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What if Nelson Mandela Used Facebook to Fight Apartheid? [VIDEO]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:58 PM
Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president, is celebrating his 94th birthday -- no small feat for a man who spent 27 years as a political prisoner in a country torn apart by apartheid for decades. To commemorate the occasion,...



Does Marissa Mayer Represent a Breakthrough for Women?
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:18 PM
That sound you hear is the shattering of the glass ceiling once again, and not because former Google exec Marissa Mayer has taken over as CEO of internet giant Yahoo, but because she is taking on that role while pregnant with her first child....



Google Announces Plans to Fight Illicit Trading Networks
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:41 PM
Google's taking on an ambitious global initiative -- using technology to expose, map and disrupt illicit networks of drug smugglers, arms dealers and human traffickers. The tech giant is hosting its second annual summit, this time called the...



Some Olympians Chafe at IOC's Social Media Rules
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:18 PM
For some of the athletes competing at the Summer Olympics later this month, certain rules about what they can and cannot share over social media from London feel stifling and overbearing. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) generally...



How the WWE Blew Up Tout
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:00 PM
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Tout announced a new partnership last week -- and early returns show it to be a massive success for the video sharing network. WWE, a juggernaut in the sports and entertainment social media landscape,...



The Guardian Wants You to Aggregate the Web's Best Journalism
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:39 PM
The Guardian wants to aggregate the web's best journalism, and it wants your help. On Wednesday, the newspaper's U.S. arm plans to launch what it's calling a "pop-up aggregator." After a major news story breaks -- the kind that's bound to be...



EA Break-In Reveals the Source of 'Battlefield 4' Leak [VIDEO]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:25 PM
Battlefield 4 is coming! EA unwittingly let news of the game leak on its pre-order page for Medal of Honor Warfighter. YouTube megastar Freddie Wong created his own spoof of how the leak occurred -- which you can check out above. How excited are...



Google Doesn't Know How to Spend $50 Billion, Says PayPal Co-Founder
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:57 PM
Conference panels are often sedate, friendly affairs. But that wasn't the case when Google chairman Eric Schmidt went up against Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, investor and well-known libertarian gadfly. The debate at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech...



Interactive 'Electric City' Web Series From Tom Hanks Debuts
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:15 PM
The first 10 episodes of Electric City, an animated web series about a post-apocalyptic world, debuted Tuesday on Yahoo. Electric City is a 20-episode science fiction series starring and created by actor Tom Hanks. Hanks, a two-time Oscar winner...



Congrats, Internet: Pitbull Is Going to Alaska
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:57 PM
The Internet has spoken: Pitbull is going to Alaska. As the result of an online prank, the rapper is heading to the most-remote Walmart in the country, which is in Kodiak, Alaska. In the video above, Pitbull accepts his mission without complaint....



Fanboys Rage Over Negative 'Dark Knight Rises' Reviews
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:20 PM
Note to Self: Don't antagonize Batman fans. That's a lesson one film critic learned the hard way -- after his negative review for The Dark Knight Rises resulted in death threats and vows to destroy his website. Marshall Fine was the first critic...



The History of HTML5
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:03 PM
When the first version of HTML5 published in 2008, it raised more questions than it answered. Would it be a force of unification or division? Would content producers, browser programmers and device manufacturers agree to new standards? And would...



How Much Money Does Breaking Bad's Walter White Have Left? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:24 PM
Over the past four seasons of Breaking Bad, we've seen Walter White earn fistfuls of cash -- and then quickly lose them after gun-to-head predicaments. Based on the opening scene of season five, we know that Mr. White will be in neck-deep trouble...



How to Turn Relationships Into Brand Advocacy
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:08 PM
Creating brand advocates is a big part of a brand's social media efforts. Everybody wants large numbers of raving fans singing their praises on social channels, but few are willing to get out of their own way and do the real work that true...



Hilarious Airtime Ad Features MC Hammer and Kurt Russell [VIDEO]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:06 AM
Airtime -- Sean Parker's new startup that lets users video chat with friends and strangers who share their interests -- released a slick new video Tuesday that shows off the power of the service. Describing Airtime as "the Best Internet You've...



 
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