Thursday, May 3, 2012

Understoodit Lets Students Voice Their Confusion Without Having to Raise Their Hands

Understoodit_logoOver the course of the last few years, more and more "clickers" have found their way into college classrooms. These little devices allow teachers to request real-time feedback from their students through short quizzes and surveys. Toronto-based developer Liam Kaufman, however, thinks that a simpler application that just tells teachers whether their students are confused or not could help improve learning significantly. Students, after all, often hesitate to raise their hands and tell their professors when they aren't able to follow - especially in large lecture classes. With Understoodit, Kaufman hopes to give these students the ability to voice their concerns quietly.

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DataSift Raises $7.2M For Powerful Social Data Analysis And Business Intelligence Platform

datasiftDataSift, a data analysis company that provides developers and third parties with access to Twitter, Facebook and other social data sources, has raised $7.2 million in a follow-on Series A round from existing investors GRP Partners and IA Ventures. This brings DataSift's total funding to $15 million. For background, developers, businesses, media companies and organizations can essentially use DataSift to mine the Twitter firehose of social data, as well as Facebook, YouTube, blogs, forums and online message boards. But what makes DataSift special is that it can sort through billions of social interactions then filter this social media data for demographic information, online influence and sentiment, either positive or negative.

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Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend' Sessions 'Definitely Insane'

Ahead of Thursday's video premiere on MTV, Mike Posner says Justin 'can go from zero to insane in a matter of five minutes.'
By Jocelyn Vena

<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a>'s <a href="/news/articles/1684156/justin-bieber-boyfriend-music-video-premiere-thursday.jhtml">"Boyfriend" video</a> is ready to drop this Thursday. The teen pop superstar will sit down with MTV News during the latest installment of "MTV First" to premiere the clip.</P><P>But, long before he hit the <a href="/news/articles/1683642/justin-bieber-boyfriend-music-video-kiss.jhtml">Los Angeles-area set for the video</a>, Bieber hit the studio with <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/posner_mike_4_/artist.jhtml">Mike Posner</a> and <a href="/news/articles/1681595/justin-bieber-boyfriend.jhtml">Mason Levy</a> to work on the track.</P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Mike Posner Talks 'Boyfriend' Collab With Justin Bieber" id="vid:752329" width="415" height="255"></div><p></P><P>Leading up to Thursday's video premiere, MTV News got the scoop from Posner himself about recording the first <i>Believe</i> single. "Justin's super hands-on with his music," he explained. "He comes up with amazing melodies &#8212; that's what I was most impressed by. We'd put on a beat or something, and he goes into a booth, and he freestyles these melodies, and they're crazy."</P><P>What was equally crazy was the way Bieber's fans would find out when and where the guys were working on the cut. "With Justin, we kept the studio pretty locked down just because he can go from zero to insane in a matter of five minutes," Posner recalled of the studio sessions. "It was definitely insane. I was just honored to be a part of the project."</P><P>The track is a tease to the <a href="/news/articles/1683335/justin-bieber-believe-the-voice.jhtml">June 19 album</a> release. And, Posner shared that Bieber wants to change the rules of the pop game. "He gets it," he said. "He wants to make something that other people aren't doing right now, and that's what we've achieved."</P><P>Want more behind-the-scenes scoop from Bieber himself? The singer will sit down with MTV News' Sway Calloway on Thursday to premiere his "Boyfriend" music video during "MTV First: Justin Bieber," live at 7:50 p.m. ET on MTV. After the video premieres on air, Bieber will chat with Sway for 30 minutes on MTV.com, opening up about the Director X-directed clip, as well as his June 19 album release, <i>Believe.</i> But that's not all: If you have a burning question for Bieber, you can get in on the fun by commenting below or tweeting @MTVNews with the hashtag #MTVFirst or #AskBieber.</P><P>Immediately following the premiere, the "Boyfriend" video will be available on MTV.com, so Beliebers can watch it over and over and over again.</P><P><b>Don't miss the "Boyfriend" video premiere Thursday at 7:50 p.m. ET/PT on MTV during "MTV First: Justin Bieber," followed by a live Q&A with Justin himself on MTV.com!</b></P><P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1617615"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/s/spotted/banner/spotted.jpg"></a></p>

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Dell spreads the Ivy Bridge love to new XPS 8500, Vostro 470 PCs (video)

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Not willing to let the new Alienware lineup have all the fun with Intel's Ivy Bridge rollout, Dell has seen fit to trot out a pair of new desktop systems using the new 22-nanometer chips. The XPS 8500 is arguably the center of attention here and comes with your pick of the third-generation, quad-core i5 or i7 processors, along with a new choice for a 32GB or 256GB solid-state drive to cut down on those pesky loading times. The more sober-minded among us can opt for the Vostro 470 business desktop, which skips over the raw video prowess of its rebellious XPS cousin in favor of supporting up to 32GB of RAM, not to mention stacking up the extra security and support that makes IT administrators happy. Should you want to take the plunge, $750 will get you into the XPS 8500 fold, while $550 is all it takes for the Vostro 470 line. Head in past the break for a video peep at both PCs.

Update: we've included the full press release after the break.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tony Award Nominations 2012

The nominations for the 66th Annual Tony Awards have been announced and let me tell you it is quite a list. Some big name stars and some serious snubs comes out in the 2012 Tony Awards nominations. I am telling you I was surprised by some of the names on the list and some left off. That being said, I give to you the full list of nominations. Best Actor In A Play James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Frank Langella, Man and Boy John Lithgow, The Columnist Best Actress In A Play Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow Linda Lavin, The Lyons Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities Cynthia Nixon, Wit Best Musical Newsies the Musical Once Leap of Faith Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Play Venus in Fur Clybourne Park Peter and the Starcatcher Other Desert Cities Best Revival Of A Play Death of a Salesman Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Master Class Wit Best Actor In A Musical Ron Raines, Follies Danny Burstein, Follies Jeremy Jordan, Newsies the Musical Steve Kazee, Once Norm Lewis, The [...]

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Obama ad accuses Romney of outsourcing US jobs

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Charlize Theron Regrets the Boob Job She Didn't Get

Charlize Theron has a new baby boy, an Academy Award and a career that's on fire right now. But when she took the podium at the CinemaCon 2012 Awards Show in Las Vegas Thursday, Theron pointed out the one thing -- or rather, two things -- that she doesn't have.

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