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How Credit Card Companies Lure Customers on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:12 PM
Credit cards can be a wonderful convenience or an albatross around your neck. Now, in the face of a government edict to stop pressuring unqualified people into opening credit card accounts, those purveyors of plastic are trying to make the...



Plastic Surgeons Are Doing 'Facebook Facelifts'
Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:12 PM
Doctors say Facebook and video-chatting tools like Skype and FaceTime have partly fueled this decade's boom in plastic surgery. "People will come in and say, 'I saw myself in the mirror, but I didn't really notice it until I saw myself on...



Boo, the World's Cutest Dog, Goes to Work for Virgin America
Thursday, July 12, 2012 6:12 PM
Boo, the five-year-old Internet phenomenon often described as the world's cutest dog, is now the Official Pet Liaison for Virgin America Airlines. The brand dropped the news on Wednesday on its Facebook Page. The news was also broadcast on Boo's...



Buried: Digg Sells For $500,000 [REPORT]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:07 PM
How the mighty have fallen. The social sharing site Digg has sold for just $500,000 to New York startup incubator Betaworks. The small selling price just goes to show how quickly fortunes can turn for even the hottest web startups. According to...



Google+ Now Lets You Merge Your Personal and Work Profiles
Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:37 PM
Google announced on Thursday that Google+ users with a profile attached to a regular Gmail account and a work-related Google apps account can now blend the two together. When Google Apps gained Google+ support last October, Google promised a...



Now You'll Never Miss a Wedding Announcement on Facebook
Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:00 PM
Facebook wants to make sure you don't miss out on celebrating your friends' weddings or engagements. The social network is rolling out to all users Thursday a special events feature that puts information about momentous events in your friends'...



The Best Time to Send Emails, Tweets and Text Ads
Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:05 PM
If it feels like you're working more than you used to, take solace in the fact that you're not alone. A new report found that 80% of Americans continue working after they've left the office, adding up to an extra 30 hours per month, or 365 hours...



Facebook Monitors Your Chats for Criminal Activity [REPORT]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:09 PM
Facebook and other social platforms are watching users' chats for criminal activity and notifying police if any suspicious behavior is detected, according to a report. The screening process begins with scanning software that monitors chats for...



Summer Olympics Spot Shows Off Kids, Salutes Moms [VIDEO]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:29 PM
Kids are amazing, tough and inspirational right? In another emotive spot for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Procter & Gamble show us what children are capable of. At the end of the newly-launched film called "Kids," you'll want to get up, clap...



Hackers Race to Steal Your Data Via Social Media During Olympics
Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:14 PM
As the 2012 Summer Olympics in London gears up to become the most "social" games yet, hackers and cybercriminals are expected to pose a huge concern for users on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. "Social media will be a major vehicle...



Single or Taken? App Tells You Which Facebook Friends Are in Relationships
Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:55 PM
Do you ever snoop Facebook to see whom your friends are dating? There's now a tool, RelationBook, that takes a bunch of the clicking around out of the process. When you authorize the app, RelationBook lists all of your friends' relationship...



Yves St Laurent to Release Facebook-Inspired Eyeshadow Palette
Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:55 PM
You can wear your love for Facebook on your chest, your wrist, your pet -- and now, your eyelids. French fashion house Yves St Laurent has unveiled a Facebook-inspired limited edition eyeshadow palette dubbed "Pure Chromatics Devoted To Fans." It...



NBC Launches App to Stream 3,500 Hours of London Olympics
Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:00 PM
NBC launched a pair of mobile apps Thursday designed to deliver fans an unprecedented level of access to 2012 Olympics content. Both apps, which are called NBC Olympics Live Extra and NBC Olympics, are available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and...



Brewster Takes Your Digital Address Book to the Social Side
Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:18 AM
Once in a while, a new app or service comes along that has the potential to truly change the way you use technology to juggle the many things in your life. Meet Brewster, an app that takes everyone you know across sites such as Facebook, Twitter...



Allure to Give Away 32,000 Beauty Products via Mobile Scanning
Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:00 AM
Allure's "Free Stuff" issue hits newsstands in New York and Los Angeles next Tuesday, and for the third year running readers will be encouraged to take out their mobile phones to win full-sized beauty products, as well as clothes and accessories....



 
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