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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Motorola's new smartphone leaked, reportedly being tested on Sprint 4G

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Mystery Motorola smartphone appears for real, reportedly being tested on Sprint 4G

That long-teased Motorola X phone might be approaching an official release, if you believe what you're staring at above. Phone Arena says it received the glare-heavy photo from a source that's testing it for Sprint's LTE network. We've already seen official FCC documents pointing to a Now Network future for the Motorola smartphone, while other filings tally with the shape of the device seen here. Aside from a first look at the device sans hardware-disguising casing, there's nothing more to cement rumored specs, although it appears that it will arrive with a screen around the 4.5- to 4.7-inch region -- a size that's suddenly starting to look pretty middle-of-the-road.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Philip Pullman argues that authors are being shortchanged on e-book loans

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DNP Philip Pullman argues that publishers are shortchanging authors on ebook loans

Few people understand the magic of libraries better than Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, but all is not well when it comes to digital lending. As the soon-to-be president of the Society of Authors, Pullman is leading the charge against publishing houses that may be shortchanging writers on e-book loans. In a letter to major publishers like Random House and Bloomsbury, Pullman argues that selling e-books to libraries as single sales rather than licenses costs authors up to two-thirds the income they receive from print loans. The Society's brief calls for the industry to reconsider existing models for compensation so that writers can continue producing books with which to line library shelves. After all, without authors, there would be no books, and as Pullman himself wrote, "Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all."

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Sunday, June 30, 2013

I’m a Woman. I Read Slate. I Have Violent Thoughts About a Guy Who Writes About Being Horny. How Can I Stop That?

Today, Slate published a neurotic 2000-word opus from male writer Andy Hinds: "I'm a stay-at-home dad. I'm a feminist. I have erotic thoughts about random women I pass on the street. How can I stop that?" As I read Hinds's lustily imagined paean to penis, I struggled to overcome a powerful animal feeling within. Violence. Female violence. How can I stop my desire to rend limb from limb the innocent men featured in this article?

I'm a woman. I read Slate. I grew up on wacky explainers about race horses peeing. I play the Slate news quiz every Friday, and marvel at the scores of my favorite Slate writers. And yet, deep in the vaginal recesses of my female imagination, I fantasize about tearing Slate writer Andy Hinds limb from limb. Andy Hinds does not deserve to be torn limb from limb. He's not a misogynist. He knows not what he does — but I, oh, I know exactly what I am doing. I am fantasizing about snapping Andy Hinds's fingers, one by one. And I am indulging this fantasy in a very long article on the Internet, because my exhibitionist desire to parody Andy Hinds is greater than my respect for Andy Hinds. 

If I had more respect for Andy Hinds, I might indulge my fantasy about punching him in the gut so hard that he doubles over in pain for a moment. And then I would think about something else, never openly discussing my fantasy, lest Andy Hinds be made to feel uncomfortable by the image I just planted into the minds of thousands of people, including the "neighbor's nanny" and "the Valkyrie on the elliptical trainer" about whom Andy Hinds regularly produces "a never-ending porn movie" "in [his] subconscious."

I would just shut up. I might indulge my fantasy a bit with my friends — just to blow off steam — but I would not use my guilt over wanting to punch Andy Hinds in the face as an excuse to indulge my face-punching fantasies. I would have enough self-awareness to stop myself.

I know it's not Andy Hinds's fault. He notes that he has two daughters, which is why he does not want to objectify the female kind to which they belong. And so here I must note that I love many people who have written crap on the Internet. I personally have written so much Internet crap! More and crappier than Andy Hinds, probably. Unfortunately, like Andy Hinds, I too am but a prisoner to my instincts, no matter how hypocritical or rude. The heart wants what the heart wants, and my heart wants violence. It also wants to roll its eyes and stick its tongue out while making a "na-na boo-boo" gesture, so, y'know, that too.

Andy Hinds asked "controversial feminist writer Hugo Schwyzer" for his opinion on "intrusive sexual thoughts." Schwyzer offered an "'affirm and redirect' strategy":

Sure, I may want to throw Andy Hinds and Hugo Schwyzer into a tank full of hungry sharks, but in fact I'm just going to write this blog post, smile patronizingly, and let it all be. Violent rage is the background music every time you read a troll-baiting article on the Internet. Learning to let it come and go without being ashamed is part of growing up. As for not "making it anyone else's problem"? Hmmm, lemme get back to you after I write some more words, and invoke my two young children, who will definitely read this article someday, and learn that women are man-haters and men are pigs.

Violence is bad. Don't act violently toward Andy Hinds. And don't feel bad about being horny, Andy Hinds. It happens. Just keep it to yourself.


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Friday, May 17, 2013

Even Sports Stars Get Salty About Being Unfollowed on Twitter

SloanestephensgettySam-laird By Sam Laird2013-05-06 20:08:34 UTC

It's one of the most severe passive-aggressive disses of the social media age. It's a belittling gesture of another human being's insignificance. It can lead to introspection, self-doubt and vindictive muttering.

We're speaking, of course, about the Twitter unfollow.

And, it turns out, even sports stars are susceptible to the antisocial action's power to peeve.

ESPN The Magazine's latest issue features a profile of 20-year-old tennis phenom Sloane Stephens, who surged to prominence in January after beating Serena Williams to win the Australian Open. The piece, which hit the web Monday, goes into some detail about a falling-out between Stephens and Williams since the upset victory, and here's part of what Stephens has to say:

"She's not said one word to me, not spoken to me, not said hi, not looked my way, not been in the same room with me since I played her in Australia," Stephens says emphatically. "And that should tell everyone something, how she went from saying all these nice things about me to unfollowing me on Twitter."

Her mom tries to slow her down, but Sloane is insistent. "Like, seriously! People should know. They think she's so friendly and she's so this and she's so that — no, that's not reality! You don't unfollow someone on Twitter, delete them off of BlackBerry Messenger. I mean, what for? Why?"

But that's not all the Twitter drama. Stephens also responded to this alleged subtweet Williams posted two days after the open:

"I was like, 'You really don't think I know that that's about me?'" Stephens tells the magazine.

Interestingly enough, back when she won the Open, Stephens was already thinking social media.

"I hope to have a lot more Twitter followers," she said in a televised interview immediately following the match.

She ended up getting that wish, and then some. Stephens' followers more than doubled in the hours following her win and she received congratulatory tweets from Shaquille O'Neal, Dirk Nowitzki, John Legend and other celebrities.

Between the high hopes and unspoken snubs, it seems, Stephens is truly a sports star for the digital era.

Photo by Julian Finney-Pool/Getty Images

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

The Cost of Being Iron Man and Other Top Comments

Ironman321Jessica Fee2013-04-27 17:50:42 UTC

How much would it cost to fund the high-tech lifestyle of Iron Man 3? Being the "hero" in the third installation of the Iron Man series raised in price from $1.6 billion in the first movie to over $10 billion. This infographic breaks down the costs associated with being Iron Man, from the Tesla Roadster to the artificial intelligence computer in Tony Stark's home. In this week's top comments, many of our readers took to making their own financial assessments. But really, isn't being the real Iron Man priceless?

Would you watch a reality TV show about the Mars One pioneers? While it may sound far-fetched, it's not as radical an idea as you might think. Red Bull's Felix Baumgartner made YouTube history in a death-defying supersonic jump as more than 8 million people watched the live-streamed event. In general, our readers reacted to the idea of a reality show with skepticism and scorn. Let us know what you think in the comments section: Would you watch the show?

We've all had a bad day at work before, but nothing quite tops swearing on live tv on your first day. While some of our readers chastised A.J. Clemente for his colossal flub-up, many also defended him for the careless mistake. Do you think he will be given another chance?

Finally, this week the TSA invited people to weigh in on its controversial full-body scanners. Our readers were quick to point out that the scanners have been in place for the past five years, and that the majority of people have been "weighing in" ever since their implementation.

We've compiled a selection of comments from these stories in the gallery above. Let us know what you think of the stories in the comments section below, and you may see your name featured in our roundup next week.

Mashable composite: Images via Marvel, MoneySupermarket.com; Flickr, niiicedave; iStock, craftvision, Petrovich9, and CreativeGraphicArts

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