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NELSON, BC--(Marketwire -03/27/12)- Fans watching NBC's stunning two-hour snowboarding competition Red Bull Supernatural on Saturday, March 31 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT can use the Shazam App to tag the show for exclusive Contour point-of-view footage from the eyes of the world's most progressive riders.

As part of the Red Bull Signature Series, this show brings the best of snowboarding to a national TV audience and harnesses the power of Shazam, the world's leading media discovery app, and Contour, a leader in inspiring video storytelling through hands free point of view cameras.

By Shazam-enabling Red Bull Supernatural, a national TV audience will unlock and share dream runs, jaw-dropping landings and buttery transitions from the best mountain shredders in the world. Viewers activate the Shazam App with a single touch of a button on their mobile or tablet devices to automatically identify the in-show sounds and instantly unlock the exploits of the riders. Once the Shazam App identifies the audio of Red Bull Supernatural on NBC, fans can also connect to related social media to enhance the overall experience of watching the best snowboarders in the world.

Watch a preview of how the Shazam App will come to life on the show and Shazam a Red Bull Supernatural trailer now to gain access to a never-before-seen Contour point-of-view clip.

There will be both verbal and visual prompts during NBC's Red Bull Supernatural broadcast to encourage people to use Shazam and get access to exclusive Contour point-of-view footage from select competitors, including Travis Rice and John Jackson, who will also be encouraging their fans to use Shazam during the show via their social networks. Follow the Red Bull Signature Series on Facebook and Twitter (hash tag: #SigSeries); and Red Bull Supernatural at #supernatural.

The brainchild of snowboarding icon Travis Rice, Red Bull Supernatural is a first-of-its-kind backcountry competition designed to showcase the skills of the best all-around riders on the planet. Over 100 man-made features were built on the slope over the summer, so that once snow fell, a series of tree-line features, jumps and drops emerged creating the ultimate backcountry run.

Supernatural is part of the Red Bull Signature Series -- made up of 35 hours of one-of-a-kind programming on NBC and NBC Sports all year long. Red Bull Media House and Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group, are building the most progressive and innovative snowboarding, mountain biking, freestyle motocross, ice cross downhill, skiing and BMX events, showcased on custom courses from the inspiration of the athletes themselves. Go to http://www.redbullsignatureseries.com for web videos, photo galleries and see more of the action that makes up the Red Bull Signature Series.

Shazam includes unlimited tagging in the apps on Android and iOS devices and makes it easy for people to share their discoveries with their friends on Facebook using the Shazam Friends feature. For people who don't yet have the Shazam application on their smartphone, it is available for every major platform and can be found on iTunes App Store, Google play, Amazon App Store, AT&T's AppCenter, Verizon VCast app store, Nokia Store, Windows Phone Marketplace, BlackBerry App World, and GetJar.

"Contour is proud to partner with Red Bull and Shazam on the Supernatural event," said Marc Barros, CEO, Contour. "We're committed to pioneering new innovations in capturing hands-free POV video, exemplified by working with Shazam to make never-before-seen top-to-bottom POV videos available to viewers of this event."

Upcoming Red Bull Signature Series programming includes:

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Supernatural Snowboarding Competition Gets Super Shazam-Enabled on NBC as Part of Red Bull Signature Series

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --tweetTV (http://www.tweet.tv), the real-time social TV guide that groups and enhances TV-based conversations happening on Twitter, has raised $750,000 from angel investor Joe Kalfa. tweetTV will use the funds to build and release mobile applications, hire talent, make enhancements to its proprietary algorithms, and power its upcoming partner and social rewards programs.

tweetTV's unique social TV guide updates every minute to show real-time TV watching trends along with localized channel numbers for the user's TV provider. Its real-time search feature enables users to find where the social buzz is among currently airing TV programs based on any combination of genres and networks. And, its cloud-based, embeddable "tweet rooms" go beyond generic hashtags to curate Twitter-based conversations happening around TV programs, adding enhancements such as filters, editorial content,fan polls,and multi-user video chats to the tweet-based TV conversations.

Founder/CEO Bradley Markham says, "I couldn't be more excited about the future of tweetTV. Not all investors or investments are created equally, and in Mr. Kalfa, we found the perfect seed-stage investor who shares tweetTV's vision to create a platform for meaningful social TV conversations and TV discovery tools that re-invent the TV guide."

Says Kalfa, "I strongly believe in tweetTV's vision for becoming the de-facto way for socially active TV viewers users to engage with each other while watching TV."

The tweetTV project was started by former Googler Bradley Markham in 2009 and, until now, has been funded exclusively by Markham as it built out a robust backend and limited beta website that was released to the public in November 2011. Markham says, "We set out in 2009 to give context to the TV-related trends on Twitter, noticing that we could curate and group together TV-related tweets into program-specific conversations and make them filterable, while also showing users how the TV programs on their TVs provider rank in social popularity in real-time."

tweetTV is also among the first startups to be accepted into the Wahooly social startup accelerator program, whereby 5000 social influencers with Klout scores in the 90th percentile will aggressively promote tweetTV beginning later this spring. tweetTV is advised by Joshua Baer (OtherInbox, Capital Factory).

Contact: Bradley Markham Bradley(at)tweetTV(dot)com 650-248-6694

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tweetTV Receives $750,000 in Seed Funding to Power its Real-Time Social TV Guide

Traditional tower desktops have had a good run. All-in-one PCs--expensive upstarts just two or three years ago--have all but usurped the throne.

Towers will always have a special place in our hearts, as well as under the desks of enthusiasts and professionals who need more power and versatility. But for many PC users today, all-in-ones just make more sense. They take up a fraction of the space of a traditional PC, without sacrificing much in the way of performance. And that performance has improved while prices have dropped, so you dont have to compromise. Most important, all-in-ones are paving the way for touchscreen adoption outside of tablets and smartphones. Touch and gestures are baked into the very core of Microsofts Windows 8, and all-in-ones will be ahead of the curve.

Youll find no stronger evidence of the trend than the great selection of all-in-one PCs available today. Big-name desktop makers such as HP and Lenovo offer a wide array of all-in-ones, and Dell has jumped in on the action. Even laptop manufacturers like Samsung have recently introduced their first all-in-ones (and, not coincidentally, their first desktops) in years. You can expect plenty more once Windows 8 arrives, and Intels Ivy Bridge CPUs will make all-in-one PCs faster and slimmer still.

Overall, the options are great: If youd like a large display to complement (or replace) a television, they dont come any bigger than the HP Omni 27, a goliath with a gorgeous 27-inch screen. If you need to do some work, youll find plenty of strong performers: Lenovos ThinkCentre Edge line stands out, providing machines that are attractive, powerful, and stocked with security software and utilities that small businesses can appreciate.

We tested all of these all-in-ones with our revamped WorldBench 7 benchmark suite, which pits PCs against a battery of tests based on real-world usage models. Be sure to read "How We Test PCs" to learn all about our new methods and the apps we use.

1. HP Touchsmart 9300 Elite: The Consummate Workhorse

HP's 23-inch TouchSmart 9300 Elite is a business-centric, all-in-one powerhouse. It may not be much to look at--it's boring yet functional--but it delivers excellent performance and sits on an easy-to-adjust stand; the reclining design is very comfortable to use. It even tackles multimedia rather well. As befits a business PC, our test model ran the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional. If youre seeking to get things done, this all-in-one fits the bill very nicely.

2. HP Omni 27: Big Things in a Big Package

When we first saw HPs Omni 27 sitting in the PCWorld Labs, we were absolutely taken by its gorgeous, edge-to-edge, 27-inch glass screen. The rest of the design leaves a little to be desired, but this screen is definitely a step in the right direction. The only real complaint we have is that its not a touchscreen, which is pretty much standard for all-in-ones these days. Nevertheless, this is definitely an all-in-one that can double as a small television. In our tests, for example, Blu-ray playback was excellent, and HD video streaming looked very smooth.

3. Lenovo IdeaCentre B320: HDTV, Budget All-in-One, or Just Confused?

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7 Great All-in-One Desktop PCs

It seems that Facebook is preparing its artillery for the patent infringement battlefield. The social network company has confirmed that it bought several patents from IBM Corp. but did not disclose any other details regarding the patent acquisitions. IBM was also mum on the topic.

Just several weeks ago, rumors spread that Facebook acquired around 750 software and networking patents from IBM right after Yahoo! accused Facebook of infringing 10 of its patents.

The patent buying spree came as major Internet players battle it out in patent infringement courts and also right after Facebook prepared for an initial public offering.

Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing Facebook of infringing its patent on areas such as advertising, privacy and messaging. It asked the court to stop the alleged infringement activities of Facebook and to assess the damages the brought about by the patent infringements. In the suit, Yahoo! said that Facebook's growth to more than 850 million users "has been based in large part on Facebook's use of Yahoo!'s patented technology."

"We're disappointed that Yahoo!, a longtime business partner of Facebook and a company that has substantially benefited from its association with Facebook, has decided to resort to litigation," a Facebook spokeswoman said.

In the suit, Yahoo! said that Facebook's growth to more than 850 million users "has been based in large part on Facebook's use of Yahoo!'s patented technology."

"For much of the technology upon which Facebook is based, Yahoo! got there first and was therefore granted patents by the United States Patent Office to protect those innovations," Yahoo! said. "Yahoo!'s patents relate to cutting edge innovations in online products, including in messaging, news feed generation, social commenting, advertising display, preventing click fraud and privacy controls," the Internet giant added.

In recent years, Yahoo! has been struggling to build a profitable business and maintain its image as the Internet's leading light.

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Facebook stocks up on patent artillery

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