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Broadcasting & Cable:

The NFL announced the league, along with broadcast partner CBS, will livestream Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3.

The game will be available on both CBSSports.com and NFL.com. Tthe stream will have extra features, including additional camera angles, in-game highlights, live statistics and other interactive elements.

Last year’s game was most-streamed single game with over 2 million unique visitors…representing 6.2% of total downstream Internet traffic at 9 p.m. ET for NBCSports.com.

The Super Bowl is one of the few “Event TV” broadcasts left even if many tune in just for the commercials. It will be interesting to see how CBS leverages the internet to enhance the game on your “second screen”.

The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it will be formally charging Samsung in its antitrust investigation related to the company abusing its market position by filing for Apple product sales injunctions over patent infringement claims. Samsung withdrew it injunction request earlier this week, but the EU is still moving forward with its case.

Merry Christmas Samsung.

Janko Roettgers:

Now that’s a coincidence, if there ever was any: Earlier this month, Amazon filed for two trademarks for extended warranty and servicing under the Kindle brand. Turns out that the description of these services was lifted verbatim from Apple’s AppleCare trademarks.

Surely they could have come up with their own wording.

Yeah – it’s a Nike spot but it certainly captures how many Canadians feel about the game and its importance to our identity. Thanks to SlyM for the link to the video.

National Geographic has posted an image on its photo feed saying it was “suspending new posts to Instagram. We are very concerned with the direction of the proposed new terms of service.”

It’s one thing when individual users stop posting to Instagram, but when an organization like National Geographic stops, you’ve got problems.

Amazing amount of work went into this edit particularly when you realize it holds up as a mini-movie all on its own.

The creator, Genevieve Ip, has helpfully posted a list of all the movies and music included in the piece.

Sports has always played a big part in the life of many of us and Sports Illustrated captured some amazing moments in the history of sport. Here are there “Top 100”. I’ve included my favorite shot here but I bet … Continued

Nice video. […]

I love autocorrect.

This is an app I’ve had on my iPhone since the very first version. It was just updated a couple of days ago and is still great.

Jim and Dan discuss the iPad and iPad Mini sales, their favorite text editors, the great London beer flood of 1814 and more.

Definitely worth a read.

This would be great to see in 2013.

The FTC has announced amendments to COPPA, to protect children who use social media services online.

WTF? […]

Instagram’s updated terms of service were clear, its apology isn’t. That does not bode well.

A little history on Jenny from Wikipedia:

“867-5309/Jenny” is a song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Tommy Tutone that was released on the album Tommy Tutone 2, on the Columbia Records label. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Co-writer Call came up with both “Jenny” and the telephone number and completed the song with Keller.

The song caused a fad of people dialing 867-5309 and asking for “Jenny”.

Now a some people got the famous Jenny phone number and are recording the messages that come in.

Damn. […]

Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Andrew Mason at Groupon almost made the list, but escaped.

The Verge: Hollywood insider Franklin Leonard this week released his annual Black List — a collection of the year’s best unproduced screenplays. Compiled based on insights from more than 290 film executives, this year’s list includes plenty of time-bending, apocalyptic, … Continued

It’s interesting to see what other people use to get their work done. Patrick Rhone posted some of his favorites.

If you’re not paying to use a service, chances are you’re the product. Latest case in point: Instagram.

Foxconn, the company responsible for much of Apple’s manufacturing, is struggling with increasing demands from workers.

David Sparks:

Imagine yourself making a presentation with nothing but your iPad in hand. You’re not chained to the podium or sitting behind a desk. You are roaming like a lion, and you are awesome. For the cost of an Apple TV and an AirPort Express (just 200 bucks), you too can get some lion-like tendencies.

Alex Vollmer released his first video guitar lesson today and it looks great. With the lesson you get a 40 minute video, 43-page companion PDF, MP3 jam tracks and a jam track video demonstrating the concepts.

Matt Alexander:

If you’re working to build a business, an identity, a brand, a weblog, a Twitter following, a podcast, a publication, or even a friendship, doubt and impatience are fundamental elements of the human experience which need not be paved over with excuses and escapism. Do not allow yourself to succumb to fear of your feelings, but rather use them to your advantage.