| Download Jay-Z's App to Get 'Magna Carta' for Free | | 11:19:32 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Rapper Jay-Z is giving away his upcoming album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, to one million owners of the Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II. To snag a copy, you first need to download an app that went live in the Google Play store Monday. The "JAY Z Magna Carta" app (see screenshots below) shows footage of Jay-Z talking about the album and some lyrics, which can be unlocked when you share the app on Facebook or Twitter.
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| Snapchat Introduces SnapKidz for Users Under 13 | | 10:46:14 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Snapchat, the app that sends automatically-deleting messages, has proven to be hugely popular among teens and young adults, but until now, it restricted anyone under the age of 13 from using it. On Saturday, Snapchat decided to change their policy by introducing an update that lets younger users register for a more limited version of the app, which the startup has dubbed SnapKidz.
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| Adorable Seal Gets Whacked in Startling Shark Week Ad | | 10:22:32 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Poor Snuffy the Seal becomes a snack in this witty promo for the Discovery Channel's Shark Week. A fake news promo sets up the scene: Fans gather on a dock to see Snuffy. But things take a turn for the worse when a shark does what sharks do best. Luckily for squeamish seal lovers, most of the violence is implied — a guy in a white t-shirt blocks most of the action.
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| Amazon Lovefilm Adds 'The Good Wife,' 'Dexter' With CBS Deal | | Amazon's European streaming video service, Lovefilm, has expanded its content licensing deal with CBS Studios. The new multi-year agreement grants UK and German Lovefilm subscribers access to past seasons of CBS series The Good Wife and Blue Bloods, plus a host of Showtime shows, including Californication, Dexter and Nurse Jackie.
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| Google Under FTC Investigation and Other News You Need to Know | | Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. After its deal with Waze, Google is under an anti-trust investigation by the FTC.
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Coming to U.S. on July 7 | | The first tablet to offer a serious alternative to the iPad has come a long way. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, which originally debuted in late 2010 and quickly earned status as Android's de facto tablet offering, is now in its third generation of products. Fittingly, it comes in three sizes — with screens that measure 7, 8 and 10.1 inches — and they're all coming to the U.S.
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| 11 Chrome Extensions to Improve Your Social Media Experience | | 7:05:42 AM | Dani Fankhauser |
| If there's one thing that ties all your digital experiences together, it's your browser — let's presume it's Chrome. Maybe you use it on mobile in addition to desktop. It gets to know you, and you, it. But everyone has a few tricks up his or her sleeve. SEE ALSO: 7 Fantastic Calendar Apps To Keep You on Schedule We did a little recon and found quite a few Chrome extensions that impact and enhance the way we use social media.
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| 78 Tools for Writing and Previewing Markdown | | Markdown is a text-based markup language created by John Gruber in 2004 as a way to write in an easy-to-read format that can be converted into HTML. It uses a very simple formatting syntax of familiar punctuation and characters, which makes writing content for the web a faster and more intuitive experience.
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| 17 Illicit Acts Caught on Google Street View | | Google Street View images give us an intimate peak into people's daily lives, completely devoid of context or explanation. From heroin drug deals to (intentionally) indecent exposure, these moments of illicit activity were captured via Google Street View from around the globe. SEE ALSO: 36 Embarrassing Google Street View Sightings Have you spotted any illegal activity on Google Street View? If so, leave us the link in the comments below.
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| AT&T Offers 50% Discount on iPhone 5, HTC One and More | | AT&T has started a new limited time promotion, offering a 50% discount for phones between $99 and $199.99 in its catalogue. This includes the iPhone 5 as well as the iPhone 4S, HTC One, Samsung's Galaxy S4 and S4 Active, BlackBerry Z10 and several other devices. To take advantage of this offer, customers must sign a 2-year contract online.
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| How to Watch Wimbledon Online | | Here's how to watch Wimbledon online. One of the greatest tourneys in tennis is live streaming matches on YouTube for the first time this year.
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| 11 Vine Hashtags to Keep You Hooked | | If you're one of Vine's 13 million users, you know that #howto, #loop and #magic are like hashtag training wheels: Everyone starts out using them. But for those who want to take their tagging to the next level, we've highlighted a selection of Vine hashtags that serve specific functions and particularly vibrant communities. Some are used for testing out new vine techniques, while others facilitate music collaboration between vine users.
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| 'Monsters University' App Brings Two Mini Games to Your Phone | | Monsters University scared its way into theaters this weekend. In conjunction with the movie’s theatrical release, Disney released a new mobile app for iOS and Android that lets you keep the fun going once you head home from seeing the movie. Priced at .99, the app comes with two mini games and three characters to play with: Mike, Sully and Squishy.
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| Can You Spot the Difference in These 12 Photos? | | From preschool, we're trained to play "One Of These Things (is Not Like The Others)." Sometimes the difference is small, and other times, it's glaring. Either way — with or without Big Bird's coaxing — your eyes are usually pulled towards the black sheep. SEE ALSO: Challenge Accepted: 15 Trivia Questions You'll Probably Get Wrong So brush off your Sesame Street skills, and see if you can tell what's sticking out in the following photos.
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| Giggem Helps Musicians Find Bandmates, Managers and Labels | | Sunday, June 23, 2013 9:55 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| A musician for more than 20 years, Emir Turan of Turkey struggled in recent years to put together a band. He tried finding fellow musicians by searching on Craigslist, browsing social networks, sifting through classifieds and hanging fliers at bars. All the while, he thought a simpler way must exist for him to form a band. But there wasn't.
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| Foresee: The Weather App that Lets You Plan for the Future | | Sunday, June 23, 2013 9:06 PM | AppAdvice |
| Foresee (.99) by BorderLeap, LLC is a weather-based activity scheduling app. Most weather apps try to let you know if you’ll be needing an umbrella. Some even help you decide what to wear, but until now, none have focused on helping you decide what to do. With Foresee, you don’t plan to do something, then check to see what the weather will be like. Instead, you just launch the app, then see what it thinks you should be doing.
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| How to Know When the Glass Is Half Full | | Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:02 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Is the glass half empty or half full? Your answer to this question in a given situation really reveals your general outlook in life — whether you're an optimist or a pessimist. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday comic, we see the circumstances under which we'd all agree with the optimists (but wouldn't be very happy with the situation itself).
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| 4 Ways to Protect Your Tech This Summer | | Sunday, June 23, 2013 6:29 PM | Taylor Casti |
| If you love your tech as much as we do, odds are you want to take your gadgets everywhere. Unfortunately, while you may love the pool and the beach, your cellphone does not. Protect your tech by showing it a little summer lovin' and keep it safe with these tips. SEE ALSO: 8 Excellent Bike Mounts to Hold Your iPhone 1.
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| 10 Best Apps for Summer Festivals | | Sunday, June 23, 2013 5:42 PM | Denise Lu |
| After braving through the virtual push and shove of snagging the summer's most coveted festival tickets, it's time to slather up the sunscreen and head out to the crowd. We know you've endured the tedium of poring over lineups to create the perfect itinerary, so now's the time to make the most of your summer festival experience.
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