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The Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]


Twitter was abuzz this week with chatter about the iPad, performances at The GRAMMYs and relief efforts in Haiti. Some of the top trends were predictable (Mashable’s Ben Parr successfully guessed at four of the ten last week), while others were unexpected. The tendency for Twitter users to sign off with “Goodnight” has made that … Read More

Super Bowl Ads 2010: Lots of Chips and Beer, Light On Gadgets [Super Bowl]


Did you blink during the Super Bowl commercial breaks? Too bad if you did, because it means you may have missed the anemic number of gadget or tech-related commercials worth talking about tomorrow at the water cooler. But! Megan Fox ! Megan Fox is an obvious choice, for obvious reasons (if she’s your thing): She … Read More

VIZIO Super Bowl ad pushes internet connected HDTVs in a big way


We weren’t sure exactly what Beyonce, David Goes to the Dentist and Chocolate Rain all had in common, but VIZIO squeezed them all into its Super Bowl ad. Still striving to remake its reputation from being merely a cheap HDTV manufacturer to a premium one offering lots of features, the ad (embedded after the break) … Read More

Motorola hops in the tub with Megan Fox during the Super Bowl


Just in case you missed the Devour ’s televised debut in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Motorola and Hulu havegone ahead and posted it online, along with some bonus footage (spoiler: no bonus Megan Fox scenes). Jury’s still out on if it’ll assuage any Motoblur disdain. Commercial after the break, extra scenes via … Read More

Hell Freezes Over As Google Runs Its First Super Bowl Ad


As predicted , Hell has indeed frozen over. Yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt sent a tweet hinting at something most people probably never expected to see: a Google Super Bowl ad. But the contents of the ad, and even the product it would be promoting, remained a mystery. Moments ago some 90 million Americans watched … Read More

Heineken Bot does what it says on the keg, soon to be man’s new best friend


If you ask us, our theory is that the Daleks are rather huggable by nature, but they probably partied a tad too hard with these beer-toting fellas before trashing the world. One such “Heineken Bot” — crafted by the geniuses at Middlesex University — turned up at Kinetica Art Fair in London. Daring humans can … Read More

Patent suggests location-based social networking for iPhone


Filed under: Rumors , iPhone Imagine you and a friend are on a phone call, and both of you own iPhones . You’re trying to meet up somewhere downtown in a city neither of you know very well, so the best answer you can give your friend when he asks, “Where are you now?” is … Read More

Watch the Super Bowl Ads on YouTube [VIDEO]


As expected, YouTube announced the launch tonight of its Super Bowl ad channel at youtube.com/adblitz , which will allow viewers to vote on the commercials immediately after they air on TV. The channel, sponsored by car maker Kia, has already been populated by content from the YouTube community, and YouTube is working directly with advertisers … Read More

Kindle dev kit now rolling out in limited beta


Back on the 21st of January when Amazon announced that it would release its Kindle Development Kit , A/K/A KDK, we heard it would begin rolling out in limited beta this month, with a wait list of people getting access to the kit as space was available. Well, that moment has arrived, and you can … Read More

Google’s Superbowl ad will make you cry a little bit


Admit it: you’re crying a little bit now, aren’t you? Now, here’s the thing: this ad, from Google’s “Search Stories” YouTube channel, is from back in November, but John Battelle says he’s got a source telling him that ‘Parisian Love’ is the one that will air tomorrow night, during the third quarter of the SuperBowl. … Read More

AT&T adds functionality to FamilyMap Locator App.

There seems to be more reason for kids to have cell phones these days than some might want. Yesterday AT&T announced that its locating FamilyMap application for the iPhone has been upgraded with a handful of new features. The most notable of the changes would be the ability to locate a family member using your … Read More

Dell Mini 5 Goes Undercover for FCC

Currently there are a few Dell handsets roaming throughout international markets, more specifically China and Brazil. The Android powered device was manufactured by a company under the name of Qisda and has been on sale globally for some time now. It seems that the folks at Engdaget have confirmed that the same device has recently … Read More

Sony Ericsson Aspen Caught in the Wild

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Sony Ericsson’s Aspen seen in Foreign Review Video.

The video found on the homepage of Sony Ericsson’s new Aspen device is spoken in a foreign language, but it doesn’t mean you mean you can’t ooooohhh and ahhhhhh at the device. We’ve got to say, the design on the device is really sleek and holds its own against a world full of Windows Mobile … Read More

T-Mobile Q1 Handset Slide Leaked

While Cell Phone Trek cannot confirm the legitamacy of the slide seen above, considering T-Mobile’s current plan for the United States in 2010, it seems plausible. The slide pictured was released through the infamous PPCGeeks forum. The slide depicts seven new devices scheduled for a Q1 2010 release. What I first noticed out of all … Read More