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Want another look at the promos that aired during the big game?

The final numbers are being tallied, but based on overnight ratings, it looks like Super Bowl XLVII had record viewership. We're thrilled to know that tens of millions of people saw our promos.

In case you missed them, here they are for your viewing pleasure:

"2 Broke Girls - Spectacular"

The making of the "2 Broke Girls - Spectacular"

"Under the Dome"

David Letterman and Andrew Luck

"The Big Bang Theory"

CBS comedies

"We are the Champions"

"Thank you"

Twitter's Super Bowl touchdown

Monday's CNET Update ran out of dip:

Today's tech news roundup centers around the Super Bowl:

- Twitter tops in Super Bowl commercial mentions

- How Oreo's blackout tweet won the Super Bowl

- BlackBerry's marketing chief explains the Z10 Super Bowl commercial

- Helmet sensor warns of concussion risk via phone app

- Android malware uses your PC's own mic to record you

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Internet usage sacked during Super Bowl for loss of 15%

Internet usage dropped 15 percent during the Super Bowl as the football-obsessed and casual fans alike huddled around their TVs to watch the showdown between the eventual NFL champion Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.

That was the conclusion of a study released this morning by Sandvine, a firm that analyzes traffic on broadband networks.

And while hordes of people were pounding out tweets and Facebook status updates by the millions with their impressions on the Super Bowl ads, the blackout during the game -- and the companies that best leveraged social media during the power outage -- and, … Read more

The 404 1,201: Where REL comes out of the dungeon (podcast)

Leaked from today's 404 episode:

- Google Glass to use bone conduction instead of traditional headphones.

- Google searches expose racial bias, says study of names.

- Vampire Weekend announces new album details in the NY Times Classifieds section.… Read more

How Church of Scientology channels Apple at Super Bowl

"To the curious, inquisitive, the seekers of knowledge."

So began one Super Bowl ad last night. It smacked of more than a little philosophical grandeur.

It continued: "To the ones who just want to know." Well, this had to be something big, something portentous. This had to be a tech company, surely.

With another line, I had no doubts: "To the rebels, the artists, and the free-thinkers and the innovators."

Yes, soon would appear images of Gandhi, Muhammad Ali and, um, Mark Zuckerberg. It was all going to end with an image of Steve … Read more

M&M's, Beyonce top Google searches on Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl fans took to the Internet yesterday to search for both people and products highlighted during the big game.

Sponsor M&M was the top search item on Google as it tried to woo people with its "Love Ballad" commercial. Singer Beyonce, who performed during the halftime show, took second place.

The teams actually competing in the game were next, with the Baltimore Ravens No. 3 and the San Francisco 49ers No. 4. And 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick rounded out the top five list.

Other searches that popped up on Google's radar included the half-hour … Read more

TiVo says Taco Bell won the Super Bowl

The morning after the Super Bowl, there is a constant discussion about the dropped passes, the unnecessary roughness and the terrible calls.

Yes, of course I'm talking about the commercials.

Many media companies weigh in and declare that they know which of them moved the populace to wild emotions and untold paroxysms of brand loyalty.

TiVo, meanwhile, constantly checked the pulses and sweat glands of its subscribers and came out with a simple declaration: the most engaging ad of the Super Bowl was the one for Taco Bell.

Yes, the one where the older people behaved like younger people … Read more

Facebook: Ravens' win, Beyonce most mentioned for Super Bowl

The Ravens win, Beyonce, and the blackout topped the list of the Super Bowl's most talked-about moments on Facebook, the social networking giant said today.

And even though the San Francisco 49ers lost the game, head coach Jim Harbaugh received 98 percent more overall mentions in posts and comments than his brother and Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh.

Mentions of Beyonce, who performed at halftime, started to increase just before 8 p.m. ET. By 8:22 p.m., mentions of her name had jumped nearly 49,000 percent, Facebook said. Destiny's Child's appearance with Beyonce was … Read more

Twitter tops in Super Bowl commercial mentions

Twitter is tops when it comes to social network mentions in Super Bowl commercials.

The social network was mentioned in 26 of 52 national television commercials at the Super Bowl last night, according to a tally from Marketing Land's Matt McGee. Facebook mustered four mentions in the commercials, followed by one each for Instagram and YouTube. Google+ got no mentions.

In order to arrive at his tally, McGee started counting only after the opening kickoff. He stopped counting when the clock reached 0:00. Only national commercials were included, and anything from the NFL or CBS promoting their own … Read more