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Mariah Carey Accused of Lip Syncing on American Idol Finale

The performance was setup to be one of the biggest of the American Idol season where the famous Idol judge was set to perform in a special live performance. The Twitter account of Mariah Carey @MariahCarey even tweeted out, “Tune in tonight to see Mariah’s special performance at the American Idol Finale! 8:00pm On FOX” with a link to a Twitter Picture that showed Mariah posing as... 

Monsanto Protection Act, Put Into Law, Lets GMO Crops Have Free Reign

Source: NotTheSingularity.com The actual bill signed into law is H.R. 933 which has been referred to as a “Farmer Assurance Provision.” You see, inside of the bill are great things for farmers that are “farmer friendly.” The problem is that hiding deep in the FY2013 Agriculture Appropriations bills is (Section 733 / Section 735) which is around 78 pages into the bill. The... 

Why Google Reader Had To Die

Seriously? Do you really love Google Reader and were you really still using it? I think the signs are obvious and the reality of the situation to me, leads me to say, “Duhhh.” But that would just be childish of me and some of you that are reading this are upset and feel that you’ve lost an awesome tool to read and organize your news. The first and biggest issue at hand to me is... 

You don’t need us to tell you that gas prices are on the rise

Or at least that’s what the rest of local news wants you to know all across America. Have you caught your news anchor on your local news station informing you that you that, “You don’t need us to tell you that gas prices are on the rise.” Apparently Conan O’brien noticed and his “Team Coco” thought it was funny enough to put together a video montage of news... 

Grocery Store Shelves Empty Out For Winter Storm Q [pictures]

Well I just had to give it a try and see how much everyone was going to go crazy from Winter Storm Q. The name Winter Storm Q was graciously given it’s name by The Weather Channel. The snow storm is getting ready to slam into the Midwest dropping as much as 24 inches of snow in some parts. I actually live in the Kansas City area around a suburb named Overland Park, KS and decided to take some... 

Dodge Ram’s Paul Harvey Speech, “So God Made A Farmer” Super Bowl Commercial

A commercial aired during Super Bowl 47 that rang true across all of the fields and farms of America. The Super Bowl ad was for the Dodge Ram with the slogan, “Guts, Glory, Ram.” My wife, Carisa Mackey is the daughter of a farmer and as I came out of the bathroom she told me how I had missed out. I rushed to the computer to find this amazing Dodge Ram Super Bowl commercial. I had a hard... 

Baby Carrots & Chlorine, Does A Viral Message Reveal The Truth? Yes and no.

It’s not every day that you can lend any credibility to the many viral things that get passed around on Facebook or Twitter. If anything, Facebook has almost revived the old chain letter spam that you used to get by email, but now you’ll find it shared on your Facebook wall or in your newsfeed. It was just yesterday when I ran across one of these items being shared in my newsfeed that... 

Cellairis’s #TweetPunisher Shows Off Shatter Proof iPhone Protection At CES 2013

We ran across the Cellairis booth at CES 2013 and we were first drawn in by the vibrant build your own cases that were touted as, “Shout! Your Life. Your Case.” While the entrance of Cellairis was designed beautifully, which you can see in the image below, we fell in love with the Tweet Punisher quickly and found ourselves watching an iPhone 5 get pummeled by keyboard keys. The Tweet... 

Smartphone & Tablet Screen Cleaning Just Got High-Tech At CES 2013 with LensPen

If you’ve ever found yourself grossed out by how dirty your smartphone screen has become or how smudged your tablet has ended up, we found the product for you at CES 2013. This year we ran into CEO Murray Keating of LensPen who has helped develop a line of products for cleaning iPads, Nexus 7′s & 10′s and all smartphones like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy SII & SIII’s. Essentially... 

The Future of Credit Card Rewards Systems is “Real-Time” With ePlate Technology

Everyone knows that credit cards are big business and there probably isn’t very many in the United States without one. A popular benefit consumers have when using their credit cards is getting rewards based off their purchase or a percentage of money going towards a reward. Typically a consumer chooses a type of credit card with a specific reward system assigned to it, like airline miles. What... 
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