What if your Twitter conversations could expand to include more people from your online community? Now you can thanks to embedded tweets, a new feature from Twitter. Sharing Tweets Outside of Twitter Embedded tweets allow you to take a tweet or a conversation and post it on your website or in a blog post. You … Continued
Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media?
Meet Austin Schindel, sports fans. You’re going to wish you had his new job. For the next year, he’ll travel around the country to some of the country’s funnest sporting events — starting with Major League Baseball games and the NFL and NBA drafts — to tweet his behind-the-scenes experiences from the @XFINITYSports Twitter account. … Continued
Microfluidic chip to quickly diagnose the flu
Researchers miniaturize a more expensive diagnostic test into a single-use microfluidic chip roughly the size of a miscroscope slide. During the H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009, which spread across more than 200 countries and killed more than 18,000 people, it became clear that flu diagnosis was often taking too long and resulting in frequent false … Continued
‘The Voice’ Now Lets You Vote on Facebook Timeline
Fans of NBC’s The Voice can now vote for their favorite contestants via a new app for Facebook Timeline. Facebook Timeline users can begin voting for artists on The Voice on Monday, when the app will be released. Fans can also share their views with Facebookfriends, connect with others and track artists via the app. … Continued
Amory Lovins: Cars need to go on a diet (video)
Rocky Mountain Institute’s chief scientist says he believes that cars would be simpler and cheaper to build if they were made out of ultralight materials like carbon fiber composites. We Americans aren’t the only ones who have gained weight. Over the past 25 years, our cars have gotten heavier too, says Amory Lovins. Lovins, chief … Continued
Hospital alarm system will sound when people light up
An alarm-and-loudspeaker system at a Scottish hospital is designed to shame seditious smokers and stem the smattering of cigarette butts. by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore March 27, 2012 2:09 PM PDT The trial alarm will be installed at the hospital’s main entrance. (Credit: Forth Valley Royal Hospital) Calling itself one of the most modern and well-equipped … Continued
No, You’re Not Fat — Facebook Just Makes You Think You Are [STUDY]
Struggling with body weight issues? Facebook may be partially to blame, a new study suggests. A new study conducted by The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore found that social media is negatively impacting how people view body size. The study — which was conducted among 600 Facebook users ages 16 to … Continued
Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn’t take long
We know that Apple can be OCD-ish about dictionaries at times, but is any brave Cupertino intern ready to step up and run the gauntlet? Apple’s definition of itself in its own Dictionary application is looking dusty, while all it really needs is a quick mention of the company’s latest gifts to the world — … Continued






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