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• Bieber to Booing Crowd: 'I Think I'm Doing a Pretty Good Job' May 21, 2013
  Justin Bieber won two awards at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, and the audience had mixed emotions about his speech "I'm 19 years old, I think I'm doing a pretty good job [...] it should really be about the music. It should be about the craft, the craft that I'm making," Bieber said. "I'm an artist that should […]
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• GoPro Captures How it Looks to Be Eaten By a Grizzly Bear May 21, 2013
  Welp, this is about as up close and personal as you'll ever get to a grizzly bear's mouth without being eaten alive or requiring some pretty major surgery The incredible clip embedded above comes from the GoPro camera of Alaskan naturalist Brad Josephs. While he was leading a wildlife-viewing trip, a mother bear and her three-year-old cub came acro […]
  Sam Laird
• Where Would the World Be Without YouTube? May 21, 2013
  YouTube recently celebrated its eighth birthday, reminding us that less than a decade ago we had no access to cute cat videos, screaming goat clips and viral trends such as the Harlem Shake How, oh how, did we ever survive? For YouTube's Comedy Week, the Gregory Brothers pay homage to all the addictive content that the video-sharing website has given us […]
  Neha Prakash
• Terrifying Eyewitness Videos of Oklahoma Tornado Go Viral May 21, 2013
  Several eyewitness videos of the massive tornado that devastated Oklahoma City suburbs Monday — killing at least 51 people — have gone viral online. SEE ALSO: CBS Delays 'Mike & Molly' Finale in Wake of Oklahoma Tornado They each portray the cyclone tearing across Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City, and kicking up debris. The half-mile-wide torna […]
  Anita Li
• 'X Factor' Confirms New Judges After Tweet Leaks News May 21, 2013
  Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland and international pop star Paulina Rubio will join The X Factor judging panel alongside Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato for season three, Fox revealed on the show's Facebook and Twitter pages Monday night The announcement came hours after a Missouri concert venue inadvertently leaked half of the news in a tweet war […]
  Brian Anthony Hernandez
• Can Yahoo Ignore Tumblr's Dark Side? May 21, 2013
  When my daughter begged me a few years ago to go on Tumblr so she could engage with Harry Potter fandom, I said no. I was worried about what else she might encounter on the vast blogging service You know what I’m talking about. I feared she’d stumble onto porn. Tumblr, which Yahoo is buying for $1.1 Billion is not a porn site, far from it. Spend any time on […]
  Lance Ulanoff
• NFL Rookie Angers Fans by Wearing Rival's Hat in Vine Video May 21, 2013
  In the social-media age, even the most innocent misstep can have unintended consequences, as one NFL rookie recently found out the hard way Keenan Allen is a talented wide receiver from Cal who was selected in the third round of last month's NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers and Oakland Raiders share one of the NFL's fiercest rivalr […]
  Sam Laird
• The New Flickr: What it Means for Flickr Pro Users May 21, 2013
  Yahoo unveiled some big changes to Flickr on Monday, both in terms of features and overall design. One of those changes is that free users are no longer limited to a certain number of photos; instead, everyone gets 1TB of space for their full-resolution photos. With that change comes an end to what used to be the biggest difference between free Flickr accoun […]
  Christina Warren
• Microsoft's Next Xbox Announcement: What to Expect May 21, 2013
  Microsoft will announce the highly anticipated next-generation Xbox gaming console Tuesday from its Redmond, Wa., headquarters, and the company has set a high bar, considering the success of its current model. The Xbox 360 has been a force to be reckoned with since its debut at the end of 2005. It remains at the top of sales charts even now What can we expec […]
  Chelsea Stark
• Square Lets You Send Cash Via Email May 21, 2013
  A few days after Google announced the ability to send money via email, mobile payments purveyor Square has done the same. Square Cash, which the company introduced in invite-only mode on Monday, lets consumers send money to friends by cc-ing "pay@square.com" and including the dollar amount in the email's subject line. Square takes a $0.50 cut […]
  Todd Wasserman