Every season, 32 teams hope to make it to the Super Bowl. In that spirit, here are 32 tech companies from Super Bowl ads over the years. Just like NFL teams, some of these companies have flourished; others haven’t fared nearly as well.
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Live: Virtual Interview with President Obama via Google+ and YouTube
As previously reported, President Obama will be holding a Google+ Hangout to field live (albeit pre-selected) questions about last Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
The live stream starts at 5:30PM Eastern — press play in …
Life at Twitter Portrayed in Highly-Polished Recruiting Video
So bad, it’s good? So wrong, it’s right? Twitter’s purposely awful recruiting video might just be designed to weed out anyone who’s too cool to work there.
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Madden NFL 12 Simulates Super Bowl – Last-Second Kick Wins It All
It’s that time of year again. EA Sports has cranked its annual Super Bowl simulation through the latest installment of the Madden NFL franchise to predict the winner of this Sunday’s big game.
And the winner is… the New York …
YouTube Says It Now Gets Four Billion Video Views a Day
Today YouTube announced that it gets four billion video views every single day. Think about that for a moment — four billion. The earth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is currently home to 6,989,687,015 people. Imagine …
Cord-Cutting 101: ‘PlayLater’ Records Online TV Shows to Your Computer
PlayLater is not new – it was announced back in September. But me getting a video demo of it in action while at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is new, so it seems we’re at an impasse.
The concept of PlayLater is simple …
ViralVideo Idol? YouTube Gets into the Voting Game with ‘YouTube Slam’
In case you’re wondering how to survive between the season finale of The X-Factor and the new season of American Idol — hey, those three weeks can be very hard on some people, okay? — then YouTube is here to rescue you with …
YouTube Apparently Gives Universal Music Group Direct Access to Videos for Easy Removal [Update]
The legal battle between Megaupload and Universal Music Group continues to unfold in the most unexpected ways, with yesterday’s revelation from UMG creating a whole host of new questions about what’s going on over at YouTube. …
Hopefully Bogus Rumor: Verizon Eyeing Netflix for Purchase
Oh rumor mill, please don’t let it be true that Verizon is interested in buying Netflix.
The report from DealReporter, via Deadline, has sent Netflix’s stock price soaring. That’s great news for Netflix shareholders, but …
Crazy 360-Degree Battlefield 3 Simulator Uses Infrared Cameras and Paintball Guns
Battlefield 3 the way it was meant to be played—in a 30-foot igloo full of projectors.
Don’t Call It a Comeback: What Netflix Did Next
You know that saying about it always being darkest before the dawn? There’s a sense that everyone over at Netflix must be desperately trying to believe that right now.
After the disastrous past few months, it seemed nothing …
Ask Techland: What’s the Deal with 4G? Is the New iPhone 4G?
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What’s the deal with 4G? It’s different from each company, right? My friend said the new iPhone …