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			<title>Lost Apollo 11 Moon Dust Found in Storage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years
The samples — collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin — were rediscovered last month by an archivist who was going over artifacts tucked away at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
&quot;We don&#039;t know how or when they ended up in storage,&quot; Karen Nelson, who made the surprising discovery, said in a statement from the lab.
Nelson came across about 20 vials with handwritten labels dated &quot;24 July 1970,&quot; packed in a vacuum-sealed glass jar. Accompanying the jar was an academic paper published in the Proceedings of the Second Lunar Science Conference in 1971, titled &quot;Study of carbon compounds in Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 returned lunar samples.&quot; Read more...More about Space, Nasa, Moon, Apollo 11, and Astronauts]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>The &#039;Dance of the Planets&#039; Is a Real Thing That&#039;s Happening Now</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s prom season — for the planets
Every couple of years, give or take, planets get together in the night sky in such a way that they seem to be aligned with each other. They seem to be, really — from Earth&#039;s perspective — shyly approaching each other, asking each other to dance. This planetary mixing-and-mingling is scientifically known as &quot;planetary conjunction&quot; ... but it&#039;s colloquially known, probably because of the corsages and the limos and the awkward dancing, the &quot;Dance of the Planets.&quot;
We&#039;re about to have an especially rare and wonderful version of that dance. The night skies this week, provided they&#039;re clear, will reveal, yep, a triple conjunction — a planetary crossover featuring the three brightest planets as seen from Earth: Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Between May 24 and May 29, the celestial trio will fit within a circle whose diameter is less than 5 degrees wide on the sky&#039;s dome. They&#039;ll dance around each other (as, ostensibly, &quot;Feel This Moment&quot; plays in the background). Read more...More about Space, Nasa, Science, Astronomy, and Moon]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>There&#039;s a Movie in the Works About the Bra Designers Behind the Apollo Spacesuits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. has tapped a new writer to pen a screenplay based on the book Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, which chronicles the Playtex designers behind the NASA program&#039;s spacesuits.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:45:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Vials of Apollo 11 moon dust found in storage</title>
			<link>http://seek4news.com/news/vials-of-apollo-11-moon-dust-found-in-storage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[By Megan GannonSpace.comVials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years.The samples — collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin — were rediscovered last month by an archivist who was going over artifacts tucked away at the Lawrence Berkeley Nat...    ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Chris Hadfield and Fellow Astronauts Talk About Life in Space</title>
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The Internet&#039;s favorite astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield may no longer tweet from the International Space Station, but that doesn&#039;t mean he&#039;s giving up on social media outreach
NASA hosted a Google Hangout Thursday with Hadfield and fellow astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn
The team took questions from around the web about everything from alien life on other planets, to eating asparagus on the ISS (which, according to Hadfield, is one of the most high-demand foods on the station). One of the first questions Hadfield answered was about that delicious-looking sandwich he devoured when he landed. Read more...More about Space, Nasa, Astronauts, Us World, and Us


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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:35:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Guitar! By Smule Plays Its Way Into The App Store</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pioneering music app developer Smule has just introduced its latest title in the App Store, Guitar!
As the name suggests, the app focuses on the guitar, but as a nice twist it also brings vocals into the mix from the developer’s Sing! Karaoke app. Here are the songs included in the app:

“When I Was Your Man” – Bruno Mars
“I Won’t Give Up” – Jason Mraz
“Bubbly” – Colbie Caillat
“Stand By Me” – Ben E. King
“I’m Yours” – Jason Mraz
“Your Song” – Elton John
 ”The A Team” – Ed Sheeran
“Home” – Phillip Phillips
 ”Hallelujah” – Leonard Cohen
 ”Amazing Grace”

Smule is promising to add more songs into the app soon.
While I’m not exactly a great musician, Guitar! is still a very enjoyable app. After starting with a short tutorial that shows all the ins and outs of playing, users can choose their guitar and start with a song on easy mode.
With more practice, gamers can continue to unlock new difficulty levels and songs by earning money. Even though you start off with a simple acoustic guitar, an electric and rock axe can be unlocked after getting the hang of the playing
Along with being able to do the usual guitar strumming and picking, players can change the cord, create a vibrato, and emphasize a strum with specific gestures.
Guitar! by Smule is a universal app for both the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad/iPad mini. It can be downloaded in the App Store now for free.







Guitar! by SmuleSing! KaraokeGuitar! By Smule Plays Its Way Into The App Store is a story by AppAdvice.comAppAdvice - iPhone, iPad, iPod, App Reviews + News
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:30:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>LIVE: Chris Hadfield and Fellow Astronauts on Google Hangout</title>
			<link>http://seek4news.com/news/live-chris-hadfield-and-fellow-astronauts-on-google-hangout</link>
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The Internet&#039;s favorite astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield may no longer tweet from the International Space Station, but that doesn&#039;t mean he&#039;s giving up on social media outreach
NASA is hosting a live Google Hangout today with Hadfield and fellow astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn. You can join the live hangout here starting at 3 p.m. EDT.
However, if you can&#039;t stop by at that time, Mashable will update this story with highlights after the hangout ends

Image courtesy of NASA Read more...More about Space, Nasa, Astronauts, Us World, and Us]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Twitter Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Twitter today made the latest push in its bid to cozy up to Madison Avenue and the world of big-budget advertising, by tapping more into the kind of mainstream mediums where advertisers like to spend their money. Today the big focus is TV and your living room. In New York, the company announced Twitter Amplify, a way of bringing real-time video into the site, with initial partners including the broadcasters BBC America, FOX, Fuse and The Weather Channel. And it also announced TV ad targeting, one of the first fruits of the company’s acquisition of BlueFin Labs.
Twitter ad targeting works like this: an advertiser or media buyer uses a special dashboard that Twitter has created for the service, which lets a brand monitor when an ad has aired on TV. Through this, the campaign manager can then send out Promoted Tweets that coordinate with them. They synchronise, Twitter says, using “video fingerprinting technology to automatically detect when and where a brand’s commercials are running on TV, without requiring that advertiser to do any manual tracking or upload media plan details,” Michael Fleischman, one of the co-founders of BlueFin Labs, and now a product manager for Twitter, notes in a blog post.
Through this, the advertiser is able to measure how socially responsive people are to the TV campaigns and vice versa. Using Twitter handles and hashtags on the TV ads will be how those advertisers shuttle people to the social network.
Twitter says it will be able to determine where and when an ad ran on TV, as well as track those who have subsequently tweeted about the ad and the TV program that it ran against. “We believe a user engaged enough with a TV show to tweet about it very likely saw the commercials as well,” the company notes on its blog.
The company is banking on a crucial stat as the leap of faith that this will all work: it says 64 percent of mobile-centric users on Twitter use it in front of the TV at home.
For now Twitter’s targeting service will be available only in the U.S.
Broadcasting clips
Meanwhile, the instream broadcasting clips that are part of Twitter Amplify, starting with BBC America, FOX, Fuse and The Weather Channel, will be very closely tied to ads and video directly on the platform. This is something that Twitter has already been doing with partnerships with, for example, the NBA, where a video also features a link to an ad:

What’s interesting is that it looks like Twitter will be limiting use of this new kind of Twitter card to paying users, with Glenn Brown, director of promoted content and sponsorships, noting that they will be “powered by Promoted Tweets.” The idea appears to be that rather than replacing the TV experience (not yet at least!) these in-stream videos will be used as “spectacular, timely content that rounds out their TV experience or reminds them to tune in.” In other words, ways of getting people to the TV with teaser clips rather than simply offering them a way of seeing what they want on Twitter and cutting out the tube altogether.
Speaking at the New York event, CEO Dick Costolo talked about how the company has made advertising a more “frictionless” experience because of its emphasis of real-time updates. It’s clear that adding more broadcasting-like experiences into Twitter will further that concept.
The company during its event also threw in some fun ad-land perks: a Q&amp;A session with Glee actress Jane Lynch and a Tweeting vending machine churning out swag.
Twitter has been making increasingly strong moves this year to get its platform to be more ad-friendly (and revenue-friendly). That kicked off in February with the launch of an advertising API so that larger advertisers can better manage their campaigns on Twitter; an improved advertising analytics dashboard; and Google AdWords-style keyword targeting (TC coverage here, here and here). Just earlier this week the company also unveiled the official launch of Lead Generation Cards, something Twitter had been testing for a while already, which lets advertisers include actions like requests for more information that users can get automatically by clicking a button in an advertising tweet. (You can see how this last one also sets the stage for Twitter making the leap into commerce, with one-click purchasing.)
While Twitter has not provided any official public guidance on how much it expects to make in advertising this year or in the future, there has been a lot of speculation about the number because many expect Twitter to go public, with a likely date in late 2013 or 2014, according to observers. A report from eMarketer in March noted that it was raising forecasts for the company to $583 million in 2013 and $950 million in ad sales in 2014, 60% coming from mobile.
The stats that Twitter’s president of global revenue, Adam Bain, provided last year shows just how much the company has grown over the last year. Bain noted at the time that Twitter had 140M+ active users; now that figure is estimated to be closer to 300 million.
Bain also had noted that 55% of users access Twitter on mobile, with 40% growth quarter over quarter, and that among Twitter’s active users, only some 60% actually tweet, but all of them “listen.” And in a sign that Twitter was always going to figure out a better way of leveraging ads on the platform, even a year ago, some 79% of people on the site were already following brands.
More to come.
Image: Jim Prosser
   
     
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:35:02 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Twitter Boxing Clever: Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream</title>
			<link>http://seek4news.com/news/twitter-boxing-clever-launches-tv-ad-targeting-twitter-amplify-for-realtime-videos-in-stream</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Twitter today made the latest push in its bid to cozy up to Madison Avenue and the world of big-budget advertising, by tapping more into the kind of mainstream mediums where advertisers like to spend their money. Today the big focus is TV and your living room. In New York, the company announced Twitter Amplify, a way of bringing real-time video into the site, with initial partners including the broadcasters BBC America, FOX, Fuse and The Weather Channel. And it also announced TV ad targeting, one of the first fruits of the company’s acquisition of BlueFin Labs.
Twitter ad targeting works like this: an advertiser or media buyer uses a special dashboard that Twitter has created for the service, which lets a brand monitor when an ad has aired on TV. Through this, the campaign manager can then send out Promoted Tweets that coordinate with them. They synchronise, Twitter says, using “video fingerprinting technology to automatically detect when and where a brand’s commercials are running on TV, without requiring that advertiser to do any manual tracking or upload media plan details,” Michael Fleischman, one of the co-founders of BlueFin Labs, and now a product manager for Twitter, notes in a blog post.
Through this, the advertiser is able to measure how socially responsive people are to the TV campaigns and vice versa. Using Twitter handles and hashtags on the TV ads will be how those advertisers shuttle people to the social network.
Twitter says it will be able to determine where and when an ad ran on TV, as well as track those who have subsequently tweeted about the ad and the TV program that it ran against. “We believe a user engaged enough with a TV show to tweet about it very likely saw the commercials as well,” the company notes on its blog.
The company is banking on a crucial stat as the leap of faith that this will all work: it says 64 percent of mobile-centric users on Twitter use it in front of the TV at home.
For now Twitter’s targeting service will be available only in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the instream broadcasting clips that are part of Twitter Amplify will be very closely tied to ads. This is something that it has already been doing with partnerships with, for example, the NBA, where a video also features a link to an ad:

Speaking at the New York event, CEO Dick Costolo talked about how the company has made advertising a more “frictionless” experience because of its emphasis of real-time updates. It’s clear that adding more broadcasting-like experiences into Twitter will further that concept.
The company threw in some fun ad-land perks: a Q&amp;A session with Glee actress Jane Lynch and a Tweeting vending machine churning out swag.
Twitter has been making increasingly strong moves this year to get its platform to be more ad-friendly (and revenue-friendly). That kicked off in February with the launch of an advertising API so that larger advertisers can better manage their campaigns on Twitter; an improved advertising analytics dashboard; and Google AdWords-style keyword targeting (TC coverage here, here and here). Just earlier this week the company also unveiled the official launch of Lead Generation Cards, something Twitter had been testing for a while already, which lets advertisers include actions like requests for more information that users can get automatically by clicking a button in an advertising tweet. (You can see how this last one also sets the stage for Twitter making the leap into commerce, with one-click purchasing.)
While Twitter has not provided any official public guidance on how much it expects to make in advertising this year or in the future, there has been a lot of speculation about the number because many expect Twitter to go public, with a likely date in late 2013 or 2014, according to observers. A report from eMarketer in March noted that it was raising forecasts for the company to $583 million in 2013 and $950 million in ad sales in 2014, 60% coming from mobile.
The stats that Twitter’s president of global revenue, Adam Bain, provided last year shows just how much the company has grown over the last year. Bain noted at the time that Twitter had 140M+ active users; now that figure is estimated to be closer to 300 million.
Bain also had noted that 55% of users access Twitter on mobile, with 40% growth quarter over quarter, and that among Twitter’s active users, only some 60% actually tweet, but all of them “listen.” And in a sign that Twitter was always going to figure out a better way of leveraging ads on the platform, even a year ago, some 79% of people on the site were already following brands.
More to come.
Image: Jim Prosser
   
     
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:15:02 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Twitter Launches TV Ad Targeting And Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream, Partnering With BBC, Fox, Fuse And The Weather Channel</title>
			<link>http://seek4news.com/news/twitter-launches-tv-ad-targeting-and-twitter-amplify-for-realtime-videos-in-stream-partnering-with-bbc-fox-fuse-and-the-weather-channel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Twitter today made the latest push in its bid to cozy up to Madison Avenue and the world of big-budget advertising, by tapping more into the kind of mainstream mediums where advertisers like to spend their money. Today the big focus is TV and your living room. In New York, the company announced Twitter Amplify, a way of bringing real-time video into the site, with initial partners including the broadcasters BBC America, FOX, Fuse and The Weather Channel. And it also announced TV ad targeting, one of the first fruits of the company’s acquisition of BlueFin Labs.
Twitter ad targeting works like this: an advertiser or media buyer, using a dashboard that Twitter has created for the service, which lets a brand monitor when an ad has aired on TV. Through this, the campaign manager can then send out Promoted Tweets that coordinate with them. They synchronise, Twitter says, using “video fingerprinting technology to automatically detect when and where a brand’s commercials are running on TV, without requiring that advertiser to do any manual tracking or upload media plan details.”
Through this, the advertiser is able to measure how socially responsive people are to the TV campaigns and vice versa. Using Twitter handles and hashtags on the TV ads will be how those advertisers shuttle people to the social network.
Twitter says it will be able to determine where and when an ad ran on TV, as well as track those who have subsequently tweeted about the ad and the TV program that it ran against. “We believe a user engaged enough with a TV show to tweet about it very likely saw the commercials as well,” the company notes on its blog.
The company is banking on a crucial stat as the leap of faith that this will all work: it says 64 percent of mobile-centric users on Twitter use it in front of the TV at home.
For now Twitter’s targeting service will be available only in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the instream broadcasting clips that are part of Twitter Amplify will be very closely tied to ads. This is something that it has already been doing with partnerships with, for example, the NBA, where a video also features a link to an ad:

Speaking at the New York event, CEO Dick Costolo talked about how the company has made advertising a more “frictionless” experience because of its emphasis of real-time updates. It’s clear that adding more broadcasting-like experiences into Twitter will further that concept.
The company threw in some fun ad-land perks: a Q&amp;A session with Glee actress Jane Lynch and a Tweeting vending machine churning out swag.
Twitter has been making increasingly strong moves this year to get its platform to be more ad-friendly (and revenue-friendly). That kicked off in February with the launch of an advertising API so that larger advertisers can better manage their campaigns on Twitter; an improved advertising analytics dashboard; and Google AdWords-style keyword targeting (TC coverage here, here and here). Just earlier this week the company also unveiled the official launch of Lead Generation Cards, something Twitter had been testing for a while already, which lets advertisers include actions like requests for more information that users can get automatically by clicking a button in an advertising tweet. (You can see how this last one also sets the stage for Twitter making the leap into commerce, with one-click purchasing.)
While Twitter has not provided any official public guidance on how much it expects to make in advertising this year or in the future, there has been a lot of speculation about the number because many expect Twitter to go public, with a likely date in late 2013 or 2014, according to observers. A report from eMarketer in March noted that it was raising forecasts for the company to $583 million in 2013 and $950 million in ad sales in 2014, 60% coming from mobile.
The stats that Twitter’s president of global revenue, Adam Bain, provided last year shows just how much the company has grown over the last year. Bain noted at the time that Twitter had 140M+ active users; now that figure is estimated to be closer to 300 million.
Bain also had noted that 55% of users access Twitter on mobile, with 40% growth quarter over quarter, and that among Twitter’s active users, only some 60% actually tweet, but all of them “listen.” And in a sign that Twitter was always going to figure out a better way of leveraging ads on the platform, even a year ago, some 79% of people on the site were already following brands.
More to come.
Image: Jim Prosser
   
     
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:01 CDT</pubDate>
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