| U.S. Takes Top Spot in Spam Distribution | | Educators have expressed concern about Americans falling behind in tech fields, but there is at least one area in which the United States is still firmly on top. According to statistics from SophosLabs, the United States distributes more spam than any other country in the world, clocking in at a "respectable"18.3 percent of junk email sent. The study tracked the amount of spam sent between December 2012 and February 2013.
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| Google Play Marks Anniversary By Giving You Discounts | | One year after rebranding itself and ditching the "Android Market" label, Google Play is celebrating the occasion by offering deals to Android users. The online app store just launched a week-long promotion called "Our gifts to you" on its website, along with the following blurb: It was just a year ago today that we launched this amazing shop on the interwebs to offer the best in digital content.
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| Carrie Fisher to Return as Princess Leia in Next 'Star Wars' Movie | | Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, will reprise her role in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, she confirmed to Palm Beach Illustrated. Asked point blank whether she'll be in the next Star Wars film, Fisher answered with a simple "Yes". She goes on to explain how she sees the Princess Leia of today. "Elderly. She’s in an intergalactic old folks’ home [laughs].
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| Android 4 Usage Finally Eclipses Gingerbread | | The latest versions of Android, 4.0 and up, have surpassed Gingerbread as the dominant operating system for the first time. According to the Android Developer' Dashboards section, 45.1% of users are running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) and Jelly Bean (4.1 and 4.2) on their smartphones — just squeezing past the 44.2% that Gingerbread (2.3) boasts.
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| Agency Hires Interns Based on Brand Ideas for Twinkies | | Minneapolis-based ad agency Campbell Mithun will hire its "Lucky 13" summer interns by asking for their ideas on how to best re-engage the Twinkies brand with consumers. The agency, which created the brand's "Where’s the cream filling?" ads, asks applications as the brand is going to auction on March 13 due to bankruptcy. The online internship application process opened at the beginning of this month, and the deadline is March 29.
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| Looking for 'Hot Local Cats' in Your Area? Sign Up for Adult Cat Finder | | For lonely paws looking for love (or something more casual), Adult Cat Finder is here to help. Cats seeking cats can peruse the online dating site to find frisky felines in their area. "Are you having a hard time finding local cats in your area? Do you wish there was a way to connect instantly with one online, at any time? Now you can!" the website says.
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| News Corp. Education Unit Unveils Tablet to Rival iPad in Classrooms | | 12:03:12 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Apple recently touted its success in the classroom by revealing that it has sold more than 8 million iPads to educational institutions worldwide. But one company believes the iPad and similar tablets are far from ideal learning devices for K-12 classrooms, and thinks it can do better. Amplify, the education division of News Corp.
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| Spike TV Launches MMA App That Lets Fans Score Fights | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 11:30 PM | Sam Laird |
| A Spike TV app lets mixed martial arts fans bring a new level of interactivity to their fight-watching. Called Bellator, the app for iPhone and iPad allows fans to track fight analytics during matches, as well as score rounds themselves in over 26 categories. While they don't affect actual fight outcomes, those fan scores are then featured in Spike's on-air broadcast and compared to announcers' and judges' takes.
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| Marriott Introduces Tech-Friendly Hotels for Travelers | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:29 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Marriott announced its new Moxy Hotels brand on Tuesday, appealing to the "millennial traveler" with a technology-focused design. The budget-friendly hotels target techies, and are set to open exclusively in Europe next year. Rooms will feature built-in USB ports in each wall socket, and guests can check in via their phones.
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| Coming Soon: The George Lucas Museum | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:06 PM | Chris Taylor |
| No doubt you've seen plenty of Star Wars-inspired art, from nesting dolls to R2-D2 heels. You may even have checked out the world's largest Star Wars museum (featuring the carbonite figurine above). But soon enough — in a few years, hopefully — it'll be time to see some of the art that inspired the Star Wars creator himself.
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| Venezuelan Leader Hugo Chavez Dies | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 6:55 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Venuzuelan President Hugo Chavez's death was quickly followed by a wide range of Twitter response.
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| How Google+ Can Boost Your Business | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 5:00 PM | Laptop Magazine |
| Google’s algorithm that informs how search results are ranked constantly evolves. However, one element is clearly important: how your business fares on Google+.
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| Humans Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:44 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Listen, goats, you've had your fun with the yelling thing, but it's getting out of control. Go back to eating cans or kicking chickens or whatever you do when you're not yelling like a horror movie reject. SEE ALSO: The 10 Most Viral YouTube Videos of 2012 The Internet has gone meta with a YouTube video of humans yelling like goats yelling like humans.
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| How Will Google Glass Change Dating? | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:10 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Dating is an insanely awkward societal invention that plagues most of us — and thanks to Google Glass, the future of romance looks grim. What's in store with the advent of this new tech? It means your date might be on Facebook while you're trying to discuss Game of Thrones. It means while you're talking about your deepest fears, they'll take pics of food stuck in your teeth and snapchat it to their BFF.
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| How GoPro Created a Billion Dollar Empire | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:03 PM | Lauren Hockenson |
| For those who are uninitiated, cameras are fickle pieces of technology. A truly high-end video camera that can support HD-quality graphics is an expensive endeavor, and one that often inhibits a filmmaker to take real risks with shooting.
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| Ferrari's Hybrid Supercar Reaches 62 MPH in 3 Seconds | | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:51 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Ferrari has launched a V12-powered hybrid supercar with a 789-horsepower gasoline engine and a 160-horsepower electric motor. The Ferrari LaFerrari, as it's called, goes from 0 to 62 mph in less than three seconds (Ferrari's numbers) and has a top speed of 205 mph. The car's electric motor is highly efficient at low speeds, and its gasoline counterpart reaches full efficiency at high speeds, according to Ferrari.
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