Somewhere, Sinbad is cloistered in an isolated room, eagerly awaiting more material about how men and women are different. The latest: Gents love Google+, while women are really into Pinterest.
Over the weekend, an amazing …
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Hulu and Netflix Begin Forays into Original Programming
It turns out the ongoing Hulu versus Netflix faceoff for streaming domination has just been buffering in preparation for the latest battle. Within one week, both streaming video giants have shed their identities as mere content …
50 Best iPhone Apps 2012
Whether you’re looking to load up a new iPhone or simply expand your collection, here’s our 2012 list of download-deserving apps.
Goodbye, Productivity: Mass Effect 3 Demo Released
When your boss asks why you’re cutting out early today, you can tell her it’s because you had to practice saving the world. Or if you’d rather not be that dramatic, you can just say “BioWare put out a Mass Effect 3 demo …
Google Doodle Animates Valentine’s Day with Simple Love Story
It took only a little over a minute, but the boy on Google’s Valentine’s Day doodle was able to melt a girl’s “Cold, Cold Heart”.
via Valentine’s Day Google Doodle: 2012 Animation Features Jump-Roping Couple | …
For Valentine’s Day, Angry Birds on Facebook
If you haven’t played Angry Birds, and I realize the chances of that are approaching zero, Rovio’s apoplectic avians have finally made their way over to Facebook. Who knows why it had to be “just in time for Valentine’s Day,” but …
The Lesson of the Laptop-Shooting Dad
Is there a parent of a teenager that hasn’t seen the viral video made by Tommy Jordan, the North Carolina dad who shoots nine rounds into his snarky daughter’s laptop with a .45? The clip has been viewed more than 18 million …
Steam Hack Worse than Thought…Three Months Later
Is this how you allay customer anxiety — by drizzling information about your service’s security problems?
Valve’s Steam gaming service forums were hacked in early November, but the company didn’t admit as much until Nov. 10, …
Sony PlayStation Vita Review: Beautiful, Expensive and Worth It
The PlayStation Vita is Sony’s biggest gamble yet — a pricey, piano-black, hockey-rink-shaped gaming handheld tricked out with dual joysticks, motion and touch controls and a gorgeous widescreen aimed unapologetically at …
According to Google, There’s No Such Thing as ‘Gchat’
If you’re like me, you use the term Gchat regularly as both a noun and verb, as in “I went invisible to avoid him on Gchat yesterday” or “Hey, let’s Gchat!”
I’m not the only one.
The term is used often by the media, …
Waze Gets a Dash of Siri-Like Handsfree Input
Of all the iPhone apps in the world, none have a greater potential to benefit from Siri’s voice input than ones that provide turn-by-turn navigation–since spoken commands would provide not only convenience but safety. (And, in …
Rickrolling Coming to Rock Band
Strap in, friends. Harmonix has just announced that Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley will be making its way to Rock Band by way of a downloadable content pack that’s being made available on Valentine’s Day.