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Top Five Travel-Related Uses For Smartphones
Travelers’ No. 1 use of their Web-enabled smartphones is reaching a destination using the built-in GPS. According to the survey by Ypartnership, 30% of cell phone users in the U.S. are now using Internet-connected smartphones. Of the travel-app using smartphone users surveyed:
· 47% have navigated to a destination using their phone’s built-in GPS.
· 29% have compared airfares or hotel rates using their smartphones.
· 28% have shared photos about their travel experiences.
· 18% have booked air travel or lodging on a smartphone.
· 15% have gone to a site that provides information on things to do and see while visiting a destination.
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2010’s Top Summer Movies
So which summer film was your favorite? Adults who go to the movies at least once a month selected “Inception” and “Toy Story 3” as this summer’s best flicks in a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
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Best Action Movies:
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“Inception”
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26%
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“The A-Team”
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5%
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“Iron Man 2”
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21%
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“The Last Airbender”
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3%
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“The Twilight Saga”
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16%
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Some other movie
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8%
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“Salt”
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10%
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Not sure
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4%
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“Robin Hood”
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7%
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Best Comedy Movies:
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“Toy Story 3”
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32%
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“The Other Guys”
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6%
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“Despicable Me”
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15%
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“Sex and the City 2”
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5%
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“Grown Ups”
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11%
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Some other movie
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4%
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“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
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11%
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Not sure
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8%
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“Shrek Forever After”
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8%
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Best Actors For The Buck
Anne Hathaway and Shia LaBeouf top Forbes’ annual list of Hollywood’s Best Actors For The Buck, the ones who earn the most for what they’re paid. LaBeouf came in No. 1, thanks to “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which brought in $836 million worldwide, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” which earned $787 million worldwide. Shia brought in $81 for every $1 he was paid. In second place was Anne Hathaway, mostly due to her appearance in the $1 billion-grossing “Alice in Wonderland” and “Bride Wars,” which brought in $115 million. Hathaway’s movies earn her employers $64 in profit for each $1 she earns. Topping the worst actor for the buck list is Will Ferrell, who was paid $1 for every $3.29 his movies made. The magazine examined Hollywood’s top 36 earners. Here are the top 10, with their profit scores:
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1. Shia LaBeouf
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$81
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6. Jennifer Aniston
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$21
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2. Anne Hathaway
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$64
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7. Meryl Streep
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$21
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3. Daniel Radcliffe
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$61
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8. Johnny Depp
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$18
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4. Robert Downey Jr.
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$33
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9. Nicolas Cage
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$17
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5. Cate Blanchett
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$27
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10. Sarah Jessica Parker
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$17
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Brainiest Cities
Boulder, Colorado, has been named the Brainiest City in the country by the Daily Beast because more than 24% of adults have graduate or professional degrees, with 7% of them in computer math and 3% in science. It’s also home to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Space Institute and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. DailyBeast.com came up with the ranking by looking at the number of adults with graduate degrees and those with degrees either math or science. Here are the Top 20:
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1. Boulder, CO
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11. Raleigh-Cary, NC
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2. Durham, NC
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12. Olympia, WA
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3. Washington, D.C.-Arlington and Alexandria, VA
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13. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
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4. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA
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14. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
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5. Trenton-Ewing, NJ
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15. Ames, IA
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6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
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16. Austin-Round Rock, TX
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7. Ithaca, NY
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17. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
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8. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA
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18. Rochester, MN
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9. Charlottesville, VA
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19. Corvallis, OR
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10. Madison, WI
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20. Iowa City, IA
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Teens Texting In Class
A new study by textPlus found that 43% of teens ages 13-17 say they text in class. Of that group, 17% do it “constantly.” What’s even more interesting is that only 26% of teens think it’s wrong to text during a lesson, and over half of the students admit that they’re texting friends in the same classroom. However, the conversations aren’t just about gossip and what’s going on after school. According to the survey:
· 22% of teens say they’ve texted answers to their friends during class.
· 20% of high school students admit to being “saved” by an answer in a text.
· Nearly 80% of the teens say they’ve never been caught or gotten in trouble for texting in class.
· 66% of students say their parents text them during the day, even though they know they’re in class
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4 Lies Robots Will Tell Us in the Future |
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In mankind's continuing quest to die at the hands of some
totally predictable science-fiction villain that everyone saw
coming since the 1950s, Swiss scientists have created lying
robots.
In the study, robots were programmed to hunt down food, which
in this case was just a spot of light on the floor. If robots so
chose, they could shine a blue light that would attract their
fellow Terminators to the food source. Eventually, the more
successful robots learned to deceive the others by shining the
light away from the food, tricking them into going elsewhere
and saving the sweet, fake food for themselves.
If all of this seems unimportant, it's because your mind is
refusing to let you acknowledge we're all doomed. It starts with
robots lying to each other about fake food, but there's no doubt
it'll escalate into something more insidious.
So without further ado, here are the 4 most horrifying lies we
can expect robots to tell us in the future.
1) I have a headache.
It's no secret that robotics and debauchery go hand in hand; just
look at the proliferation of creepy love dolls with weird
enhancements you can buy for many thousands of dollars. So
once we perfect A.I. it'll be like a week before sex robots are on
the market. And it'll be another week before they're thinking up
crafty ways to avoid unwholesome man-robot love. Things like
"I need an oil change" or "I'm eloping with the toaster" will be
commonplace.
2) I really have to be somewhere.
Anyone not using robots for sex will likely be using them as
high-priced servants that occasionally need to have their
batteries replaced and may or may not go on super-powered
killing sprees. But, as with sex, once you toss intelligence and
the ability to be deceptive into the mix, you breed laziness and
self-interest. Sure, your robot butler could wax your inner
thighs for you, but for some reason he's insisting he has to visit
the dentist. Maybe he can do it later. And your daily order to
clean up the dog crap in the yard? Not today, he has a bad back.
But he doesn't even have a back -- he's a trash can with arms!
3) I'd never do that.
You know what no one ever expects? Robot thieves. And that's
exactly why they will rob your blind. Not of your possessions,
but of your accomplishments. Your report that's due on Monday?
Sunday at midnight your robot manservant e-mails it in with his
name on it. You can say you did the work, but who's going to
believe you? It's so professional and smart, clearly a robot did it.
Besides, why would he lie? You're fired. And your robot gets to
bang your girlfriend now.
4) Everything is fine.
What's worse than when a woman -- whom you know is angry -
- tells you she's fine? A sentient machine capable of ripping the
doors off a car telling you it's fine. Please, remain calm, there is
nothing to worry about. Those screams you hear are not your
neighbors being liquidated to pave the way for a new robot
Utopia, that's just the wind. Here, drink this cocktail. |
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