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  • Bill Murray Takes Viewers On a Rum-Filled Tour Of Moonrise Kingdom

    It’s a basic law of pop culture that Bill Murray can get away with just about anything this day and age. He’s an icon who’s own personality is just as big, if not more so than the filmography he’s accrued throughout the years. Whether he’s singing ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ at Wrigley Field, or playing Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters, there’s always one constant – you’ll be entertained.

    So, enjoy the video and abask in the greatness of Bill Murray.

    As a bonus, here’s a video of Murray running around the bases at Wrigley Field before throwing out a first pitch. Again, who else could have gotten away with this?

  • Twitter Users Poke Fun At Siri, Latest Feature Announcement

    Many features were announced for the iPhone 4S: 1080p video recording, iCloud, and a faster processor. However, there’s one feature which looks to be the most captivating and hilarious. It’s Siri. While keeping up with Twitter traffic, there was a good amount of influx regarding the iPhone during the 4S announced. Once Siri was announced, the flood gates opened.

    Siri is a “personal assistant” for your iPhone 4S, and is completely accessed through voice recognition. According to Apple during their keynote, you can ask Siri just about anything and receive an answer. Here’s the AI explaining what she is:

    User: Siri, what are you?

    Siri: I am a humble personal assistant

    The idea of asking Siri questions has led to entertaining tweets, such as:

    @theREALeticia
    Leticia Bongnino    Siri, which seat should Rebecca Black take? 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    @jen_young
    jen young    Siri, do you like movies about gladiators? 6 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    @davezatz
    Dave Zatz    Siri: Where is the iPhone 5? 33 minutes ago via Seesmic · powered by @socialditto

    @forrestkoba
    Forrest W. Kobayashi    I wonder how many babies will be named Siri today. (Is that a weird thought?) 6 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac · powered by @socialditto

    @kylehale
    Kyle Hale    Do you believe in life after love? #siri 6 minutes ago via HootSuite · powered by @socialditto

    Along with the tweets poking fun at Siri, many have been questioning whether or not Siri is a strong enough headline feature to purchase an iPhone 4S. As with all announcements of this magnitude, many have been cheering for Siri and will buy the new handset on release date. Others are skeptical of the feature and question how it will work in noisy locations, and just how useful it will be.

  • Google Maps Being Featured On Virgin Flights

    The Red Touch-Screen Entertainment Platform Upgrades Include an Open Tab Service, Next Gen Google Maps and the First-Ever Digital In-Flight Shopping Platform. With this latest upgrade, travelers access to a host of new amenities, including next generation, enhanced terrain view Google Maps, an open tab service for the airline’s one-of-a-kind on-demand menu and the first ever seatback in-flight digital shopping platform.

    Travelers on Virgin America flights this month will also see a host of new amenities and added features including these Google Maps upgrades: Virgin America’s previous Google Maps platform led the industry with interactive maps with multiple levels of zoom.  The enhanced system will feature terrain view maps with fresher images and eight levels of zoom functionality, so travelers can see the actual topography over which they are flying.

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  • MySpace Redesigns Profile Pages

    MySpace Redesigns Profile Pages

    MySpace has long been criticized for poor design and as part of a turnaround effort, the struggling social networker has finally done something about it.  The new profiles are not available throughout the site, but Sean Percival, MySpace’s VP of Online Marketing, tweeted about his own "clean new" profile early on Friday.

    “We’re testing a new look and feel of our site among users and the response so far has been positive,” according to a MySpace spokesperson. ”As always, we’re interested in hearing feedback from our community as we roll out enhancements to the user experience and look forward to sharing more details with you in the coming weeks.”

    The new profile pages feature:

    • Condensed navigation menu in the upper left corner under the profile picture.
    • MySpace Stream  – a take on the Facebook News Feed. You can see the user’s recent activity, add comments and share with friends.
    • Other social networks: Follow users not just on MySpace but also Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.
    • Overall, a much less cluttered look. 
    • See an example here.

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  • TweetDeck Adds Some Popular Features

    Twitter desktop and iPhone utility Tweetdeck, a popular time saver for managing your presence across multiple social networks, has released an upgrade which includes:

    • image from www.techpetals.com Foursquare integration
    • Google Buzz integration
    • Maps
    • Global Filters
    • Custom Twitter APIs
    • Custom URL shorteners
    • Scheduling updates
    • Upload to TwitVid from file or webcam
    Video Introduction To The Tweetdeck Upgrade:

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  • YouTube Still Rolling Out Page Updates

    YouTube Still Rolling Out Page Updates

    YouTube has been testing page design upgrades and last week added a highlights view for comments that summarizes top rated comments, uploader comments and responses that can be drilled into for more detail.  YouTube also made some improvements to their new like/dislike ratings system. You’ll need to opt-in to be part of the test of these new features.

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