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The story behind the ‘First Kiss’ viral video sensation

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As reported on The Verge. By Katie Drummond   If you had an Internet connection this week, you probably came across “First Kiss” — a video compilation of various strangers fumbling through a few awkward, adorable moments of intimacy. But the video, which has amassed more than 52 million YouTube views, elicited a backlash from more than just cold-hearted cynics. Because it featured models, musicians, and actors promoting a clothing line, some decried “First Kiss” as,…

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‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ trailer brings back gritty graphic-novel violence

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes It’s nearly time to head back to Sin City. It’s been almost a decade since directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez first brought moviegoers to its black-and-white, noirish world, and after some delay and a long production, we’re finally getting a look at its sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, with a first trailer. The movie has been in the works since not long after the original’s…

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Against the Wind

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As reported on WSJ. BY STU WOO One of the Greatest Comebacks in Sports History The winds on San Francisco Bay started kicking up in the late morning. Before long, they were blowing more than 20 miles an hour. Jimmy Spithill and his 10 teammates put on their crash helmets and flotation vests and climbed aboard the AC72, a menacing, 13-story black catamaran capable of near-highway speeds. As a powerboat pulled them into the bay…

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Samsung debuts its first Galaxy S5 ad during the Oscars and turns sponsorship dollars into all-star selfies

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH In case you hadn’t heard, Samsung’s newest phone is coming. At the Oscars, theGalaxy S5 just got a huge shot of publicity, both in a 30-second ad segment and the not-so-casual presence of its big bro, the Note 3, throughout the award ceremony. We hope you like Hollywood stars and selfies, because Ellen’s going to be tweeting a whole lot of them. That’s your sponsorship dollars at work, Samsung, even if…

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Why do Oscar-nominated men get more screen time than women?

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick Sandra Bullock secured an Oscar nomination for best actress for her work on Gravity. Her performance was captivating, but it was also peculiar when put up against her peers: Bullock was shown on screen for 73 minutes of the film’s 91 minute running time. As The New York Times explains, that’s a lot longer than her competitors for the best actress award, who averaged 57 minutes on screen. Leading men, on the…

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Netflix engineers experiment with bump-based video sharing and sleep tracking

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Netflix uses its internal Hack Day competitions to encourage new thinking around its streaming video service, and its latest event has produced a few clever experiments that we wouldn’t mind seeing in finished apps. One of them, Netflix Beam, uses Apple’s Bluetooth-based iBeacon technology to share Netflix videos between iOS devices just by bumping them together. Another effort uses a Fitbit to check if you fall asleep mid-movie; if you do, you can resume from…

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‘Calvin and Hobbes’ creator Bill Watterson publishes his first cartoon in 19 years

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Nearly 20 years after he finished the beloved comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, Bill Watterson has gone back to the drawing board for one more panel. Watterson has contributed the movie poster for Stripped, a new documentary about cartoonists struggling with the death of newspapers and the future of the medium. There, he joins such a host of fellow comic strip legends such as Jim Davis of Garfield fame, Cathy Guisewite of Cathy,…

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Watch Die Hard and Other Classics in 60 Seconds Flat

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As reported on Wired. BY LAURA HUDSON In this fast-paced modern world of ours, it can be hard to find time for the things that matter, like watchingDie Hard for the 50th time. Thankfully, 1A4 Studio has you covered: their recent video condenses John McClaine’s 132-minute adventure at Nakatomi Plaza into a tight 60 seconds of stick-figure animation. It’ll only be fun for fans of Die Hard, but since that covers pretty much everyone, we’re good to go.…

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Make the world your instrument with Mogees and a smartphone (video)

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As reported on Engadget. BY TIMOTHY J. SEPPALA It’s been awhile since we heard from the Mogees camp, but the device has finally hit Kickstarter. As a refresher, Mogees is a musical tool that uses a special mic to pick up surface vibrations and translate them into sounds via a mobile app. It’s sensitive enough to register everything from light finger drags on glass and coins moving around on a table, it comes in Android and iOS flavors…

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Angry Nerd: Calm Down, Dorks. Disney Will Not Ruin Star Wars

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As reported on Wired. BY CHRIS BAKER Need Text Will Disney Ruin Star Wars? Some internet geeks are up in arms about Disney buying the Star Wars IP from George Lucas. Angry Nerd advises them to chill out. Are they worried that Disney will add annoying cutesy characters to boost kid appeal, or reduce the movies to fodder for endless spinoff shows and cartoons and merchandise? WELL THAT ALREADY HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, YOU SCRUFFY-LOOKING NERF…

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