Yeah, we know. Although experts have been congratulating Apple on how competitive the iPad prices are, when you actually have to part with 500 bucks or more (if you want 3G which is a must-have for such a device), it hurts.There is a solution that won’t cost you a dime, though. It also won’t get you an iPad, but you can perhaps fool someone with poor eyesigh […]

YouTube delivered on its promise to upload all the Super Bowl Ads as soon as they aired today, with users voting to choose which one will adorn the YouTube front page on Thursday.The tech and web ads were a mixed bunch: both the established GoDaddy “Too Hot for TV” schtick and Motorola’s decision to put Megan Fox in a bathtub stuck to the “sex sells” mantra, […]

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 a top topic this week, while th […]

The rumors were correct: Google took the bold step of running a Super Bowl ad in the 3rd quarter of the game today, marking its first major push into TV advertising and a new frontier of marketing for the company that has triumphed online ads above all else.CEO Eric Schmidt’s Tweet hinted at the ad yesterday, reading: Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorr […]

The Super Bowl game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints may be in full swing, but a winner has already emerged on the web.On Facebook, the Saints have racked up 418,000+ fans versus 304,000+ fans for the Colts. The graphs below, courtesy AllFacebook, show the trend.The Saints are winning on Google, too, with higher search volume and mo […]

Internet connections are crawling in Iran and text message traffic has been disrupted ahead of planned anti-government protests in that country this week. The timing is raising eyebrows.Connections have been poor since last week, writes the AFP, with Communications Minister Reza Taghipour blaming damage to undersea optical fibre under the Gulf.“The cause of […]

12% of those watching the Super Bowl last year also kept one eye on the web, according to analytics firm Nielsen. The average time spent online was 24 minutes.What’s most remarkable about the stats is that most people aren’t visiting sports sites during the Super Bowl: only 18% of those online visited sports sites. Rather, users are either searching, check […]

Two men have built a popcorn-making robot that serves up a new batch whenever someone mentions #popcorn on Twitter.Popcorn Tweets was created by Dave Britt and Justin Goeres as their entry into a contest held by popcorn manufacturer Fireworks Popcorn. The pair writes of the invention:“A custom LabVIEW program polls Twitter for any mention of #popcorn, and f […]

For decades, educators have been scrambling to find better ways to prepare students for the real world. It began with the mildly apocalyptic government report, A Nation at Risk, which warned that an outdated school system was unwittingly sabotaging America’s economic superiority. Year after year, major educational organizations would echo the report’s call w […]

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 to get the video […]