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World's First Live-Tweeted Open-Heart Surgery is a Success [PICS]
Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:48 PM
Doctors at Houston's Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital have made medical and social media history by live-tweeting an open-heart surgery for the first time. Yes, you read that correctly. On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Macris performed a...



Facebook Murder-For-Hire Plot Lands Two People in Prison
Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:01 PM
A murder-for-hire plot that started with a Facebook message resulted in a prison sentence for Ohio residents Christine Metter and her 77-year-old father. Metter stared at the courtroom floor on Thursday when a judge sentenced her to 10 years in...



How to Fix Microsoft With Marketing
Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:28 PM
Microsoft's stock price today is approximately half of what it was in late 1999. While there are many reasons for the company's stock slip, two problems stand out: mindset and marketing. The latter is caused by the former. In Microsoft's...



Facebook Limits Apps that Can 'Listen' [VIDEO]
Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:21 PM
One new Facebook music app is not allowed to use the word "listen" and the creator isn't happy. Colin Costello, the disgruntled app creator of MusicsTalk.com, was told his app should use "play" to be an approved Facebook app. Facebook music app...



BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0: Much Better, Yet Not Good Enough
Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:38 PM
Blackberry Playbook 2.0, which arrived earlier this week, is a marked improvement on the first-generation PlayBook platform released along with the 7-inch device almost a year ago. It's also still probably not enough to make PlayBook a winner...



Twitter Cheers on J.K. Rowling's Adult Fiction
Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:30 PM
Harry Potter fans flocked to social media sites on Thursday to celebrate the news that author J.K. Rowling will be taking a crack at adult fiction. The best-selling author has announced that she will be returning to writing, and the content this...



KickStumbler, a StumbleUpon for Kickstarter, Will Steal Your Day
Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:19 PM
At some point, Kickstarter became more than just a way to fund art, music and other creative endeavors. It became entertaining content in itself. A new website called KickStumbler plays up the entertainment value of Kickstarter projects by...



NCAA Lets Facebook Fans Pick March Madness Field
Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:55 PM
It's an annual rite for college basketball fans to grumble about how they would have done a better job than the NCAA's official selection committee when picking the March Madness tournament field. This year, a team of ten Facebook-savvy fans gets...



38 Million Americans Visit Social Networks on Mobile Devices 'Near Daily' [STUDY]
Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:45 PM
Are you reading this story on your phone via a link on Twitter, Facebook or some other social network? You're not alone. A new study by research firm comScore says 64.2 million U.S. citizens use their mobile devices for social networking, with...



Apple at Odds With Rival Browser Makers Over 'Do Not Track' Button
Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:15 PM
All the major browser makers plan to install a "Do Not Track" button this year -- except for one, according to an attorney representing the Digital Advertising Alliance. Stuart Ingis, counsel to the DAA, says that Apple, creator of the Safari...



Forget Generation Y: 18- to 34-Year-Olds Are Now 'Generation C'
Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:18 PM
It's hardly news that young adults are the most digitally connected, but now Nielsen has come up with a new name for this group based on their common behaviors: "Generation C." The C stands for "connected," and the group comprises Americans...



2020: The Rise or Demise of Wireless Carriers?
Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:02 PM
Smartphones and tablets have improved customer convenience and have fostered an economic boon for wireless carriers, ecommerce sites and app manufacturers. And thanks to their constant pursuit of innovation -- and attempts to best the competition...



10 Best Strategy Games for Android
Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:46 PM
Are you an Android gamer who's tired of flinging birds and cutting ropes? Looking for a cerebral experience on your Google phone or tablet of choice? SEE ALSO: Top 10 Action Games for Android You're in luck, as the Market offers plenty of great...



Film Startup Prescreen Adds Facebook Integration
Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:42 PM
Streaming movie-on-demand platform Prescreen announced on Thursday that it has integrated with Facebook's Open Graph Platform to make it easy for people to discover and share movies with friends. Prescreen -- which offers a selection of long-form...



5 Hilarious Parodies of the 'Facebook Parenting' Viral Video
Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:15 PM
It's been two weeks since North Carolina dad Tommy Jordan uploaded his now-infamous YouTube video, "Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen." To say the eight-minute diatribe punctuated by the execution of a laptop via .45-caliber pistol has...



 
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