We’re discussing Facebook taking on Twitter’s video sharing app, Vine, with the latest update to their billion-dollar photo sharing app, Instagram. And we found out that the fresh prince himself, Will Smith, won’t be in the sequel to Independence Day and we’ve got strong feelings about that. And we can’t forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!

 

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• Vine: The fun, fast social video creating and sharing app from Twitter. Check out how Lowe’s is using the service.
  
• Instagram Video: Instagram’s latest feature meant to compete with Vine.
  
• Ethan’s google search to find whatever he was talking about with Harry Potter’s parchment.
  
• I Am Legend Audiobook: Listen to the book the movie was based on for free by signing up at audibletrial.com/thefreshcast.
  
• Independence Day 2: Also known as ID Forever Part One, this sequel to the 1996 action flick won’t include Will Smith because he’s “too expensive”.
  
• Collectably: Casey’s pick this week lets you save and sync your Chrome browser’s tab session.
  
• Booooooom: Ethan’s fresh pick is this curiously named design and culture blog.
  
• Badland: This physics-based iOS game was Jon’s fresh pick. Download it on the Apple App Store.
  

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