52 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

It may not have been a good week for Big Bird, but it was a good one for Detroit Tigers infielder Miguel Cabrera, who won the first Triple Crown since 1967. Over the past few days we’ve witness the beginning of debate season and the end of baseball’s regular season.

With all that going on, it’s understandable if you lost track of what’s happening in the social media and tech world. To get you up to speed, we’ve rounded up all our best feature stories from the past week.

The Lifestyle section was particularly active with resources that could help improve your ever-important quality of life. You can also start crossing names of your holiday shopping list with gift ideas such as geeky wine racks, funky iPhone cases and a high-end coffee maker that brews the perfect cup of java.

For you political junkies, be sure to check out our new special feature on how the digital sphere is shaping modern campaigning and elections. There’s also plenty of information regarding social media and business. It’s all here; dig in.

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Social Media

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Business & Marketing

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Tech & Mobile

• Data Is Data Right? The Truth About LTE vs. 3G
  While LTE has its advantages over 3G, there’s a downside to faster data speeds.
• Spy App Can Turn Smartphones Against You
  The smartphone in your hands could get hijacked and used as an accessory to virtual burglary.
• Ultrabooks Get Super-Slim With Acer Aspire S7
  Acer has shrunk the Ultrabook even more with its new touchscreen-enabled Aspire S7 designs.
• Toyota Unveils Super-Compact Car With Location-Based Ads
  “INSECT,” a single-user SmartCar, has facial recognition-based locks and voice command features, among others.
• Gmail Now Lets You Search Within Email Attachments
  Google just made life easier for you with a newly added keyword search feature for Gmail attachments.
• Charging Your Phone Becomes a Game With This Toyota App [VIDEO]
  Toyota developed “Plug-in Championship,” an app that turns the activity of charging your phone into a fun game.
• 5 iPhone Cases to Keep Your Earbuds Tangle-Free
  No matter how neatly you tidy them, iPhone headphones always seem to end up in a knotted mass. If this drives you crazy, we have a few solutions to help.
• Specs Compared: Kindle Paperwhite vs. Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight
  We compare the capabilities of two illuminated e-readers: the Kindle Paperwhite and the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight.
• Logitech Harmony Touch Is the Ultimate Remote Control [REVIEW]
  The Logitech Harmony Touch is the company’s newest universal remote control, and it might just be the most hassle-free remote yet.
• Broadcom Teaches Kids to Program in an Hour Using Raspberry Pi
  This week Broadcom taught kids how to program using the Raspberry Pi.
• Worldcam Helps You Find Instagram Photos in Specific Locations
  Ever wanted to find Instagram photos taken in a certain location? With Worldcam, this becomes really easy.
• Acer Iconia W700 Tablet: Windows 8 Takes a Stand
  Acer’s W700 Windows tablet offers an optional cradle for when you want a more traditional desktop setup.
• Google’s Street View Now Available on Mobile Browsers
  Google’s Street View is now available on mobile browsers, meaning you can enjoy all of Google’s street-level photo imagery on your smartphone.
• 9 Captivating Data Visualization Projects
  From presidential races to gay right to sports droughts to space, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite data visualizations.

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Lifestyle

• Netflix ‘for Kids’ Now Available on the iPad
  Netflix has moved its ‘Just for Kids’ service to mobile territory, launching the app for the iPad 2 and the new iPad.
• Digital Passport For Children Encourages Responsible Online Behavior
  Just as children need to learn good behavior, they also need to learn how to safely and responsibly use the technological resources available to them.
• 6 Geeky Wine Racks
  We’ve scoured the web to find the most fantastically geeky wine racks for the oenophile (aka the wine lover or grape nut) in your life.
• Pay For One Course, Get a Bunch with BenchPrep’s Low Cost Subscription Model
  Online learning site BenchPrep recently announced a $30 per month subscription-based service to access a wide variety of courses.
• How Smart Devices and Social Media Impact Your Shopping Habits [INFOGRAPHIC]
  This infographic shows how smart devices and social media impact your shopping habits.
• Next-Gen Nest Thermostat Gets Even Cooler and Smarter
  Nest 2.0, just out, is even slimmer, smarter and more compatible than its predecessor.
• Wello: Affordable, Personal Training Using Video Chat [REVIEW]
  If you have a hard time stepping away from your computer screen, but want to workout, a new website called Wello will make that possible.
• Former Apple, Nasa Engineers Design $11,000 Coffee Machine
  Engineers from Apple and NASA have designed an $11,000 coffeemaker that brews coffee at just the right temperature.
• ‘Internet-Use Disorder’ Is Real, But Who Has It?
  Internet-Use Disorder has been accepted for inclusion in the official psychiatrist’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-IV, as of next year.
• 4 Ways to Write Faster
  Whether working on a deadline or managing simultaneous beats, journalists need to be able to write quickly. But maintaining quality can be a challenge when you’re racing against the clock.
• 16 High-Tech ’90s Gadgets That Are Pretty Lame When You Think About It
  Here’s a tribute to our 16 favorite tech toys from the ’90s, which if you asked us back then, were just about the most advanced gadgets on the planet.
• Lockitron Lets You Unlock the Door With Your iPhone [VIDEO]
  Apigy just made its Lockitron keyless entry technology smarter, letting you unlock your door from anywhere in the world, or having it automatically unlock when you walk up to it.
• Virtual Grocery Shopping Eases Daily Commute
  Virtual shopping stores are making travelers’ commutes more efficient and less of a hassle.
• 7 Funky but Chic Cases for Your iPhone 4
  We’ve rounded up seven unique cases that will have those around you asking “where’d you get that case?”
• iPad App Turns Your Pinterest Pins Into Interactive Catalog [VIDEO]
  Bazaart is a fashion iPad app that lets users create interactive boards where items are available for purchase with Pinterest pins.

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