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Twitter Breaks Record During Super Bowl XLVI: 12,233 Tweets Per Second

Meanwhile, TV viewership of the New York Giants' 21-17 defeat over the New England Patriots remained flat, if not a bit down, from last year. READ»

Memberly Helps You Give Your Day Job The Finger

From coffee to crafts to paywalled blog posts, Memberly customers are building businesses based on predictability.
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The Man Behind The Magic

Magic Johnson is a legend in both basketball and business. But his most important teachings are not mastering a jump shot or commanding a board room. The lessons we can all learn from Earvin relate to being a better human being.READ»

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Clash Of The Tech Titans

Google, Facebook, and Twitter duke it out in the escalating guest-speaker arms race. Who will win?READ»

Would Better Marketing Help the Coral Reefs?

A whopping 75% of the world's coral reefs are in danger. Is this a job for Ashley Judd?READ»

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Jamaica's Cheetah, Usain Bolt, Signs for Puma in Record Deal

The fastest man on earth getting richer by the millisecond.READ»

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Infographic: Android's Uptick in the Giant Shadow of Dumbphones

How fast is Google's mobile platform rising in popularity? And does it make a dent in the greater dumbphone world?READ»

CEO Alan Mulally: Ford Still in Black but Also Green, Partners With Microsoft Hohm [Video]

[Photo: Stephen Wilkes]Ariel Schwartz contributed to this report. At his keynote address at New York's International Auto Show today, Alan Mulally rallied the nation's car manufacturers with a call to arms--and just a hint of ...READ»

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Madonna Inks Teenage Fashion, Perfume Deals, Beats World to "Material Girl" Joke

Remember about this time in in 2007 when Madge's line of tracksuits for H&M debuted and went on to become a giant Lycra FAIL? Neither does Macy, apparently.READ»

LIGHTS, CAMERA, WATER

As with AIDS in the early 90's, celebrities are beginning to play a key role in raising awareness and galvanizing support for clean water, an issue often easily ignored in the comfort of our living rooms.READ»

Using Your Celebrity to Become Famous

Please tell me I am not the only person to wonder why Ashton Kutcher is using all of his celebrity to become famous. READ»

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Celebrity Tools: Micro Video Captures the Tweets and Tribulations of B- and C-Listers

Micro-video site Vidly (formerly TwitVid.io) has launched its new video commenting feature Vidly Express with the help of a rapper Chamillionaire. As you can see on his Web site, the feature allows users to record a video reply ...READ»

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Inside the Vamp-artment of Twilight's Edward Cullen, Buy It for $3.3M!

Must every facet of Twilight's sparkly-skinned lead vampire Edward be irresistible? He may be a blood chugger, but his interior design sense doesn't suck. The character's (played by Robert Pattinson) digs are featured prominently in ...READ»

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BlueBeat's Hank Risan: That's Not the Beatles, It's a "Virtual Cover Band"

If you thought that was AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles you streamed for free or downloaded this week for $.25 from BlueBeat.com, it's an understandable error. The music sounded identical to songs by those artists. ...READ»

'30 Rock' Ends Product Placement Speculation, Writes Cisco Into Last Night's Episode

Cisco got one hell of a pitch man in Jack Donaghy. Last night's 30 Rock wasn't just notable for the its usual cavalcade of shenanigans, or even the NBC in-house fun-poking (Brian Williams as a stand-up comic? Jack saying something ...READ»

Weezer Snuggie: Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Marketing Since the ELO Hockey Puck

For $30, the blue Weezer Snuggie--$50 for the "Snuggie Safari"--comes with a copy of the band's new album, "Raditude."READ»

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BlueBeat Defiantly Selling Beatles, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin Right Now for Cheap

Download site BlueBeat seems to have looked squarely in the eye of litigious record label legal eagles and various judges who've sided with them--then figuratively dropped trou and shot 'em a moon.READ»

What 'Splatter' Means for the Future of Netflix

We learned yesterday that Netflix is partnering with legendary low-budget filmmaker Roger Corman to produce online miniseries Splatter. And viewers get to vote on which characters live or die on the episodes, which premiere Oct. ...READ»