Relive Your Frustration with Video Tapes with YouTube’s ‘VHS Mode’ + MORE

Samsung, whose flagship devices all sport a plastic chassis, is considering launching the Galaxy Note 3 “phablet” with a metal exterior, SamMobile reports citing its insiders
The same source claims that a metal case was also in the works for the Samsung Galaxy S 4, but that design was dropped since Samsung could not mass-produce enough units fast enough
Rumors say the Galaxy Note 3 will have a 6-inch display, an Exynos 5 octa-core CPU, a 13-megapixel camera, LTE and the latest version of Android…

On most Mondays, we post “This week on Twitter” to alert you to key things happening in the coming week. Whether it’s a live chat with the cast of your favorite TV show, a Q&A with a political candidate or a pro sports team Tweepstakes, keep current about can’t-miss moments on Twitter in the week ahead…

July 9-10, 2013
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AppGratis, the app-discovery engine Apple banned from the iOS App Store last week, has started an online petition against Apple that has gathered over half a million signatures in just a few short hours…

Hashtags have become an integral element of any company’s participation on Twitter. In fact, they’ve even started to appear offline on billboards and television commercials. They’ve been around long enough that most brands are learning how to avoid rookie mistakes and to incorporate them regularly into their tweets…

Back when “taping it” was a thing, recorded television shows and even rentals from the local video store all came out a little scratchy and green around the edges.
To commemorate the 57th anniversary of the first commercial video cassette recorder, YouTube has announced a “VHS mode” for its video player…

Dribbble has quickly become one of the most popular design communities on the Web, and many designers have taken to giving away their side projects — like buttons, templates and mockups — as freebies on the site.
There’s only one problem with this: Dribbble wasn’t built to be a discovery engine for free design assets, and so finding them can be a time-consuming experience…

There isn’t much to miss about old-school VHS tapes. They are fuzzy, show static, have bad audio, and are generally difficult to navigate around — remember having to hold down the button on the VCR to rewind your favorite movies?
Perhaps the only thing about VHS tapes worth reminiscing over was the feeling of opening that giant plastic VHS cover of my favorite Disney films…

If you’re serious about social media, you already know to turn to Twitter to get up-to-the-minute intel directly from a brand.
Twitter’s your first stop in attempting to get an answer to a question about a brand, or settle a customer service issue.
But what about logging screen time with the brand’s mascot, who’s often the personality you subconsciously associate with a brand?
Below, 6 brand mascots to follow on Twitter…