A freeze frame shot is when one shot is printed in a single frame several times in order to create an interesting illusion of a still photograph. One of the best uses of this video effect is during a bar scene in the movie “The Other Guys.” Often times motion-capture cameras are needed to produce the effect. After seeing this video effect, I decided to look for other great uses of time freeze.

Paul Ceglia, the man that claims to own over half of Facebook, has told his lawyers not to comply with a court order to turn in e-mail data. Facebook had asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio in Buffalo, New York to request Paul Ceglia and his lawyers to turn over e-mail accounts and passwords.

Grockit is a social learning startup company that has raised $7 million in Series D. Current investor Atlas Ventures led the round. Existing investors Benchmark and Integral Capital also participated. New investors NewSchools Venture Fund and GSV Capital CEO Michael Moe participated in this round.

Shopify has raised $15 million in Series B funding from Bessemer, FirstMark, Felicis, and Georgian. Shopify is growing at a rapid pace.

Samsung Electronics has announced today that the Samsung Galaxy S and the Galaxy S II smartphones has hit 30 million in total global sales. The Galaxy SII set a new record for Samsung as it generated over 10 million sales. The Samsung Galaxy S hit 20 million unit sales since it launched in 2010.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is planning to launch a music store this quarter. The source of this news was the owner of an independent record label that sent a notice to BusinessInsider.com. The source’s distributor is run by a big major label. The distributor told the indie-label source that they had a few days to make any concerns known. The source was concerned that the major labels will take too many up-front payments from Google Music.

Motorola has launched a teaser for the Droid RAZR (Motorola Spyder). The teaser shows that the RAZR is ultra-thin and has a 4G LTE connection. The Droid RAZR has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and has a qHD Super AMOLED display. [Droid-Life]

Research In Motion Limited (TSE:RIM) was hit with a service outage that lasted over three days and they want to make it up to their users by offering certain premium apps for free. The company is also providing a month of free technical support.