Friday Linkapalooza - February 6, 2015

Happy Friday! Start your weekend off right with fun articles and videos collected by your friends at Bask in this week's Friday Linkapalooza. Enjoy!

CONSUMER PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY

Have you ever heard a discussion about how people pay more attention to their smartphones than to life? Check out this photo of a man on a boat so engrossed by his phone that he fails to see the whale hanging out next to him in the water!

Have problems with keeping your cell phone battery charged? Check out this portable charger that is no bigger than a pack of gum.

CURRENT EVENTS

A new report shows that kids today prefer playing video games over watching television.

Ross W. Ulbricht, the man behind the Silk Road website (dedicated to the selling of illegal drugs), has been convicted as a "digital kingpin."

HEALTH & MEDICINE

And the hacks continue. The most recent victim? The US health insurance company Anthem.

Scientists have used a modified Nikon camera to examine the tattoos on a 5,300 year old mummy!

ART & CULTURE

In it's fight to stay relevant during the digital age, this maritime museum literally put its most valuable artifact out to sea.

A new Steve Jobs movie is set to be released in October 2015.

Tested just released a behind-the-scenes video of the puppets in the Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

JUST FOR FUN...

Jane's new friend gives her a suggestion of who to call about her slow computer. Can her Bask technology advisor save the day?

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