| Apple's U.S. Smartphone Market Share Rises to 35 Percent | | ComScore's new U.S. smartphone market share numbers are in, and the trend that's been going on for years hasn't changed: Google's Android and Apple's iOS are gaining, while everyone else is losing. In the three-month period ending November 2012, Google had a 53.7% market share, up from 52.6% in August.
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| jOBS: The Dumbest Movie Name in History? | | By now, thankfully, most Apple watchers have stopped making wild product-based pronouncements about the company that begin with the words "Steve Jobs would." As in: Steve Jobs would have nixed Apple Maps; Steve Jobs would never have allowed Siri to launch in such a disappointing form; Steve Jobs would have annihilated Android already.
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| Teens Without Internet Are 'Educationally Disadvantaged' | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 11:11 PM | Neha Prakash |
| The Internet has received more than its share of criticism from parents who condemn it as unsafe or addictive. But it's starting to seem more likely that not having the Internet is the worse option. new study by Oxford University's department of education has shown that teenagers without web access are actually at a serious disadvantage educationally and socially.
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| Meet Tumblr's First Artist in Residence | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:36 PM | The Daily Dot |
| For more than 100 years, artist-in-residence programs at colleges, museums and municipalities have allowed artists to immerse themselves in a new community to create original works and build their portfolios. In September, that opportunity was offered to Roger Biersborn by one of the biggest art communities in the world: Tumblr.
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| Cats Get Their Own Social Network | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:55 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Fellow cat owners: ever caught your feline stealing jealous glances at your laptop? Wonder why they keep walking all over your keyboard? Turns out they're not trying to catch your attention or steal your lap heat. They just want you to get off Facebook so they can have their turn. OK, not really -- but the world's smartest pets are long overdue for their own social network.
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| What Couples Fight About Most: the Remote | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:31 PM | Charlie White |
| Everybody knows that the biggest thing couples fight about is money, right? Wrong. Okay, so they fight most about who's doing what work around the house. Nope, that's not it either. It's the remote. According to 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair, 36% of couples fight over the TV remote control, arguing about which show they'll be watching next. It's not just an educated guess, either.
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| What Does 2013 Hold for a Gaming Industry in Flux? | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:44 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| The last year was a turbulent and exciting one in gaming. After Double Fine's record-breaking Kickstarter, a gold rush began as indies funded their dreams with the masses. Facebook reported 235 million of its users play games each month. Nintendo launched a console that faced "second-screen" entertainment head on. A live-action series about Halo was watched millions of times on YouTube.
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| This Was the Best Thing That Happened on Twitter Today | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:22 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Today on Twitter, William Shatner -- a.k.a. Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the Starship Enterprise -- tweeted at real astronaut Chris Hadfield. The response was pretty great, and by far the best thing that happened on Twitter during the hours of Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2013. Live long and prosper. [View the story "The Best Thing That Happened on Twitter Today" on Storify] Photo courtesy of Flickr, Keith McDuffee.
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| Bill Clinton to Attend Samsung Keynote at CES | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:13 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| President Bill Clinton is among the notable guests making an appearance at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week.
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| Facebook Adds Voice Messaging to Its Messenger App | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:09 PM | Emily Price |
| Facebook added the ability to send voice messages to its Messenger app for iOS and Android Thursday. To send a voice message, tap the + button beside where you traditionally type a message in the Messenger app. Then select Record, holding the button down to speak. When you release the Record button, your voice message will be sent to your recipient. Along with today's update, Facebook has also started testing VoIP functionality in Canada.
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| Steve Jobs Film Coming in April | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:34 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| "jOBS," the indie film about former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, will arrive in theaters in April, the movie's distributors announced. It stars Ashton Kutcher.
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| Only 3 of the 79 New Congress Members Don't Have Twitter Accounts | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:06 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Call it the "Social Class" -- all but three of the 79 new lawmakers who entered the halls of Congress on Thursday have public Twitter accounts. Some, such as Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, might even qualify for elite Twitter status with 72,600 and 39,000 followers respectively as well as verified accounts.
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| Pebble Kickstarter Watch Will Be At CES | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 3:48 PM | Christina Warren |
| Pebble, the smartphone-friendly watch that raised over $10 million on Kickstarter -- $500,000 in the first day alone -- will be at CES 2013. The Pebble is the most successful Kickstarter project of all-time, with nearly 69,000 backers -- myself included. Users were drawn to the promise of the product, a wrist watch that syncs with your iPhone or Android smartphone.
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| Teens Give Parents Drugged Milkshakes for More Internet Time | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:54 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Two California teenagers gave drugged milkshakes to one of the teen's parents to bypass a 10 p.m. Internet cut-off time, police say. The teens, a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old friend, volunteered to buy milkshakes for the parents. The Sacramento Bee reports the parents drank only about a quarter of the milkshakes because they tasted grainy. They fell asleep and woke up around 1 a.m., with hangover symptoms, but went back to sleep.
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| Report: Google+ Has 105 Million Unique Monthly Visitors | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:31 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Google+ has joined Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn in the 100 million-plus-unique-visitors-per-month club, but it's lagging in mobile, according to data from comScore. The network attracted 105 million monthly users in October 2012 compared to 65.3 million in October 2011, a 60.9% increase. Comparatively, Facebook had 822.1 million unique visits, up 4.3% from 788.2 million for the same period.
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| New Bill Could Block Every Twitter Parody We Love | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 12:57 PM | The Daily Dot |
| Some of your favorite Twitter parodies -- Sarcastic Mars Rover, @NotTildaSwinton, even @SergeantBrody -- might bite the bullet under a new bill that would outlaw online impersonation. Arizona rep. Michelle Ugenti, a Republican, proposed House Bill 2004, which would outlaw online impersonation without permission and with malicious intent. Critics say it could violate the First Amendment and bring an end to those beloved parody accounts.
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| Pinterest Makes First Acquisition: Punchfork | | Thursday, January 03, 2013 12:22 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Pinterest made its first acquisition on Thursday, buying up Punchfork, a 2-year old recipe sharing and discovery website, for an undisclosed sum. Punchfork's founder and CEO Jeff Miller announced the news Thursday in an e-mail to the website's community, noting that Punchfork will soon shut down its website, app and API.
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