Everywhere you can play Pac-Man in your Google Maps app

Google's April Fools' prank, in which Maps users can play Pac-Man in locations around the world, is already underway.

While those using Maps on their desktop can play anywhere, those using the app are limited to (so far) 15 locations around the world. Rather than outright stating those locations, Google has released a series of clues for users to solve.

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If you aren't into puzzles or mystery or fun, we've gone ahead and solved all but one of the clues for you. You can enter these locations into your app's search bar to play Pac-Man in areas ranging from New York's Times Square to the Taj Mahal. Read more...

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Do You Know How to Create the Perfect Twitter Post?

Almost everyone knows how to use Twitter. You share links, chat with friends, being sure to use an @name here and a #hashtag there. And that’s all you need to know if you’re happy with your Twitter audience size and the engagement you get on your tweets. But what if you’re not happy? What if you’re trying to kickstart a new Twitter account? What if you’re a writer and you want to get your articles noticed by people who will care about them? What if you’re trying to break into a new field and need to meet some like-minded folk?...

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R2-D2 meets the love of his life in this adorable short film

Nobody tell Threepio, but Artoo has a new bae. Just one problem: She isn't returning his affections

The Star Wars star — who also happens to be George Lucas' favorite character — is branching out into the indie film scene in this adorable new short made by an Autodesk designer with a little pro bono help from Lucasfilm employees. It's called Artoo in Love

See also: The secret sex lives of 'Star Wars' droids

First unveiled this weekend at the Sonoma Film Festival, the short seems to be very effective at pushing our "awww" buttons.

"People have definitely been having real emotional reactions to it," says director Evan Atherton, an artist in residence at Autodesk, who used the company's 3D printers to construct the props Read more...

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How to delete all your embarrassing tweets before you become famous

Oh, Internet. As newly-minted The Daily Show host Trevor Noah is learning, hell hath no furry like old tweets discovered to embarrass those new to the public spotlight.

Within hours of the announcement that Noah would replace Jon Stewart as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, old tweets by Noah surfaced

See also: How to search your own tweets on Twitter

Whether the tweets are offensive or merely poor attempts at humor (a different kind of offense altogether), the Internet shame machine is out in full force.

Noah, like so many other individuals thrust from obscurity and into the limelight, forgot the first rule of social media: Delete that embarrassing social media paper trail! Read more...

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What it's like to snack like Homer Simpson IRL

As someone who would sell his soul to the devil for a donut, Homer Simpson is serious about snacking. The film editors at Cinema Raven decided to get on Homer's level, food-wise, and recreated his incredible snacking habits in real life. The result is a mirror image video that gives us nine seconds in Simpsons snack heaven.

The new 'Mad Max: Fury Road' trailer is the wildest ride yet

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Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is testing a photo feature

Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app, is testing a new feature that would let users share photos, Mashable has learned.

Yik Yak is in the early stages of testing the feature on some college campuses for limited periods of time, sometimes as brief as several hours, in order to get feedback from users, according to sources familiar with the matter. Yik Yak confirmed the development to Mashable.

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Uploaded photos must be snapped from inside the app. (Photos from your camera roll need not apply.) Photos are moderated and approved by Yik Yak employees, which can result in a delay before the image shows up in feeds. Any photos featuring faces, nudity, or behavior the moderator deems "inappropriate" or "illegal" won't make into feeds. Read more...

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12 obnoxious texting pranks to send your friends

Nothing says Millennial like a good text prank.

As technology has evolved, so has the art of pranking. Need proof? Download a whoopee cushion app. There are new ways to trick people and the same old jokes won't work. You try the ol' "air horn attached to the work chair" trick and see how fast you get laughed out of the Google offices, Grandma

See also: 17 morning pranks to start April Fools' Day right

Top pranksters know they need to keep up with the times to stay relevant, but not everyone has the time or money to turn an entire house into a ball pit.

The easiest and farthest reaching modern technology prank is practically glues to the palm of your hand. Text messages may not be the newest form of communication but they are the most common. What I'm trying to say is that pranking someone on Meerkat is still a few month away from being most effective Read more...

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You're about to see a lot more baby photos in your Facebook feed

Facebook now has a dedicated feature that lets parents tag their children in photos.

The social network rolled out a new feature on Tuesday called Scrapbook for parents to create customizable shared photo albums of their children in the Facebook app and on the web.

See also: How to use Facebook for thank you notes

Scrapbooks differ from the traditional Facebook photo album in that multiple family members can contribute to the same album, which will appear in the Photos menu of each parent who collaborates. Parents can also tightly control who can see photos in scrapbooks and how their children are tagged. If parents don't want their child's name on Facebook, for example, they can choose to identify their child by a nickname or initials. Read more...

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Georgia Tech receives U.S. Department of Commerce i6 Challenge Grant

Commerce Department Assistant Secretary Jay Williams meets startup entrepreneurs at Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center March 31, 2015 Atlanta, GA



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Everything we know about Tidal, the artist-owned music streaming service

What is Tidal?

After Monday's star-studded yet surprisingly uninformative unveiling of Jay Z's new streaming venture in New York City, that question — and a host of others — is still being asked

To help clear up some confusion, here's a primer on everything we know about the platform, the business decisions behind it, who's involved, and how it differs from rivals such as Spotify

See also: Artists are changing profiles blue for Jay Z's new music streaming service

1. What is Tidal?

Tidal is a music subscription service for audio and video files. The focus is on the quality of the sound; Tidal also promises exclusive releases from artists, particularly from its 16 celebrity stakeholders Read more...

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The new 'Mad Max: Fury Road' trailer is the wildest ride yet

Why yes, that is a guy playing a flamethrowing guitar atop a race car.

This trailer for the Mad Max reboot looks to be even crazier than the previous three. With spiked-out cars and creepy villains galore, the clip finally addresses the question of just how many explosions can fit into a two-and-a-half minute video. (The answer: not enough.)

Mad Max: Fury Road hits theaters on May 15. The people at NASCAR should take pointers.

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Reports: Cellphone video recovered from Germanwings crash site shows plane's final moments

A passenger or crewmember on board the doomed Germanwings Flight 9525 reportedly recorded a cellphone video in the final seconds before the crash. German and French media are reporting that investigators found the footage, which was unscathed, at the crash site.

German newspaper Bild and French magazine Paris Match describe the video as "chaotic." It's blurry and doesn't show any of the passengers' faces, according to the German paper. However, the audio is reportedly quite clear

Here's how Paris Match describes the footage:

The scene was so chaotic that it was hard to identify people, but the sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them. One can hear cries of “My God” in several languages. Metallic banging can also be heard more than three times, perhaps of the pilot trying to open the cockpit door with a heavy object. Towards the end, after a heavy shake, stronger than the others, the screaming intensifies. Then nothing. Read more...

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It's a tough day for Trevor Noah, but every day is tough for comedians on Twitter

Less than 24 hours after securing one of the coolest gigs on TV, Trevor Noah — Jon Stewart's Daily Show successor — found himself in hot water over some jokes he made on Twitter years ago

Because Internet

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The content of six jokes made between 2009 and 2014 has been enough for Twitter to accuse Noah of anti-semitism, sexism and fat-shaming

But the one label the critics seem to be forgetting? Comedian on Twitter — a distinction that comes with the impossible expectation to be edgy enough to stand out on social media but digestible enough to achieve (or, in some cases, maintain) mainstream success. Read more...

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Silicon Valley workers thank Ellen Pao with full-page newspaper ad

In the wake of Ellen Pao's losing verdict in her high-stakes gender bias trial, a group of tech workers pooled together money to place a full-page ad in a Palo Alto newspaper with a simple message: "Thanks Ellen."

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The ad, which appeared in Tuesday's edition of the Palo Alto Daily Post, features a minimalist design with a stark black page and the two words in small white font in the center, as USA Today first reported. Read more...

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