One of the best aspects of 30 Rock has to be the incredible characters who have some seriously funny things to say. Each person on the show has a unique personality, but the guy with the funniest and strangest comments has to be the NBC page, Kenneth Parcell. He’s the always-happy fellow who would do anything for his beloved network. If you listen closely and pay attention to what’s going on throughout the seasons, it turns out the guy is somehow immortal....

Apple may have originally attempted to encourage development of Web applications before it introduced the App Store (and ain’t it glad it did), but now apps on smartphones are a bona fide US hit, with 35 percent of US adults having apps on their phones, though only one-in-four US adults actually use these apps. Still, that ain’t a bad record. The most recent Pew Internet Life survey tells us that among mobile phone owners, 29 percent have downloaded apps to their phones and 13 percent have paid for the privilege....

5 Best eCommerce Video Ad Makers + How to Create Ads That Work!: 5 Best eCommerce Video Ad Makers While marketing and sales copy are very powerful tools for selling your eCommerce products, there are many people who simply don’t want to read them. No matter how good the words on the page are, some folks are just going to pass it by. But that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the sale....

One of the most popular websites is OfferUp, which started in 2011 to compete with sites like Craigslist. Unfortunately, as the website became more well-known, it attracted many scammers. Tap or click here to see a popular scam making its way through Facebook Marketplace. Read on for details on the most common scams on OfferUp and how to avoid them. Here’s the backstory Head of Financial Crime and Fraud at D4t4 Solutions, Serpil Hall, told Readers Digest that OfferUp scammers often pose as trustworthy buyers or sellers of big-price items and prey on people who aren’t computer savvy or aware of current scams....

Despite feeling cybersecurity controls are best left to information security analysts, your systems and devices will require some first-hand protection from network threats. The physical controls alone won’t mitigate network security risks. The potential threats go beyond networks. Today’s physical security professionals also need to ensure the safety of IoT devices that also use other technologies like applications, protocols and other embedded services. A skilled adversary can exploit any of these endpoints to gain access to mission-critical information....

The two titans of horror cinema, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, have been at odds with each other over the title of the most iconic horror franchise. While other contenders like Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Childs Play have tried to squeeze their way in, the big two have maintained a hold over the top spot for years. Since there will never be a clear winner as opinions widely vary, there are plenty of reasons why someone would choose one over the other....

Although Mean Girls and Clueless came out about a decade apart from each other (the former in 2004 and the latter in 1995), the two teen comedies have a lot in common. They’re both about makeovers, they’re both about high school being one big popularity contest, and they’re both popular films with loyal fan bases. Let’s take a look at what each film does better. Here are five things that Mean Girls does better than Clueless, along with five reasons that Clueless is actually the better movie....

The video game movie genre is constantly being tweaked and refined. While there have been a number of successes and failures over the years, it seems as if finally Hollywood is starting to understand how to produce a great movie based on a video game franchise. Although it’s still early for a lot of these movies in terms of their production, there’s plenty to be looking forward to in the future....

This week for 9to5Rewards, we’ve partnered with our CES coverage sponsor Hyper to give away two HyperDrive USB-C hubs for MacBook or MacBook Pro. For a limited time, the company is also offering 9to5 readers an exclusive 20% off all of the its current USB-C hubs with promo code 9to5mac. This week at the show, the company officially unveiled its latest product, the new HyperDrive USB-C hub with a built-in 7....

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Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: Ecobee3 2nd Gen. Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat with HomeKit support for $148 shipped (Reg. $185) Foscam R2 1080p HD Wireless Security Camera $60 (Reg. $80+) Haikara smartwatch focuses on fashion with customizable watch faces and bands SodaStream Source Sparkling Water Maker Starter Kit $62 (Reg....

The Oprah Winfrey Show ran for 25 glorious seasons and has become a landmark in day-time television history. Without Oprah, the landscape of talk-show television would be incredibly different. Many of the current show hosts like Ellen DeGeneres and Wendy Williams have piloted their careers based on Oprah’s example. While her show ended in 2011, its legend continues to live on in her many legions of fans. Over the years, her show produced some of the most talked-about moments in television history....

Fans hoping for an explanation as to how the Fireflies survived the shootout at the end of The Devil’s Rejects will get no answers in 3 From Hell. A trio of killers that hails from an entire family of psychopaths, Otis (Bill Moseley), Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) burst onto the scene in director Rob Zombie’s debut film, 2003’s House of 1000 Corpses. They then returned for more carnage in 2005 sequel The Devil’s Rejects, which saw the colorful, music video-esque aesthetic of Corpses transform into that of a gritty, sleazy 1970s-set exploitation flick....

One company that rhymes with ‘Boogle’ (you may have heard of it), even launched a brand new platform that’s being called the new TikTok! Because at Plann we believe a solid social media strategy goes beyond just Instagram, we thought we’d give you an update on what else is happening in the social media world. 1. Google launches Tangi Imagine Pinterest and TikTok had a baby and you have Tangi, a new short-form video created by Google’s in-house incubator program, Area 120....

Social listening is one of the most powerful tools at the social media marketer’s disposal. Listening insights can influence your entire organization from product design and competitive analysis to customer engagement and crisis management. Of the nearly infinite ways to use social listening for your business, here are 40 examples to keep in mind. 2 Benchmark your share of voice Traditionally, share of voice (SOV) is usually affiliated with paid advertising, but social listening provides marketers another way to measure their SOV against the entire market....

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Netflix’s latest release is Michael Bay’s action spectacle 6 Underground, a movie that has very confused politics. Starring Ryan Reynolds and Mélanie Laurent, 6 Underground is a film that embraces “Bayhem,” complete with frenetic zooms and pans, settings forever stuck in time during “golden hour,” and many fast cars, sexy ladies, and explosions. 6 Underground focuses on a team of mercenaries’ plot to stage a coup in a fictional Central Asian country, Turgistan....

The latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey reports that 64% of Americans now own at least one Apple product, and that the average U.S. household now owns an average of 2.6 Apple products. CNBC first asked the question back in 2012, when the numbers were 50% and 1.6 products. Even more impressive is the fact that there are very few demographics where Apple product ownership is below 50% … CNBC reports on a few exceptions....