Saturday, May 4, 2013

George Lucas Museum Wants Your Facebook Likes

77177227Chris Taylor2013-04-26 02:08:09 UTC

Not so long ago, in a city near, near the Bay, a certain retired filmmaker decided to build a place he could hang his Death Star-sized art collection and share it with a public eager for inspiration. Now he needs you, loyal citizens of the Lucas Empire, to show your support for the project.

The George Lucas Cultural Arts Museum is currently just a dream. But on Friday, the dreamer par excellence will personally present his plans to the Presidio Trust in San Francisco, along with five other projects vying for the same space (currently occupied by a Sports Basement). The Presidio, a former military base, is already home to Lucasfilm itself, as well as the Walt Disney Family Museum. So you can see the urge to complete a Disney-Lucas trifecta there.

With an eye to the Trust's decision, a campaign has now been launched to garner support via social media. The Lucas Museum, largely unknown outside the Bay Area, currently has less than 500 Likes on Facebook. (It also has a newborn Twitter account, @Lucasmuseum.) On Thursday night, the Museum's team launches its first on-screen Facebook appeal at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

"Building community awareness is key to the success of the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum," says spokesman David Perry. "You're faceless without Facebook, and we want to put a community face on our efforts. To paraphrase Carly Rae Jepsen, so Like me maybe."

So what do you get for your hard-earned Like? Well, the collection is a testament to Lucas' lifelong love of illustration. Since he started out as a preteen comics nerd with a yen for Carl Banks' Scrooge McDuck — which yielded the first page he ever bought — there are plans for plenty of unabashed geeking out over the golden age of comics.

But that's just the beginning. Once he became wealthy, Lucas started voraciously collecting fine art that told whole stories in single images — such as the works of Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish and the less well-known (but just as prolific) N.C. Wyeth.

Then there are galleries on special effects digital film and animation. There are plans to showcase costumes, props and a droid or two from the Lucas archive. Some little company you might have heard of, Industrial Light and Magic, should be well represented.

Check out the full proposal here [PDF link]. Is this something you'll support? Let us know in the comments.

Thumbnail photo by David Livingston/Getty Images for AFI

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WWDC Sells Out in Less Than 2 Minutes

Wwdc-appleChristina Warren2013-04-25 17:52:25 UTC

Want to go to Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, often referred to as WWDC? Hopefully you got in early because the event sold out in just two minutes.

Cult of Mac reports tickets were gone in just 120 seconds and that many would-be ticket buyers were unable to even reach the purchase page, instead getting stuck with error messages (probably due to the increased load on the servers).

Demand for WWDC tickets has grown substantially in the past five years, thanks to the influx of iOS developers and the broader app ecosystem. Last year, the event sold out in less than two hours. Apple pre-announced WWDC's ticket date this year, giving developers a chance to wake up and prepare to fight the online crowds, but that may have just intensified the early demand even more.

WWDC tickets cost $1,599 and are non-transferable. So unlike concert tickets — where greedy buyers frequently try to resell tickets at a higher price later — the black market for WWDC tickets is quite small (unless you're willing to legally change your name to appear as someone else).

Seeing as demand is so high, maybe its time for Apple to consider either a larger venue or multiple developer events around the world. WWDC is historically where Apple unveils its latest software efforts — and hardware sometimes makes an appearance too.

If you didn't get a ticket to WWDC, it might still be worth the trip to San Francisco in June anyway. While you won't be able to attend the official sessions and parties, there are tons of developer meet-ups and networking opportunities.

Were you able to snag a ticket to WWDC? Let us know in the comments.

Image via Apple

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CISPA Probably Won't Be Introduced In the Senate

Congress1Alex Fitzpatrick2013-04-26 02:27:19 UTC

The House of Representative's version of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, probably won't be taken up in its entirety by the Senate, according to a new report. CISPA passed the House last week with bipartisan support despite a veto threat from the White House.

"We're not taking [CISPA] up," an anonymous representative of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation told U.S. News and World Report. "Staff and senators are divvying up the issues and the key provisions everyone agrees would need to be handled if we're going to strengthen cybersecurity. They'll be drafting separate bills."

When reached for comment, commerce committee spokesperson Kevin McAlister emailed Mashable a previously issued statement from Chairman John D. Rockefeller (D-W.V.) saying he prefers an all-encompassing cybersecurity bill:

“Today’s action in the House is important, even if CISPA’s privacy protections are insufficient. We need action on all the elements that will strengthen our cybersecurity, not just one, and that's what the Senate will achieve. I plan to work with Senator Thune, as well as the Chairmen and Ranking Members on other Committees of jurisdiction, to go through regular order. I believe we can gain bipartisan agreement on bills that we can report out of our Committees and allow Leader Reid to bring them to the Senate floor as early as possible. There is too much at stake – our economic and national security – for Congress to fail to act.”

CISPA, which is designed to allow businesses and federal agencies to share cybersecurity threat information, certainly deals with commerce. However, the bill was actually referred to the Senate Intelligence Committee. When reached for comment by Mashable, Tom Mentzer, Press Secretary for Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), offered a Feinstein quote saying the committee is working on its own version of an information-sharing bill, corroborating what the anonymous source suggested.

"We are currently drafting a bipartisan information sharing bill and will proceed as soon as we come to an agreement," said Feinstein.

CISPA was long expected to stall in the Senate as it did last year, which is debating other approaches to cybersecurity. However, as the anonymous quote and various committee spokespersons indicate, some elements of CISPA may yet find new life in the Senate in other bills. Thus, it's not entirely fair to say CISPA as a whole is "dead" based on this report — but the odds that CISPA as passed by the House will make it through the Senate are near-zero.

Advocates for CISPA, mostly business interests, argue such sharing is necessary to deflect hackers in real time. Opponents of the bill argue it would compromise online privacy and afford undue liability protection to companies which share data with the government.

Is CISPA the right approach to cybersecurity legislation? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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Your YouTube Views Could Treat 100,000 Children With Malaria

Mary-and-marthaBrian Anthony Hernandez2013-04-25 18:36:19 UTC

Mary and Martha, starring Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and nominee Brenda Blethyn, tells the dramatic story of two mothers who bond over the malaria-induced deaths of their sons.

Leading up to the film's U.S. release this month on HBO, the network teamed up with nonprofit organization Malaria No More and pharmaceutical company Novartis to help treat children with malaria, a disease that reportedly kills more than 1,400 kids per day globally.

For every video view of the film's trailer — posted on HBO's YouTube channel — Malaria No More said it would provide a "full course of treatment" for a malaria-stricken child in Africa.

Malaria No More promised as many as 50,000 treatments would be sent if the video attracted just as many views. The campaign spread on social media and quickly hit that 50,000 mark.

"In the past week, we’ve heard countless stories of individuals who saw the film and have since been inspired to join the malaria fight," Martin Edlund, CEO of Malaria No More, told Mashable. "That’s exactly what we all wanted to happen –- for people to be moved to take action. And today, being World Malaria Day, we have an easy way for people to help."

Today, Malaria No More promised 50,000 additional treatments — dependent on views.

Mary and Martha on HBO in the U.S. on April 20, just days before World Malaria Day on April 25. The film had initially debuted on BBC in the United Kingdom in March.

HBO will replay Mary and Martha at these dates and times (listed in EDT):

April 25 (12:15 p.m., 9 p.m.)

April 28 (3:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m.)

April 30 (8:30 a.m., 6:15 p.m.)

May 4 (1 p.m.)

May 6 (12:30 p.m., 9 p.m.)

May 9 (4:50 a.m.)

May 11 (10 a.m.)

May 15 (4 p.m.)

HBO2 will also air the film at these dates and times (listed in EDT):

May 5 (9:55 a.m., 8 p.m.)

May 8 (12:10 a.m.)

May 13 (10 a.m., 10 p.m.)

May 21 (9 a.m., 8 p.m.)

May 25 (4:45 p.m.)

May 31 (6:05 p.m.)

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