[UPDATE] The Scavenger Hunt has officially started! Here are the clues:

Clue 1: The WSJ was one of the first to embed a COOLIRIS wall, capturing the 2008 YEAR IN PHOTOS
Hint: Search for the newspaper website that used the Cooliris wall to show the year of 2008 in photos and post the URL of the page containing the Wall.

Clue 2: “Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone” Check out the Gallery on this star’s OFFICIAL SITE
Hint: Find for the Cooliris Wall displayed on this artist’s website and post the URL (there are two, post either one).

*General Hint: If you are having a difficult time finding the answer to the clues, try searching the capitalized words into Google.

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Starting on Monday, February 8, 2010, we are hosting a Cooliris online scavenger hunt! Participants will be led on a 5-day hunt around the web to find Cooliris-related content. Need incentive to participate? The grand prize winner will receive a free, unlocked NEXUS ONE Google phone!

Clues will be posted twice a day at 9am PST and 1pm PST until Friday, February 12 here on our blog, our Facebook Fan Page, Twitter account and Flickr group. Answer all 9 clues correctly and you will be entered in a raffle to win a Nexus One! Here’s how to submit your answers:

For Twitter:
1. Follow @Cooliris: twitter.com/Cooliris
2. For each clue: Tweet @Cooliris, your answer (hyperlink), followed by #IWantANexusOne
*If the hyperlink answer is too long, use a URL shortener service like bit.ly or TinyURL.

For Facebook Users:
1. Become a fan of Cooliris: www.facebook.com/Cooliris
2. For each clue: Post the answer (URL) in your status and tag Cooliris by typing ‘@Cooliris’
*If you don’t tag Cooliris in your status then we will not be able to record your answers.

For Flickr Users:
1. Clues must be submitted through Facebook or Twitter (see above).
2. If you do not have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can sign up free of charge at www.facebook.com or www.twitter.com.

Additional hints will be posted the blog every time a new clue is released.

Check back to this blog post for the first clue on Monday at 9am PST, or follow us now on Facebook or Twitter so you’ll automatically get the daily clue updates. Happy Hunting!

Are you all ready for Super Bowl Sunday? While you’re anxiously awaiting the most anticipated NFL event of the year, find out all you need to know about Super Bowl XLIV here in our new Super Bowl channel. We have all the latest news and clips from ESPN and CBS in these channels, so follow the expert predictions, trends and news, and decide which team you should place your bets on this Sunday – the Indianapolis Colts or the New Orleans Saints!

For those of you who watch the Super Bowl not for the football action, but for the famous ads, we’ll also be putting up a Super Bowl Ads channel in the next couple of days, so keep an eye out for it! We’ll have all the best ads from the previous years, and starting Sunday, we’ll be posting up the new Super Bowl ads that air on Sunday!

You know the drill. So does he. After all, it’s his job, and he only works one day a year. But it’s high pressure. All eyes are on him. Vacation plans hang in the balance, and the prospect of snow days. He’s got the flowers and the leaves on standby. Because if he sees his shadow and backs down – well, we’re looking at another 6 weeks of winter.

He’s the most famous groundhog of all, Punxsutawney Phil, and he’s drawn as many as 40,000 people to his hometown every year (and been a star on the silver screen across from Bill Murray). After all, he has his own holiday. Well, he shares it with a few cousins: other towns have Sir Walter Wally, French Creek Freddie, Woodstock Willie, and Queen Charlotte!

So today, get into the spirit of Groundhog Day with a Cooliris Wall full of the festive little guys! And whatever Phil says – get ready for Spring!

Since its launch only one-and-a-half months ago on December 8th, over 10,000 Walls have been created with Cooliris Express and viewed over one million times! We’re super excited about the progress of Cooliris Express and want to thank YOU for making it such a huge success thus far.

In addition to the 200 new Walls created everyday, we have some exciting new premium sites adopting the embeddable flash version of the Cooliris Wall. Check out the Walls on the Taylor Swift website gallery page and video page and the Wall on the front page of the Hindustan Times, one of the largest newspapers in India.

Go ahead and create your very own Wall here – it’s a quick-and-easy 3-step process to get any Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, or even Facebook content into a customizable Wall, and post it directly to your Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress blog, and a whole list of other sites. You could, for example, post a Wall of a your new Flickr album onto your Facebook page to share it with your Facebook friends, or share a Wall of the most popular YouTube videos of the day on your blog, like below.

Let us know how YOU are using Cooliris Express to share great content with your friends!

We have just launched a Haiti Relief channel to bring you the latest developments from the tragedy in Haiti. As rescue work is still under way and relief efforts are just taking off, many dramatic images and heartbreaking stories are unfolding in front of the world media.

Also, whenever you launch Cooliris from Facebook or visit the Haiti Relief channel, you’ll see ads for Partners in Health’s Stand with Haiti campaign. Please consider donating to Partners in Health – a non-profit who has been working on the ground in Haiti for the past 20 years and is participating in the current relief efforts, and help those affected by the devastating earthquake!