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Google Looking At 9 Regions And 34 Cities For Possible Google Fiber Expansion

When Kansas City became the second city in America with 1gb fiber ethernet (Chattanooga was the first), the rest of the company started chomping at the bit to hopefully get a piece of the new internet service provided by Google called Google Fiber. While some people look at Google as evil, we know that they've [...]

CBS CEO: The Aereo case “will not affect our bottom line”

As we inch closer towards the Supreme Court of the United States' (SCOTUS) ruling in the American Broadcasting Companies Inc, et al, v. Aereo Inc., the debate has heated up once again.

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University Of Maryland Discovers Major Data Breach

The University Of Maryland discovered, and reported a major data breach on Wednesday. While the number of records stolen from the University is minuscule compared to the data breach at Target, the length of the attack is what's troublesome to many. The University Of Maryland reports that 309,079 records were stolen that were linked to [...]

This Is The Flappy Bird Clone To Get!

If you missed out on the Flappy Bird epidemic and didn't download it before developer, Dong Nguyen took it down two weeks ago then you may be in luck. As soon as news hit that Flappy Bird was going away developers immediately went to work on clones. Games that mimicked the popular game that had [...]

How Exactly Does Curling Work? [2 infographics]

So I was watching the Curling coverage during the 2014 Sochi Olympics and realized that I had a very vague idea of what was actually going on. It's like shuffleboard, but its not? I had no idea.

Ok Samsung Kind Of Nails It With This Ad

Two Super Bowls ago Samsung really killed it with the final installment of the Galaxy Note's "Next Big Thing" ad. Flash mobs, singers, surprised New Yorkers and more filled the screen in a rather epic, Super Bowl worthy commercial. After a successful run of ads that poked fun at the Apple cult like user following [...]

Appsbar Recognizes Snowman Report As The appsbar.com App of the Day

News and information podcast delivers to mobile audience through appsbar.com   The Snowman Report has earned appsbar.com’s App of the Day honor as a premiere example of how independent artists, labels, and publishers are developing content for mobile platforms through the DIY app building tool at appsbar.com. The Snowman Report is the mobile platform for [...]

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Microsoft to be Quiet at MWC, But Huge Announcements are on Horizon

As upwards of dozens of new Android devices will be announced at MWC, it is hard to believe that Microsoft will be mum. In-fact, the whole of the Microsoft presence - at least officially - in Barcelona is expected to consist of vague, forward looking statements. That said, look for Windows Phone 8.1 at Build 2014.

Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $16 B

On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, Facebook announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the mobile messaging service WhatsApp. The terms of the deal, as noted in Facebook's Newsroom, amount to WhatsApp receiving: "[A] total of approximately $16 billion, including $4 billion in cash and approximately $12 billion worth of Facebook shares."

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Hash Tag Fries Are A Real Thing

If you didn't think the internet was everywhere, this may change your mind. Birds Eye, the leading manufacturer of frozen potatoes in Australia, and a major player in frozen foods internationally has taken your love of the internet and social media to new heights. Sure dinosaur, monster and character shaped french fries are nothing new. [...]