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  • LG Arena made official at AT&T

    LG Arena made official at AT&T

    Part of me feels like saying, "LG Arena! Last stop, AT&T!" After all, this handset has been announced well over a year ago and it's been available in other countries for quite some time. Of course, if you've been keeping up you'll know that Best Buy is getting the Arena very soon for a modest price with a contract. Need a reminder for the perks and features that come with this phone?

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  • Tingalin Releases Jersey Shore iPhone App Before MTV’s Official One

    Tingalin Releases Jersey Shore iPhone App Before MTV’s Official One

    Tingalin, the makers of the world-famous Tingalin app, have outdone themselves. Their new app, based on the magic of the Jersey Shore but not directly affiliated with the MTV show in any way features a number of useful tools for the Situation-in-training. While the upcoming "fake tan" system is not yet in place, the app does have a nickname generator, a fist pump challenge that acts like Guitar Hero for bros, as well as a list of useful pick-up lines for meeting and wooing drunk honeys. A full video explanation follows.

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  • Tingalin releases Jersey Shore iPhone app before MTV

    Tingalin releases Jersey Shore iPhone app before MTV

    Tingalin, the makers of the world-famous Tingalin app, have outdone themselves. Their new app, based on the magic of the Jersey Shore but not directly affiliated with the MTV show in any way features a number of useful tools for the Situation-in-training. While the upcoming “fake tan” system is not yet in place, the app [...]

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  • Still don’t have Sirius XM? Buy a radio today and save $110.

    Still don’t have Sirius XM? Buy a radio today and save $110.

    So Sirius XM is having itself a little bit of a sale today that might interest you. One of the deals will save you some $110. Granted, Sirius XM's incompetent management can't put together a simple Homeless Shopping Spree, but boy howdy can they put together a sale.

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  • Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t ‘get’ iTunes LP

    Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t ‘get’ iTunes LP

    This is probably a question that the record labels should be asking, but I'll ask it here anyway: how do you guys listen to music in 2009? On your iPhone (or whatever portable device, it doesn't matter for the purposes of this here post)? On your computer while you surf your favorite Web sites? At the gym? Now, how many of you will sit in front of your computer, and devote 100 percent of your attention to the iTunes visualizer? Not too many of you, I'd venture to guess.

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  • Cheating the App Store: PR firm has interns post positive reviews for clients [UPDATED]

    Cheating the App Store: PR firm has interns post positive reviews for clients [UPDATED]

    When it comes to winning in the App Store, one PR firm has discovered a dynamite strategy: throw ethics out the window. Reverb Communications, a PR firm that represents dozens of game publishers and developers, has managed to find astounding success on Apple’s App Store for its clients. Among its various tactics? It hires a [...]

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  • Bethesda month(s) away from announcing new 2010 IP

    Bethesda month(s) away from announcing new 2010 IP

    Pete Hines, VP of Marketing and PR for Bethesda, quietly whispered that we should expect a little something “in the next month or so”, reports MTV. It’s something that hasn’t been announced! No, MTV, it’s not a “Where’s Waldo” title because Ubisoft is working on that right now.

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  • Confirmed: Green Day coming to Rock Band exclusively

    Confirmed: Green Day coming to Rock Band exclusively

    That was quick. Just days after Billy Joe Armstrong told a radio station that the punk rock band was working on a Rock Band project, Harmonix and MTV Games confirmed that it's true and they have the band exclusively. Wanna know the tracks that are coming?

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  • HP ruins summer by announcing back-to-school notebooks and printers already

    HP ruins summer by announcing back-to-school notebooks and printers already

    HPWhile students everywhere are preparing to rock the F out this summer, HP has just announced its line of back-to-school notebooks -- a cruel reminder to you kids that summer is short and you should always be focused on studying and using your indoor voices.

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  • Mad Catz scores rights to wireless Xbox 360 controllers

    Mad Catz scores rights to wireless Xbox 360 controllers

    It never really dawned on me that Microsoft had a stranglehold on production of wireless Xbox 360 controllers. It just wasn’t something that I thought about when plunking down in front of the TV to play some video games. In any case, Mad Catz has scored the exclusive global rights to produce “Xbox 360-branded wireless [...]

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