologizing for the recent security breach which resulted in the exposure of 114,000 iPad 3G customer e-mails. In the 
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When Google launched its panoramic photomapping service back in 2007, it was the first time many netizens had the chance to explore a swathe of detailed street-level photos from their armchairs.
Earlier this week, police arrested two men in Arizona for attempting to trade a third generation iPod touch and about seven grams worth of marijuana for a 32G iPad via an ad on Craiglist, a local ABC station | You are subscribed to email updates from Mashable! To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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