| Satisfy Your Hunger With Four Seasons Global Food Website Dec 7th 2012, 20:17  Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts' latest web project, TASTE, will make your mouth water — and perhaps get you into the kitchen.
The international luxury hotel's interactive website, which launched Friday, features easy-to-follow recipes from its executive chefs based around the world. The hospitality brand, known for its global hotel network and posh restaurants led by decorated chefs, launched TASTE to reach the food-loving community online. The interactive website targets gourmands who enjoy eating burgers off the trucks as much as indulging in (or reading about) exotic entrees at Michelin-starred restaurants. In a section called "Chef Moments & Epic Dining," visitors are treat… Continue reading... More About: Four Seasons, food apps, foodie  |   Lazarus Exceptional IDE Reaches Version 1.0.4 Dec 7th 2012, 20:01 Lazarus, a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) that allows users to create visual (GUI) and non-visual Object Pascal programs, using the Free Pascal compiler to generate the executable, is now at version 1.0.4. Highlights of Lazarus 1.0.4: • Updating Inspect dialog now works properly, if triggered via the source-editor; • An assertion from the gtk2 library has been repaired; • An endless loop in watch eval (typecast point... (read more) |  Pantech to Launch 5.9-Inch Smartphone in 2013 Dec 7th 2012, 19:51 More and more handset vendors around the world are rumored to plan launching smartphones with impressively large displays, and Pantech is one of them. Rumor has it that the company is gearing up for the launch of a 5.9-inch smartphone next year, capable of delivering a full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) resolution. Furthermore, the device is said to pack a 2GHz quad-core processor inside, support for 4G LTE connectivity, 3G capabilities, and the like. Provide... (read more) |  Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE and Kyocera Event Coming to Virgin Mobile USA Dec 7th 2012, 19:31 Sprint has had the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE for sale since September and now we got word the smartphone would also be picked by Virgin Mobile USA. According to EVLeaks, the Galaxy Victory 4G LTE will arrive at Virgin Mobile USA very soon, though there are no details on the phone’s pricing options. The smartphone ships with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich platform out of the box. It also packs a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of int... (read more) |  Versatile DVD Creator Dec 7th 2012, 19:21 There are plenty of tools on the market ready to assist you with creating DVDs out of regular video files. Many of them are free of charge. VSO’s ConvertXtoDVD is built especially for this type of job and comprises all the tools necessary for the job, but it is not free of charge. On the other hand, it brings to the table a rich set of options as well as ... (read more) | | Sulia: The Hottest Social Network You've Never Heard Of Dec 7th 2012, 19:03 1. Sulia  Sulia is "a subject-based social network that connects you to the top social sources on subjects you care about." You can sign up to the service by connecting either your Twitter or Facebook accounts. Click here to view this gallery.  Social services that promise to aggregate online content neatly into easily digestible digital piles are nothing original, so where does new site Sulia fit into the mix?
Sulia, evolved from Twitter list firm TLists, offers a subject-based social service that lets you follow topics you are passionate about, from your local football team to television shows to topical political issues. Ten million unique users have signed up in less than a year, and several big-name investors have contributed some pretty hefty funding. It seems Sulia's mix of crowdsourcing, machine learning and human supervision is making its 1,000+ channels of content a success. SEE ALSO: 9 Essential Viddy Tips a… Continue reading... More About: How-To, Social Media, features, sulia  | | College Programmers Beat Tech Elite in Hacking Contest Dec 7th 2012, 18:38  It was 3 a.m. on the first day of final exams. While most slept, a small cohort of students, overcome with excitement, locked arms to sing the Auburn University alma mater. The Alabama school, which has recently produced NFL stars named "Cam" and "Cadillac," had just pulled off an earth-shaking upset in an unlikely "sport" — coding.
Auburn University is often thought of as a college football powerhouse, but rarely a programmers paradise. The school showed its diversity, however, when two computer science students placed in the top five of a 500-person coding challenge. Junior Kevin Davis, 20, and sophomore David Shuckerow, 19, placed first and fourth, respectively, in the competition, t… Continue reading... More About: Tech, education, features, hacking, programming  | | Chuckle at Cartoon Kitty's Misadventures on Ice Dec 7th 2012, 18:02 
Simon's cat may not glide like Michelle Kwan or triple axel like Evan Lysacek, but that only adds to the hapless kitty's charm. The latest installment of British animator Simon Tofield's feline shenanigans YouTube series features the cat navigating icy waters. Does Simon's cat have a future competing in figure skating at the 2014 Animal Winter Olympics? Watch and find out. BONUS: Top 12 Memes of 2012 More About: Watercooler, cats, viral videos  | | How the Middle East, North Africa Are Using Facebook for Marketing Dec 7th 2012, 17:52  The Middle East and North Africa are quickly becoming key sectors in the Facebook population. Since the beginning of 2012, the regions have grown 29%, adding more than 10 million new users, according to a new study.
Analytics company SocialBakers dove into the Facebook usage of these new users and found the areas developing as companies are realizing the influence a social network can have on brand presence. Qatar, Libya and Iraq top the list as the fastest-moving countries within the social media market, growing in number of users more than 115%, 86% and 81% respectively. Egypt has the most Facebook users in the region, with 17 million logging into the platform. The country has had… Continue reading... More About: Facebook, brand management, infographics, middle east, online marketing  | | 'Startup Chef' Shares Recipes From Zuckerberg, Crowley, Ek Kitchens Dec 7th 2012, 17:25  You may never score an invite to the Zuckerberg holiday table, but you can serve the family's eggnog cinnamon chip scones in your own home.
The recipe for the tasty dessert, and recipes from 74 other tech luminaries' families, are featured in a charitable new cookbook, The Startup Chef, released Friday. In addition to the Zuckerbergs' scones -- a recipe Randi and Donna designed specifically for this cookbook -- you'll find Daniel Ek's double marinated beef tenderloin, Dennis Crowley's mother's sausage soup and Soraya Darabi's porcini mushroom pasta sauce. There are also some treats for tech lovers -- such as a chocolate iPhone from entrepreneur Brit Morin. The book is available as… Continue reading... More About: Lifestyle, Social Good, cooking, food, home  | | YouTube Inks Distribution Deal With Virgin America Dec 7th 2012, 17:04  You'll be able to watch more than TV and films on your next cross-country flight: Virgin America is making several YouTube shows available on its in-flight entertainment system beginning Dec. 15.
The airline will offer five YouTube channels -- Warner Bros.' "H+ The Digital Series,", Wigs' "Blue" starring Julia Stiles, Geek & Sundry's "Written by a Kid", educational series "Crash Course" and Barely Political's "The Key of Awesome" -- on flights to the U.S. and Mexico. It's a new distribution outlet for YouTube, whose content has never before appeared on seatback screens. It's likely to help the video network reach audiences, yes, but it's also an appealing positioning play, placing YouT… Continue reading... More About: Virgin, YouTube, virgin america  | | See How You'll Look When You're Old With Bank of America App Dec 7th 2012, 16:30  Face it, you're going to get old someday. At that point, you'd probably like to have a nice pile of cash on hand.
We all know these are the facts, but how do you drive the point home to young people who think aging is something that happens to other people? Merrill Edge, the brokerage arm of Bank of America, is trying its best with Face Retirement, an app that gives you a glimpse of how you might appear at 47, 57, etc., all the way to 107. Once you see this aged version of yourself, you'll be in retirement-planning mode. Or maybe you'll just pass the pic around to your friends on Facebook, at which point you'll be doing some marketing for BofA. According to Wired, the app was based on… Continue reading... More About: Marketing  | | Gap's Latest Gift With Purchase? TaskRabbits Dec 7th 2012, 16:10  Skip the free tote. This holiday season, Gap is giving away $25 to spend on TaskRabbit to every shopper who spends $75 or more at Gap's stores in San Francisco and New York between Dec. 8 and 24.
Think of it as a little extra help for the holidays. Vouchers, which expire Jan. 1, could be used to have a "taskrabbit" (i.e., a screened volunteer who can be commissioned to perform errands and other tasks) wrap your gifts, or prepare part of your Christmas meal. The two companies are making it easier for shoppers to cash in by setting up an online portal where they can request help with event preparation, mailing presents and so forth. Two stores -- 890 Market St. in San Francisco, and 122… Continue reading... More About: gap, taskrabbit  | | John McAfee Saga Gets Bizarre Animated Retelling Dec 7th 2012, 15:59  What took them so long? Next Media Animation, known for its bizarre animated versions of current events, has outdone itself with a retelling of the story John McAfee's latest exploits.
McAfee famously fled Belize for Guatemala earlier this week after becoming a "person of interest" in the death of his Belize neighbor. McAfee, who began blogging from jail in Guatemala, reportedly suffered two mild heart attacks on Thursday. Though NMA's version of event is characteristically insensitive, it does offer a flattering physical image of McAfee. The computer programmer and entrepreneur is shown fleeing Belize with his girlfriend, who he picked out of a babe drawer in his compound. In an amu… Continue reading... More About: john mcaffee  | | Do Your Tech Choices Predict How Much You'll Give to Charity? Dec 7th 2012, 15:58  For non-profits raising money online, it's important to know as much as possible about your supporters. But are their technology preferences significant?
Online donation platform Qgiv tracked a year's worth of donations on its site -- a total of 320,000 donations -- and determined what tech choices correlated with the largest donations. When it comes to email host, donors with unique or corporate email addresses gave the most money, an average of $165 per donation. Gmail users came in second, giving $143, followed by AOL users ($138), Hotmail users ($128) and finally Yahoo users ($120). Safari users gave the most of any browsers, donating $168 per transaction, followed by Chrome… Continue reading... More About: Social Good, email, holiday giving  | | Samsung Galaxy S III Gets Premium Suite Upgrade Dec 7th 2012, 15:26  Samsung has announced a Premium Suite upgrade for its flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III.
The Premium Suite is a software upgrade, bringing several new features (some of which are already present on the Galaxy Note II). These include contextual menus and tags, a multi-window mode that enables you to run two different apps onscreen at the same time and Page Buddy, which automatically performs certain tasks by predicting what you might do next. Other features of note are a Facebook news ticker for the lock screen, and an "Auto Share Shot" mode for the camera, which means you can easily share your photos and vids by tapping the phone with other Samsung devices that use th… Continue reading... More About: Samsung Galaxy S III, samsung  | | Give Dad the Ultimate Remote Control for His Connected Home Dec 7th 2012, 15:26  Mashable's Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.
Control your home using your iPhone and the Belkin WeMo system. Turn lights on or off from your smartphone and set up motion sensors, so the lights go on when you enter the room. You can also set WeMo to alert you to all sorts of action in your home — handy especially when you're away. The WeMo Switch + Motion system includes an outlet with Wi-Fi, a motion sensor (also equipped with Wi-Fi) and the free WeMo iOS app. Using the app, you can configure the Belkin WeMo through a quick set-up process. Belkin provides some other suggestions for WeMo using IFTT (If This Then That), an online service that lets you to create tasks based on specified triggers. For… Continue reading... More About: Belkin, Gadgets, Gift of the Day, holidays 2012  | | Top 10 Google Searches of 2012 Dec 7th 2012, 15:03  Searches for the gaming site Friv rose dramatically this year, proving that 2012 was all about finding something to play. Image courtesy of Flickr, rvgpl Click here to view this gallery.  As we near the end of the year, looking back at Google's top searches will not indicate the biggest cultural or political moments of 2012. It's far simpler than that: Google Trends simply detect why people go online.
The aggregator compiles and graphs the most popular phrases pecked into that search bar, by anybody using Google. The visual representations of this data don't show you the number or percentage of total searches; Google Trends works on a search volume basis, assigning terms a score between 1 and 100. (Note: Overtly sexual searches are omitted from the results.) SEE ALSO: See How Your Google Results Measure Up With Google Grader When the data is normalized and scaled, we… Continue reading... More About: Google, Search, Year End 2012, features  | |
