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• ZZ Ward's App Uses Facebook to Plot When Fans Discovered Her Music
  ZZ Ward, who Fuse TV recently proclaimed as one of 30 must-see artists at South by Southwest, just launched a web app that plots when fans first discovered her. How? The "365 Days of ZZ Ward" app uses Facebook's Open Graph to browse users' Facebook activity and plot their ZZ Ward-tagged status updates, photos and videos. The moments will […]
• Jif Peanut Butter Weighs In on GIF Pronunciation Debate
  It was only a matter of time. Jif, the popular peanut butter company, has finally weighed in on the debate about how to pronounce GIF: It's pronounced Jif® #Jif #GIF bit.ly/10QjQim— Jif® Peanut Butter (@Jif) May 22, 2013 The tweet links to, what else, a GIF: Jif's tweet came less than a day after the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (ie G […]
• 14-Year-Old Girl Destroys Van Halen Guitar Solo
  Here's a video of Tina, 14, covering Eddie Van Halen‘s “Eruption” guitar solo and absolutely shredding it If the words “Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’ guitar solo” have no meaning to you, we'll get to the meat of the story: This girl is some sort of guitar wizard. Image courtesy of YouTube, Tina S Read more...More about Music, Guitar, Rock, Watercool […]
• Hovertrax is Like a Segway Without Handlebars
  Vancouver, Wash.-based company Investist has a new idea for rolling in style. It's called Hovertrax, and it's an auto-balancing, electronic transporter with two-wheeled gyro technology — or, more simply, a wiggle board with power. The group is collecting funds for the gadget through Kickstarter, and, as of Wednesday afternoon, has already raised mo […]
• Watch Your Heartbeat on Xbox One’s New Kinect
  Two years and millions of units later, Microsoft Kinect motion and voice capture and control system for the Xbox 360 is an unparalleled success. So it came as little surprise that the powerful controller is now an essential part of the Xbox One console that Microsoft will ship sometime later this year. The new, somewhat larger — dare I say boxy -– Kinect is […]
• Twitter Introduces Two-Step Authentication
  Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to more securely protect accounts, the company announced Wednesday. The move comes after a number of hacks of high-profile Twitter accounts, including The Onion, the Associated Press and E! Online. Jim O'Leary from Twitter's product security team announced the new feature via a blog post, say […]
• Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Launch Mobile Stores for Latinos
  LAS VEGAS — Jennifer Lopez unexpectedly took the stage at a Verizon Wireless press conference Wednesday to talk about Latinos and wireless service. “As modern Latinos we do things differently, including how we shop for mobile devices,” said Lopez. With that in mind, she's launching Viva Movil, a new wireless store and online presence designed specifical […]
• Watch People Fall for This Google Glass Prank
  In 1995, Tiger Electronics released a wearable video game system called the R-Zone that projected crappy beat 'em ups directly into kids' eyeballs. It was a flop — and obviously way ahead of its time. Fast forward to 2013, the year of Google Glass — our greatest shot at human/Internet singularity, and one of the creepiest technologies ever invented […]
• Giphy Wants to Make GIFs More Legit
  GIFs are about to get a bit more serious Giphy, a startup that recently launched out of Betaworks, aims to empower the community of GIF creators and consumers by making it easier for users to search for GIFs and for artists to get their work discovered. The website initially started off as a side project by two hackers-in-resident at Betaworks. Jace Cooke an […]
• How 3 Brands Use Agile Marketing Tactics
  This article was written by Elana Varon, and a version of it originally appeared on the Adobe-owned site CMO.com. For more information about BrandSpeak, click here. Agile management methods, experts say, provide a framework for making better decisions and improving overall productivity. "One focus of agility is understanding the relative value of the in […]