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Facebook Hackathon Could Spark The Next Great Idea

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Facebook Hackathon Could Spark The Next Great Idea
2:09:02 AM
Rule number one of Facebook's Hackathon: If you're new, you must hack! Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif. staged another Hackathon on Tuesday evening. The event kicked off around 7 p.m. at Facebook's massive headquarters. During the course of the...



12 Free Tumblr Themes to Class Up Your Blog
12:25:18 AM
By the end of the year, there may be more people Googling the word "Tumblr" than "blog." The very language of content creation and curation has shifted thanks to Tumblr's ridiculous growth. If you're already Tumbling, you know what's going on out...



Dueling Memes: Lawyer Dog Vs. Business Cat
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:55 PM
Lawyer Dog, a new meme that has popped up in recent days, is taking over the Internet one lawsuit at a time (see photos in the gallery above). Although it may look like a cute and inoffensive meme, Lawyer Dog is really only the latest broadside...



Can Twitter Tell Us What We're Feeling? [VIDEO]
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:36 PM
Twitter's 140 character limit can be perfect for sending out short bursts of information, but is it also perfect for helping us gauge the public mood? Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. conducted a study to test this hypothesis....



Lover.ly Makes Wedding Planning Simple
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:20 PM
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Lover.ly Quick Pitch: Wedding...



Appcelerator's Developer Platform: Now with Cloud-Based Tools
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:55 PM
Mobile platform company Appcelerator launched the latest version of its popular Titanium platform Tuesday, with cloud-based tools to help developers build more dynamic apps for Android and iPhone devices. Titanium 2.0, which includes support for...



How to Stay Focused in a World of Distractions
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:16 PM
In our connected world, it is easy to think that the more information we have the better our chances of success. While more information can be helpful for, say, logical problem-solving, it is often useless when it comes to innovation. It's not...



Tell Twitter or Facebook Why You Love Books, Get an All-Star MP3 [VIDEO]
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:59 PM
Pinocchio, Madeline, the Three Blind Mice, Little Red Riding Hood and a dozen other beloved storybook characters star in Reading Is Fundamental's (RIF) latest PSA, which the organization released online Tuesday to kick off its "Book People Unite"...



Women: Calculate How to Achieve Your Target Salary Online
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:24 PM
April 17 is Equal Pay Day -- and for women in the workforce, it's a stark reminder of the glass ceiling that still prevails in most industries. Full-time working women earned only 77% of what their male counterparts did in 2010. That's why the...



Elle Tries Facebook Commerce, Launches Shoppable Trend Guide
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:05 PM
Elle has launched a shoppable trend guide on Facebook in the latest of several ecommerce initiatives within the magazine industry. The guide, embedded as a tab on Elle's Facebook page, invites shoppers to navigate across six editorially chosen...



21% of Brad and Angelina Tweets Asked: Weren't They Already Married?
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:43 PM
Wedding bells are on the horizon for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, after a seven-year relationship. But if you thought the Hollywood power couple were married already, you weren't alone. Some 21% of people who tweeted about the couple's...



Verizon's 4G LTE Network Coming To 27 New Markets This Week
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:31 PM
America's largest 4G network is getting a little larger this Thursday. Verizon has announced it will bring its 4G LTE network into 27 new markets this week, and will be expanding the service in 44 of its existing markets. The expansion makes...



Is Twitter Trying to End the Tech Patent War?
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:24 PM
Twitter announced an internal patent agreement on Tuesday that it says will empower designers and engineers -- as well as hopefully begin a movement to quell the tech world's rash of patent infringement lawsuits. Publicly revealed in a blog post...



Hide Your Wi-Fi From Prying Eyes (and Google Cars)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:03 PM
In case you had any doubt, the recent flap over Google's Street View cars has made it clear that private data transmitted over Wi-Fi can quickly become not-so-private. The good news is that there are ways to easily protect yourself, without going...



Meme Management: Meet the Man Who Reps Internet Stars
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:47 PM
Ben Lashes is a meme manager -- and as far as we know, he is the first and only of his kind. Consider him an agent for the stars of the Internet. Lashes represents memes and their creators such as Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat and Scumbag Steve, to name...



 
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