No need to hunt for the geeky pockets at Sundance — they’re front and center this year. The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday night in Park City, Utah, with a science-based call to arms as its opening-night movie. “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” revisits the crusade against climate change a decade after “An …
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Checking out the top trending videos today, I came across a mix of great stuff that included a video from an old favorite cooking channel; a little off Broadway music battle; an acoustic cover for the opening of one of my all time favorite TV shows; and a movie trailer that tells the truth about a classic comedy. To start, …
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The most popular — and valued athletes — on social media? Names like basketball god LeBron James, golf star Rory McIlroy or brash UFC pottymouth brawler Colin McGregor might come to mind. Sure, they’re on the list, but they aren’t No. 1. That distinction goes to (drumroll, please)… Russell Wilson. Yep, the almost always upbeat-sounding Seattle Seahawks quarterback has been …
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Multi-speaker audio setups make for great dance parties, but they can get expensive fast. Now, a free app called Amp Me thinks it has the solution: synced audio playback across multiple phones and tablets. It’s a clever idea that makes good use of the fact that a lot of today’s mobile devices can double as Wi-Fi hotspots. Amp Me taps …
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Facebook might not be as cool as Snapchat, but it still has the most popular app in the US, according to a Nielsen report for 2016 published Wednesday. In a year where Pokemon Go smashed App Store records, social media still remains the dominant force on people’s phones. Facebook remains comfortable as America’s most popular app with more than 146 …
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Now playing: Watch this: A Smosh wedding! We put ‘Ghostmates’ stars to the test 3:51 When Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox tackled their second movie, the Smosh co-founders decided to write what they know. Sorta. Paranormal buddy-comedy “Ghostmates” follows Padilla’s character as he moves into an apartment already inhabited by the restless spirit of Hecox’s character — a ghost roommate. …
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Once again, it’s time to check out what’s happening over at YouTube! Ever since I started writing posts relating to the various social networks, I make it a point to visit YouTube to see what’s trending and then share a grab bag of videos every Thursday. These videos don’t follow any specific theme besides the fact I found them interesting …
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Google‘s YouTube will now be able to load a lot faster in Cuba. Google on Monday signed an agreement with Cuba’s national telecom provider, ETECSA, to store data for Google services on the Caribbean island. Previously, signals had to travel from Cuba through Venezuela, which hurt the quality of the data. Google sites like YouTube and Gmail should be able …
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If you remember when rock was young, music videos weren’t really a thing. Nowadays, they’re everything. So pay attention, Elton John fans. If you have some production savvy, you could get the chance to create videos for three of the music icon’s early songs, which didn’t get the music video treatment when they were originally released: “Bennie and The Jets,” …
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Remember when the internet went crazy over Adele rapping to Nicki Minaj’s verse on the Kanye West track “Monster”? Of course you do. Because the video, from the “Carpool Karaoke” segment on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” was YouTube’s top trending video this year. That’s according to the Google-owned video site itself, which on Tuesday evening released its …
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