Archive for the 'Tech Talk' Category

Cool your thumbs, people! Wow!

Madonna's halftime show produced a staggering amount of tweets. How many, you ask?

Try 10,245 tweets PER SECOND. It was one of the busiest times Twitter has ever had, and averaged 8,000 TPS for five minutes!

Less than

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Can't win 'em all, Woody!

On Friday, Woody Harrelson went onto social media website Reddit to host an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) thread in an effort to promote his new movie Rampart…and it did NOT go according to plan.

One of the first questions he was asked had something to do with Rampart was as follows:

[Image via WENN.]

And it doesn't even come out till MARCH 26th!!!!!

Less than a week after Madonna revealed the stunning cover art for MDNA (above), the deluxe edition of her new album has already reached #1 on iTunes!

Congratulations, Madge! We have no doubt that this album is going to be all types of successful!!!!!

Have U pre-ordered MDNA on iTunes yet? Or are U waiting for a physical copy of the album???

P.S. CLICK HERE to check out Madonna's newly released Give Me All Your Luvin' music video!

According to Neil Young, he and Steve Jobs were working on a iPod that would handle master-quality audio files!

Young has always been the first to argue that MP3s suck — and that they only offer about 5% the fidelity of vinyl and other ways to playback.

He's a huge proponent of lossless filetypes, saying:

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Your Hunger Games ticket just got a lot more expensive! LOLz!

Earlier today, IMAX Corporation and Lionsgate announced that they'll be releasing The Hunger Games in IMAX format for one week only in North America, beginning Friday, March 23rd!

Here's what Lionsgate's Co-Chief Operating Officer Joe Drake had to say about it:

And that's why U always bring those iPads on the plane with carry-on luggage!

We are shocked and disgusted to report that TSA agent Clayton Keith Dovel has been arrested for stealing iPads from checked luggage at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Apparently, Dovel worked in the "Resolution Room" where the TSA brings luggage that needs "additional screening." Ugh.

They were able to catch him because a victim used a tracking device on his iPad to help police find the thief, who had AT LEAST seven other iPads at his home! Wow.

Here's what victim Borna Mojra had to say about this whole mess:

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We had heard it was gonna happen this week, and sure enough it did!

Today, on the eighth anniversary of its existence, Facebook finally filed its long anticipated IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which revealed that they have over 800 million users…and they're worth almost $4 billion!!!!!!!!

Here are some more facts and figures that came from their filing:

Ok, these kids are going to need a Facebook intervention.

Two teens hopped over the ledge of CNN HQ in Hotlanta and broke into the facility. Aldayne Fearon, 18, and Francis Mutemwa, 17, were caught checking their Facebook pages when they were busted by the police.

Fearon and

[Image via Fulton County Jail.]