| The Least Watched Viral Videos of 2012 | | December around the old newsroom means enough end of year coverage to fill Santa's magical sack. Lists of the 10 best/most popular/coolest [fill in blank with pretty much anything] offer an easily digestible recap of the past 365 days.
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| Instagram on iPhone Gets a Fresh Filter, Facebook Login, Apology | | Kevin Systrom has had quite the busy week. Fresh from nixing his revamped terms of service that caused such a stir on Tuesday -- and doing a 180-degree turn on those terms of service Thursday -- the Instagram co-founder has launched a significant update to his iPhone app. The update adds a brand-new photo filter, "Mayfair", which brings the app's total number of filters up to 20.
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| How Social Media and Snoop Dogg Helped a Fledgling NBA Team | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:45 PM | Sam Laird |
| Pro sports have come to sleepy, seaside Santa Cruz, Calif. The Golden State Warriors NBA team opened up a minor league operation there this season, and the team is off to a solid start before playing its first home game on Sunday.
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| Google's Santa Tracker Simulates Around-the-World Sleigh Ride | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:03 PM | Joann Pan |
| In just a few days, Santa Claus will fly his troop of magical reindeer around the world, delivering gifts to millions of children. The global journey of the centuries-old Father Christmas, once untraceable, is now broadcast in real time.
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| Who Will Watch 'Gangnam Style' For the Billionth Time? | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:30 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Sometime in the next day, maybe in the next few hours, humanity will hit a major milestone that has nothing to do with the Mayan apocalypse (we hope). For the first time in history, we will be able to state categorically that a single piece of visual entertainment has been watched more than a billion times.
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| Facebook Rolls Out Privacy Shortcuts in Plain English | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:48 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Remember those privacy controls Facebook announced last week, alongside the rather less friendly news that you would no longer have the option to hide when Facebook users are searching you? Well, those changes are finally here. As of 10pm ET, you should start seeing a small symbol with a lock in the top right hand corner of your screen.
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| 'Back to the Future' LEGO Set Is Really Happening | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:59 PM | Geekosystem |
| LEGO's just released the summer review results from their CUUSOO website, which is a system where modelers can submit their creations in the hopes that they'll eventually become actual sets. Once a submission manages 10,000 votes from the community, LEGO reviews them and makes a call on whether they move forward with the project. That's how that sweet Minecraft LEGO set came to fruition.
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| Find Your Vital Gmail With a Google Search | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:26 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Google is inviting you to be part of a field trial to test some new features which sync its products to an even more intuitive degree. Do a regular Google Search and it will pull information from your Gmail and Google Drive, allowing you to find what information you're looking for faster. This sync-up lets you do a Google search for things like your dinner reservations and items you ordered online.
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| Instagram Updates Its Terms of Service Based on User Feedback | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:54 PM | Christina Warren |
| Instagram has formally updated its Terms of Service, making changes based on user feedback. The photo sharing site -- which Facebook purchased in April -- introduced its plans for new terms of service on Monday. Users reacted negatively to the new terms, threatening to boycott the service and delete accounts if the terms weren't amended.
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| How Music Ruled Twitter in 2012 | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:42 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| To Jimi Hendrix, music was a religion. To Twitter users, music is a conversation starter and so much more. Here's how music ruled Twitter in 2012.
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| Facebook Set to Change Your Timeline Again | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 6:54 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Ready for some more design tweaks to your Timeline? If not, watch out. Facebook is experimenting with some significant changes that are already showing up for a small number of users -- and may roll out to the masses very soon. According to ABC News, where a producer's Timeline first revealed the changes Thursday, the new version is a return to tabs.
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| Does Your Cellphone Make You Safer? | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 6:31 PM | Kate Freeman |
| If you're walking home alone at night, or perhaps in a less-populated part of town, does your cellphone make you feel safer? A new study from University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Jonathan Klick, along with colleagues at Penn and George Mason University, speculates that a one-third drop in crime rates in the 1990s might be due to cellphones providing a deterrent for criminals.
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| Socioeconomic Status Predicts Number of Facebook Friends | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 6:00 PM | Zoe Fox |
| How many friends do you have on Facebook? New research from the University of Virginia and London Business School says that your socioeconomic status correlates with the size of your social network on Facebook. Wealthier individuals, they found, tend to have larger and shallower networks of friends. After living in in multiple places throughout their lives, these individuals tend to have different groups of friends.
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| 8 Last-Minute Games to Stack Under Your Christmas Tree | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:23 PM | Lauren Hockenson |
| The holidays are synonymous with quality gaming time -- with some extra days off and hours of lounging around, there's nothing better than firing up the best game you unwrapped and getting down to business. Throw in some Christmas leftovers, and there isn't anything closer to heaven.
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| 3 New Crewmembers to Arrive at Space Station Friday | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:23 PM | Space.com |
| The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three newest residents of the International Space Station is set to dock with the high-flying laboratory on Friday morning (Dec. 21). Set to arrive at the space station at 9:12 a.m.
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| ALPACAlypse! The End of the World Is Shear | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:05 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Hide yo kids, hide yo llamas -- the Alpacalypse arrives at midnight. Yes, you have heard of the Dec. 21, 2012 apocalypse, but that was just the Mayans' sneaky plan to distract from the real destruction set to doom Earth. Expect alpacas to rain down with the space rocks and pillage your supply of canned SpaghettiO's. SEE ALSO: 21 Hilarious Tweets for the End of the World Prepare for (really soft, sweater-ready) fur to fly, humans.
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| Video Game Blog Will Honor Sandy Hook Victims With a One-Day Ceasefire | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:05 PM | Fran Berkman |
| A popular video game blog is calling for a one-day ceasefire genre of games known as "first-person shooters" or "online shooters," in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event has caused a sort of rift among gamers, many of who feel the ceasefire will be viewed as a mea culpa by those who believe video game violence played a part in the massacre.
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| RIM Loses BlackBerry Subscribers But Grows Cash Pile | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:47 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Research In Motion reported strong third quarter earnings, at least compared to Wall Street's low expectations. The company reported an adjusted net loss of $114 million, or .22 a share, on revenue of $2.7 billion in the third quarter, beating the consensus estimate on Wall Street that RIM would report a loss of .36 a share on revenue of $2.66 billion.
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| Julian Assange Promises a Million New Leaks in 2013 | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:46 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Julian Assange promised in a rare speech Thursday evening to release more than a million files in the coming year which would affect "every country in the world." "Despite an unprecedented criminal investigation and campaign to damage and destroy WikiLeaks, 2012 has been a huge year," said Assange. "Next year will be equally busy.
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| Adobe Acquires Behance to Further Its Creative Cloud Ambitions | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:12 PM | Christina Warren |
| Adobe announced Thursday that it has acquired Behance, the leading online platform for creatives who want to display and showcase their work. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed. With Behance, Adobe is looking at bringing community features to its Creative Cloud platform. Creative Cloud is Adobe's subscription based service for professionals that offers access to desktop software as well as online tools and storage place.
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| Calls for Gun Reform 'Dominated' Twitter Following Newtown Shooting | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:54 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Calls for gun reform have "dominated" the Twitter conversation about last week's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. Twenty-eight percent of Twitter posts about Newtown from Dec. 14 through Dec. 17 included a stance on gun control laws. The majority of tweets, 64%, called for stricter gun control laws.
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| Give To Charity This Holiday Season With These 5 Apps | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:54 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Are charitable donations on your holiday to-do list this year? The American Red Cross says despite the public outpouring of donations in 2012 people are still willing to give more this holiday season. According to the American Red Cross' study, 56% of people make donations in-person, 52% send donations by mail and only 21% use a charity's website.
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| Apple's 6 Simple Rules for Designing a Killer iOS App | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:42 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Among iOS developers, the day that you finally submit your app for Apple's approval can be a tense one. Even when you've seemingly followed the guidelines, polished the code and passed every field test, Apple can still reject your app for almost any reason. Not so with Spun [iTunes link]. At first glance, Spun appears to be a simple local news-and-information app with an eye-catching user interface.
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| Boeing Creates 360° 'Dream Pass' Video of its 787 Dreamliner | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:41 PM | Charlie White |
| Attention wannabe pilots: Here's your chance to experience the next best thing to flying Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner. The company created the Boeing 787 Dreamliner "Dream Pass," a 360-degree online video that lets you take an immersive virtual ride in the plane's flight deck, and tour its wings and engines.
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| 21 Hilarious Tweets for the End of the World | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:18 PM | Matt Silverman |
| Mayans got you down? Bummed about the fiery ball of death headed your way in the next 24 hours? There's not much we can do about your impending doom, but enjoy this hilarity from some of Twitter's finest comic minds while you wait. After tomorrow, it's just cockroaches and Regis. — Matt Koff (@mattkoff) December 20, 2012 I don’t know about the Mayans but my world ended when McDonald’s got rid of the Arch Deluxe.
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| Learn the Truth About Money and Happiness | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 2:56 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Does money buy happiness or should we be looking outside of our wallets for joy? YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE explains the ways money can put happiness in the old mood bank. Hint: Don't expect to scratch off or quick pick your way to cheer. SEE ALSO: The Connection Between Education, Money and Happiness Where do you find the greatest happiness in your life? Spread smiles by sharing in the comments.
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| TerraCycle Founder Tom Szaky Answers Reader Questions via Live Chat | | Thursday, December 20, 2012 2:47 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Tom Szaky, 30, is the founder and CEO of TerraCycle, Inc., one of the world’s foremost leaders in eco-capitalism, recycling and upcycling. In 2006, Inc Magazine named TerraCycle “The Coolest Little Startup in America.” That same year Szaky was named the “Number-One CEO in America Under 30.” Szaky came to the U.S. in 2001 when he matriculated as a Princeton University freshman.
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