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20 Best (or Most Annoying) Animated Super Bowl GIFsThe Butt Touchdown Photo from Tumblr.Click here to view this gallery.Are you ready for some GIF-ball? That’s right — the Super Bowl XLVI moments you jabbered about before bedtime, and then again at work or school, have been turned into GIFs — tho... Today’s Top Stories: Google Goggles, Zuckerberg’s Huge Tax HitWelcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Google Is Working on HUD Goggles Google is working on a prototype of wearable glasses... Facebook Is Bringing Ads to Mobile Apps [REPORT]Users of Facebook‘s apps — for Android, iPad and iPhone — may begin seeing ads as soon as early March, as the company looks to gain an addition revenue source before it goes public. Sources close to the matter say Facebook has already discussed proposals with advertising agencie... Jawbone Working on ‘Big Jambox’ Wireless SpeakersJawbone is working on a bigger version of its popular portable Jambox speaker, according to the company’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing for the new device. A picture of the larger wireless speaker — appropriately named “Big Jambox” — was include... Google to Test Mystery Device in Employees’ Homes [VIDEO]No one is sure what Google has up its sleeve, but it could be something you’ll have at home in years to come. Google applied for a Federal Communications Commission experimental license to test an unnamed prototype entertainment device in its employees’ homes. The company say... Most Super Bowl Tweets Were Not About the Game [STATS]According to NBC Sports, Super Bowl XLVI was the most-watched TV show in U.S. history, with 111.3 million viewers. But TV ratings weren’t the only numbers breaking records. During the game, Twitter had not one, but two record-breaking moments in its history — once during Madonna̵... Galaxy Note Super Bowl Ad Inspires Twitter BacklashSamsung has been hyping its campaign for its Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrid for the past few weeks, culminating in an ad shown toward the end of Sunday night’s Super Bowl. Whether or not you thought the ad was clever, you couldn’t miss the prominent reappearance of a technology... Google Earth Deletes Rumored Lost City of AtlantisThe lost city of Atlantis — rumored to be discovered in a Google Earth map — is once again lost, thanks to a maps update from the search giant. A grid-like pattern on a Google Ocean — a Google Earth extension — map raised speculation in 2009 that Google had discovered the ... Super Bowl Breaks Social TV and Broadcast RecordsSuper Bowl XLVI was not only a big hit with broadcast viewers, it also excelled in the social TV space. Hollywood news site Deadline reports that 111.3 million Americans tuned in to watch the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots. That puts Super Bowl XLVI just ahead of last year’... How to Fix Best BuyAlex Goldfayn’s new book is called Evangelist Marketing: What Apple Amazon and Netflix Understand About Their Customers (That Your Company Probably Doesn’t). He is CEO of the Evangelist Marketing Institute, a marketing consultancy with clients that include T-Mobile, TiVo and Logitech... |