| Syrian Hackers Hijack CBS Twitter Accounts | | The branded Twitter accounts for the CBS television network news shows 60 Minutes and 48 Hours, as well as the Twitter account of at least one CBS affiliate TV station, were hijacked over the weekend by pro-Syrian government hackers. The accounts were used to send bogus messages that claimed that the United States government was aiding terrorists in Syria.
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| Order Pizza on Your Xbox 360 With the New Pizza Hut App | | Pizza Hut is launching an app for Xbox Live, letting users order a pizza through their Xbox 360. Once you've linked your Xbox Live account with a Pizza Hut account, and chosen the nearest pizza parlor, orders can be made using the game controller, voice input or Kinect gestures. And for those looking to combine ingredients for that perfect pizza, custom orders are also available.
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| Google's Eric Schmidt Says Glass for Consumers 'a Year-ish Away' | | For those itching to get their hands on Google Glass, executive chairman Eric Schmidt has good news: The high-tech specs will likely go on sale for consumers in a year. In an interview with BBC Radio 4's World at One on Monday, Schmidt said, "It would be fair to say that there'll be thousands of these in use by developers over the next months.
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| BBQ 'Supercharger' Says it Starts Grill in Under 10 Minutes | | With the weather getting warmer, many folks are firing up the grill for meaty barbecued goodness. But according to one company, there's a downside to BBQs — long wait times. A quick scan of the interwebs shows that those who prefer charcoal generally have to wait anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes for the grill to reach appropriate cooking temperature, after it's lit.
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| Netflix Adds 3 Million Streaming Subscribers, Stock Tops $200 | | Monday, April 22, 2013 4:28 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Netflix added 3 million subscribers to its streaming video service in the first quarter, bringing the total number to 36 million viewers, the company reported on Monday. Those viewers streamed 4 billion hours of programming during the quarter. The increase prompted a surge in afterhours trading for the stock, which broke $200 for the first time since 2011.
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| Social Media Day Returns June 30, 2013 | | Monday, April 22, 2013 3:52 PM | Todd Olmstead |
| Social Media Day is a day to celebrate the ways in which social media has changed our lives for the better. It's also a celebration of people — you, the people who make social media so fun, useful, informative, and enlightening. We are thrilled to share that this year's Social Media Day will be held Sunday, June 30, 2013! Last year, hundreds of meetups involving thousands of people took place across the globe.
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| A Dance to the Music of Earth | | Monday, April 22, 2013 2:59 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Remember back in October when NASA discovered the Earth was "singing" to us? Or to put it more prosaically: radio waves emanating from the Van Allen belts that circle the planet were sampled at a CD-like bit rate by orbital probes. The result of all those dangerous loose electrons whizzing around up there was called "Chorus," and it turned out to sound like whale song mixed with crickets.
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| Report: 8 Million iPhones Returned Due to Problems | | Monday, April 22, 2013 2:36 PM | AppAdvice |
| Apple returned up to 8 million iPhones to Foxconn “due to appearance of substandard or dysfunctional problems.” This could cost Cupertino’s top manufacturer up to $1.6 billion, according to a report from China Business. The report doesn’t mention specific problems with the handsets. Additionally, we don’t know which models were returned.
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| 8 Ways to Recycle Your Old Smartphone | | Monday, April 22, 2013 1:35 PM | Zoe Fox |
| What did you do with your old smartphone after you upgraded to the latest iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy III? According to a November 2012 survey by Lookout, 62% of American households have old cellphones lying around, unused. Discarded iPhones alone account for $9 billion of unused goods in consumers' homes.
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| Celebrate Earth Day With These 10 Spectacular Time-Lapse Videos | | Monday, April 22, 2013 1:08 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Monday is Earth Day — the one day of the year where we celebrate the planet that nurtures us, gives us life and provides us with enough beauty to fill our Instagram feeds. So celebrate our home planet's biggest holiday with these these 10 time-lapse videos that perfectly capture Earth's breathtaking landscapes. They'll make you want to rush outside and hug a tree (or, better yet, plant one).
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| Jason Derulo Uses Vine to Promote New Single | | Monday, April 22, 2013 12:52 PM | Christine Erickson |
| Vine has become a hot app for iPhone users, and brands are just beginning to discover how to market on the platform. Celebrities and comedians have found ways to reach out to fans, and now musicians are giving the video-sharing app a whirl. Artist Jason Derulo is one of the first musicians to use Vine for a release, in promotion of his new single "The Other Side," which launched Tuesday.
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| If Planet Earth Had a Facebook Account | | Monday, April 22, 2013 12:06 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Monday is Earth Day, which means it's time for people around the world to celebrate the planet and advocate its protection. But it's hard to find the perfect way to express your appreciation on this holiday.
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| Facebook Home Hits Half-Million Downloads | | Monday, April 22, 2013 11:13 AM | Chris Taylor |
| Is Facebook Home a hit? The reception for this Android software has been decidedly mixed, but there is at least one statistic the social network can tout: As of this weekend, Home has been downloaded more than 500,000 times. That's not a bad showing for an app that launched just over a week ago, on April 12, in the Google Play store. It also doesn't count sales of the HTC First, the first phone to come with Facebook Home pre-loaded.
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| 5 Practical Tips for Perfecting Your Startup Pitch | | Monday, April 22, 2013 11:11 AM | Erica Swallow |
| We are living in the age of the entrepreneur -- more people are starting up, and it's ever important to stand out in the crowd. When pitching investors, then, it's crucial that entrepreneurs do their research, understand what's expected of them, and pitch accordingly.
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| Boston Police Schooled Us All on Social Media | | Monday, April 22, 2013 11:04 AM | Yael Bar-tur |
| Those of us who spent the weekend simultaneously glued to televisions, police scanners and Twitter as the search for “Suspect #2” unfolded will walk away with some lessons in how information moves these days.
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| Grooveshark CEO: 'I'm Broke' | | Monday, April 22, 2013 10:05 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| When Grooveshark's co-founder and CEO Sam Tarantino talks about what happened to his music startup between 2011 and early 2012, he doesn't hold back: It was, he says, "a year of getting punched in the face 10,000 times." During that period, the music streaming service was essentially hit with back-to-back-to-back blows.
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