Samsung has launched its Galaxy S III smartphone, which it hopes will help solidify the company as the leading challenger to Apple and its iPhone 4S.

The new handset, with a whopping 4.8-inch screen and an 8-megapixel camera, was unveiled at a slick launch party in London on Thursday, complete with a backing orchestra.

Billed by Samsung as having been “designed for humans,” the phone features voice and eye-recognition technology that the company hopes will set the handset ahead of its rivals in the crowded smartphone market.
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South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $5.15 billion quarterly profit and predicted its Galaxy smartphones, which outsell Apple’s iPhone and will be upgraded next week, will bulk up earnings this quarter.

Samsung and Apple have carved out a near duopoly in the high-end smartphone market, as rivals struggle to introduce compelling models that can really compete. The duo controlled 90 percent of the market last year and that is not expected to change much this year or next, according to Bernstein analysts.
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When Zynga purchased Draw Something from creator OMGPOP a few weeks ago, the two companies promised that the acquisition would bring new features to the game, and today they delivered.
As promised, the popular pictionary-style game has been updated to add commenting, the ability to save drawings to your photo library, and the ability to share drawings on Facebook or Twitter directly through the app.
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Good news to all zumba lovers and xbox 360 fanatics plus a very very exciting news to all zumba and at the same time xbox lovers because now we can have a zumba xbox 360 and get our zumba gym right in our home. Grab one now and save a lot of money on going to a zumba gym, zumba outfits and zumba instructor! This is really really a great news, I am so happy!

Do you suffer from FOMO (otherwise known as “fear of missing out”)? Does the idea that some infinitely intriguing person/place/thing is currently flitting through your general sphere of being — WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE — cause your heart to constrict with terror?

Well, friends, we hear you. Having just returned from the liquor- (and other liquid-) soaked climes of Austin and SXSW, we’re pretty sure we only experienced about 1.3% of all “Cool Things” present at that havoc-wrecked fest.
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