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Do You Feel Like You Need to Upgrade Your Smart Phone to 4G? — Survey of the Day
Internet connectivity on cell phones has improved by leaps and bounds over the last five years.
According to experts it’s about to take another huge leap with the introduction of the iPhone 5, which is expected to run on Apple’s 4G LTE network.
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Which Do You Prefer on Your Smartphone — Keyboard or Touchscreen? — Survey of the Day
Smarthphones are now used by half of all Americans.
Thanks to the iPhone, touch screens have challenged the QWERTY keyboard for the entry method of choice on a smartphone. But has Apple’s improved touch screen technology made consumers forget about the more traditionally reliable keyboard?
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2012 U.S. National Texting Competition
August 8, 2012
It turns out Mark wasn't making any of this up. There really is a a national competition to determine who is the fastest "texter" in the United States. It's taken very seriously apparently, considering that there is a a $50,000 prize for the champion! The 2011 champion, Austin Weirschke, will be coming back to defend his title this year.
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Mold-A-Rama – The Wax Figure Vending Machine
August 2, 2012 Mark and Paul talked about their interactions with a "wax figure vending machine". As it turns out these machines are called "Mold-A-Ramas" and can produce a variety of different figurines.
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Do You Track Your Exes on Facebook? — Survey of the Day
Sometimes it’s best to take an out of sight, out of mind approach to an ex after a breakup. However, in our brave new world of social media, the chances are your former flame is just a couple clicks away, making it difficult to completely ignore them.
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Top 10 Apps for the 2012 Summer Olympics
The athletes have been training for the last four years. The city has been preparing for the last seven years. And the fans have been booking their tickets for months and months. The 2012 London Summer Olympics are upon us!
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Does Facebook Make It Harder to Heal a Broken Heart?
Relationship experts often say the fastest and easiest way to get over someone is to make a clean break — essentially erase the person from your consciousness. But with the advent of social media, that’s getting harder and harder to do.
And it seems we’re bringing a lot of the anguish on ourselves.
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Jerry Seinfeld’s New Series to Debut Next Week [VIDEO]
Jerry Seinfeld is returning to the small screen or rather your computer screen. The former Seinfeld star has released a 1 minute test drive of his new web series called Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
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See the Other Things Facebook Changed on Your Profile
Earlier this week, Facebook changed all the default email addresses on its users’ profiles to a brand new address, @facebook.com. Sneaky yes, but was it really that big of a deal? Probably not since very few people are ever going to navigate through a Facebook profile to get an email address when it’s so much easier and more reliable to use Facebook’s internal messaging system.
However, the folks at Thank for You for Not Laughing have found other recent tweaks Facebook has made that are far more dubious.
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Chely Wright’s ‘Wish Me Away’ Documentary Available for Web Purchase
Chely Wright‘s emotional documentary outlining her struggle and decision to reveal to the world that she is gay is now available for purchase online. ’Wish Me Away’ can be downloaded through iTunes or purchased via Video on Demand (VOD) from local cable carriers.
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Miranda Lambert Auctions Kentucky Derby Hat on eBay
Miranda Lambert caught everyone’s attention when she wore a Kate Middleton-inspired hat to the Kentucky Derby in May. Now, the chic black headpiece can be yours. Lambert’s chapeau is now up for bid on eBay and the money will be go toward one of the animal-loving singer’s favorite charities: The MuttNation Foundation.