| Discounting iPhone Apps Increases Revenue by 159% | | 1:49:13 AM | Camille Bautista |
| Dropping prices on iPhone and iPad apps drastically improves revenue and download volumes, according to one study. Developers can gain a revenue increase of 159% in a week with price changes on iPhone apps, mobile app analytics firm Distimo reports. Price cuts have a greater effect on iPhone software, with average downloads growing by 1665% in a five-day span.
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| Viral Video Recap: Must-Watch Memes of the Week | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:36 PM | Camille Bautista |
| If you were too busy planning your Super Bowl party and missed out on this week's viral video recap, we've got you covered. We've scoured the interwebs for all things cute, crazy and just plain weird. From the unlikely, budding friendship between a kitten and a hedgehog to a bizarre flurry of tumbleweeds in Texas, this week's best viral goodness is showcased in the video above.
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| GIFdown! Super Bowl Memes Win Big Game | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:28 PM | Annie Colbert |
| The Ravens won, the 49ers lost and Beyonce sashayed so hard that the Super Dome lights went out. Super Bowl XLVII — or the Harbowl, if you insist — packed in the drama, making the game ripe for meme-ing. We intercepted the best Super Bowl memes from the Internet and pass them off to you below. Try not to fumble Grumpy Cat.
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| Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:11 PM | Chris Crowell |
| Flip through the gallery to see this week's collection of the 5 best apps for kids.
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| Supercomputer Will Simulate the Human Brain | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:00 PM | Amanda Wills |
| Even in the 21st century, there are still a lot of unsolved mysteries when it comes to the human brain. It is a complicated machine that neuroscientists continually try to understand. A new scientific endeavor hopes to unravel some of these mysteries by creating a highly detailed simulation of the human brain. Essentially, researchers will use a supercomputer to build a working replica of our minds.
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| Super Bowl 2013 Commercials: Watch Them All Here | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 10:50 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We all know the commercials are the best part of the Super Bowl (OK, maybe not all of us know that), but they are often the most neglected of the game experience. After all, commercials were simply built into television as perfect little pitstops for us to refill on snacks and have bathroom breaks.
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| Watch Destiny's Child Join Beyonce in Super Bowl Show | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 10:19 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Beyonce's snazzy Super Bowl halftime show was shrouded in mystery right up until go time on Sunday night — even though she had teased the spectacle in a series of videos. Pepsi even spilt some secrets, but the setlist and guest performers remained unknown.
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| Beyonce's Super Bowl Show in 10 Fierce Photos | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 9:26 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Beyonce dominated the Super Bowl half-time with a fierce performance. Queen B was so electric, she may have even knocked out power to the Super Dome. If you missed Bey's marvelous performance — or just want to relive it over and over — take a scroll through 10 photos below.
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| BlackBerry's Super Bowl Ad Shows All the Things the Z10 Can't Do | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 9:14 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| The BlackBerry Z10 does so much that BlackBerry gave up trying to explain it all and instead released an ad showing fanciful things it can't do. That's the premise of the brand's first-ever Super Bowl ad, which just ran in the third quarter of the game. The ad, from London's AMV BBDO. The spot is designed to confuse the viewer at first by showing a guy using the phone to set himself aflame and then put himself out.
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| 15 Things That May Have Caused Super Bowl Power Outage | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 8:58 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Video courtesy of NowThisNews Power to half of Mercedes-Benz Superdome, including the scoreboard, went dark with 13:22 left in the third quarter of the Super Bowl. Gameplay resumed at 9:10 p.m. ET after nearly 35 minutes of head scratching. During the outage, Twitter lit up with speculation as to what caused the outage. Oreo also shared a yummy reactionary tweet.
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| Coke Super Bowl Game Is More Fail Than Win | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 8:36 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Coca Cola had big plans for Super Bowl XLVII. Not only would it run an entertaining ad during the big game, but it would also launch a concurrent online competition, tied to the ad. It was supposed to fun and innovative. Instead, the online portion failed as soon as Coke ran its first in-game Super Bowl TV ad. In the ad, three teams — bus-driving Vegas Show Girls, Mad Max types and cowboys— all compete to reach a giant Coke bottle first.
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| Oreo Super Bowl Spot Attracts Thousands of Instagram Followers | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 8:25 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| A 3-second call-to-action at the end of Oreo's Super Bowl commercial, which debuted during the game Sunday, has increased Oreo's Instagram following by tens of thousands. "Something we can all disagree on: Choose your side on Instagram @Oreo," the final frame read. Oreo began promoting its Instagram account on Facebook beginning Thursday. Before the commercial aired, Oreo had around 2,200 followers, a company spokesperson told Mashable.
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| Exclusive Details About Beyonce's Super Bowl Halftime Show | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 7:59 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| A full official video of Beyonce's performance will be made available on Pepsi.com immediately after the game and will be there for only one month, Pepsi exclusively told Mashable.
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| Alicia Keys Plays Piano Version of National Anthem | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 7:13 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Unlike recent Super Bowl national anthem performances from other musicians, Alicia Keys opted to play piano while singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Her rendition drew mixed reviews.
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| See Disney's New 'Lone Ranger' Trailer | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 7:02 PM | Amanda Wills |
| Disney aired a new trailer for its coming movie The Lone Ranger Sunday night during the Super Bowl. From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, Armie Hammer stars as The Lone Ranger's title character, and Johnny Depp plays his stalwart sidekick Tonto. Disney released the first peek of the trailer back in October. The Lone Ranger hits theaters on July 3.
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| Second Graders Correct NFL Players' Tweets | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 6:38 PM | Camille Bautista |
| In the battle between elementary school students and pro football players, second graders reign supreme. When it comes to grammar, that is. Second graders at a New York school had some help from Twitter for their grammar lessons, using the tweets of NFL players to correct spelling, punctuation and sentence structure.
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| 5 Rejected Animal Planet Super Bowl Show Ideas | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 6:00 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Each Super Bowl Sunday, Animal Planet counters burly NFL players with roly-poly, fuzzy-wuzzy doggies for the Puppy Bowl. Imagine if Animal Planet expanded its cute animals line-up for the big game.
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| Live Blog: Super Bowl Ads | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:27 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| There's a lot at stake as gladiators go head to head to win the hearts of fans across the USA. No, we're not talking about the action on the field, we're talking about the Super Bowl ads. Actually, we're talking about the ads right now, and you're invited.
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| Watch Barack Obama Talk Seriously in Super Bowl Interview | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:24 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Barack Obama made his mark on Super Bowl Sunday in a pre-game interview with CBS's Scott Pelley at the White House. The U.S. president discussed more than just the big game, touching on topics about tax breaks, women in war and gays in Boys Scouts.
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| Watch the Puppy Bowl Live Online | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:58 PM | Amanda Wills |
| Live Video streaming by Ustream Feeling left out on all the Sunday fun because football isn't your thing? Tired of watching the same B-roll footage leading up to the big game? Well puppies are everybody's thing, and today is the biggest day in dog "competition": the Puppy Bowl. Animal Planet is hosting its annual cute pup showcase, and you can watch it live online.
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| Looks Like Alicia Keys Will Play Piano During Super Bowl National Anthem | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:36 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Alicia Keys tweeted a rehearsal photo of herself behind a piano in an empty Mercedes-Benz Superdome. If Keys plays the piano during the national anthem tonight, she will be the first to do so at a Super Bowl since Billy Joel in 2007.
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| Pop Culture Showdown: Baltimore vs. San Francisco | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:17 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Super Bowl XLVII is not only a game between San Francisco and Baltimore — it's a bi-coastal competition for bragging rights. Trash-talking between the East and West Coast has already commenced in preparation for Sunday's game. The winner will determine the size of each side's egos for the following weeks, but maybe we should take more into consideration.
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| Super Bowl Sunday Calls for Drastic Measures | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:59 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Instant replays just won't cut it on Super Bowl Sunday. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics Comic written and illustrated by Jerry King.
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| 20 Notable Black Innovators in Tech | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:55 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Recent studies show that only approximately 1% of tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are black. Many people blame the U.S. education system and its inadequate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula. Others find fault with a deficiency of basic information to help students enter these fields.
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| Watch This Pooping Dog Interrupt Baby's First Steps | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:41 PM | Camille Bautista |
| A baby's first steps are a milestone for any parent. It's one of those unforgettable moments, especially when your child's first walk around the living room leads her into a fresh pile of poop. Most are eager to capture the momentous occasion on camera, and we're certainly glad Grandma was around to record this one for posterity.
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| Astronauts Will Watch the Super Bowl from Space | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:33 PM | Space.com |
| Six astronauts living in space may not have gravity, fresh food or a shower, but there is one Earth necessity they won't miss Sunday: They're going to watch the Super Bowl.
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| Nielsen Shows How Super Bowl Fans Stay Connected | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:23 PM | Camille Bautista |
| When the first touchdown is scored on game day, some avid sports fans take to social media to announce their shared victory. Aside from the beer and never-ending abundance of chicken wings, many Super Bowl viewers have their smartphones and tablets in hand. How exactly do millions of Americans stay connected to their favorite teams? Nielsen collected data from viewers to see how media converge leading up to the big game.
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| Al Gore: U.S. Democracy Has Been Hacked, Internet Can Help Save It | | Sunday, February 03, 2013 2:50 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Former Vice President Al Gore spoke in favor of leveraging the Internet against big business and politicians, saying corporations have "hacked" democracy in the U.S. Discussing his new book, The Future, Gore explained to the BBC that global electronic communications is one of the six drivers of change, and it's necessary to combat big money. "Our democracy has been hacked," Gore says.
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