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			<title>Samsung Totally Copies Us With Galaxy Note ‘Street Challenge’ [VIDEO]</title>
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The Samsung Galaxy Note, a so-called “superphone” that has a massive 5-inch screen, gives quite a first impression. Not only is it huge, but it sports an accessory that has waned in popularity over the last few years: a stylus.
Those odd physical qualities are why we took it out to the streets to see what real people thought when they were suddenly confronted with the gargantuan, pen-toting Galaxy Note (you can see our video below). It seems Samsung’s people thought the idea was good enough to do themselves, and they created a “street challenge” for the Galaxy Note, pitting the company’s quasi-tablet against an iPhone.
Sure, with challenges designed to highlight the Note’s unique features, the video contest is certainly rigged (Spoiler alert: the Galaxy Note wins). But it’s an effective way to highlight the Note’s interesting and sometimes-useful ability to draw on screencaps via the stylus. Can users crop images and then draw on them or even combine them? Yes. Will anyone actually do that? Perhaps. Is it a game-changer? That’s for you to decide. At least the exercise feels more real than that nutty Super Bowl commercial.
SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Note Up For Pre-Order Online At AT&amp;T
Can’t get enough of watching people on the street reacting to the Samsung Galaxy Note? Something tells us this isn’t the last of the street challenges. And of course, you can always check out our review and unboxing to tide you over.
Does Samsung’s new video make you want to take another look at the Galaxy Note? Share your excitement (or whatever) in the comments.
			
			
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:30:03 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chris Brown and Rihanna: R&amp;B Radio Embraces Singles, Despite -- And Because of -- Controversy (billboard)</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:30:03 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chris Brown And CM Punk Fight On Twitter (RnbMusicBlog)</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:30:03 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>Advanced Infrared Camera Keeps Soldiers Farther From Dangerous Targets [VIDEO]</title>
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An advanced camera could help save the lives of U.S. soldiers in combat. The new camera was developed to navigate dangerous war conditions — darkness, bad weather and obscure surroundings. 
The camera was developed as a part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) AWARE program — or the Advanced Wide Field of View Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation. The goal is to continue to provide more capable tools for soldiers to use that overcome size, weight and power barriers. 
“Increased standoff distance can help protect warfighter lives,” DARPA said in a statement. “This is especially true when an infrared scope is needed for nighttime action.”
The new infrared camera is lightweight, so it can be used in many situations on the ground and air. The camera can be used for target identifications, multiple target tracking and surveillance of a scene. 
The new gadget utilizes advanced infrared capabilities to help U.S. war fighters see more clearly than other cameras have allowed. Soldiers on the ground can use the camera instead of trekking into unknown territories to determine what’s ahead. The camera can be used day or night in any weather conditions. 
Tell us in the comments what you think of this new imaging technology. Can you think of other technological advances that can be used to keep soldiers safe? 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:30:03 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>NBA Fans to Decide Dunk Contest via Twitter in Most Connected All-Star Weekend Yet</title>
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Tweets, apps and status updates will join the usual barrage of dunks, three-pointers and no-look passes more than ever this weekend at the NBA’s annual All-Star event. 
For the first time, fans will be the sole dunk contest judges via Twitter, SMS and website-based voting. The league is also partnering with the social app Shaker to create a one-stop forum for fans to interact, chat and watch exclusive content. 
Updates to the NBA’s GameTime mobile app bring new channels for fans to stream the 90-plus hours of video content the league has planned for the weekend — ranging from on-court highlights to off-court fun in Orlando.
League executives say this year’s will easily be the most digitally and socially connected All-Star function to date.
“All-Star Weekend has really become a celebration of basketball, attracting a global audience and bringing together the best players from around the league,” Melissa Rosenthal Brenner, the NBA’s vice president of marketing, told Mashable. “Given the global nature of social media, it’s the perfect time to ramp up our efforts in the social space.” 
The NBA has long been at the forefront of embracing social media among pro sports leagues. Many of its players were early adopters of Twitter, in particular. Today the NBA claims more than 240 million fans of the league, its teams and players across Twitter, Facebook, and Chinese social networks. But the NBA’s social drive fits into a larger strategy, too. 
“We are committed to delivering great content to our fans 24/7. More and more we’re using social media as the lens for that, so to speak,” Rosenthal Brenner said. 
The tweak to the Sprite Slam Dunk event, an enduring fan favorite, is the biggest change in store this year. Fans will be able to vote by tweeting the hashtag #SpriteSlam along with a letter corresponding to their favorite dunker, as well as through text message and the NBA.com website. One contestant, Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, even invited fans to submit dunk ideas to him via Twitter. 
The league is also brining back its popular All-Star Pulse feature, which tracks trending topics on Facebook and Twitter throughout the weekend. And a similar, but new, social initiative this year is the Social Spotlight, which will showcase top tweets, photos and videos from fans on NBA.com. The spotlight is part of an added effort to “really visualize” the NBA’s social offerings this year, said Christina Miller, who manages the league’s digital efforts. 
But the video options through the Game Time mobile app and a host of exclusive written content on NBA.com show a digital engagement emphasis beyond just social media. 
For a league keen on new technology, the slew of digital offerings is what Rosenthal Brenner said will make this year’s “the biggest All-Star Weekend yet — at least until next year.”
Do you think the NBA is doing a better job than other pro sports leagues of leveraging social and digital technology? Let us know in the comments. 
More About: Facebook, Social Media, sports, Twitter


          
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:30:02 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>Google to Launch TV Service</title>
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Google is looking to get into the paid TV business.
The company filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved, the service could launch as soon as a month from now, according to the article, which cites a “media executive currently involved in negotiations to license channels to the service.” Offerings in the video package would include live TV as well as on-demand and online access to TV channels, according to the report, which was based on an earlier article by The New York Post.
The source told the WSJ that Google plans to look beyond the Kansas City market and into other areas where Verizon’s Fiber Optic Services (FIOS). Controlling the pipes to TV subscribers would offer Google a new revenue stream.
Reps from Google could not be reached for comment.
The Kansas City application coincides with another request to put a satellite antenna farm near the company’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. That addition could allow Google to receive movies and TV shows that could be bundled with a new Internet service in Kansas City that promises to be up to 100 times faster than the average Internet connection.
Google chose Kansas City for its ultra-fast service last March. Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., beat out about 1,000 other municipalities for that honor. That fiber-optic-based Internet service is expected to go live there this summer. 
This isn’t the first time that Google’s ambitious plans for TV service have been exposed. The Wall Street Journal also reported in November that Google was in talks with Disney, Time Warner and Discovery Communications about providing content for its fiber-optic based video service in those cities.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:30:02 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>Four-Play: Rick Ross, French Montana, SWV, Lil Jon</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:30:04 MST</pubDate>
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